NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Derek Keir has recently been awarded a little over half a million pounds through a NERC large grant. Project Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future aims to use various geophysical techniques, petrology and geology to understand volcano behavior and hazards in the Ethiopian rift. Derek will be leading the seismology component in collaboration with the… Read More NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Bullerwell Lecture 2013 – Magmatism and deformation during continental breakup

The highlight of this year’s British Geophysical Association (BGA) Postgraduate Research in Progress meeting, hosted by the University of Cambridge, was undoubtedly the annual Bullerwell Lecture. The 2013 Bullerwell Lectureship (presented each year by the Royal Astronomical Society to ‘an outstanding, young British Geophysicist’)  was awarded to Dr. Derek Keir, lecturer in Earth Science at the… Read More Bullerwell Lecture 2013 – Magmatism and deformation during continental breakup