Tag: geology

Deep-water continental margins: Geological and economic frontiers

Tiago Alves from Cardiff University, with three co-convenors including Tim Minshull from G&G, have published an introductory paper in the recent special volume of Basin Research that includes some of the work originally presented at a Geological Society conference in October 2012.  The paper summarises the contents of the volume, which cover the measurement of… Read More Deep-water continental margins: Geological and economic frontiers

Shari Gallop

GSNOCS part of NERC funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil & Gas Research

Today we can announce the Graduate School of the National Oceanography Centre Southampton’s (GSNOCS) participation in a new, NERC co-funded £8 million Centre for Doctoral Training in geological and environmental research relevant to the oil and gas sector (see the full press announcement). As a consequence we have three funded PhD studentships on offer every… Read More GSNOCS part of NERC funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil & Gas Research

Justin Dix

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

Ryan Gallacher