Are you interested in doing a PhD at the University of Southampton? Check out these projects in G&G on: Surface bed layer dynamics: Modelling bed changes in estuaries; and Surface bed layer dynamics: in situ monitoring and quantitification Check out more projects in G&G and other disciplines at the National Oceanography Center, Southampton here and info… Read More PhD projects available in surface bed layer dynamics
A research team from the coastal processes research theme within Geology and Geophysics, led by Prof Carl L. Amos, with PhD student Hachem Kassem, has recently completed a scientific field campaign in Venice Lagoon, Italy. The work was undertaken within RITMARE framework, the Italian National programme of scientific and technological marine research; through sub-project 3, Work Package 4, Action 5;  WP4.A5 on hydrodynamic and morphodynamic… Read More Field campaign investigating the hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in Venice Lagoon, Italy
In order to monitor the early effects of tidal inundation on the morphology and sedimentology of an artificial creek system, fieldwork was undertaken between the 5th and the 11th of September at the Steart peninsula. Participants to this fieldwork were new G&G postgraduate student Clementine Chirol, responsible for the PhD project on the morphological evolution… Read More Fieldwork at the Steart managed realignment scheme, Somerset, 5-11 September 2014
Geology & Geophysics PhD student, Chiara Marieni, attended the IEA GHG International CCS Summer School hosted by The University of Texas at Austin (USA), from July 6th to 11th, 2014. Chiara is a third year PhD student working on the off-shore basalts as unconventional reservoirs where permanently store the atmospheric CO2. The IEA GHG Carbon… Read More IEA GHG International CCS Summer School 2014, Austin (Texas)
Last week Dr Charlie Thompson and PhD student Sam Griffith from Geology & Geophysics began a fieldwork project investigating the survivability of DNA in submerged bone. Cow femur bones, acting as human analogues, are being submerged at four sites in estuarine, riverine and marine areas in Hampshire. In the environment a number of physicochemical and… Read More G & G team begin fieldwork looking at DNA degradation in submerged bone.
G&G phd student Hachem Kassem has recently accepted an  award for the AQUAscat 1000R acoustic suspended profiler; the first prize at the Aquatec Equipment Awards 2014 for his research on vertical turbulence structures in the benthic boundary layer. The award comprises a 3 month instrument loan and a travel grant, to deploy the instrument in an upcoming field campaign. The… Read More PhD student Hachem Kassem awarded first prize at Aquatec Equipment Awards
Ryan Gallacher achieved excellence at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in December 2013 by obtaining an honorable mention for the GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize. He was, indeed, the only student from a non USA institution to place in the competition! Ryan’s achievement demonstrates that he is conducting high-level research that is international leading. Many… Read More PhD student Ryan Gallacher recieves GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize mention
By PhD student Sebastian Pitman: A team of researchers from both the Geology and Geophysics and Physical Oceanography research groups at the University of Southampton have recently spent two weeks studying rip currents on Perranporth beach in Cornwall. The deployment forms an integral part of G&G PhD student Seb Pitman’s research, helping to ground truth… Read More Southampton team research Cornish rip currents
This year’s Near Surface Geophysics Group (NSGG) postgraduate symposium took place on the 13th of May at the headquarters of the British Geological Survey in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. A wide variety of topics were represented. The talks were categorized into one of four research themes: “Soils, Cryosphere and Archaeology”, “Marine Geophysics”, “Seismics and Geohazards”, and “Geoelectrics”,… Read More NSGG Postgraduate Symposium 2014
Geology & Geophysics PhD student, Bedanta Goswami, presented a poster at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems held at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, USA from March 23rdÂ-28th, 2014. Bedanta presented his poster titled: “Resistivity Imaging of Gas Hydrates at the Vestnesa Ridge, West Svalbard Margin using marine CSEM”. He is a… Read More Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Texas