Fieldwork mapping sea-grasses and sediment sampling for grain trend analysis at Ryde, IoW

Ryde, Isle of Wight boasts one of the largest seagrass meadows in the United Kingdom’s southern region. In order to understand the influence of the seagrass meadow on sediment transport and intertidal flats stability, a two-day fieldwork (18th – 19th March 2015) was conducted. The fieldwork is part of a G&G postgraduate student, Anas Annuar’s… Read More Fieldwork mapping sea-grasses and sediment sampling for grain trend analysis at Ryde, IoW

March 30, 2015March 26, 2015 Hachem Kassem

Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of the western Indian Ocean

Former Southampton PhD student Gemma Smith and Lisa McNeill, Tim Henstock and Jon Bull have been studying a poorly understood subduction zone in the western Indian Ocean – the Makran, offshore southern Iran and Pakistan. At a subduction zone, one plate slides beneath another creating compressional deformation. The resulting major fault zone generates the largest… Read More Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of the western Indian Ocean

March 24, 2015April 8, 2015 Leigh Marsh

Ocean Drilling Scheduled for the Sumatran Subduction Margin – Source of the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami

An ocean drilling expedition has been scheduled for 2016 offshore Sumatra – this will be the first time this subduction zone margin has been drilled for scientific purposes. The expedition will take place more than 10 years after the 2004 Boxing Day Earthquake and tsunami that ruptured more than 1200 km of the Indonesian-Indian margin,… Read More Ocean Drilling Scheduled for the Sumatran Subduction Margin – Source of the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami

March 19, 2015 Leigh Marsh

Fieldwork at the Steart managed realignment scheme, Somerset

Clementine Chirol, first year PhD student in Geology and Geophysics reports on her latest field campaign (19th and 23rd February, 2015): Managed Realignment (MR), the process of deliberately removing flood defences to restore intertidal habitats, is undertaken to compensate for coastal developments such as ports, but also as a mean of improving flood defences. Such… Read More Fieldwork at the Steart managed realignment scheme, Somerset

March 9, 2015March 6, 2015 Hachem Kassem

Ripping it up in the Antipodes

Shari Gallop, Sebastian Pitman and Ivan Haigh from Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton are collaborating with Dr Karin Bryan from the University of Waikato and Roshanka Ranasinghe (UNESCO-IHE, Deltares, ANU), to understand the dynamics of rip currents. Rip currents are jet-like flows in the surf zone. Globally, rips are one of the main causes of… Read More Ripping it up in the Antipodes

March 3, 2015April 8, 2015 Shari Gallop

Goodbyes and new faces in the G&G group

In the past few months there have been some changes to the G&G staff. We would like to congratulate Marianne Karplus, Casey Nixon and Mark Vardy on their new positions and we hope to stay working closely with them in their new roles. We would also like to welcome three new postdocs to the G&G… Read More Goodbyes and new faces in the G&G group

March 3, 2015 Leigh Marsh

Geology & Geophysics Blog

A blog for the Geology and Geophysics Research Group, Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton

Month: March 2015