Tim Minshull, with co-authors Rose Edwards from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and Ernst Flueh from Geomar Helmoltz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany, has used seismic data collected on the ocean floor to study the nature and origin of the Murray Ridge, an enigmatic block of crust in the northwest Indian Ocean that… Read More Investigating an enigmatic crustal block in the northwest Indian Ocean
COARS are delighted to announce that they have been selected by Historic England to undertake a Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (RCZAS) of the North Devon and Cornwall Coastline. This survey will focus on the north coastline of Devon and Cornwall, stretching from Combe Martin, Devon (the western boundary of the Exmoor National Park) to Land’s… Read More North Devon and Cornwall Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (RCZAS)
We have three new fixed term positions available that are associated with the G&G group: A Science Project Manager/Teaching Fellow position – full time for 3 years in Geology/Geochemistry https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=567715HN with a closing date for applications of the 8th June. A Teaching Fellow position in Coastal Morphodynamics/GIS – Part (50%) time for 2 years https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=567615HN with… Read More Three New Fixed Term Positions Available
The G&G research group was recently (March 2015) joined by new PhD student Melanie Siegburg who will study the Boset-Bericha volcano complex in Ethiopia. Together with PhD supervisors Jon Bull, Tom Gernon and Derek Keir, and fellow PhD student Finn Illsley-Kemp, Melanie completed reconnaissance fieldwork, including some field sampling, in April-May 2015. “Boset” is the… Read More Southampton Geologists/Geophysicists study Boset-Bericha Volcano Complex, East African Rift
Dr Caroline Eakin, Research fellow in Geophysics, reports on the recent Nepal  Earthquake: On Tuesday the G&G group gathered to discuss the recent M7.8 earthquake in Nepal. That same morning, a few hours before the seminar, another devastating magnitude 7.3 earthquake shook the same region. Since the main M7.8 event on 25th April there have… Read More The Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake 2015
This article was published in The Conversation by Ivan Haigh (Physical Oceanography) and Shari Gallop (Geology and Geophysics) from Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton. Coastal floods are a major global hazard. In 2008, Cyclone Nargis generated a five-metre storm surge along the coast of southern Myanmar. This swept seawater 50km inland, killing a… Read More SurgeWatch: New database on coastal flooding in the UK
Former Southampton PhD student Hector MarĂn-Moreno with Southampton co-authors Tim Minshull, Graham Westbrook and Bablu Sinha have been studying how methane emissions from the seabed west of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard might change in the future. Methane can be trapped beneath the seabed in the form of an ice-like substance called hydrate, which is… Read More Predicting Future Methane Emissions off Svalbard
British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2015- Abstract submission is now open! This year’s British Geophysical Association (BGA) Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting will be hosted by the University of Southampton at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton on 10th-11th September. The meeting offers postgraduate students a valuable opportunity to meet fellow members of… Read More British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2015- Abstract submission is now open!
Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award aims to provide universities with additional support to enable them to attract science talent from overseas and retain respected UK scientists of outstanding achievement and potential. Professor Tim Minshull, a marine geophysicist who uses… Read More Professor Tim Minshull receives prestigious Wolfson Merit Award
We are pleased to announce that we are offering two new Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships to further strengthen the Geology and Geophysics Research Group in OES: A five year position in Marine Electromagnetics which will focus on taking to the next stage the successful Southampton EM Lab as well as being intimately involved in the delivery… Read More Two Research Fellowships in Geophysics available