Category: Blog Roll

PhD Student Tim Hughes receives multiple awards at BGA, NSGG, and HubNet Smart grids conferences

PhD Student Tim Hughes, from the Geology and Geophysics Research group, has received multiple awards at recent conferences around the UK; including best presentations at the British Geophysical Association (BGA) Postgraduate Research Progress Meeting   and Near Surface Geophysics Group  (NSGG) graduate symposium in May, where he also recieved the “Best Paper” prize following his talk  the Marine Geophysics session entitled Environmental… Read More PhD Student Tim Hughes receives multiple awards at BGA, NSGG, and HubNet Smart grids conferences

Hachem Kassem

Surfing robot captures turbidity current on video

Check out this video of what happens when you get a remotely operated vehicle entrained within a turbidity current. Surfing robot captures turbidity current on video Observations of turbidity currents (underwater sediment laden flows) are exceedingly rare and this video and associated measurements provide unique insight into the structure and concentration of these enigmatic and… Read More Surfing robot captures turbidity current on video

Leigh Marsh

Marine Geotechnical Investigations and Maritime Archaeology Continuing Professional Development Course

COARS will be hosting a three day training event at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton between the 13th and 15th January 2015. The event will focus on providing knowledge, skills and practical experience in marine geoarchaeology, in relation to offshore geotechnical investigations, to national and local curators, and those working in, and engaging with, the… Read More Marine Geotechnical Investigations and Maritime Archaeology Continuing Professional Development Course

Michael Grant

PhD projects available in surface bed layer dynamics

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

Shari Gallop

Deriving shallow water sediment properties from seismic reflection data

A new paper, titled “Deriving shallow-water sediment properties using post-stack acoustic impedance inversion”, has recently been published in the peer-reviewed journal Near Surface Geophysics by Geology and Geophysics Research Fellow, Dr Mark E. Vardy. In the paper, Mark demonstrates a method whereby key physical properties of the sediments that comprise shallow subsurface can be derived… Read More Deriving shallow water sediment properties from seismic reflection data

Hachem Kassem

British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics 2015

British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics is an annual two day meeting held at the Geological Society, Burlington House, London. This year, the BGA – NAG meeting will focus on the advancement in our understanding of “The Lithosphere Asthenosphere System – Nature of the Tectonic Plates, LAB 2015“. The LAB 2015 is a great… Read More British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics 2015

Saikiran Tharimena

Sea surface temperature trends in the coastal ocean

Recent research into coastal sea surface temperature (SST) trends undertaken by Professor Carl Amos have revealed trends that are up to 10 times greater than the global average reported by the IPCC (2013). Research has been carried out in the northern Arabian Gulf (Kuwait), in the northern Adriatic (Venice lagoon), and off the British Columbian… Read More Sea surface temperature trends in the coastal ocean

Hachem Kassem

Mega-scours in Bangladesh

Researchers from the Geology and Geophysics group are currently conducting fieldwork on some of the world’s largest river systems in Bangladesh. Working from river cruise boat, Jon Bull, Mark Vardy, and John Davis are using high-resolution multi-beam bathymetry and boomer seismic reflection techniques to map the surface morphology and subsurface architecture of large scours (so-called… Read More Mega-scours in Bangladesh

Hachem Kassem

Research cruise investigates large submarine landslides around the Nordic Seas

During July 2014 members of the Geology and Geophysics group took part in a major National Oceanography Centre research cruise on board the RV Pelagia. The focus of the cruise, led by Dr Pete Talling, was to investigate the tsunami risk to the coastal areas of the Nordic Sea. The PhD students involved on this… Read More Research cruise investigates large submarine landslides around the Nordic Seas

Hachem Kassem

Field campaign investigating the hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in Venice Lagoon, Italy

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

Hachem Kassem