Category: Blog Roll

Fieldwork at the Steart managed realignment scheme, Somerset, 5-11 September 2014

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

Hachem Kassem

Water saturation effects on elastic wave attenuation in porous rocks with aligned fractures

A new research paper, recently  published in Geophysical Journal International,  led by G&G post graduate student Kelvin Amalokuw; with colleagues from the universities of Southampton and Edinburgh, and the British Geological Survey: Experimental studies have shown the ratio of P- to S-wave attenuation (Q¬s/Qp ratio) to be more sensitive to gas saturation than the ratio of P-… Read More Water saturation effects on elastic wave attenuation in porous rocks with aligned fractures

Hachem Kassem

British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2014

Six PhD students from the Geology and Geophysics research group presented their work at the annual British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting, hosted by the University of Liverpool. Seismologists Ryan Gallacher, Jenny Neale and Thomas Hall, and Marine Geophysicists Richard Davy, Tim Hughes and John Emeana presented a broad range of work including… Read More British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2014

Ryan Gallacher

Great Barrier Reef is a remarkably efficient wave attenuator

New research has found that the Great Barrier Reef, as a whole, is a remarkably effective wave absorber, despite large gaps between the reefs. This means that landward of the reefs, waves are mostly related to local winds rather than offshore wave conditions. As waves break and reduce in height over reefs, this drives currents… Read More Great Barrier Reef is a remarkably efficient wave attenuator

Shari Gallop

Secrets of the sea: what can submarine sediments tell us about volcanoes?

Creating records of eruptive events through time is incredibly important; these records can give us a huge wealth of information about the history of a volcano. The knowledge we can gain from eruptive records is critical to understanding what hazards a volcano may pose in the future, including: how often the volcano erupts, the style… Read More Secrets of the sea: what can submarine sediments tell us about volcanoes?

Michael Cassidy

Managing coasts under threat from climate change and sea-level rise

Coastal regions under threat from climate change and sea-level rise need to tackle the more immediate threats of human-led and other non-climatic changes, according to a team of international scientists. The team of 27 scientists from five continents was led by Dr Sally Brown at the University of Southampton, and from Ocean and Earth Science… Read More Managing coasts under threat from climate change and sea-level rise

Shari Gallop

IEA GHG International CCS Summer School 2014, Austin (Texas)

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)

Hachem Kassem

A 500 Year Sediment Lake Record of Anthropogenic and Natural Inputs to Windermere

Dr Helen Miller, and colleagues from G&G, Geochemistry and the British Geological Survey have published a new research article in Environmental Science & Technology entitled “A 500 Year Sediment Lake Record of Anthropogenic and Natural Inputs to Windermere (English Lake District) Using Double-Spike Lead Isotopes, Radiochronology, and Sediment Microanalysis”. The paper combines nondestructive and high precision… Read More A 500 Year Sediment Lake Record of Anthropogenic and Natural Inputs to Windermere

Helen Miller

G & G team begin fieldwork looking at DNA degradation in submerged bone.

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.

Hachem Kassem

PhD student Hachem Kassem awarded first prize at Aquatec Equipment Awards

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

Hachem Kassem