Category: Blog Roll

EU grant awarded to Dr Karen Weitemeyer for project: “Breakthrough Solutions for Mineral Extraction and Processing in Extreme Environments – Blue Mining”.

Karen Weitemeyer and the Marine Electromagnetics Laboratory (Marine EM Lab) is part of an international European consortium of 19 large industry and research organisations with various maritime fields of expertise that will develop solutions that bring deep sea mining closer to reality. The “Blue Mining” project will address all aspects of the value chain in… Read More EU grant awarded to Dr Karen Weitemeyer for project: “Breakthrough Solutions for Mineral Extraction and Processing in Extreme Environments – Blue Mining”.

Karen Weitemeyer

NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Derek Keir has recently been awarded a little over half a million pounds through a NERC large grant. Project Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future aims to use various geophysical techniques, petrology and geology to understand volcano behavior and hazards in the Ethiopian rift. Derek will be leading the seismology component in collaboration with the… Read More NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Hachem Kassem

PhD student Ryan Gallacher recieves GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize mention

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

Hachem Kassem

Southampton team research Cornish rip currents

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

Hachem Kassem

Marine Geo-Archaeological Skills Shortage Assessment

In recent years extensive geotechnical and environmental sampling survey programs have been conducted in support of numerous coastal and marine development projects. The data generated from these surveys can play a key role in understanding the historic marine environment. However, to properly engage with this resource, it is important that the data collected, the types… Read More Marine Geo-Archaeological Skills Shortage Assessment

Michael Grant

NSGG Postgraduate Symposium 2014

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

Tim Hughes

Return to Ardmucknish Bay – is the CO2 still in the sub-surface?

Melis Cevatoglu and John Davis had a successful cruise in Ardmucknish Bay (Oban, Scotland) on board R/V Seol Mara, on 23 and 24 April 2014, under the scope of the QICS Experiment (Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon Storage). QICS experiment, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council of the UK, with… Read More Return to Ardmucknish Bay – is the CO2 still in the sub-surface?

Melis Cevatoglu

Windermere Workshop

Helen Miller and Jon Bull (from Ocean and Earth Science) recently organised a successful workshop in Windermere, which aimed to increase the impact recent research on Windermere as part of a NERC Impact Acceleration Account to the University of Southampton. The workshop was well attended, with 30 delegates from 12 different organisations including the Centre… Read More Windermere Workshop

Helen Miller