Southampton Geologists/Geophysicists study Boset-Bericha Volcano Complex, East African Rift

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

May 20, 2015May 18, 2015 Justin Dix

Progress on Future Drilling in the Active Corinth Rift, Greece

Southampton Geologists and Geophysicists, along with colleagues in the UK, Greece, the rest of Europe and the US, have been working in the active Corinth rift in Greece for the last 10-15 years – this is one of the most seismically active areas of Europe and one of the most rapidly extending regions on Earth.… Read More Progress on Future Drilling in the Active Corinth Rift, Greece

April 21, 2015 Leigh Marsh

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

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

Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 3)

By Nick Harmon and Saikiran Tharimena: This is the final part of our blog chronicling our seismic deployment in Papua New Guinea which is part of a collaborative project with colleagues at JAMSTEC, University of Tokyo, University of Southampton, University of Rhode Island and Stanford University. Click here to read the first part of our… Read More Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 3)

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Saikiran Tharimena

Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 2)

By Nick Harmon and Saikiran Tharimena: This is the second part of the blog chronicling our seismic deployment in Papua New Guinea which is part of a collaborative project with colleagues at JAMSTEC, University of Tokyo, University of Southampton, University of Rhode Island and Stanford University. Click here to read the first part of our… Read More Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 2)

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 Saikiran Tharimena

Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 1)

As part of a collaborative project with colleagues at JAMSTEC (Dr. Daisuke Suetsugu), University of Tokyo (Prof. Hajime Shiobara), University of Southampton (Dr. Nick Harmon, Dr. Catherine Rychert, and Dr. Derek Keir), University of Rhode Island (Prof. Yang Shen and Prof. Brian Savage) and Stanford University (Prof. Jesse Lawrence), we are deploying seismometers across Papua… Read More Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 1)

January 7, 2015 Saikiran Tharimena

G&G pgr students complete seismic service run at Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

PhD students Ryan Gallacher and Finn Illsley-Kemp have recently completed a two week trip to Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. They were performing a service run on the seismic network that was deployed earlier in the year. The project, “Active fault kinematics during non-volcanic rifting in East Africa”, is in collaboration with Beach Petroleum (Tanzania) Ltd., the… Read More G&G pgr students complete seismic service run at Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

December 22, 2014December 17, 2014 Hachem Kassem

G&G team studying turbulence and sediment dynamics are first to use the Fast Flow Facility at HR Wallingford

Members of the G&G group (coastal processes research theme) have recently had the privilege to be the first external users of the new HR Wallingford Fast Flow Facility (FFF). The FFF is a unique facility that allows studying wave-current-sediment interactions at a large scale. This collaboration came to support the work undertaken by postgraduate researcher Hachem… Read More G&G team studying turbulence and sediment dynamics are first to use the Fast Flow Facility at HR Wallingford

December 3, 2014January 7, 2015 Hachem Kassem

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