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Megathrust earthquakes and submarine landslides

The question whether each megathrust earthquake necessarily and instantaneously triggers submarine mass-movement has been intensively discussed in the wake of the giant earthquakes that occurred over the last decade. Whereas the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake (Japan) caused failure of parts of the lowermost continental slope, no similar evidence was found after the 2010 Maule earthquake (Central… Read More Megathrust earthquakes and submarine landslides

Shari Gallop

An automated tool for grain size analysis from sediment profile imagery

Acquiring physical properties of the seabed is important for understanding sediment transport and resuspension processes and for monitoring the changing health of benthic ecosystems. Increasingly sediment profile imagery (SPI), a rapid, in-situ technique is used in conjunction with grabs and cores to obtain these properties. SPI is an inverted periscope that penetrates the seabed and… Read More An automated tool for grain size analysis from sediment profile imagery

Shari Gallop

Ocean Sciences, 2014, Hawaii: Benthic-pelagic coupling and exchange.

At this years Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (23-28th February), Dr Charlie Thompson, Research Fellow in G&G, was co-convener of a session on ‘ Benthic-pelagic coupling and exchange across the sediment-water interface’, alongside Dr Fay Couceiro (University of Portsmouth),  Dr. Linda Kalnejais (University of New Hampshire) and Dr. Kai Ziervogal (University of North Carolina). The… Read More Ocean Sciences, 2014, Hawaii: Benthic-pelagic coupling and exchange.

Shari Gallop

OES to host British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2015

We are pleased to announce that University of Southampton/NOCS has been chosen to host the BGA (British Geophysical Association) Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2015.  The conference is an ideal opportunity for postgraduate students (geophysics) to network with other students from around the UK and to present their research in a supportive environment. The conference… Read More OES to host British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2015

Hachem Kassem

Southampton undergraduates at AAPG Imperial Barrel Award

This year’s AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Imperial Barrel Award team (Alice Wenborn, Suzanne Millis, Sam Bunnett, Ben James and Chris Wilkinson) were placed 5th in the European Regional Competition in Prague. In an extremely closely fought competition featuring 26 teams from throughout Europe, they were the highest ranking UG team, beaten only by… Read More Southampton undergraduates at AAPG Imperial Barrel Award

Shari Gallop

Southampton positioned 30 in the world rankings for Earth and Marine Sciences

The 2014 QS World University Rankings have been published recently and University of Southampton rose 8 places to 30th in the Earth and Environmental Science category.  University of Southampton is now ranked 30 in the world for Earth and Marine Sciences and 9th in Europe in this year’s QS World University Rankings by subject. This is… Read More Southampton positioned 30 in the world rankings for Earth and Marine Sciences

Shari Gallop

Deep-water continental margins: Geological and economic frontiers

Tiago Alves from Cardiff University, with three co-convenors including Tim Minshull from G&G, have published an introductory paper in the recent special volume of Basin Research that includes some of the work originally presented at a Geological Society conference in October 2012.  The paper summarises the contents of the volume, which cover the measurement of… Read More Deep-water continental margins: Geological and economic frontiers

Shari Gallop

Launch of Coastal and Offshore Archaeological Research Services (COARS)

Today sees the launch of a new University of Southampton Enterprise Unit; COARS. COARS (Coastal and Offshore Archaeological Research Services) provides clients with an inclusive solution for business and industry seeking advice and access to internationally recognised technical specialists in marine archaeology. Notable areas of expertise include the processing and analysis of marine geophysical data… Read More Launch of Coastal and Offshore Archaeological Research Services (COARS)

Shari Gallop

Sediment storage and reworking on the shelf and in the Canyon of the Indus River-Fan System since the last glacial maximum

We might hope that the deep-water sedimentary record reflects processes on land in the region where the sediments are sourced, giving us insight into a combination of tectonic activity and climatic changes. A study looking at the Indus Shelf and Canyon offshore Pakistan led by Peter Clift and including Tim Henstock from G&G suggests this isn’t the case, even… Read More Sediment storage and reworking on the shelf and in the Canyon of the Indus River-Fan System since the last glacial maximum

Shari Gallop

Thermal models of dyke intrusion during development of continent–ocean transition

Kat Daniels from Cambridge University along with a team of scientists including Derek Keir from G&G, published a paper in EPSL highlighting the influence of dyke intrusion on heating the surrounding crust in extensional tectonic settings. They used numerical modelling to show that if intrusions repeatedly focus at the same location for just a few million… Read More Thermal models of dyke intrusion during development of continent–ocean transition

Shari Gallop