Rip current research attracts funding from the Royal Geographical Society

Geology and Geophysics PhD student Seb Pitman has been awarded a postgraduate research award from the Royal Geographical Society. The RGS offers two awards per annum in each of the following disciplines: physical environment; conservation/sustainability; and society/economy. The awards aim to help PhD students establish themselves in their particular field, and are preferentially awarded to… Read More Rip current research attracts funding from the Royal Geographical Society

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 Shari Gallop

Fine-scale gas distribution in marine sediments assessed from deep-towed seismic data

Stephan Ker from Ifremer (the French national institute for marine research) and co-authors including Graham Westbrook and Tim Minshull from G&G have published a paper in Geophysical Journal International that uses novel deep-towed seismic data and a novel technique to infer the detailed properties of gas pockets in marine sediments. The seismic data were collected… Read More Fine-scale gas distribution in marine sediments assessed from deep-towed seismic data

February 24, 2014 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

February 21, 2014 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)

February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 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

February 19, 2014February 20, 2014 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

February 18, 2014February 19, 2014 Shari Gallop

Seminar: The environments of deposition of the Lambeth Group and their effects on engineering properties

On Wednesday 19th February The Solent Group of the Geological Society will be holding an evening lecture with Dr Jackie Skipper from the Geotechnical Consulting Group. This will be held at the NOC (Seminar Room), Southampton (6pm for refreshments with lecture from 6.30 – 7.30pm). This lecture is a brief ‘walk through’ the highly variable… Read More Seminar: The environments of deposition of the Lambeth Group and their effects on engineering properties

February 18, 2014 Shari Gallop

Western Australian rip currents in the media

Rip currents cause 68% of surf-related incidents reported by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) in the UK (Scott et al., 2008). Last summer, 70 people were rescued from rip currents in Cornwall in just one week in July (read more at the BBC). Recently, Dr Rob Brander (‘Dr Rip’) visited Western Australia, where he… Read More Western Australian rip currents in the media

February 4, 2014February 4, 2014 Shari Gallop

The dynamics of submarine gravity currents

Esther Sumner has two new papers on the dynamics of field-scale submarine gravity currents in the Black Sea. Both studies made use of NERCs state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle Autosub3 to measure the dynamics of the flow. A paper published in Geophysical Research Letters presents the first direct measurements of hydraulic jumps in an active submarine… Read More The dynamics of submarine gravity currents

January 30, 2014January 30, 2014 Esther Sumner

Do Large Submarine Landslides Occur Randomly?

The results of a recent study which analyses the timing of large submarine landslides have been published in the Journal of Geology. Submarine landslides can be far larger than those on land, and are one of the mostimportant processes for moving sediment across our planet. Landslides that are fast enough to disintegrate can generate potentially very… Read More Do Large Submarine Landslides Occur Randomly?

January 28, 2014 Michael Clare

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