PI-LAB phase II: The recovery

A team of seismologists from the University of Southampton are currently on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery sailing across the Mid-Atlantic Ocean. They are out for the second phase of the PI-LAB (Passive Imaging of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary) project, this time recovering ocean bottom stations that were deployed last year. Their scientific mission is… Read More PI-LAB phase II: The recovery

First joint electromagnetic and seismic investigation of gas hydrates, offshore Svalbard

Bedanta Goswami, and colleagues from G&G and Ifremer (France) have published a new research article in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth entitled ā€œA joint electromagnetic and seismic study of an activeĀ pockmark within the hydrate stability field at theĀ Vestnesa Ridge, West Svalbard marginā€. Gas hydrates are ice-like crystals with a molecule of gas occupying the… Read More First joint electromagnetic and seismic investigation of gas hydrates, offshore Svalbard

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)

Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment ā€“ 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 ā€“ 2014 (Part 2)

Strong presence by G&G Group at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting

At the end of 2014, a number of the Geology and Geophysics Research Group made the annual migration to San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union fall meeting. With nearly 24,000 attendees, and 23,000 poster and oral presentations, AGU is the worldā€™s largest Earth and Space science meeting, providing an excellent stage to communicate and… Read More Strong presence by G&G Group at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting

Return to Ardmucknish Bay ā€“ 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 ā€“ is the CO2 still in the sub-surface?

Understanding the structure and dynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system

A workshop on the structure and dynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system was organized at the College de France, Paris, from 19-20 November 2013. The primary focus of the workshop was to enhance understanding of the dynamics interaction between the colder, more brittle lithosphere and the warmer, more ductile asthenosphere by combining constraints from observations and… Read More Understanding the structure and dynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system