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

PILAB project sails through (cruise blog now live)

The Passive Imaging of the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere Boundary projectĀ aims at studying the interaction of the base of the rigid tectonic part (the lithosphere) with the softer layer underneath it ā€“ the asthenosphere. Understanding interaction between the two layers is essential in order to better understand what makes plates ā€˜plate-likeā€™, and thus understanding the origin… Read More PILAB project sails through (cruise blog now live)

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

Undergraduate student Isabel Hodgson receives awards to present work at AGU

Congratulations to Southampton undergraduate Isabel Hodgson who has won two awards to present her research at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2015 in San Francisco. Isabel showed excellence in two highly competitive processes and was awarded both the AGU travel grant and a Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) grant. Isabel is a fourth year… Read More Undergraduate student Isabel Hodgson receives awards to present work at AGU

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

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

PhD students Ryan Gallacher and Finn Illsley-KempĀ 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, ā€œActive fault kinematics during non-volcanic rifting in East Africaā€, is in collaboration with Beach Petroleum (Tanzania) Ltd., the… Read More G&G pgr students complete seismic service run at Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics 2015

British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics is an annual two day meeting held at the Geological Society, Burlington House, London. This year, the BGA – NAG meeting will focus on the advancement in our understanding of “The Lithosphere Asthenosphere System – Nature of the Tectonic Plates, LAB 2015“. The LAB 2015Ā is a great… Read More British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics 2015