Geophysics
The department conducts research in a wide range of geophysics problems from pure Earth and Planetary Science to applied geophysics. If you are interested in one of the projects listed below please feel free to contact the associated staff.
Projects
Understanding how subduction has shaped Circum-Pacific tectonics using 3D numerical models [Info Sheet - Subduction dynamics]
Supervision: Prof Saskia Goes, Dr Gareth Roberts
Structure and Evolution of the African Plate from Geophysical Observations [Info Sheet - Structure and Evolution of the African Plate]
Supervision: Prof Saskia Goes, Dr Gareth Roberts
Tectonics of the North America/South America plate boundary [Info Sheet_Tectonics of the North America-South America plate boundary
Supervised by Profs. Jenny Collier (Imperial) and Tim Henstock (Southampton)
Closing the digital rock divide in petrophysics for CO2 storage Eligible for Departmental and University Scholarships [Info Sheet - Digital Rocks Petrophysics]
Supervisor: Sam Krevor
Global CO2 storage capacity: Modeling limitations of geography and injectivity Eligible for Departmental and University Scholarships [Info Sheet - Global CO2 Storage Capacity]
Supervisor: Sam Krevor
Understanding How Serpentinisation Affects Marine Magnetic Anomalies [Info Sheet - Cyprus]
Supervisors: Adrian Muxworthy and Jenny Collier
Biomagnetic Monitoring For Urban Air Quality Assessment [Info Sheet - dust]
Supervisors: Adrian Muxworthy and Gregg McIntosh (Canterbury Christ Church University)
Testing The Core-Mantle-Boundary & Large Igneous Province Hypothesis: A Full-Vector Palaeomagnetic Study Of The North Atlantic Igneous Province [Info Sheet - LIP]
Supervisors: Adrian Muxworthy Morten Riishuus (Faroese Geological Survey) and Conall Mac Niocail (University of Oxford)
Understanding The Role Of Thermal Fluctuations On The Fidelity Of Magnetic Recording In Rocks And Meteorites [Info Sheet - Micromagnetism]
Supervisors: Adrian Muxworthy and Wyn Wililams (University of Edinburgh)
Determining the Magnetic Signature of Hydrocarbon-rich Environments: A numerical approach [Info Sheet - Hydro]
Supervisors: Adrian Muxworthy and Wyn Wililams (University of Edinburgh)
Fluid dynamics of magma reservoirs at mid-ocean ridges [Info Sheet]
Prof. Matthew Jackson and Dr C. Johan Lissenberg (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University)
Water, magma and faults interaction at submarine hydrothermal systems [Info sheet]
Local earthquake analysis to reveal mud-volcano plumbing systems and slow slip mechanisms along the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand [Info sheet]
Fluid dynamics of magma reservoirs at mid-ocean ridges [Info Sheet]
Plastic deformation in particulate systems [Info Sheet]
Impact-generated seismic signals on Mars [Info Sheet]
Simulating submarine slide tsunami inundation of the Shetland Islands [Info Sheet]
Gareth Collins, Matt Piggott, Sue Dawson (Dundee)
Histories of mantle convection: Constraints from Arabia's landscape [details]
Gareth Roberts, Alex Whittaker , Dylan Rood
Modeling landscape evolution through space and time [Landscape_PhD_2016]
Continental Uplift and Erosion From Drainage Patterns: Predicting Sedimentary Flux to Passive Margins [Info Sheet]
Gareth Roberts and Matt Piggott
Redundancy, retiming and data flow in compiling finite-difference applications for many core architectures [Info Sheet]
Gerard Gorman, Paul Kelly and Fabio Luporini
Magmatism and Continental Breakup in the South Atlantic [Info Sheet]
Jenny Collier, Gareth Roberts and Lidia Lonergan