Sedimentology and surface processes
The department conducts a wide range of research in this area, often applying exciting new analytical and modelling techniques to traditional problems in Earth Science. If you are interested in one of the projects listed below please feel free to contact the associated staff.
Projects
Testing the relationships between structural growth rate and the morphology of submarine channels and reservoir facies [Info Sheet - Structural growth and morphology of submarine channels]
Supervisors: Lydia Lonergan, Alex Whittaker and Mike Mayall
Using Cosmogenic Surface Exposure Dating to Reconstruct Late-Holocene Glacier and Climate Stability to Determine Precedence for Recent Declines in Snowpack and Water Resources in the American Pacific Northwest [Info Sheet - Cosmogenic Surface Exposure
Supervisor: Dylan Rood
Biodiversity and the Evolving Earth: New Data, New Methods, New Insights [Info Sheet - Biodiversity and the Evolving Earth]
Supervisors: Gareth Roberts (Email Gareth), Philip Mannion (UCL), Mark Sutton (Imperial), Jan Hackel (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew)
Releasing the sediment cascade: landscape response to active normal faulting in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece [Info Sheet - Releasing the sediment cascade]
Dr Alex Whittaker
The Digital AI Geologist: Using Neural Networks to Extract Quantitativie Information from Core and Thin Section Images [Info sheet]
Dr Cédric M. John
Philippa Mason, Richard Ghail, Gareth Roberts
Environmental reconstruction using clumped isotopes: testing the effects and signs of recrystallization in carbonates [Info sheet]
Cédric M. John
Exploring terrestrial geological evidence for past glaciation and volcanism in the Thwaites Glacier catchment, Antarctica [Info sheet]
Joanne Johnson (British Antarctic Survey), Dylan Rood (Imperial College London), Brent Goehring (Tulane University), and Stephen Roberts (British Antarctic Survey)
Understanding how serpentinisation affects marine magnetic anomalies [Info Sheet]
Adrian Muxworthy, Jenny Collier
Validating Earthquake Hazard Models For Critical Engineered Structures Using Geologic Data And Cosmogenic Isotopes [Info sheet]
Dylan Rood, JP Latham and Peter Stafford
Histories of mantle convection: Constraints from Arabia's landscape [Info Sheet]
Gareth Roberts, Alex Whittaker , Dylan Rood
Gareth Roberts, Matthew Piggott, Gareth Collins, Alex Whittaker
Will climate change make coastal erosion rates faster?: Comparing historic and Holocene cliff retreat rates using cosmogenic isotopes with numerical models [Info Sheet]
Dylan Rood
Quantifying landscape response to the growth and interaction of reverse faults, Western Transverse Ranges, USA [Info Sheet]
Alex Whittaker, Dylan Rood and Rebecca Bell
Continental Uplift and Erosion From Drainage Patterns: Predicting Sedimentary Flux to Passive Margins [Info Sheet]
Gareth Roberts and Matt Piggott
Assessing seismic and tsunami hazard offshore Los Angeles [Info sheet]
Rebecca Bell, Dylan Rood and Alex Whittaker
Investigating landscape response to active normal faulting: Improving understanding of seismic hazard in the Corinth Rift, Central Greece [Info sheet]