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In Earth Sciences we believe that 'Research informs Teaching' and active research is the essential underpinning of all activities.
There are several internationally respected research groups who occupy distinctive niches in the research spectrum, pursuing excellence over superficiality. Our particular expertise in the applied geosciences is provided by the Applied and Environmental Geophysics Research Group who focus on the application of high-resolution geophysical techniques to engineering, environmental and archaeological problems and the Basin Dynamics Research Group who study the controls and fill of sedimentary basins and their subsequent deformation and inversion at lithospheric scale using numerical analysis, and at smaller scales using seismic reflection interpretation and structural geology. Both of these groups are supported by Research Council, European and Industrial sponsors and also provide technology transfer to local and regional SMEs and major industrial organizations. Additionally, we conduct research in the areas of volcanology, igneous and metamorphic geology and palaeontology/stratigraphy.
The computational needs of these groups are supported by the CUDA cluster (an HEFCE funded project) and there is extensive modern geophysical equipment and a full range of geochemical analytical instruments.
- Igneous petrology and volcanology (Dr Ralf Gertisser, Dr Brian O'Driscoll & Dr Lara Blythe)
Applied & Environmental Geophysics Group
- Inversion & modelling of ground-penetrating radar (Dr Nigel Cassidy)
- Microseismicity & microgravity (Prof Peter Styles)
- Forensic geoscience (Dr Jamie Pringle)
- Archaeological and military geoscience (Dr Jamie Pringle)
- Hydrology, hydrochemistry & hydroecology
- Structural geology, basin modelling & petroleum-related research (Prof Graham Williams, Dr Stuart Clarke, Dr Stuart Egan)
- Palaeontology (Dr Michael Montenari)
Enquiries are welcome at any time, particularly but not exclusively on the following projects,. Although there may not be specific funding available, opportunities for partial funding may be possible so please contact the relevant supervisor before submitting an application.
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Cretaceous sedimentation in the Barmer Basin, Rajasthan, India. Further details here. |
Dr Stuart Clarke |
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Environmental and criminal geoforensics |
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Long-term environmental monitoring |
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Magnetite and Cr-spinel seams as 'event horizons' in layered mafic intrusions: replenishment and infiltration histories preserved in crystal mushes |
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The sequence stratigraphy and geological evolution of the Dinantian & Namurian (Carboniferous) succession of the North Pennines, northern England, using a combined sedimentological and geodynamic modelling approach. |
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Lithofacies modelling & environmental interactions within marginal arid systems using sedimentological and shallow surface geophysical techniques. Application to the Permo-Triassic succession of England. |
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Lead / zinc / fluorite mineralisation in the North Pennine Orefield: Structural, stratigraphical & fluid controls on spatially anomalous deposits in the Nenthead area, Cumbria. |
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Structural evolution of the Stublick Fault system, Northumberland & Cumbria, northern England: Implications for regional Carboniferous extensional regimes and palaeostress fields. |
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Testing the Vendobionta-Hypothesis: Biometrical and Biostatistical analysis of the Late Precambrian (Ediacara) macrofossils of Central and Southern Australia. |
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Trace element and isotopic geochemistry of Precambrian and Phanerozoic antitaxial calcite veins: insights into the Deep Life habitat. |
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How extreme is “extreme”? The Ultrastructure and Biophysics of unorthodox Bioconstructions: examples from the fossil record. |
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| Administrator | Ann Billington |
| Tel : | (+44) 01782 734071 |
| E-Mail : | epsam.enquiries@keele.ac.uk |
