Dr. Ian G. Stimpson

Title: Senior Lecturer in Geophysics
Phone: (+44) 01782 7 33182
Email:
Location: William Smith Building : WS 1.02
Role: Course Director : Geology & Geoscience.
Faculty representative on the University Widening Participation Working Group, the Science Learning Centre, West Midlands Advisory Board and University Senate.
Contacting me: If my office door is open, knock and enter. Otherwise send me an e-mail with some times that you are free.
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I was appointed as a lecturer in geophysics and geology at Keele in 1987. My first degree was in geology at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College and I then went on to study earthquake source mechanics at University College Cardiff for my Ph.D. Before arriving at Keele I did some postdoctoral work setting up a seismic network in Brazil and computer modelling sandstone deposition based in Cardiff as well as analysing the French underground nuclear test in Algeria for the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Blacknest.

Class Fieldwork in Pembrokeshire Although I have worked with a variety of geophysical techniques, my main specialism is seismology, the study of earthquakes. As a member of the Applied and Environmental Geophysics Research Group, part of the Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences & Applied Mathematics, as well as studying local Staffordshire earthquakes, I've looked at microearthquakes caused by tunnelling, saltmine collapse and oil extraction. I've also studied vibration of wind turbines. I'm also working in geoconservation and have recently co-autored a geotrail to the Churnet Valley. I have a strong interest in teaching and learning and am currently studying for a part-time masters degree.

Further information can be found on my personal web page.

Selected Publications

  • Stimpson IG. 2011. Japan's Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Geology Today, vol. 27(3), 96-98. link>
  • Pringle JK, Cassidy NJ, Styles P, Stimpson IG, Toon SM. 2011. Training the next generation of near-surface geophysicists: team-based, student-led, problem-solving field exercises, Cumbria, UK. Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 9(4), 397. doi> link>
  • Pringle JK, Cassidy NJ, Styles P, Stimpson IG, Toon SM. 2010. Training the next generation of near-surface geophysicists: team-based, student-led, problem-solving field exercises, Cumbria, UK. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, vol. 8(6), 503-517. link> doi> full text>
  • Husband CR, Cassidy NJ, Stimpson IG. 2009. The geophysical investigation of lake water seepage in the regulated environment of the Bosherston Lily Ponds, South Wales, UK. Part 1: natural, fracture-related pathways. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, vol. 7(5-6), 499-515. link>
  • Parkes AA, Waller RI, Knight PG, Stimpson IG, Schofield DI, Mason KT. 2009. A morphological, sedimentological and geophysical investigation of the Woore Moraine, Shropshire, England. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION, vol. 120, 233-244. link> doi>

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Journal Articles

  • Stimpson IG. 2011. Japan's Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Geology Today, vol. 27(3), 96-98. link>
  • Pringle JK, Cassidy NJ, Styles P, Stimpson IG, Toon SM. 2011. Training the next generation of near-surface geophysicists: team-based, student-led, problem-solving field exercises, Cumbria, UK. Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 9(4), 397. doi> link>
  • Pringle JK, Cassidy NJ, Styles P, Stimpson IG, Toon SM. 2010. Training the next generation of near-surface geophysicists: team-based, student-led, problem-solving field exercises, Cumbria, UK. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, vol. 8(6), 503-517. link> doi> full text>
  • Husband CR, Cassidy NJ, Stimpson IG. 2009. The geophysical investigation of lake water seepage in the regulated environment of the Bosherston Lily Ponds, South Wales, UK. Part 1: natural, fracture-related pathways. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, vol. 7(5-6), 499-515. link>
  • Parkes AA, Waller RI, Knight PG, Stimpson IG, Schofield DI, Mason KT. 2009. A morphological, sedimentological and geophysical investigation of the Woore Moraine, Shropshire, England. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION, vol. 120, 233-244. link> doi>
  • Husband CR, Cassidy NJ, Stimpson IG. 2009. The geophysical investigation of lake water seepage in the regulated environment of the Bosherston Lily Ponds, South Wales, UK. Part 2: historical, dam-related pathways. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, vol. 7(5-6), 517-528. link> doi>
  • Pringle JK, Stimpson IG, Toon SM, Caunt S, Lane VS, Husband CR, Jones GM, Cassidy NJ, Styles P. 2008. Geophysical characterization of derelict coalmine workings and mineshaft detection: a case study from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, vol. 6(3), 185-194. link> full text>
  • BUDDIN T, STIMPSON I, WILLIAMS G. 1993. NORTH CHILEAN FORE-ARC TECTONICS AND CENOZOIC PLATE KINEMATICS. TECTONOPHYSICS, vol. 220(1-4), 193-203. link> doi>
  • PEARCE R and STIMPSON I. 1988. EVOLUTION OF INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY IN THE JOAO-CAMARA REGION, NE BRAZIL. GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL-OXFORD, vol. 92(3), 527. link>
  • STIMPSON I and WILLIAMS G. 1988. SEISMOTECTONICS, NEOTECTONICS AND PLATE KINEMATICS OF THE NORTH CHILEAN CONTINENTAL FORE-ARC. GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL-OXFORD, vol. 92(3), 528. link>
  • STIMPSON I and PEARCE R. 1988. THE SAMAMBAIA ACTIVE FAULT SYSTEM, JOAO-CAMARA NE BRAZIL. GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL-OXFORD, vol. 92(3), 527. link>

Other

  • TATAR O, TEMIZ H, TUTKUN S, PARK R, STIMPSON I. 1993. SURFACE DEFORMATION AND TECTONIC SETTING OF THE 13 MARCH 1992 ERZINCAN EARTHQUAKE, EASTERN TURKEY. GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL (vol. 28, pp. 327-333). link> doi>

Science Foundation Year

  • ESC-00002 : Geology of the Planets

Year 1

  • ESC-10019 : Planetary Geology
  • ESC-10005 : Geology Fieldwork and Transferable Skills
  • ESC-10015 : ESS Fieldwork and Transferable Skills

Year 2

  • ESC-20012 : Advanced Fieldwork Skills

Year 3

  • ESC-30002 : Fieldwork
  • ESC-30011 : Advanced Tectonics and Structural Geology
  • ESC-30012 : Advanced Geophysics

Year 4

  • ESC-40001 : Computing Skills for Earth Scientists
  • ESC-40002 : Programming Skills for Earth Scientists