Research Overview

 

Areas of particular interest and current study are: 

  • Shallow level (sub-volcanic) magma emplacement
  • Layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions
  • Cr-spinel seam petrogenesis
  • Platinum-group element concentration in magmatic systems
  • Serpentinisation
  • Rock magnetism
  • Magma genesis and evolution in volcanic arcs
  • Rates and timescales of magmatic processes
  • Magma chamber processes
  • Volatile emissions and climatic impact of volcanic eruptions
  • Emplacement mechanisms of small-volume pyroclastic flows
  • Volcanic hazards and risks

Skeletal plagioclase spherulite

Skeletal plagioclase spherulite,
Rum Layered Suite, NW Scotland

Columnar jointing

Columnar basalt, Iceland