Tectonics, volcanoes and hazards
Department research on tectonics involves a wide range of observations from traditional field-geology to satellite measurement of deformation, supported by laboratory techniques from petrology to paleomagnetism. These observations, both terrestrial and marine, are augmented by theoretical and modelling work to understand the diverse ways in which the near-surface Earth deforms. In volcanology, the focus is on understanding the inner workings of volcanoes, and the impact they have on chemical cycles in the atmosphere and elsewhere. The combination of research relevant to earthquake risk and volcanic processes provides a considerable range of departmental expertise in natural hazards.
Relevant research group pages (and group leaders)
Geodynamics (England / Katz)
Marine geology and geophysics (Watts)
Metamorphic petrology (Waters)
Seismology (Das / Woodhouse)
Tectonics of Asia (Searle)
Volcanology (Mather / Pyle)
Relevant faculty members and senior research fellows (and expertise)
Shamita Das (seismology)
Philip England (geodynamics and tectonics)
Richard Katz (dynamics of fluid-solid systems)
Conall MacNiocaill (rock magnatism)
Tamsin Mather (volcanism, environmental mercury chemistry)
Barry Parsons (geodesy)
David Pyle (volcanology)
Mike Searle (continental tectonics)
Richard Walker (neotectonics)
David Waters (metamorphic petrology)
Tony Watts (marine geophysics)