Recent courses

See Weblearn link for the following:

4th Year - Anatomy of a Mountain Belt (with M. P. Searle)
3rd year - Sedimentary Basin Formation
2nd year - Geophysical Methods in Geology and field trip to the Mendip Hills (with M. Worthington and C. Mac Niocaill
2nd year - Field trip to Dorset (with R. Rickaby and O. Green)
1st year - Geological history of the British Isles (with H. Jenkyns and S. P. Hesselbo)

2007/2008

Gravity constraints on the western limit of the Semail ophiolite in the northwestern Oman mountains - Deborah Lee

2006/2007

Gravity anomalies over the United Arab Emirates foreland and their tectonic implications - Melanie Savage S

Tectonics, flexure, and the uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains - Charlotte Moss*

2005/2006

The deep seismic structure of the Cape Verde hotspot swell - Jonathan Pim BP

Tectonics, flexure and uplift of the Sierra Nevada, California- Ross Parnell-Turner

2003/2004

The mechanics of large river deltas - Rebecca Bell BP*

Spectral studies of gravity and topography data in the central Pacific ocean- Cian Wilson*

2002/2003

A global study of plate rigidity based on the response of the lithosphere to loading - Michael Floyd*

Flexure at large continental volcanoes - James Humphreys

2001/2002

Tectonics and landscape evolution in Britain - Kimberley Richards

The structure of oceanic crust on the crest of the Cape Verde mid-plate swell - Katrina Beadle

Flexural loading of the West Antarctic lithosphere - Tom Jordan BP*

Uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains - Kirsty Tinto*

2000/2001

Gravity anomalies, subsidence history and crustal structure of passive continental margins: The conjugate margins of East Coast, USA and Western Sahara - James Carver

* currently pursuing a Ph.D
BP BP Prize for best 4th year project
S Schlumberger Prize for best performance in Geophysics

3rd year Essays

2005/2006

Deep mantle plumes: fact or fiction?

2004/2005

Foreland basin flexure and deformation in fold and thrust belts

The strength of continental lithosphere: "jelly sandwich" or "crème-brûlé"?

2002/2003

Glacial isostasy and the viscosity structure of the Earth

The thermal and mechanical controls on the development of sedimentary basins

Plate flexure and the strength of Venusian lithosphere

Gravity anomalies at continental margins and their geological significance

2001/2002

Flexure on the terrestrial planets

Continental lithosphere: flexible plate or viscous sheet ?

Thermal history of sedimentary basins

2000/2001

Sedimentary basins and oil provinces

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