Recent courses
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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
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2005/2006
Deep mantle plumes: fact or fiction?
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2004/2005
Foreland basin flexure and deformation in fold and thrust belts
The strength of continental lithosphere: "jelly sandwich" or "crème-brûlé"?
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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
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2001/2002
Flexure on the terrestrial planets
Continental lithosphere: flexible plate or viscous sheet ?
Thermal history of sedimentary basins
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2000/2001
Sedimentary basins and oil provinces
Links
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Weblearn
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