Teaching
Recent courses
See Weblearn link for the following:4th Year - Anatomy of a Mountain Belt (with M. P. Searle)
3rd year - Sedimentary Basins
2nd year - Geophysical Methods in Geology and field trip to the Mendip Hills (with M. Worthington and C. Mac Niocaill). Field trip to Assynt (with M. Searle and D. Waters)
2nd year - Field trip to Dorset (with R. Rickaby and O. Green)
1st year - Field trip to Arran (with D. Waters)
1st year - Planet Earth: The Cenozoic World, The Last Million Years and Plate Tectonics
MESc. Research Projects
2011/2012
Subsidence history, flexure and dynamic topography of the United Arab Emirates foreland basin3-D flexural backstripping of Miocene passive margin sequences: extraction of a eustatic sea-level signal?
A global study of swath bathymetry data and the depth of the seafloor with time
2010/2011
The distribution, morphology and structure of seamounts on the South-West Indian Ocean Ridge - Elisabeth Muller2009/2010
The distribution of seamounts in space and time and their effect on biological productivity (with H. Bouman) - Holly Rouse-SweeneyA marine geophysical study of the Tonga Trench - Louisville Ridge collisional system in the SW Pacific ocean- Daniel Frost*
2007/2008
Gravity constraints on the western limit of the Semail ophiolite in the northwestern Oman mountains - Deborah Lee2006/2007
Gravity anomalies over the United Arab Emirates foreland and their tectonic implications - Melanie Savage STectonics, flexure, and the uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains - Charlotte Moss
2005/2006
The deep seismic structure of the Cape Verde hotspot swell - Jonathan Pim BPTectonics, 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 RichardsThe 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* Proceeded to a Ph.D
BP BP Prize for best 4th year project
S Schlumberger Prize for best performance in Geophysics
3rd year Essays
2011/2012
Basin development: Plate processes Vs. dynamic topography2010/2011
Mantle plumes: Geophysical evidence and dynamic modelsOceanic core complexes and their tectonic implications
2008/2009
To what extent do tectonics and climate change control sedimentary cycles?2005/2006
Deep mantle plumes: fact or fiction?2004/2005
Foreland basin flexure and deformation in fold and thrust beltsThe strength of continental lithosphere: "jelly sandwich" or "crème-brûlé"?
2002/2003
Glacial isostasy and the viscosity structure of the EarthThe 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 planetsContinental lithosphere: flexible plate or viscous sheet ?
Thermal history of sedimentary basins
2000/2001
Sedimentary basins and oil provincesLinks
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