Formerly University Lecturer in Petrology and Sollas Fellow in Geology, University College, now Emeritus Fellow, MA DPhil FGS
Research interests
Tectonics and Magmatism of the North Atlantic Igneous Province
Geology of the Solomon Islands, South West Pacific
Volcanic activity of Etna and Ascension Island
Geological influences on human activity in the Bronze Age
View Selected Publications
Butler BCM & Bell JD (1991) The interpretation of Geological maps. Longman
Cox KG, Bell JD & Pankhurst RJ (1979). The interpretation of Igneous Rocks. Allen and Unwin
Moorbath S & Bell JD (1965). Strontium isotope abundance studies and rubidium-strontium age determinations on Tertiary igneous rocks from the Isle of Skye, northwest Scotland. Journal of Petrology v. 6
Stanton RL & Bell JD (1969). Volcanic and associated rocks of the New Georgia Group, British Solomon Islands. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources v. 10
Lawless, a novel, (2017). Roman Books