ESE authors reveal a potential problem in the way we search for life on Mars

Contents

Publications
Conferences, Lectures and Seminars
Research Grants
Research Activity
Impact and Media
Fieldwork
PhD vivas
New Staff and Departures

Publications

Cole, K., Brito-Parada, P.R., Morrison, A., Govender, I., Buffler, A., Hadler, K. and Cilliers, J.J. (2015). Using positron emission tomography (PET) to determine liquid content in overflowing foam. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.10.014

Boldrin, P., Ruiz-Trejo, E., Yu J., Gruar R. I., Tighe C. J., Chang K-C, Ilavsky J,. Darr J. A., and Brandon N. P. (2015). Nanoparticle scaffolds for syngas-fed solid oxide fuel cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A.  DOI: 10.1039/C4TA06029F.

Dodd, S. C., Muxworthy, A. R. and Mac Niocaill, C. (2015). Paleointensity determinations from the Etendeka province, Namibia, support a low magnetic field strength leading up to the Cretaceous normal superchron. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005707

Dooley, T.P., Jackson, M.P.A., Jackson, C.A-L., Hudec, M.R. and Rodriguez, C.R. (2015). Enigmatic structures within salt walls of the Santos Basin—Part 2: Mechanical explanation from physical modelling. Journal of Structural Geology. DOI:10.1016/j.jsg.2015.01.009.

Hnatyshin, D., Creaser, R.A., Wilkinson, J.J and Gleeson, S.A. “Re-Os dating of pyrite confirms an early diagenetic onset and extended duration of mineralization in the Irish Zn-Pb ore field”. Geology, 43, (2015) 143-146.

Bastow, I.D., Eaton, D.W., Kendall, J-M., Helffrich, G., Snyder, D.B., Thompson, D.A., Wookey, J., Darbyshire, F.A., Pawlak, A.E.. The Hudson Bay Lithospheric Experiment (HuBLE): Insights into Pre-cambrian Plate Tectonics and the Development of Mantle Keels. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pubs., 389, 41-67, doi:10.1144/SP389.7, 2015.

Jackson C.A-L., Jackson, M.P.A., Hudec, M.R. and Rodriguez, C.R. (2015). Enigmatic structures within salt walls of the Santos Basin—Part 1: Geometry and kinematics from 3D seismic reflection and well data. Journal of Structural Geology. DOI:10.1016/j.jsg.2015.01.010.

Keir, D., Bastow, I.D. Cort,i G., and Mazzarini, F. The development of along-axis variations in faulting and magmatism in the Ethiopian rift, Tectonics, doi:10.1002/2014TC003698, 2015.

Lewis, J.M.T., Watson, J.S., Najorka, J., Luong, D. and Sephton, M.A. (2015). Sulfate minerals: A problem for the detection of organic compounds on Mars? Astrobiology. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2014.1160.

Maes, J., Muggeridge, A., Jackson, M.D., Quintard, M. and Lapene, A.  (2015). Scaling heat and mass transfer through porous media during pyrolysis. Heat and Mass Transfer. 51(3), 313-334. DOI: 10.1007/s00231-014-1391-4.

Matthewman, R., Court, R.W., Crawford, I.A., Jones, A.P., Joy, K.H., and Sephton M.A. (2015). The moon as a recorder of organic evolution in the early solar system: a lunar regolith analog study. Astrobiology. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2014.1217

Reinardy, B.T.I., Escutia, C., Iwai, M., Jimenez-Espejo, F.J., Cook, C., van de Flierdt, T. and Brinkhuis, H. (2015). Repeated advance and retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet on the continental shelf during the early Pliocene warm period. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclim. Palaeoecol., 422, 65-84.

Ruiz-Trejo, E., Zhou, Y., and Brandon N. P. (2015). On the manufacture of silver-BaCe_0.5Zr_0.3Y_0.16Zn_0.04O_3‑δ composites for hydrogen separation membranes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.146

Ruiz-Trejo, E; Boldrin, P., Medley-Hallam J. L., Darr J. A., Atkinson A., Brandon N. P. (2015). Partial oxidation of methane using silver/gadolinia-doped ceria composite membranes, Chemical Engineering Science. doi:10.1016/j.ces.2015.01.047

Ruiz-Trejo, E., Atkinson A, Brandon N. P. (2015) Metallizing porous scaffolds as an alternative fabrication method for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell anodes, Journal of Power Sources. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.01.091

Spencer, E.T., Wilkinson, J.J., Creaser, R.A. and Seguel, J. “The distribution and timing of molybdenite mineralization at the El Teniente Cu-Mo porphyry deposit, Chile” Economic Geology 110, (2015), 387-421.

Thompson, D. A., Hammond, J. O. S., Kendall, J-M., Stuart, G. W., Helffrich, G. R., Keir, D., Ayele, A. and Goitom, B. (2015) Hydrous upwelling across the mantle transition zone beneath the Afar triple junction. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. doi:10.1002/2014GC005648 

Wilkinson, J.J., Chang, Z., Cooke, D.R., Baker, M.J., Wilkinson, C.C., Inglis, S., Chen, H. AND Gemmell, J.B. “The chlorite proximitor: A new tool for detecting porphyry ore deposits” Journal of Geochemical Exploration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.01.005 (2015).

Tauxe, L., Sugisaki, S., Jiménez-Espejo, F., Cook, C.P., van de Flierdt, T., Iwai, M. and Escutia, C. (2015). Geology of the Wilkes Land Sub-basin and Stability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: Insights from rock magnetism at IODP Site U1361. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 412, 61-69.

Conferences, Lectures and Seminars

Christian Jacobs presented a poster “PyRDM: A library to facilitate the automated publication of software and data in computational science” at the 10th International Digital Curation Conference. Christian also released a new version (v0.2) of PyRDM which can be obtained from GitHub (https://github.com/pyrdm/pyrdm). 

Carl Jacquemyn gave an invited talk to the GoCAD Group in Nancy (France). The talk was entitled: “A diagenetic vs. a sedimentary system: two different approaches for reservoir modelling applied to hydrothermal dolomite and storm-deposits.”

Emma Passmore and Mike Streule attended the annual Higher Education Network Geological Society conference at the University of Plymouth on 21 January 2015. Emma gave a talk co-authored with Philippa Mason and Lorraine Craig, “Student perceptions of feedback during fieldwork”. Mike gave a talk, co-authored with Kaisa Freeman of Rio Tinto and Lorraine Craig, “The value of a mentoring programme in Higher Education”.

Susie Maidment gave two public 'Nature Live' events at the Natural History Museum on 7 February titled “Why did stegosaurs have plates and spikes?”. Susie also gave a talk at the Hastings Geological Society on 15 February titled “Soft tissues preserved in 75 million year old dinosaur specimens”.

PhD student Rachares Petvipusit gave talks “An Efficient Optimisation Technique Using Adaptive Spectral High-Dimensional Model Representation: Application to CO2 Sequestration Strategies” co authored by Elsheikh AH, Peter King, and Martin Blunt (SPE 173283) and  “Multi-objective optimization coupled with dimension-wise polynomial based method in smart well placement under model uncertainty” co authoured by Chang Y Devegowda D (SPE 173291) at the Proceedings of Reservoir Simulation Symposium Conference, 23-25 February, Houston, Texas, USA.

James Hammond presented "Constraints on melt geometry and distribution in the crust and mantle from seismic anisotropy" at the British Geophysical Association New Advances of Geophysics meeting at the Geological Society, Burlington House.  The meeting was on "The Lithosphere - Asthenosphere System - Nature of the Tectonic Plates". James also a public lecture to the Norfolk branch of the Royal Geographical Society titled ’Science without borders'.

PhD students Alex McCormac and Gaurav Bhutani gave a presentation as part of a college public engagement seminar on 18 February on the development of interactivities for public engagement events across the college including outreach the Fringe Festival and Imperial Festival. 

Research Grants

PhD student Saba Manzoor was awarded £400 of travel funding by the Imperial College Trust fund to attend at the American Chemical Society 249^th National Meeting and Exposition conference from March 22-26; Denver, US, 2015 to present “Environmental and Human health risk assessment of amine emissions from post combustion power plants”. Saba also received grant of €250 from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) to present  ‘‘Human health risk assessment of amine emissions from post combustion plant technology’’ at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 25th Annual Meeting from 3-7 May in Barcelona, Spain.

Research Activity

PhD student, Auriol Rae, spent two weeks at the Geological Survey of Canada core repository in Ottawa. With record low temperatures of near -25˚C, Auriol logged cores from the Clearwater East and West impact structures. He has been working with Dr Richard Grieve and colleagues from the University of Western Ontario.

Impact and Media

John-Paul Latham had had article “Waves and concrete” published in Research Media describing how latest advances in computational modeling are being used to better understand the impact of wave action on coastal defences and harbour breakwaters.

Tina Van De Flierdt contributed to a report from the Oceanographic Society on progress of women in oceanography over the past decade entitled “Women in oceanography: A Decade Later”. Tina wrote one of 200 single page autobiographical sketches by women oceanographers describing the challenges and rewards of their careers and how they balance work and personal lives.

PhD student James Lewis’ article “Sulfate minerals: A problem for the detection of organic compounds on Mars” co-authoured by Jon Watson Jens Najorka Duy Luong and Mark Sephton was reported in New Scientists article “Searching for signs of Mars life could destroy them”.  Gizmodo, NBC news and Scientific American Blog also reported the research.

The Basins Research Group (BRG) has finally hit Twitter! Follow at @BasinsIC for fun stuff like #fieldworkfriday and general updates on the group’s activities.

Fieldwork

Adam Booth and Philippa Mason conducted a seismic survey near Folkestone, with Civil Engineering PhD students Sarah Tallett-Williams and Christine Bischoff, with the aim of measuring engineering properties of rock near a BGS seismic station. The earth was made to move using seismic equipment (pictured) hired from University of Leeds through a departmental Collaboration Award, and Ian Bastow arranged for a loan of broadband seismometers (pictured, inset) from SEIS-UK. The work contributes to a submission to the 6th ICEGE conference, to be held in New Zealand later this year. 

PhD vivas

Marina Lomberg and Vlad Duboviks successfully passed their PhD Vivas. Both Marina and Vlad's research was in the field of Solid Oxid Fuel Cells & Electrolysers. Marina will be continuing at Imperial in postdoc position. 

New Staff and Depatures

The Basins Research Group say ‘so long and thanks!’ to Olly Duffy, who has left the group to take-up a full time researcher position in the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin.<