Parasitic Silurian arthropods, broadband seismology in North America and UK viticulture: ESE research in the media

Contents

Publications
Conferences, Lectures and Seminars
Research Grants
Impact and Media
Outreach
Fieldwork
PhD vivas
New Arrivals

Publications

Alqahtani, F.A., Johnson, H.D., Jackson, C.A-L., Som, R.B., (2015). Nature, origin and evolution of a Late Pleistocene incised valley-fill, Sunda Shelf, Southeast Asia. Sedimentology 62, 1198-1232. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12185

Barnie, T. D., Keir, D., Hamling, I., Hofmann, B., Belachew, M., Carn, S., Eastwell, D., Hammond, J. O. S., Ayele, A., Oppenheimer, C., Wright, T. (2015). The May 2010 Manda Hararo dyke intrusion, Geol. Soc. Lond. Memoirs, 420, doi:10.1144/SP420.6

Wilson, D.J., Piotrowski, A.M., Galy, A., Banakar, V.K., (2015). Interhemispheric controls on deep ocean circulation and carbon chemistry during the last two glacial cycles. Paleoceanography 30. DOI: 10.1002/2014PA002707 

Wilson, D.J., Galy, A., Piotrowski, A.M., Banakar, V.K., (2015). Quaternary climate modulation of Pb isotopes in the deep Indian Ocean linked to the Himalayan chemical weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.014 

Gilligan, A., K. F. Priestley, S. W. Roecker, V. Levin, and S. S. Rai (2015), The crustal structure of the western Himalayas and Tibet, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB011891.

Graham, G.H., Jackson, M.D., Hampson, G.J. (2015). Three-dimensional modeling of clinoforms within deltaic and shoreface reservoirs, part 1: concepts and application. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 99, 1013-1047. DOI:10.1306/05110908144

Graham, G.H., Jackson, M.D., Hampson, G.J. (2015). Three-dimensional modeling of clinoforms within deltaic and shoreface reservoirs, part 2: impact on fluid flow and hydrocarbon recovery in fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 99, 1049-1080. DOI:10.1306/05110908145

Maes, J., Muggeridge, A. H., Jackson, M. D., Quintard, M., Lapene, A., “Modelling in-situ upgrading of heavy oil using operator splitting method”, Computational GeoSciences, DOI: 10.1007/s10596-015-9495-6

Hommel, J., Lauchnor, E., Phillips, A., Gerlach, R., Cunningham, A. B., Helmig, R., Ebigbo, A., and Class, H. (2015), A revised model for microbially induced calcite precipitation: Improvements and new insights based on recent experiments, Water Resour. Res., 51, DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016503.

Salimzadeh, S., Khalili, N. (2015). A three-phase XFEM model for hydraulic fracturing with cohesive crack propagation. Computers and Geotechnics. DOI:10.1016/j.compgeo.2015.05.001

Siveter, David J.; Briggs, D. E.G.; Siveter, Derek J.; Sutton, M D. (2015). A 425-Million-Year-Old Silurian Pentastomid Parasitic on Ostracods. Current Biology 25, 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.035

Wilkinson, J.J. and Hitzman, M.W., 2015, The Irish Zn-Pb Orefield: The View from 2014. In: Current Perspectives on Zinc Deposits (Ed. S. M. Archibald and S. J. Piercey), Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin, 59-72.

Conferences, Lectures and Seminars

Former PhD student Jasmin Ambrose, now with Schlumberger, presented a paper entitled “Failure of anisotropic shales under triaxial compression and extension”, J. Ambrose and R.W. Zimmerman, at the 13th International Congress of Rock Mechanics in Montréal, Canada on 11 May.

Ann Muggeridge gave a keynote speech on "Hydrodynamic aquifer or reservoir compartmentalization?" at the first EAGE/TNO Workshop on Basin Hydrodynamic Systems in Relation to Their Contained Resources. This was held in Utrecht, The Netherlands from 6-8 May 2015.

Adriana Paluszny presented a paper entitled “A numerical model for fracture propagation leading to primary fragmentation in block caving mines”, A. Paluszny, M. Nejati, and R.W. Zimmerman, at the 13th International Congress of Rock Mechanics in Montréal, Canada on 13 May.

Gary Hampson co-convened the “Sedimentology of Paralic Reservoirs: Recent Advances and their Applications” conference at the Geological Society, London (18-21 May). There were three papers presented or authored by members of ESE: D.S. Collins, H.D. Johnson & P.A. Allison, “Autogenic, allogenic and mixed-process controls on stratigraphic architecture in the Baram and Champion delta systems, NW Borneo”. G.J. Hampson, G.H. Graham, N.E. Holgate, J.E. Morris, S. Patruno, R.P. Sech, S.A. Petersen, C.A-L. Jackson, M.D. Jackson & H.D. Johnson, “Sedimentological characterisation, impact and modelling of clinoforms in shallow-marine reservoirs”. M. Van Cappelle, R. Ravnas, G.J. Hampson & H.D. Johnson, “Spatial changes in depositional processes in a progradational mixed-influence deltaic succession, Jurassic lower Ile Formation, Halten Terrace, offshore Norway”.

Alistair Boyce, Laura Petrescu, Mitch Liddell and Amy Gilligan all gave talks at the AGU-CGU 2015 Joint Assembly in Montreal in a session co-chaired by Ian Bastow. Alistair and Laura presented their work on the seismic structure of SE Canada. Mitch and Amy presented work looking at the Hudson Bay area of northern Canada.  Amy gave another talk at the conference entitled "Crustal Structure Variation Across the Western Himalayas and Tibet”.  Laura and Alistair also presented their work on Precambrian Canada at a pre-conference workshop.

David Wilson visited the University of Bristol and gave two presentations to their paleoceanography group on "Dynamic intermediate ocean circulation in the deglacial North Atlantic: a radiocarbon and neodymium isotope perspective" and "Lead (Pb) isotopes in paleoceanography: a discussion with application to deep-sea corals". 

James Hammond was invited to speak at the ‘Science Diplomacy 2015: Science Drivers for Diplomacy’ conference at AAAS, Washington D.C. James was on the panel for the Cooperation during political strain session together with Frances Colon (acting science and technology advisor to US secretary of state), Gary Machlis (science advisor to the Director of the National Park Service, US) and Sergio Pastrana (Foreign Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba). Further information on the conference can be found here.

PhD student, Saba Manzoor, gave an invited talk entitled ‘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 in Barcelona, Spain from 2-7 May 2015.  She was awarded a travel grant by SETAC. Saba was also awarded a Certificate of Merit for her presentation before the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry at the 249th ACS National Meeting in Denver, CO, in March 2015.

Research Grants

Ian Bastow was awarded a €2000 Short Term Mobility Grant from the National Research Council of Italy to work with Dr Giacomo Corti in Florence for two weeks this summer.  Their work will focus on the structure and dynamics of the Dankil Depression in Ethiopia.

Impact and Media

Mark Sutton’s research on 425 Ma parasitic arthropod tongue worms from mid-Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte received much media attention being reported in BBC news online, techtimes and livescience.

James Hammond’s work was featured in an article written by Sir Martyn Poliakoff FRS, Foreign Secretary to the Royal Society, on the roles of learned societies in international relations

Ian Bastow spoke to the Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail, along side North American colleagues, about using broadband seismology to probe the structure of the crust and mantle in North America - “We’re living the dream.” 

Further confirmation of Dick Selley's 2004-8 research predicting the impact of global warming on UK viticulture was cited again in the Independent on 24th May.

Outreach

Eight members of the Earth Science department (Annie Cheng, Margaret Kwok, Vidish Athavale, Haydn Orme, Luke Bridgestock, Camille Peers de Nieuwburgh, Rebekah Moore and Elizabeth Day) organised and hosted 3 nights of Planet Earth themed talks at the Hoop and Toy pub 18 -20 May as part of the Pint of Science Festival. Talks were given by Susannah Maidment, Mark Sephton, Martin Siegert, Zita Martins, Phillipa Mason and Christoper Jackson. The sell-out talks, which covered stegosauruses, life on Mars, Antarctica, the origin of life, remote sensing and salt, were very well received and everyone had a lot of fun!" 

Lidia Lonergan did a session on the geology of the Isle of Wight for two year 5 classes in a London Borough of Richmond primary school. They enjoyed looking at a real geological map, examining chalk, fossiliferous limestones, and identifying fossils the Cretaceous (Ptychodus) shark's teeth proving a real hit. The session ended constructing a plasticine model of the Isle of Wight, including the monocline, and slicing it horizontally to reproduce the present day geology map. The children are suitably briefed for their upcoming 4 day visits to the Isle of Wight.

ESE delegates presented at the Imperial Festival as part of an Earth Science and Shock Physics collaboration at stand “Impact Earth” led by Gareth Collins. The stand featured an impact crater simulator, meteorite table and impact earth simulation. The festival was a great success and enjoyed by all. 

Fieldwork

4^th Year MSci students spent 12 days taking a geological transect across the Italian Apennines to understand the growth and decay of a mountain belt over time and geodynamic evolution of the Apennines. Led by Alex Whittaker and Gareth Roberts students applied sedimentary geology, structural geology, stratigraphy, tectonics and petrology to field examples. There was also time to visit the K-Pg boundary Gubbio to enjoy a well-deserved photo opportunity. Mitch D’Arcy, Duna Roda and Amelia Davies also assisted on the trip. 

Ian Bastow, Amy Gilligan, Mitch Liddell and Alistair Boyce spent ten days servicing broadband seismometers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The instruments are the UK part of the wider QM-III experiment - a major North American initiative to study the deep seismic structure of the continent. Data collected on this trip the signals from the Nepal earthquake can clearly be seen.  

PhD vivas

Annabel Dale passed her PhD viva. Her project, under the joint supervision of Dr. Cédric John, Prof. Ann Muggeridge, and Dr. Craig Smalley (BP), focused on applying isotopic techniques to the problem of compartmentalisation in hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Christoph Mazur also passed his PhD viva. His project centered on “Developing sustainable Technology Diffusion Paths for Alternative Mobility Technologies”.

New Arrivals

Susan Little joined the MAGIC group as a Leverhulme Research Fellow in May.