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Professor Jonathan Bull BSc, PhD

Professor in Geology and Geophysics

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Professor Jonathan Bull is based within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton. His current research focusses on active tectonics, marine geophysics and understanding pathways for fluid flow.

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2017 - onwards: Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Education:
PhD Marine Geophysics, University of Edinburgh (1990)
BSc (Honours) Geology and Geophysics, University of Durham (1987)

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Research interests

I work on a variety of research topics across the spectrum of marine geophysics, structural geology and surface processes, with particular emphasis on seismic reflection imaging.

Current research projects include:

Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage:
STEMM-CCS – Strategies for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage

CHIMNEY

Development of a 3D Chirp profiler

Analysing the lakebed and sub-surface sediments of Windermere, the largest lake in the English Lake District

The Geology and Geophysics of the equatorial and northern Indian Ocean

The Seaward Segment of the Hope Fault, New Zealand

Research group

Geology and Geophysics

Structure and structural permeability of active rift systems, examples of the Kermadec Arc, SW Pacific and the Main Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia

Articles

Schuba, C. N., Gray, G. G., Morgan, J. K., Sawyer, D. S., Shillington, D. J., Reston, T. J., ... Jordan, B. E. (2018). A low-angle detachment fault revealed: three-dimensional images of the S-reflector fault zone along the Galicia passive margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 492, 232-238. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.012
Siegburg, M., Gernon, T. M., Bull, J. M., Keir, D., Barfod, D. N., Taylor, R. N., ... Ayele, A. (2018). Geological evolution of the Boset-Bericha Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift: 40Ar/39Ar evidence for episodic Pleistocene to Holocene volcanism. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 351, 115-133.
Lichtschlag, A., Cevatoglu, M., Connelly, D. P., James, R. H., & Bull, J. M. (2018). Increased fluid flow activity in shallow sediments at the 3 km Long Hugin Fracture in the central North Sea. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. DOI: 10.1002/2017GC007181
Illsley-Kemp, F., Keir, D., Bull, J., Gernon, T., Ebinger, C., Hammond, J. O. S., ... Belachew, M. (2018). Seismicity during continental breakup in the Red Sea rift of Northern Afar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1-18. DOI: 10.1002/2017JB014902
Dixon, S. J., Sambrook Smith, G. H., Best, J. L., Nicholas, A. P., Bull, J. M., Vardy, M. E., ... Goodbred, S. (2018). The planform mobility of river channel confluences: insights from analysis of remotely sensed. Earth-Science Reviews, 176, 1-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.09.009
Sambrook Smith, G., Nicholas, A., Best, J., Bull, J., Dixon, S., Goodbred, S., ... Vardy, M. (2018). The sedimentology of river confluences. Sedimentology, 1-39. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12504
Avery, R. S., Xuan, C., Kemp, A. E. S., Bull, J. M., Cotterill, C., Fielding, J. J., ... Croudace, I. (2017). A new Holocene record of geomagnetic secular variation from Windermere, UK. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 477, 108-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.025
Illsley-Kemp, F., Savage, M. K., Keir, D., Hirschberg, H. P., Bull, J. M., Gernon, T., ... Goitom, B. (2017). Extension and stress during continental breakup:: seismic anisotropy of the crust in Northern Afar. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 477, 41-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.014
Illsley-Kemp, F., Keir, D., Bull, J., Ayele, A., Hammond, J. O. S., Kendall, J-M., ... Goitom, B. (2017). Local earthquake magnitude scale and b-value for the Danakil region of Northern Afar. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(2), 521-531. DOI: 10.1785/0120150253
Davy, R. G., Morgan, J. V., Minshull, T., Bayrakci, G., Bull, J., Klaeschen, D., ... Cresswell, D. (2017). Resolving the fine-scale velocity structure of continental hyperextension at the Deep Galicia Margin using full-waveform inversion. Geophysical Journal International. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggx415
Davy, R. G., Minshull, T. A., Bayrakci, G., Bull, J. M., Klaeschen, D., Papenberg, C., ... Zelt, C. A. (2016). Continental hyperextension, mantle exhumation and thin oceanic crust at the continent-ocean transition, West Iberia: new insights from wide-angle seismic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, 3177-3199. DOI: 10.1002/2016JB012825
Henstock, T., McNeill, L., Bull, J., Cook, B., Gulick, S., Austin, J., ... Djajadihardja, Y. (2016). Downgoing plate topography stopped rupture in the A.D. 2005 Sumatra earthquake. Geology, 44(1), 71-74. DOI: 10.1130/G37258.1
Bayrakci, G., Minshull, T. A., Sawyer, D. S., Reston, T. J., Klaeschen, D., Papenberg, C., ... Morgan, K. J. (2016). Fault-controlled hydration of the upper mantle during continental rifting. Nature Geoscience, 9, 384-388. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2671
Srinivasa Rao, G., Radhakrishna, M., Sreejith, K. M., Krishna, K. S., & Bull, J. M. (2016). Lithosphere Structure and upper mantle characteristics below the Bay of Bengal. Geophysical Journal International, 206(1), 675-695. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw162
Nixon, C., McNeill, L., Bull, J., Bell, R., Gawthorpe, R., Henstock, T., ... Kranis, H. (2016). Rapid spatiotemporal variations in rift structure during development of the Corinth Rift, Central Greece. Tectonics, 35(5), 1225-1248. DOI: 10.1002/2015TC004026
Taylor, P., Stahl, H., Vardy, M. E., Bull, J. M., Akhurst, M., Hauton, C., ... Blackford, J. (2015). A novel sub-seabed CO2 release experiment informing monitoring and impact assessment for geological carbon storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 38, 3-17. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.09.007
Miller, H., Winfield, I. J., Fletcher, J. M., Ben James, J., van Rijn, J., Bull, J. M., & Cotterill, C. J. (2015). Distribution, characteristics and condition of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) spawning grounds in a differentially eutrophicated twin-basin lake. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 24(1), 32-43. DOI: 10.1111/eff.12122
Cevatoglu, M., Bull, J. M., Vardy, M. E., Gernon, T. M., Wright, I. C., & Long, D. (2015). Gas migration pathways, controlling mechanisms and changes in sediment acoustic properties observed in a controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 38, 26-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.03.005
Blackford, J., Bull, J. M., Cevatoglu, M., Connelly, D., Hauton, C., James, R. H., ... Wright, I. C. (2015). Marine baseline and monitoring strategies for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS). International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 38, 221-229. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.10.004
Geersen, J., Bull, J. M., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., Gaedicke, C., Chamot-Rooke, N., & Delescluse, M. (2015). Pervasive deformation of an oceanic plate and relationship to large >Mw 8 intraplate earthquakes: The northern Wharton Basin, Indian Ocean. Geology, 43(4), 359-362. DOI: 10.1130/G36446.1
Miller, H., Croudace, I. W., Bull, J. M., Cotterill, C. J., Dix, J. K., & Taylor, R. N. (2014). A 500 year sediment lake record of anthropogenic and natural inputs to Windermere (English Lake District) using double-spike lead isotopes, radiochronology, and sediment microanalysis. Environmental Science and Technology Library, 48(13), 7254-7263. DOI: 10.1021/es5008998
Cook, B. J., Henstock, T. J., McNeill, L. C., & Bull, J. M. (2014). Controls on spatial and temporal evolution of prism faulting and relationships to plate boundary slip offshore north-central Sumatra. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(7), 5594-5612. DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010834
Blackford, J., Stahl, H., Bull, J. M., Bergès, B. J. P., Cevatoglu, M., Lichtschlag, A., ... Widdicombe, S. (2014). Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage. Nature Climate Change, 4, 1011-1016. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2381
Nixon, C. W., Sanderson, D. J., Dee, S. J., Bull, J. M., Humphreys, R. J., & Swanson, M. H. (2014). Fault interactions and reactivation within a normal-fault network at Milne Point, Alaska. AAPG Bulletin, 98(10), 2081-2107. DOI: 10.1306/04301413177
Krishna, K. S., Bull, J. M., Ishizuka, O., Scrutton, R. A., Jaishankar, S., & Banakar, V. K. (2014). Growth of the Afanasy Nikitin seamount and its relationship with the 85?E Ridge, northeastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Earth System Science, 123(1), 33-47.
Nixon, C. W., Bull, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (2014). Localized vs distributed deformation associated with the linkage history of an active normal fault, Whakatane Graben, New Zealand. Journal of Structural Geology, 69(A), 266-280. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.06.005
Sager, W. W., Bull, J. M., & Krishna, K. S. (2013). Active faulting on the Ninetyeast Ridge and its relation to deformation of the Indo-Australian plate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118(8), 4648-4668. DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50319
Pinson, L. J. W., Vardy, M. E., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., & MacLachlan, S. E. (2013). Deglacial history of glacial lake Windermere, UK; implications for the central British and Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(1), 83-94. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2595
Miller, H., Bull, J. M., Cotterill, C. J., Dix, J. K., Winfield, I. J., Kemp, A. E. S., & Pearce, R. B. (2013). Lake bed geomorphology and sedimentary processes in glacial lake Windermere, UK. Journal of Maps, 9(2), 299-312. DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2013.780986
Nixon, C., Sanderson, D. J., & Bull, J. M. (2012). Analysis of a strike-slip fault network using high resolution multibeam bathymetry, offshore NW Devon U.K. Tectonophysics, 541-543, 69-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.021
Lowag, J., Bull, J. M., Vardy, M. E., Miller, H., & Pinson, L. J. W. (2012). High-resolution seismic imaging of a Younger Dryas and Holocene mass movement complex in glacial lake Windermere, UK. Geomorphology, 171-172, 42-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.002
Wormald, S. C., Wright, I. C., Bull, J. M., Lamarche, G., & Sanderson, D. J. (2012). Morphometric analysis of the submarine arc volcano Monowai (Tofua – Kermadec Arc) to decipher tectono-magmatic interactions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 239-240, 69-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.06.004
Cowie, P. A., Roberts, G. P., Bull, J. M., & Visini, F. (2012). Relationships between fault geometry, slip rate variability and earthquake recurrence in extensional settings. Geophysical Journal International, 189(1), 143-160. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05378.x
Smith, G., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., & Bull, J. M. (2012). The structure and fault activity of the Makran accretionary prism. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117, B07407. DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009312
Bell, R. E., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., & Bull, J. M. (2011). Comparing extension on multiple time and depth scales in the Corinth Rift, Central Greece. Geophysical Journal International, 186(2), 463-470. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05077.x
Nixon, C., Sanderson, D. J., & Bull, J. (2011). Deformation within a strike-slip fault network at Westward Ho!, Devon U.K.: Domino vs conjugate faulting. Journal of Structural Geology, 33, 833-843. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.009
Vardy, M. E., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Plets, R. M. K., Gutowski, M., & Hogarth, P. (2011). The geological Hubble: A reappraisal for shallow water. The Leading Edge, 30(2), 154-159. DOI: 10.1190/1.3555325
Gulick, S. P. S., Austin, J. A., McNeill, L. C., Bangs, N. L. B., Martin, K. M., Henstock, T. J., ... Permana, H. (2011). Updip rupture of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake extended by thick indurated sediments. Nature Geoscience, 4, 453-456. DOI: 10.1038/Ngeo1176
Vardy, M. E., Pinson, L. J. W., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Davis, J. W., & Gutowski, M. (2010). 3D seismic imaging of buried Younger Dryas mass movement flows: Lake Windermere, UK. Geomorphology, 118(1-2), 176-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.12.017
Bull, J. M., Miller, H., Gravley, D. M., Costello, D., Hikuroa, D. C. H., & Dix, J. K. (2010). Assessing debris flows using LIDAR differencing: 18 May 2005 Matata event, New Zealand. Geomorphology, 124(1-2), 75-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.011
Dean, S. M., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., Gulick, S. P. S., Austin, J. A., ... Permana, H. (2010). Contrasting Decollement and Prism Properties over the Sumatra 2004-2005 Earthquake Rupture Boundary. Science, 329(5988), 207-210. DOI: 10.1126/science.1189373
Bull, J. M., De Mets, C., Krishna, K. S., & Sanderson, D. J. (2010). Reconciling plate kinematic and seismic estimates of lithospheric convergence in the central Indian Ocean. Geology, 38(4), 307-310. DOI: 10.1130/G30521.1
Krishna, K. S., Bull, J. M., & Scrutton, R. A. (2009). Early (pre-8 Ma) fault activity and temporal strain accumulation in the central Indian Ocean. Geology, 37(3), 227-230. DOI: 10.1130/G25265A.1
Bell, R. E., McNeill, L. C., Bull, J. M., Henstock, T. J., Collier, R. E. L., & Leeder, M. R. (2009). Fault architecture, basin structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth Rift, central Greece. Basin Research, 21(6), 824-855. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00401.x
Plets, R. M. K., Dix, J. K., Adams, J. R., Bull, J. M., Henstock, T. J., Gutowski, M., & Best, A. I. (2009). The use of a high-resolution 3D Chirp sub-bottom profiler for the reconstruction of the shallow water archaeological site of the Grace Dieu (1439), River Hamble, UK. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36(2), 408-418. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.026
Vardy, M. E., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., & Gutowski, M. (2008). Decimeter-resolution 3D seismic volume in shallow water: a case study in small-object detection. Geophysics, 73(2), B33-B40. DOI: 10.1190/1.2829389
Pinson, L. J. W., Henstock, T. J., Dix, J. K., & Bull, J. M. (2008). Estimating quality factor and mean grain size of sediments from high-resolution marine seismic data. Geophysics, 73(4), G19-G28. DOI: 10.1190/1.2937171
Bell, R. E., McNeill, L. C., Bull, J. M., & Henstock, T. J. (2008). Evolution of the offshore western Gulf of Corinth. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 120(1-2), 156-178. DOI: 10.1130/B26212.1
Gutowski, M., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Hogarth, P., Hillier, T., ... White, P. R. (2008). Three dimensional high-resolution acoustic imaging of the sub-seabed. Applied Acoustics, 69(5), 412-421. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.08.013
McNeill, L. C., Cotterill, C. J., Bull, J. M., Henstock, T. J., Bell, R., & Stefatos, A. (2007). Geometry and slip rate of the Aigion fault, a young normal fault system in the western Gulf of Corinth. Geology, 35(4), 355-358. DOI: 10.1130/G23281A.1
Tyler, S., Bull, J. M., Parson, L. M., & Tuckwell, G. W. (2007). Numerical modelling of Non-Transform Discontinuity geometry: Implication for ridge structure, volcano-tectonic fabric development and hydrothermal activity at segment ends. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 257(1-2), 146-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.028
Robb, G. B. N., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Bull, J. M., & Harris, A. (2007). The measurement of the in situ compressional wave properties of marine sediments. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 32(2), 484-496.
Lamarche, G., Barnes, P. M., & Bull, J. M. (2006). Faulting and Extension Rate over the last 20,000 Years in the Offshore Whakatane Graben, New Zealand Continental Shelf. Tectonics, 25(4), TC4005. DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001886
Bull, J. M., Barnes, P. M., Lamarche, G., Sanderson, D. J., Cowie, P. A., Taylor, S. K., & Dix, J. K. (2006). High-resolution record of displacement accumulation on an active normal fault: implications for models of slip accumulation during repeated earthquakes. Journal of Structural Geology, 28(7), 1146-1166. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.006
Robb, G. B. N., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., Bull, J. M., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2006). The frequency dependence of compressional wave velocity and attenuation coefficient of intertidal marine sediments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(5), 2526-2537. DOI: 10.1121/1.2345908
McNeill, L. C., Cotterill, C. J., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., Stefatos, A., Collier, R. E. L., ... Hicks, S. E. (2005). Active faulting within the offshore western Gulf of Corinth, Greece: implications for models of continental rift deformation. Geology, 33(4), 241-244. DOI: 10.1130/G21127.1
Bull, J. M., Gutowski, M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2005). Design of a 3D Chirp sub-bottom imaging system. Marine Geophysical Researches, 26(2-4), 157-169. DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-3715-8
Plets, R. M. K., Dix, J. K., Adams, J. R., Best, A. I., & Mindell, D. A. (2005). High resolution acoustic imagery from a shallowly buried shipwreck: a case study (abstract of poster presented at the EGU General Assembly 2005, Vienna, 24-29 April 2005). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7, EGU05-A09046.
Bull, J. M., Minshull, T. A., Mitchell, N. C., Dix, J. K., & Hardardottir, J. (2005). Magmatic and tectonic history of Iceland's western rift zone at Lake Thingvallavatn. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 117(11-12), 1451-1465. DOI: 10.1130/B25729.1
Dix, J. K., Bull, J. M., Henstock, T. J., Gutowski, M., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2005). True 3D high resolution imagery of a buried shipwreck: the Invincible (1758). Eos Transactions AGU, 85(52).
McNeill, L. C., Mille, A., Minshull, T. A., Bull, J. M., Kenyon, N. H., & Ivanov, M. (2004). Extension of the North Anatolian Fault into the North Aegean Trough: evidence for transtension, strain partitioning, and analogues for Sea of Marmara basin models. Tectonics, 23(2), TC2016. DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001490
Taylor, S. K., Bull, J. M., Lamarche, G., & Barnes, P. M. (2004). Normal fault growth and linkage in the Whakatane Graben, New Zealand, during the last 1.3 million years. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(B2), B02408-[22pp]. DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002412
Best, A. I., Tuffin, M. D. J., Dix, J. K., & Bull, J. M. (2004). Tidal height and frequency dependence of acoustic velocity and attenuation in shallow gassy marine sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(B8), 1-17. DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002748
McNeill, L., Cotterill, C., Stefatos, A., Henstock, T., Bull, J., Collier, R., ... Ferentinos, G. (2003). A high resolution geophysical study of the offshore western Gulf of Corinth rift (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F1366-F1367.
Barnes, P. M., Lamarche, G., & Bull, J. M. (2003). Active interplay between strike-slip and extensional strucutres in a back-arc environment, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F1367.
Gutowski, M., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T., Hogarth, P., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2003). Chirp sub-bottom profiler source signature design and field testing. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EAE03A-01556.
Taylor, S., Bull, J., Lamarche, G., Barnes, P., Cowie, P., Sanderson, D., & Dix, J. (2003). Displacement accumulation in a linked segmented normal fault over the last 18 ka within the Whakatane Graben, New Zealand (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F1367-F1368.
Bull, J. M., Minshull, T. A., Mitchell, N. C., Thors, K., Dix, J. K., & Best, A. I. (2003). Fault and magmatic interaction within Iceland's western rift over the last 9kyr. Geophysical Journal International, 154(1), F1-F8. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01990.x
Bull, J. M., Taylor, S. K., Lamarche, G., & Barnes, P. M. (2003). Normal fault growth and linkage in the Whakatane Graben, New Zealand, during the last 1.3 million years (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F1364.
Parke, J. R., White, R. S., McKenzie, D., Minshull, T. A., Bull, J., Kuscu, I., ... Sengor, A. M. C. (2003). The Sea of Marmara: a two-dimensional seismic reflection profile data archive. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(10), 1084. DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000493
Gutowski, M., Bull, J., Henstock, T., Dix, J., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T., & White, P. (2002). Chirp sub-bottom profiler source signature design and field testing. Marine Geophysical Researches, 23(5-6), 481-492. DOI: 10.1023/B:MARI.0000018247.57117.0e
Schwamborn, G. J., Dix, J. K., Bull, J. M., & Rachold, V. (2002). High resolution seismic and ground penetrating radar-geophysical profiling of a thermokarst lake in the western Lena Delta, Northern Siberia. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 13(4), 259-269. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.430
Krishna, K. S., Bull, J. M., & Scrutton, R. A. (2001). Evidence for multiphase folding of the central Indian Ocean lithosphere. Geology, 29(8), 715-718. DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0715:EFMFOT>2.0.CO;2
Lamarche, G., Bull, J. M., Barnes, P. M., Taylor, S. K., & Horgan, H. (2000). Constraining fault growth rates and fault evolution in New Zealand. EOS: Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81, 481-486.
Hyam, D. M., Marshall, J. E. A., Bull, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (2000). The structural boundary between East and West Falkland: new evidence for movement history and lateral extent. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 17(1), 13-26. DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00063-X
Tuckwell, G. W., Bull, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (1999). Mechanical control of oceanic plate boundary geometry. Tectonophysics, 313(3), 265-270. DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00206-1
Bull, J. (1998). Getting to grips with the solid Earth - review of: Principles of geophysics, by N.H. Sleep and K. Fujita and Fundamentals of geophysics, by W. Lowrie. Nature, 394(6695), 736-737. DOI: 10.1038/29437
Tuckwell, G. W., Bull, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (1998). Numerical models of faulting at oblique spreading centers. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(B7), 15473-15482. DOI: 10.1029/97JB03673
Quinn, R., Bull, J. M., & Dix, J. K. (1998). Optimal Processing of Marine High-Resolution Seismic Reflection (Chirp) Data. Marine Geophysical Researches, 20, 13-20. DOI: 10.1023/A:1004349805280
Bull, J. M., Quinn, R., & Dix, J. K. (1998). Reflection coefficient calculation from marine high-resolution seismic reflection (Chirp) data. Marine Geophysical Researches, 20, 1-11. DOI: 10.1023/A:1004373106696
Quinn, R., Adams, J. R., Dix, J. K., & Bull, J. M. (1998). The Invincible (1758) site: an integrated geophysical assessment. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 27(2), 126-138. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.1998.tb00796.x
Quinn, R., Bull, J. M., & Dix, J. K. (1997). Imaging wooden artefacts using Chirp sources. Archaeological Prospection, 4(1), 25-35. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0763(199703)4:1<25::AID-ARP66>3.0.CO;2-U
Pickering, G., Peacock, D. C. P., Sanderson, D. J., & Bull, J. M. (1997). Modeling tip zones to predict the throw and length characteristics of faults. AAPG Bulletin, 81(1), 82-99.
Walia, R. K., & Bull, J. M. (1997). Modelling rough interfaces on seismic reflection profiles - the application of fractal concepts. Geophysical Research Letters, 24(12), 2067-2070. DOI: 10.1029/97GL01962
Quinn, R., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., & Adams, J. R. (1997). The Mary Rose site - geophysical evidence for palaeo-scour marks. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 26, 3-16. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.1997.tb01309.x
Tuckwell, G. W., Bull, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (1996). Models of fracture orientation at oblique spreading centres. Journal of the Geological Society, 153(2), 185-189. DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.2.0185
Bull, J. M., & Masson, D. G. (1996). The southern margin of the Rockall Plateau: stratigraphy, Tertiary volcanism and plate tectonic evolution. Journal of the Geological Society, 153(4), 601-612. DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0601
Pickering, G., Bull, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (1995). Sampling power-law distributions. Tectonophysics, 248(1-2), 1-20. DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00030-Q
Bull, J. M., Martinod, J., & Davy, P. (1992). Buckling of the oceanic lithosphere from geophysical data and experiments. Tectonics, 11(3), 537-548. DOI: 10.1029/91TC02908
Bull, J. M., & Scrutton, R. A. (1992). Seismic reflection images of intraplate deformation, central Indian Ocean, and their tectonic significance. Journal of the Geological Society, 149(6), 955-966. DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.149.6.0955
Bull, J. M., & Scrutton, R. A. (1990). Fault reactivation in the central Indian Ocean and the rheology of oceanic lithosphere. Nature, 344, 855-858. DOI: 10.1038/344855a0
Bull, J. M. (1990). Structural style of intra-plate deformation, Central Indian Ocean Basin: evidence for the role of fracture zones. Tectonophysics, 184(2), 213-228. DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(90)90054-C

Book Chapters

Miller, H., Croudace, I. W., Bull, J. M., Cotterill, C. J., Dix, J. K., & Taylor, R. N. (2015). Modern pollution signals in sediments from Windermere, NW England, determined by micro-XRF and lead isotope analysis. In I. W. Croudace, & R. G. Rothwell (Eds.), Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores: Applications of a Non-destructive Tool for the Environmental Sciences: Part III (pp. 423-442). (Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research; No. 17). Dordrecht, NL: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9849-5_16
Huehnerbach, V., Masson, D. G., Bohrmann, G., Bull, J. M., & Weinrebe, W. (2005). Deformation and submarine landsliding caused by seamount subduction beneath the Costa Rican margin - new insights from high-resolution sidescan sonar data. In D. M. Hodgson, & S. Flint (Eds.), Submarine slope systems: processes and products (pp. 195-205). (Geological Society Special Publication; No. 244). London, UK: Geological Society of London.
Beekman, F., Bull, J. M., Cloetingh, S., & Scrutton, R. A. (1996). Crustal fault reactivation facilitating lithospheric folding/buckling in the central Indian Ocean. In P. G. Buchanan, & D. A. Nieuwland (Eds.), Modern Developments in Structural Interpretation, Validation and Modelling (pp. 251-263). (Special Publication of the Geological Society; No. 99). London, GB: Geological Society of London.
Pickering, G., Bull, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (1996). Scaling of fault displacements and implications for the estimation of sub-seismic strain. In Modern developments in structural interpretation, validation and modelling (pp. 11-26). (Geological Society Special Publication; No. 99). London, GB: Geological Society. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.099.01.03
Bull, J. M., & Scrutton, R. A. (1990). Sediment velocities and deep structure from wide-angle reflection data around Leg 116 sites. In Proceeding of the Ocean Drilling Program Scienllfic Results, Vol. 116, Distal Bengal Fan : covering Leg 116 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel "Joides Resolution", Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sites 17-719, 2 July 1987-19 Aug 1987. (pp. 311-316). College Station, TX, US: Texas A & M University Ocean Drilling Program.

Conferences

Cevatoglu, M., Bull, J. M., Vardy, M., Wright, I. C., & Gernon, T. (2015). First controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment: qualitative and quantitative analysis of high-resolution seismic reflection data. Poster session presented at IEAGHG The Risk Management and Environmental Research Meeting, United Kingdom.
Cevatoglu, M., Bull, J. M., Connelly, D., Lichtschlag, A., Wright, I. C., James, R., ... Shitashima, K. (2014). Monitoring techniques using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for potential seepage of CO2 from sub-seafloor storage sites. Near Surface Geoscience 2014 - First Applied Shallow Marine Geophysics Conference, Greece.DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20142143
Bull, J. M., Cevatoglu, M., Connelly, D., Wright, I. C., McPhail, S., & Shitashima, K. (2013). Autonomous Underwater Vehicle survey design for monitoring carbon capture and storages sites. Poster session presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2013, United States.
Cevatoglu, M., Bull, J. M., Vardy, M., Wright, I. C., & Gernon, T. (2013). First controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment: Insights into gas migration pathways and impacts on sediment physical properties. AGU Fall Meeting 2013, United States.
Vardy, M. E., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., Davis, J. W., Pinson, L. J. W., ... Chand, S. (2010). Geomorphology and remote physical properties of late Quaternary slide structures using decimetre-resolution 3D seismic volumes: insights for deep water gteohazard assessment. In L. J. Wood, T. T. Simo, & N. C. Rosen (Eds.), Seismic Imaging of Depositional and Geomorphic Systems: 30th Annual Gulf Coast Section SEPM Foundation (pp. 400-420). Houston, US: Gulf Coast Section SEPM Foundation. DOI: 10.5724/gcs.10.30.0400
Plets, R. M. K., Dix, J. K., Adams, J. R., Bull, J. M., Henstock, T., Gutowski, M., & Best, A. I. (2006). 3D reconstruction of a shallow archaeological site from high-resolution acoustic imagery - a case study. In S. N. Jesus, & O. C. Rodriguez (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, 12-15 Jun 2006 (pp. 757-762). Carvoeiro, Portugal: ECUA Secretariat.
Bull, J. M., Gutowski, M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T. G., ... Bjorno, L. (Ed.) (2005). 3D chirp sub-bottom imaging system: design and first 3D volume. 777-782. Paper presented at International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results, .
Robb, G. B. N., Dix, J. K., Best, A. I., Bull, J. M., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Seal, A. (2005). The compressional wave and physical properties of inter-tidal marine sediments. 1087-1092. Paper presented at 1st International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies and Results, .
Robb, G., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., Leighton, T. G., Harris, A., Riggs, J. S., ... Partyka, A. (Ed.) (2002). Frequency dependence of acoustic waves in marine sediments. 43-49. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, .
Tuffin, M. D. J., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., & Bull, J. M. (2001). Temporal variability of P-wave attenuation due to gas bubbles in a marine sediment. In T. G. Leighton, G. J. Heald, H. D. Griffiths, & G. Griffiths (Eds.), Acoustical Oceanography: Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Conference on, 9-12 April 2001, Southampton Oceanography Centre (pp. 291-298). (Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics; No. 23, Pt 2). St Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Tuffin, M. D. J., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., & Bull, J. M. (2000). Acoustic characterization of gassy marine sediments in Dibden Bay, Southampton Water (U.K.). In M. E. Zakharia (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, Vol. 2 (pp. 825-830). Lyon, France: European Commission.

Reports

Bull, J. (2018). Cruise Report RRS James Cook 152 - JC152: CHIMNEY – Characterisation of major overburden pathways above sub-seafloor CO2 storage reservoirs in the North Sea. Scanner and Challenger Pockmark Complexes. University of Southampton.
Robb, G. B. N., White, P. R., Bull, J. M., Best, A. I., Leighton, T. G., & Dix, J. K. (2002). The estimation of geoacoustic properties from broadband acoustic data, focusing on instantaneous frequency techniques. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 298). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.

Datasets

Bull, J. Bayrakci, G., & Henstock, T. (2018). CHIMNEY (James Cook 152) multibeam bathymetry (MB710) data from Scanner Pockmark, North Sea University of Southampton http://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D0432

Miller, H. Bull, J., Cotterill, C., & Dix, J. (2014). Windermere Multibeam Bathymetry Data University of Southampton http://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/364801

I contribute to the following modules:

SOES2038 Exploration Geophysics and Remote Sensing (co-ordinator)

In 2018 I will lead the fourth year Geophysics field trip to Cornwall

Rachael Avery
Ben Callow
Michael Faggetter
James Fielding
Finn Illsley-Kemp
Ben Roche
Melanie Siegburg
Naima Yilo

Professor Jonathan Bull
Ocean and Earth Science
National Oceanography Centre Southampton
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
European Way
Southampton SO14 3ZH
UK

Room Number:NOCS/786/06

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Professor Jonathan Bull BSc, PhD

Professor in Geology and Geophysics

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STEMM-CCS – Strategies for the Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage

CHIMNEY

ECO2 sub-seabed CO2 Storage: analysis of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Data

Active-source seismic refraction across the Sumatra subduction zone

Structure, fluid flow and earthquake potential of the Makran Subduction Zone, Pakistan

Sumatran Earthquake Segment Boundaries Consortium

3D Chirp - Decimetre resolution sub-bottom profiling

Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon Storage (QICS)

Structure and structural permeability of active rift systems, examples of the Kermadec Arc, SW Pacific and the Main Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia

Segmentation, fault structure and tsunamigenesis of the Sumatran Subduction Zone

Windermere Research

Evolution of faulting and magmatism during volcanic rifting in the Ethiopian Rift

Interaction between tectonic deformation and magmatism during volcanic rifting in Afar

Imaging continental breakup with ocean bottom seismic techniques: Galicia Bank continental margin

Active fault kinematics during non-volcanic rifting in East Africa

Seasonally resolved Lateglacial climate variability from the laminated sediments of Windermere

Holocene climate variability and environmental change from sediments of Windermere, UK

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