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Email:: lcmn@noc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Lisa McNeill MA, PhD

Professor of Tectonics, Head of Geology and Geophysics Research Group

Professor Lisa McNeill is Professor of Tectonics within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

MA (Hons) Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 1992
PhD Oregon State University, USA, 1998
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, University of Leeds (1999-2000)
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, University of Southampton (2000-2002)
Lecturer, University of Southampton (2003-2008)
Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton (2008-2014)
Professor, University of Southampton (2014-present)

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Research interests

Specialisms: Active tectonics, geohazards, marine geophysics, subduction zones, active rifting

My primary current research interests are the active tectonics of subduction zones and continental rifts, and their associated geological hazards. Specifically I’m interested in how these active regions evolve tectonically, the interactions between tectonics, sedimentation and environment, and fault slip behaviour and history. My research involves a range of methodologies, from marine geophysics, sediment coring and ocean drilling offshore to geomorphology and paleoseismology onshore.

Subduction zone research includes: the evolution and structure of the subduction forearc; the relationship between structure, fault properties, earthquake behaviour and tsunami generation; and the role of sedimentary inputs on fault slip behaviour and sediment flux within subduction zones. Current studies are on the Sumatra (Indonesia), Hikurangi (New Zealand), Cascadia (USA-Canada), Nankai (Japan), and Makran (Pakistan-Iran) subduction zones.

Active continental rift studies are focused on the Gulf of Corinth, Greece, one of the fastest extending regions on Earth, with comparisons to the volcanic East African Rift. In the Corinth Rift, onshore and offshore data have been compiled to determine the evolution of this young rift system at ultra-high resolution, the slip rates of major earthquake generating faults, and the analyzing how interactions between rift tectonics, climate and sea level control sediment fluxes, surface processes and basin environment.

I have had extensive involvement with the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). Related to subduction zone research, I have co-led as Co-Chief Scientist a drilling expedition to explore the role of the input sediments on fault slip and earthquake behaviour at the Sumatra subduction zone (IODP Expedition 362, 2016) and was one of the Co-Chief Scientists for the major NanTroSEIZE drilling project investigating fault properties and seiemogenic behaviour on the Nankai margin, SW Japan (IODP Expedition 319, 2009). I was also Co-Chief Scientist for IODP Expedition 381 which drilled the syn-rift sediments of the Corinth Rift to investigate its evolution and environment at high resolution (2017-18).

External research projects

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

Research group

Geology and Geophysics

Research project(s)

Sumatran Earthquake Segment Boundaries Consortium

Controls on Megathrust Earthquake Segmentation

Mapping physical properties using reflection coefficients, a global approach

Segmentation, fault structure and tsunamigenesis of the Sumatran Subduction Zone

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

Active-source seismic refraction across the Sumatra subduction zone

RiftVolc - Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Co-Chair of the Integrated Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Science Evaluation Panel (SEP)
Member of the UKIODP Programme Advisory Group (PAG)

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Key Publications

Dean, S. M., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., Gulick, S. P. S., Austin, J. A., Bangs, N. L. B., Djajadihardja, Y. S., & Permana, H. (2010). Contrasting Decollement and Prism Properties over the Sumatra 2004-2005 Earthquake Rupture Boundary. Science, 329(5988), 207-210. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189373
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00401.x
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. https://doi.org/10.1130/B26212.1
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. https://doi.org/10.1130/G23281A.1
Henstock, T. J., McNeill, L. C., & Tappin, D. R. (2006). Seafloor morphology of the Sumatran subduction zone: surface rupture during megathrust earthquakes? Geology, 34(6), 485-488. https://doi.org/10.1130/22426.1
McNeill, L., Cotterill, C., Stefatos, A., Henstock, T., Bull, J., Collier, R., Papatheodorou, G., Georgiopoulou, A., & 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.

Articles

Books

Saffer, D., McNeill, L. C., Byrne, T., Araki, E., Toczko, S., Eguchi, N., & Takahashi, K. (2010). NanTroSEIZE Stage 2: NanTroSEIZE Riser/Riserless Observatory: Expedition 319 of the riser drilling platform Shingu, Japan, to Yokkaichi, Japan Sites C0009–C0011, 5 May–31 August 2009. (Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program; No. 319). Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.proc.319.2010
Leeder, M., Andrews, J., Collier, R., Gawthorpe, R., McNeill, L. C., Portman, C., & Rowe, P. (2007). Gulf of Corinth. (Classic Field Geology in Europe; No. 11). Terra Publishing.
Moore, G. F., Taira, A., Klaus, A., Mikada, H., Becker, K., Moore, J. C., & McNeill, L. (2005). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. Vol. 190 and 196. Deformation and fluid flow processes of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: coring, loggin while drilling, and advanced CORKS. Covering Legs 190 and 196 and of the cruises of the drilling vessel "Joides Resolution", Sydney, Australia, to Yokohama, Japan, Sites 1173-1178, 23 May-16 July 2000 and Keelung, Taiwain, to Kochi, Japan, Sites 808 and 1173, 2 May-1 July 2001. (Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results; Vol. 190/196). Texas A & M University Ocean Drilling Program.

Conferences

Stevens, D. E., Henstock, T., & Mcneill, L. (2020). Evolution of the thermal and dehydration state of the sediments entering the North Sumatra Subduction Zone. Poster session presented at AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, . https://agu2020fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=54-D5-C9-32-A5-9B-89-E0-2A-13-B5-76-3A-3A-71-76
Tappin, D. R., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T., & Mosher, D. (2007). Mass wasting processes - offshore Sumatra. In V. Lykousis, D. Sakellariou, & J. Locat (Eds.), Submarine mass movements and their consequences: 3rd International Symposium (pp. 327-336). (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research; No. 27). Springer.
Henstock, T. J., McNeill, L. C., & Tappin, D. R. (2006). Geomorphology of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake Rupture Zone – Results from the First Seafloor Survey Onboard the HMS Scott, 2005. Paper presented at Madrid 2005: 67th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC, .

Letter/Editorial

McNeill, L. C., Shillington, D. J., Carter, G. D. O., Everest, J. D., Gawthorpe, R. L., Miller, C., Phillips, M. P., Collier, R. E. L., Cvetkoska, A., De Gelder, G., Diz, P., Doan, M. L., Ford, M., Geraga, M., Gillespie, J., Hemelsdaël, R., Herrero-Bervera, E., Ismaiel, M., Janikian, L., ... Green, S. (2019). Author Correction: High-resolution record reveals climate-driven environmental and sedimentary changes in an active rift (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (3116), 10.1038/s41598-019-40022-w). Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-2. [6519]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42749-y

Reports

Saffer, D., McNeill, L. C., Araki, E., Byrne, T., Eguchi, N., Toczko, S., & Takahashi, K. (2009). NanTroSEIZE Stage 2: NanTroSEIZE riser/riserless observatory, IODP Expedition 319 Preliminary Report, 10 May–31 August 2009. (IODP Preliminary Reports; No. 319). Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.pr.319.2009
Araki, E., Byrne, T., McNeill, L. C., Saffer, D., Eguchi, N., Takahashi, K., & Toczko, S. (2009). NanTroSEIZE Stage 2: NanTroSEIZE riser/riserless observatory, IODP Expedition 319 Scientific Prospectus. (IODP Scientific Prospectus). Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sp.319.2009
McNeill, L. C., & Dayuf Jusuf, M. (2009). RV Sonne Cruise 200, 11 Jan-11 Mar 2009. Jakarta - Jakarta. (National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report; Vol. 43). National Oceanography Centre Southampton.

Primary current teaching roles: 

SOES1002 Dynamic Earth (Module Coordinator)
SOES3002 Petroleum Geology and Mineral Resources
SOES6016 Introduction to Marine Geology (Module Coordinator)
SOES6064 Barrel Award (Module Coordinator)

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

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