Dr Derek Keir

Associate Professor in Geophysics

Dr Derek Keir is Associate Professor in Geophysics within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

MSci Geology and Geophysics, Imperial College London, 1998-2002
PhD Tectonics and Seismology, Royal Holloway University of London, 2002-2006
Teaching Fellow in Geology, Royal Holloway University of London, 2006-2007
NERC Research Fellow, University of Leeds, 2007-2011
Teaching Fellow in Geology, University of Southampton, 2011
Lecturer in Earth Science, University of Southampton, 2011-2015
Associate Professor in Geophysics, University of Southampton, 2015-present

Awards

Bullerwell Award 2013 - British Geophysical Association
Jason Morgan Early Career Award 2011 - American Geophysical Union
The President's Award 2007 - The Geological Society

Responsibilities

Associate editor for the AGU journal Tectonics
Associate editor for the journal Frontiers in Earth Science

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Research interests

Specialisms: Extensional tectonics, earthquakes & volcanoes

I use geophysics, remote sensing, geochemistry, and field geology to study earthquakes and volcanoes on Earth. Most of my research is on Africa, Arabia, the Caribbean, and Italy.

Previous Research Projects

Afar Rift Consortium
Young Conjugate Margin Laboratory - YOCMAL
Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment - EAGLE

Research group

Geology and Geophysics

Research project(s)

Trans-Haiti: Crustal-scale geodynamics of the Hispaniola boundary in the Caribbean

RiftVolc - Rift volcanism: past, present and future

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Book Chapters

Gallacher, R., Keir, D., & Harmon, N. (2019). The nature of upper mantle upwelling during initiation of seafloor spreading in the southern Red Sea. In N. Rasul, & I. Stewart (Eds.), Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea (pp. 113-129). Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_6
Colantoni, E., Colantoni, G., Ebinger, C., & Keir, D. (2016). Indagini geofisiche e archeologiche nel Parco di Villa Severi ad Arezzo. In Atti e Memorie della Accademia Petrarca di Lettere Arti e Scienze (Vol. LXXVIII, pp. 243-256). Arezzo: Archivio Storico Diocesano.
Corti, G., Bastow, I. D., Keir, D., Pagli, C., & Baker, E. (2015). Rift-related morphology of the Afar Depression. In P. Billi (Ed.), Landscapes and landforms of Ethiopia (pp. 251-274). (World Geomorphological Landscapes). Dordrecht, NL: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8026-1_15

Primary current teaching roles:

SOES6059 - Basin analysis - Coordinator
SOES3025 - Anglesey component of independent mapping project - Coordinator
SOES3032 - Global tectonics

Dr Derek Keir
Ocean and Earth Science
National Oceanography Centre Southampton
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
European Way
Southampton SO14 3ZH
UK

Room Number: NOCS/786/12

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