Dr Derek Keir

Associate Professor in Geophysics

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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 in Volcanology for Frontiers in Earth Science
Speciality Chief editor in Structural Geology and Tectonics for Frontiers in Earth Science

Research

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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

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

Research group

Geology and Geophysics

Research project(s)

RiftVolc - Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Active Rift research: The Corinth Rift, Greece

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Articles

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. https://doi.org/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). 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). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8026-1_15
Bastow, I. D., Keir, D., & Daly, E. (2011). The Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE): Probing the transition from continental rifting to incipient seafloor spreading. In L. Beccaluva, G. Bianchini, & M. Wilson (Eds.), Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphere (Vol. 478, pp. 51-76). (Geological Society of America Special Papers). Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/2011.2478(04)

Dataset

Keir, D. Bull, J., Gernon, T., Siegburg, M., & Ayele, A. (2020). LiDAR DEM of Boset volcano in Ethiopia University of Southampton http://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1347

Primary current teaching roles:

SOES6059 - Carbon Storage in the sub-surface environment - Coordinator

Past research fellows

Tim Greenfield - University of Cambridge

Frank Zwaan - University of Bern

Current PhD students

Emma Watts

Gareth Hurman

Rhiannon Rees

Past PhD students

Emma Chambers - 2020

Daniel Possee - 2019

Aude Lavayssiere - 2019

Melanie Siegburg - 2019

Finn Illsley-Kemp - 2018

Ryan Gallacher - 2016

Joanna Hamlyn - 2015

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

Room Number NNN: NOCS/786/12

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