Project overview
RiftVolc is built around a NERC funded large grant which aims to research past, present and future volcanic and seismic activity in different sectors of the East African rift system. The project also draws on several NERC funded PhD studentships (SPITFIRE and INSPIRE). Project partners include the BGS, the Universities of Edinburgh, Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Imperial, Florence, Pisa, Strasbourg, Sorbonne, Addis Ababa, the Geological Survey of Ethiopia, and Reykjavik Geothermal.
The team at the University of Southampton primarily focus on using passive seismology, structural geology, volcanology, and geochemistry to understand tectonics, magmatic, and hydrothermal processes during extension.
The team at the University of Southampton primarily focus on using passive seismology, structural geology, volcanology, and geochemistry to understand tectonics, magmatic, and hydrothermal processes during extension.
Staff
Lead researcher
Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups
Geology and Geophysics
We research a wide range of societally impactful areas of geology and geophysics for a sustainable future. The latest facilities and technology development support our activities.
Research outputs
Emma L. Chambers,
Nick Harmon,
Kate Rychert,
Ryan J. Gallacher,
& Derek Keir
, 2022
, Geophysical Journal International
, 230 (3) , 2036--2055
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggac156
Type: article
Modelling S-wave velocity structure beneath the central main Ethiopian rift using receiver functions
Birhanu A. Kibret,
Atalay Ayele,
& Derek Keir
, 2022
, Frontiers in Earth Science
, 10
Type: article
Emma L. Chambers,
, 2021
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
, 573
Type: article
Christopher S. Ogden,
Ian D. Bastow,
Atalay Ayele,
S. Marcou,
F. Ugo,
A. Woodward,
Birhanu A. Kibret,
& S. Gudbrandsson
, 2021
, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
, 22 (8)
DOI: 10.1029/2021GC009831
Type: article
Giacomo Corti,
Federico Sani,
Alessio Florio,
Tim Greenfield,
Derek Keir,
Asfaw Erbello,
Ameha Muluneh,
& Atalay Ayele
, 2020
, Tectonics
, 39 (8)
DOI: 10.1029/2020TC006075
Type: article