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Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

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.

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Derek Keir

Associate Professor

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

Initiation of a proto-transform fault prior to seafloor spreading
Finnigan Illsley-Kemp,
Jonathan Bull,
Derek Keir,
Taras Gerya,
Carolina Pagli,
Thomas Gernon,
Atalay Ayele,
Berhe Goitom,
James O.S. Hammond,
& J-Michael Kendall
, 2018 , Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , 19 (12) , 4744--4756
DOI: 10.1029/2018GC007947
Type: article
Geological evolution of the Boset-Bericha Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift
Melanie Siegburg,
Thomas M. Gernon,
Jonathan M. Bull,
Derek Keir,
Dan N. Barfod,
Rex N. Taylor,
Bekele Abebe,
& Atalay Ayele
, 2018 , Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 351 , 115--133
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.12.014
Type: article
Seismicity during continental breakup in the Red Sea rift of Northern Afar
Finnigan Illsley-Kemp,
Derek Keir,
Jonathan Bull,
Thomas Gernon,
Cynthia Ebinger,
James O.S. Hammond,
J.-Michael Kendall,
Berhe Goitom,
Atalay Ayele,
& Manahloh Belachew
, 2018 , Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , 1--18
DOI: 10.1002/2017JB014902
Type: article
The development of late-stage continental breakup
Ian D. Bastow,
Adam D. Booth,
Giacomo Corti,
Derek Keir,
Craig Magee,
Christopher A-L. Jackson,
John Warren,
Jason Wilkinson,
& Matteo Lascialfari
, 2018 , Tectonics
DOI: 10.1029/2017TC004798
Type: article
Magma plumbing systems
Craig Magee,
Carl T.E. Stevenson,
Susanna K. Ebmeier,
Derek Keir,
James O.S. Hammond,
Joachim H. Gottsman,
Kathryn A. Whaler,
Nick Schofield,
Christopher A-L. Jackson,
Michael S. Petronis,
Brian O'Driscoll,
Joanna V. Morgan,
Alexander Cruden,
Stefan A. Vollgger,
Greg Dering,
Steven Micklethwaite,
& Matthew D. Jackson
, 2018 , Journal of Petrology , 59 (6) , 1217--1251
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egy064
Type: article