Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future - Keir - NERC

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

Connect with Derek

Email: d.keir@soton.ac.uk

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

Seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle below Western rift, East Africa

G. Tepp,

C.J. Ebinger,

H. Zal,

R. Gallacher,

N.J. Accardo,

D.J. Shillington,

J. Gaherty,

Derek Keir,

A.A. Nyblade,

G.J. Mbogoni,

P.R.N. Chindandali,

R. Ferdinand-Wambura,

G.D. Mulibo,

& G. Kamihanda

, 2018 , Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

DOI: 10.1029/2017JB015409

Type: article

Earthquake clustering and energy release of the African–Arabian rift system

Thomas R Hall,

Casey Nixon,

Derek Keir,

Paul W. Burton,

& Atalay Ayele

, 2018 , Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America , 108 (1) , 155--162

DOI: 10.1785/0120160343

Type: article

Crustal structure of active deformation zones in Africa: Implications for global crustal processes

C.B. Ebinger,

D. Keir,

I.D. Bastow,

K. Whaler,

J.O.S. Hammond,

A. Ayele,

M.S. Miller,

C. Tiberi,

& S. Hautot

, 2017 , Tectonics

DOI: 10.1002/2017TC004526

Type: article

Surface wave imaging of the weakly extended Malawi Rift from ambient-noise and teleseismic Rayleigh waves from onshore and lake-bottom seismometers

N.J. Accardo,

J.B. Gaherty,

D.J. Shillington,

C.J. Ebinger,

A.A. Nyblade,

G.J. Mbogoni,

P.R.N. Chindandali,

R.W. Ferdinand,

G.D. Mulibo,

G. Kamihanda,

D. Keir,

C. Scholz,

K. Selway,

J.P. O’Donnell,

G. Tepp,

R. Gallacher,

K. Mtelela,

J. Salima,

& A. Mruma

, 2017 , Geophysical Journal International , 209 (3) , 1892--1905

DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggx133

Type: article

Extension and stress during continental breakup:

Finnigan Illsley-Kemp,

Martha K. Savage,

Derek Keir,

Hamish P. Hirschberg,

Jonathan M. Bull,

Thomas Gernon,

James O.S. Hammond,

J-Michael Kendall,

Atalay Ayele,

& Berhe Goitom

, 2017 , Earth and Planetary Science Letters , 477 , 41--51

DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.014

Type: article