Research project

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 researchers

Dr Derek Keir

Associate Professor
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

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
Type: article
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
Type: article
Ameha Muluneh, Tesfaye Kidane, Giacomo Corti & Derek Keir, 2018, Tectonophysics, 731-732, 731-732
Type: article
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
Type: article
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
Type: article