Geology and Geophysics
Geology and Geophysics

Research projects

Find out more about our current and past research projects.

Delivering Legacy from the Pevensey Bay Coastal Defence Scheme

Status: Active
Lead researchers: Doctor Hachem Kassem

From Ridge to Trench, MoHole to Bend-Faults

Status: Active
Lead researchers: Professor Tim Henstock

GLOSS: Global Suspended Sediment: identifying the quantities, drivers and trajectories of fluvial sediment loads

Status: Active
Lead researchers: Professor Julian Leyland

NSFGEO-NERC: Quantifying evolution of magmatism and serpentinisation during the onset of seafloor spreading

Status: Active
Lead researchers: Professor Tim Minshull

Coastal hazards at UK nuclear sites

Status: Active
Lead researchers: Doctor Hachem Kassem, Mr Zehua Zhong, Professor Ivan Haigh

EM4CO2

Status: Not active
Lead researchers: Professor Tim Minshull

An integrated geophysical and geological study of the Porcupine Basin

Status: Not active
Lead researchers: Professor Tim Minshull

Arctic hydrate dissociation as a result of climate change: Determining the vulnerable methane reservoir and gas escape mechanisms

Status: Not active
Lead researchers: Professor Tim Minshull

Australasian Colonisation Research: Origins of Seafaring to Sahul

Status: Not active
Lead researchers: Doctor Helen Farr

Biological roughness and habitat mapping for seabed stability in Venice Lagoon, Italy

Status: Not active
Lead researchers: Doctor Hachem Kassem