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

Emma L. Chambers, Nick Harmon, Kate Rychert, Ryan J. Gallacher & Derek Keir, 2022, Geophysical Journal International, 230(3), 2036-2055
Type: article
Birhanu A. Kibret, Atalay Ayele & Derek Keir, 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science, 10
Type: article
Derek Keir, Luca De Siena, Cecile Doubre, Jessica Johnson, Francesco Maccaferri & Luigi Passarelli, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science, 9
Type: letterEditorial
Emma L. Chambers, Nicholas Harmon, Catherine Rychert & Derek Keir, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 573
Type: article
Martina Raggiunti, Derek Keir & Carolina Pagli, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science, 9
Type: article