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

J.E. Hamlyn, D. Keir, T.J. Wright, J.W Neuberg, B Goitom, J.O.S. Hammond, C. Pagli, C. Oppenheimer & J-M. Kendall, 2014, Journal of Geophysical Research, 119(11), 8267-8282
Type: article
Derek Keir, 2014, Astronomy & Geophysics, 55(5), 5.18-5.22
Type: article
J. Corbeau, F. Rolandone, S. Leroy, A. Al-Lazki, A. Stork, D. Keir, G.W. Stuart, J.O.S. Hammond, C. Doubre, J. Vergne, A. Ahmed & K. Khanbari, 2014, Geosphere, 10(5), 958-968
Type: article
Félicie Korostelev, Clémence Basuyau, Sylvie Leroy, Christel Tiberi, Abdulhakim Ahmed, Graham W. Stuart, Derek Keir, Frédérique Rolandone, Ismail Al Ganad, Khaled Khanbari & Lapo Boschi, 2014, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(7), 2850-2864
Type: article
Tyrone O. Rooney, Ian D. Bastow, Derek Keir, Francesco Mazzarini, Emily Movsesian, Eric B. Grosfils, James R. Zimbelman, Michael S. Ramsey, Dereje Ayalew & Gezahegn Yirgu, 2014, Tectonics, 33(6), 875-897
Type: article