My current research is broadly
based on continental rifting and the initiation of seafloor spreading. To Date,
I have projects in the following areas:
- Woodlark Basin (Papua New Guinea/Solomon Islands).
- Tectonics of the propagation of seafloor spreading into a continental
rift.
- Evolution of a young spreading center.
- Insights into spreading center reorientation.
- Links
- Lau Basin (Fiji/Tonga).
- The evolution of the Lau Basin spreading center.
- Gulf of Corinth (Greece).
- Rift architecture with emphasis on the role of low-angle faults.
- Links
- Gulf of Aden (Djibouti/Somalia/Yemen).
- Continental rifting and seafloor spreading history.
- Exmouth/Cuvier margins (NW Australia).
- Comparison of the rifting history of two contrasting volcanic margins
- Links
- Mariana subduction factory (Guam/Commonwealth of
Northern Marianas).
- Forearc and backarc rifting history, volcanic evolution, and crustal
structure.
- Links
In the past I have also spent
some time conducting research in Alaska:
- A gravity and magnetic study of Novarupta Volcano,
Katmai National Park (Alaska).
- Modeling of the morphology of the 1912 vent.
- The use of magnetometer arrays on pack ice (Beaufort
Sea, Alaska).
- The search for a Russian aircraft that crashed during the first attempt
at a trans-polar flight.
- A book (Chasing Ghosts) has been published that gives an account of this
expedition.
- Paleomagnetic study of Tangle Lake sediments (Alaska).
And the field work that started
it all:
- A high resolution seismic survey of in the Hamoaze,
Plymouth (UK).
- The formation and infilling of rock valleys during a period of low-sea
level.
