Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future - Keir - NERC

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 researcher

Dr Derek Keir

Associate Professor

Connect with Derek

Email: D.Keir@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Geology and Geophysics

We research a wide range of societally impactful areas of geology and geophysics for a sustainable future. The latest facilities and technology development support our activities.

Research outputs

Seismicity and subsidence following the 2011 Nabro eruption, Eritrea: Insights into the plumbing system of an off-rift volcano

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

DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011395

Type: article

Magmatism and deformation during continental breakup

Derek Keir, 2014, Astronomy & Geophysics, 55(5), 5.18-5.22

DOI: 10.1093/astrogeo/atu213

Type: article

Uppermost mantle velocity from Pn tomography in the Gulf of Aden

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

DOI: 10.1130/GES01052.1

Type: article

Crustal and upper mantle structure beneath south-western margin of the Arabian Peninsula from teleseismic tomography

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

DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005316

Type: article

The protracted development of focused magmatic intrusion during continental rifting

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

DOI: 10.1002/2013TC003514

Type: article