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

Seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle below Western rift, East Africa

G. Tepp, C.J. Ebinger, H. Zal, R. Gallacher, N.J. Accardo, D.J. Shillington, J. Gaherty, Derek Keir, A.A. Nyblade, G.J. Mbogoni, P.R.N. Chindandali, R. Ferdinand-Wambura, G.D. Mulibo & G. Kamihanda, 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

DOI: 10.1029/2017JB015409

Type: article

Magma plumbing systems

Craig Magee, Carl T.E. Stevenson, Susanna K. Ebmeier, Derek Keir, James O.S. Hammond, Joachim H. Gottsman, Kathryn A. Whaler, Nick Schofield, Christopher A-L. Jackson, Michael S. Petronis, Brian O'Driscoll, Joanna V. Morgan, Alexander Cruden, Stefan A. Vollgger, Greg Dering, Steven Micklethwaite & Matthew D. Jackson, 2018, Journal of Petrology, 59(6), 1217-1251

DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egy064

Type: article

Constraints on fault and crustal strength of the Main Ethiopian Rift from formal inversion of earthquake focal mechanism data

Ameha Muluneh, Tesfaye Kidane, Giacomo Corti & Derek Keir, 2018, Tectonophysics, 731-732, 731-732

DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.03.010

Type: article

Seismicity during continental breakup in the Red Sea rift of Northern Afar

Finnigan Illsley-Kemp, Derek Keir, Jonathan Bull, Thomas Gernon, Cynthia Ebinger, James O.S. Hammond, J.-Michael Kendall, Berhe Goitom, Atalay Ayele & Manahloh Belachew, 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1-18

DOI: 10.1002/2017JB014902

Type: article

Geological evolution of the Boset-Bericha Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift

Melanie Siegburg, Thomas M. Gernon, Jonathan M. Bull, Derek Keir, Dan N. Barfod, Rex N. Taylor, Bekele Abebe & Atalay Ayele, 2018, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 351, 115-133

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.12.014

Type: article