Research
Research Interest 1
Self-organization and runout behaviour of granular avalanches; sedimentation from pyroclastic density currents.
Tectonic controls of volcanism, particularly at caldera volcanoes.
Marine and lacustrine sedimentary records of volcanism.
Mechanisms of hydrovolcanic explosions.
Post-collisional magmatism, plutons and volcanoes of Scotland and Ireland.
Research grants
Whizz-bang: causes and consequences of friction melting and catastrophic dilation along caldera superfaults at Glen Coe, Scotland.
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
November 2004
Particle segregation and levee formation in geophysical mass flows and their feedback on run-out distance
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2013 - September 2016
Segregation and levee formation in geophysical mass flows and their feedback on runout distance.
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2007 - August 2010
Research collaborations
Dr Claudia Romagnoli
University of Bologna
Behaviour and marine sedimentary records of island volcano sector collapse
Drs R Iverson & J Vallance
United States Geological Survey
Large-scale granular avalanche experiments at USGS flume and field studies on Mount St Helens
Prof. Nico gray
Manchester University
NERC research grant, including PDRA, modelling feedback of particle segregation on levee formation in granular avalanches