Research across the whole spectrum of the Earth Sciences, including the areas of Geophysics, Geochemistry, Mineral Sciences, Petrology, Palaeontology, Vulcanism, Marine Sciences, and Palaeoceanography

Earth Sciences is the most multidisciplinary of the Natural Sciences. Our understanding of the Earth and other planets is based on research across the whole spectrum of the Earth Sciences and includes the areas of Geophysics, Geochemistry, Mineral Sciences, Petrology, Palaeontology, Vulcanism, Marine Sciences, Palaeoceanography. We focus on particular aspects of the earth; its internal structure and evolution, the behaviour and properties of minerals as natural materials, oil, gas and other natural resources, Earth history as recorded in rocks and fossils, the origin of life and global climate change. We draw on the expertise of the neighbouring sciences, mathematics, chemistry, physics, material sciences, geography and the biological sciences.

### Sub-communities within this community

• #### Mineral Science

Research focusing on elucidating the properties and behaviour of minerals and fluids at a fundamental level

### Collections in this community

• #### Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems

Using chemical, isotopic and sedimentary proxies of critical parameters to explore the causes and consequences of rapid climate changes in the last glacial cycle
• #### Geodynamics, Geophysics and Tectonics

Investigation of a very broad spectrum of structural, tectonic and geodynamical processes using quantitative physical models based on land-, marine- and space-based observations

• #### Palaeobiology

Straddles Earth Sciences and Biology; aims to investigate whether evolution is open-ended and indeterminate, or highly constrained by physico-chemical factors
• #### Petrology: Igneous, Metamorphic and Volcanic Studies

Research of igneous, metamorphic and volcanic processes to enhance understanding of global tectonics as well as their more immediate impacts on our surficial environment

### Recent Submissions

• #### Deep Earth volatile cycles as revealed by basalt chemistry ﻿

(2019-07-19)
Earth’s volatiles (e.g. CO$_2$ and H$_2$O) are thought to be stored largely in the interior of the planet. The partitioning of these volatile elements between Earth’s surface and interior controls the evolution of our ...
• #### Geochemical records in travertine veins at the Green River CO2 seeps (Utah) ﻿

(2019-05-30)
Geological Carbon Storage is necessary for reduction of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. CO2 is captured at 'point sources' (i.e. heavy industries, where large, concentrated volumes of CO2 are produced) and ...
• #### On gravity-driven flow ﻿

(2019-07-20)
This thesis investigates three areas of scientific interest under the umbrella of gravity- driven flow. In the first problem we analyse the effect of curved boundaries on the evolution of finite-release low-Reynolds-number ...