Department of Earth Sciences
About this community
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
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Mineral Science
Research focusing on elucidating the properties and behaviour of minerals and fluids at a fundamental level
Collections in this community
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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
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Degassing Behaviour of Basaltic Open Vent Volcanoes
(2021-06-30)This thesis investigates two problems in the field of volcanology by using a combination of remote sensing of volcanic gases, magma modelling and fluid dynamics. The first problem relates to gas-flow through particle-liquid ... -
The Fate and Mobility of Heavy Metals in East Anglian Salt Marsh Sediments
Measuring the evolution of redox conditions in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans through time is a prominent challenge in Earth Sciences. Geochemical proxies in sedimentary rocks used to reconstruct past redox conditions—such ... -
The origin and behaviour of carbonate minerals in diverse environments: from subduction zones to asteroids
(2021-02-27)Carbonate minerals are some of the most important carbon storage materials in both terrestrial and asteroidal settings. Understanding the origin and behaviour of carbonates as a function of pressure, temperature, and ...
