Earth Surface Processes and Hazards

A research group of the Department of Earth Sciences.

Staff

Academic Staff

• Prof Mark Allen
• Dr Richard James Brown
• Dr Nicola De Paola
• Professor Robert Holdsworth
• Prof. Claire Horwell
• Dr Madeleine Humphreys
• Prof. Ed Llewellin
• Prof Ken McCaffrey
• Prof Jim McElwaine
• Prof Stefan Nielsen
• Professor Peter Talling
• Dr Fabian Wadsworth
• Dr Richard Walters

Publications by staff in this group

Journal Article

• Heijnen, Maarten S., Clare, Michael A., Cartigny, Matthieu J. B., Talling, Peter J., Hage, Sophie, Lintern, D. Gwyn, Stacey, Cooper, Parsons, Daniel R., Simmons, Stephen M., Chen, Ye, Sumner, Esther J., Dix, Justin K. & Hughes Clarke, John E. (2020). Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution. Nature Communications 11(1): 3129
• Wadsworth, Fabian B., Llewellin, Edward W., Vasseur, Jérémie, Gardner, James E. & Tuffen, Hugh (2020). Explosive-effusive volcanic eruption transitions caused by sintering. Science Advances 6(39): eaba7940.
• Cornelio, Chiara Spagnuolo, Elena Di Toro, Giulio Nielsen,Stefan & Violay, Marie (2019). Mechanical behaviour of fluid-lubricated faults. Nature Communications 10: 1274
• Holdsworth, R.E., McCaffrey, K.J.W., Dempsey, E., Roberts, N.M.W., Hardman, K. , Morton, A. Feely, M. Hunt, J. Conway, A. & Robertson, A. (2019). Natural fracture propping and earthquake-induced oil migration in fractured basement reservoirs. Geology 47(8): 700-704.
• Arzilli, F., La Spina, G., Burton, M., Polacci, M., Le Gall, N., Hartley, M., Di Genova, D., Cai, B., Vo, N., Bamber, E., Nonni, S., Atwood, R., Llewellin, E., Brooker, R., Mader, H. & Lee, P. (2019). Magma fragmentation in highly explosive basaltic eruptions induced by rapid crystallisation. Geoscience 12: 1023-1028.
• Hage, Sophie, Cartigny, Matthieu J.B., Sumner, Esther J., Clare, Michael A., Hughes Clarke, John E., Talling, Peter J., Lintern, D. Gwyn, Simmons, Stephen M., Silva Jacinto, Ricardo, Vellinga, Age J., Allin, Joshua R., Azpiroz‐Zabala, Maria, Gales, Jenny A., Hizzett, Jamie L., Hunt, James E., Mozzato, Alessandro, Parsons, Daniel R., Pope, Ed L., Stacey, Cooper D., Symons, William O., Vardy, Mark E. & Watts, Camilla (2019). Direct monitoring reveals initiation of turbidity currents from extremely dilute river plumes. Geophysical Research Letters 46(20): 11310-11320.
• Scott, E.M., Allen, M.B., Macpherson, C.G., McCaffrey, K.J.W., Davidson, J.P., Saville, C. & Ducea, M.N. (2018). Andean surface uplift constrained by radiogenic isotopes of arc lavas. Nature Communications 9: 969.
• Walters, R. J., Gregory, L. C., Wedmore, L. N. J., Craig, T. J., McCaffrey, K., Wilkinson, M., Chen, J., Li, Z., Elliott, J. R., Goodall, H., Iezzi, F., Livio, F., Michetti, A. M., Roberts, G. & Vittori, E. (2018). Dual control of fault intersections on stop-start rupture in the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 500: 1-14.
• Hage, S., Cartigny, M.J.B., Clare, M.A., Sumner, E.J., Vendettuoli, D., Hughes Clarke, J.E., Hubbard, S.M., Talling, P.J., Lintern, D.G., Stacey, C.D., Englert, R.G., Vardy, M.E., Hunt, J.E., Yokokawa, M., Parsons, D.R., Hizzett, J.L., Azpiroz-Zabala, M. & Vellinga, A.J. (2018). How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: insights from active submarine channels. Geology 46(6): 563-566.
• Hussain, E., Wright, T. J., Walters, R. J., Bekaert, D. P. S., Lloyd, R. & Hooper, A. (2018). Constant strain accumulation rate between major earthquakes on the North Anatolian Fault. Nature Communications 9: 1392.
• Köhler, A., McElwaine, J. N. & Sovilla, B. (2018). GEODAR Data and the Flow Regimes of Snow Avalanches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 123(6): 1272-1294.
• Pozzi, G., De Paola, N., Nielsen, S.B., Holdsworth, R.E. & Bowen, L. (2018). A new interpretation for the nature and significance of mirror-like surfaces in experimental carbonate-hosted seismic faults. Geology 46(7): 583-586.
• Paull, Charles K., Talling, Peter J., Maier, Katherine L., Parsons, Daniel, Xu, Jingping, Caress, David W., Gwiazda, Roberto, Lundsten, Eve M., Anderson, Krystle, Barry, James P., Chaffey, Mark, O’Reilly, Tom, Rosenberger, Kurt J., Gales, Jenny A., Kieft, Brian, McGann, Mary, Simmons, Steve M., McCann, Mike, Sumner, Esther J., Clare, Michael A. & Cartigny, Matthieu J. (2018). Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers. Nature Communications 9: 4114.
• Cowie, P. A., Phillips, R. J., Roberts, G. P., McCaffrey, K., Zijerveld, L. J. J., Gregory, L. C., Faure Walker, J., Wedmore, L., Dunai, T. J., Binnie, S. A., Freeman, S.P. H. T., Wilcken, K., Shanks, R P., Huismans, R. S., Papanikolaou, I., Michetti, A. M. & Wilkinson, M. (2017). Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults. Scientific Reports 7(1): 44858.
• Wilkinson, M.W., McCaffrey, K., Jones, R.R., Roberts, G.P., Holdsworth, R.E., Gregory, L., Walters, R.J., Wedmore, L., Goodall, H. & Iezzi, F. (2017). Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS. Scientific Reports 7: 4612.
• Harbord, Christopher W. A., Nielsen, Stefan B., De Paola, Nicola & Holdsworth, Robert E. (2017). Earthquake nucleation on rough faults. Geology 45(10): 931-934.
• Azpiroz-Zabala, Maria, Cartigny, Matthieu, Talling, Peter, Parsons, Daniel, Sumner, Esther, Clare, Michael, Simmons, Stephen, Cooper, Cortis & Pope, Ed (2017). Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons. Science Advances 3(10): e1700200.
• Stock, M.J., Humphreys, M.C.S., Smith, V.C., Isaia, R. & Pyle, D.M. (2016). Late-stage volatile saturation as a potential trigger for explosive volcanic eruptions. Nature Geoscience 9(3): 249-254.
• Floyd, M. A., Walters, R. J., Elliott, J. R., Funning, G. J., Svarc, J. L., Murray, J. R., Hooper, A. J., Larsen, Y., Marinkovic, P., Bürgmann, R., Johanson, I. A. & Wright, T. J. (2016). Spatial variations in fault friction related to lithology from rupture and afterslip of the 2014 South Napa, California, earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters 43(13): 6808-6816.
• Köhler, A., McElwaine, J. N., Sovilla, B., Ash, M. & Brennan, P. (2016). The dynamics of surges in the 3 February 2015 avalanches in Vallée de la Sionne. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 121(11): 2192-2210.
• De Paola, N., Holdsworth, R. E., Viti, C., Collettini, C. & Bullock, R. (2015). Can grain size sensitive flow lubricate faults during the initial stages of earthquake propagation?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 431: 48-58.
• Mitchell, Thomas M., Smith, S.A.F., Anders, M.H., Di Toro, G., Nielsen, S., Cavallo, A. & Beard, A. D. (2015). Catastrophic emplacement of giant landslides aided by thermal decomposition: Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 411: 199-207.
• Vasseur, Jérémie, Wadsworth, Fabian B., Lavallée, Yan, Bell, Andrew F., Main, Ian G. & Dingwell, Donald B. (2015). Heterogeneity: The key to failure forecasting. Scientific Reports 5(1): 13259.
• Balsamo, F., Aldega, L., De Paola, N., Faoro, I. & Storti, F. (2014). The signature and mechanics of earthquake ruptures along shallow creeping faults in poorly lithified sediments. Geology 42(5): 435-438.