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Biography The natural laboratory for the Earth Sciences is in the field, where you find rocks. This is where most of my research starts. Much of my research has involved the Palaeogene lava fields on the North Atlantic Igneous Province, for example, in NW Scotland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Here, I am attempting to understand the complex interplay between volcanism, sedimentation and tectonism. At present, more money is spent exploring the volcanic prone NE Atlantic Margin for oil and gas than anywhere else in the UK. Research interests My main reserach interests are:
1.The evolution of continental flood lava sequences and their temporal and spatial relationships with rift basins;
2. Mechanisms of emplacement of minor intrusions and subvolcanic central complexes;
3. The thermal influence of minor intrusions on host strata. Current research 1. Tephra provenance in the North Atlantic Igneous province;
2. Thermal influence of sills on oil reservoir sandstones;
3. The early evolution of the Mull Lava Field, NW Scotland;
4. Volcaniclastic sedimentation in continental flood lava fields;
5. Emplacement mechanisms of minor intrusions;
6. The interplay of lavas, hyaloclastites and basin dynamics. Recent publications | View all publications >> Passey, S.R. & Bell, B.R. (in press). Morphologies, emplacement mechanisms and environments of eruption of the lava flows of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group, Faroe Islands, NE Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Volcanology.
Brown, D. J., Holohan, E. P. and Bell, B. R. 2009. Sedimentary and volcano-tectonic processes in the British Paleocene Igneous Province: a review. Geological Magazine, v.146 (3), 326-352. View full text >> Brown, D. J. and Bell, B. R. 2007. Debris flow deposits within the Palaeogene lava fields of NW Scotland: evidence for mass wasting of the volcanic landscape during emplacement of the Ardnamurchan Central Complex. Bulletin of Volcanology, v.69 (8), 847-868. View full text >> Teaching responsibilities L1: Igneous geology, economic geology, Earth history;
L2: Igneous geology, geochemistry;
L3: Igneous geology, map interpretation, field skills, economic geology;
L4: Map interpretation, economic geology. Current postgraduate students
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