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Biography Lecturer and UPA (2008-present), University of Glasgow.
NERC Postdoctoral Researcher (2006-2008), University of Sheffield.
NERC Postdoctoral Researcher (2005-2006), University of Glasgow.
Engineering Geologist (2004-2005), WA Fairhurst & Partners, Glasgow.
PhD (2000-2003), University of Glasgow.
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Winner of the Clough Memorial Award of the Edinburgh Geological Society.
My research is concerned with the complex interaction of volcanology and sedimentology, their links to magmatic and tectonic processes, and their effect on and response to geomorphology. My work uses quantitative fieldwork methods, together with petrological, geochemical and modelling studies, to investigate volcanoes and ultimately predict their behaviour. I am particularly interested in caldera and sector collapse processes and their associated volcaniclastic deposits (e.g. breccias, ignimbrites), and the evolution of rift basins/volcanic rifted margins.
I also retain interests in the quantification of weathering processes using high-resolution electron microscopy and mathematical modelling, and the application of FIB-TEM to a range of mineralogical problems. Recent publications | View all publications >> Hay, D. C., Dempster, T. J., Lee, M. R. and Brown, D. J. 2010. Anatomy of a low temperature zircon outgrowth. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v.159 (1), 81-92. View full text >> 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 >> Lee, M. R., Brown, D. J., Hodson, M. E., MacKenzie, M. and Smith, C. L. 2008. Weathering microenvironments on feldspar surfaces: implications for understanding fluid-mineral reactions in soils. Mineralogical Magazine, v.72 (6), 1319-1328. View full text >> Lee, M. R., Hodson, M. E., Brown, D. J., MacKenzie, M. and Smith, C. L. (2008) The composition and crystallinity of the near-surface regions of weathered alkali feldspars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72 (20), 4962-4975.
View full text >> Mark, D. F., Kelley, S. P., Lee, M. R., Parnell, J., Sherlock, S. C. and Brown, D. J. 2008. Ar–Ar dating of authigenic K-feldspar: Quantitative modelling of radiogenic argon-loss through subgrain boundary networks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72 (11), 2695-2710. View full text >> Brown, D. J. 2007. A guide to the use of volcaniclastic nomenclature in engineering investigations. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, v.40 (1), 105-112. 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 >> Brown, D. J. and Bell, B. R. 2007. How do you grade peperites? Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 159 (4), 409-420. View full text >> Brown, D. J. and Lee, M. R. (2007) Weathering: minerals, mud and microbes. Planet Earth, Autumn, 36-37. View full text >> Lee, M. R., Brown, D. J., Smith, C. L., Hodson, M. E., MacKenzie, M. & Hellmann, R. 2007. Characterisation of mineral surfaces using FIB and TEM: A case study of naturally-weathered alkali feldspars. American Mineralogist, v. 92 (8-9), 1383-1394. View full text >> Recent research grants | View all grants >> Brown, D. J. 2007. Temporal and spatial evolution of the Mull volcano: the interplay of caldera and sector collapse, £1680, Geological Society of London Research Funds, Elspeth Matthews Award. Brown, D. J. 2006. Department Bursary, £340, to attend the Goldschmidt meeting, Melbourne. Brown, D. J. 2006. Environmental Mineralogy Group Travel Grant, £100, to attend RIP meeting, London. Brown, D. J. 2006. £500. Mineralogical Society Senior Travel Bursary, £500, to attend the Goldschmidt Meeting, Melbourne. Lee, M. R. 2006. EPSRC Grant, £5640, to fund X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy analysis at Daresbury Laboratory, CCLRC, May. Co-Investigators: D. J. Brown (Glasgow), R. Hellmann (Grenoble). Teaching responsibilities Earth Sciences
Level 2: Igneous
Level 2: Field Skills
Level 3: Igneous
Level 3: Ardnamurchan Field Class (Mapping)
Level 3: Mull Field Class (Advanced Petrology)
Honours Option: Engineering Earth Science
Honours Option: Cleveland Basin and Fife Field Classes (Petroleum)
Geography
Level 1: Climate/Hydrology/Slopes
Level 2: Slope Processes and Hazards
Current postgraduate students
Samantha Clark (Durham)
Simon Drake (Birkbeck)
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