- School of GeoSciences
- Grant Institute
- West Mains Rd
- Edinburgh
- EH9 3JW
- UK
- +44 (0) 131 650 4918
Managing Uncertainty in Complex Earth Systems
The solid earth defines many aspects the economic, industrial and social norms of our everyday lives. It provides both physical and energy resources, it provides places where we can live and it is a source of natural disasters which irreversibly change peoples lives.
Addressing all of these opportunities and risks requires a sound understanding of the physical processes behind them as well as an appreciation of inherent uncertainty that the Earth will always throws at us.
I have three main research focusses
- Earthquake Physics
Incremental deformation of rocks
- Carbon Capture and Storage
Processes that go on inside rocks - Collisional Mountain Building
Evolution and formation of rocks
I am organising the 29th IUGG Conference on Mathematical Geophysics in Edinburgh on the 18th-22nd June 2012
I am an organising member of School of GeoSciences theme on GeoHazard, Risk Reduction and Uncertainty Management
I am primarily funded by the Scottish Government and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
PhD Students
Sarah Touati - Earthquake physics: 'Snap', 'crackle' (but no pop) and implications for seismic hazard and earthquake predictability in a complex system2007-2011 [EPSRC]
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr Neil Burnside - QICS postdocJan 2011 - Jan 2012 [NERC]
Dr Neil Burnside - Scoping actuarial risk of CO2 storage
Sept-Dec 2010 [Scottish Power Academic Alliance]
Master Students
John Sayer - Natural marine CO2 seeps and their inherent sediment ‘blanket’: A leakage analogue within the context of the North Sea.2011 [CCS Master's Student]
