Marine/Wolfson Building lecture hall, Bullard Labs.


2013-06-06 14:00: When the Monsoon rocks the Himalaya (Professor Jean-Philippe Avouac from the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech.)

2013-08-14 14:00: Shrinking Ice Sheets, Rising Sea Level, Today and in the Last InterGlacial (Frederik Simons, Princeton)

2013-08-20 15:30: Ultralow-velocity zones at the base of the mantle (Dan Bower (Caltech))

2013-09-27 16:30: Mixing and Unmixing in Planets (Prof Dave Stevenson (Cal Tech))

2016-02-03 16:00: The velocity structure and micro-seismicity of the Askja central volcano, Iceland (Dr Tim Greenfield, Bullard Labs)

2016-02-10 16:00: Seismic Invisibility (Dr David Al-Attar, Bullard Labs)

2016-02-17 16:00: Fault friction and behaviour (Dr Alex Copley, Bullard Labs)

2016-02-24 16:00: Coupling geodynamic models with geological and geophysical data to constrain the rheology of crust and lithosphere (Prof Boris Kaus, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

2016-03-02 16:00: Experimental study of polycrystal anelasticity for seismological application (Prof Yasuko Takei,  University of Tokyo)

2016-03-09 16:00: How much water is subducted into the lower mantle?  Evidence from transition zone anisotropy (Dr Andy Nowacki, University of Leeds)

2016-05-04 16:00: Seismic evidence for mixing processes in Earth's mantle (Prof Sebastian Rost, University of Leeds)

2016-05-11 16:00: Combining GPS Data with Physics-Based Models to Improve Earthquake and Volcano Forecasting (Prof Paul Segall, Standford University)

2016-05-18 16:00: Mechanisms of Episodic continental growth in the early Earth (Prof Anne Davaille, Universite Paris-Sud)

2016-05-25 16:00: The Rigid Oceanic Lithosphere: From Production to Destruction (Dr Caroline Eakin, University of Southhampton)

2016-06-01 16:00: Flow mechanisms in tight shales: Insights from microseismicity (Prof Mike Kendall, University of Bristol)

2016-06-08 16:00: Multi-sensor geophysical constraints on crustal melt in the central Andes at a so-called zombie volcano: the PLUTONS project  (Prof Matt Pritchard, Cornell University)

2016-10-12 16:00: Sink or stall: subduction transition-zone dynamics (Prof Saskis Goes, Imperial College, London)

2016-10-19 16:00: Magmatism Significantly Alters the Thermal Structure of Subduction Zones (Dr David Rees Jones, Bullard Laboratories)

2016-10-26 16:00: Reconciling scales in global seismology (Dr Thomas Bodin, Lyon)

2016-11-02 16:00: The Influence of Mantle Thermal Heterogeneity on Outer Core Convection (Dr Jon Mound, University of Leeds)

2016-11-09 16:00: A new model for chemical weathering of continental interiors and its implications for Earth's climate evolution (Prof Jean Braun, ISTerre)

2016-11-16 16:00: Slabs, plumes and their interaction: new insights from global anisotropy tomography (Dr Ana Ferreira, UCL)

2016-11-23 16:00: The influence of hydrospheric processes on intraplate seismicity (Dr Tim Craig, University of Leeds)

2017-01-18 16:00: Volcano geodesy and plate boundary deformation in Iceland (Prof Freysteinn Sigmundsson,  Nordic Volcanological Centre)

2017-02-01 16:00: Patterns of Dynamic Topography on Earth (Dr Mark Hoggard, Bullard Labs)

2017-02-08 16:00: The rheology of the partially molten mantle (Dr John Rudge, Bullard Labs)

2017-02-15 16:00: Seismic velocity structure of volcanic rift zones in Iceland (Dr Rob Green, Bullard Labs)

2017-02-22 16:00: Advances in the Understanding of Seismicity induced by Natural Gas Production (Dr Dirk Smit, Shell)

2017-03-08 16:00: Toward looking at the Earth's interior through unbiased tomographic glasses (Dr Christophe Zaroli,  Univeriste de Strastbourg )

2017-03-15 16:00: Patterns of seismic anisotropy and mantle flow around convergent margins: predictions from 3D geodynamic modelling and implications for the interpretation of seismic tomographies (Dr Manuelle Faccenda, Padova)

2017-03-31 16:00: TBD  - Cool observations of the Icelandic mantle plume (Jennifer Jenkins)

2017-04-26 16:00: The signature of the Icelandic mantle plume from crust to mid-mantle ( Jennifer Jenkins, Bullard Labs)

2017-05-03 16:00: Quantifying the details of earliest rift development and how the rift basin fills: Integrating existing marine and terrestrial data and upcoming ocean drilling at the Corinth Rift, Greece (Professor Lisa McNeill,  South Hampton)

2017-05-04 16:00: Extra Thursday Seminar: Multi-observable thermochemical tomography ( Dr. Juan Carlos Afonso, Macquarie University)

2017-05-10 16:00: The story of nothing (Professor Malcolm Sambridge, ANU)

2017-05-17 16:00: The persistence of large-scale compositional heterogeneity in the Earth’s mantle (Dr Maxim Ballmer ETH Zurich)

2017-05-24 16:00: Causes and consequences of upper-mantle seismic anisotropy: The link between olivine microstructure and the nature of plate tectonics (Dr Lars Hansen)

2017-05-31 16:00: No Bullard seminar (Speaker to be confirmed)

2017-06-07 16:00: No Bullard seminar (Speaker to be confirmed)

2017-06-14 16:00: Coastal tectonics in the eastern Mediterranean (Andy Howell - Bullard Laboratories )

2017-09-20 16:00: The nature and age of the eastern Mediterranean crust and their geodynamic consequences (Dr Roi Granot, Ben Gurion University)

2017-10-04 16:00: The last stage of Earth's formation: Increasing the pressure (Simon Lock, Harvard Univsersity)

2017-10-11 16:00: Probing lateral variations in Earth’s mantle viscosity across timescales (Dr Jacqueline Austermann, University of Cambridge)

2017-10-18 16:00: A tale of three orogens: seismological insights into lithospheric processes in Eastern Canada (Dr Amy Gilligan, University of Aberdeen)

2017-10-25 16:00: Volcano seismology: listening to the heartbeat of volcanoes (Prof. Jurgen Neuberg, University of Leeds)

2017-11-01 16:00: Drowning in data? How can we exploit massive geodetic data? (Prof. Tim Wright, University of Leeds)

2017-11-08 16:00: Quo vadis full-waveform inversion (Dr Andreas Fichtner, ETH Zurich)

2017-11-15 16:00: Gas and trace metal emissions at basaltic volcanoes: New advances using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) (Dr Emma Liu, University of Cambridge)

2017-11-22 16:00: Constraints on the timescales of magma-intrusion and faulting during continental breakup in Afar.  (Dr Derek Keir, University of Southampton )

2017-11-29 16:00: Constraints on melt distribution from seismology (Dr James Hammond, Birbeck, Univserity of London)

2018-01-17 16:00: Genetic partitioning of stress and its space-time variability (Prof. Riccardo Caputo, University of Ferrara)

2018-01-24 16:00: The Outer Core: from a seismologist point of view (Sanne Cottaar, University of Cambridge)

2018-01-31 16:00: The Geological Record of the Earthquake Cycle in the Lower Crust (Dr Luca Menegon, Plymouth University)

2018-02-07 16:00: Imaging seismic velocities (and density?) beneath the Eastern Mediterranean using waveform tomography (Dr Nienke Blom, University of Cambridge)

2018-02-14 16:00: Structure and evolution of continental lithosphere: new insights from seismic imaging (Prof. Sergei Lebedev, Dublin Instititute for Advanced Studies)

2018-02-21 16:00: No Bullard seminar (Speaker to be confirmed)

2018-02-28 16:00: Cancelled due to weather conditions (Prof. Ken McCaffrey, Durham University)

2018-03-07 16:00: Microplates, magmatism and movement, reconciling geological and geophysical observations to provide a new model of the Jurassic breakup of Gondwana (Dr Tom Jordan, British Antartic Survey)

2018-03-14 16:00: Pre-melting in the Earth's inner core (Dr Martha Pamato, UCL)

2018-05-02 16:00: Crustal structure of the northeastern Arabian plate from active and passive seismic (Dr Simone Pilia, University of Cambridge)

2018-05-09 16:00: Mapping and modelling the variation in strain accumulation along the North Anatolian Fault (Dr Ekbal Hussain, University of Leeds)

2018-05-16 16:00: Global mantle structure from multiple-frequency body-wave tomography (Dr Kasra Hosseini, University of Oxford)

2018-05-23 16:00: Active faulting and tectonics of the Tien Shan (Prof. Richard Walker, University of Oxford)

2018-05-30 16:00: Seismology in the understanding of Ocean Storms (Prof. Anya Reading, University of Tasmania)

2018-06-25 16:00: Reaching for the Holy Grail of Modern Global Seismology: New insights into the centre of the Earth from the detection of J waves (Prof. Hrvoje Tkalčić)

2018-10-03 16:00: Crustal structure of the passive margins of the South China Sea and inferred rifting processes from MCS/OBS imaging  (ChuanChuan Lü (University of Cambridge))

2018-10-10 16:00: From detonators to nuclear tests – scaling-law determination of explosion source signatures (Prof. Anton Ziolkowski, University of Edinburgh)

2018-10-17 16:00: Structure and dynamics of the lowermost mantle (Dr Andrew Walker, University of Leeds)

2018-10-24 16:00: Serpentinite deformation, dehydration and embrittlemen (Dr Nicolas Brantut, UCL)

2018-10-31 16:00: From continental rifting to conjugate margins: insights from analogue and numerical models (Anouk Beniest, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

2018-11-07 16:00: Seismic tomographic evidence for two collisional styles along the Grenville orogen of North America (Dr Alistair Boyce, Cambridge)

2018-11-14 16:00: Mantle Mixing/Unmixing vs. Long-term plate motion history: A new constraint from joint analysis of forward and backward scattering waves.  (Dr Alex Song, UCL)

2018-11-21 16:00: Optimising seismometer installations (Will Reis and Libby Passey, Guralp System Limited)

2018-11-28 16:00: No seminar (Speaker to be confirmed)

2019-01-16 11:00: Validating the turbidite approach to paleoseismology using observations from the Mw7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand (Jamie Howarth (Wellington, New Zealand))

2019-01-23 16:00: A dynamic plate base at the slow spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the PI-LAB experiment (Kate Rychert (Southampton, UK))

2019-01-30 16:00: India-Asia collision, tectonics of the Himalaya and implications for building the Tibetan Plateau (Mike Searle (Oxford, UK))

2019-02-13 16:00: Geological Carbon Storage: Geological challenges (Mike Bickle (Cambridge, UK))

2019-02-20 16:00: Flow, failure and friction during volcanic eruptions (Jackie Kendrick (Liverpool, UK))

2019-02-27 16:00: Subglacial floods on volcanoes in Iceland and their geothermal cause (Eva Eibl (GFZ Potsdam, DE))

2019-03-06 16:00: Unlocking the secrets of slow slip using next-generation seismic experiments and IODP drilling at the north Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand (Rebecca Bell (Imperial, London, UK))

2019-03-13 16:00: Continental topographic scaling and evolution: Some implications for mantle convection (Gareth Roberts (Imperial))

2019-04-25 16:00: Illuminating the start of complex life: Statistical analyses of Ediacaran communities (Emily Mitchell (University of Cambridge))

2019-05-01 16:00: The Groningen gas field monitored by noise interferometry of deep borehole data (Hanneke Paulssen (Utrecht University, NL))

2019-05-08 16:00: Teleseismic monitoring: undetected earthquakes, long period volcanic tremors and more... (Piero Poli (Grenoble))

2019-05-15 16:00: Constraining Lithospheric Structure Across the United States (Vedran Lekic (Maryland, US))

2019-05-22 16:00: A quantitative relationship between interseismic strain and long-term uplift in northern Chile (Romain Jolivet (Paris))

2019-05-29 16:00: Optical seismology (Giuseppe Marra (National physical Laboratory))

2019-10-16 16:00: Granular and particle-laden flow: Novel approaches and applications to address grand challenges  (Nathalie Vriend - BPI and Univeristy of Cambridge)

2019-10-23 16:00: illuminating active fault zones through correlation of optical satellite imagery (James Hollingsworth - University of Grenoble)

2019-10-30 16:00: Fibre-Optic Strain Sensing: A Game Changer for (Urban) Seismic Surveying (Charlotte Krawczyk - GFZ Potsdam and Technical University Berlin.)

2019-11-06 16:00: Lithospheric structure, anisotropy and seismicity of the active North Anatolian Fault, Turkey (Dave Cornwell - University of Aberdeen)

2019-11-13 16:00: Adventures in anisotropy at the base of the mantle: New constraints on deep mantle dynamics (Maureen Long - University of Yale)

2019-11-20 16:00: Experimental Exploration of Earth’s Mantle (Hauke Marquardt - University of Oxford)

2019-11-27 16:00: Towards a new global earthquake catalogue - Full waveform constraints on earthquake mechanisms and their uncertainty (Tom Garth - University of Oxford and ISC)

2020-01-22 16:00: Through the Ocean to the Mantle: Under the Seas with a Fleet of Floating Seismic Robots (Frederik Simons - University Princeton)

2020-01-29 16:00: Large cold noses and boomerang earthquakes: exploring new tectonic frontiers using seafloor seismometers in the Atlantic (Dr. Stephen Hicks - Imperial College London)

2020-02-05 16:00: Mapping Seismic Tomography into Earth Structure: Implications for Dynamic Topography, Lithospheric Stability and Sea-Level Reconstructions (Fred Richards - Imperial College London)

2020-02-12 16:00: The legacy of MEDUSA: Tracking fluids and earthquakes deep beneath western Greece (Stephane Rondenay)

2020-02-19 16:00: Rheology of the deep subduction interface and its role in influencing short term seismic style and long-term subduction dynamics.  (Whitney Behr - ETH Zurich)

2020-02-26 16:00: Lab geophysics: using experiments to constrain the seismic velocities of mantle minerals (Andrew Thompson - University College London)

2020-03-04 16:00: Characterizing global small-scale heterogeneity in the mantle – Interrogating the high-frequency, scattered seismic wavefield (Sebastian Rost - University of Leeds)

2020-03-11 16:00: Slip rate variability: Quantifying the past to understand the present (Laura Gregory - University of Leeds)

2020-03-18 16:00: CANCELLED (Paula Koelemeijer)