Mfoniso Anieti Otu
MSc Student
Mfoniso Anieti Otu is a geologist with current research interest on the paleomagnetism and general limnogeology of the Lago Fagnano and it's environment in Tierra de Fuego.
He was born in Nigeria and earned his bachelor degree in Geology from the Akwa Ibom state University, Nigeria in 2016. His BSc research work focused on the correlation of three oil wells in the Niger Delta basin for understanding the origin and hydrocarbon identities in the area. It was a profound project work that made him proficient in seismic analysis and stratigraphic studies and put him in the limelight of the trustee company. Soon after, he got engagement with the Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting (BGP), a subsidiary of Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) in 2017. He got trained and certified in Seismic Geophysical Acquisition and worked there as Assistant Seismologist, where he played active team role during the National BNT 3D Yankari Seismic Prospect and BNT 3D Kolmani Seismic Prospect in Plateau and Gombe States respectfully. He is a student member of the Nigerian Mining and Geological Society (NMGS).
He is an adventurous and fun loving earth scientist with passion to unravel nature for a sustainable earth system. Mfoniso is an enthusiast of biking, music and traveling.
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otumfoniso@gmail.com
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Current research
A paleomagnetic record from the end of the world: insights from Lake Fagnano, Tierra del Fuego
The research focuses on providing a paleomagnetic record from Tierra del Fuego (southernmost South America) using a 17 m long continuous core record from Lake Fagnano. Lake Fagnano (~54 °S) is the largest (~110 km long) southernmost non-ice-covered lake on Earth and occupies a tectonic basing that was subsequently enlarged by past Andean glaciations.
A 17 m long sediment core was retrieved at the deepest part of the lake (~200 m) with the purpose of reconstructing the past climate and tectonic history for the last ~10 thousand years. Although much work was done on the elemental geochemistry and sedimentology, yet knowledge gaps still prevail in the paleomagnetic record of the region. The current project aims to enlighten with this information and add an important dataset from the "end of the world".
