Field locations

Montserrat, Caribbean 

This is the site of much of my PhD research and subsequent post-doctoral work. I am particularly interested in the chemical evolution of the magmas, including the processes occurring within the magma reservoirs and the record of eruptions and landslides gathered from on-land fieldwork and marine sediment cores.

Mt Kelud, Java, Indonesia

I visited Kelud in field campaign in 2015 to sample explosive and effusive units of this highly active volcano.

Krakatau, Indonesia

The site of one of the most famous eruptions in 1883. We visited this as part of Amber's PhD project to understand why is was so explosive.

Mt Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia

This volcano is the site of one the largest explosive eruptions in 2000 years. I visited this in 2015 to sample pre, syn and post caldera forming eruption to understand its evolution.

Quizapu volcano, Chile

Site of the some of the largest historical eruptions: 5 cu km as lava flows in 1846, and 9 cu km erupted explosively in 1932. I visited this is January 2018 to sample rocks to understand it's volatile & eruptive evolution, and causes for changes in eruptive style.

Volcan de Colima, Mexico

Through volunteering before my doctorate and a research assistant position after I have spent almost 5 months monitoring this volcano. I am particularly interested in the mechanisms that generate Vulcanian explosions and understanding the parameters controlling the transition between lava-dome forming and explosive eruptions.

Iceland

I was lucky enough to catch the 2010 summit eruption of Eyjafjallajökull and collected ash for chemical and grain-size analysis.

Tenerife

I was a teaching assistant for four consecutive years on the level 3 Volcanology field course to Tenerife with the University of Southampton. This has involved demonstrating for large (~50) groups of students around volcanic exposures and leading parts of the field course. I also sampled the Ignimbrite deposits to compare submarine sediment causes to understand the interaction between volcanic island collapses and large explosive eruptions.

El Chichon, Mexico 

I spent several weeks in the south of Mexico as a field assistant, sampling the acidic lake and the springs for subsequent geochemical analysis.