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    Associate Professor in Earth Sciences

    Lead of Centre for Research in Earth Sciences (CRES)

    Marine Institute Strategy Board Member

     

    Supervised research degrees

    Ph.D. supervision:
    Ms Lottie Atton "Exploring seafloor hydrothermal systems with novel high resolution mineral mapping"
     
    Mr James Hepworth "Novel Insights into CO2 sequestration in peridotites" 
     
    Dr Marta Grabowska "Deciphering the signal of fluid/rock reaction in the lower oceanic crust: The Oman ophiolite analogue" 2023
     
    Dr Jennifer Rutter "Characterising low temperature alteration and oxidation of the upper oceanic crust", University of Southampton, completed 2015
     
    Dr Louise Koornneef "The sheeted dyke-gabbro transition zone: the key to unravelling the paleomagnetic record of the Oman ophiolite" Plymouth University

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    Research interests:

    My research interests relate to understanding and quantifying the role of hydrothermal circulation through the ocean crust, a fundamental Earth process that is responsible for the transfer of heat from the ocean crust and modifies the chemistry of the ocean crust and the oceans. I use a combination of petrology (inlcuding novel imaging spectroscopy) and geochemistry on samples recovered from ocean crust and ophiolites through scientific drilling to address key questions about the timing, distribution and magnitude of hydrothermal fluid fluxes in the upper and lower ocean crust. I also use calcium carbonate veins precipitated from low temperature hydrothermal fluids as a past record of ocean chemistry.
     
    Research Cruises:
     
    IODP Expedition 393 South Atlantic Age Transect II, Lead Metamorphic Petrologist
    IODP Expedition 357 Atlantis Massif Seafloor Processes: Serpentinization and Life, Metamorphic Petrologist
    IODP Expedition 335 Superfast Spreading Rate Crust 4, Metamorphic Petrologist
    IODP Expedition 327 Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank Hydrogeology, Petrologist (Group Leader)
    JC21 Hess Deep Rift
    JC7 Mid Atlantic Ridge 13N Oceanic Core Complexes

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    • SDG 13 - Climate Action

    Academic qualifications

    07 Physical sciences, Doctorate, The accretion of the lower oceanic crust, University of Southampton

    Award Date: 1 Jul 2011

    26 Geography, earth and environmental studies, First Degree, Geological Sciences (International), University of Leeds

    Award Date: 1 Jul 2006

    External positions

    Science Evaluation Panel (Science Member), International Ocean Discovery Programme (IODP)

    Jun 2023 → …

    Member of UKIODP Programme Advisory Group (PAG), UK IODP

    May 2023 → …

    Teaching Fellow, University of Southampton

    20142015

    Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Southampton

    20112015

    Research Interests

    • Hydrothermal systems
    • Ocean Crust
    • Fluid/rock interactions

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    • Ocean crustal veins record dynamic interplay between plate-cooling-induced cracking and ocean chemistry

      Evans, A. D., Coggon, R. M., Harris, M., Carter, E. J., Albers, E., Guérin, G. M., Belgrano, T. M., Jonnalagadda, M., Grant, L. J. C., Kempton, P. D., Sanderson, D. J., Milton, J. A., Henstock, T. J., Alt, J. C. & Teagle, D. A. H., 15 Jan 2025, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 650, 119116.

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    • Sulfur cycling in the gabbroic section of the Oman ophiolite

      Jesus, A. P., Strauss, H., Gonçalves, M. A., Harris, M., Silva, D., Whitehouse, M. J. & Teagle, D. A. H., Feb 2025, In: Lithos. 494-495, 107913.

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    • Data report: high-resolution digital imaging of whole-round hard rocks collected during IODP Expeditions 390C, 395E, 390, and 393, South Atlantic Transect, using a DMT CoreScan3

      Grant, L. J. C., Evans, A., Coggon, R. M., Estep, J. D., Mcintyre, A., Slagle, A. L., Widlansky, S. J., Albers, E., Harris, M., Teagle, D. A. H., Sylvan, J. B. & Reece, J., 3 May 2024, In: Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. 390/393, A1.

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    • Expedition 390/393 methods

      Coggon, R. M., Teagle, D. A. H., Sylvan, J. B., Reece, J., Estes, E. R., Williams, T. J., Christeson, G. L., Aizawa, M., Albers, E., Amadori, C., Belgrano, T. M., Borrelli, C., Bridges, J. D., Carter, E. J., D’Angelo, T., Dinarès-Turell, J., Doi, N., Estep, J. D., Evans, A. & Gilhooly, W. P. & 36 others, Grant, L. J. C., Guérin, G. M., Harris, M., Hojnacki, V. M., Hong, G., Jin, X., Jonnalagadda, M., Kaplan, M. R., Kempton, P. D., Kuwano, D., Labonte, J. M., Lam, A. R., Latas, M., Lowery, C. M., Lu, W., McIntyre, A., Moal-Darrigade, P., Pekar, S. F., Test, C. R., Routledge, C. M., Ryan, J. G., Ramos, D. S., Shchepetkina, A., Slagle, A. L., Takada, M., Tamborrino, L., Villa, A., Wang, Y., Wee, S. Y., Widlansky, S. J., Yang, K., Kurz, W., Prakasam, M., Tian, L., Yu, T. & Zhang, G., Jan 2024, In: International Ocean Discovery Program: Preliminary Reports. 390-393

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    • Expedition 390/393 summary

      Coggon, R. M., Teagle, D. A. H., Sylvan, J. B., Reece, J., Estes, E. R., Williams, T. J., Christeson, G. L., Aizawa, M., Albers, E., Amadori, C., Belgrano, T. M., Borrelli, C., Bridges, J. D., Carter, E. J., D’Angelo, T., Dinarès-Turell, J., Doi, N., Estep, J. D., Evans, A. & Gilhooly, W. P. & 36 others, Grant, L. J. C., Guérin, G. M., Harris, M., Hojnacki, V. M., Hong, G., Jin, X., Jonnalagadda, M., Kaplan, M. R., Kempton, P. D., Kuwano, D., Labonte, J. M., Lam, A. R., Latas, M., Lowery, C. M., Lu, W., McIntyre, A., Moal-Darrigade, P., Pekar, S. F., Test, C. R., Routledge, C. M., Ryan, J. G., Ramos, D. S., Shchepetkina, A., Slagle, A. L., Takada, M., Tamborrino, L., Villa, A., Wang, Y., Wee, S. Y., Widlansky, S. J., Yang, K., Kurz, W., Prakasam, M., Tian, L., Yu, T. & Zhang, G., Jan 2024, In: International Ocean Discovery Program: Preliminary Reports. 390-393

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