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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
Additional information
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.
Academic qualifications
Physical sciences, Doctorate, The accretion of the lower oceanic crust, University of Southampton
Award Date: 1 Jul 2011
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
2014 → 2015
Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Southampton
2011 → 2015
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):
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Porosity-dependent physical property changes of the oceanic crust at the South Atlantic Transect (IODP X390-393)
Amadori, C., Test, C. R., Harris, M., Alvarez-Borges, F., Coggon, R. & Teagle, D., 14 Mar 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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A geological carbon cycle sink hosted by ocean crust talus breccias
Coggon, R. M., Carter, E. J., Grant, L., Evans, A. D., Lowery, C., Teagle, D. A. H., Kempton, P., Cooper, M. J., Routledge, C., Albers, E., Estep, J., Christeson, G., Harris, M., Belgrano, T., Sylvan, J., Reece, J., Estes, E. & Williams, T., 24 Nov 2025, In: Nature Geoscience. 18, 12, p. 1279-1286 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic lithosphere
Schwarzenbach, E. & Harris, M., 1 Jan 2025, Treatise on Geochemistry. 3rd ed. Science Direct (Elsevier), Vol. 2. p. 1-37 (Treatise of Geochemistry).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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VCs Award EDI
Boulton, S. (Recipient), Fisher, J. (Recipient), FitzPatrick, M. (Recipient), Gales, J. (Recipient), Harris, M. (Recipient), Mather, A. (Recipient) & Mildon, Z. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize / award