Research Associate (IODP)

Geophysics and Borehole Group

Direct contact:

Tel: 0116 252 3327

Email::ji18@le.ac.uk

Research interests

Recent research has focussed on integrating core and geophysical data from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 310, Tahiti Sea Level. The aim of this process was to improve the depths assigned to recovered core and, through analyses of porosity in the coral reef, estimate true core recovery more accurately. I am currently investigating the causes behind increases in the spectral natural gamma logs, measured by wireline logging, through comparison with a combination of analyses on core samples.

I am also interested in ophiolites and their tectonic evolution, in particular the Hatay ophiolite of southern Turkey and its relationship to adjacent Tethyan ophiolites. My PhD research used a combination of palaeomagnetic, rock magnetic and structural analyses to determine the timing and magnitude of rotations experienced by the Hatay ophiolite and to interpret these in the context of the Neotethyan evolution of the eastern Mediterranean.

Four recent publications

• Inwood, J., Morris, A., Anderson, M. W. and Robertson, A. H. F.   2009.  Neotethyan intraoceanic microplate rotation and variations in spreading axis orientation: Palaeomagnetic evidence from the Hatay ophiolite (southern Turkey). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 280, 105-117. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.021.
• Inwood, J., Brewer, T. S., Braaksma, H. and Pezard, P.  2008.  Integration of core, logging and drilling data in modern reefal carbonates to improve core location and recovery estimates (IODP Expedition 310).  Journal of the Geological Society of London 165, 585-596.
• Inwood, J., Anderson, M. W., Morris, A. and Robertson, A. H. F.  2008. Successive structural events in the Hatay ophiolite of Turkey: Distinguishing pre-, syn- and post-emplacement structures.  Tectonophysics. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.037. 
• Morris, A., Anderson, M. W., Inwood, J. and Robertson, A. H. F.  2006.  Palaeomagnetic insights into the evolution of Neotethyan oceanic crust in the eastern Mediterranean.  In: Robertson, A. H. F. and Mountrakis, D.  (eds.).  Tectonic development of the eastern Mediterranean region, Geological Society of London Special Publication, 260, 351-372.