Senior Lecturer in Geophysics

Course Director, Earth and Planetary Sciences; Geology

Geophysics & Borehole and Crustal Processes Groups

Direct contact:

Tel: 0116 252 3795 Email: rwe5@le.ac.uk

Research interests include the applications of seismic and potential field data to the properties and evolution of the continental lithosphere, particularly rift systems, continental margins and the process of epeirogenesis.  I supervise research on the velocity structure of Europe, the Ethiopian rift, and rifting in Mongolia.

Four recent publications

• England, R.W., McBride, J. H. & Hobbs, R. W.  2005.  The role of Mesozoic rifting in the opening of the NE Atlantic: Evidence from deep seismic profiling across the Faroe-Shetland Trough.  Journal of the Geological Society, London, 162.
• Al-Kindi, S., White, N., Sinha, M., England, R. & Tiley, R.  2003.  Crustal trace of a  hot convective sheet.  Geology, 31, 193-288.
• Clegg, B & England, R. W.  2003.  Velocity structure of the UK from a compilation of wide-angle and refraction data.  Geological Magazine, 140, 453-467.
• England, R. W.  1999.  Deep structure of North West Europe from Deep Seismic Profiling: The link between basement tectonics and basin development.  In: Mohriak, W. & Talwani, M. (eds) Atlantic Rifts and Continental Margins, AGU Geophysical Monograph, 115, 57-83.

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Teaching

• GL3036 Environmental Site Investigation Methods
• GL3037 Environmental Site Investigation Field Methods
• GL3063 Potential Fields
• GL3073 Planetary Science
• GL4023 Global and Crustal Seismology