The Group has research programmes in Crustal and Applied Geophysics that focus on crustal evolution and environmental geophysics, and in Borehole and Petrophysics focussing on gas hydrates, reservoir characterization and key support to the Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP).

Crustal Geophysics staff lead international projects studying rifting and the break up of continents in Africa, Europe and Asia. They are also at the forefront of studies of NW European topographic changes not predicted by plate tectonic theory. The group hold the contract to run the NERC Geophysical Equipment Facility, SEIS-UK.

Leicester's Borehole Research is internationally recognised for the measurement and interpretation of the physics and chemistry of rocks and fluids on a variety of scales. Through an international consortium, IODP research staff provide major support and expertise in the fields of wireline logging, core-log integration and petrophysics on a variety of drill platforms. They hold the contract to provide logging services and expertise worldwide to the IODP.

Applied Geophysics staff have developed via collaboration with industry, an innovative multi-sensor platform for high resolution geophysical surveying applicable to hydrological, environmental and archaeological research which is now commercially available.

Petrophysics research at the industry-academia interface includes investigations of natural and synthetic hydrates and their potential as a geohazard, development of novel measurement and imaging techniques, and reservoir characterisation.

For details, see the Geophysics & Borehole Group webpages on the Geology Extranet