GeoBlog
Our GeoBlog gives you some insight into the activities in Geology including research as well as teaching from both staff and our students.
Petrophysics Summer School 2019
The fourth annual Petrophysics Summer School was again hosted by the University of Leicester this summer, with the 6-day CPD-accredited course running from the 30th June to the 5th July.
Reconstructing and showcasing the diets of fossil reptiles from the Solnhofen archipelago using microwear analysis
PhD Researcher Jordan Bestwick describes how winning the annual Whittaker Award within Geology contributed to his research into tooth microwear.
Largest Holocene volcanic eruption in Antarctica identified, dated and tracked right across the continent
Leicester Geology volcanologist, Professor John Smellie reports on his research on Deception Island, one of a handful of active volcanoes in the Antarctic.
Having a ‘whale’ of a time with Jane the dinosaur at Leicester
Dr Robert Goodall tell us more about his palaeontology research at Leicester...
Inspirational 'Jane'!
PhD Researcher Will Crabbe talks about how dinosaurs like our 'Jane' the T.rex have been an inspiration to his career.
IAVCEI 2017 pre-conference field trip – pyroclastic density current deposits from the May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption
MPhil Researcher Gregor Hahn reports how the Whittaker Award in Geology last year helped fund a place on the 2017 pre-conference IAVCEI field trip to examine pyroclastic density current deposits of the famous 18th of May 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens.
Determining the distribution of melanin in river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) using histological sections
PhD Researcher Chris Nedza was awarded the Whitaker Award in Geology last year to assist his studies into melanin in river lamprey. Here he writes about how this funding has helped his research...
Palaeodiets "under the microscope" at Yorkshire Fossil Festival 2017
Over the weekend of the 22-24th of September geology and palaeontology enthusiasts descended on the seaside town of Scarborough for the annual Yorkshire Fossil Festival.
Leicester geologist and New Zealand colleagues discover evidence for gigantic volcanic eruption in Antarctica
Professor John Smellie has returned from another field season in Antarctica, this time working with the New Zealand Antarctic Programme on a large volcano known as Mt Morning.
World’s largest penguin rookery at risk from volcanic eruption
Leicester Geology volcanologist Professor John Smellie reports that the world’s largest penguin rookery is at risk because of the effects of a volcanic eruption on Zavodovski Island, one of the remote South Sandwich Islands.
