School of Earth and Environment
Dr David Cornwell
Postdoctoral Teaching & Research Fellow in Geophysics
Telephone number:
+44(0) 113 34
37012
Email address: eardgc@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 8.145
Biography
- I research continental rift zones using earthquake seismology and gravity methods
- Current research projects are based in the Faroe Islands and the East African Rift in Ethiopia
- Other interests: crustal, lithospheric and mantle structure; anisotropy and lithospheric terrane fabrics; hotspot (plume) magmatism; high-velocity lower crustal layers (underplate); ambient noise tomography; attenuation; and more!
- I teach MSc courses in Seismic Reflection Acquisition and Seismic Reflection Processing using SeisSpace/ProMAX (SOEE5165).
- Geophysical software maintenance and MSc/UG individual project data provision/organisation.
- Fieldwork geophysics teaching including: resistivity; gravity; dGPS; seismic reflection/refraction; EM; GPR; etc.
Qualifications
- BSc. Geophysics (Geological), University of Leicester, 1999
- MSc. Exploration Geophysics, University of Leeds, 2001
- Ph.D. Seismology, University of Leicester, 2008
Memberships/Fellowships
- Member of the American Geophysical Union
- European Geophysical Union
- European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
- Royal Astronomical Society
- British Geophysical Association
Research Interests
- Seismology
- rifting
- gravity
- underplate
- plume
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- mantle
- crust
- receiver functions
- anisotropy
Academic CV (pdf file)
Publications
- Cornwell DG; Hetényi G; Blanchard TD (2011) Mantle transition zone variations beneath the Ethiopian Rift and Afar: Chemical heterogeneity within a hot mantle?, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, .
- Cornwell DG; Hetenyi G; Blanchard TD (2011) Mantle transition zone variations beneath the Ethiopian Rift and Afar: Chemical heterogeneity within a hot mantle?, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 38, . doi: 10.1029/2011GL047575
- Cornwell DG; Maguire PKH; England RW; Stuart GW (2010) Imaging detailed crustal structure and magmatic intrusion across the Ethiopian Rift using a dense linear broadband array, GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 11, . doi: 10.1029/2009GC002637
- Cornwell DG; Maguire PKH; England RW; Stuart GW (2010) Imaging detailed crustal structure and magmatic intrusion across the Ethiopian Rift using a dense linear broadband array, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 11, .
- Keir D; Bastow ID; Whaler KA; Daly E; Cornwell DG; Hautot S (2009) Lower crustal earthquakes near the Ethiopian rift induced by magmatic processes, GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 10, . doi: 10.1029/2009GC002382
- Keir D; Bastow ID; Whaler KA; Daly E; Cornwell DG; Hautot S (2009) Lower crustal earthquakes near the Ethiopian rift induced by magmatic processes, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, .
- Cornwell DG; MacKenzie GD; England RW; Maguire PKH; Asfaw LM; Oluma B (2006) Northern Main Ethiopian Rift crustal structure from new high-precision gravity data, AFAR VOLCANIC PROVINCE WITHIN THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM, 259, pp.307-321. doi: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.259.01.23
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