David Somerville
Postgraduate Researcher
Email address: eeds@leeds.ac.uk
Room: G19 28 University Road
Affiliation: Institute of Applied Geoscience
Qualifications
2011 - 2014 University of Birmingham - Geology & Geography BSc (Class I with Honors)
2014 - 2015 Royal Holloway, University of London - Petroleum Geoscience MSc (Pass with Distinction)
Research Interests
- the development of fluvial and lacustrine systems and their resultant deposits in continental rift settings
- the relative influence of tectonic and eustatic controls on fluvial and lacustrine system development
- the use of petroleum systems analysis in determining petroleum element qualities in fluvial and lacustrine successions
Teaching Interests
- Sedimentology (Siliciclastics & Carbonates)
- Structural Geology
- Petroleum Geology
- Earth Systems
Project details
Project title
Fluvial-lacustrine system to rift- and intermontane-basin evolution: quantitative models and sedimentary architecture.
Supervisors
Dr Nigel Mountney and Dr Luca Colombera
Start date
1 September 2016