Professor Bruce Yardley - Recent and current research projects:

"The halogen budget of metamorphism" (1993-1996, NERC)

"Tracking the origins of fluid infiltration into crystalline continental crust" (1997-1999, NERC)

"Fluid behaviour in the upper crystalline crust: an interdisciplinary approach" (1994-1996, EC Joule II, joint project with CREGU, Nancy, Universities of Porto and Madrid, IIRG, Pisa and BGS Fluid Processes Group)

"Modelling infiltration of marbles with coupled feedback between reaction, fluid flow and creep" (1996-1999, Royal Society Joint project with Victor Balashov, IEM, Chernogolovka)

"Multi-scale fluid flow path analysis: calibration and modelling using mineralisation systems." (1999-2002), NERC micro to macro project led by Andy Barnicoat (Leeds) with Jamie Wilkinson (IC) Adrian Boyce (SURRC) and others.

"Cementation of oilfield sandstones: Microgeochemical tracers reveal macro-fluid hydrogeology." (1999-2002), NERC micro to macro project led by Stuart Hazeldine , Edinburgh, and others.

"The effects of chloride salts on mineral solubility, speciation and immiscibility in H2O - CO2 - chloride fluids at high pressures and temperatures" (1999 - 2002) NERC project led by Colin Graham with Kirill Shmulovich,

"Quantitative evaluation of fluid flow and mass transfer in the Earth’s crust" (2002 - 2005) JIF project with Bob Cliff and David Banks (Leeds) and Tom Shepherd (BGS)

“UK Carbon Capture and Storage Consortium” (2004-2008),  NERC Consortium project led by Jon Gittins, (Imperial), Co-Investigator.

“Biologically-Mediated Weathering of Minerals from Nanometre Scales to Environmental Systems”, (2005-2008), NERC Consortium project led by Steve Banwart, (Sheffield), Co-Investigator.

“Mechanisms of fluid penetration into gabbroic crust, IODP Site 1309, mid-Atlantic Ridge” (2005-2007), NERC project led by Andrew McCaig, Co-Investigator.

“Predicting the fate of CO2 in geological reservoirs for modelling geologiocal carbon storage” (2008-2012) NERC Consortium project led by Mike Bickle (Cambridge), Leeds P.I.

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