As part of our international research portfolio, we support a vibrant and active postgraduate research programme at PhD level.

Here is a list of the PhD theses that have been produced in the last few years. These may be consulted in the University library or inspected through the inter-library loan system. Except where it is indicated otherwise, the contents have a five-year confidentiality limit.

2012

KILHAMS, Ben:

OTHMAN WILSON, Abby:

LAMORDE, Omar:

LIMMER, David:

2011

MUIRHEAD, David:

ALIZAI, Anwar: Reconstruction of the river system and climate change as it is controlled on Harappan.

STUKINS, Steve: Spacio-Temporal Facies and Biofacies Trends in a Marginal Marine Depositional System; Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina.

ALMARJIBI, Salmeen: Unravelling the depositional environments within the Middle Haima Supergroup (Lower Palaeozoic) of East-Central Oman.

BRIGHTMORE, Ian: Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of Brigantian Yoredale strata in northern England and Scotland, U.K.

2010

HOANG, Long Van: Cenozoic Climate-Tectonic Interactions Preserved in the Song Hong-Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan Sedimentary Basins, South China Sea.

DALY, Rob: Palaeoecological Study of a High Arctic Ecosystem from Palynological Analysis of the Middle­Upper Palaeocene Sagwon Bluffs, North Slope Alaska, USA.

WRIGHT, Alison: Geology and geochemistry of graphite deposits.

2009

THACKREY, Scott: Sedimentology and minerology of meteorite impact ejecta.

NICHOLSON, Uisdean: Surface Deformation over a Strike-Slip Plate Boundary: Testing Models of Landscape Development.

KERTZNUS, Vanessa: Large Scale Controls on the Development of Delta-fed Slope Systems: Ebro and Nile Delta Systems, Mediterranean Sea.

SCOTT, Tony: Processes with sand injectites.

THOMPSON, Phil: The spatial and temporal evolution of submarine channels..

SZARAWARSKA, Ewa: Mechanics of large-scale sand intrusion..

SZUMAN, Magda: Forward seismic modelling of turbidite channels.

CALVES, Gerome: Reconstructing climate - tectonic interactions from the marine sediment record of the Arabian sea..

2008

ANDREWS, Steven: Climatic controls and cyclicity reflected in the deposition of the Middle Old Sandstone in the Orcadian basin..

2007

MACHADO, Vladimir: Sand routing, reservoir creation, diagenesis and hydrocarbon charge during the Tertiary, offshore Angola.

LINDGREN, Paula: Impact signatures in the geological record.

MARK, Darren: T-X-t data from authigenic K-feldspar:An integrated methodology for constraining fluid flow.

EVENSTAR, Laura: Cosmogenic 3He dating of pediplain surfaces in North Chile; implications for climate and tectonics in the Cenozoic.

VAN PHAM, Tuan: Controls of diagenesis and structural deformation on reservoir quality in red beds.

FERREIRA, Hercinda: Interplay between salt and turbidites, their resulting distribution and architecture from seismic and outcrop analogues: offshore to ultradeep Angola.

2006

WARWICK, Gail: The Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Terminal Fluvial Systems

FORDHAM, Alex: Development of a Dryland Specific Sedimentary Facies Evolution Model for Extensional Basins.

CAMPBELL, Elaine: The Sedimentology of Lower-Slope Clastic Successions in Deep-Water Environments.

HADDOW, Jennifer: Role of thermophilic micro-organisms in the precipitation of heavy metals from subaerial hot springs pf the Taupo volcanic zone, North Island, New Zealand.

ARCHER, Stuart: The sequence stratigraphy and correlation of dryland fluvial systems: A geomorphic perspective from the basin and range province, SW USA.

2005

PARRY, Stephen: Age and underlying course of hot spring activity at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

KELMAN, Ruth: Preservation of biota in hot spring environments through time

OVERSTOLZ, Michael: Characterisation of coherent submarine mass-wasted sandstone packages from outcrop and in the subsurface

SIMMS, Andrew: Sedimentological and architectural aspects of dryland fluvial systems: Modern analogues to the Triassic deposits of the Tern Field, Northern North Sea

TREMBLAY, Sacha: Geological evolution and depositional architecture of the Mauritanian North Atlantic margin

2004

MAZZINI, Adriano: Methane-related authigenic carbonates: implications for seeps and hydrocarbon plumbing systems

MENEGATTI, Alessandra: Biostratigraphy, sedimentology and high resolution sequence stratigraphy of the Mishrif formation, Dubai

ZHOU, Hongxiu: Geochemical correlation of seep oils, onshore Nuussuaq basin, Central West Greenland

2003

AL-ANBOORI, Saleh: Low net-to-gross fluvial re servoirs: sedimentary architecture and geochemical correlation

ALQASSAB, Hisham A: Reservoir characterisation and modelling by integrating geological, petrophysical, seismic and engineering data using geostatistics: Concepts and field applications

CUDDY, Steven John: The development of genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic for geoscience applications (Confidential)

FAYERS, Stephen Roy: The biota and palaeoenvironments of the Windyfield Chert, early Devonian, Rhynie,Scotland

HINDS, David J: Sedimentology and depositional setting of the Neogene productive series, Apsheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan

JANKAEW, Kruawun: Organic geochemistry of the Neogene sediments from the Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand: palaeodepositional environments and hydrocarbon source potential

JONK, René:Origin and diagenesis of intruded sandstones

KELLY, Jason: Fluid flow through low-permeability successions: the application of fluid inclusions

SCHWAB, Anne Marie: Improved seismic stratigraphic interpretation of carbonates using outcrop data

SKOPEC, Robert A: Geomechanical evaluation of a poorly consolidated sandstone with applications to horizontal drilling, borehole stability, reservoir compaction and sand control

2002

CHALTON, Bruce: Correlation of Triassic redbed sequences of the Crawford Fields, UKCS

HAGGAN, Titus P: Paragenesis, fluid flow and structural controls on bitumen vein deposits and bitumen-hosted ore deposits, Andean Cordillera

2001

DAMIT, Abdul Razak: Brunei Bay Northwest Borneo: Depositional System

GOULD, Simon R: Integrated sedimentological and whole-rock trace element geochemical correlation of alluvial red-bed sequences at outcrop and in the subsurface

THOMAS, Christian G: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Falkland Islands Permian with comparisons to Gondwana stratigraphy of South Africa and South America

2000

MARSHALL, Paul: Palaeoenvironmental, climatic and sea-level fluctuations and sequence stratigraphy of the Scottish Bathonian