Derek Keir
Born1979
Johannesburg, South Africa
EducationImperial College London
Alma materRoyal Holloway University of London
Known forTectonics and Seismology
AwardsBullerwell Lecture award
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
University of Southampton
ThesisEarthquake activity of the East African rift
WebsiteDr Derek Keir | Univ. of Southampton

Derek Keir (born 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa) has been an associate professor of geophysics at the University of Southampton since 2015. In 2013 he received the Bullerwell Lecture[1] award from the British Geophysical Association (BGA) for significant contributions to geophysics.

Education and career

During 1998-2002 he read geology and geophysics at Imperial College London, gaining an MSc (first class). His PhD (Tectonics and Seismology) was conducted during 2002-2006 at Royal Holloway University of London. He also held a Teaching Fellowship in Geology at Royal Holloway during this time. His thesis was on the earthquake activity of the East African rift.[2]

In 2007 he moved to the University of Leeds as a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) research fellow and as Teaching Fellow in Geology.[2]

Keir was appointed Lecturer in Earth Science at University of Southampton in 2011 and became Associate Professor in Geophysics in 2015.[2]

Map of the Afar triangle

His major contribution to science has been to study how continents break apart by analysing the earthquake and volcanic activity of the Afar Triangle. He has researched many volcanoes in Ethiopia and Eritrea, including Corbetti, Mount Ayalu,[3] Adwa (volcano),[3] Erta Ale, Dabbahu Volcano,[4] Dallol,[5] and Nabro Volcano. He has conducted much of his research in collaboration with Kathryn Whaler and Ian Bastow.

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Bullerwell Lecturers and Lectures". 7 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dr Derek Keir | Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Univ. of Southampton. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 Keir, D; Pagli, C; Bastow, I; Ayele, A (March 2011). "The magma-assisted removal of Arabia in Afar: Evidence from dike injection in the Ethiopian rift captured using InSAR and seismicity". Tectonics. 30 (2): n/a. Bibcode:2011Tecto..30.2008K. doi:10.1029/2010TC002785. hdl:11568/500499.
  4. ↑ Wright, TJ; Ebinger, C; Biggs, J; Ayele, A; Yirgu, G; Keir, D; Stork, A (July 2006). "Magma-maintained rift segmentation at continental rupture in the 2005 Afar dyking episode". Nature. 442 (7100): 291–294. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..291W. doi:10.1038/nature04978. hdl:2158/1078052. PMID 16855588. S2CID 4319443.
  5. ↑ Nobile, A; Pagli, C; Keir, D; Wright, TJ; Ayele, A; Ruch, J; Acocella, A (October 2012). "Dike-fault interaction during the 2004 Dallol intrusion at the northern edge of the Erta Ale Ridge (Afar, Ethiopia)" (PDF). Geophysical Research Letters. 39 (19): n/a. Bibcode:2012GeoRL..3919305N. doi:10.1029/2012GL053152. hdl:11568/500305. S2CID 54908652.
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