Sebastian Watt
doctor
Earth Sciences
university of brimingham
United Kingdom
Biography
BA MSci (2006) – University of Cambridge, Natural Sciences (Physical/Geological) DPhil (2010) – University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences
Research Interest
Tephrochronology and long-timescale volcanic eruption records Volcanic edifice collapse, landslide processes and associated hazards Feedbacks between volcanic construction/destruction and magmatic processes, and the influence of external (e.g. climatic) processes on volcanism. Mafic and monogenetic arc volcanism Environmental impacts of volcanic eruptions The application of statistical methods to geological datasets
Publications
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Watt, SFL, DM Pyle, TA Mather. The volcanic response to deglaciation: evidence from glaciated volcanic arcs and a reassessment of global eruption records, 2013. Earth-Science Reviews 122, 77–102.
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Watt, SFL, DM Pyle, TA Mather, JA Naranjo, 2013. Arc magma compositions controlled by linked thermal and chemical gradients above the subducting slab. Geophysical Research Letters 40, 2550–2556.
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Cassidy, M, J Trofimovs, SFL Watt, MR Palmer, RN Taylor, TM Gernon, PJ Talling, A Le Friant, 2013. Multi-stage collapse events in the South Soufrière Hills, Montserrat as recorded in marine sediment cores. Geological Society Memoir, The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010, in press.
