Derek Boswell KEIR

Ruolo attuale:: Professore Associato
SSD:: GEOS-02/C - Geologia strutturale e tettonica
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra

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Derek Boswell KEIR

Biografia

MSci Geologia e Geofisica, Imperial College London, 1998-2002

PhD Tettonica e Sismologia, Royal Holloway University of London, 2002-2006

RTDa Geologia, Royal Holloway University of London, 2006-2007

NERC Ricercatore(, University of Leeds, 2007-2011

RTDa Geologia, University of Southampton, 2011

RTDb Scienze della Terra, University of Southampton, 2011-2015

Professore Associato di Geofisica, University of Southampton, 2015-present

Professore Associato di Tettonica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 2016-present

Derek Boswell KEIR

Curriculum

Speciality Chief Editor per Frontiers in Earth Science, Geologia Strutturale e Tettonica, 2020-presente

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/sections/structural-geology-and-tectonics

Associate Editor per Frontiers in Earth Science, Vulcanologia, 2013-presente

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/sections/volcanology

Derek Boswell KEIR

Interessi

Riepilogo - utilizzo la geofisica, il telerilevamento, la geochimica e la geologia per studiare terremoti e vulcani.

Progetti

MiUR PRIN 2017P9AT72 project – The Afar Stratoid (TAS) project - 2018 to 2022 https://www.afarstratoid.com

ICDP drilling proposal - Afar Dallol Drilling (ADDON) - https://www.afardalloldrilling.com

Dottorandi

Conor Farrell - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-248-dottorande-dottorandi.html#

Reha Chandresh - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-438-reha-chandresh.html

Simone Lenci - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-446-simone-lenci.html

Marella Parnas - Unipi - https://www.dst.unipi.it/item/1931-marella-parnas.html

Birhan Kebede - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-390-birhan-kebede.html

Lauretta Kaerger - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-387-lauretta-kaerger.html

Derek Boswell KEIR

Pubblicazioni

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Tesi di Dottorato

La Rosa, A.; Pagli, C.; Wang, H.; Sigmundsson, F.; Pinel, V.; Keir, D. (2024). Simultaneous rift-scale inflation of a deep crustal sill network in Afar, East Africa. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 15, pp. 1-8, ISSN:2041-1723 DOI

Rime V.; Keir D.; Phethean J.; Kidane T.; Foubert A. (2024). Central Afar: An analogue for oceanic plateau development. GEOLOGY, vol. 52, pp. 819-824, ISSN:1943-2682 DOI

Muluneh, A.; Brune, S.; Pagli, C.; La Rosa, A.; Keir, D.; Neuharth, D.; Corti, G. (2024). To Rotate or to Link? The Connection Between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Rifts in Central Afar. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 51, pp. 1-9, ISSN:1944-8007 DOI

Wuletawu, H., Alemu, A., Nigussie, W., Mickus, K., Keir, D., Wendwesen, S., Wassihun, S. (2024). The subsurface anatomy of a mid-upper crustal magmatic intrusion zone beneath the Boku volcanic complex, Main Ethiopian Rift inferred from gravity data. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, vol. 452, pp. 1-11, ISSN:0377-0273 DOI

Foubert, A., Keir, D., Atnafu, B., Kidane, T., ADD-ON Team (2024). Workshop report: Afar Dallol Drilling - ONset of sedimentary processes in an active rift basin (ADD-ON). SCIENTIFIC DRILLING, vol. 33, pp. 207-218, ISSN:1816-3459 DOI

Maestrelli, Daniele; Corti, Giacomo; Bonini, Marco; Keir, Derek; Facincani, Pietro; Vannucchi, Paola; Ventisette, Chiara Del; Montanari, Domenico; Sani, Federico (2024). Fault reactivation and growth at rift-related calderas. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, vol. 636, pp. 1-14, ISSN:0012-821X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Kaerger, Lauretta; Del Ventisette, Chiara; Vannucchi, Paola; Molli, Giancarlo; Pagli, Carolina; Keir, Derek (2024). Relocation of earthquake clusters show seismogenic transverse structures in the Inner Northern Apennines (Italy). FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 12, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Gernon, T.M., Hincks, T.K., Brune, S., Braun, J., Jones, S.M., Keir, D., Cunningham, A., Glerum, A, (2024). Coevolution of craton margins and interiors during continental break-up. NATURE, vol. 632, pp. 327-335, ISSN:1476-4687 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chambers, E.L., Harmon, N., Rychert, C.A., Keir, D. (2024). Anisotropic seismic structure of the northern East African Rift system and Red Sea from surface waves. In: Chambers, E.L., Harmon, N., Rychert, C.A., Keir, D.,. Rifting and Sediments in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf Regions, pp. 129-143 Rasul, N.M.A., Stewart, I.C.F., ISBN:9781003321415. DOI

Maestrelli, Daniele; Sani, Federico; Keir, Derek; Pagli, Carolina; Rosa, Alessandro La; Muluneh, Ameha Atnafu; Brune, Sascha; Corti, Giacomo (2024). Reconciling plate motion and faulting at a rift-rift-rift triple junction. GEOLOGY, vol. 52, pp. 362-366, ISSN:0091-7613 DOI

Tortelli, G., Gioncada, A., Pagli, C., Braschi, E., Gebru, E.F., Keir, D. (2024). From melt- to crystal-rich magmatic systems during rift localization: Insights from mineral chemistry in Central Afar (Ethiopia). CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY, vol. 179, pp. 1-22, ISSN:0010-7999 DOI

Hurman, G.L.; Keir, D.; Bull, J.M.; McNeill, L.C.; Booth, A.D.; Bastow I.D. (2023). Quantitative Analysis of Faulting in the Danakil Depression Rift of Afar: The Importance of Faulting in the Final Stages of Magma Rich Rifting. TECTONICS, vol. 42, pp. 1-27, ISSN:0278-7407 DOI

Keir, D.; Lieberman, B.S.; Acocella, V.; Buytaert, W.; Forman, S.L.; Grégoire, M.; Kodama, K.P.; Lentz, D.R.; Sanchez-Valle, C. (2023). Editorial: Horizons in Earth science 2022. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 11, pp. 1-3, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Siegburg, M; Gernon, TM; Keir, D; Bull, JM; Taylor, RN; Watts, EJ; Greenfield, T; Gebru, EF (2023). Temporal clustering of fissural eruption across multiple segments within the Ethiopian Rift. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 11, pp. 1-12, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Kibret B.A.; Ayele A.; Keir D. (2023). Crustal structure of the Ethiopian Northwestern Plateau and central Afar from receiver function analysis. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 11, pp. 1-13, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Raggiunti, M; Keir, D; Pagli, C; Lavayssiere, A (2023). Evidence of Fluid Induced Earthquake Swarms From High Resolution Earthquake Relocation in the Main Ethiopian Rift. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 24, pp. 1-16, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

La Rosa, A; Raggiunti, M; Pagli, C; Keir, D; Wang, H; Ayele, A (2023). Extensional Earthquakes in the Absence of Magma in Northern Afar: Insights From InSAR. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 50, pp. 1-9, ISSN:0094-8276 DOI

Buiter, S.J.H.; Brune, S.; Keir, D.; Peron-Pinvidic, G. (2023). Rifting Continents. Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection, pp. 459-481 DOI

Rees, R; Gernon, TM; Keir, D; Taylor, RN; Pagli, C (2023). The spatial and volcanic evolution of Ayelu, Abida and Yangudi volcanoes in the Northern Main Ethiopian Rift-Southern Afar, Ethiopia. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, vol. 440, pp. 1-19, ISSN:0377-0273 DOI

Gernon, T.M.; Jones, S.M; Brune, S.; Hincks, T.K; Palmer, M. R; Schumacher, J.C; Primiceri, R.M; Field, M.; Griffin, W.L; O'Reilly, S.Y; Keir, D.; Spencer, C.J; Merdith, A.S.; Glerum, A. (2023). Rift-induced disruption of cratonic keels drives kimberlite volcanism. NATURE, vol. 620, pp. 344-350, ISSN:0028-0836 DOI

Watts E.J.; Gernon T.M.; Taylor R.N.; Keir D.; Pagli C. (2023). Magmatic evolution during proto-oceanic rifting at Alu, Dalafilla and Borale Volcanoes (Afar) determined by trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry. LITHOS, vol. 456-457, pp. 1-17, ISSN:0024-4937 DOI

Nigussie, W; Alemu, A; Mickus, K; Keir, D; Demissie, Z; Muhabaw, Y; Muluneh, AA; Corti, G; Yehualaw, E (2023). Subsurface structural control of geothermal resources in a magmatic rift: gravity and magnetic study of the Tulu Moye geothermal prospect, Main Ethiopian Rift. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 11, pp. 1-19, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Nigussie, W; Mickus, K; Keir, D; Alemu, A; Muhabaw, Y; Muluneh, AA; Yehualaw, E; Demissie, Z (2023). Subsurface structure of magmatic segments during continental breakup: Perspectives from a gravity data analysis along the Main Ethiopian Rift. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 10, pp. 1-15, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Benvenuti, M.; Corti, G.; Keir, D.; Sani, F. (2023). Transverse tectonics control on the Late Quaternary development of the Central Main Ethiopian Rift. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES, vol. 142, pp. 42-56, ISSN:2038-1719 DOI

Kebede, BA; Pagli, C; Sigmundsson, F; Keir, D; La Rosa, A; Guobrandsson, S (2023). Constraints on ground deformation processes at the Tulu Moye volcanic complex, Main Ethiopian Rift. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, vol. 438, pp. 1-10, ISSN:0377-0273 DOI

Ahmed, A., Doubre, C., Leroy, S., Keir, D., Pagli, C., Hammond, J.O.S., Ayele, A. (2022). Across and along-strike crustal structure variations of the western Afar margin and adjacent plateau: Insights from receiver functions analysis. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES, vol. 192, pp. 1-16, ISSN:1464-343X DOI

Tortelli, G., Gioncada, G., Pagli, C., Braschi, E., Gebru, E.F., Keir, D. (2022). Constraints on the magma source and rift evolution from geochemistry of the Stratoid Flood Basalts (Afar, Ethiopia). GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 23, pp. 1-21, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

LaRosa, A., Pagli, C., Hurman, G.L., Keir, D. (2022). Strain accommodation by intrusion and faulting in a rift linkage zone: evidences from high-resolution topography data of the Afrera Plain (Afar, East Africa). TECTONICS, vol. 41, pp. 1-19, ISSN:1944-9194 DOI

Gernon, T., Barr, R., Fitton, G., Hincks, T., Keir, D., Longman, J., Merdith, A., Mitchell, R., Palmer, M. (2022). Transient mobilization of subcrustal carbon coincident with Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum. NATURE GEOSCIENCE, vol. 15, pp. 573-579, ISSN:1752-0908 DOI

Saccorotti, G., Bruni, R., Bonini, M., Corti, G., Keir, D., Sani, F. (2022). Recent Seismic Sequences and Activation of Normal Fault Systems in the Mugello Basin and Surrounding Areas (Northern Apennines, Italy). FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 10, pp. 1-14, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Kibret, B.A., Ayele, A., Keir, D. (2022). Modelling S-wave velocity structure beneath the central main Ethiopian rift using receiver functions. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 10, pp. 1-13, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Bruni, R., Biagini, D., Capello, M., Corti, G., D'Ambrosio, M., Fiaschi, A., Giunchi, C., Keir, D., Piccinini, D., Sani, F., Saccorotti, G. (2022). A temporary network for monitoring seismicity in the Mugello basin (Northern Apennines, Italy). In: Moretti, M.. Rapporti Tecnici INGV, pp. 1-40 Moretti, M.. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Maestrelli, D., Brune, S., Corti, G., Keir, D., Muluneh, A.A., Sani, F. (2022). Analog and Numerical Modeling of Rift-Rift-Rift Triple Junctions. TECTONICS, vol. 41, pp. 1-27, ISSN:1944-9194 DOI

Chambers, E.L., Harmon, N., Rychert, C.A., Gallacher, R.J., Keir, D. (2022). Imaging the seismic velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in the northern East African Rift using Rayleigh wave tomography. GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, vol. 230, pp. 2036-2055, ISSN:1365-246X DOI

Chambers, E. L., Harmon, N., Rychert, C., Keir, D. (2021). Variations in melt emplacement beneath the northern East African Rift from radial anisotropy. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, vol. 573, pp. 1-13, ISSN:0012-821X DOI

Keir, D., DeSiena, L., Doubre, C., Johnson, J. H., Maccaferri, F., Passarelli, L. (2021). Editorial: Seismicity in Volcanic Areas. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, pp. 1-3, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Possee, D., Rychert, C., Harmon, N., Keir, D. (2021). Seismic discontinuities across the North American Caribbean plate boundary from S-to-P receiver functions. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 22, pp. 1-19, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

Ogden, C. S., Keir, D., Bastow, I. D., Ayele, A., Marcou, S., Ugo, F., Woodward, A., Kibret, B. A., Gudbrandsson, S. (2021). Seismicity and crustal structure of the Southern Main Ethiopian Rift: New evidence from Lake Abaya. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 22, pp. 1-17, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

Ruch, J., Keir, D., Passarelli, L., DiGiacomo, D., Ogubazghi, G., Jonsson, S. (2021). Revealing 60 years of earthquake swarms in the Southern Red Sea, Afar and the Gulf of Aden. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 9, pp. 1-20, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Muluneh, A., Keir, D., Corti, G. (2021). Thermo-rheological properties of the Ethiopian lithosphere and evidence for transient fluid induced lower crustal seismicity beneath the Ethiopian rift. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 9, pp. 1-11, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

La Rosa A.; Pagli C.; Wang H.; Doubre C.; Leroy S.; Sani F.; Corti G.; Ayele A.; Keir D. (2021). Plate-Boundary Kinematics of the Afrera Linkage Zone (Afar) From InSAR and Seismicity. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH, vol. 126, pp. 1-17, ISSN:2169-9313 DOI

Cianetti, S., Bruni, R., Gaviano, S., Keir, D., Piccinini, D., Saccorotti, G., Giunchi, C. (2021). Comparison of deep learning techniques for the investigation of a seismic sequence: an application to the 2019, Mw 4.5 Mugello (Italy) earthquake. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH, vol. 126, pp. 1-17, ISSN:2169-9356 DOI

Raggiunti, M., Keir, D., Pagli, C. (2021). Mapping hydrothermal alteration at the Fentale-Dofan magmatic segment of the Main Ethiopian Rift. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, vol. 9, pp. 1-13, ISSN:2296-6463 DOI

Tortelli, G., Gioncada, A., Pagli, C., Rosi, M., DeDosso, L., Keir, D. (2021). Evidence of active magmatic rifting at the Ma’Alalta volcanic field (Afar, Ethiopia). BULLETIN OF VOLCANOLOGY, vol. 83, pp. 1-20, ISSN:0258-8900 DOI

La Rosa A.; Keir D.; Doubre C.; Sani F.; Corti G.; Leroy S.; Ayele A.; Pagli C. (2021). Lower Crustal Earthquakes in the March 2018 Sequence Along the Western Margin of Afar. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 22, pp. 1-15, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

Corti G.; Sani F.; Florio A.A.; Greenfield T.; Keir D.; Erbello A.; Muluneh A.A.; Ayele A. (2020). Tectonics of the Asela-Langano Margin, Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa). TECTONICS, vol. 39, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0278-7407 DOI

Zwaan F.; Corti G.; Keir D.; Sani F. (2020). A review of tectonic models for the rifted margin of Afar: Implications for continental break-up and passive margin formation. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES, vol. 164, pp. 1-22, ISSN:1464-343X DOI

Zwaan F.; Corti G.; Sani F.; Keir D.; Muluneh A.A.; Illsley-Kemp F.; Papini M. (2020). Structural Analysis of the Western Afar Margin, East Africa: Evidence for Multiphase Rotational Rifting. TECTONICS, vol. 39, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0278-7407 DOI

Possee, D. J., Keir, D., Harmon, N., Rychert, C., Eakin, C. M., Rolandone, F., Leroy, S., Corbeau, J., Stuart, G., Boisson, D., Momplaisir, R., Prépetit, C. (2020). Spatial variations in crustal and mantle anisotropy across the North American‐Caribbean boundary on Haiti. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, vol. 125, pp. 1-17, ISSN:0148-0227 DOI

Watts, E. J., Gernon, T., Taylor, R. N., Keir, D., Siegburg, M., Jarman, J., Pagli, C., Gioncada, A. (2020). Evolution of the Alu-Dalafilla and Borale volcanoes, Afar, Ethiopia. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, vol. 408, pp. 1-18, ISSN:0377-0273 DOI

Collanega, L., Corti, G., Breda, A., Massironi, M., Keir, D. (2020). 3D extension at plate boundaries accommodated by interacting fault systems. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 10, pp. 1-12, ISSN:2045-2322 DOI

Siegburg, M., Bull, J., Nixon, C., Keir, D., Gernon, T., Corti, G., Abebe, B., Sanderson, D., Ayele, A. (2020). Quantitative constraints on faulting and fault slip-rates in the northern Main Ethiopian Rift. TECTONICS, vol. 39, pp. 1-23, ISSN:1944-9194 DOI

Farolfi, G., Keir, D., Corti, G., Casagli, N (2020). Spatial forecasting of seismicity provided from Earth observation by space satellite technology. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 10, pp. 1-7, ISSN:2045-2322 DOI

Zwaan, F., Corti, G., Keir, D., Sani, F. (2020). Analogue modelling of marginal flexure in Afar, East Africa: Implications for passive margin formation. TECTONOPHYSICS, vol. 796, pp. 1-19, ISSN:0040-1951 DOI

Muluneh, A., Brune, S., Illsley-Kemp, F., Corti, G., Keir, D., Glerum, A., Kidane, T., Mori, J. (2020). Mechanism for deep crustal seismicity: Insight from modeling of deformation process at the Main Ethiopian Rift. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 21, pp. 1-13, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

Possee, D., Keir, D., Harmon, N., Rychert, C., Rolandone, F., Leroy, S., Corbeau, J., Stuart, G., Calais, E., Illsley-Kemp, F., Boisson, D., Momplaisir, R., Prépetit, C. (2019). The tectonics and active faulting of Haiti from seismicity and tomography. TECTONICS, vol. 38, pp. 1138-1155, ISSN:1944-9194 DOI

Kibret, B. A., Ayele, A., Keir, D. (2019). Crustal thickness estimates beneath four seismic stations in Ethiopia inferred from p-wave receiver function studies. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES, vol. 150, pp. 264-271, ISSN:1464-343X DOI

La Rosa A., Pagli C., Keir D., Sani F., Corti G., Wang H., Possee D. (2019). Observing oblique slip during rift linkage in Northern Afar. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 46, pp. 1-9, ISSN:0094-8276 DOI

Greenfield, T., Keir, D., Kendall, J-M., Ayele, A. (2019). Seismicity of the Bora–Tullu-Moye volcanic field, 2016-2017. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 20, pp. 548-570, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

Pagli, C., Yun, S-H., Ebinger, C., Keir, D., Wang, H (2019). Strike-slip tectonics during rift linkage. GEOLOGY, vol. 47, pp. 31-34, ISSN:1943-2682 DOI

Corti, G., Cioni, R., Franceschini, Z., Sani, F., Scaillet, S., Molin, P., Isola, I., Mazzarini, F., Brune, S., Keir, D., Erbello, A., Muluneh, A., Illsley-Kemp, F., Glerum, A. (2019). Aborted propagation of the Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan rift. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 10, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2041-1723 DOI

Chambers, E., Harmon, N., Keir, D., Rychert, C. (2019). Using ambient noise to image the Northern East African Rift. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, vol. 20, pp. 2091-2109, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

Lavayssiere, A., Drooff, C., Ebinger, C., Gallacher, R., Illsley-Kemp, F., Oliva, S. J., Keir, D. (2019). Depth extent and kinematics of faulting in the southern Tanganyika rift, Africa. TECTONICS, vol. 38, pp. 842-862, ISSN:0278-7407 DOI

Lavayssiere, A., Greenfield, T., Keir, D., Ayele, A., Kendall, J-M. (2019). Local seismicity near the actively deforming Corbetti volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, vol. 381, pp. 227-237, ISSN:0377-0273 DOI

Greenfield, T., Keir, D., Kendall, J-M., Ayele, A. (2019). Low-frequency earthquakes beneath Tullu Moye volcano, Ethiopia, reveal fluid pulses from shallow magma chamber. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, vol. 526, pp. 1-11, ISSN:0012-821X DOI

Corbeau, J., Gonzalez, O. L., Clouard, V., Rolandone, F., Leroy, S., Keir, D., Prépetit, C. (2019). Is the local seismicity in western Hispaniola (Haiti) capable of imaging northern Caribbean subduction?. GEOSPHERE, vol. 15, pp. 1-13, ISSN:1553-040X DOI

Gallacher R., Keir D., Harmon N. (2018). The nature of upper mantle upwelling during initiation of seafloor spreading in the southern Red Sea. In: Gallacher R., Keir D., Harmon N.. Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea, pp. 113-129 Rasul N., Stewart I.. DOI

Illsley-Kemp, F., Greenfield, T., Keir, D. (2018). Seismic anisotropy reveals a dynamic link between adjacent magmatic segments prior to dyke intrusion. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH, vol. 123, pp. 1-17, ISSN:2169-9356 DOI

Corti, G., Molin, P., Sembroni, A., Bastow, I. D., Keir, D. (2018). Control of pre-rift lithospheric structure on the architecture and evolution of continental rifts: insights from the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa. TECTONICS, vol. 37, pp. 477-496, ISSN:0278-7407 DOI

Siegburg, M., Gernon, T. M., Bull, J. M., Keir, D., Barfod, D. N., Taylor, R. N., Abebe, B., Ayele, A. (2018). Geological evolution of the Boset-Bericha Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift: 40Ar/39Ar evidence for episodic Pleistocene to Holocene volcanism. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, vol. 351, pp. 115-133, ISSN:0377-0273 DOI

Lavayssiere, A., Rychert, C., Harmon, N., Keir, D., Hammond, J. O. S., Kendall, J-M., Leroy, S. (2018). Imaging lithospheric discontinuities beneath the northern East African Rift using S‐to‐P receiver functions. GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS, pp. 1-28, ISSN:1525-2027 DOI

Bastow, I. D., Booth, A. D., Corti, G., Keir, D., Magee, C., Jackson, C. A-L., Lascialfari, M. (2018). The development of late-stage continental breakup: seismic reflection and borehole evidence from the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. TECTONICS, vol. 37, pp. 1-15, ISSN:0278-7407 DOI

Hamlyn, J., Wright, T., Walters, R., Sansosti, E., Casu, F., Pepe, S., Edmonds, M., Kilbride, B., Keir, D., Neuberg, J., Oppenheimer, C. (2018). What causes subsidence following the 2011 eruption at Nabro (Eritrea)?. PROGRESS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, vol. 5, pp. 31-40, ISSN:2197-4284 DOI

Illsley-Kemp, F., Keir, D., Bull, J., Gernon, T., Ebinger, C., Hammond, J. O. S., Kendall, J-M., Goitom, B., Belachew, M. (2018). Seismicity during continental breakup in the Red Sea rift of Northern Afar. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH, pp. 1-12, ISSN:2169-9356 DOI

Muluneh, A., Kidane, T., Corti, G., Keir, D. (2018). Constraints on fault and crustal strength of the Main Ethiopian Rift from formal inversion of earthquake focal mechanism data. TECTONOPHYSICS, pp. 731-732, ISSN:0040-1951 DOI

Magee, C., Stevenson, C. T. E., Ebmeier, S. K., Keir, D., Hammond, J. O. S., Gottsman, J. H., Jackson, M. D. (2018). Magma plumbing systems: a geophysical perspective. JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY, pp. 1-35, ISSN:0022-3530 DOI

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Derek Boswell KEIR

Biography

MSci Geology and Geophysics, Imperial College London, 1998-2002

PhD Tectonics and Seismology, Royal Holloway University of London, 2002-2006

Teaching Fellow in Geology, Royal Holloway University of London, 2006-2007

NERC Research Fellow, University of Leeds, 2007-2011

Teaching Fellow in Geology, University of Southampton, 2011

Lecturer in Earth Science, University of Southampton, 2011-2015

Associate Professor in Geophysics, University of Southampton, 2015-present

Associate Professor in Tectonics, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 2016-present

Derek Boswell KEIR

Curriculum

Speciality Chief Editor for Frontiers in Earth Science, Structural Geology and Tectonics, 2020-present

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/sections/structural-geology-and-tectonics

Associate Editor for Frontiers in Earth Science, Volcanology, 2013-present

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/sections/volcanology

Derek Boswell KEIR

Interest

Summary - I use geophysics, remote sensing, geochemistry, and field geology to study earthquakes and volcanoes on Earth. Most of my research is on Africa, Arabia, the Caribbean, and Italy.

Projects

PI on the MiUR PRIN 2017P9AT72 project – The Afar Stratoid (TAS) project - 2018 to 2022 https://www.afarstratoid.com

PI on an ICDP drilling proposal - Afar Dallol Drilling (ADDON) - https://www.afardalloldrilling.com

Current PhD students

Conor Farrell - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-248-dottorande-dottorandi.html#

Reha Chandresh - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-438-reha-chandresh.html

Simone Lenci - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-446-simone-lenci.html

Marella Parnas - Unipi - https://www.dst.unipi.it/item/1931-marella-parnas.html

Birhan Kebede - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-390-birhan-kebede.html

Lauretta Kaerger - Unifi - https://www.dst.unifi.it/vp-387-lauretta-kaerger.html