Andy Parsons
@AndyPTectonics
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Lecturer in Geoscience interested in tectonics and deformation from subgrains to tectonic plates and everything in between. Likes beer, bikes and mountains too.
University of Plymouth
Joined November 2020
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University takes helm of global scientific drilling research programme that aims to unlock secrets hidden beneath world’s seafloor. 🌊⚓️ https://t.co/EwGp64i1C1
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Today I start my new job as Lecturer in Geoscience at the University of Plymouth. Yes! https://t.co/R6KJr8tbFq
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Rocks that originated in Earth’s mantle could reveal secrets of the planet’s history 🪨🌍 The mantle forms a 2,900km layer beneath the Earth’s crust which is not normally accessible from the surface. Read the full study here 👇 https://t.co/dhMfmf7DwC
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The first paper from our IODP Expedition 399 to the Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex is now published in Science. Read more about it here: A long section of serpentinized depleted mantle peridotite | Science
science.org
The upper mantle is critical for our understanding of terrestrial magmatism, crust formation, and element cycling between Earth’s solid interior, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Mantle...
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Bidgood et al. 2024: Check out our new paper on Tso Morari UHP complex in the NW Himalaya, linking petrocrhonology with plate kinematics The Geodynamic Significance of Continental UHP Exhumation: New Constraints From the Tso Morari Complex, NW Himalaya https://t.co/gRTIjdAeqF
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Geochronological constraints from the Tso Morari dome place the onset of exhumation from ultrahigh-pressure conditions at 46.91 ± 0.07 Ma Close correspondence to other ultrahigh-pressure ages imp...
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*New paper* "The geodynamic significance of continental UHP exhumation: New constraints from the Tso Morari Complex, NW Himalaya" Access the preprint here: 10.22541/essoar.170965042.27714389/v1 @AndyPTectonics @nickmwroberts @OxUniEarthSci @PlymUni @BritGeoSurvey
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We are excited to welcome @AndyPTectonics back to @PlymUni soon to hear about his adventure onboard @TheJR sampling mantle rocks #exp399 #mantle
"Scientists on land have been eagerly keeping tabs on the expedition, anticipating a jackpot of data that will open a new window into the deep Earth and fuel years of research." #Exp399 #IODP #JRSO @TheJR @NSF #NSFfunded
https://t.co/pn5oFeZTU1
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DEADLINE 2ND JUNE: Are you a geoscience undergraduate student in the UK looking for summer research experience? We have an 8 week PAID project @PlymUni using paleomagnetism and geochemistry to investigate how oceanic crust forms. Apply now! https://t.co/Gn2m6uCxi9
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We have a 3.5 year NERC ARIES PhD @PlymUni investigating how oceanic crust forms in the Oman ophiolite. Fieldwork + paleomagnetism + petrology! UK applicants only. DEADLINE 19TH MAY:
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We have an 8 week paid undergraduate summer research project at @PlymUni "Reconstructing magma pathways to understand how oceanic crust forms" A great opportunity for udg students interested in plate tectonics and marine geoscience Deadline 3rd June:
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This link gets around the paywall:
wsj.com
An expedition of geologists, microbiologists and other scientists is preparing for a new voyage to uncover clues to how life began.
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In April I'll be heading on an IODP scientific drilling expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Exp 399). The Wall Street Journal decided to write about it! (If you can get past the pay wall, then please let me know what it says!) https://t.co/yQpDiATkyq
wsj.com
An expedition of geologists, microbiologists and other scientists is preparing for a new voyage to uncover clues to how life began.
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Want to study how the oceanic crust forms at fast spreading ridges? We have a PhD project on this topic utilising paleomagnetism, petrology, and fieldwork in Oman at the University of Plymouth. Apply here: https://t.co/5cyxLRbLZ2
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DEADLINE APPROACHING - 3RD JUNE
Summer research project in Plymouth (8 weeks, PAID) for UK-based undergrads: Tracking magma migration in the Oman ophiolite using rock magnetism. Please pass on to your students and tell them to get in touch! https://t.co/AG02q5NDhm
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Summer research project in Plymouth (8 weeks, PAID) for UK-based undergrads: Tracking magma migration in the Oman ophiolite using rock magnetism. Please pass on to your students and tell them to get in touch! https://t.co/AG02q5NDhm
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Summer research project in Plymouth (8 weeks, PAID) for UK-based undergrads: Tracking magma migration in the Oman ophiolite using rock magnetism. Please pass on to your students and tell them to get in touch! https://t.co/AG02q5NDhm
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Nature for everyone. This is a very simple idea, which could have huge benefits for the future of green spaces and our ability to access them. Please sign the petition here: https://t.co/JP6OuNEjxg More information here:
wcl.org.uk
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8 in 10 of us say access to nature is more important since the pandemic. But 1 in 3 don’t have nature near home. @guardian covers our new campaign for a ‘legal right to nature’ today. Help us demand #NatureForEveryone👇 https://t.co/F0FRiVw4Pc
https://t.co/FEGWEkM50C
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Activists say one in three people in England cannot access green spaces, with the poorest most deprived
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