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I am a structural geologist based in the UK. I did a Masters on the
Fracture Mechanics of quartz and a PhD on the formation of
shear zones . I continued doing research, particularly on the
Devonian
basins of
Norway and
Scotland , until my funding ran out. I started doing consulting work while waiting for that elusive permanent university post to come along. 34 years later I'm still consulting, although it's probably more accurate to say that I'm semi-retired. I've worked mainly on nuclear waste disposal problems and for the oil industry, so
no environmental issues at all .
I started contributing to Wikipedia in July 2006, concentrating on adding content to
structural geology , although more recently I've also worked on
earthquake articles and other general geology/geophysics pages.
User pages
My DYKs
Articles started
Barnstars & stuff
First sandbox
Second sandbox
Third sandbox
Fourth sandbox
Fifth sandbox
Geology of the Lake District
British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate
2018 Lombok earthquakes
Earthquake catalogue
Tectonics of the Early Earth
Earthquake notability guidelines - now superceded, see
here for the latest version
Depositional environment
Hornelen Basin
Geology of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake - rewrite of that section of
2008 Wenchuan earthquake article, now hopelessly outdated
Geology of the Death Valley area - attempt at rewrite
Hellenic Trench - need to find a way of reconciling the very different views of this bathymetric feature
Seismic wide-angle reflection and refraction
Sedimentary basins infobox
Earthquake articles to expand
Cretaceous template
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To do list
Work on the stubs I've started
Expand
Geology of Norway , it's almost without content right now - made a start
Improve the
Quartzite article, sort out the lead and extend the occurrence section to the whole world
Start an article on the
Strain ellipsoid
Generally improve the use of stress and strain terms in geological articles
Start articles on major rift basins of the North Atlantic, Faeroe-Shetland Basin, Voring Basin, More Basin, Porcupine Basin etc.
Improve the
Geology of Lizard, Cornwall article
Add a section on rupture propagation to the earthquake article
Add a geology section to the
Tibetan Plateau article, its origin doesn't get a mention
Add natural examples + something on pore fluids and effective stress to the
Hydraulic fracturing article
Add something on mini-basins to the
Gulf of Mexico article
Start articles for earthquakes on the
Historical earthquakes ,
List of 20th century earthquakes &
List of 21st century earthquakes pages - 57 added
Start article on the
Gonâve Microplate
Add
deformation sections for some of the main
minerals (
quartz ,
olivine &
feldspar ) that control the
rheology of the
lithosphere
Create an article on
Lithology - needs to be more than just a dab page I reckon - see
/Sandbox
Move
Jan Mayen Plate to
Jan Mayen Microcontinent and expand to at least 'start' level
Produce guidelines for notability of earthquakes
Create articles on the
Lewisian complex ,
Dalradian Supergroup , and
Hebridean Terrane - rewrite the
Torridonian article
Create articles on
Marlborough Fault System ,
Clarence Fault ,
Awatere Fault ,
Wairau Fault and expand
Hope Fault
Expand articles on the
East African Rift and the
Baikal Rift Zone and start one on the
Gulf of Corinth Rift
Start articles on list of earthquakes in countries that lack them - 3 added
Expand earthquake stubs - 17 so far
Start article on
1877 Iquique earthquake - the tsunami killed people on Fiji and Hawaii
Expand article on
Granitoid
Correct and expand
Moine Thrust Belt
Start article on
551 Beirut earthquake
Start article on
stress drop
Start articles on the
62 Pompeii earthquake and the
141 Lycia earthquake
Start article on
Deep seismic profiling
Rewrite the
Geology of the Death Valley area to bring it up to date so that it can be resubmitted for FA review - need to find a more recent review to allow update, given the number of competing views on the past and current tectonics
Rewrite the geology section of the
2008 Sichuan earthquake
Start an article on the
Syrian Arc structures
Expand the
1269 Cilicia earthquake using the sources that I identified
Expand the
1511 Idrija earthquake using the sources that I identified
Ready responses
Useful links