Huw Goodall

Profile

I am currently a PhD candidate studying the interaction of the brittle and ductile lithosphere in extensional continental areas. I am particularly interested in Western Turkey, one of the most rapidly extending areas in the world. I plan on using fault movement rates, derived from cosmogenic isotope data sets that I will develop here in the cosmogenic lab in Leeds. These rates will be compared to strain rates derived from GPS and InSAR, representing the ductily deforming lithosphere. This comparison will provide insight into how the continents are deforming and how strain is distributed through the lithosphere. This should assist with understanding of earthquakes and improving hazard mapping in the region.

I am also interested in improving the method of comsogenic nucleide exposure dating of fault scarps and hope to be able to do this during my studies.

My MSc thesis was a tectonostratigraphic study of offshore Morocco and it's effect on potential hydrocarbon reservoir in the region using 3D seismic data, working with an industry partner.

When not in the lab/office/field I can be found climbing up rock or ice in the UK and beyond.

Prizes/Awards

• 2018 - Best poster NERC DTP conference (Leeds-York)
• 2017 - Best Talk NERC DTP conference (Leeds-York)

Teaching

I assist with teaching of:

• Pembroke field trip - 1st year Geology/Geophysics
• Inverse theory - 4th Year Geophysics

Publications

• Walters RJ, Gregory LC, Wedmore LNJ, Craig TJ, McCaffrey K, Wilkinson M, Chen J, Li Z, Elliott JR, Goodall H, Iezzi F, Livio F, Michetti AM, Roberts G, Vittori E. 2018.Dual control of fault intersections on stop-start rupture in the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 500, pp. 1-14.
• Villani F; Civico R; Pucci S; Pizzimenti L; Nappi R; De Martini PM; Open EMERGEO Working Group (2018) A database of the coseismic effects following the 30 October 2016 Norcia earthquake in Central Italy, Scientific Data, 5, . doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.4
• Civico R; Pucci S; Villani L; Pizzimenti L; De Martini PM; Nappi R; Open EMERGEO Working Group (2018) Surface ruptures following the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake, central Italy, Journal of Maps, 14, pp.151-160. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2018.1441756
• Wilkinson MW; McCaffrey KJW; Jones RR; Roberts GP; Holdsworth RE; Gregory LC; Walters RJ; Wedmore L; Goodall H; Iezzi F (2017) Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS /704/4111 /704/2151 /134 /123 article, Scientific Reports, 7, . doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04917-w

Research interests

• Cosmogenic isotopes (mainly 36Cl) and their application to active fault zones.
• Active tectonics, particulalry continental extension
• Tectonics of Western Turkey and the Italian Apennine
• Normal faulting, it's evolution and how it effects the surrounding geology and geomorphology

Qualifications

• PhD candidate in Tectonics and structural geology
• MSc, Petroleum Geoscience for Explortation, University of Manchester
• BSc, Geolsoical Sciences, University of Leeds

Research groups and institutes

• Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics
• Geodynamics and Tectonics