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Graham Stuart Prof Graham Stuart

Professor of Seismology

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 35217
Email address: g.w.stuart@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 8.134

Biography

Graham undertook a seismology PhD at Reading University in conjunction with AWRE Blacknest, Aldermaston on the lithospheric structure of NW Europe using surface waves. His main research interests lie in the field of observational seismology, particularly the determination of earth structure and its relationship to the geodynamics of the Earth. He has deployed seismic networks in Senegal to study the West African Craton margin, Cameroon to study the Cameroon Volcanic Line and Zimbabwe to study the structure of the Karoo Zambezi rift. His more recent studies include the interpretation of results from broad-band seismological arrays in North Island, New Zealand, the Main Ethiopian rift and Afar in Ethiopia and the Carpathian-Pannonian region of Austria, Hungary, Romania and Serbia.

His other major interest is in exploration geophysics, particularly the application of seismic techniques to mineral and hydrocarbon exploration. 

Publications

  • Dando, BDE; Stuart, GW; Houseman, GA; Hegedus, E; Bruckl, E; Radovanovic, S (2011) Teleseismic tomography of the mantle in the Carpathian-Pannonian region of central Europe, GEOPHYS J INT, 186, pp.11-31. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04998.x
  • Hammond, JOS; Kendall, J; Stuart, GW; Keir, D; Ebinger, C; Ayele, A; Belachew, M (2011) The nature of the crust beneath the Afar triple junction: Evidence from receiver functions , GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 12, . doi:10.1029/2011GC003738
  • Bastow, ID; Pilidou, S; Kendall, JM; Stuart, GW (2010) Melt-induced seismic anisotropy and magma assisted rifting in Ethiopia: Evidence from surface waves, GEOCHEM GEOPHY GEOSY, 11, . doi:10.1029/2010GC003036
  • Basuyau, C; Tiberi, C; Leroy, S; Stuart, G; Al-Lazki, A; Al-Toubi, K; Ebinger, C (2010) Evidence of partial melting beneath a continental margin: case of Dhofar, in the Northeast Gulf of Aden (Sultanate of Oman), GEOPHYS J INT, 180, pp.520-534. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04438.x
  • Cornwell, DG; Maguire, PKH; England, RW; Stuart, GW (2010) Imaging detailed crustal structure and magmatic intrusion across the Ethiopian Rift using a dense linear broadband array, GEOCHEM GEOPHY GEOSY, 11, . doi:10.1029/2009GC002637
  • Leroy, S; Lucazeau, F; d'Acremont, E; Watremez, L; Autin, J; Rouzo, S; Bellahsen, N; Tiberi, C; Ebinger, C; Beslier, MO; Perrot, J; Razin, P; Rolandone, F; Sloan, H; Stuart, G; Al Lazki, A; Al-Toubi, K; Bache, F; Bonneville, A; Goutorbe, B; Huchon, P; Unternehr, P; Khanbari, K (2010) Contrasted styles of rifting in the eastern Gulf of Aden: A combined wide-angle, multichannel seismic, and heat flow survey, GEOCHEM GEOPHY GEOSY, 11, . doi:10.1029/2009GC002963
  • Hausmann, H; Hoyer, S; Schurr, B; Bruckl, E; Houseman, G; Stuart, G (2010) NEW SEISMIC DATA IMPROVE EARTHQUAKE LOCATION IN THE VIENNA BASIN AREA, AUSTRIA, AUSTRIAN J EARTH SCI, 103, pp.2-14.
  • Ayele, A; Keir, D; Ebinger, C; Wright, TJ; Stuart, GW; Buck, WR; Jacques, E; Ogubazghi, G; Sholan, J (2009) September 2005 mega-dike emplacement in the Manda-Harraro nascent oceanic rift (Afar depression), GEOPHYS RES LETT, 36, . doi:10.1029/2009GL039605
  • Hetenyi, G; Stuart, GW; Houseman, GA; Horvath, F; Hegedus, E; Bruckl, E (2009) Anomalously deep mantle transition zone below Central Europe: Evidence of lithospheric instability, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 36, . doi:10.1029/2009GL040171
  • King, EC; Smith, AM; Murray, T; Stuart, GW (2008) Glacier-bed characteristics of midtre Lovenbreen, Svalbard, from high-resolution seismic and radar surveying, J GLACIOL, 54, pp.145-156.
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D; Reyners, M; Chadwick, M; Stuart, G (2008) Three-dimensional attenuation structure of the Hikurangi subduction zone in the central North Island, New Zealand, GEOPHYS J INT, 174, pp.418-434. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03816.x
  • Bastow, ID; Nyblade, AA; Stuart, GW; Rooney, TO; Benoit, MH (2008) Upper mantle seismic structure beneath the Ethiopian hot spot: Rifting at the edge of the African low-velocity anomaly, GEOCHEM GEOPHY GEOSY, 9, . doi:10.1029/2008GC002107
  • Daly, E; Keir, D; Ebinger, CJ; Stuart, GW; Bastow, ID; Ayele, A (2008) Crustal tomographic imaging of a transitional continental rift: the Ethiopian rift, GEOPHYS J INT, 172, pp.1033-1048. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03682.x
  • Ayele, A; Stuart, G; Bastow, I; Keir, D (2007) The August 2002 earthquake sequence in north Afar: Insights into the neotectonics of the Danakil microplate, J AFR EARTH SCI, 48, pp.70-79. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.06.011
  • Bannister, S; Reyners, M; Stuart, G; Savage, M (2007) Imaging the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand, using teleseismic receiver functions: crustal fluids above the forearc mantle wedge, GEOPHYS J INT, 169, pp.602-616. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03345.x
  • Jolley, SJ; Stuart, GW; Freeman, SR; Knipe, RJ; Kershaw, D; McAllister, E; Barnicoat, AC; Tucker, R (2007) Progressive evolution of a late orogenic thrust system, from duplex development to extensional reactivation and disruption: Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa, In: Ries; A; Butler; R; Graham; eds, R (Ed) Deformation of the Continental Crust: The legacy of Mike Coward, Geological Society of London Special Publication , 272, Bath: Geological Society of London, pp.543-569. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.272.01.28
  • Jolley, S; Stuart, G; Freeman, S; Knipe, R; Kershaw, E; McCallister, E; Barnicoat, A; Tucker, R (2007) Progressive evolution of a late orogenic thrust system, form duplex development to extensional reactivation and disruption: Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa, Special Publications, 272, pp.543-569.
  • Reyners, M; Eberhart-Phillips, D; Stuart, G (2007) The role of fluids in lower-crustal earthquakes near continental rifts, NATURE, 446, pp.1075-1078. doi:10.1038/nature05743
  • Kendall, JM; Pilidou, S; Keir, D; Bastow, ID; Ayele, A; Stuart, GW (2006) Mantle upwellings, melt migration and the rifting of Africa: insights from seismic anisotropy, In: Yirgu, G; Ebinger, C; Maguire, P (Ed) The Afar volcanic province within the East African Rift system, Geological Society of London Special Publication , 259, Geological Society of London, pp.55-72. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.259.01.06
  • Keir, D; Stuart, GW; Jackson, A; Ayele, A (2006) Local earthquake magnitude scale and seismicity rate for the Ethiopian rift, B SEISMOL SOC AM, 96, pp.2221-2230. doi:10.1785/0120060051
  • Reyners, M; Eberhart-Phillips, D; Stuart, G; Nishimura, Y (2006) Imaging subduction from the trench to 300 km depth beneath the central North Island, New Zealand, with Vp and Vp/Vs, GEOPHYS J INT, 165, pp.565-583. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02897.x
  • Morley, AM; Stuart, GW; Kendall, JM; Reyners, M (2006) Mantle wedge anisotropy in the hikurangi subduction zone, central North Island, New Zealand, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 33, . doi:10.1029/2005GL024569
  • Keir, D; Ebinger, CJ; Stuart, GW; Daly, E; Ayele, A (2006) Strain accommodation by magmatism and faulting as rifting proceeds to breakup: Seismicity of the northern Ethiopian rift, J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA, 111, . doi:10.1029/2005JB003748
  • Benoit, MH; Nyblade, AA; Owens, TJ; Stuart, G (2006) Mantle transition zone structure and upper mantle S velocity variations beneath Ethiopia: Evidence for a broad, deep-seated thermal anomaly, GEOCHEM GEOPHY GEOSY, 7, . doi:10.1029/2006GC001398
  • Stuart, GW; Bastow, ID; Ebinger, CJ (2006) Crustal structure of the northern Main Ethiopian Rift from receiver function studies, In: Yirgu, G; Ebinger, CJ; Maguire, PKH (Ed) 259, pp.253-267.
  • Stuart, G; Murray, T; Brisbourne, A; Styles, P; Toon, S (2005) Seismic emissions from a surging glacier: Bakaninbreen, Svalbard, ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY, VOL 42, 2005, 42, pp.151-157.
  • Hammond, JOS; Kendall, JM; Rumpker, G; Wookey, J; Teanby, N; Joseph, P; Ryberg, T; Stuart, G (2005) Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Seychelles microcontinent, J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA, 110, . doi:10.1029/2005JB003757
  • Lockwood, A; Murray, T; Stuart, G; Scudder, L (2005) Locating leaks from water supply pipes using the passive acoustic method, J WATER SUPPLY RES T, 54, pp.519-530.
  • Kendall, JM; Stuart, GW; Ebinger, CJ; Bastow, ID; Keir, D (2005) Magma-assisted rifting in Ethiopia, NATURE, 433, pp.146-148. doi:10.1038/nature03161
  • Hambrey, MJ; Murray, T; Glasser, NF; Hubbard, A; Hubbard, B; Stuart, G; Hansen, S; Kohler, J (2005) Structure and changing dynamics of a polythermal valley glacier on a centennial timescale: Midre Lovenbreen, Svalbard, J GEOPHYS RES-EARTH, 110, . doi:10.1029/2004JF000128
  • Tiberi, C; Ebinger, C; Ballu, V; Stuart, G; Oluma, B (2005) Inverse models of gravity data from the Red Sea-Aden-East African rifts triple junction zone, GEOPHYS J INT, 163, pp.775-787. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02736.x
  • Bastow, ID; Stuart, GW; Kendall, JM; Ebinger, CJ (2005) Upper-mantle seismic structure in a region of incipient continental breakup: northern Ethiopian rift, GEOPHYS J INT, 162, pp.479-493. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02666.x
  • Keir, D; Kendall, JM; Ebinger, CJ; Stuart, GW (2005) Variations in late syn-rift melt alignment inferred from shear-wave splitting in crustal earthquakes beneath the Ethiopian rift, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 32, . doi:10.1029/2005GL024150
  • Keranen, K; Klemperer, SL; Gloaguen, R; Stuart, GW (2004) Three-dimensional seismic imaging of a protoridge axis in the Main Ethiopian Rift, Geology, 32, pp.949-952. doi:10.1130/G20737.1
  • Ayele, A; Stuart, G; Kendall, JM (2004) Insights into rifting from shear wave splitting and receiver functions: an example from Ethiopia, GEOPHYS J INT, 157, pp.354-362. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02206.x
  • Hayes, G; Reyners, M; Stuart, G (2004) The Waiouru, New Zealand, earthquake swarm: Persistent mid crustal activity near an active volcano, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 31, . doi:10.1029/2004GL020709
  • Stuart, G; Murray, T; Gamble, N; Hayes, K; Hodson, A (2003) Characterization of englacial channels by ground-penetrating radar: An example from austre Broggerbreen, Svalbard, J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA, 108, . doi:10.1029/2003JB002435
  • Woodward, J; Murray, T; Clark, RA; Stuart, GW (2003) Glacier surge mechanisms inferred from ground-penetrating radar: Kongsvegen, Svalbard, J GLACIOL, 49, pp.473-480.
  • SEIS-UK; Stuart, GW (2002) A new dimension for UK seismology, Astronomy & Geophysics, 42, pp.23-25.
  • Bourne, M; Stuart, GW (2000) ScSp observed on North Island, New Zealand: implications for subducting plate structure, Geophysical Journal International, 142, pp.925-932.
  • Murray, T; Stuart, GW; Miller, P; Woodward, JC; Smith, A; Porter, P; Jiskoot, H (2000) Glacier surge propagation by thermal evolution at the bed, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, pp.13491-13507.
  • Stuart, GW; Jolley, SJ; Polome, L; Tucker, RF (2000) Application of 3D seismic attribute analysis to mine planning: Target gold deposit, South Africa, Leading Edge, 19, pp.736-742.
  • Stuart, GW (2000) Geological Society. Journal(Editorship), Journal of the Geological Society, .
  • Murray, T; Stuart, GW; Fry, M; Gamble, NH; Crabtree, MD (2000) Englacial water distribution in a temperate glacier from surface and borehole radar velocity analysis, J GLACIOL, 46, pp.389-398.
  • Marson-Pidgeon, K; Savage, MK; Gledhill, K; Stuart, GW (1999) Seismic anisotropy beneath the lower half of the North Island, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, pp.20277-20286.
  • Reyners, M; Eberhart-Phillips, D; Stuart, GW (1999) A three-dimensional image of shallow subduction: crustal structure of the Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand, Geophysical Journal International, 137, pp.873-890.
  • Brisbourne, A; Stuart, GW; Kendall, JM (1999) Anisotropic structure of the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand - integrated interpretation of surface-wave and body-wave observations, Geophysical Journal International, 137, pp.214-230.
  • Brisbourne, A; Stuart, GW (1998) Shear-wave velocity structure beneath North Island, New Zealand, from Rayleigh-wave interstation phase velocities, Geophysical Journal International, 133, pp.175-184.
  • Mao, W; Stuart, GW (1997) Transmission-reflection tomography: Application to reverse VSP data, Geophysics, 62, pp.884-894.
  • Mao, W; Stuart, GW (1997) Rapid multi-wave-type ray tracing in complex 2-D and 3-D isotropic media, Geophysics, 62, pp.298-308.
  • Murray, T; Gooch, DL; Stuart, GW (1997) Structures within the surge front at Bakaninbreen, Svalbard, using ground-penetrating radar, Annals of Glaciology, 24, pp.122-129.
  • Gledhill, K; Stuart, GW (1996) Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics at plate boundaries: Seismic anisotropy in the fore-arc region of the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 95, pp.211-225.
  • Keir, D; Belachew, M; Ebinger, C; Kendall, J; Hammond, J; Stuart, GW; Ayele, A; Rowland, J (Not yet published) Mapping the evolving strain field during continental breakup from crustal anisotropy in the Afar Depression, Nature Communications, .
  • Kovács, I; Falus, G; Stuart, GW; Hidas, K; Szabó, C; Flower, MFJ; Hegedűs, E; Posgay, K; Zilahi-Sebess, L (Not yet published) Seismic anisotropy and deformation patterns in upper mantle xenoliths from the central Carpathian-Pannonian: asthenospheric flow as a driving force for Cenozoic extension and extrusion?, Tectonophysics, .