Determining the spatial controls on lacustrine ‘microbial’ carbonate facies May 1, 2013 - May 31, 2017
The challenge faced by BP is to predict the porosity and permeability of lacustrine carbonate reservoirs of Angola and Brazil. Key questions include 1) Is the spatial distribution of the porous and permeable framework facies controlled by the origin... Read More

Ecological response to environmental change in the Boreal Realm and the origins of three mass extinction events Aug 1, 2013 - Jan 31, 2020
Since the Cambrian Explosion of life on Earth, about 540 million years ago (Ma), ecosystems have been suffered repeated mass extinctions. There have been at least five major extinctions since then, most recently the famous event 65Ma, that wiped out... Read More

Volcanic and climatic impacts on Permian biota across Russian ecological zones Aug 1, 2015 - Jul 31, 2017
This project will reconstruct the Permian palaeoenvironmental history from field sites in Russia. The aim is to test the multiple effects of repeated episodes of “large igneous province” volcanism (which is linked to cooling, warming, oxygen depletio... Read More