Research Fellow
NERC Argon Isotope Facility, Manager

Personal website: www.darrenmark.co.uk

Current position

I am a Research Fellow and hold an open-ended position at SUERC (June 2007-). I currently manage the NERC Argon Isotope Facility, which is funded by competitive bid through the NERC Services & Facilities. The Facility offers access to academic researchers from all UK Universities and Institute Departments to our international-class suite of state-of-the-art mass spectrometers and argon-extraction techniques. Access to the Facility occurs through peer-reviewed application to the NERC Isotope Geoscience Facilities Steering Committee (NIGFSC).

Do not hesitate to contact me regarding access to the Facility or for enquiries about collaborative research.


Research interests

•    High-precision geochronology
•    Timing of extraterrestrial fluid-rock interaction and terrestrial impact cratering
•    Constraining rates of Quaternary climate evolution and hominin migration
•    Super-eruptions (Yellowstone, Snake River Plain) and large igneous provinces
•    Evolution of the atmosphere and life on Earth
•    Geomagnetism and core processes
•    Volcanic hazard assessment