School of Geographical and Earth Sciences

Dr David Brown

David Brown
  • Lecturer (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)

telephone: 01413307410
email: David.Brown@glasgow.ac.uk


My research is concerned with the complex interaction of volcanology and sedimentology, their links to magmatic and tectonic processes, and their effect on and response to geomorphology. My work uses quantitative fieldwork methods, together with petrological, geochemical and modelling studies, to investigate volcanoes and ultimately predict their behaviour. I am particularly interested in caldera and sector collapse processes and their associated volcaniclastic deposits (e.g. breccias, ignimbrites), and the evolution of rift basins/volcanic rifted margins.

I also retain interests in the quantification of weathering processes using high-resolution electron microscopy and mathematical modelling, and the application of FIB-TEM to a range of mineralogical problems.

Winner of the Clough Memorial Award of the Edinburgh Geological Society.

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Number of items: 11.

2010

Hay, D., Dempster, T. , Lee, M. , and Brown, D.J. (2010) Anatomy of a low temperature zircon outgrowth. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 159 (1). pp. 81-92. ISSN 0010-7999 (doi:10.1007/s00410-009-0417-2)

2009

Brown, D.J., Holohan, E.P., and Bell, B.R. (2009) Sedimentary and volcano-tectonic processes in the British paleocene igneous province: a review. Geological Magazine, 146 (3). pp. 326-352. ISSN 0016-7568 (doi:10.1017/S0016756809006232)

2008

Lee, M.R., Brown, D.J. , Hodson, M.E., MacKenzie, M. , and Smith, C.L. (2008) Weathering microenvironments on feldspar surfaces: implications for understanding fluid-mineral reactions in soils. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (6). pp. 1319-1328. ISSN 0026-461X (doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.6.1319)

Lee, M.R., Hodson, M.E., Brown, D.J. , MacKenzie, M. , and Smith, C.L. (2008) The composition and crystallinity of the near-surface regions of weathered alkali feldspars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72 (20). pp. 4962-4975. ISSN 0016-7037 (doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.08.001)

Mark, D.F., Kelley, S.P., Lee, M.R. , Parnell, J., Sherlock, S.C., and Brown, D.J. (2008) Ar-Ar dating of authigenic K-feldspar: quantitative modelling of radiogenic argon-loss through subgrain boundary networks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72 (11). pp. 2695-2710. ISSN 0016-7037 (doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.03.018)

2007

Brown, D., and Lee, M. (2007) From microscopic minerals to global climate change? Geology Today, 23 (5). pp. 172-177. ISSN 0266-6979 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2451.2007.00629.x)

Brown, D.J., and Bell, B.R. (2007) Debris flow deposits within the palaeogene lava fields of NW Scotland: evidence for mass wasting of the volcanic landscape during emplacement of the Ardnamurchan Central Complex. Bulletin of Volcanology, 69 (8). pp. 847-868. ISSN 0258-8900 (doi:10.1007/s00445-007-0114-9)

Brown, D.J., and Bell, B.R. (2007) How do you grade peperites? Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 159 (4). pp. 409-420. ISSN 0377-0273 (doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.08.008)

Lee, M.R., Brown, D.J. , Smith, C.L. , Hodson, M.E., MacKenzie, M. , and Hellmann, R. (2007) Characterization of mineral surfaces using FIB and TEM: A case study of naturally weathered alkali feldspars. American Mineralogist, 92 (8-9). pp. 1383-1394. ISSN 0003-004X (doi:10.2138/am.2007.2453)

2006

Brown, D.J., Bell, B.R. , and McLeod, G.W. (2006) A re-interpretation of the 'Centre 3 screens' of Ardnamurchan, NW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 42 (1). pp. 83-85. ISSN 0036-9276 (doi:10.1144/​sjg42010083)

Brown, D.J., and Bell, B.R. (2006) Intrusion-induced uplift and mass wasting of the Palaeogene volcanic landscape of Ardnamurchan, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 163 (1). pp. 29-36. ISSN 0016-7649 (doi:10.1144/0016-764905-016)

This list was generated on Sat May 26 23:35:00 2012 BST.

Brown, D. J. 2007. Temporal and spatial evolution of the Mull volcano: the interplay of caldera and sector collapse, £1680, Geological Society of London Research Funds, Elspeth Matthews Award.

Brown, D. J. 2006. Department Bursary, £340, to attend the Goldschmidt meeting, Melbourne.

Brown, D. J. 2006. Environmental Mineralogy Group Travel Grant, £100, to attend RIP meeting, London.

Brown, D. J. 2006. £500. Mineralogical Society Senior Travel Bursary, £500, to attend the Goldschmidt Meeting, Melbourne.

Lee, M. R. 2006. EPSRC Grant, £5640, to fund X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy analysis at Daresbury Laboratory, CCLRC, May. Co-Investigators: D. J. Brown (Glasgow), R. Hellmann (Grenoble).

Brown, D. J. EPSRC NanoFIB Network Grant, £250, to fund attendance at NanoFIB Training Day and Workshop, London.

  • Samantha Clark (Durham)
  • Simon Drake (Birkbeck)
  • Rachael Ellen (PhD candidate)

Earth Sciences

  • Level 2: Igneous
  • Level 2: Field Skills
  • Level 3: Igneous
  • Level 3: Ardnamurchan Field Class (Mapping)
  • Level 3: Mull Field Class (Advanced Petrology)
  • Honours Option: Engineering Earth Science
  • Honours Option: Cleveland Basin and Fife Field Classes (Petroleum)

Geography

  • Level 1: Climate/Hydrology/Slopes
  • Level 2: Slope Processes and Hazards