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I am a structural geologist based in the UK. I did a Masters on the Fracture Mechanics of quartz and a PhD on the formation of shear zones . I continued doing research, particularly on the Devonian basins of Norway and Scotland , until my funding ran out. I started doing consulting work while waiting for that elusive permanent university post to come along. 35 years later I'm still consulting, although it's probably more accurate to say that I'm mostly retired. I've worked mainly on nuclear waste disposal problems and for the oil industry, so no environmental issues at all .
I started contributing to Wikipedia in July 2006, concentrating on adding content to structural geology , although more recently I've also worked on earthquake articles and other general geology/geophysics pages.
My DYKs
Articles started
Barnstars & stuff
First sandbox
Second sandbox
Third sandbox
Fourth sandbox
Fifth sandbox
Geology of the Lake District
British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate
2018 Lombok earthquakes
Earthquake catalogue
Tectonics of the Early Earth
Earthquake notability guidelines - now superceded, see here for the latest version
Depositional environment
Hornelen Basin
Geology of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake - rewrite of that section of 2008 Wenchuan earthquake article, now hopelessly outdated
Geology of the Death Valley area - attempt at rewrite
Hellenic Trench - need to find a way of reconciling the very different views of this bathymetric feature
Seismic wide-angle reflection and refraction
Sedimentary basins infobox
Earthquake articles to expand
Cretaceous template
Time spent in countries [ edit ]
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Work on the stubs I've started
Expand Geology of Norway , it's almost without content right now - made a start
Improve the Quartzite article, sort out the lead and extend the occurrence section to the whole world
Start an article on the Strain ellipsoid
Generally improve the use of stress and strain terms in geological articles
Start articles on major rift basins of the North Atlantic, Faeroe-Shetland Basin, Voring Basin, More Basin, Porcupine Basin etc.
Improve the Geology of Lizard, Cornwall article Add a section on rupture propagation to the earthquake article Add a geology section to the Tibetan Plateau article, its origin doesn't get a mention Add natural examples + something on pore fluids and effective stress to the Hydraulic fracturing article Add something on mini-basins to the Gulf of Mexico article
Start articles for earthquakes on the Historical earthquakes , List of 20th century earthquakes & List of 21st century earthquakes pages - 57 added
Start article on the Gonâve Microplate Add deformation sections for some of the main minerals (quartz , olivine & feldspar ) that control the rheology of the lithosphere
Create an article on Lithology - needs to be more than just a dab page I reckon - see /Sandbox Move Jan Mayen Plate to Jan Mayen Microcontinent and expand to at least 'start' level Produce guidelines for notability of earthquakes Create articles on the Lewisian complex Dalradian Supergroup Hebridean Terrane rewrite the Torridonian article
Create articles on Marlborough Fault System , Clarence Fault , Awatere Fault , Wairau Fault and expand Hope Fault Expand articles on the East African Rift and the Baikal Rift Zone and start one on the Gulf of Corinth Rift
Start articles on list of earthquakes in countries that lack them - 4 added
Expand earthquake stubs - 20+ so far
Start article on 1877 Iquique earthquake - the tsunami killed people on Fiji and Hawaii Expand article on Granitoid
Correct and expand Moine Thrust Belt Start article on 551 Beirut earthquake Start article on stress drop
Start articles on the 62 Pompeii earthquake and the 141 Lycia earthquake Start article on Deep seismic profiling
Rewrite the Geology of the Death Valley area to bring it up to date so that it can be resubmitted for FA review - need to find a more recent review to allow update, given the number of competing views on the past and current tectonics
Rewrite the geology section of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Start an article on the Syrian Arc structures Expand the 1269 Cilicia earthquake using the sources that I identified Expand the 1511 Idrija earthquake using the sources that I identified Expand the 1905 Calabria earthquake article Rewrite the Torridonian , Moine Supergroup and Dalradian Supergroup articles in the light of recent publications Start articles on Wester Ross Supergroup and Loch Ness Supergroup Start articles on Knoydartian Orogeny and Renlandian Orogeny Finish off the draft on Tectonics of the Early Earth
Rewrite Plate tectonics article
Rewrite the "Occurrence" section of the Earthquake article
Rewrite Fault (geology) , Fault mechanics and Anderson's theory of faulting 
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