Dr Alexander Steele

Earth and environmental sciences, natural resources, natural and environmental hazards, field investigation, knowledge exchange

Teaching Fellow, Volcanology and Natural Hazards

 

Appointment:	Room:
Teaching Fellow	K. Lonsdale Building, 301
Courses Taught:
GEOL0002 From Petrology to Petrogenesis (module organiser and lecturer) GEOL0038 Research Proposal (contributor) GEOL0062 Geological and Geotechnical Hazards (module organiser and lecturer) GEOL0063 Meteorological Hazards (module organiser) GEOL0064 Independent Project: Insurance and Natural Risks (module organiser) GEOL0065 Research Methods and Skills (module organiser and lecturer) GEOL0056 MSc Independent Research Project (contributor) MSc Geophysical Hazards Field Trip (contributor)
Research Group(s):
UCL Hazard Centre
Email Address:	Telephone Number:
alexander.steele@ucl.ac.uk	020 3108 6326 (56326)

Research Summary

My main research interests are focussed on understanding the formation and evolution of shallow magmatic systems and forecasting volcanic eruptions. In particular, using precursory field data from active volcanoes, I combine physical models of elastic-brittle deformation with numerical and statistical modelling techniques (1) to quantify eruption potential in terms of volcano seismicity and ground deformation, and (2) to investigate the evolution of stress fields around shallow magma bodies and how these determine critical levels of volcano unrest and, in some instances, preferred eruption location.