Dr Matthew Fox

Geochemistry, geochronology, remote sensing, thermochronology

Associate Professor 

Appointment:	Room:
Associate Professor	Kathleen Lonsdale, 101
Courses Taught:
GEOL0043 Tectonic Geomorphology
GEOL0010 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
2nd year Pyrenees Fieldtrip
Research Group(s):
London Geochronology Centre
Email Address:	Telephone Number:
m.fox@ucl.ac.uk	020 3108 6385 (56385)

Research Summary

My research focuses on understanding landscape evolution in order to deconvolve complex feedbacks amongst climate and tectonics: how do changes in climate modulate the processes or rates of erosion? how do tectonic processes respond to this redistribution of mass? how quickly does CO2 in Earth’s climate decrease due to increased silicate weathering driven by tectonic activity? 

Meet the Staff: Dr Matthew Fox

In order to address these fundamental questions, I combine geomorphic and geophysical data with novel numerical methods to study surface processes at a range of spatial and temporal scales. At the large scale, I investigate the rates of orogenesis using large databases of geomorphic data or digital topographic models with geophysical inverse methods. At the small scale, I am improving our understanding of thermochronometric methods (temperature – time) to maximise the amount of information that constrains landscape evolution.