Personal Details:
Name: Dr. Sarah Davies
Institute / Company: University of Leicester
Department: Department of Geology
Position: Lecturer in Sedimentology
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3624
Email:
Website: www.le.ac.uk/geology/staff/sjd27.html

Research Details:
Keywords: Clastic sedimentology, spectral gamma-ray, sequence stratigraphy, deltaic, fluvial, geochemistry.

Description: General research interests are focussed on understanding aspects of Earth surface processes and clastic sedimentology using related disciplines, including well-log analysis, geochemistry, palaeontology and seismic interpretation. Structural and sedimentological evolution of syn-rift successions (e.g. Middle Jurassic Tarbert Formation, North Sea). Architecture of coastal and alluvial deposits in high subsidence settings (e.g. Carboniferous Joggins Formation, eastern Canada). Spectral gamma ray characterisation of high resolution sequence stratigraphic surfaces. Spectral gamma ray and palynological characterisation of marine bands (especially Upper Carboniferous) in deltaic and deep marine sediments. Using mudrock chemistry to understand anoxia development during periods of rising glacioeustatic sea-level. Provenance-control on the chemical character of ancient sediments.