Prof Mike Kendall

Professor of Geophysics

Department of Earth Sciences

Head of Department, Chair of Geophysics

mike.kendall@earth.ox.ac.uk

Mike Kendall FRS is Chair of Geophysics and Head of Earth Sciences. He studies Earth from core to surface and is interested in the role of geophysics in the world’s energy demands. He has undertaken large-scale geophysical experiments in East Africa, Arctic Canada and Antarctica

Research area Geophysics

Role Principal investigator

Featured publications

Palacios, P. B., H. M. Mader, J.-M. Kendall and H. A. Yepes (2023). "Seismic tremor location of 10 large paroxysmal eruptions of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador." Geophysical Journal International 233(2): 1460-1483. doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac523

Hudson, T. S., J.-M. Kendall, J. D. Blundy, M. E. Pritchard, P. MacQueen, S. Wei, J. Gottsmann and S. Lapins (2023). "Hydrothermal fluids and where to find them: Using seismic attenuation and anisotropy to map fluids beneath Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia." Geophysical Research Letters 50(5): e2022GL100974 doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100974

Gauntlett, M., T. Hudson, J. M. Kendall, N. Rawlinson, J. Blundy, S. Lapins, B. Goitom, J. Hammond, C. Oppenheimer and G. Ogubazghi (2023). "Seismic tomography of Nabro caldera, Eritrea: Insights into the magmatic and hydrothermal systems of a recently erupted volcano." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth: e2022JB025742. doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025742

Kettlety, T., J. M. Kendall and D. C. Roman (2022). “Self-similarity of seismic moment release to volume change scaling for volcanoes: A comparison with injection-induced seismicity." Geophysical Research Letters 49(23): e2022GL099369. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099369

Schlaphorst, D., N. Harmon, J.-M. Kendall, C. A. Rychert, J. Collier, A. Rietbrock, S. Goes and V. Team (2021). "Variation in upper plate crustal and lithospheric mantle structure in the greater and Lesser Antilles from ambient noise tomography." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22(7): e2021GC009800. doi.org/10.1029/2021GC009800

Wilks, M., N. Rawlinson, J.-M. Kendall, A. Nowacki, J. Biggs, A. Ayele and J. Wookey (2020). "The coupled magmatic and hydrothermal systems of the restless Aluto caldera, Ethiopia." Frontiers in Earth Science 8: 579699. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.579699

Melekhova, E., D. Schlaphorst, J. Blundy, J.-M. Kendall, C. Connolly, A. McCarthy and R. Arculus (2019). "Lateral variation in crustal structure along the Lesser Antilles arc from petrology of crustal xenoliths and seismic receiver functions." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 516: 12-24. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.030