- E-mail: tdb29@cam.ac.uk
- Tel: 01223 330241
- Fax: 01223 333392
- Address: Department of Geography
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
Downing Place
Cambridge
CB2 3EN
Cluster membership: Mr Barnie is a member of the Environmental Processes research cluster.
Supervised by: Dr Clive Oppenheimer
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Talfan Barnie MA MSc
PhD Student
Characterisation of the volcanic geology of northern Afar using remote sensing techniques
Biography
Career
- 2000 – 2004 Ma Geological Sciences, Cambridge University
- 2004 – 2005 MSc Remote sensing and GIS, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- 2005 – 2007 Research assistant / consultant, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth
Qualifications
- MA, Geological Sciences, Cambridge University
- MSc Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- DipMath, Open University
Research
My research involves using weather satellites to monitor volcanoes. In particular, I'm interested in developing simple models of eruption dynamics such that effusion rates and subsurface processes can be inferred from time series of the thermal radiance of erupted products. I'm applying these methods to the basaltic fissure eruptions that have occurred in Afar, Ethiopia over the past five years, as part of the multidisciplinary Afar Rift Consortium, which brings together geophysical, petrological and geodetic methods to better understand rifting.