Dr Stephen Jones

Dr Stephen Jones

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Senior Lecturer in Earth Systems

Contact details

Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Steve Jones is a numerate geologist who studies the influence of the deep earth on climate. His published work spans mantle and crustal processes, oceanography and atmospheric science.

Teaching

  • Petroleum Geoscience
  • Deep Earth-Climate Links

Postgraduate supervision

Stephen Jones is working on the following projects:

Measuring time-dependence in mantle convection, in particular the evolution of the Icelandic convective system and the effect of background convection on sedimentation patterns at passive continental margins
Relationships between the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum global climate change event, the North Atlantic Large Igneous Province and underlying Icelandic mantle convection system
Ridge-Plume interaction, particularly with regard to development of the Reykjanes V-Shaped Ridges and the Iceland Plateau
Influence of mantle convective support and horizontal plate motions on hydrocarbon system development
Development of techniques to estimate oceanic variability and mixing from oil industry multichannel seismic data
Thermal and chemical modelling of proto-planetary bodies during the first few millions years of solar system evolution

Dr Jones supervises doctoral research in all these areas.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Jones, S, Hoggett, M, Greene, S & Dunkley Jones, T 2019, 'Large Igneous Province thermogenic greenhouse gas flux could have initiated Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate change', Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, 5547. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12957-1

Parnell-Turner, R, White, N, Henstock, TJ, Jones, S, Maclennan, JC & Murton, BJ 2017, 'Causes and Consequences of Diachronous V-Shaped Ridges in the North Atlantic Ocean', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 122, no. 11, pp. 8675–8708 . https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014225

Lunt, DJ, Huber, M, Anagnostou, E, Baatsen, MLJ, Caballero, R, DeConto, R, Dijkstra, H, Donnadieu, Y, Evans, D, Feng, R, Foster, GL, Gasson, E, von der Heydt, A, Hollis, C, Inglis, G, Jones, S, Kiehl, J, Kirtland Turner, S, Korty, R, Kozdon, R, Krishnan, S, Ladant, J-B, Langebroek, P, Lear, C, LeGrande, A, Littler, K, Markwick, P, Otto-Bliesner, B, Pearson, P, Poulsen, C, Saltzmann, U, Shields, C, Snell, C, Stärz, M, Super, J, Tobor, C, Tierney, J, Tourte, G, Tripati, A, Upchurch, G, Wade, B, Wing, S, Wignuth, A, Wright, N, Zachos, J & Zeebe, R 2017, 'The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: experimental design for model simulations of the EECO, PETM, and pre-PETM (version 1.0)', Geoscientific Model Development, pp. 889-901. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-889-2017

Parnell-Turner, R, White, N, McCave, IN, Henstock, TJ, Murton, B & Jones, S 2015, 'Architecture of North Atlantic contourite drifts modified by transient circulation of the Icelandic mantle plume', Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 3414-3435. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GC005947

Parnell-Turner, R, White, N, Henstock, T, Murton, B, Maclennan, J & Jones, S 2014, 'A continuous 55-million-year record of transient mantle plume activity beneath Iceland', Nature Geoscience, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 914-919. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2281

Jones, S, Murton, BJ, Fitton, JG, White, NJ, Maclennan, J & Walters, RL 2014, 'A joint geochemical–geophysical record of time-dependent mantle convection south of Iceland', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 386, pp. 86-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.029

Ferguson, DJ, Maclennan, J, Bastow, ID, Pyle, DM, Jones, S, Keir, D, Blundy, JD, Plank, T & Yirgu, G 2013, 'Melting during late-stage rifting in Afar is hot and deep', Nature, vol. 499, no. 7456, pp. 70-73. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12292

Jones, S, Lovell, B & Crosby, AG 2012, 'Comparison of modern and geological observations of dynamic support from mantle convection', Geological Society. Journal, vol. 169, no. 6, pp. 745-758. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2011-118

Robinson, MM, Valdes, PJ, Haywood, AM, Dowsett, HJ, Hill, DJ & Jones, S 2011, 'Bathymetric controls on Pliocene North Atlantic and Arctic sea surface temperature and deepwater production', Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, vol. 309, pp. 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.004

Shorttle, O, Maclennan, J & Jones, S 2010, 'Control of the symmetry of plume-ridge interaction by spreading ridge geometry', Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 11, pp. Q0AC05, 27pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GC002986

Poore, HR, White, N & Jones, S 2009, 'A Neogene chronology of Iceland plume activity from V-shaped ridges', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 283, no. 2009, pp. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.028

Paper

Vining, BA, Hardy, RJJ, Querendez, E, Biancotto, F, Pickering, SC, Jones, S, O'Sullivan, J & White, N 2010, 'New methods of improving seismic data to aid understanding of passive margin evolution: a series of case histories from offshore west of Ireland', Paper presented at Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, 1/01/10 pp. 1005-1012. https://doi.org/10.1144/0071005

Jones, S, Vining, BA, Sutton, C, Hardy, RJJ, Pickering, SC & Hardy, D 2010, 'Seismic imaging of variable water layer sound speed in Rockall Trough, NE Atlantic and implications for seismic surveying in deep water', Paper presented at Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, 1/01/10 pp. 549-558. https://doi.org/10.1144/0070549

O'Sullivan, J, Hardy, R & Jones, S 2009, 'Controls on the Lower Cretaceous Carbonate Habitats of the South Porcupine and Goban Spur Basins, Offshore Ireland', Paper presented at Proceedings of Offshore Europe, 11/09/09. https://doi.org/10.2118/125056-MS

Biancotto, F, Hardy, R & Jones, S 2009, 'Estimating the Magnitude of Exhumation From 2D and 3D Seismic Velocity Datasets: A Case Study From Slyne Basin, Offshore Northwestern Ireland', Paper presented at Proceedings of Offshore Europe, 11/09/09. https://doi.org/10.2118/124191-MS

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