Professor James Hammond

Positions held:

Professor of Geophysics, School of Natural Sciences
Director, Mount Paektu Research Center; School of Natural Sciences

Address

Room 608, Malet Street

Email

Birkbeck: james.hammond@bbk.ac.uk

Tel

Birkbeck: 020 3926 1795

Overview
Overview

Biography

James Hammond is a Professor of Geophysics at Birkbeck, University of London. His research uses seismology to image inside the Earth. This ranges from imaging the crust and deeper mantle to understand the driving forces behind plate tectonics to studying the soil properties in teh critical zone. A recent focus is on imaging and understanding how rocks melt and how this melt migrates and is stored in the Earth's crust and mantle. He conducts large field projects, working in the UK, East-Africa, Chile, China and the Korean Peninsula.
James has recently led projects to study Mount Paektu, a volcano that straddles the China-Democratic People's Republic of Korea border. This project, an example of how science and diplomacy can work together, led to the development of the Mount Paektu Research Centre of which James is Director. The Center focusses on developing new scientific collaboration with DPRK scientists on Paektu and other areas of environmental science.
James teaches geophysics and scientific computing and data modelling at undergraduate level. He is a Secretary (G) of the Royal Astronomical Society, UK Chair for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and Treasurer for the British Geophysical Association.

Highlights
- The Mount Paektu Research Centre
Visiting posts
- Honorary Research Associate, University College London,
Professional activities

Secretary (G), Royal Astronomical Society

Treasurer, British Geophysical Association

Chair of UK IUGG panel

Honours and awards
- Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society,
ORCID
0000-0001-9194-8689
Research
Research

Research interests
- Seismically imaging the Earth
- Understanding magmatic systems from the surface to the mantle
- Science Diplomacy
Research overview

My research uses seismology to image inside the Earth. This ranges from imaging the crust and deeper mantle to understand the driving forces behind plate tectonics to studying the soil properties in the critical zone. A recent focus is on imaging and understanding how rocks melt and how this melt migrates and is stored in the Earth's crust and mantle. He conducts large field projects, working in the UK, East-Africa, Chile, China and the Korean Peninsula.
I recently led projects to study Mount Paektu, a volcano that straddles the China-Democratic People's Republic of Korea border. This project, an example of how science and diplomacy can work together, led to the development of the Mount Paektu Research Centre . The Center focusses on developing new scientific collaboration with DPRK scientists on Paektu and other areas of environmental science.

Post doctoral staff
- Han Cunrui
Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Supervisions within Birkbeck:

4

I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students or research fellows who are interested in undertaking research in seismic imaging, particularly of magmatic systems.

Current doctoral researchers
- KEVIN DAVIDSON
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2020 onwards
- LAUREN COX
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Mar 2019 onwards
  
  Title of thesis:
  Understanding melt distribution beneath volcanoes using experimental and seismic techniques
Doctoral alumni since 2013-14
- ALMUDENA SANCHEZ DE LA MUELA GARZON
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor
  
  Title of thesis:
  Seismotectonics of the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone: insights from crustal seismicity
  
  Awarded:
  2021
Teaching

Teaching modules
- Project BSc Geology (SCES021D6)
- Planetary Geophysics (SCES064S5)
- Preparation for BSc Research Project (SCES066H5)
- Project Preparation and Literature Review (SCES078H7)
Publications
Publications
Article
- Gauntlett, M. and Stephenson, S. N. and Kendall, J.‐M. and Ogden, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Hudson, T. and Goitom, B. and Ogubazghi, G. (2024) The dynamic crust of northern Afar and adjacent rift margins: new evidence from receiver function analysis in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 25 (6), ISSN 1525-2027.
- Hammond, James (2024) Seizing opportunities for engagement with the DPRK. 38 North
- Han, Cunrui and Hammond, James O.S. and Ballmer, M. and Wei, W. and Xu, M. and Huang, Z. and Wang, L. (2024) Multi-scale anisotropy in NE China: evidence for localized mantle upwelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 625 (118495), ISSN 0012-821X.
- Alsford, N. and Hammond, James (2023) The resilience of scientific diplomacy in North Korea. East Asia Forum
- Hammond, James O.S. (2023) Science and sanctions: lessons learned from twelve years of collaboration with the DPRK (North Korea). Science & Diplomacy ISSN 2167-8626.
- Gauntlett, M. and Hudson, T. and Kendall, J.‐M. and Rawlinson, N. and Blundy, J. and Lapins, S. and Goitom, B. and Hammond, James O.S. and Oppenheimer, C. and Ogubazghi, G. (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 128 (5), ISSN 0148-0227.
- Han, C. and Huang, Z. and Hao, S. and Wang, L. and Xu, M. and Hammond, James O.S. (2022) Restricted lithospheric extrusion in the SE Tibetan Plateau: evidence from anisotropic Rayleigh-wave tomography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 598, pp. 117837. ISSN 0012-821X.
- Ahmed, A. and Doubre, C. and Leroy, S. and Keir, D. and Pagli, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Ayele, A. and Be de Berc, M. and Grunberg, M. and Vergne, J. and Pestourie, R. and Mamo, D. and Kibret, B. and Cubas, N. and Lavayssière, A. and Janowski, M. and Lengliné, O. and La Rosa, A. and Chambers, E.L. and Illsley-Kemp, F. (2022) Across and along-strike crustal structure variations of the western Afar margin and adjacent plateau: insights from receiver functions analysis. Journal of African Earth Sciences 192, pp. 104570. ISSN 1464-343X.
- Lapins, S. and Goitom, B. and Kendall, J.-M. and Werner, M.J. and Cashman, K.V. and Hammond, James O.S. (2021) A little data goes a long way: automating seismic phase arrival picking at Nabro Volcano with transfer learning. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126 (7), pp. e2021JB021910. ISSN 0148-0227.
- Wang, W. and Wu, J. and Hammond, James O.S. (2021) Mantle dynamics beneath the Sichuan Basin and Eastern Tibet from teleseismic tomography. Tectonics 40 (2), ISSN 0278-7407.
- Pearce, R. K. and Sánchez de la Muela, A. and Moorkamp, M. and Hammond, James O.S. and Mitchell, T. M. and Cembrano, J. and Araya Vargas, J. and Meredith, P. G. and Iturrieta, P. and Pérez Estay, N. and Marshall, N. R. and Smith, J. and Yañez, G. and Griffith, W. Ashley and Marquardt‐Román, C. and Stanton‐Yonge, A. and Núñez, R. (2020) Reactivation of fault systems by compartmentalized hydrothermal fluids in the Southern Andes revealed by magnetotelluric and seismic data. Tectonics 39 (12), pp. e2019TC005997. ISSN 0278-7407.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Wu, J.‐P. and Ri, K.‐S. and Wei, W. and Yu, J.‐N. and Oppenheimer, C. (2020) Distribution of partial melt beneath Changbaishan/Paektu volcano, China/Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21 (1), pp. e2019GC008461. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Civiero, C. and Armitage, J.J. and Goes, S. and Hammond, James O.S. (2019) The seismic signature of Upper‐Mantle Plumes: application to the Northern East African Rift. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (12), pp. 6106-6122. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Oppenheimer, C. and Khalidi, L. and Gratuze, B. and Iverson, N. and Lane, C. and Vidal, C. and Sahle, Y. and Blegen, N. and Yohannes, E. and Donovan, A. and Goitom, B. and Hammond, James O.S. and Keall, E. and Ogubazghi, G. and McIntosh, B. and Buntgen, U. (2019) Risk and reward: explosive eruptions and obsidian lithic resource at Nabro volcano (Eritrea). Quaternary Science Reviews 226, pp. 105995. ISSN 0277-3791.
- Hammond, James O.S. and England, R. and Rawlinson, N. and Curtis, A. and Sigloch, K. and Harmon, N. and Baptie, B. (2019) The future of passive seismic acquisition. Astronomy & Geophysics 60 (2), pp. 2.37-2.42. ISSN 1366-8781.
- Hammond, James O.S. and England, R. and Rawlinson, N. and Curtis, A. and Sigloch, K. and Harmon, N. and Baptie, B. (2019) The future of passive seismic acquisition. Astronomy & Geophysics 60 (2), pp. 2.37-2.42. ISSN 1366-8781.
- Wei, W. and Hammond, James O.S. and Zhao, D. and Xu, J. and Liu, Q. and Gu, Y. (2019) Seismic evidence for a mantle transition zone origin of the Wudalianchi and Halaha volcanoes in Northeast China. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (1), pp. 398-416. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Ilsley-Kemp, F. and Bull, J.-M. and Keir, D. and Gerya, T.V. and Pagli, C. and Gernon, T. and Ayele, A. and Goitom, B. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. (2018) Initiation of a proto‐transform fault prior to seafloor spreading. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19 (12), pp. 4744-4756. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Lavayssière, A. and Rychert, C. and Harmon, N. and Keir, D. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Doubre, C. and Leroy, S. (2018) Imaging lithospheric discontinuities beneath the Northern East African Rift using S -to-P receiver functions. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems ISSN 1525-2027.
- Magee, C. and Stevenson, C.T.E and Ebmeier, S.K. and Keir, D. and Hammond, James O.S. and Gottsmann, J.H. and Whaler, K.A. and Schofield, N. and Jackson, C.A.-L. and Petronis, M.S. and O’Driscoll, B. and Morgan, J. and Cruden, A. and Vollgger, S.A. and Dering, G. and Micklethwaite, S. and Jackson, M.D. (2018) Magma plumbing systems: a geophysical perspective. Journal of Petrology 59 (6), pp. 1217-1251. ISSN 0022-3530.
- Illsley-Kemp, F. and Keir, D. and Bull, J.M. and Gernon, T.M. and Ebinger, C. and Ayele, A. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J-M. and Goitom, B. and Belachew, M. (2018) Seismicity during continental breakup in the Red Sea rift of Northern Afar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123 (3), pp. 2345-2362. ISSN 2169-9313.
- Ebinger, C.J. and Keir, D. and Bastow, I.D. and Whaler, K. and Hammond, James O.S. and Ayele, A. and Miller, M.S. and Tiberi, C. and Hautot, S. (2017) Crustal structure of active deformation zones in Africa: Implications for global crustal processes. Tectonics 36 (12), pp. 3298-3332. ISSN 0278-7407.
- Illsley-Kemp, F. and Savage, M.K. and Keir, D. and Hirschberg, H.P. and Bull, J.M. and Gernon, T.M. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Ayele, A. and Goitom, B. (2017) Extension and stress during continental breakup: seismic anisotropy of the crust in Northern Afar. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 477, pp. 41-51. ISSN 0012-821X.
- Wei, F. and Prytulak, J. and Xu, J. and Wei, W. and Hammond, James O.S. and Zhao, B. (2017) The cause and source of melting for the most recent volcanism in Tibet: a combined geochemical and geophysical perspective. Lithos 288-9, pp. 175-190. ISSN 0024-4937.
- Goitom, B. and Werner, M.J. and Goda, K. and Kendall, J.‐M. and Hammond, James O.S. and Ogubazghi, G. and Oppenheimer, C. and Helmstetter, A. and Keir, D. and Illsley‐Kemp, F. (2017) Probabilistic seismic‐hazard assessment for Eritrea. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 107 (3), pp. 1478-1494. ISSN 0037-1106.
- Oppenheimer, C. and Wacker, L. and Xu, J. and Galván, J.D. and Stoffel, M. and Guillet, S. and Corona, C. and Sigl, M. and Di Cosmo, N. and Hajdas, I. and Pan, B. and Breuker, R. and Schneider, L. and Esper, J. and Fei, J. and Hammond, James O.S. and Büntgen, U. (2017) Multi-proxy dating the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Changbaishan to late 946 CE. Quaternary Science Reviews 158, pp. 164-171. ISSN 0277-3791.
- Illsley‐Kemp, F. and Keir, D. and Bull, J.M. and Ayele, A. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.‐M. and Gallacher, R.J. and Gernon, T. and Goitom, B. (2017) Local earthquake magnitude scale and b ‐value for the Danakil region of northern Afar. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 107 (1), pp. 521-531. ISSN 0037-1106.
- Iacovino, K. and Ju-Song, K. and Sisson, T. and Lowenstern, J. and Kuk-Hun, R. and Jong-Nam, J. and Kun-Ho, S. and Song-Hwan, H. and Oppenheimer, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Donovan, A. and Liu, K.W. and Kum-Ran, R. (2016) Quantifying gas emissions from the "Millennium Eruption" of Paektu volcano, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea/China. Science Advances 2 (11), pp. e1600913-e1600913. ISSN 2375-2548.
- Civiero, C. and Goes, S. and Hammond, James O.S. and Fishwick, S. and Ahmed, A. and Ayele, A. and Doubre, C. and Goitom, B. and Keir, D. and Kendall, J.M. and Leroy, S. and Ogubazghi, G. and Rümpker, G. and Stuart, G.W. (2016) Small-scale thermal upwellings under the Northern East African Rift from S travel-time tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121 (10), pp. 7395-7408. ISSN 2169-9313.
- Gallacher, R.J. and Keir, D. and Harmon, N. and Stuart, G. and Leroy, S. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J-M. and Ayele, A. and Goitom, B. and Ogubazghi, G. and Ahmed, A. (2016) The initiation of segmented buoyancy-driven melting during continental breakup. Nature Communications 7, pp. 13110. ISSN 2041-1723.
- Kyong-Song, R. and Hammond, James O.S. and Chol-Nam, K. and Hyok, K. and Yong-Gun, Y. and Gil-Jong, P. and Chong-Song, R. and Oppenheimer, C. and Liu, K.W. and Iacovino, K. and Kum-Ran, R. (2016) Evidence for partial melt in the crust beneath Mt. Paektu (Changbaishan), Democratic People's Republic of Korea and China. Science Advances 2 (4), pp. e1501513-e1501513. ISSN 2375-2548.
- Hammond, James O.S. (2016) Understanding volcanoes in isolated locations: engaging diplomacy for science. Science & Diplomacy 5 (1), ISSN 2167-8626.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. (2016) Constraints on melt distribution from seismology: a case study in Ethiopia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 420, ISSN 0305-8719.
- Goitom, B. and Oppenheimer, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Grandin, R. and Barnie, T. and Donovan, A. and Ogubazghi, G. and Yohannes, E. and Kibrom, G. and Kendall, J.-M. and Carn, S.A. and Fee, D. and Sealing, C. and Keir, D. and Ayele, A. and Blundy, J. and Hamlyn, J. and Wright, T. and Berhe, S. (2015) First recorded eruption of Nabro volcano, Eritrea, 2011. Bulletin of Volcanology 77 (10), ISSN 0258-8900.
- Civiero, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Goes, S. and Fishwick, S. and Ahmed, A. and Ayele, A. and Doubre, C. and Goitom, B. and Keir, D. and Kendall, J.-M. and Leroy, S. and Ogubazghi, G. and Rümpker, G. and Stuart, G.W. (2015) Multiple mantle upwellings in the transition zone beneath the northern East-African Rift system from relative P-wave travel-time tomography. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16 (9), pp. 2949-2968. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Ayele, A. and Ebinger, C.J. and van Alstyne, C. and Keir, D. and Nixon, C.W. and Belachew, M. and Hammond, James O.S. (2015) Seismicity of the central Afar rift and implications for Tendaho dam hazards. Lyell Collection Special Publications. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 420, ISSN 0305-8719.
- Barnie, T.D. and Keir, D. and Hamling, I. and Hofmann, B. and Belachew, M. and Carn, S. and Eastwell, D. and Hammond, James O.S. and Ayele, A. and Oppenheimer, C. and Wright, T. (2015) A multidisciplinary study of the final episode of the Manda Hararo dyke sequence, Ethiopia, and implications for trends in volcanism during the rifting cycle. Lyell Collection Special Publications. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 420, ISSN 0305-8719.
- Armitage, J.J. and Ferguson, D.J. and Goes, S. and Hammond, James O.S. and Calais, E. and Rychert, C.A. and Harmon, N. (2015) Upper mantle temperature and the onset of extension and break-up in Afar, Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 418, pp. 78-90. ISSN 0012-821X.
- Korostelev, F. and Weemstra, C. and Leroy, S. and Boschi, L. and Keir, D. and Ren, Y. and Molinari, I. and Ahmed, A. and Stuart, G.W. and Rolandone, F. and Khanbari, K. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.M. and Doubre, C. and Ganad, I.A. and Goitom, B. and Ayele, A. (2015) Magmatism on rift flanks: insights from ambient noise phase velocity in Afar region. Geophysical Research Letters 42 (7), pp. 2179-2188. ISSN 0094-8276.
- Thompson, D. A. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Stuart, G.W. and Helffrich, G.R. and Keir, D. and Ayele, A. and Goitom, B. (2015) Hydrous upwelling across the mantle transition zone beneath the Afar Triple Junction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16 (3), pp. 834-846. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Corbeau, J. and Rolandone, F. and Leroy, S. and Al-Lazki, A. and Stork, A.L. and Keir, D. and Stuart, G.W. and Hammond, James O.S. and Doubre, C. and Vergne, J. and Ahmed, A. and Khanbari, K. (2014) Uppermost mantle velocity from Pn tomography in the Gulf of Aden. Geosphere 10 (5), pp. 958-968. ISSN 1553-040X.
- Hamlyn, J.E. and Keir, D. and Wright, T.J. and Neuberg, J.W. and Goitom, B. and Hammond, James O.S. and Pagli, C. and Oppenheimer, C. and Kendall, J.-M. and Grandin, R. (2014) Seismicity and subsidence following the 2011 Nabro eruption, Eritrea: insights into the plumbing system of an off-rift volcano. Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth) 119 (11), pp. 8267-8282. ISSN 0148-0227.
- Hammond, James O.S. (2014) Constraining melt geometries beneath the Afar Depression, Ethiopia from teleseismic receiver functions: the anisotropic H-κ stacking technique. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15 (4), pp. 1316-1332. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Wookey, J. and Kendall, J.-M. and Stuart, G.W. and Keir, D. (2014) Differentiating flow, melt, or fossil seismic anisotropy beneath Ethiopia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15 (5), pp. 1878-1894. ISSN 1525-2027.
- Voight, B. and Sparks, R.S.J. and Shalev, E. and Minshull, T. and Paulatto, M. and Annen, C. and Kenedi, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Henstock, T.J. and Brown, L. and Kiddle, E. and Malin, P. and Mattioli, G. and Ammon, C. and Arias-Dotson, E. and Belousov, A. and Byerly, K. and Carothers, L. and Clarke, A. and Dean, S. and Ellett, L. and Elsworth, D. and Hidayat, D. and Herd, R.A. and Johnson, M. and Lee, A. and Miller, V. and Murphy, B. and Peirce, C. and Ryan, G. and Saldana, S. and Snelson, C. and Stewart, R. and Syers, R. and Taron, J. and Trofimovs, J. and Widiwijayanti, C. and Young, S.R. and Zamora, W. (2014) The SEA-CALIPSO volcano imaging experiment at Montserrat: plans, campaigns at sea and on land, scientific results, and lessons learned. Geological Society of London, Memoirs: The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010 39 (1), pp. 253-289. ISSN 0435-4052.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Stuart, G.W. and Ebinger, C.J. and Bastow, I.D. and Keir, D. and Ayele, A. and Belachew, M. and Goitom, B. and Ogubazghi, G. and Wright, T.J. (2013) Mantle upwelling and initiation of rift segmentation beneath the Afar Depression. Geology 41 (6), pp. 635-638. ISSN 0091-7613.
- Stork, A.L. and Stuart, G.W. and Henderson, C.M. and Keir, D. and Hammond, James O.S. (2013) Uppermost mantle (Pn) velocity model for the Afar region, Ethiopia: an insight into rifting processes. Geophysical Journal International 193 (1), pp. 321-328. ISSN 0956-540X.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Collier, J.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Helffrich, G. and Rümpker, G. (2012) Plume scar in the mantle lithosphere beneath the Seychelles revealed by seismic imaging. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 355-6, pp. 20-31. ISSN 0012-821X.
- Di Leo, J.F. and Wookey, J. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Kaneshima, S. and Inoue, H. and Yamashina, T. and Harjadi, P. (2012) Deformation and mantle flow beneath the Sangihe subduction zone from seismic anisotropy. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 194, pp. 38-54. ISSN 0031-9201.
- Di Leo, J.F. and Wookey, J. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Kaneshima, S. and Inoue, H. and Yamashina, T. and Harjadi, P. (2012) Mantle flow in regions of complex tectonics: insights from Indonesia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 13 (12), ISSN 1525-2027.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Collier, J.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Helffrich, G. and Rümpkerc, G. (2012) Plume scar in the mantle lithosphere beneath the Seychelles revealed by seismic imaging. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 355, pp. 20-31. ISSN 0012-821X.
- Rychert, C.A. and Hammond, James O.S. and Harmon, N. and Kendall, J.M. and Keir, D. and Ebinger, C. and Bastow, I.D. and Ayele, A. and Belachew, M. and Stuart, G. (2012) Volcanism in the Afar Rift sustained by decompression melting with minimal plume influence. Nature Geoscience 5, pp. 406-409. ISSN 1752-0894.
- Belachew, M. and Ebinger, C.J. and Cote, D. and Keir, D. and Rowland, J. and Hammond, James O.S. and Ayele, A. (2011) Comparison of dike intrusions in an incipient seafloor-spreading segment in Afar, Ethiopia: seismicity perspectives. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 116 (B6), ISSN 0148-0227.
- Guidarelli, M. and Stuart, G. and Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Ayele, A. and Belachew, M. (2011) Surface wave tomography across Afar, Ethiopia: crustal structure at a rift triple-junction zone. Geophysical Research Letters 38 (24), ISSN 0094-8276.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Stuart, G.W. and Keir, D. and Ebinger, C.J. and Ayele, A. and Belachew, M. (2011) The nature of the crust beneath the Afar triple junction: evidence from receiver functions. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 12 (12), ISSN 1525-2027.
- Helffrich, G. and Kendall, J.-M. and Hammond, James O.S. and Carroll, M.R. (2011) Sulfide melts and long-term low seismic wavespeeds in lithospheric and asthenospheric mantle. Geophysical Research Letters 38 (11), ISSN 0094-8276.
- Keir, D. and Belachew, M. and Ebinger, C.J. and Kendall, J. and Hammond, James O.S. and Stuart, G.W. and Ayele, A. (2011) Mapping the evolving strain field during continental breakup from crustal anisotropy in the Afar Depression. Nature Communications 2 (285), ISSN 2041-1723.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Angus, D. and Wookey, J. (2010) Interpreting spatial variations in anisotropy: insights into the Main Ethiopian Rift from SKS waveform modelling. Geophysical Journal International 181 (3), pp. 1701-1712. ISSN 0956-540X.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Wookey, J. and Kaneshima, S. and Inoue, H. and Yamashina, T. and Harjadi, P. (2010) Systematic variation in anisotropy beneath the mantle wedge in the Java-Sumatra subduction system from shear-wave splitting. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 178 (3/4), pp. 189-201. ISSN 0031-9201.
- Paulatto, M. and Minshull, T. and Baptie, B. and Dean, S. and Hammond, James O.S. and Henstock, T. and Kenedi, C. and Kiddle, E. and Malin, P. and Peirce, C. and Ryan, G. and Shalev, E. and Sparks, R.S.J. and Voight, B. (2010) Upper crustal structure of an active volcano from refraction/reflection tomography, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Geophysical Journal International 180 (2), pp. 685-696. ISSN 0956-540X.
- Voight, B. and Sparks, R.S.J. and Hammond, James O.S. and Shalev, E. and Malin, P. and Kenedi, C. and Minshull, T.A. and Paulatto, M. and Mattioli, G. and Hidayat, D. and Widiwijayanti, C. (2010) Active source seismic experiment peers under Soufrière Hills volcano. Eos 91 (28), pp. 245-247. ISSN 0096-3941.
- Collier, J.S. and Minshull, T.A. and Hammond, James O.S. and Whitmarsh, R.B. and Kendall, J.-M. and Sansom, V. and Lane, C.I. and Rumpker, G. (2009) Factors influencing magmatism during continental breakup: new insights from a wide-angle seismic experiment across the conjugate Seychelles-Indian margins. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 114 (B3), ISSN 0148-0227.
- Keir, D. and Hamling, I.J. and Ayele, A. and Calais, E. and Ebinger, C.J. and Wright, T. and Jacques, E. and Mohamed, K. and Hammond, James O.S. and Belachew, M. and Baker, E. and Rowland, J. and Lewi, E. and Bennati, L. (2009) Evidence for focused magmatic accretion at segment centers from lateral dike injections captured beneath the Red Sea rift in Afar. Geology 37 (1), pp. 59-62. ISSN 0091-7613.
- Ebinger, C.J. and Keir, D. and Ayele, A. and Calais, E. and Wright, T.J. and Belachew, M. and Hammond, James O.S. and Campbell, E. and Buck, W.R. (2008) Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during continental rupture: seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift. Geophysical Journal International 174 (3), pp. 1138-1152. ISSN 0956-540X.
- Hammond, James O.S. and Kendall, J.-M. and Rümpker, G. and Wookey, J. and Teanby, N. and Joseph, P. and Ryberg, T. and Stuart, G. (2005) Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Seychelles microcontinent. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 110 (B11), ISSN 0148-0227.
- Collier, J.S. and Minshull, T.A. and Kendall, J.-M. and Whitmarsh, R.B. and Rümpker, G. and Joseph, P. and Samson, P. and Lane, C.I. and Sansom, V. and Vermeesch, P.M. and Hammond, James O.S. and Wookey, J. and Teanby, N. and Ryberg, T. and Dean, S.M. (2004) Rapid continental breakup and microcontinent formation in the western Indian Ocean. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 85 (46), pp. 481. ISSN 0096-3941.
Book Section
- Xu, J. and Oppenheimer, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Wei, H. (2021) Perspectives on the active volcanoes of China. In: Xu, J. and Oppenheimer, C. and Hammond, James O.S. and Wei, H. (eds.) Active Volcanoes of China. GSL Special Publications. Geological Society of London. ISBN 9781786205407.
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I am happy to receive enquiries from the media on the following topics:
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- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
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Geological Society of London Public Lecture (November 2020): https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/understandingpaektu

EGU Seismology Blog (October 2020): https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2020/10/20/volcano-seismology-in-north-korea/

Birkbeck Inspires Talk (August 2020): https://youtu.be/VqdWM8S8eHg

Blended learning: Improving access to higher education - Birkbeck Blog (August 2020): http://blogs.bbk.ac.uk/bbkcomments/2020/08/13/blended-learning-improving-access-to-higher-education/

Birkbeck Science Week Lecture (June 2018): https://youtu.be/-Qdf2R-FlPo

A Day in the life of a Birkbeck Scientist (April 2017): https://youtu.be/O2kaqPLnExk

For media related to our work in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, please see our research centre website: https://themprc.org/media/

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