Ian D. Bastow

My research focuses on the crust and upper-mantle seismic structure as revealed by broadband seismology. Throughout the course of my PhD at the University of Leeds, I used seismic tomography to image the lithospheric seismic structure in a region of incipient continental break-up: northern Ethiopian rift. In the same region, I employed receiver function analyses as a means of understanding crustal structure in Ethiopia.

Here in South Carolina my interests are the use of broadband seismological techniques with focus on the RUSH (Reflections Under the Scottish Highlands) and SNEP (Sierra Nevada Earthscope Project) projects. I also have ongoing projects in Ethiopia.

A copy of my CV is available here.

Awards and Prizes

  • 1st prize for best oral presentation at the AGU margins section, 2004.
  • 1st prize for best oral presentation at the British Geophysical Association conference 2004.
  • 1st prize for best MRes student oral presentation at the Edinburgh Graduate School conference 2001.
  • Awarded Thomas Cowan Scholarship (University of Edinburgh) 1998/9 and 1999/00 for socially outgoing students of high academic standing.

Society Membership

American Geophysical Union - member since 2003

Extra Curricular Interests

Swimming, hill walking, running, playing chess...(not very well though!)

Publications

  • I.D. Bastow, A.A. Nyblade, G.W. Stuart, T. Rooney, and M.H. Benoit. Ethiopian upper mantle seismic structure. Geophys. Res. Lett., in prep 2007.
  • I.D. Bastow, T.J. Owens, G. Zandt, C.J. Jones, H. Gilbert, and N.B. Badger. Shear wave splitting in the Sierra Nevada: a region of incipient lithospheric foundering. Geophys. Res. Lett., in prep 2007.
  • I.D. Bastow, T.J. Owens, G. Helffrich, and J.H. Knapp. Spatial and temporal constraints on sources of seismic anisotropy: Evidence from the Scottish Highlands. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34:doi: 10.1029/2006GL028911, 2007.
  • A. Ayele, G.W. Stuart, I.D. Bastow, and D. Keir. The August 2002 earthquake sequence in north Afar: insights into the neotectonics of the Danakil microplate. Journal African Earth Sciences, in press, 2007.
  • T.O. Rooney, T. Furman, I.D. Bastow, D. Ayalew, and G. Yirgu. Lithospheric modification during crustal extension in the Main Ethiopian Rift. J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2007.
  • E. Daly, D. Keir, C.J. Ebinger, G.W. Stuart, I.D. Bastow, and A. Ayele. Crustal tomographic imaging of a transitional continental rift: the Ethiopian Rift. Geophys. J. Internat., in review 2007.
  • J.-M. Kendall, S. Pilidou, D. Keir, I.D. Bastow, Stuart G.W., and A. Ayele. Mantle upwellings, melt migration and the rifting of Africa: Insights from seismic anisotropy, in The Structure and Evolution of the East African Rift System in the Afar Volcanic Province, eds. Yirgu, G. Ebinger, C.J. & Maguire, P.K.H. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 259:271–293, 2006.
  • G.W. Stuart, I.D. Bastow, and C.J. Ebinger. Crustal structure of the northern Main Ethiopian rift from reciever function studies, in The Structure and Evolution of the East African Rift System in the Afar Volcanic Province, eds. Yirgu, G. Ebinger, C.J. & Maguire, P.K.H. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 259:271–293, 2006.
  • I.D. Bastow, G.W. Stuart, J-M. Kendall, and C.J. Ebinger. Upper-mantle seismic structure in a region of incipient continental breakup: northern Ethiopian rift. Geophys. J. Internat., pages doi: 10.1111/j.1365–246X.2005.02666.x, 2005.
  • J.-M. Kendall, G.W. Stuart, C.J. Ebinger, I.D. Bastow, and D. Keir. Magma assisted rifting in Ethiopia. Nature, 433:146–148, 2005.
  • I.D. Bastow. Upper-mantle seismic structure in a region of incipient continental break-up: northern Ethiopian rift. PhD thesis, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2005.
  • I.D. Bastow. A comparison of seismic moment tensors to tectonic deformations in the north pacific. Master's thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, 2001.

Contact Information

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(803)777-4528
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(803)777-0906
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