Dr Michael Cassidy

Cassidy,M., Watt, S.F.L., Palmer, M.R., Trofimovs, J., Symons, W.,Maclachan,S., Stinton, A. ‘Construction of volcanic records from marine sediment cores: A review and case study (Montserrat, West Indies)’.  Earth Science Reviews   (in review)

Cassidy,M., Trofimovs, J., Watt, S.F.L., Palmer, M.R., Taylor, R.N., Gernon,T.M., Talling, P.J., LeFriant, A. ‘ Multi-stage collapse events in the South Soufrière Hills, Montserrat, as recorded in marine sediment cores’,  In:  Wadge, G.,Robertson, R.,Voight, B., (eds)The eruptionof Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010,  Memoir of the GeologicalSociety, London (in press)

Achterberg,E.P.,Moore, M.C., Henson, S.A., Steigenberger, S., Stohl, A., Eckhardt. S.,  Cassidy, M .,Hembury D.,Klar,J., Lucas, M.I., Marsay, C.M., Ryan-Keogh, T.J., (2013) Natural iron fertilisationby the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption.  Geophysical Research Letters  40, 1 – 6,doi:10.1002/grl.50221

Trofimovs,J.,Talling, P.J., Fisher, J.K., Hart, M.B., Sparks, R.S.J., Watt, S.F.L.,  Cassidy, M ., LeFriant, A., Moreton, S.G., Leng, M.J., Smart, C., (2013) ‘Timing, origin, andemplacement dynamics of mass flows offshore SE Montserrat in the last 110 ka:implications for landslide and tsunami hazards, eruption history, and volcanic island evolution.’   Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.   doi:10.1002/ggge.20052

Cassidy,M ., Trofimovs, J., Palmer, M.R., Talling, P.J., Watt, S.F.L.,Moreton, S., Taylor, R.N. (2013) ‘Timing and emplacement dynamics of newly recognised mass flow deposits at ~8-12 ka offshore Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat: how submarine stratigraphy can complement subaerial eruption histories’  Journalof Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 1-14   10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.12.002

Stevenson,J. A., C. Rae, J. S. Gilbert, S.Harangi, R. Lukács B. Højgaard,U. Árting, S.Pyne-O’Donnell, A. MacLeod, S. Loughlin, A.E. Milodowski and  M.Cassidy.   (2012)   ‘ Observations of Distal Tephra From the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 Summit Eruption’.  J. Geophys. Res. ,doi:10.1029/2011JB008904

Cassidy,M ., Taylor, R.N.,Palmer, M.R, Cooper, R., Stenlake C., Trofimovs,J., (2012) Tracking the magmatic evolution of an island arc volcano: Insights from a high-precision Pb isotope record of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.  Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 13,   Q05003 doi:10.1029/2012GC004064

Stevenson,J. A., Mitchell, N. C.,  CassidyM., Pinkerton H., (2012), Widespread inflation and drainage of a pāhoehoe flow field: the Nesjahraun, Þingvellir, Iceland.  Bulletin of Volcanology . 74(1), 15-31 , DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0482-z

Stevenson,J. A., Mitchell, N. C., Mochrie,   F.,   Cassidy M.,  Pinkerton H., (2012), Lava penetrating water: the different behaviours of pāhoehoe and ‘a‘ā at the Nesjahraun, Þingvellir, Iceland.  Bulletin of Volcanology . 74 (1), 33-46 , DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0480-1

Rouwet, D., S.Bellomo, L. Brusca, S. Inguaggiato, M.Jutzeler, R. Mora, A. Mazot, R. Bernard, M.Cassidy and Y. Taran (2009), Major and traceelement geochemistry of El Chichón volcano–hydrothermal system (Chiapas,México) in 2006–2007:implications for future geochemical monitoring   Geofisica International.   48 (1), 55-72

Selected Published abstracts:

Cassidy, M.,   Watt,S.F.L., Palmer, M.R., Trofimovs, J., Symons,W., Maclaren, S., Stinton, A.(2013)   Cores forconcern: The difficulty of recording tephra fallout deposits in marine sediments.Oral presentation.  IAVCEIconference,Kagoshima, Japan

Cassidy, M.,   Watt,S.F.L., Edmonds, M., Talling, P.J., Palmer, M.R. and shipboard scientists on-board IODP 340(2013)   Eruptionof crystal-rich basalts following a large sector collapse: Evidence from IODPcores sampled offshore Montserrat. Poster presentation.  IAVCEI conference, Kagoshima,Japan

Cassidy, M ., Taylor, R.N.,Palmer, M.R. Trofimovs, J., (2011) Co-existence of two distinctmagma sources in an island arc volcano: evidence from Montserrat, LesserAntilles Arc.  AGUFall Meeting. V53B-2625

Cassidy, M ., Taylor, R.N.,Palmer, M.R. Trofimovs, J., (2011) Tracking the magmatic evolutionof an island arc volcano: Insights from a high-precision Pb isotope record ofMontserrat, Lesser Antilles.  Mineralogicalmagazine,   Volume75, Number3, June 2011, pp. 609-711(103).

Cassidy, M ., Taylor, R.N.,Palmer, M.R. Trofimovs, J., (2010). The rise and demise ofSouth Montserrat: Evolution of the South Soufrière Hills.  Proceedings of the 18thInternational Sedimentological Congress, Mendoza, Argentina.

Stevenson,J. A.,  Cassidy, M.,   Mitchell, N. C., Pinkerton H.,(2008), ‘Emplacement of the Nesjahraunflow, Thingvallavatn, Iceland: areconstruction based on remotely-sensed data’  IAVCEI- 2008 GeneralAssembly,Reykjavik-Iceland.

Varley.N., Rouwet,D., Tarin, Y.,  Cassidy,M., Flynn,K.,Jutzeler, M. (2007) ‘Post eruptive degassing processes of El   Chichón, Mexico’   Proceedingsof the Commemorative Conference “El Chichón volcano: Twenty-five years later”.San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico