Professor Tony Morris
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Professor Tony Morris

Professor in Geophysics and Geodynamics

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Professor Tony Morris can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
  • Tectonics
  • Palaeomagnetism
  • Geophysics
  • Geodynamics
  • Geology-ophiolite
Biography

Biography

Professor of Geophysics and Geodynamics

ESSAC Chair (European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling)

Qualifications

B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Sciences, majoring in Geological Sciences (University of East Anglia)

M.Sc. Geophysics (University of Durham)

Ph.D. Geophysics/Geology (University of Edinburgh)

Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (University of Plymouth)

Accredited Teacher in Higher Education (UK Staff and Educational Development Association)

Professional membership

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

Fellow of the Geological Society of London

Member of the British Geophysical Association

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of the American Geophysical Union

Roles on external bodies

  • Chair of the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling Science Support and Advisory Committee (ESSAC) 2018-2019 & 2020-2021 (two successive terms). In this capacity I lead the Program Member Office for European (and Canadian) involvement in the International Ocean Discovery Program, responsible for selection of scientists to participate in IODP expeditions and for a wide range of grants, scholarships and outreach events
  • IODP Science Framework Working Group (2019-2021)
  • UK Representative on ESSAC (2015-) 
  • Member of the Program Advisory Group, UK-IODP (2015-2023)
  • JOIDES Resolution Geophysics Laboratory Working Group, IODP (2015-2017)
  • Natural Environment Research Council Peer Review College member (2005-2008)
  • Treasurer of the British Geophysical Association (2004-2011)

Key publications

Morris A & Maffione M (2016) 'Is the Troodos ophiolite (Cyprus) a complete, transform fault-bounded Neotethyan ridge segment?' GEOLOGY 44, (3) 199-202 Author Site , DOI Open access
Arculus RJ, Ishizuka O, Bogus KA, Gurnis M, Hickey-Vargas R, Aljahdali MH, Bandini-Maeder AN, Barth AP, Brandl PA & Drab L (2015) 'A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc' NATURE GEOSCIENCE 8, (9) 728-733 Author Site , DOI Open access
Maffione M, Thieulot C, van Hinsbergen DJJ, Morris A, Plumper O & Spakman W (2015) 'Dynamics of intraoceanic subduction initiation: 1. Oceanic detachment fault inversion and the formation of supra-subduction zone ophiolites' Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16, (6) 1753-1770 Author Site , DOI Open access
Gillis KM, Snow JE, Klaus A, Abe N, Adriao AB, Akizawa N, Ceuleneer G, Cheadle MJ, Faak K & Falloon TJ (2013) 'Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust' Nature 505, 204-207 , DOI Open access
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Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

As a geophysicist I am interested in applying physical methods to look at plate tectonic and geodynamic processes. In addition, I use field studies to examine the evidence for oceanic crustal processes preserved in ophiolites (slices of oceanic crustal and mantle rocks that are exposed on land). I have worked mainly in the eastern Mediterranean orogenic belt, but also have extensive experience of engagement with the International Ocean Discovery Program (that collects rock and sediment samples from the present-day ocean basins via scientific ocean drilling). I use my wide range of interests to inform my teaching. 

Research

Research

Research interests

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2862-7377

I use geophysical magnetic methods to investigate fundamental crustal processes.

The main focus of my research has been the magnetic analysis of samples of oceanic lithosphere recovered from the world's oceans by the International Ocean Discovery Program and innovative investigations of major ophiolites (slices of oceanic lithosphere that have been emplaced tectonically on to land). 

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) research:

I have sailed five times on the JOIDES Resolution, the state-of-the-art scientific drillship operated by IODP, and once on the RRS James Cook (part of the UK research fleet). My first expedition was in 2004/2005 on IODP Expedition 304/305. This recovered a complexly layered sequence of gabbros and minor ultramafic rocks from the footwall of a major oceanic core complex known as Atlantis Massif, located at 30 degrees north on the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The core, extending to over 1400 mbsf, opens a window in to lower crustal accretion processes. Shorebased research was carried out in collaboration with Prof Chris MacLeod (Cardiff University), Prof Jeff Gee (Scripps Institution) and Prof Bobbie John (University of Wyoming). The award of a NERC Standard Research Grant allowed us to conduct detailed palaeomagnetic analyses of the Expedition 304/305 core materials, and to combine these with wireline log interpretation, geochronological and geochemical data to provide important insights into the spatial and temporal controls of the accretion of slow-spreading rate lower oceanic crust. The project benefited from the research of Dr Nicola Pressling, a NERC research fellow funded by the project.

In January-February 2008 I sailed on an IODP Site Survey cruise to the tectonic exposures of fast-spreading rate oceanic crust at Hess Deep, as part of a NERC funded cruise aboard the (then) new James Cook research vessel (cruise JC21). This provided essential site survey data (bathymetric swath-mapping and sampling using the NERC remotely operated vehicle ISIS) to support future IODP drilling at this key locality (IODP Proposal #551). 

In April - June 2011, I was back on the "JR" as Lead Shipboard Palaeomagnetist on IODP Expedition 335, part of the "Superfast Spreading Crust" campaign focused on Hole 1256D. This deep hole was the first to reach the uppermost in situ gabbroic lower crust. Unfortunately, recovery during Exp 335 was limited due to challenging hole conditions, but samples have provided insights into the nature of the thermal boundary layer at the top of the lower crust.

In December 2012-February 2013 I was Lead Shipboard Palaeomagnetist on IODP Expedition 345 to Hess Deep in the Pacific Ocean. This recovered a suite of cores from primitive lower crustal layered gabbros for the first time, confirming the broad features of the ophiolite paradigm and providing a complete picture of the bulk geochemistry of fast-spreading EPR crust. Post cruise research is focusing on the development of magnetic fabrics in these layered gabbros and the origin of multicomponent remanences in these rocks.

In June-July 2014, I was back on board the JR again, this time as Lead Shipboard Palaeomagnetist on IODP Expedition 351 "Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Origins", one of three back-to-back drilling expeditions designed to examine the evolution of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc system in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. This sampled a 1.4 km sedimentary succession documenting the responses of the upper plate to subduction initiation and the subsequent arc evolution. The site also penetrated into the "basaltic" basement, providing insights into the geochemistry and age of the basement rocks. Post-cruise research involved collaboration with Dr Marco Maffione (now at Birmingham University) to investigate the development of magnetic fabrics in deep sea pelagic sediments, and the palaeolatitudinal movement of the Philippine Sea plate.

Most recently, in December 2015 - January 2016 I sailed as Lead Palaeomagnetist on IODP Expedition 360 "Indian Ridge Moho", that drilled into the footwall of the Atlantis Bank oceanic core complex on the SW Indian Ridge. This long-term project offers the prospect of drilling vertically through a geomagnetic reversal boundary in the oceanic crust for the first time, although we did not reach this level during Expedition 360 unfortunately.

Finally, I chair the Program Member Office of IODP that represents the scientific ocean drilling research communities in 14 European countries and Canada. This is known as the "European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling [ECORD] Science Support and Advisory Committee" or ESSAC, and is responsible for managing participation of ECORD scientists on IODP expeditions. ESSAC also supports a range of training Summer Schools for early career researchers, and offers training scholarships and research grants to this community.

Ophiolite research:

In addition to research in oceanic lithosphere via the IODP, I have also focused on the application of palaeomagnetic and magnetic fabric techniques to a range of geodynamic and tectonic problems within ophiolites of the Tethyan orogenic belt and elsewhere. Field areas have included Albania, Canada, Cyprus, Oman, Syria and Turkey. In most cases, this has involved using advanced net tectonic rotation analysis methods to interpret paleomagnetic magnetisation data (a novel approach that out-performs standard structural corrections in complex ophiolite settings). Examples of these projects include:

(i) an integrated palaeomagnetic and structural analysis of the tectonic evolution of the Hatay ophiolite, southern Turkey (PhD research of Jennifer Inwood), proving that it rotated as part of a broad oceanic microplate along with the Baer-Bassit ophiolite (NW Syria) and Troodos ophiolite (Cyprus)

(ii) proving paleomagnetically that an oceanic core complex is preserved in the Mirdita ophiolite of Albania, extending the record of slow-spreading rate detachment-mode seafloor spreading back to the Jurassic (postdoctoral research of Marco Maffione)

(iii) showing that the tectonic evolution of the Mersin ophiolite (Turkey), which exposes a superb sequence of lower oceanic crustal gabbros, involved detachment-mode seafloor spreading and progressive rotation (including a major phase of rotation in the footwall of an oceanic core complex after emplacement of the Mersin metamorphic sole) (PhD research of Ahmed Omer and ResM research of Bugra Cavdar)

(iv) magnetic fabric analyses of gabbros in the fast-spreading rate Oman ophiolite and their implication for lower crustal accretion (PhD research of Matthew Meyer)

(v) determining the origin of fluid-mediated remagnetisation of the southern massifs of the Oman ophiolite using paleomagnetism, magnetic fabric analysis and end member modelling of isothermal remanent magnetisation acquisition curves (PhD research of Louise Koornneef)

(vi) magnetic fabric analysis of the Ordovician Thetford Mines ophiolite of the Canadian Appalachian mountains, where tectonic fabrics during late stage orogenesis (Acadian orogeny) have largely obliterated primary seafloor fabrics in the ophiolite (postdoctoral research of Anita Di Chiara)

(vii) discovering a previous unrecognised oceanic transform fault system in the northern part of the Troodos ophiolite (Cyprus), thereby demonstrating that the ophiolite preserves a complete Neotethyan spreading segment

(viii) reconstructing the kinematics of Late Cretaceous subduction initiation in the Neotethys Ocean by restoring paleoridge orientations in eastern Mediterranean opholites (via a collaboration with the ERC "SINK" research programme led by Douwe van Hinsbergen, Utrecht University)

Research groups

Grants & contracts

Recent successful grant applications:

2016 – NERC Standard Grant, “Magnetization and tectonic evolution of ultraslow-spreading rate lower oceanic crust, Atlantis Bank, SW Indian Ridge (IODP Expedition 360)” (PI: Morris) (£35,878)

2015 – EU Marie Curie IF Award, Jan 2015, "PASS: Palaeozoic Seafloor Spreading" (PI: Morris, CI: Anderson, Research Fellow: di Chiara) (183,000 Euros)

2014 – NERC Standard Grant, "Rotation of the Philippine Sea Plate (IODP Expedition 351)" (PI: Morris) (£35,828)

2012 – NERC Standard Grant, "Palaeomagnetic constraints on lower oceanic crustal processes (IODP Expedition 345 Hess Deep Plutonic Crust" (PI: Morris) (£25,456)

2011 – NERC Standard Grant, "Superfast spreading rate crust 4: magnetism of the lower oceanic crust" (PI: Morris) (£12,425)

2010 – EU Marie Curie IEF Award, Jan 2010, "DEFOrm: Detachment Faults in Ophiolites" (PI: Morris, CI: Anderson, Research Fellow: Maffione) (176,000 Euros)

2007 – NERC Standard Grant, July 2006, "Spatial and temporal scales of crustal accretion in slow-spreading rate oceanic crust (Atlantis Massif, Mid Atlantic Ridge - IODP Site U1309D)" (PI: Morris, CI: MacLeod (Cardiff), Project Partners: Gee (Scripps), John (Wyoming)) (£217,400)

2006 – NERC UK IODP Rapid Response Grant, May 2006, "Palaeomagnetic constraints on the construction of the lower oceanic crustal section recovered at Hole U1309D, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (IODP Expedition 304/305)" (£1890)

2004 – NERC UK IODP Site Survey Initiative Standard Grant, May 2004, "Accretion of the lower oceanic crust at fast-spreading ridges: a rock drill and near-bottom seafloor survey in support of IODP drilling in Hess Deep" (PI: MacLeod (Cardiff) CI: Teagle (Soton), RR: Morris + Project Partners) (£474,413)

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Morris A & Maffione M (2016) 'Is the Troodos ophiolite (Cyprus) a complete, transform fault-bounded Neotethyan ridge segment?' GEOLOGY 44, (3) 199-202 Author Site , DOI Open access
Arculus RJ, Ishizuka O, Bogus KA, Gurnis M, Hickey-Vargas R, Aljahdali MH, Bandini-Maeder AN, Barth AP, Brandl PA & Drab L (2015) 'A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc' NATURE GEOSCIENCE 8, (9) 728-733 Author Site , DOI Open access
Maffione M, Thieulot C, van Hinsbergen DJJ, Morris A, Plumper O & Spakman W (2015) 'Dynamics of intraoceanic subduction initiation: 1. Oceanic detachment fault inversion and the formation of supra-subduction zone ophiolites' Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16, (6) 1753-1770 Author Site , DOI Open access
Gillis KM, Snow JE, Klaus A, Abe N, Adriao AB, Akizawa N, Ceuleneer G, Cheadle MJ, Faak K & Falloon TJ (2013) 'Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust' Nature 505, 204-207 , DOI Open access

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
King M, Gales J, Laberg JS, McKay R, De Santis L, Kulhanek D, Hosegood P & Morris A (2021) 'Pleistocene depositional environments and links to cryosphere-ocean interactions on the eastern Ross Sea continental slope, Antarctica (IODP Hole U1525A)' Marine Geology 443, , DOI Open access
Di Chiara A, Morris A, Anderson MW, Menegon L & Tremblay A (2020) 'Magnetic anisotropy reveals Acadian transpressional fabrics in an Appalachian ophiolite (Thetford Mines, Canada)' Geophysical Journal International 222, (2) 1034-1045 , DOI Open access
Bowles JA, Morris A, Tivey MA & Lascu I (2020) 'Magnetic Mineral Populations in Lower Oceanic Crustal Gabbros (Atlantis Bank, SW Indian Ridge): Implications for Marine Magnetic Anomalies' Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21, (3) , DOI
Dick HJB, MacLeod CJ, Blum P, Abe N, Blackman DK, Bowles JA, Cheadle MJ, Cho K, Ciazela J & Deans JR (2019) 'Dynamic Accretion Beneath a Slow‐Spreading Ridge Segment: IODP Hole 1473A and the Atlantis Bank Oceanic Core Complex' Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 124, (12) 12631-12659 , DOI
Morris A, Meyer M, Anderson MA & MacLeod C (2019) 'What do variable magnetic fabrics in gabbros of the Oman ophiolite reveal about lower oceanic crustal magmatism at fast spreading ridges?' Geology 47, (3) 275-278 , DOI Open access
Morris A, Anderson MW, Omer A, Maffione M & van Hinsbergen DJJ (2017) 'Rapid fore-arc extension and detachment-mode spreading following subduction initiation' Earth and Planetary Science Letters , DOI Open access
Maffione M & Morris A (2017) 'The onset of fabric development in deep marine sediments' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 474, 32-39 , DOI Open access
Maffione M, van Hinsbergen DJJ, de Gelder GINO, van der Goes FC & Morris A (2017) 'Kinematics of Late Cretaceous subduction initiation in the Neo-Tethys Ocean reconstructed from ophiolites of Turkey, Cyprus, and Syria' Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , DOI Open access
Morris A, Meyer M, Anderson MW & MacLeod CJ (2016) 'Clockwise rotation of the entire Oman ophiolite occurred in a suprasubduction zone setting' Geology , DOI Open access
Tominaga M, Tivey MA, MacLeod CJ, Morris A, Lissenberg CJ, Shillington DJ & Ferrini V (2016) 'Characterization of the in situ magnetic architecture of oceanic crust (Hess Deep) using near-source vector magnetic data' JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 121, (6) 4130-4146 Author Site , DOI Open access
Arculus RJ, Ishizuka O, Bogus KA, Gurnis M, Hickey-Vargas R, Aljahdali MH, Bandini-Maeder AN, Barth AP, Brandl PA & Drab L (2016) 'Reply to 'Unclear causes for subduction'' Nature Geoscience 9, (5) 338-339 , DOI Open access
Morris A & Maffione M (2016) 'Is the Troodos ophiolite (Cyprus) a complete, transform fault-bounded Neotethyan ridge segment?' GEOLOGY 44, (3) 199-202 Author Site , DOI Open access
Ciazela J, Dick HJB, MacLeod CJ, Blum P, Abe N, Blackman DK, Bowles JA, Cheadle MJ, Cho K & Deans JR (2016) 'IODP Expedition 360: First stage of drilling into Earth's Mantle' Przeglad Geologiczny 64, (11) 889-895
Trela J, Ferré EC, Launeau P, Bartz DM & Morris A (2015) 'Magmatic accretion and thermal convection at the sheeted dike complex–gabbro boundary in superfast spreading crust, ODP Hole 1256D' Tectonophysics 660, 107-116 , DOI
Arculus RJ, Ishizuka O, Bogus KA, Gurnis M, Hickey-Vargas R, Aljahdali MH, Bandini-Maeder AN, Barth AP, Brandl PA & Drab L (2015) 'A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc' NATURE GEOSCIENCE 8, (9) 728-733 Author Site , DOI Open access
Morris A, Robertson AHF, Anderson MW & Hodgson E (2015) 'Did the Kyrenia Range of northern Cyprus rotate with the Troodos-Hatay microplate during the tectonic evolution of the eastern Mediterranean?' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES 105, (1) 399-415 Author Site , DOI Open access
Maffione M, Thieulot C, van Hinsbergen DJJ, Morris A, Plumper O & Spakman W (2015) 'Dynamics of intraoceanic subduction initiation: 1. Oceanic detachment fault inversion and the formation of supra-subduction zone ophiolites' Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16, (6) 1753-1770 Author Site , DOI Open access
Maffione M, Morris A, Plumper O & van Hinsbergen D (2014) 'Magnetic properties of variably serpentinized peridotites and their implication for the evolution of oceanic core complexes' Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems , DOI Open access
Ildefonse B, Abe N, Godard M, Morris A, Teagle DAH & Umino S (2014) 'Formation and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere: New Insights on Crustal Structure and Igneous Geochemistry from ODP/IODP Sites 1256, U1309, and U1415' 449-505 , DOI
Expedition 345 Scientists (inc. A. Morris) (2014) 'Hess Deep Plutonic Crust: Exploring the plutonic crust at a fast-spreading ridge: new drilling at Hess Deep' IODP Preliminary Reports 345, , DOI
Gillis KM, Snow JE, Klaus A, Abe N, Adriao AB, Akizawa N, Ceuleneer G, Cheadle MJ, Faak K & Falloon TJ (2013) 'Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust' Nature 505, 204-207 , DOI Open access
Maffione M, Morris A & Anderson MW (2013) 'Recognizing detachment-mode seafloor spreading in the deep geological past' Scientific Reports 3, , DOI Open access
Maffione M, Morris A & Anderson MW (2013) 'Recognizing detachment-mode seafloor spreading in the deep geological past' Scientific Reports 3, , DOI
Ferrini VL, Shillington DJ, Gillis K, MacLeod CJ, Teagle DAH, Morris A, Cazenave PW, Hurst S, Tominaga M & JC 21 Scientific Party (2013) 'Evidence of mass failure in the Hess Deep Rift from multi-resolutional bathymetry data' Marine Geology 339, 13-21
Pressling N, Morris A, John BE & MacLeod CJ (2012) 'The internal structure of an oceanic core complex: An integrated analysis of oriented borehole imagery from IODP Hole U1309D (Atlantis Massif)' GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS 13, Author Site , DOI
Teagle DAH, Ildefonse B, Blum P, Morris A & IODP Expedition 335 Scientific Party (2012) 'Superfast Spreading Rate Crust 4: Drilling gabbro in intact oceanic crust formed at a superfast spreading rate' Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 335, , DOI
Blackman DK, Ildefonse B, John BE, Ohara Y, Miller DJ, Abe N, Abratis M, Andal ES, Andreani M & Awaji S (2011) 'Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 30 degrees N' JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 116, Author Site , DOI
MacLeod CJ, Carlut J, Escartin J, Horen H & Morris A (2011) 'Quantitative constraint on footwall rotations at the 15 degrees 45 ' N oceanic core complex, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Implications for oceanic detachment fault processes' GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS 12, Author Site , DOI
Kinnaird TC, Robertson AHF & Morris A (2011) 'Timing of uplift of the Troodos Massif (Cyprus) constrained by sedimentary and magnetic polarity evidence' JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 168, (2) 457-470 Author Site , DOI
Teagle DAH, Ildefonse B, Blum P, Morris A & IODP Expedition 335 Scientific Party (2011) 'Battling through the thermal boundary layer: Deep sampling in ODP Hole 1256D during IODP Expedition 335' InterRidge News 20, 12-17
Teagle DAH, Ildefonse B, Blum P, Morris A & IODP Expedition 335 Scientific Party (2011) 'IODP Expedition 335: Deep sampling in ODP Hole 1256D' Scientific Drilling 13, 28-34 , DOI
Expedition 335 Scientists (2011) 'Superfast Spreading Rate Crust 4: Drilling gabbro in intact ocean crust formed at a superfast spreading rate' IODP Preliminary Reports 335, , DOI
Morris A, Gee JS, Pressling N, John BE, MacLeod CJ, Grimes CB & Searle RC (2009) 'Footwall rotation in an oceanic core complex quantified using reoriented Integrated Ocean Drilling Program core samples' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 287, (1-2) 217-228 Author Site , DOI
Inwood J, Anderson MW, Morris A & Robertson AHF (2009) 'Successive structural events in the Hatay ophiolite of southeast Turkey: Distinguishing oceanic, emplacement and post-emplacement phases of faulting' TECTONOPHYSICS 473, (1-2) 208-222 Author Site , DOI
Inwood J, Morris A, Anderson MW & Robertson AHF (2009) 'Neotethyan intraoceanic microplate rotation and variations in spreading axis orientation: Palaeomagnetic evidence from the Hatay ophiolite (southern Turkey)' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 280, (1-4) 105-117 Author Site , DOI
John BE, Cheadle MJ, Gee J, Grimes CB, Morris A & Pressling N (2009) 'Spatial and temporal evolution of slow spread oceanic crust - graphic sections of core recovered from IODP Hole U1309D, Atlantis Massif, 30N, MAR (including Pb/U zircon geochronology and magnetic remanence data' Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 304/305, , DOI
Ildefonse B, Blackman D, John BE, Ohara Y, Miller DJ, MacLeod CJ, Morris A & IODP Expeditions 304-305 Scientists (2007) 'Oceanic core complexes and crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges' Geology 35, 623-626 , DOI
Ildefonse, B, Blackman, D, John, E B, Ohara, Y, Miller & J D (2006) 'IODP Expeditions 304 & 305 characterise the lithology, structure, and alteration of an oceanic core complex' Scientific Drilling 3, 4-11 , DOI
Halfpenny A, Searle R, McCaig A, Morris A & Expedition 304/305 Shipboard Scientific Party (2006) 'Expedition 305: Oceanic core complex 2' IODP UK Newsletter 31, 3-6
Blackman DK, Ildefonse B, John BE, Ohara Y, Miller DJ, MacLeod CJ, Morris A & Expedition 304/305 Scientists (2006) 'Oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif' Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 304/305, , DOI
Morris A, Anderson MW, Inwood J & Robertson AHF (2006) 'Palaeomagnetic insights into the evolution of Neotethyan oceanic crust in the eastern Mediterranean' Geological Society of London Special Publications 260, 351-372
Ildefonse B & the IODP Expeditions 304 and 305 Scientists (2005) 'IODP Expeditions 304 and 305: Oceanic Core Complex Formation, Atlantis Massif. Scientific Drilling' Scientific Drilling 1, 28-31 , DOI
Morris A, Anderson MW & Robertson AHF (2005) 'Comment on: "Tectonics of the Akamas and Mamonia ophiolites, Western Cyprus: magnetic petrofabrics and paleomagnetism" by G.J. Borradaile and K. Lucas' JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY 27, (1) 171-174 Author Site , DOI
Expedition Scientific Party (inc Morris A) (2005) 'Oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: drilling into the footwall and hanging wall of a tectonic exposure of deep, young oceanic lithopshere to study deformation, alteration and melt generation' , DOI
Blackman D, Ildefonse B, John BE, Ohara Y, Miller DJ, MacLeod CJ, Delius H, Abe N, Beard JS & Brunelli D (2005) 'Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 305 preliminary report oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Drilling into the footwall and hanging wall of a tectonic exposure of deep, young oceanic lithosphere to study deformation, alteration, and melt generation' Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (305) 1-78
Bohnel H, Hounslow M, Morris A & Petrovsky E (2004) 'Paleo, rock and environmental magnetism - Preface' PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH 29, (13-14) 849-849 Author Site , DOI
Anderson MW & Morris A (2004) 'The puzzle of axis-normal magnetic lineations in folded low-grade sediments (Bude Formation, SW England)' Geological Society of London Special Publications 238, 175-190
Morris A (2003) 'A palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic glossary' TECTONOPHYSICS 377, (1-2) 211-228 Author Site , DOI
Morris A (2003) 'The Late Cretaceous palaeolatitude of the Neotethyan spreading axis in the eastern Mediterranean region' TECTONOPHYSICS 377, (1-2) 157-178 Author Site , DOI
Morris A & Tait J (2003) 'Geodynamic applications of palaeomagnetism - introduction' Tectonophysics 377, (1-2) 1-5
Morris A, Anderson MW, Robertson AHF & Al-Riyami K (2002) 'Extreme tectonic rotations within an eastern Mediterranean ophiolite (Baer-Bassit, Syria)' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 202, (2) 247-261 Author Site , DOI
Morris A & Anderson MW (2002) 'Palaeomagnetic results from the Baer-Bassit ophiolite of northern Syria and their implication for fold tests in sheeted dyke terrains' PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH 27, (25-31) 1215-1222 Author Site , DOI
O'Sullivan PE, Cooper MC, Shine AJ, Huckerby E, Matthews NM, Salter NJC, Henon DN, Jones VJ, Williams TSC & Nicholson MJ (2001) 'Long term response of Loch Ness, Scotland to changes in inputs from its catchment' Verhandlungen International Verein Limnology 27, 2307-2311
Morris A (2000) 'Magnetic fabric and palaeomagnetic analyses of the Plio-Quaternary calc-alkaline series of Aegina Island, South Aegean volcanic arc, Greece' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 176, (1) 91-105 Author Site , DOI
Page KN, Bloos G, Bessa JL, Fitzpatrick M, Hart M, Hesselbo SP, Hylton M, Morris A & Randall DE (2000) 'East Quantoxhead, Somerset: a candidate Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Sinemurian Stage (Lower Jurassic)' GeoResearch Forum 6, 163-172
Morris A & Anderson MW (1999) 'Comment on "Block rotations and continental extension in the central Aegean Sea: palaeomagnetic and structural evidence from Tinos and Mykonos (Cyclades, Greece)" by D. Avigad et al' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 171, (3) 511-512 Author Site , DOI
Henon DN, Matthews NM, Williams TSC, O'Sullivan PE, Slater L, Nicholson MJ & Morris A (1999) 'Mulit-proxy analysis of a Late Holocene sediment core from Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall' Geoscience in south west England 9, 318-324
Peacock DCP, Anderson MW, Morris A & Randall DE (1998) 'Evidence for the importance of 'small' faults on block rotation' TECTONOPHYSICS 299, (1-3) 1-13 Author Site , DOI
Morris A, Anderson MW & Robertson AHF (1998) 'Multiple tectonic rotations and transform tectonism in an intraoceanic suture zone, SW Cyprus' TECTONOPHYSICS 299, (1-3) 229-253 Author Site , DOI
Morris A & Anderson MW (1998) 'Selected papers from the symposium "Crustal Rotations: Causes and Consequences", 9th Meeting European Union of Geosciences, Strasbourg, France, 23-27 March 1997 - Preface' TECTONOPHYSICS 299, (1-3) VII-VIII Author Site
Morris A (1996) 'First palaeomagnetic results from the Cycladic Massif, Greece, and their implications for Miocene extension directions and tectonic models in the Aegean' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 142, (3-4) 397-408 , DOI
Creer KM & Morris A (1996) 'Proxy-climate and geomagnetic palaeointensity records extending back to ca.75,000 BP derived from sediments cored from Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy' QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 15, (2-3) 167-188 Author Site , DOI
Morris A (1996) 'A glossary of basic palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic terms' Geological Society of London Special Publications 105, 401-415
Morris A (1996) 'A review of palaeomagnetic research in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus' Geological Society of London Special Publications 105, 311-324
Robertson AHF, Dixon JE, Brown S, Collins A, Morris A, Pickett E, Sharp I & Ustaomer T (1996) 'Alternative tectonic models for the Late Palaeozoic-Early Tertiary development of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region' Geological Society of London Special Publications 105, 239-263
Morris A & Tarling DH (1996) 'Palaeomagnetism and tectonics of the Mediterranean region' Palaeomagnetism and tectonics of the Mediterranean region
Morris A & Tarling DH (1996) 'Palaeomagnetism and tectonics of the Mediterranean region: an introduction' Geological Society of London Special Publications 105, 1-18
Morris A & Tarling DH (1996) 'Palaeomagnetism and tectonics of the Mediterranean region' Palaeomagnetism and tectonics of the Mediterranean region
MORRIS A (1995) 'ROTATIONAL DEFORMATION DURING PALEOGENE THRUSTING AND BASIN CLOSURE IN EASTERN CENTRAL GREECE - PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FROM MESOZOIC CARBONATES' GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL 121, (3) 827-847 Author Site , DOI
MORRIS A & ROBERTSON AHF (1993) 'MIOCENE REMAGNETISATION OF CARBONATE PLATFORM AND ANTALYA COMPLEX UNITS WITHIN THE ISPARTA ANGLE, SW TURKEY' TECTONOPHYSICS 220, (1-4) 243-266 Author Site , DOI
MORRIS A, CREER KM & ROBERTSON AHF (1990) 'PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR CLOCKWISE ROTATIONS RELATED TO DEXTRAL SHEAR ALONG THE SOUTHERN TROODOS TRANSFORM-FAULT, CYPRUS' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 99, (3) 250-262 Author Site , DOI
Letters
Harris M, Teagle DAH, Lissenberg J, Morris A & Expedition 335 Science Party (2011) 'Superfast Spreading Rate 4' IODP UK Newsletter 36, 15-16
Books
Morris DA (1998) Preface. Elsevier BV 299, DOI
Chapters
Ildefonse B, Abe N, Godard M, Morris A, Teagle DAH & Umino S (2014) 'Chapter 4.2.1 Formation and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere: New Insights on Crustal Structure and Igneous Geochemistry from ODP/IODP Sites 1256, U1309, and U1415' Earth and Life Processes Discovered from Subseafloor Environments - A Decade of Science Achieved by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) 449-505 , DOI
Conference Papers
Henon DN, Matthews NM, O'Sullivan PE, Slater L, Williams TSC, Nicholson MJ & Morris A (1999) 'Multi-proxy analysis of a late holocene sediment core from Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall' 318-324
Reports
Dick HJB, MacLeod CJ, Blum P & Expedition 360 Scientists (2016) Expedition 360 Preliminary Report. Southwest Indian Ridge Lower Crust and Moho: The nature of the lower crust and Moho at slower spreading ridges (SloMo Leg 1). International Ocean Discovery Program , DOI
MacLeod CJ, Teagle DAH, Gillis KM, Cazenave PW, Hansen HE, Harris M, Howard KA, Hurst SD, Ildefonse B & Lissenberg CJ (2008) Accretion of the lower oceanic crust at fast-spreading ridges: a rock drill and near-bottom seafloor survey in support of IODP drilling in Hess Deep. RRS James Cook JC21 Cruise Report
Williams C, Griffiths J, Morris A & Scott S (1999) Geological field teaching using discovery techniques. Science Education Enhancement and Development (SEED) Publications
Other Publications
Morris A, Di Chiara A, Anderson M, MacLeod C, Koornneef L, Hepworth J & Harris M Coeval volcanism and rotation of Neotethyan oceanic crust in the Oman ophiolite – fact or fiction?. , DOI
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Conferences organised

  • Symposium SE5 "Palaeomagnetism and Block Rotation", European Geophysical Society XVII General Assembly, Edinburgh, 6-10 April, 1992.
  • JAG 2-day International Meeting "Palaeomagnetism in the Mediterranean Region", Geological Society of London, 28-29 September, 1994.
  • Special Session on “Crustal rotations: causes and consequences”, European Union of Geoscience IX, Strasbourg, 23-27 March 1997.
  • Symposium L4 “Palaeomagnetism, magnetic fabrics and tectonics”, European Union of Geoscience X, Strasbourg, 28 March - 1 April 1999.
  • Symposium SE14.05 "Signature and causes of pervasive and localized remagnetization", European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, 25-30 March, 2001.
  • Symposium LS3 “Integrated tectonic studies of the evolution of the Tethyan orogenic belt in the eastern Mediterranean region", European Union of Geoscience XI, Strasbourg, 8 - 12 April 2001.
  • Symposium SE6.02 “Magnetism: Palaeomagnetic contributions to plate tectonics”, European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly, Nice, 21-26 April, 2002.
  • Symposium MG1 "Open Session on Palaeo-, Rock & Environmental Magnetism", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, 7-11 April 2003.
  • Special Session S3 " Palaeomagnetism and the structure of eastern Mediterranean", 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Thessaloniki, Greece, 14-20 April 2004.
  • Tectonic Studies Group, University of Plymouth, 4-9 January 2005.
  • Session ST14 “Palaeomagnetism in the Aegean Region”, International Symposium on the Geodynamics of Eastern Mediterranean, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, 15-18 June 2005.
  • Scientific Committee member, "Neogene magmatism of the central Aegean and adjacent areas: petrology, tectonics, geodynamics, mineral resources, and environment", Milos, Greece, 11-13 September 2006
  • Session TS8.4/GD06.1/GMPV16 "Structure and dynamics of mid-ocean ridges", European Geoscience Union, Vienna, 15-20 April 2007
  • Session TS8.5/GD06.2/GMPV17 "Tracing hydrothermal circulation at mid-ocean ridges using geochemistry, geophysics and modelling", European Geoscience Union, Vienna, 15-20 April 2007
  • Session IS71/GMPV05/GD6/GD7 "Mid-ocean ridges: interaction of structure, geodynamics, magmatism and hydrothermal circulation", European Geoscience Union, Vienna, 13-18 April 2008
  • UK Magnetic Exchanges meeting, University of Plymouth, 8-9 January 2010
  • Scientific Committee Member of the 7thInternational Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Cukurova University, Turkey, 18-22 October 2010
  • Session GP31 "Magnetic mysteries: from the origin of the Hawaiian Emperor Bend to the source of marine magnetic anomalies", American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 12-16 December 2016
  • Session GP44 "The magnetic archive of tectonic processes", American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, 11-15 December 2017
  • Session SSP1.2 "Achievements and perspectives in scientific ocean and continental drilling", European Geosciences Union, Vienna, 9-13 April 2018
  • Union Session U006 "Fifty years of scientific ocean drilling: how the past informs the future", American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 10-14 December 2018
  • Session SSP1.2 "Achievements and perspectives in scientific ocean and continental drilling", European Geosciences Union, Vienna, 7-12 April 2019
  • Session SSP1.4 "Achievements and perspectives in scientific ocean and continental drilling", European Geosciences Union, Vienna, 4-8 May 2020
  • Session SSP1.2 "Achievements and perspectives in scientific ocean and continental drilling", European Geosciences Union, Vienna, 19-30 April 2021

Other academic activities

Co-author of the "2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling":

Koppers, A., Coggon, R. (eds), Burberry, C., D’Hondt, S., Feakins, S., Godard, M., Fulton, P., Grice, K. Grunert, P., Lowery, C., Michibayashi, K., Miller, K., McKay, R., Morris, A., Norris, R., O’Regan, M., Pages, A., Parnell-Turner, R., Romans, B, and Wallace, L., 2020. “2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling”, 132 pp, https://www.iodp.org/2050-science-framework

This distills the hopes and aspirations of the global scientific ocean drilling community into an ambitious long-range vision for ocean science for the next 25+ years of ocean drilling.

European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling Distinguished Lecturer (2015-2016)

The ECORD Distinguished Lecturer Programme is designed to bring the exciting scientific discoveries of the IODP to geosciences communities in ECORD and non-ECORD countries. My lecture tour included talks at the following European institutions: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; Braunschweig University, Germany; Université de Montpellier, France; Utrecht University, Netherlands; Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, France; University of Bremen, Germany; and Uppsala University, Sweden.

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