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Dr David Rothery is a volcanologist and planetary scientist at The Open University, and a senior lecturer within the Department of Earth Sciences.

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Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011Creative Commons Image japan_style under CC-BY-NC licence

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

11 March 2011

Shortly after news started to come through of the massive earthquake in Japan, David Rothery shared his thoughts for us.  Read more : Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011

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The Christchurch Earthquake: 22nd February 2011martinluff under CC-BY-SA licence

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

23 February 2011

A second earthquake in six months strikes New Zealand - and this time Christchurch feels the full force. The OU's David Rothery suddenly faced a...  Read more : The Christchurch Earthquake: 22nd February 2011

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Second life: Have we found a separate genesis?NASA

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

03 December 2010

Although an extraordinary development, life which grows from arsenic rather than phosphorous might not be evidence of a shadow biosphere, says David Rothery.  Read more : Second life: Have we found a separate genesis?

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The Canterbury Plains earthquake Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

08 October 2010

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand on September 4th, 2010. David Rothery answers some of the questions raised by...  Read more : The Canterbury Plains earthquake

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Ash and chaos: Join the debateKlikk | Dreamstime

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

04 October 2010

How did last spring’s eruption in Iceland affect you: were you watching enthralled as events unfolded, or were you marooned without a flight far from...  Read more : Ash and chaos: Join the debate

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Dave Rothery on volcanoes Featuring: video, Klikk | Dreamstime

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

04 October 2010

Dr David Rothery talks about the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, and about the likelihood and seriousness of future eruptions around the globe.   Read more : Dave Rothery on volcanoes

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Diary of a volcanologistThinkstock

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

26 May 2010

Dr Dave Rothery provides an insight into being a volcanologist when a volcano brings Europe to a halt.  Read more : Diary of a volcanologist

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The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010Creative Commons Image Globovision under CC-BY licence

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

14 January 2010

Dave Rothery reacts to the Haiti earthquake; and we share a gallery of images.  Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

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Sumatra and Samoan earthquakes - coincidence and aftermathkewl, used under Creative Commons licence.

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

02 October 2009

Dave Rothery looks at the coincidence of the September 2009 Sumatran and Samoan earthquakes occurring within 24 hours of each other, and considers whether they...  Read more : Sumatra and Samoan earthquakes - coincidence and aftermath

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Samoan tsunamiDreamstime

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

30 September 2009

Dave Rothery looks at the cause of the tsunami that struck Samoa in September 2009  Read more : Samoan tsunami

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Weider, S. Z.; Kellett, B. J.; Swinyard, B. M.; Crawford, I. A.; Joy, K. H.; Grande, M.; Howe, C. J.; Huovelin, J.; Narendranath, S.; Alha, L.; Anand, M.; Athiray, P. S.; Bhandari, N.; Carter, J. A.; Cook, A. C.; d'Uston, L. C.; Fernandes, V. A.; Gasnault, O.; Goswami, J. N.; Gow, J. P. D.; Holland, A. D.; Koschny, D.; Lawrence, D. J.; Maddison, B. J.; Maurice, S.; McKay, D. J.; Okada, T.; Pieters, C.; Rothery, D. A.; Russell, S.S.; Shrivastava, A.; Smith, D. R. and Wieczorek, M. (2012). The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer: First results. Planetary and Space Science, 60(1), pp. 217–228.

Narendranath, S.; Athiray, P. S.; Sreekumar, P.; Kellett, B. J.; Alha, L.; Howe, C. J.; Joy, K. H.; Grande, M.; Huovelin, J.; Crawford, I. A.; Unnikrishnan, U.; Lalita, S.; Subramaniam, S.; Weider, S. Z.; Nittler, L. R.; Gasnault, O.; Rothery, D.; Fernandes, V. A.; Bhandari, N.; Goswami, J. N.; Wieczorek, M. A.; C1XS Science Team,; Anand, Mahesh; Holland, Andrew and Gow, Jason (2011). Lunar X-ray fluorescence observations by the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS): results from the nearside southern highlands. Icarus, 214(1), pp. 53–66.

Weider, S. Z.; Kellett, B. J.; Swinyard, B. M.; Crawford, I. A.; Joy, K. H.; Grande, M.; Howe, C. J.; Huovelin, J.; Narendranath, S.; Alha, L.; Anand, M.; Athiray, P. S.; Bhandari, N.; Carter, J. A.; Cook, A. C.; d’Uston, L. C.; Fernandes, V. A.; Gasnault, O.; Goswami, J. N.; Gow, J. P. D.; Holland, A. D.; Koschny, D.; Lawrence, D. J.; Maddison, B. J.; Maurice, S.; McKay, D. J.; Okada, T.; Pieters, C.; Rothery, D. A.; Russell, S. S.; Shrivastava, A.; Smith, D. R. and Wieczorek, M. (2011). The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer: first results. Planetary And Space Science (In Press).

Balme, Matthew; Gallagher, Colman; Hartman, William and Rothery, David (2011). Morphologies associated with small impact crater clusters in the Western Elysium Planitia region of Mars. In: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, 3-8 April 2011, Vienna, Austria.

Rothery, David A. (2010). Planets: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Rothery, D. A. and Massironi, M. (2010). Beagle Rupes – evidence for a basal decollement of regional extent in Mercury's lithosphere. Icarus, 209(1), pp. 256–261.

Rothery, David (2010). Geology: the Key Ideas (4th ed.). Teach Yourself. Abingdon: Hodder Headline.

Rothery, David; Marinangeli, Lucia; Anand, Mahesh; Carpenter, James; Christensen, Ulrich; Crawford, Ian A.; De Sanctis, Maria Cristina; Epifani, Elena Mazzotta; Erard, Stéphane; Frigeri, Alessandro; Fraser, George; Hauber, Ernst; Helbert, Jörn; Hiesinger, Harald; Joy, Katherine; Langevin, Yves; Massironi, Matteo; Milillo, Anna; Mitrofanov, Igor; Muinonen, Karri; Näränen, Jyri; Pauselli, Cristina; Potts, Phil; Warell, Johan and Wurz, Peter (2010). Mercury's surface and composition to be studied by BepiColombo. Planetary And Space Science, 58(1-2), pp. 21–39.

Fraser, G. W.; Carpenter, J. D.; Rothery, D. A.; Pearson, J. F.; Martindale, A.; Huovelin, J.; Treis, J.; Anand, M.; Anttila, M.; Ashcroft, M.; Benkoff, J.; Bland, P.; Bowyer, A.; Bradley, A.; Bridges, J.; Brown, C.; Bulloch, C.; Bunce, E. J.; Christensen, U.; Evans, M.; Fairbend, R.; Feasey, M.; Giannini, F.; Hermann, S.; Hesse, M.; Hilchenbach, M.; Jorden, T.; Joy, K.; Kaipiainen, M.; Kitchingman, I.; Lechner, P.; Lutz, G.; Malkki, A.; Muinonen, K.; Näränen, J.; Portin, P.; Prydderch, M.; San Juan, J.; Sclater, E.; Schyns, E.; Stevenson, T. J.; Strüder, L.; Syrjasuo, M.; Talboys, D.; Thomas, P.; Whitford, C. and Whitehead, S. (2010). The mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer (MIXS) on BepiColombo. Planetary and Space Science, 58(1-2), pp. 79–95.

Coe, Angela; Argles, Thomas; Rothery, David and Spicer, Robert (2010). Geological Field Techniques. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell in association with the OU.

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The Kent earthquake

Comment posted by zz896542

06 Mar 2012

10:00 AM. 6th March I was in an airport taxi when the quake hit and didn't even feel it! shake. Apparently you don't if your travelling over 50 miles per hour. I got a text from a friend to inform me... Read more : The Kent earthquake

Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011

Comment posted by zz674759

11 Mar 2011

Sorry to point out something so trivial on a story such as this, but I couldn't help noticing a typing error at the very top of the article - it's been cited as 11th March 2001, rather than 2011... Read more : Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011

Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011

Comment posted by ah7747

11 Mar 2011

Such said news, it puts into context the power of us humans when compared to the universe. Thanks Dr Rothery for keeping us informed about the science behind such disasters. Read more : Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011

Second life: Have we found a separate genesis?

Comment posted by zz709981

23 Feb 2011

I understood that it was not just in DNA that arsenic had replaced phosphorus but that in ATP and ADP - the fundamental source of energy for internal cell reactions - arsenic also replaced phosphorus. Read more : Second life: Have we found a separate genesis?

The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

Comment posted by David Cooper

26 Feb 2010 

A couple of Channel Four documentaries you might like to watch David.
I must have watched them at the time, because I never miss programmes of that sort. I haven't... Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

Comment posted by Unknown

25 Feb 2010

A couple of Channel Four documentaries you might like to watch David. Children of the Secret State (2000) Undercover in the Secret State (2005) You will kindly note that humanitarian aid is not... Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

Comment posted by David Cooper

14 Feb 2010 

We know that much of the humanitarian aid thrown at North Korea gets through as well.
And a good thing too: many people rely upon it. 
So why then are human... Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

Comment posted by Unknown

13 Feb 2010

We know that much of the humanitarian aid thrown at North Korea gets through as well. So why then are human body parts a common site in the marketplaces of North Korea? Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

Comment posted by David Cooper

12 Feb 2010 

David if you go back and re-read your opening statement you will see that you were directly addressing the situation in Haiti. Therefore my statement stands as correct.[/... Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

Comment posted by Unknown

12 Feb 2010

David if you go back and re-read your opening statement you will see that you were directly addressing the situation in Haiti. Therefore my statement stands as correct. Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

Biography

Read Dr David Rothery’s biography.

David Rothery is a volcanologist and planetary scientist at The Open University, and a senior lecturer within the Department of Earth Sciences. In 2006 he was appointed UK Lead Scientist on MIXS (Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer) on the European Space Agency mission to Mercury (to be launched in 2014).
His research interests centre on the study of volcanic activity by means of remote sensing, and volcanology and geoscience in general on other planets.

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