Staff profile

2019-present: Assistant Professor in Earth Sciences, Durham University

2018-2019: Lecturer in Geology, University of Aberdeen

2013-2018: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow, University of Southampton

2008-2012: PhD in Geochemistry, University of Southampton

2004-2008: Bsc (hons) Geoscience, University of St. Andrews 

• Fluid-rock interactions
• Active tectonics
• Geochemistry
• Serpentinisation
• Seismic cycle
• Fluid flow
• Fault rocks
• Isotope Geochemistry
• Subduction zones
• Mud Volcanoes
• Hot springs
• Geochemical cycling/ Carbon cycle
• Chemical Weathering
• Alpine Fault, New Zealand
• Marinana Convergent Margin

Journal Article

• Menzies, Catriona D., Price, Roy E., Ryan, Jeffrey, Sissmann, Olivier, Takai, Ken & Wheat, C. Geoffrey (2022). Spatial variation of subduction zone fluids during progressive subduction: Insights from Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 319: 118-134.
• Geilert, S., Grasse, P., Wallman, K., Liebetrau, V. & Menzies, C.D. (2020). Serpentine alteration as source of high dissolved silicon and elevated δ 30 5 Si 6 values to the marine Si cycle. Nature Communications 11: 5123.
• Eickenbusch, P., Takai, K., Sissman, O., Suzuki, S., Menzies, C., Sakai, S., Sansjofre, S., Tasumi, E., Bernasconi, S.M., Glombitza, C., Jørgensen, B.B., Morono, Y. & Lever, M.A. (2019). Origin of Short-Chain Organic Acids in Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes of the Mariana Convergent Margin. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 1729.
• Albers. E., Bach, W., Klein, F., Menzies, C.D., Lucassen, F. & Teagle, D.A.H (2019). Fluid–rock interactions in the shallow Mariana forearc: carbon cycling and redox conditions. Solid Earth Discuss 10(3): 907-930.
• Coussens, J. Woodman, N., Upton, P., Menzies, C.D., Janku-Capova, L., Sutherland, R. & Teagle, D.A.H. (2018). The significance of heat transport by shallow fluid flow at an active plate boundary: the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters 45(19): 10323-10331.
• Menzies, C.D., Wright, S.L, Craw, D., James, R.H., Alt, J.C., Cox, S.C., Pitcairn, I.K. & Teagle, D.A.H. (2018). Carbon dioxide generation and drawdown during active orogenesis of siliciclastic rocks in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 481: 305-315.
• Townend, J., Sutherland, R., Toy, V.G. Doan, M., Célérier, B. Massiot, C., Coussens, J., Jeppson, T. Janku-Capova, L., Remaud, L. Upton, P. Schmitt, D.R., Pezard, P. J. Williams, Allen, M.J., Baratin, L., Barth, N., Becroft, L. Boese, C.M., Boulton, C., Broderick, N. Carpenter, B. Chamberlain, C.J., Cooper, A., Coutts, A. Cox, S.C., Craw, L. Eccles, J.D., Faulkner, D. Grieve, J. Grochowski, J. Gulley, A. Hartog, A. Henry, G. Howarth, J. Jacobs, K. Kato, N. Keys, S., Kirilova, M. Kometani, Y. Langridge, R., Lin, W., Little, T. Lukacs, A., Mallyon, D., Mariani, E., Mathewson, L., Melosh, B., Menzies, C., Moore, J. Morales, L. Mori, H. Niemeijer, A. Nishikawa, O. Nitsch, O., Paris, J., Prior, D.J., Sauer, K. Savage, M.K., Schleicher, A. Shigematsu, N. Taylor-Offord, S. Teagle, D. Tobin, H. Valdez, R. Weaver, K. Wiersberg, T. & Zimmer, M. (2017). Petrophysical, Geochemical, and Hydrological Evidence for Extensive Fracture-Mediated Fluid and Heat Transport in the Alpine Fault's Hanging-Wall Damage Zone. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18(12): 4709-4732.
• Sutherland, Rupert, Townend, John, Toy, Virginia, Upton, Phaedra, Coussens, Jamie, Allen, Michael, Baratin, Laura-May, Barth, Nicolas, Becroft, Leeza, Boese, Carolin, Boles, Austin, Boulton, Carolyn, Broderick, Neil G. R., Janku-Capova, Lucie, Carpenter, Brett M., Célérier, Bernard, Chamberlain, Calum, Cooper, Alan, Coutts, Ashley, Cox, Simon, Craw, Lisa, Doan, Mai-Linh, Eccles, Jennifer, Faulkner, Dan, Grieve, Jason, Grochowski, Julia, Gulley, Anton, Hartog, Arthur, Howarth, Jamie, Jacobs, Katrina, Jeppson, Tamara, Kato, Naoki, Keys, Steven, Kirilova, Martina, Kometani, Yusuke, Langridge, Rob, Lin, Weiren, Little, Timothy, Lukacs, Adrienn, Mallyon, Deirdre, Mariani, Elisabetta, Massiot, Cécile, Mathewson, Loren, Melosh, Ben, Menzies, Catriona, Moore, Jo, Morales, Luiz, Morgan, Chance, Mori, Hiroshi, Niemeijer, Andre, Nishikawa, Osamu, Prior, David, Sauer, Katrina, Savage, Martha, Schleicher, Anja, Schmitt, Douglas R., Shigematsu, Norio, Taylor-Offord, Sam, Teagle, Damon, Tobin, Harold, Valdez, Robert, Weaver, Konrad, Wiersberg, Thomas, Williams, Jack, Woodman, Nick & Zimmer, Martin (2017). Extreme hydrothermal conditions at an active plate-bounding fault. Nature 546(7656): 137-140.
• Boulton, C., Menzies, C.D, Toy, V.G., Townend, J. & Sutherland, R. (2017). Geochemical and microstructural evidence for interseismic changes in fault zone permeability and strength, Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18(1): 238-265.
• M. Kirilova, V.G. Toy, N. Timms, A. Halfpenny, C.D. Menzies, D. Craw, O. Beyssac, R. Sutherland, J. Townend, C.J. Boulton, B.M. Carpenter, A.F. Cooper, J. Grieve, T.A. Little, L. Morales, C. Morgan, H. Mori, A. Schleicher & J. Williams (2017). Textural changes of graphitic carbon by tectonic and hydrothermal processes in an active plate boundary fault zone, Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Geological Society of London Special Publication 453.
• Toy, V.G., Boulton, C.J., Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Norris, R.J., Little, T.A., Prior, D.J., Mariani, E., Faulkner, D., Menzies, C.D., Scott, H. & Carpenter, B.M. (2017). Fault rock lithologies and architecture of the central Alpine fault, New Zealand, revealed by DFDP-1 drilling. Lithosphere 2: 155-173.
• V.G. Toy, R. Sutherland, J. Townend, M.J. Allen, L. Becroft, A. Boles, C. Boulton, B. Carpenter, A. Cooper, S.C. Cox, C. Daube, D.R. Faulkner, A. Halfpenny, N. Kato, S. Keys, M. Kirilova, Y. Kometani, T. Little, E. Mariani, B. Melosh, C.D. Menzies, L. Morales, C. Morgan, H. Mori, A. Niemeijer, R. Norris, D. Prior, K. Sauer, A.M. Schleicher, N. Shigematsu, D.A.H. Teagle, H. Tobin, R. Valdez, J. Williams, S. Yeo, L.-M. Baratin, N. Barth, A. Benson, C. Boese, B. Célé&rier, C.J. Chamberlain, R. Conze, J. Coussens, L. Craw, M.-L. Doan, J. Eccles, J. Grieve, J. Grochowski, A. Gulley, J. Howarth, K. Jacobs, L. Janku-Capova, T. Jeppson, R. Langridge, D. Mallyon, R. Marx, C. Massiot, L. Mathewson, J. Moore, O. Nishikawa, B. Pooley, A. Pyne, M.K. Savage, D. Schmitt, S. Taylor-Offord, P. Upton, K.C. Weaver, T. Wiersberg & M. Zimmer (2017). Bedrock geology of DFDP-2B, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 60(4): 497-518.
• Menzies, C.D., Teagle, D.A.H., Niedermann, S., Cox, S.C., Craw, D., Zimmer, M., Cooper, M.J. & Erzinger, J. (2016). The fluid budget of a continental plate boundary fault: Quantification from the Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 445: 125-135.
• Cox, S.C., Menzies, C.D., Sutherland, R., Denys, P.H., Chamberlain, C. & Teagle, D.A.H. (2015). Changes in hot spring temperature and hydrogeology of the Alpine Fault hanging wall, New Zealand, induced by distal South Island earthquakes. Geofluids 15(1-2): 216-239.
• Menzies, C.D., Teagle, D.A.H., Craw, D., Cox, S.C., Boyce, A.J., Barrie, C.D. & Roberts, S. (2014). Incursion of meteoric waters into the ductile regime in an active orogen. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 399: 1-13.
• R. Sutherland, V.G. Toy, J. Townend, S.C. Cox, J.D. Eccles, D.R. Faulkner, D.J. Prior, R.J. Norris, E. Mariani, C. Boulton, B.M. Carpenter, C.D. Menzies, T.A. Little, M. Hasting, G.P. De Pascale, R.M. Langridge, H.R. Scott, Z. Reid-Lindroos, B. Fleming & A.J. Kopf (2012). Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Geology 40(12): 1143 - 1146.