Staff profile

• Working as a consultant for domestic and light commercial air source heat pump importer and installer, collecting data on domestic energy usage. Researcher in Department of Earth Sciences with interest in magmatic processes, volcanic ash hazards in domestic settings and impact on EU Building Codes. Topics relevant to DEI include fluid mechanics, heat loss and potential sources of geothermal energy.

Journal Article

• Particle migration due to non-uniform laminar flow
  
  Koenders, M. A. C., & Petford, N. (2024). Particle migration due to non-uniform laminar flow. Fluid Dynamics Research, 56(5), Article 055508. https://doi.org/10.1088/1873-7005/ad8516
• Confocal microscopy 3D imaging and bioreactivity of La Palma volcanic ash particles
  
  Wertheim, D., Coldwell, B., Miyashita, L., Gill, I., Crust, S., Giddens, R., Pérez, N. M., Petford, N., & Grigg, J. (2023). Confocal microscopy 3D imaging and bioreactivity of La Palma volcanic ash particles. Science of The Total Environment, 899, Article 165647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165647
• 3D imaging of volcanic ash using the confocal microscope; a comparison of natural fragments and experimentally vesiculated volcanic glass
  
  Gillmore, G. K., Wertheim, D., Mcintosh, I. M., Petford, N., & Gill, I. (2023). 3D imaging of volcanic ash using the confocal microscope; a comparison of natural fragments and experimentally vesiculated volcanic glass. Natural Hazards, 116(3), 4021-4036. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05823-3
• How are silicic volcanic and plutonic systems related? Part 2: Insights from phase-equilibria, thermodynamic modelling and textural evidence
  
  Petford, N. (2022). How are silicic volcanic and plutonic systems related? Part 2: Insights from phase-equilibria, thermodynamic modelling and textural evidence. Earth-Science Reviews, 235, Article 104250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104250
• How are silicic volcanic and plutonic systems related? Part 1: A review of geological and geophysical observations, and insights from igneous rock chemistry
  
  Clemens, J. D., Bryan, S. E., Mayne, M. J., Stevens, G., & Petford, N. (2022). How are silicic volcanic and plutonic systems related? Part 1: A review of geological and geophysical observations, and insights from igneous rock chemistry. Earth-Science Reviews, 235, Article 104249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104249