Andrew Parsons

Andrew Parsons is a Lecturer in Geosciences at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University. His research bridges subgrain-scale to plate-scale deformation processes in both marine and terrestrial geological settings, with a focus on mid-ocean ridge dynamics and continental tectonics.

• Key projects include deformation and magmatic studies of the Oman ophiolite and Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge).
• Expertise: Fieldwork, petrography, structural geology, electron microscopy, EBSD, paleomagnetic analyses.

Research themes include:

• Multi-disciplinary geological record analysis
• Grain-scale deformation experiments
• Marine scientific drilling via IODP

He supervises postgraduate students and offers tailored PhD/ResM/MSc projects involving fieldwork and lab work.