Phil Heron
Research Interests
- Plate tectonics
- Supercontinent formation and dispersal
- Numerical modelling
- Mantle lithosphere dynamics
- Science communication
- Prison education
Awards and Grants
- 2020: N8 New Pioneer Award
- 2020: finalist for STEM For Britain awards
- 2019: EGU Outreach Award winner
Publications
Crameri, F., Shephard, G.E. & Heron, P.J. 2020, The misuse of colour in science communication. Nat Commun 11, 5444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7
Heron, P. J., B. Murphy, D. Nance, and R. N. Pysklywec, 2020, Pannotia’s mantle signature: the quest for supercontinent identification. In: Murphy, J.B., Strachan, R.A., and Quesada, C., eds. Pannotia To Pangea: Paleozoic orogenic cycles in the circum-North Atlantic region. Geological Society of London Special Publication, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-7
Heron, P. J., A. L. Peace, K. J. W. McCaffrey, J. K. Welford, R. Wilson, J. van Hunen, & R. N. Pysklywec, 2019. Segmentation of Rifts Through Structural Inheritance: Creation of the Davis Strait.Tectonics, 38.https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005578
Heron, P.J., Pysklywec R. N., and Stephenson, R., 2016, Lasting mantle scars lead to perennial plate tectonics, Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/ncomms11834.
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