Gwynfor Morgan

PhD Student, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff
Email: morgangt2[at]cardiff.ac.uk Cardiff Uni Page Scholar ORCID

Hello! I'm Gwynfor - I'm a PhD student at Cardiff University studying mid-mantle dynamics using Mantle Circulation Models, particularly the dynamic and seismological effects of phase transitions.

Research Interests

Numerical models of mantle circulation
Seismic discontinuity structure
Mid-mantle dynamics

Publications

Preprints

Morgan, G. T., Davies, J. H., Myhill, R., and Panton, J.: On the global geodynamic consequences of different phase boundary morphologies, EGUsphere [preprint under public review for Solid Earth], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3496, 2024.

Accepted

None, as of yet!

Upcoming and Recent Conference Attendence and Abstracts

AGU Fall 2024 DI44A-01 Using Predicted Seismic Discontinuity Topography to Discriminate Between Mantle Circulation Models Abstract
Ada Lovelace Workshop 2024 Predicting Seismic Discontinuity Topography from Thermochemical Mantle Circulation Models Abstract (p106)
EGU24 Modelling the global geodynamic and seismological consequences of different phase boundary morphologies. Abstract and Poster
UKSEDI 2024 Can downwellings stagnate in global mantle convection models with different phase boundary morphologies? Abstract (p8)

Education

2021-present PhD Student, Cardiff University.
Thesis Title: “Utilising mantle seismic structure to constrain mantle circulation”

2017-2021 MEarthSci Exeter College, University of Oxford.
Masters Thesis Title: “A 3D consideration of the geometry and deformation of slabs in the South-West Pacific illuminated by seismic tomography and earthquake focal locations.”

2010-2017 Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School, Cardiff

CV available on request