Dr Kathryn Goodenough
Geologist
Location: Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 6500272
E-mail Dr Kathryn Goodenough
Biography
- 2001–present: Geologist, British Geological Survey
- 1998–2001: Geologist, Scottish Natural Heritage
- 1997: PhD University of Edinburgh,
- 1994: BA (Hons), University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Research interests
- Alkaline igneous rocks in extensional and post–collisional settings
- Ophiolite petrogenesis and emplacement
- Evolution of Precambrian gneiss terranes
- The Caledonian and Pan–African orogenic belts
- Earth systems science
- Digital geological mapping
- Communicating science to the public
Skills
- Geological mapping of basement terrains
- Igneous petrology and geochemistry
- ArcGIS and digital mapping
- Science communication
- French speaker
Current projects and collaboration
- Field mapping and associated research in the NW Highlands of Scotland
- PhD student (John Macdonald), Liverpool University (co-supervised by John Wheeler), studying major shear zones in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex
- Field mapping and associated research in North Madagascar
- Field mapping and associated research in the United Arab Emirates
- Project leader, SIGMA, to develop and implement digital geological mapping in BGS
- Author of several popular geology books, and member of the BGS Communications Team
- Chair of the BGS Science Futures Team
Professional association
- 2011–present: General Secretary of the Mineralogical Society
- 2007–present: Member of Council of the Edinburgh Geological Society
- 2007–2009: Member of Council of the Mineralogical Society
- 2002–2008: Secretary of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group
- 2003: Chartered Geologist
Published outputs
Key Papers
GOODENOUGH, K M, MILLAR, I, STRACHAN, R A, KRABBENDAM, M, & EVANS, J A. 2011 Timing of regional deformation and development of the Moine Thrust Zone in the Scottish Caledonides: constraints from the U-Pb geochronology of alkaline intrusions. Journal of the Geological Society Vol.168, 99-114.
GOODENOUGH, K M, STYLES, M T, SCHOFIELD, D I, THOMAS, R J, CROWLEY, Q C, LILLY, R M, MCKERVEY, J, STEPHENSON, D, and CARNEY, J N. 2010. Architecture of the Oman-UAE ophiolite: evidence for a multi-phase magmatic history. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Vol. 3, 439-458.
GOODENOUGH, K. M., THOMAS, R.J., DE WAELE, B., KEY, R.M., SCHOFIELD, D.I., BAUER, W., TUCKER, R., RAFAHATELO, J-M., RABARIMANANA, M., RALISON, A.V., RANDRIAMANANJARA, T. 2010. Post-collisional magmatism in the central East African Orogen: the Maevarano Suite of north Madagascar. Lithos,Vol.116, 18-34.
GOODENOUGH, K M, PARK, R G, KRABBENDAM, M, MYERS, J S, WHEELER, J, LOUGHLIN, S, CROWLEY, Q, L, F C R, BEACH, A, KINNY, P D, and GRAHAM, R. 2010. The Laxford Front: an Archaean terrane boundary? Continental Tectonics and Mountain Building. LAW, R, BUTLER, R W H, STRACHAN, R, and KRABBENDAM, M (editors). Geological Society Special Publication, Vol. 335, 103-120.
GOODENOUGH, K M, EVANS, J, and KRABBENDAM, M. 2006. Constraining the maximum age of movements in the Moine Thrust Belt: dating the Canisp Porphyry. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 42, 77-81.
GOODENOUGH, K M, YOUNG, B N, and PARSONS, I. 2004. The minor intrusions of Assynt, NW Scotland: early development of magmatism along the Caledonian Front. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 68, 541-559.
GOODENOUGH, K M, UPTON, B G J, and ELLAM, R. 2002. Long-term memory of subduction processes in the lithospheric mantle? Evidence from the geochemistry of basic dykes in the Gardar Province of South Greenland Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 159, 705-715.
