Dr Jeremy Rushton

Dr Jeremy RushtonSenior Petrologist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 9363275

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Biography

  • 2007–present: Senior Petrologist, British Geological Survey
  • 1994–2007: Self-employed oil industry petrography consultant
  • 1989–1994: Petrographer and senior petrographer, Core Laboratories
  • 1990: PhD University of Aberdeen, Geology: The Diagenetic Formation of Feldspars
  • 1985: BSc (Hons) University of Reading, Geochemistry

Research interests

  • Sandstone diagenesis
  • Porosity characterisation
  • CCS
  • Radioactive waste disposal
  • Petrography technique development

  • Nanoparticles – use as gas pathway tracers

Skills

  • Sedimentary petrography
  • Post-test petrography
  • Scanning electron microscope; use and development

  • Image analysis

Current projects and collaboration

Professional association

  • Fellow of Mineralogical Society

Published outputs

Key Papers

ANGIOLINI, L.; JADOUL, F.; LENG, M J.; STEPHENSON, M H.; RUSHTON, J; CHENERY, S; CRIPPA, G. 2009. How cold were the Early Permian glacial tropics? : testing sea-surface temperature using the oxygen isotope composition of rigorously screened brachiopod shells. Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 166 (5). 933-945.

MILODOWSKI, A.E.; CONSTANTINOU, C.A.; ALEXANDER, W.R.; RIGAS, M.; TWEED, C.J.; SELLIN, P.; KORKEAKOSKI, P.; KEMP, S.J.; RUSHTON, J.C. 2009. Reaction of bentonite in low alkali cement leachates: preliminary results from the Cyprus Natural Analogue Project (CNAP). In: International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management ICEM 2009, Liverpool, UK, 11-15 Oct 2009. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

RUSHTON, J C. AND BANKS, V J. 2010. Characterisation of Mine Waste: a case study of Frongoch Tailings. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, Vol. 74, Issue 11 Sup. 1.

WORDEN, R H. AND RUSHTON, J C. 1992. Diagenetic K-feldspar Textures: A TEM Study and Model for Diagenetic Feldspar Growth: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, Vol. 62, pp 779-789.