David Ferguson

(he/him)
University of Leeds
Current PositionAssociate Professor
Emaild.j.ferguson@leeds.ac.uk
Department(s)School of Earth and Environment
ECRNo
YES.DTN Core ThemesDynamic Earth, Natural Hazards & Earth Processes
Profile(s)David Ferguson (0000-0003-0612-6512) – ORCID

Key Research Interests

  • Volcanology
  • Igneous petrology
  • Geochemistry

Recent Key Papers

  • Wong, K., Ferguson, D., Wieser, P., Morgan, D., Edmonds, M., Tadesse, A.Z., Yirgu, G., Harvey, J. and Hammond, S., 2023. Focused Mid‐Crustal Magma Intrusion During Continental Break‐Up in Ethiopia. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(11), p.e2023GL103257. DOI: 10.1029/2023gl103257
  • Boschetty, F.O., Ferguson, D.J., Cortés, J.A., Morgado, E., Ebmeier, S.K., Morgan, D.J., Romero, J.E. and Silva Parejas, C., 2022. Insights into magma storage beneath a frequently erupting arc volcano (Villarrica, Chile) from unsupervised machine learning analysis of mineral compositions. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(4), p.e2022GC010333. DOI: 10.1029/2022gc010333
  • Pegler, S.S. and Ferguson, D.J., 2021. Rapid heat discharge during deep-sea eruptions generates megaplumes and disperses tephra. Nature Communications, 12(1), p.2292. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22439-y