Biography
I am a PGR based in Leeds at the University of Leeds working with Dr Adam McArthur, investigating sedimentary and structural interactions within the evolution of compressional basins. I previously completed my Masters by Research at the University of Exeter, creating a cyclostratigraphic age model for the Late Triassic Blue Anchor Formation, and looking at the relationship between Triassic orbital cyclicity and seasonality. I completed my Bachelors in Geophysics with Geology at the University of Southampton.
I love the outdoors, and spend the majority of my free time hiking, camping, swimming or running. My faith and belief in God is an integral part of my motivation to study and research.
Qualifications
- 2025 – 2026: Masters of Science by Research from the University of Exeter
- 2022 – 2025: Bachelors of Science from the University of Southampton
Links
- ORCiD ID: 0009-0002-4916-4754
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-frost-123197312
Research Interests
- Turbidite systems in confined basins; distal turbidite systems; the Annot turbidite system; sediment – structure interactions in the development and evolution of compressional basins and linked basins.
- Palaeoenvironmental changes leading up to the ETME and the Rhaetic marine transgression across Europe and the UK; cyclostratigraphy and the relationship between expressed cyclicity and orbital forcing; sabkha sedimentology and saline mudflat palaeoenvironments.
PhD: Exploring sediment – structure interactions in the evolution of compressional basins
Understanding the origin and evolution of sedimentary basins underpins much of earth science. Basin analysis is critical for evaluating the distribution of natural resources, e.g. water and geothermal energy and for climate mitigation efforts, e.g., carbon capture and underground storage (CCUS). New theories on the evolution of basins are identifying the influence sedimentation has on structure growth. That structure growth may be modulated by sedimentation has profound implications for the evolution of a basin.
This project will help develop our fundamental understanding of how deep-water sedimentary processes respond to confining topography. The project will also help develop an applied understanding of the fill and rock properties of sediments in confined basins, which are targets for CCUS.
Fieldwork, subsurface studies and core analysis will be combined to understand how deep-water sedimentation interacts with structural growth and vice versa. Studies of the stratigraphic fill and structural evolution of a series of linked basins in the French Alps will provide material for creation of a regional sedimentary model with centimetre-scale detail. Laboratory studies of samples will be used to aid characterisation of the age and composition of the studied basins. Subsurface studies and core analysis will enable comparisons between the model and modern systems, and also deepen understanding of sediment – structure interactions at the seismic level.