Philip Leat
E Fellow
Biography
Profile
- Fundamental contributions in volcanic geochemistry and expertise in igneous petrology, marine geology, marine bathymetry, volcanic processes, submarine volcanism
- Extensive contributions to geological knowledge of Antarctica and the South Atlantic
- Over 100 peer-reviewed papers/book chapters. Two edited books
- Extensive editorial experience: Editor, Geological Magazine 2010-2015, and Books Series Editor, Geological Society London 2003-present
- Six marine science cruises to Antarctica (Principle Scientist on three). Seven terrestrial geology field projects in Antarctica
- Developed and delivered training to over 130 scientists in grant proposal writing
- Reports to industry on volcanic geochemistry
Professional Experience
2013-present Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Leicester, UK
2013-present Honorary Research Fellow, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
2009-2013 Science Programme Co-ordinator, Science Programme on Environmental Change & Evolution, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
2005-2009 Group Head (Deputy Division Head), Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
1995-2005 Leadership of several geology/geophysics projects and programmes on continental rifting and active margins, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
1990 Senior Geochemist, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
1989 Royal Society European Exchange Fellow, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
1987 Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Durham
1985 Research Assistant, Department of Geology, Imperial College, London
1984 Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, Open University
Degrees
1983 PhD University of Lancaster (UK). Thesis title: The structural and geochemical evolution of Menengai caldera volcano, Kenya rift valley
1978 BSc Geology First class (Honours), University of Wales, Cardiff (UK)
Research interests
Volcanic geochemistry, volcanic processes, igneous petrology, tectonic processes, marine geology, continental rifts, subduction settings, ancient volcanic systems
Collaborations
Extensive collaborations nationally and internationally with geologists and geophysicists
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2023
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Carter, Andrew, Leat, Philip T.. (2023) Cretaceous – Paleogene tectonic reconstructions of the South Scotia Ridge and implications for the initiation of subduction in the Scotia Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, 180. 10 pp. 10.1144/jgs2023-013
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Flowerdew, Michael J., Poblete, Fernando, Castillo, Paula, Hervé, Francisco, Leat, Philip T., Millar, Ian L., Bastias, Joaquin, Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2023) Palaeozoic – Early Mesozoic geological history of the Antarctic Peninsula and correlations with Patagonia: Kinematic reconstructions of the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Earth-Science Reviews, 236. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104265
2022
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Carter, Andrew, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Bown, Paul R.. (2022) Crustal block origins of the South Scotia Ridge. Terra Nova, 34. 8 pp. 10.1111/ter.12613
Leat, Philip T., Ross, Aidan J., Gibson, Sally A.. (2022) Ultramafic mantle xenoliths in the Late Cenozoic Volcanic rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula and Jones Mountains, West Antarctica. In: Martin, A.P., van der Wal, W. (eds.). The Geochemistry and Geophysics of the Antarctic Mantle, London, Geological Society of London, 101-114. (Memoirs of the Geological Society, ). 10.1144/M56-2019-44
2021
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Halton, Alison M.. (2021) Geochronology and geochemistry of the South Scotia Ridge: Miocene island arc volcanism of the Scotia Sea. Global and Planetary Change, 205. 12 pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103615
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T.. (2021) Palmer Land and Graham Land volcanic groups (Antarctic Peninsula): Volcanology (Chapter 2.2a). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, Geological Society of London, 121-138. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-36
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T.. (2021) Palmer Land and Graham Land volcanic groups (Antarctic Peninsula): Petrology (Chapter 2.2b). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, The Geological Society, 139-156. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-51
Leat, Philip T., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley. (2021) Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: Petrology (Chapter 3.1b). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, Geological Society of London, 213-226. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-68
Leat, Philip T., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley. (2021) Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: Volcanology (Chapter 3.1a). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, Geological Society of London, 185-212. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-52
Leat, Philip T., Ross, Aidan J., Gibson, Sally A.. (2021) Ultramafic mantle xenoliths in the Late Cenozoic Volcanic rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula and Jones Mountains, West Antarctica. In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). The Antarctic Mantle, London, The Geological Society London, (Memoirs of the Geological Society, ). 10.1144/M56-2019-44
2020
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Flowerdew, Michael J., Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Millar, Ian L., Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2020) Cretaceous arc volcanism of Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula: Zircon U-Pb geochronology. geochemistry, distribution and field relationships. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 401. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.106969
Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Jordan, Tom ORCID record for Tom Jordan, Leat, Philip, Curtis, Mike L., Millar, Ian. (2020) Magmatism of the Weddell Sea rift system in Antarctica: Implications for the age and mechanism of rifting and early stage Gondwana breakup. Gondwana Research, 79. 185-196. 10.1016/j.gr.2019.09.014
2019
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Carter, Andrew, Leat, Philip T., Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Bastias, Joaquin, Spikings, Richard A., Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Bristow, Charlie S.. (2019) Geochronology and geochemistry of the northern Scotia Sea: a revised interpretation of the North and West Scotia ridge junction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 518. 136-147. 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.031
Bohoyo, Fernando, Larter, Robert ORCID record for Robert Larter, Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesús, Leat, Philip, Maldonado, Andrés, Tate, Alexander ORCID record for Alexander Tate, Flexas, Mar, Gowland, Elanor, Arndt, Jan, Dorschel, Boris, Yeadong, Kim, Jongkuk, Hong, López-Martinez, J., Maestro, Adolfo, Bermúdez, Óscar, Nitsche, Frank O., Livermore, Roy A., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley. (2019) Morphological and geological features of Drake Passage, Antarctica, from a new digital bathymetric model. Journal of Maps, 15. 49-59. 10.1080/17445647.2018.1543618
2018
Leat, Philip T., Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan, Flowerdew, Michael J., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2018) Jurassic high heat production granites associated with the Weddell Sea rift system, Antarctica.. Tectonophysics, 722. 249-264. 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.011
2017
Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Flowerdew, M.J., Pankhurst, R.J., Leat, P.T., Millar, I.L, Fanning, C.M., Whitehouse, M.J.. (2017) A revised geochronology of Thurston Island, West Antarctica and correlations along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Antarctic Science, 29. 47-60. 10.1017/S0954102016000341
Jordan, Tom ORCID record for Tom Jordan, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Leat, Philip. (2017) New geophysical compilations link crustal block motion to Jurassic extension and strike-slip faulting in the Weddell Sea Rift System of West Antarctica. Gondwana Research, 42. 29-48. 10.1016/j.gr.2016.09.009
2016
Leat, Philip T., Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Martin, Tara J., Smellie, John L., Jokat, Wilfred, Bohrmann, Gerhard. (2016) Bathymetry and geological setting of the South Sandwich Islands volcanic arc. Antarctic Science, 28. 293-303. 10.1017/S0954102016000043
Gales, J.A. ORCID record for J.A. Gales, Larter, R.A. ORCID record for R.A. Larter, Leat, P.T.. (2016) Iceberg ploughmarks and associated sediment ridges on the southern Weddell Sea margin. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, 289-290. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.11
Gales, J.A. ORCID record for J.A. Gales, Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T.. (2016) Submarine gullies on the southern Weddell Sea slope, Antarctica. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, 383-384. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). doi:10.1144/M46.12
Bohoyo, F., Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Galindo-Zaldivar, J., Leat, P.T., Maldonado, A., Tate, A.J. ORCID record for A.J. Tate, Gowland, E.J.M., Arndt, J.E., Dorschel, B., Kim, Y.D., Hong, J.K., Flexas, M.M., Lopez-Martinez, J., Maestro, A., Bermudez, O., Nitsche, F.O., Livermore, R.A., Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley. (2016) Bathymetry and geological setting of the Drake Passage. BAS GEOMAP 2 Series. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.
Gales, J.A. ORCID record for J.A. Gales, Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T., Jokat, W.. (2016) Components of an Antarctic trough-mouth fan: examples from the Crary Fan, Weddell Sea. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, 377-378. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). 10.1144/M46.82
2015
Maldonado, Andrés, Dalziel, Ian W.D., Leat, Philip T.. (2015) The global relevance of the Scotia Arc: An introduction. Global and Planetary Change, 125. A1-A8. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.06.011
2014
Maldonado, Andrés, Dalziel, Ian, Leat, Phil. (2014) [Preface]. Global and Planetary Change, 123. 151-151. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.11.006
Owen, Matthew J, Day, Simon J, Leat, Philip T, Tate, Alex J ORCID record for Alex J Tate, Martin, Tara J. (2014) Control of sedimentation by active tectonics, glaciation and contourite-depositing currents in Endurance Basin, South Georgia. Global and Planetary Change, 123. 323-343. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.003
Pearce, J.A., Hastie, A.R., Leat, P.T., Dalziel, I.W., Lawver, L.A., Barker, P.F., Millar, I.L., Barry, T.L., Bevins, R.E.. (2014) Composition and evolution of the Ancestral South Sandwich Arc: implications for the flow of deep ocean water and mantle through the Drake Passage gateway. Global and Planetary Change, 123B. 298-322. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.017
Jordan, T. A. ORCID record for T. A. Jordan, Neale, R. F., Leat, P. T., Vaughan, A. P. M., Flowerdew, M. J., Riley, T. R., Whitehouse, M. J., Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli. (2014) Structure and evolution of Cenozoic arc magmatism on the Antarctic Peninsula: a high resolution aeromagnetic perspective. Geophysical Journal International, 198. 1758-1774. doi:10.1093/gji/ggu233
Gales, J.A., Leat, P.T., Larter, R.T. ORCID record for R.T. Larter, Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D. ORCID record for C.-D. Hillenbrand, Graham, A.G.C., Mitchell, N.D., Tate, A.J. ORCID record for A.J. Tate, Buys, G.B., Jokat, W.. (2014) Large-scale submarine landslides, channel and gully systems on the southern Weddell Sea margin, Antarctica. Marine Geology, 348. 73-87. 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.002
Leat, Philip T., Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Martin, T.J., Smellie, J.K., Jokat, W., Bohrmann, G.. (2014) Bathymetry and geological setting of the South Sandwich Islands Volcanic Arc. BAS GEOMAP 2. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.
2013
Marschall, Horst R., Hawkesworth, Chris J., Leat, Philip T.. (2013) Mesoproterozoic subduction under the eastern edge of the Kalahari-Grunehogna Craton preceding Rodinia assembly: the Ritscherflya detrital zircon record, Ahlmannryggen (Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica). Precambrian Research, 236. 31-45. 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.07.006
Leat, Philip T., Day, Simon J., Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Martin, Tara J., Owen, Matthew J., Tappin, David R.. (2013) Volcanic evolution of the South Sandwich volcanic arc, South Atlantic, from multibeam bathymetry. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 265. 60-77. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.08.013
Maldonado, Andrés, Dalziel, Ian, Leat, Philip T.. (2013) Understanding the evolution of the Scotia Arc. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94. 272-272. doi:10.1002/2013EO310004
Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Ross, Neil, Corr, Hugh F.J., Leat, Philip T., Bingham, Rob G., Rippin, David M., le Brocq, Anne, Siegert, Martin J.. (2013) Inland extent of the Weddell Sea Rift imaged by new aerogeophysical data. Tectonophysics, 585. 137-160. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.010
2012
Flowerdew, Michael, Tyrrell, Shane, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Whitehouse, Michael, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Leat, Philip, Marschall, Horst R.. (2012) Distinguishing East and West Antarctic sediment sources using the Pb isotope composition of detrital K-feldspar. Chemical Geology, 292. 88-102. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.006
Johnson, Joanne S. ORCID record for Joanne S. Johnson, Everest, Jeremy, Leat, Philip T., Golledge, Nicholas, Rood, Dylan H., Stuart, Finlay M.. (2012) The deglacial history of NW Alexander Island, Antarctica, from surface exposure dating. Quaternary Research, 77. 273-280. 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.11.012
Leat, Philip T.. (2012) Geology of Graham Land. In: Fox, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Fox (eds.). Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 18-31.
Vaughan, Alan P.M., Leat, Philip T., Dean, Alison A., Millar, Ian L.. (2012) Crustal thickening along the West Antarctic Gondwana margin during mid-Cretaceous deformation of the Triassic intra-oceanic Dyer Arc. Lithos, 142-143. 130-147. 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.03.008
2011
Haase, K.M., Beier, C., Fretzdorff, S., Leat, Philip T., Livermore, R.A., Barry, T.L., Pearce, J.A., Hauff, F.. (2011) Magmatic evolution of a dying spreading axis: evidence for the interaction of tectonics and mantle heterogeneity from the fossil Phoenix Ridge, Drake Passage. Chemical Geology, 280. 115-125. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.002
Macdonald, R., Baginski, B., Leat, Philip T., White, J.C., Dzierzanowski, P.. (2011) Mineral stability in peralkaline silicic rocks: information from trachytes of the Menengai volcano, Kenya. Lithos, 125. 553-568. 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.03.011
Tonarini, Sonia, Leeman, William P., Leat, Philip T.. (2011) Subduction erosion of forearc mantle wedge implicated in the genesis of the South Sandwich Island (SSI) arc: Evidence from boron isotope systematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301. 275-284. 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.008
2010
Leat, Philip T., Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Tappin, David R., Day, Simon J., Owen, Matthew J.. (2010) Growth and mass wasting of volcanic centers in the northern South Sandwich arc, South Atlantic, revealed by new multibeam mapping. Marine Geology, 275. 110-126. 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.05.001
Luttinen, Arto V., Leat, Philip T., Furnes, Harald. (2010) Björnnutane and Sembberget basalt lavas and the geochemical provinciality of Karoo magmatism in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 198. 1-18. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.011
Marschall, Horst R., Hawkesworth, Chris J., Storey, Craig D., Dhuime, Bruno, Leat, Philip T., Meyer, Hans-Peter, Tamm-Buckle, Sune. (2010) The Annandagstoppane granite, East Antarctica: evidence for Archaean intracrustal recycling in the Kaapvaal-Grunehogna Craton from zircon O and Hf isotopes. Journal of Petrology, 51. 2277-2301. 10.1093/petrology/egq057
2009
Leat, Philip, Flowerdew, Michael, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Whitehouse, M.J., Scarrow, J.H., Millar, Ian. (2009) Zircon U-Pb dating of Mesozoic volcanic and tectonic events in northwest Palmer Land and southwest Graham Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 21. 633-641. 10.1017/S0954102009990320
Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T., Millar, I.L.. (2009) The geochemistry of Middle Jurassic dykes associated with the Straumsvola-Tvora alkaline plutons, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica and their association with the Karoo large igneous province. Mineralogical Magazine, 73. 205-226. 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.2.205
2006
Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli, Jones, P.C., Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Dean, A.. (2006) New aerogeophysical view of the Antarctic Peninsula: more pieces, less puzzle. Geophysical Research Letters, 33. 4 pp. 10.1029/2005GL024636
2005
Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J.. (2005) Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana: introduction. In: Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J. (eds.). Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana, London, Geological Society of London, 1-22. (Geological Society Special Publication, ). doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.01
2004
Leat, P.T., Pearce, J.A., Barker, P.F., Millar, I.L., Barry, T.L., Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter. (2004) Magma genesis and mantle flow at a subducting slab edge: the South Sandwich arc-basin system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 227. 17-35. 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.016
2003
Livermore, Roy. (2003) Back-arc spreading and mantle flow in the East Scotia Sea. In: Larter, R.D., Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, 315-331. (Geological Society Special Publication, ).
Leat, P.T., Larter, R.D.. (2003) Intra-oceanic subduction systems: introduction. In: Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, 1-17. (Geological Society Special Publication, ).
Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Vanneste, Lieve E., Morris, Peter, Smythe, David K.. (2003) Structure and tectonic evolution of the South Sandwich arc. In: Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, 255-284. (Geological Society Special Publication, ).
1999
Macdonald, D.I.M., Leat, P.T., Doubleday, P.A., Kelly, S.R.A.. (1999) On the origin of fore-arc basins: new evidence of formation by rifting from the Jurassic of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Terra Nova, 11. 186-193. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00244.x
2023
New Antarctic place names announced
News 15 November, 2023
2011
PRESS RELEASE: Underwater volcanoes discovered
News 11 July, 2011
2008
Solar system’s longest lava flows found
News 1 December, 2008