| Administrative History | James 'Jim' Andrews is a structural geologist who spent most of his career at the University of Southampton (1977-2012) where he was a committed educationalist. Prior to this he was a Demonstrator at Newcastle University (1969-1972) and Assistant Lecturer at University College Dublin (1972-1976).
Andrews is best known for the discovery and characterisation of the first kimberlites recognised in Greenland (with C H Emeleus). He also worked on the Irish Caledonides with the production of the first strain maps and made major contributions to the characterisation of the Lizard Ophiolite and the geology of North Cornwall. He also established the structure, emplacement and age of the Marampa Group, Sierra Leone and worked on West African laterites.
This material relates to Andrew's PhD studies at the University of Exeter. The research was conducted whilst working as a summer contract geologist for the Geological Survey of Greenland between 1966-1971. Andrews' dissertation was entitled: 'The structure and petrology of ultramafic rocks in the Pre-Cambrian basement of the Nigerdlikasik area, South-West Greenland' (1970). |