Overview
I am a PhD student with strong interests in geochemistry and sediment provenance analysis, currently focusing on volcaniclastic deposits from foreland basins in the western and southern Alps. I have been doing research on provenance analysis since I was a master student (3 yrs in total) majoring in Sedimentology in China and became interested in matching the sources of sedimentary rocks by using lithologic, petrographic and geochemical methods.
Publication
2023
- Lyu, C. 2023. Constraining orogenic volcanism in the Western Alps using volcaniclastic deposits from foreland basins. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Thesis
- Lyu, C. 2023. Constraining orogenic volcanism in the Western Alps using volcaniclastic deposits from foreland basins. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
My current research focuses on the volcano-sedimentary processes in the western Alps. The relationship between the Eocene-Oligocene volcanism and Alpine foreland sedimentary basin deposits with rich volcanic fragments has been debated for a long time, and this question also arouses my interests. I am confident I can go further by standing on the shoulder of previous excellent researchers.
Thesis
Constraining orogenic volcanism in the Alps using Taveyannaz Sandstone from North Alpine Foreland Basins
Teaching
Demonstrating
Year 2 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Supervisors
David Buchs
Senior Lecturer