Staff profile

2019-present: Assistant Professor in Earth Sciences, Durham University

2018-2019: Lecturer in Geology, University of Aberdeen

2013-2018: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow, University of Southampton

2008-2012: PhD in Geochemistry, University of Southampton

2004-2008: Bsc (hons) Geoscience, University of St. Andrews 

• Active tectonics
• Alpine Fault, New Zealand
• Chemical Weathering
• Fault rocks
• Fluid flow
• Fluid-rock interactions
• Geochemical cycling/ Carbon cycle
• Geochemistry
• Hot springs
• Isotope Geochemistry
• Marinana Convergent Margin
• Mud Volcanoes
• Seismic cycle
• Serpentinisation
• Subduction zones

Journal Article

• Spatial variation of subduction zone fluids during progressive subduction: Insights from Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes
  Menzies, C. D., Price, R. E., Ryan, J., Sissmann, O., Takai, K., & Wheat, C. G. (2022). Spatial variation of subduction zone fluids during progressive subduction: Insights from Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 319, 118-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.10.030
• Serpentine alteration as source of high dissolved silicon and elevated δ 30 5 Si 6 values to the marine Si cycle
  Geilert, S., Grasse, P., Wallman, K., Liebetrau, V., & Menzies, C. (2020). Serpentine alteration as source of high dissolved silicon and elevated δ 30 5 Si 6 values to the marine Si cycle. Nature Communications, 11, Article 5123. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18804-y
• Origin of Short-Chain Organic Acids in Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes of the Mariana Convergent Margin
  Eickenbusch, P., Takai, K., Sissman, O., Suzuki, S., Menzies, C., Sakai, S., Sansjofre, S., Tasumi, E., Bernasconi, S., Glombitza, C., Jørgensen, B., Morono, Y., & Lever, M. (2019). Origin of Short-Chain Organic Acids in Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes of the Mariana Convergent Margin. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, Article 1729. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01729
• Fluid–rock interactions in the shallow Mariana forearc: carbon cycling and redox conditions
  Albers., E., Bach, W., Klein, F., Menzies, C., Lucassen, F., & Teagle, D. (2019). Fluid–rock interactions in the shallow Mariana forearc: carbon cycling and redox conditions. Solid earth discussions, 10(3), 907-930. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-907-2019
• The significance of heat transport by shallow fluid flow at an active plate boundary: the Southern Alps, New Zealand
  Coussens, J., Woodman, N., Upton, P., Menzies, C., Janku-Capova, L., Sutherland, R., & Teagle, D. (2018). The significance of heat transport by shallow fluid flow at an active plate boundary: the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(19), 10323-10331. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl078692
• Carbon dioxide generation and drawdown during active orogenesis of siliciclastic rocks in the Southern Alps, New Zealand
  Menzies, C., Wright, S., Craw, D., James, R., Alt, J., Cox, S., Pitcairn, I., & Teagle, D. (2018). Carbon dioxide generation and drawdown during active orogenesis of siliciclastic rocks in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 481, 305-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.10.010
• Petrophysical, Geochemical, and Hydrological Evidence for Extensive Fracture-Mediated Fluid and Heat Transport in the Alpine Fault's Hanging-Wall Damage Zone
  Townend, J., Sutherland, R., Toy, V., Doan, M., Célérier, B., Massiot, C., Coussens, J., Jeppson, T., Janku-Capova, L., Remaud, L., Upton, P., Schmitt, D., Pezard, P., Williams, J., Allen, M., Baratin, L., Barth, N., Becroft, L., Boese, C., Boulton, C., …Zimmer, M. (2017). Petrophysical, Geochemical, and Hydrological Evidence for Extensive Fracture-Mediated Fluid and Heat Transport in the Alpine Fault's Hanging-Wall Damage Zone. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(12), 4709-4732. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gc007202
• Extreme hydrothermal conditions at an active plate-bounding fault
  Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Toy, V., Upton, P., Coussens, J., Allen, M., Baratin, L.-M., Barth, N., Becroft, L., Boese, C., Boles, A., Boulton, C., Broderick, N. G., Janku-Capova, L., Carpenter, B. M., Célérier, B., Chamberlain, C., Cooper, A., Coutts, A., Cox, S., …Zimmer, M. (2017). Extreme hydrothermal conditions at an active plate-bounding fault. Nature, 546(7656), 137-140. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22355
• Fault rock lithologies and architecture of the central Alpine fault, New Zealand, revealed by DFDP-1 drilling
  Toy, V., Boulton, C., Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Norris, R., Little, T., Prior, D., Mariani, E., Faulkner, D., Menzies, C., Scott, H., & Carpenter, B. (2017). Fault rock lithologies and architecture of the central Alpine fault, New Zealand, revealed by DFDP-1 drilling. Lithosphere, 2, 155-173. https://doi.org/10.1130/l395.1
• Geochemical and microstructural evidence for interseismic changes in fault zone permeability and strength, Alpine Fault, New Zealand
  Boulton, C., Menzies, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2017). Geochemical and microstructural evidence for interseismic changes in fault zone permeability and strength, Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(1), 238-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gc006588
• Bedrock geology of DFDP-2B, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand
  Toy, V., Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Allen, M., Becroft, L., Boles, A., Boulton, C., Carpenter, B., Cooper, A., Cox, S., Daube, C., Faulkner, D., Halfpenny, A., Kato, N., Keys, S., Kirilova, M., Kometani, Y., Little, T., Mariani, E., Melosh, B., …Zimmer, M. (2017). Bedrock geology of DFDP-2B, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 60(4), 497-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2017.1375533
• Textural changes of graphitic carbon by tectonic and hydrothermal processes in an active plate boundary fault zone, Alpine Fault, New Zealand
  Kirilova, M., Toy, V., Timms, N., Halfpenny, A., Menzies, C., Craw, D., Beyssac, O., Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Boulton, C., Carpenter, B., Cooper, A., Grieve, J., Little, T., Morales, L., Morgan, C., Mori, H., Schleicher, A., & Williams, J. (2017). Textural changes of graphitic carbon by tectonic and hydrothermal processes in an active plate boundary fault zone, Alpine Fault, New Zealand
• The fluid budget of a continental plate boundary fault: Quantification from the Alpine Fault, New Zealand
  Menzies, C., Teagle, D., Niedermann, S., Cox, S., Craw, D., Zimmer, M., Cooper, M., & Erzinger, J. (2016). The fluid budget of a continental plate boundary fault: Quantification from the Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 445, 125-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.046
• Changes in hot spring temperature and hydrogeology of the Alpine Fault hanging wall, New Zealand, induced by distal South Island earthquakes
  Cox, S., Menzies, C., Sutherland, R., Denys, P., Chamberlain, C., & Teagle, D. (2015). Changes in hot spring temperature and hydrogeology of the Alpine Fault hanging wall, New Zealand, induced by distal South Island earthquakes. Geofluids, 15(1-2), 216-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfl.12093
• Incursion of meteoric waters into the ductile regime in an active orogen
  Menzies, C., Teagle, D., Craw, D., Cox, S., Boyce, A., Barrie, C., & Roberts, S. (2014). Incursion of meteoric waters into the ductile regime in an active orogen. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 399, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.046
• Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand
  Sutherland, R., Toy, V., Townend, J., Cox, S., Eccles, J., Faulkner, D., Prior, D., Norris, R., Mariani, E., Boulton, C., Carpenter, B., Menzies, C., Little, T., Hasting, M., De Pascale, G., Langridge, R., Scott, H., Reid-Lindroos, Z., Fleming, B., & Kopf, A. (2012). Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Geology, 40(12), 1143 - 1146