Studies in Volcanology: The Legacy of George Walker
Product code: IAV002
Print publication date: 11/08/2009
Earth Materials Deposits and Petrology, Geohazards, GSL and IAVCEI, GSL and IAVCEI titles
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862392809
Author/Edited by: Edited by T Thordarson, S Self, G Larsen, S K Rowland and A Hoskuldsson
Weight: 1.1kg
Number of pages: 416
£110.00
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Product Code: IAV002
Edited by T Thordarson, S Self, G Larsen, S K Rowland and A Hoskuldsson
Special Publication of IAVCEI No. 2
Professor George Patrick Leonard Walker was one of the fathers of modern quantitative volcanology and arguably the foremost volcanologist of the twentieth century. In his long career, George studied a wide spectrum of volcanological problems and in doing so influenced almost every branch of the field. This volume, which honours his memory and his contributions to the field of volcanology, contains a collection of papers inspired by, and building upon, many of the ideas previously developed by George. Many of the contributors either directly studied under and worked with George, or were profoundly influenced by his ideas. The topics broadly fall under the three themes of lava flows and effusion, explosive volcanism, and volcanoes and their infrastructure.
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Preface
Contribution of George Patrick Leonard Walker to volcanology
The legacy of George Walker to volcanology, R S J Sparks
Features and emplacement modes of lava flows
The endogenous growth of pahoehoe lava lobes and morphology of lava-rise edges, G P L Walker
Effusion rate controls on lava flow length and the role of heat loss: a review, A J L Harris & S K Rowland
Effusive activity in the 1963-1967 Surtsey eruption, Iceland: flow emplacement and growth of small lava shields, T Thordarson & O Sigmarsson
Segregations in Surtsey lavas (Iceland) reveal extreme magma differentiation during late stage flow emplacement, O Sigmarsson T Thordarson & S P Jakobsson
Processes, styles and hazards of explosive volcanism
Pyroclastic deposits and lava flows from the 1759-1774 eruption of El Jorullo, Mexico: aspects of 'violent Stromholian' activity and comparison with Paricutin, S K Rowland, Z Jurado-Chichay, G Ernst & G P L Walker
Eruption mechanisms during the climax of the Tarawera 1886 basaltic Plinian eruption inferred from microtextoral characteristics of the deposits, J E Sable, B F Houghton, C J N Wilson & R J Carey
An investigation of Vulcanian eruption dynamics using laboratory analogue experiments and scaling analysis, A B Clarke, J C Phillips & K N Chojnickt
Patterns of explosive activity deduced from fall deposits in frequently active volcanic regions, L Wilson & G P L Walker
GPR-derived fades architectures: a new perspective on mapping pyroclastic flow deposits, N J Cassidy, E S Calder, A Paver & L Wooller
Assessing the pyroclastic flow hazards from dome collapse at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, G Wadge
Volcanism in the central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: tempo, styles and controls, C J N Wilson, D M Gravley, G S Leonard & J V Rowland
A genetic classification of collapse calderas based on field studies, and analogue and theoretical modeling, J Martí A Geyer & A Folch
Infrastructures and processes of volcanic provinces and volcanoes
Hydrostatic principles of volcanic systems, E Canón-Tapia
Physical volcanology of continental large igneous provinces: update and review, J D L White, S E Bryan, P-S Ross, S Self & T Thordarson
Central volcanoes as indicators for the spreading rate in Iceland, Á Hjartarson
Effects of dyke emplacement and plate pull on mechanical interaction between volcanic systems
and central volcanoes in Iceland, A Gudmundsson, N Friese, R Andrew, S L Philipp, G Ertl & L Letourneur
The infrastructure of Geitafell Volcano, Southeast Iceland, S Burchardt & A Gudmundsson
A pictoral summary of the life and work of George Patrick Leonard Walker, S K Rowland & R S J Sparks
Index
