Gillian R. Foulger

Prof. Gillian R. Foulger

Dept. Earth Sciences
Durham University
Science Laboratories
South Road
DURHAM DH1 3LE
U.K.

Education

B.A.	1974	Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
M.Sc.	1976	Geophysics, University of Durham
M.A.	1978	University of Cambridge
Ph.D.	1985	Geophysics, University of Durham

Research interests

The origin of "hot spots", structure, tectonics & dynamics of Iceland, volcanic & geothermal seismicity, geothermal exploration

Honours

Price Medal, Royal Astronomical Society, 2005
Fellow, Icelandic National Academy of Sciences, 2005
Sir James Knott Research Fellow, 2001
Nuffield Foundation Fellow, 1993

Recent publications

Foulger, G.R., Towards Supervolcano technology, Science, 313, 768-769, 2006.
Du, Z., L.P. Vinnik and G.R. Foulger, Evidence from P-to-S mantle converted waves for a flat “660-km” discontinuity beneath Iceland, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 241, 271-280, 2006.
Foulger, G.R. and D.L. Anderson, A cool model for the Iceland hotspot, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 141, 1-22, 2005.
Foulger, G.R, B.R. Julian, D.P. Hill, A.M. Pitt, P. Malin, & E. Shalev, Non-double-couple microearthquakes at Long Valley Caldera provide evidence for hydraulic fracturing. J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 132, 45-71, 2004.
Foulger, G.R. and J.H. Natland, Is “hotspot” volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics?, Science, 300, 921-922, 2003.

Recent books

Foulger, G.R. & D.M. Jurdy (Eds.), Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes, Geol. Soc. Am. Special Volume 430, pp. 998+x, 2007.
Foulger, G.R., J.H. Natland, D.C. Presnall and D.L. Anderson (Eds.), Plates, Plumes, and Paradigms, Geol. Soc. Am. Special Volume 388, pp. 881+xi, 2005.

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