Gillian R. Foulger

Prof. Gillian R. Foulger

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

Education

B.A.		Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
M.Sc.		Geophysics, University of Durham
M.A.		University of Cambridge
Ph.D.		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 of the Icelandic National Academy of Sciences, 2005
Sir James Knott Research Fellow, 2001
Nuffield Foundation Fellow, 1993

Recent publications

Julian, B.R. and G.R. Foulger, Time-dependent tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 182, 1327-1338, 2010.
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., Plates vs Plumes: A Geological Controversy, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-4443-3679-5, pp xi+328, 2010.
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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