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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, human-induced earthquakes, volcanic & geothermal seismicity, geothermal exploration
Honours
Leopold-von-Buch-Plakette, 2020
Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 2015
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
Positions
- Editor, Earth-Science Reviews; Scientific Reports
Recent publications
- Foulger, G.R., G.F. Panza, I.M. Artemieva, I.D. Bastow, F. Cammarano, J.R. Evans, W.B. Hamilton, B.R. Julian, M. Lustrino, H. Thybo and T.B. Yanovskaya, Caveats on tomographic images, Terra Nova, 25, 259-281, doi: 10.1111/ter.12041, 2013.
- Foulger, G.R., Are ‘hot spots’ hot spots?, J. Geodynamics, 58, 1-28, 2012.
- Julian, B.R. and G.R. Foulger, Time-dependent tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 182, 1327-1338, 2010.
- 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.
Website
- Do plumes exist? Visit www.MantlePlumes.org
- @MantlePlumes