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Overview

Alain Burgisser is affiliated with Université Savoie Mont Blanc in France, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant focus on Geophysics. Their academic contributions cover a range of topics related to geological and geochemical analysis as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The areas of study in which Burgisser has produced work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes

Burgisser's research has been published in several key scientific venues, notably:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Studies in Applied Mathematics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Catherine Annen
  • Marielle Collombet
  • Alexandre Carrara
  • Mathieu Colombier
  • George W. Bergantz

Representative recent publications authored or coauthored by Burgisser include:

  • The role of oxides in the shallow vesiculation of ascending magmas, 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • The architecture of intrusions in magmatic mush, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Modeling water exsolution from a growing and solidifying felsic magma body, 2020, Lithos
  • Evidence for deep gas loss in open volcanic systems, 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • The 2013-2020 seismic activity at Sabancaya Volcano (Peru): Long lasting unrest and eruption, 2023, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Best Publications

  • Redox evolution of a degassing magma rising to the surface.

    Alain Burgisser;Bruno Scaillet

  • A rapid mechanism to remobilize and homogenize highly crystalline magma bodies

    Alain Burgisser;George W. Bergantz

  • Open-system dynamics and mixing in magma mushes

    G. W. Bergantz;J. M. Schleicher;A. Burgisser

  • Experimental constraints on degassing and permeability in volcanic conduit flow

    Alain Burgisser;James E. Gardner

  • Reconciling Pyroclastic Flow and Surge: the Multiphase Physics of Pyroclastic Density Currents.

    Alain Burgisser;George W. Bergantz

  • Synchrotron X-ray microtomography and lattice Boltzmann simulations of gas flow through volcanic pumices

    Wim Degruyter;Alain Burgisser;Olivier Bachmann;Orestis Malaspinas

  • Bubble nucleation, growth and coalescence during the 1997 Vulcanian explosions of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    Thomas Giachetti;Thomas Giachetti;Thomas Giachetti;Timothy H. Druitt;Timothy H. Druitt;Timothy H. Druitt;Alain Burgisser;Laurent Arbaret

  • The effects of outgassing on the transition between effusive and explosive silicic eruptions

    Wim Degruyter;Olivier Bachmann;Alain Burgisser;M. Manga

  • Simulating the behavior of volatiles belonging to the C-O-H-S system in silicate melts under magmatic conditions with the software d-compress

    Alain Burgisser;Marina Alletti;Bruno Scaillet

  • Addressing complexity in laboratory experiments: the scaling of dilute multiphase flows in magmatic systems

    Alain Burgisser;Georges W. Bergantz;Robert E. Breidenthal

  • Equilibration Scales in Silicic to Intermediate Magmas—Implications for Experimental Studies

    Michel Pichavant;Fidel Costa;Alain Burgisser;Bruno Scaillet

  • Conditions for the growth of a long‐lived shallow crustal magma chamber below Mount Pelee volcano (Martinique, Lesser Antilles Arc)

    Catherine Annen;Michel Pichavant;Olivier Bachmann;Olivier Bachmann;Alain Burgisser

  • On the kinematics and dynamics of crystal-rich systems

    George W. Bergantz;Jillian M. Schleicher;Alain Burgisser

  • Generation of CO2-rich melts during basalt magma ascent and degassing

    Michel Pichavant;Michel Pichavant;Ida Di Carlo;Silvio G. Rotolo;Silvio G. Rotolo;Bruno Scaillet;Bruno Scaillet

  • Characterization of juvenile pyroclasts from the Kos Plateau Tuff (Aegean Arc): insights into the eruptive dynamics of a large rhyolitic eruption

    Caroline Bouvet de la Maisonneuve;Olivier Bachmann;Olivier Bachmann;Alain Burgisser

  • Controls on magma permeability in the volcanic conduit during the climactic phase of the Kos Plateau Tuff eruption (Aegean Arc)

    Wim Degruyter;Olivier Bachmann;Alain Burgisser

  • Distribution of dissolved water in magmatic glass records growth and resorption of bubbles

    I.M. McIntosh;I.M. McIntosh;E.W. Llewellin;M.C.S. Humphreys;M.C.S. Humphreys;A.R.L. Nichols

  • Insights into shallow magma storage and crystallization at Volcán Llaima (Andean Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile)

    C. Bouvet de Maisonneuve;M.A. Dungan;O. Bachmann;A. Burgisser

  • Mechanisms of bubble coalescence in silicic magmas

    Jonathan M. Castro;Jonathan M. Castro;Alain Burgisser;C. Ian Schipper;Simona Mancini

  • Strain-induced magma degassing: insights from simple-shear experiments on bubble bearing melts

    Luca Caricchi;Luca Caricchi;Anne Pommier;Anne Pommier;Mattia Pistone;Jonathan Castro;Jonathan Castro

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Arbaret
Laurent Arbaret University of Orléans
Bruno Scaillet
Bruno Scaillet University of Orléans
Timothy H. Druitt
Timothy H. Druitt University of Clermont Auvergne
George W. Bergantz
George W. Bergantz University of Washington
Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge
Madeleine C. S. Humphreys
Madeleine C. S. Humphreys Durham University
Philip R. Kyle
Philip R. Kyle New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
James E. Gardner
James E. Gardner The University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan M. Castro
Jonathan M. Castro Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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