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Christopher R. J. Kilburn

Christopher R. J. Kilburn

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
3870
World Ranking
7023
National Ranking
721

Overview

Christopher R. J. Kilburn is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. The primary focus of their research lies within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular engagement in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Geology. Their work spans areas including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Seismology and Earthquake Studies, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

The scientist has contributed to several publications in notable journals. Their recent papers include:

  • "Evolution in unrest processes at Campi Flegrei caldera as inferred from local seismicity" (2023), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Volcanic unrest scenarios and impact assessment at Campi Flegrei caldera, Southern Italy" (2020), published in Journal of Applied Volcanology
  • "Potential for rupture before eruption at Campi Flegrei caldera, Southern Italy" (2023), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Forecasting eruptions from long-quiescent volcanoes" (2022), published in Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "The blue suns of 1831: was the eruption of Ferdinandea, near Sicily, one of the largest volcanic climate forcing events of the nineteenth century?" (2021), published in Climate of the past

Christopher R. J. Kilburn frequently publishes in venues such as Bulletin of Volcanology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Communications Earth & Environment, Journal of Applied Volcanology, and Climate of the past.

Collaborations with other researchers have been consistent throughout their career. Frequent co-authors include Stefania Danesi, Nicola Alessandro Pino, Stefano Carlino, SJ Edwards, and Adam Cotterill.

Best Publications

  • Forecasting giant, catastrophic slope collapse: lessons from Vajont, Northern Italy

    Christopher R.J Kilburn;David N Petley

  • Multiscale fracturing as a key to forecasting volcanic eruptions

    Crj Kilburn

  • The evolution of lava flow-fields: observations of the 1981 and 1983 eruptions of Mount Etna, Sicily

    J. E. Guest;C. R. J. Kilburn;H. Pinkerton;A. M. Duncan

  • Slow rock fracture as eruption precursor at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    Christopher R. J. Kilburn;Barry Voight

  • Lava Flows and Flow Fields

    Christopher R. J. Kilburn;Benfield Ucl

  • General patterns of flow field growth: Aa and blocky lavas

    Christopher R. J. Kilburn;Rosaly M. C. Lopes

  • 1982 eruption of Mount Cameroon, West Africa

    J. G. Fitton;C. R. J. Kilburn;M. F. Thirlwall;D. J. Hughes

  • Natural Hazards and Environmental Change

    Bill McGuire;Ian Mason;Christopher R. J. Kilburn

  • The growth of AA lava flow fields on Mount Etna, Sicily

    Christopher R. J. Kilburn;Rosaly M. C. Lopes

  • Fracturing of volcanic systems: Experimental insights into pre-eruptive conditions

    Rosanna Smith;Peter R. Sammonds;Christopher R.J. Kilburn

  • The volcanic and geothermally active Campi Flegrei caldera: an integrated multidisciplinary image of its buried structure

    M. Piochi;C. R. J. Kilburn;M. A. Di Vito;A. Mormone

  • Precursory deformation and fracture before brittle rock failure and potential application to volcanic unrest

    Christopher Kilburn

  • Pahoehoe and aa lavas: a discussion and continuation of the model of Peterson and Tilling

    Christopher R.J. Kilburn

  • Intrusion and deformation at Campi Flegrei, southern Italy: Sills, dikes, and regional extension

    Judith Y. L. Woo;Christopher R. J. Kilburn

  • Progressive approach to eruption at Campi Flegrei caldera in southern Italy.

    Christopher R.J. Kilburn;Giuseppe De Natale;Stefano Carlino

  • Ground deformation at Campi Flegrei, Italy: implications for hazard assessment

    Francesca Bellucci;Judith Woo;Christopher R. J. Kilburn;Giuseppe Rolandi

  • Fracturing as a quantitative indicator of lava flow dynamics

    Crj Kilburn

  • Surfaces of Aa Flow-Fields on Mount Etna, Sicily: Morphology, Rheology, Crystallization and Scaling Phenomena

    C. Kilburn

  • Runout lengths of sturzstroms: The control of initial conditions and of fragment dynamics

    Christopher R. J. Kilburn;Søren-Aksel Sørensen

  • Fracturing of Etnean and Vesuvian rocks at high temperatures and low pressures

    Valentina Rocchi;P.R. Sammonds;C.R.J. Kilburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Troise
Claudia Troise National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Peter Sammonds
Peter Sammonds University College London
Rosaly M. C. Lopes
Rosaly M. C. Lopes California Institute of Technology
Giuseppe De Natale
Giuseppe De Natale National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Ian Main
Ian Main University of Edinburgh
Roberto Moretti
Roberto Moretti University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Philip G. Meredith
Philip G. Meredith University College London
Alessandro Pasuto
Alessandro Pasuto National Research Council (CNR)
Harvey E. Belkin
Harvey E. Belkin United States Geological Survey
Joan Martí
Joan Martí Spanish National Research Council

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