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80
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World Ranking
543
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1979 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

George P. L. Walker was affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their career included involvement in academic research and contributions in geophysical sciences.

Walker was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1979. Later, in 1988, they were also named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. These fellowships indicate a level of professional acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Details regarding Walker's specific fields of study, subfields, topics of work, publication venues, coauthors, recent papers, or book publications are not available. As such, no further information about their research focus or scholarly output can be provided.

Best Publications

  • Explosive volcanic eruptions — IV. The control of magma properties and conduit geometry on eruption column behaviour

    Lionel Wilson;R. Stephen J. Sparks;George P. L. Walker

  • Explosive volcanic eruptions — a new classification scheme

    George P. L. Walker

  • Grain-Size Characteristics of Pyroclastic Deposits

    George P. L. Walker

  • Lengths of Lava Flows

    George Patrick Leonard Walker

  • Products of Ignimbrite Eruptions

    R.S.J. Sparks;S. Self;G.P.L. Walker

  • The Taupo pumice: Product of the most powerful known (ultraplinian) eruption?

    G.P.L. Walker

  • Compound and simple lava flows and flood basalts

    G. P. L. Walker

  • Zeolite Zones and Dike Distribution in Relation to the Structure of the Basalts of Eastern Iceland

    George P. L. Walker

  • Pahoehoe and aa in Hawaii: volumetric flow rate controls the lava structure

    Scott K Rowland;George Pl Walker

  • The significance of vitric-enriched air-fall ashes associated with crystal-enriched ignimbrites

    R.S.J. Sparks;R.S.J. Sparks;G.P.L. Walker;G.P.L. Walker

  • Magma flow directions in dikes of the Koolau Complex, Oahu, determined from magnetic fabric studies

    Michael D. Knight;George P. L. Walker

  • Ignimbrite types and ignimbrite problems

    George P.L. Walker

  • The Taupo eruption, New Zealand I. General aspects

    C. J. N. Wilson;George Patrick Leonard Walker

  • Characteristics of some basaltic pyroclastics

    G. P. L. Walker;R. Croasdale

  • Downsag calderas, ring faults, caldera sizes, and incremental caldera growth

    George P. L. Walker

  • Two Plinian Pumice-Fall Deposits from Somma-Vesuvius, Italy

    Lucio Lirer;Tullio Pescatore;Basil Booth;George P. L. Walker

  • Structure, and origin by injection of lava under surface crust, of tumuli, “lava rises”, “lava-rise pits”, and “lava-inflation clefts” in Hawaii

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  • A new model for the emplacement of Columbia River basalts as large, inflated Pahoehoe Lava Flow Fields

    S. Self;Thorvaldur Thordarson;L. Keszthelyi;G. P. L. Walker

  • Two Plinian-type eruptions in the Azores

    George Patrick Leonard Walker;Ronald Croasdale

  • Explosive volcanic eruptions - VI. Ejecta dispersal in plinian eruptions: the control of eruption conditions and atmospheric properties

    L. Wilson;G. P. L. Walker

  • Tarawera 1886, New Zealand — A basaltic plinian fissure eruption

    George P.L. Walker;Stephen Self;Lionel Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin J.N. Wilson
Colin J.N. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
Scott K. Rowland
Scott K. Rowland University of Hawaii at Manoa
Emilio Herrero-Bervera
Emilio Herrero-Bervera University of Hawaii at Manoa
Stephen Self
Stephen Self University of California, Berkeley
R. S. J. Sparks
R. S. J. Sparks University of Bristol
Lionel Wilson
Lionel Wilson Lancaster University
N. N. Ambraseys
N. N. Ambraseys Imperial College London
Christopher G. A. Harrison
Christopher G. A. Harrison University of Miami
Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Australian National University
Philip E. Long
Philip E. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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