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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Grant Heiken is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental and earth sciences, focusing notably on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The researcher's main subfields of study include Environmental Chemistry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Atmospheric Science. Their work covers topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Landslides and related hazards, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Grant Heiken has published in notable scientific venues, with a particular presence in the Bulletin of Volcanology.

  • Communication when it is needed most-the past, present and future of volcano geoheritage, 2022, Bulletin of Volcanology

Their frequent co-authors include John Stix, with whom they have collaborated on recent work.

  • John Stix

Grant Heiken has been recognized by professional societies and has received awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2003
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Lunar sourcebook : a user's guide to the moon

    Grant H. Heiken;David T. Vaniman;Bevan M. French

  • The Lunar Regolith

    D. S. McKay;G. Heiken;A. Basu;G. Blanford

  • Volcanology and geothermal energy

    Kenneth Wohletz;Grant Heiken

  • Morphology and Petrography of Volcanic Ashes

    Grant Heiken

  • Ecological and temporal placement of early Pliocene hominids at Aramis, Ethiopia

    Giday WoldeGabriel;Tim D. White;Gen Suwa;Paul Renne

  • Mobility of a large-volume pyroclastic flow — emplacement of the Campanian ignimbrite, Italy

    Richard V. Fisher;Giovanni Orsi;Michael Ort;Grant Heiken

  • Geochemical zoning, mingling, eruptive dynamics and depositional processes; the Campanian Ignimbrite, Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy

    L. Civetta;G. Orsi;L. Pappalardo;R.V. Fisher

  • Plio‐Quaternary Volcanism in Italy. By Angelo Peccerillo. Heidelberg: Springer, 2005. 365 pages, 145 figures, and CD‐ROM. $139.00 cloth.

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  • Geology and palaeontology of the Late Miocene Middle Awash valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia

    Giday WoldeGabriel;Yohannes Haile-Selassie;Paul R. Renne;William K. Hart

  • Caldera Development During the Minoan Eruption, Thira, Cyclades, Greece

    Grant Heiken;Floyd McCoy

  • Mt. Pelée, martinique: may 8 and 20, 1902, pyroclastic flows and surges

    Richard V. Fisher;Richard V. Fisher;Grant Heiken;Grant Heiken

  • Tuff rings: Examples from the Fort Rock-Christmas Lake Valley Basin, south-central Oregon

    Grant H. Heiken

  • An atlas of volcanic ash

    Grant Heiken

  • Eruptions at Chaos Crags, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

    Grant Heiken;John C. Eichelberger

  • Tsunami Generated by the Late Bronze Age Eruption of Thera (Santorini), Greece

    F. W. McCoy;G. Heiken

  • Chronostratigraphy of the Miocene-Pliocene Sagantole Formation, Middle Awash Valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia

    Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Giday WoldeGabriel;William K. Hart;Grant Heiken

  • Eruptive and geomorphic processes at the Lathrop Wells scoria cone volcano

    Greg A. Valentine;Donathan J. Krier;Frank V. Perry;Grant Heiken

  • Fragmentation Processes in Explosive Volcanic Eruptions

    Grant Heiken;Kenneth Wohletz

  • Fracture fillings and intrusive pyroclasts, Inyo Domes, California

    Grant Heiken;Kenneth Wohletz;John Eichelberger

  • Scoria cone construction mechanisms, Lathrop Wells volcano, southern Nevada, USA

    Greg A. Valentine;Don Krier;Frank V. Perry;Grant Heiken

  • Geothermal Atlas of India

    Grant Heiken

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Brown
Donald W. Brown Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kenneth H. Wohletz
Kenneth H. Wohletz Los Alamos National Laboratory
Fraser Goff
Fraser Goff New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Giday WoldeGabriel
Giday WoldeGabriel Los Alamos National Laboratory
William K. Hart
William K. Hart Miami University
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
John C. Eichelberger
John C. Eichelberger University of Alaska Fairbanks
Greg A. Valentine
Greg A. Valentine University at Buffalo, State University of New York
David T. Vaniman
David T. Vaniman Planetary Science Institute
Richard V. Fisher
Richard V. Fisher University of California, Santa Barbara

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