What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Lava, Silicic, Petrology, Volcano and Magma.
Hugh Tuffen studies Lava, namely Lava dome.
Hugh Tuffen combines subjects such as Shear, Pyroclastic rock and Volcanology with his study of Silicic.
Hugh Tuffen works in the field of Volcano, namely Rhyolite.
Hugh Tuffen mostly deals with Effusive eruption in his studies of Magma.
The concepts of his Effusive eruption study are interwoven with issues in Lava field, Columnar jointing, Subglacial eruption and Geomorphology.
His most cited work include:
- Repeated fracture and healing of silicic magma generate flow banding and earthquakes (278 citations)
- The trigger mechanism of low-frequency earthquakes on Montserrat (218 citations)
- Fault textures in volcanic conduits: evidence for seismic trigger mechanisms during silicic eruptions (174 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Petrology, Magma, Lava, Volcano and Rhyolite.
His Petrology research includes elements of Pyroclastic rock, Explosive eruption, Phreatomagmatic eruption and Basalt, Silicic.
His Magma study combines topics in areas such as Meltwater, Tephra, Melt inclusions and Subglacial eruption.
His Subglacial eruption research incorporates elements of Subaerial eruption and Geomorphology.
His Lava study is concerned with the field of Geochemistry as a whole.
His work is dedicated to discovering how Volcano, Earth science are connected with Pleistocene and Volcanic explosivity index and other disciplines.
He most often published in these fields:
- Petrology (55.26%)
- Magma (44.74%)
- Lava (38.82%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Petrology (55.26%)
- Magma (44.74%)
- Rhyolite (31.58%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Petrology, Magma, Rhyolite, Volcano and Silicic.
His studies in Petrology integrate themes in fields like Geothermal gradient, Pyroclastic rock, Basalt and Permeability.
His Magma study incorporates themes from Caldera, Fracture and Crust.
His Rhyolite research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Lava, Effusive eruption, Devitrification and Volcanology.
Lava dome is the focus of his Lava research.
His Volcanic explosivity index study in the realm of Volcano connects with subjects such as Rift zone, Generativity, Close-packing of equal spheres and Percolation threshold.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Multiple timescale constraints for high-flux magma chamber assembly prior to the Late Bronze Age eruption of Santorini (Greece) (21 citations)
- Emplacing a Cooling-Limited Rhyolite Lava Flow: Similarities with Basaltic Lava Flows (14 citations)
- A general model for welding of ash particles in volcanic systems validated using in situ X-ray tomography (11 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Hugh Tuffen mainly focuses on Petrology, Magma, Silicic, Rhyolite and Pyroclastic rock.
His studies deal with areas such as Magma chamber and Overburden pressure as well as Petrology.
His Magma study is concerned with the larger field of Volcano.
The various areas that Hugh Tuffen examines in his Silicic study include Rhyodacite, Plagioclase, Pluton and Dense-rock equivalent.
His Rhyolite research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Lava and Effusive eruption.
A large part of his Lava studies is devoted to Lava dome.
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