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Nick Varley is affiliated with the University of Colima in Mexico and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on geophysics, with additional involvement in aerospace engineering, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, and geology. Varley's work encompasses a range of topics including geological and geochemical analysis, seismic waves and analysis, geological and tectonic studies in Latin America, earthquake and tectonic studies, earthquake detection and analysis, infrared target detection methodologies, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Varley has published numerous articles in well-regarded scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research and Frontiers in Earth Science. Other venues include the Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Acta Geophysica, and the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Thermal Remote Sensing for Global Volcano Monitoring: Experiences From the MIROVA System," 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Aeolian Remobilisation of Volcanic Ash: Outcomes of a Workshop in the Argentinian Patagonia," 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Mush remobilisation and mafic recharge: A study of the crystal cargo of the 2013-17 eruption at Volcán de Colima, Mexico," 2021, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Destruction of a lava dome observed with photogrammetry, acoustic and seismic sensors at Volcán de Colima, Mexico," 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Insights into the plumbing system of Colima Volcanic Complex from geophysical evidence," 2022, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Throughout their career, Varley has collaborated with multiple researchers, showing recurrent coauthorship with G. Hughes, Chiara Maria Petrone, Raúl Arámbula-Mendoza, Dulce Vargas-Bracamontes, and Hilary Downes.

Best Publications

  • Microstructural controls on the physical and mechanical properties of edifice‐forming andesites at Volcán de Colima, Mexico

    Michael Heap;Yan Lavallée;Linda Petrakova;Patrick Baud

  • Permeability and porosity relationships of edifice-forming andesites: A combined field and laboratory study

    Jamie Farquharson;Michael J. Heap;Nick R. Varley;Patrick Baud

  • Identification of structural controls in an active lava dome with high resolution DEMs: Volcán de Colima, Mexico

    Michael James;Nick Varley

  • Long-period earthquakes and co-eruptive dome inflation seen with particle image velocimetry

    Jeffrey B. Johnson;Jonathan M. Lees;Alexander Gerst;Dork Sahagian

  • Magmatic architecture of dome-building eruptions at Volcán de Colima, Mexico

    Yan Lavallée;N. R. Varley;M. A. Alatorre-Ibargüengoitia;K.-U. Hess

  • Recent lahars at Volcán de Colima (Mexico): Drainage variation and spectral classification

    N. Davila;L. Capra;J.C. Gavilanes-Ruiz;N. Varley

  • Comparative soil CO2 flux measurements and geostatistical estimation methods on Masaya volcano, Nicaragua

    Jennifer L. Lewicki;Deborah Bergfeld;Carlo Cardellini;Giovanni Chiodini

  • Thermal Remote Sensing for Global Volcano Monitoring: Experiences From the MIROVA System

    Diego Coppola;Marco Laiolo;Corrado Cigolini;Francesco Massimetti

  • Evidence for the development of permeability anisotropy in lava domes and volcanic conduits

    Jamie I. Farquharson;Michael J. Heap;Yan Lavallée;Nick R. Varley

  • CO2 and He degassing at El Chichón volcano, Chiapas, Mexico: gas flux, origin and relationship with local and regional tectonics

    Agnes Mazot;Dmitri Rouwet;Yuri Taran;Salvatore Inguaggiato

  • Rainfall-triggered lahars at Volcán de Colima, Mexico: Surface hydro-repellency as initiation process

    L. Capra;L. Borselli;N. Varley;J.C. Gavilanes-Ruiz

  • Blowing Off Steam: Tuffisite Formation As a Regulator for Lava Dome Eruptions

    Jackie E. Kendrick;Yan Lavallée;Nick R. Varley;Fabian B. Wadsworth

  • Predicting the block-and-ash flow inundation areas at Volcán de Colima (Colima, Mexico) based on the present day (February 2010) status

    R. Sulpizio;L. Capra;D. Sarocchi;R. Saucedo

  • Rapid and slow: Varying magma ascent rates as a mechanism for Vulcanian explosions

    Mike Cassidy;Paul.D. Cole;Kelby E. Hicks;Nick R. Varley

  • Generation of Vulcanian activity and long-period seismicity at Volcán de Colima, Mexico

    Nick Varley;Raúl Arámbula-Mendoza;Gabriel Reyes-Dávila;Richard Sanderson

  • Long-period seismicity during magma movement at Volcán de Colima

    Nick R. Varley;Raúl Arámbula-Mendoza;Gabriel Reyes-Dávila;John Stevenson

  • Fumarole monitoring with a handheld infrared camera : Volcán de Colima, Mexico, 2006-2007

    John A. Stevenson;Nick Varley

  • Hydrochemical dynamics of the “lake spring” system in the crater of El Chichón volcano (Chiapas, Mexico)

    D. Rouwet;Y. Taran;S. Inguaggiato;N. Varley

  • Geochemistry of H2 and CH4 enriched hydrothermal fluids of Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico. Evidence for serpentinization and abiogenic methane

    Y. A. Taran;N. R. Varley;S. Inguaggiato;E. Cienfuegos

  • Exploring the factors that influence the perception of risk: The case of Volcán de Colima, Mexico

    Juan Carlos Gavilanes-Ruiz;Alicia Cuevas-Muñiz;Nick Varley;Gemma Gwynne

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan Lavallée
Yan Lavallée Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ulrich Kueppers
Ulrich Kueppers Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael J. Heap
Michael J. Heap University of Strasbourg
Lucia Capra
Lucia Capra National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mike R. James
Mike R. James Lancaster University
Donald B. Dingwell
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Patrick Baud
Patrick Baud University of Strasbourg
Thomas R. Walter
Thomas R. Walter University of Potsdam
Salvatore Inguaggiato
Salvatore Inguaggiato National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Thierry Reuschlé
Thierry Reuschlé University of Strasbourg

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