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Overview

Susan C. Loughlin is affiliated with the British Geological Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, meteorological phenomena and simulations, landslides and related hazards, computational physics and Python applications, geological and geochemical analysis, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and climate variability and models.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Loughlin include:

  • Sara Barsotti
  • Pablo Tierz
  • Elias Lewi
  • John Stevenson
  • Laura Sandri

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on volcanic hazards, atmospheric impacts from volcanic eruptions, and computational tools for volcanic system analysis. Notable papers are:

  • "Event Trees and Epistemic Uncertainty in Long-Term Volcanic Hazard Assessment of Rift Volcanoes: The Example of Aluto (Central Ethiopia)", 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "The 2019 Raikoke eruption as a testbed used by the Volcano Response group for rapid assessment of volcanic atmospheric impacts", 2024, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "PyVOLCANS: A Python package to flexibly explore similarities and differences between volcanic systems", 2021, The Journal of Open Source Software
  • "Assessing volcanic hazard and exposure in a data poor context: Case study for Ethiopia, Kenya, and Cabo Verde", 2024, Progress in Disaster Science
  • "Topographic Controls on Pyroclastic Density Current Hazard at Aluto Volcano (Ethiopia) Identified Using a Novel Zero-Censored Gaussian Process Emulator", 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Their work has appeared frequently in venues such as Bulletin of Volcanology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, and The Journal of Open Source Software.

Best Publications

  • Magma flow instability and cyclic activity at soufriere hills volcano, montserrat, british west indies

    B. Voight;Rsj Sparks;AD Miller;RC Stewart

  • A new lithostratigraphic framework for the Anti-Atlas Orogen, Morocco

    Robert James Thomas;A. Fekkak;N. Ennih;E. Errami

  • Global database on large magnitude explosive volcanic eruptions (LaMEVE)

    Helen Sian Crosweller;Baneet Arora;Sarah Krystyna Brown;Elizabeth Cottrell

  • Chapter 1 An overview of the eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010

    G. Wadge;B. Voight;R. S. J. Sparks;P. D. Cole;P. D. Cole

  • Magma production and growth of the lava dome of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies: November 1995 to December 1997

    R. S. J. Sparks;S. R. Young;J. Barclay;E. S. Calder

  • Future developments in modelling and monitoring of volcanic ash clouds: outcomes from the first IAVCEI-WMO workshop on Ash Dispersal Forecast and Civil Aviation

    Costanza Bonadonna;Arnau Folch;Susan Loughlin;Herbert Puempel

  • Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk: Volcanic Hazards and Risk: complete book (low res)

    Susan C. Loughlin;Steve Sparks;Sarah K. Brown;Susanna F. Jenkins

  • Tephra fallout in the eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    Costanza Bonadonna;G. C. Mayberry;E. S. Calder;R. S. J. Sparks

  • Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk

    Sarah K. Brown;Susan C. Loughlin;R.S.J. Sparks;Charlotte Vye-Brown

  • Characterisation of the Quaternary eruption record: analysis of the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database

    Sarah Krystyna Brown;Helen Sian Crosweller;Robert Stephen John Sparks;Elizabeth Cottrell

  • Growth of the lava dome and extrusion rates at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies: 2005–2008

    G. A. Ryan;G. A. Ryan;G. A. Ryan;S. C. Loughlin;S. C. Loughlin;M. R. James;L. D. Jones;L. D. Jones

  • Geochemical Evolution of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc

    G. F. Zellmer;C. J. Hawkesworth;R. S. J. Sparks;L. E. Thomas

  • Operational prediction of ash concentrations in the distal volcanic cloud from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

    H.N. Webster;D.J. Thomson;B.T. Johnson;I.P.C. Heard

  • Small-volume, highly mobile pyroclastic flows formed by rapid sedimentation from pyroclastic surges at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat: an important volcanic hazard

    T. H. Druitt;E. S. Calder;P. D. Cole;R. P. Hoblitt

  • Distal deposition of tephra from the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 summit eruption

    John Stevenson;Susan Loughlin;C. Rae;Thorvaldur Thordarson

  • Pyroclastic flows and surges generated by the 25 June 1997 dome collapse, Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    S. C. Loughlin;E. S. Calder;A. Clarke;P. D. Cole

  • The relationship between degassing and ground deformation at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    I.M. Watson;C. Oppenheimer;B. Voight;P.W. Francis

  • The Montserrat Volcano Observatory: its evolution, organization, role and activities

    W. P. Aspinall;S. C. Loughlin;S. C. Loughlin;F. V. Michael;A. D. Miller

  • Pyroclastic flow and explosive activity at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, during a period of virtually no magma extrusion (March 1998 to November 1999)

    G. E. Norton;G. E. Norton;R. B. Watts;B. Voight;G. S. Mattioli

  • Two Mesoarchaean terranes in the Reguibat shield of NW Mauritania

    R. M. Key;S. C. Loughlin;M. Gillespie;M. Del Rio

  • Thermal, Deformation, and Degassing Remote Sensing Time Series (CE 2000–2017) at the 47 most Active Volcanoes in Latin America: Implications for Volcanic Systems

    K. Reath;M. Pritchard;M. Poland;F. Delgado;F. Delgado

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliza S. Calder
Eliza S. Calder University of Edinburgh
R. S. J. Sparks
R. S. J. Sparks University of Bristol
Paul D. Cole
Paul D. Cole Plymouth University
Costanza Bonadonna
Costanza Bonadonna University of Geneva
Jenni Barclay
Jenni Barclay University of East Anglia
Barry Voight
Barry Voight Pennsylvania State University
Arnau Folch
Arnau Folch Spanish National Research Council
Willy P Aspinall
Willy P Aspinall University of Bristol
Elizabeth Cottrell
Elizabeth Cottrell National Museum of Natural History
Mike R. James
Mike R. James Lancaster University

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