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31. Ferk, A., Denton J.S., Leonhardt, R., Tuffen, H., Koch S., Hess, K.-U., Dingwell, D.B. (in review) Paleointensity of volcanic glass of varying hydration states. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
30. Forbes, A.E.S., Blake, S., McGarvie, D.W., Tuffen, H., (in review) Pseudopillow fracture systems in lavas: Insights into cooling mechanisms and environments from lava flow fractures. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
29. Castro, J.M., Cordonnier, B., Tuffen, H., Tobin, M., Puskar, L., Martin, M.C., Bechtel, B., (in review) Defusing explosive rhyolite eruptions by melt-fracture degassing. Nature Geoscience.
28. Willcox, A., I. Buisman, R.S.J. Sparks, R.J. Brown, S. Manya, J.C. Schumacher, Tuffen, H. (in review) Petrology, geochemistry and low-temperature alteration of extrusive lavas and pyroclastic rocks of the Igwisi Hills kimberlites, Tanzania. Chemical Geology.
27. Applegarth. L.J., Tuffen, H., James, M.R. (in review) Degassing-induced crystallisation in basalts. Earth Science Reviews.
26. Owen. J., Tuffen, H., McGarvie, D.W. (in revision) A reconstruction of the palaeo-ice thickness at Bláhnúkur (Torfajökull, Iceland), using the magma degassing technique. Bulletin of Volcanology.
25. Denton. J.S., Tuffen, H., Gilbert, J.S. (2012) Variations in hydration within perlitised rhyolitic lavas - evidence from Torfajökull, Iceland. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, in press.
24. Smith, R., Sammonds, P., Tuffen, H., Meredith, P. (2011) Evolution of Mt. St. Helens Lava Dome Mechanics with Time and Temperature. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307, 191-200.
23. Tuffen, H., Owen J, Denton JS. (2010) Magma degassing during subglacial eruptions and its use to reconstruct palaeo-ice thicknesses. Earth Science Reviews 99, 1-18.
22. Tuffen, H. (2010) How will melting of ice affect volcanic hazards in the 21st century? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 368, 2535-2558, doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0063.
21. Tuffen, H., Betts, R. (2010) Volcanism and climate: chicken and egg (or vice versa)? [Discussion report] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 368, 2585-2588, doi:10.1098/rspa.2010.0064
20. Tuffen, H., Castro, J.M., Wilson L. The thermal effects of spherulite growth in rhyolitic lava. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in revision.
19. Tuffen, H., Castro, J.M. (2009) The emplacement of an obsidian dyke through thin ice: Hrafntinnuhryggur, Krafla Iceland. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 185, 352–366.
18. Castro JM, Cottrell E, Tuffen H, Logan A. (2009) Spherulite crystallization buffers Fe-oxidation in silicic melt. Chemical Geology 268, 272–280.
17. Denton JS, Tuffen H, Gilbert JS, Odling N. (2009) The hydration and alteration of perlite and rhyolite from Iceland. Journal of the Geological Society of London 166, 895-904.
16. Edwards B, Tuffen H, Wilson L, Skilling IP (2009) Introduction to Special Issue on Volcano-Ice Interactions on Earth and Mars: the state of the science. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 185, 247–250.
15. Tuffen, H., Smith, R., Sammonds, P. (2008) Evidence for seismogenic fracture of silicic magma. Nature 253, 511-514, DOI:10.1038/nature06989. [26 Scopus citations Dec 2011]
14. Tuffen, H., McGarvie, D.W., Pinkerton, H., Gilbert, J.S., Brooker R. (2008) An explosive-intrusive subglacial rhyolite eruption at Dalakvísl, Torfajökull, Iceland. Bulletin of Volcanology, 70, 841–860, DOI:10.1007/s00445-007-0174-x.
13. Castro, J.M., Beck, P., Tuffen, H., Nichols, A., Dingwell, D.B. (2008) Timescales of spherulite crystallization in obsidian inferred from water concentration profiles. American Mineralogist 93, 1816–1822.
12. Tuffen, H. (2007) Models of ice melting and edifice growth during subglacial basaltic eruptions. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, B03203, doi:10.1029/2006JB004523.
11. Tuffen, H., Gilbert J.S. and McGarvie, D.W. (2007) Will subglacial rhyolite eruptions be explosive or intrusive? Some insights from analytical models. Annals of Glaciology, 45, 87-94.
10. McGarvie, D.W., Stevenson, J.A, Burgess, R., Tuffen, H. and Tindle, A. (2007) Volcano-ice interactions at Prestahnúkur, Iceland: rhyolite eruption during the last interglacial-glacial transition. Annals of Glaciology, 45, 38-47.
9. Mee, K., Tuffen, H., Gilbert, J.S. (2006) Snow-contact volcanic facies at Nevados de Chillan volcano, Chile, and implications for reconstructing past eruptive environments. Bulletin of Volcanology, 68, 363-376.
8. Neuberg J.W., Tuffen, H., Collier L., Green D., Powell T. and Dingwell D.B. (2006) The trigger mechanism of low-frequency earthquakes on Montserrat. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 153, 37–50. [58 Scopus citations Dec 2011]
7. Schopka, H.H., Guðmundsson, M.T., Tuffen, H (2006) The formation of Helgafell, SW-Iceland, a monogenetic subglacial hyaloclastite ridge: Sedimentology, hydrology and ice-volcano interaction. Journal of Volcanology and Geophysical Research, 152, 359-377.
6. McGarvie, D.W., Burgess, R., Tindle, A.J., Tuffen, H. and Stevenson, J.A. (2006). Pleistocene rhyolitic volcanism at the Torfajökull central volcano, Iceland: eruption ages, glaciovolcanism, and geochemical evolution. Jökull 56, 57-75.
5. Tuffen, H., Dingwell, D.B. (2005) Fault textures in volcanic conduits: evidence for seismic trigger mechanisms during silicic eruptions. Bulletin of Volcanology, 67, 370–387. [54 Scopus citations Dec 2011]
4. Tuffen, H., Dingwell, D.B., and Pinkerton, H. (2003) Repeated fracture and healing of silicic magma generate flow banding and earthquakes? Geology 31, 1089-1092. [101 Scopus citations Jan 2012]
3. Tuffen, H., McGarvie D.W., Gilbert J.S., Pinkerton H. (2002) Physical volcanology of a subglacial-to-emergent rhyolitic tuya at Rauðufossafjöll, Torfajökull, Iceland. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 202, 213-236.
2. Tuffen, H., Pinkerton H., Gilbert J.S., McGarvie D.W. (2002) Melting of the glacier base during a small-volume subglacial rhyolite eruption: evidence from Bláhnúkur, Iceland. Sedimentary Geology 149, 183-198.
1. Tuffen, H., Gilbert J.S., McGarvie D.W. (2001) Products of an effusive subglacial rhyolite eruption: Bláhnúkur, Torfajökull, Iceland. Bulletin of Volcanology 63, 179-190.

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Tuffen, H., Owen, J., Applegarth, L.J. Measurement of volatile concentrations in volcanic glasses using thermogravimetric analysis: comparison with micro-analytical methods.
Owen, J., Tuffen, H., McGarvie, D.W. An FTIR study of the mixed effusive-explosive subglacial rhyolitic volcano Dalakvisl Part 1: insights into the palaeo-ice thickness and transition in style. Journal of Geological Society of London.
Lavallée, Y., Andrews, G.D.M., von Aulock,F., Flaws, A., Hess, K.-U., Russell, J.K., Tuffen, H., Dingwell, D.B. Eruption and emplacement timescales of ignimbrite super-eruptions. In preparation for Nature Geoscience.
Tuffen, H., Houghton, BF, Dingwell DB. Exceptionally explosive magma-water interaction during the 181 AD Taupo eruption: was degassing responsible? In preparation for Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Book chapters


Tuffen, H (2011) Subglacial volcanism. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P. & Haritashya, U.K. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Springer, Heidelberg.
Tuffen, H (2011) Ice-volcano interactions. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P. & Haritashya, U.K. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Springer, Heidelberg.
Tuffen, H (2008) The Borrowdale Volcanics at the head of Buttermere - from peperites to lava domes. In: Exploring Lakeland Rocks and Landscapes (Cumberland Geological Society, 164 pp). Click here for information and to order a copy.


Theses and field guides

1. Tuffen, H (2001) Subglacial rhyolite volcanism at Torfajokull, Iceland. PhD thesis, Open University, UK, 381 pp.
2. Tuffen, H (1998) L'origine des cristaux dans la chambre magmatic Minoenne [The origin of crystals in the Minoan magma chamber]. DEA thesis, Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 45 pp.
3. Tuffen, H (1997) Magma-water interaction in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group, English Lake District. BA dissertation, University of Cambridge, UK.
4. Tuffen H (2003) Field guide to Iceland. Cumberland Geological Society field guide, 51 pp.
5. SP Jakobsson, MT Guðmundsson, K Langley, D McGarvie, H Tuffen (2000) Field guide for excursion to the Eastern and Western Volcanic Zones, Iceland. Volcano-ice interaction on Earth and Mars conference fieldtrip, August 2000, 23 pp.


Other media

Portscapes, contribution to an audio field guide to A Brief History of Mobile Landmass, an art project alongside the construction of Maasvlakte 2, Port of Rotterdam, by Ilana Halperin.


Dr. Hugh Tuffen
Royal Society University Research Fellow