Hugh Tuffen's research page

Current research interests The high temperature fracture mechanics of silicic lava [poster] Field-based studies of fracture and flow of obsidian [at Krafla volcano, Iceland] Seismicity and dome growth at Mt St Helens, USA Degassing and conduit dynamics of the 181 AD Taupo eruption, New Zealand Trigger mechanisms of volcanic earthquakes at Montserrat Modelling of ice melting and deformation during subglacial eruptions Field studies of Icelandic subglacial rhyolite volcanoes Degassing of magma during subglacial eruptions in Iceland Volcano-ice interactions in the Chilean Andes Hydration of obsidian and the formation of perlite

Publications Conference presentations Other research interests Magma chamber dynamics during the Minoan eruption of Santorini Magma-water interaction in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group, English Lake District Provenance of Neolithic obsidian tools in Turkey Community responses to volcanic eruptions in Ecuador