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Haraldur Sigurðsson

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Sigurdsson has in recent years been active in blogging in Icelandic on various issues related to his science, geology and geochemistry. There he has also been active in criticizing USA government, world capitalism and activities of Chinese companies in the Arctic. He openly supports the left
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movement in USA. Sigurdsson has written on the Solarsilicon Project being developed by the US Company Silicor Materials Inc. in Iceland and its pollution. As well as other environmental issues including global warming.
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Sulfur mass loading of the atmosphere from volcanic eruptions:: calibration of the ice core record on basis of sulfate aerosol deposition in polar regions from the 1982 El Chichon eruption, NASA grant NAG51304
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Sigurdsson, Haraldur; D'Hondt, Steven; Arthur, Michael A.; Bralower, Timothy J.; Zachos, James C.; Van Fossen, Mickey; Channel, James E. T. (1991).
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Sigurdsson, H.; Carey, S. (1989). "Plinian and Co-Igmibrite Tephra Fall from the 1815 Eruption of Tambora Volcano".
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The petrology and chemistry of the Setberg volcanic region and of the intermediate and acid rocks of Iceland
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The petrology and chemistry of the Setberg volcanic region and of the intermediate and acid rocks of Iceland
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Sigurdsson, H.; Devine, J. D.; Tchua, F. M.; Presser, F. M.; Pringle, M. K. W.; Evans, W. C. (1987).
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Ignimbrites in Central America and Associated Caribbean Sea Tephra: Correlation and Petrogenesis
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until 1974, when he was appointed professor at the Graduate School of Oceanography,
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Sigurdsson worked on monitoring and research of the volcanoes of the
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Sigurdsson criticizing activities of Chinese companies in Iceland
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ENTIRE VILLAGE dropped DEAD overnight (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*)
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Jordan, Benjamin R.; Haraldur Sigurdsson; Steven Carey (2008).
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in Italy and the consequent destruction of the Roman cities of
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Melting the Earth:: the history of ideas on volcanic eruptions
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Melting the Earth:: the history of ideas on volcanic eruptions
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Volcanoes and the Environment:: Exploring the Earth System
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Sigurdsson was a key scientist to uncover the sources of
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of Haraldur Sigurdsson at University of Rhode Island
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Sigurdsson against the US company Silicor Materials
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Icelandic name
patronymic
family name

Stykkishólmur
Queen's University, Belfast
University of Durham
Volcanology
Geochemistry
University of Rhode Island
Thesis
The petrology and chemistry of the Setberg volcanic region and of the intermediate and acid rocks of Iceland
Doctoral advisor
George Malcolm Brown
vulkan.blog.is/blog/vulkan
volcanologist
geochemist
Stykkishólmur
geology
geochemistry
Bachelor of Science
Queen's University, Belfast
PhD
George Malcolm Brown
Durham University
Caribbean
University of Rhode Island
eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD
Pompeii
Herculaneum

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