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Peter Francis (volcanologist)

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Francis, P. W.; Gardeweg, M.; Ramirez, C. F.; Rothery, D. A. (1985). "Catastrophic debris avalanche deposit of Socompa volcano, northern Chile".
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Francis, P. W.; Hammill, M.; Kretzschmar, G.; Thorpe, R. S. (1978). "The Cerro Galan Caldera, North-west Argentina and its tectonic setting".
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calderas. Fieldwork in 1982 at Cerro Galán, in the remote northwest of Argentina, which involved the support of both UK and
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This work enabled him and co-workers to recognise many large volcanic features in the central Andes, including
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deposits from multiple volcanic edifices. One prominent example is the almost perfectly preserved deposit at
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His drive to promote the science of volcanology led to the publication in 1976 of his highly successful
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
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in 1971, he continued his fieldwork in the Andes, and complemented this with image analysis using
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armed forces, was the last co-operation between the two countries before the
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Volcanology from space : applications of infrared remote sensing
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His PhD was followed by fieldwork in the central Andes of northern
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The imagery also revealed several larger structures on the Andean
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Some aspects of the Lewisian geology of Barra and adjacent islands
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Some aspects of the Lewisian geology of Barr and adjacent islands
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10.1130/0091-7613(1985)13<600:CDADOS>2.0.CO;2
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images which were becoming available in the early-1970s.
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Peter Francis (disambiguation)

Mufulira
Imperial College London
Open University
Lunar and Planetary Institute
University of Hawaii
Thesis
Some aspects of the Lewisian geology of Barra and adjacent islands
Clive Oppenheimer
volcanologist
volcanoes
Solar System
Mufulira
Zambia
Imperial College London
structural geology
Barra
Lewis and Harris
Hebrides
Scotland
Chile
Open University
Landsat
debris avalanche
Socompa
altiplano
calderas
La Pacana
Cerro Galán

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