Haraldur Sigurdsson

Haraldur Sigurðsson ( born May 31, 1939 in Stykkishólmur ) is an Icelandic volcanologist and geochemist.

Life

Haraldur Sigurðsson studied geology and geochemistry in the UK, where she earned a Bachelor of Queen's University of Belfast and received his doctorate in 1970 at the University of Durham. He worked until 1974 on investigations and research jobs to the volcanoes of the Caribbean. Then he was appointed professor at the Oceanographic Institute of the University of Rhode Iceland.

Research priorities

Particularly well known Haraldur Sigurðsson was by researching major volcanic eruptions of the past such as of Vesuvius of 79 AD in connection with the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum cities.

In 1991, he discovered traces of a large meteorite impact in Haiti and could prove that they were from the time of the extinction of the dinosaurs.

In 2004 he discovered the city of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which had been buried in 1815 during a huge explosive eruption of Mount Tambora volcano ash under ..

Key Publications

Published in 1999 Haraldur Sigurdsson an overview of the history of volcanology.

He is also editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes.

Some other publications

  • Benjamin R. Jordan, Haraldur Sigurdsson and Steven Carey: Ignimbrites in Central America and Associated Caribbean Sea Tephra: Correlation and Petro Genesis. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008, ISBN 978-3639108316, page 224
  • Caribbean volcanoes a field guide. Open Library, 1990, p 107
  • Lake Nyos Revisited :: a preliminary report 1987, p 7
  • 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. University of Rhode Iceland Graduate School of Oceanography, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Technical Information Service, 1990.
  • Haraldur Sigurdsson: Melting the Earth :: the history of ideas on volcanic eruptions. Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0195106652, page 260
  • Haraldur Sigurdsson: Volcanoes and the Environment :: Exploring the Earth system. Academic Press, 2008, ISBN 9780126431414, p 450

Price

For his research, he received the 2004 Coke Medal of the Geological Society of London.

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