Harry Glicken

Harry X. Glicken (* 1958, † 3 June 1991) was an American volcanologist, who went through his research at Mount St. Helens a name.

Life

Glicken studied at Stanford University and received his bachelor's degree in June 1979 in geology. Shortly thereafter he received from David A. Johnston a job as his assistant. Glicken was involved with Johnston on the observation of Mount St. Helens and survived this in contrast to Johnston only because he was on site the day of the outbreak in May 1980 due to an external appointment not. In the eruption of Mount St. Helens following years Glicken worked as a volcanologist, especially in the field of volcanic products such as pyroclastic flows, pyroclastic flows and lahars, and glowing clouds. His major publications include detailed geological map of Mount St. Helens and a documentation of the volcanic eruption. He was also involved as a co-author of numerous publications volcanological.

After he failed to gain a spot on the United States Geological Survey, he conducted research in 1990 as a post- doctoral student at the University of Tokyo Metropoli 's.

Glicken died on 3 June 1991 at the outbreak of the volcano in southern Japan ounces along with 42 other scientists and journalists, including the famous volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft - couple when the group got into a pyroclastic flow.

Research at Mount St. Helens

Together with Glicken David A. Johnston wanted to open a station in Anchorage and operate there during the summer 1980 research. However, when messages arrived that the volcano Mount St. Helens could possibly break, the two instead went to a USGS research station of this volcano. 2 May 1980 to occupied Glicken the observation post ColdwaterII, 10 km from the summit of Mount St. Helens. He should report rockfalls or landslides.

On the evening of May 17, 1980 exchanged Glicken Johnston with his post because he had to travel to California. He had with his professor Richard V. Fisher agreed in February for the May 18, 1980 an appointment to talk about the next steps of his doctoral studies. When, on the morning of 18 May, the Mount St. Helens actually broke out, Glicken was at a safe distance in California. David Johnston, however, died in the outbreak.

In the wake of this disaster, especially Glicken turned to the study of volcanic debris avalanches, and especially those that originated during the eruption of Mount St. Helens. His local mapping work was extremely detailed, it has not been recently promoted by the fact that the deposits of the volcanic eruption in very fresh condition were. In addition, he set the state of the Mount St. Helens before the eruption in relation to the mapped deposits of him, and was able to trace the outbreak closely.

Publications

  • Sedimentary architecture of large volcanic - debris Avalanches. Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • The Significance of Volcanic Ash Tempering in the Ceramics of the Central Maya Lowlands in Prudence M. with Anabel Ford, 1987
  • Geology and ground -water hydrology of Spirit Lake blockage, Mount St. Helens, Washington, with implications for lake retention. with William Meyer and Martha Sabol, 1988/89
  • Rockslide - debris avalanche of May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens volcano, Washington. 1986 ( online version)
June 3 Volcanology Katia and Maurice Krafft Anchorage, Alaska Integrated Authority File
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