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Alan L. Smith
Researcher at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Publications - 43
Citations - 1570
Alan L. Smith is an academic researcher from University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pyroclastic rock & Volcano. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 43 publications receiving 1528 citations. Previous affiliations of Alan L. Smith include University of California, Berkeley & California State University, San Bernardino.
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A working terminology of pyroc lstic deposits
TL;DR: A nomenclature for pyroclastic deposits is proposed in this paper, which it is hoped will provide a working terminology, and three basic types of deposit may be distinguished: fall, flow and surge.
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Silica activity in igneous rocks
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History and tectonic setting of Caribbean magmatism
Thomas W. Donnelly,Dirk Beets,Michael J. Carr,Trevor Jackson,Gerard Klaver,John R. Lewis,René C. Maury,Hans Schellenkens,Alan L. Smith,Geoffrey Wadge,D. Westercamp +10 more
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Quaternary lavas from the southern Cascades, western U.S.A.
TL;DR: A series of basaltic and andesitic lavas from three centers in the Cascades (Lassen, Medicine Lake, Mt. Shasta) have been investigated as mentioned in this paper.
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Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique, by ash-cloud surges, May 8 and 20, 1902
TL;DR: The early nuees ardentes of the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee were formed by column collapse into the crater and not, as commonly stated, by dome collapse or directed blast as discussed by the authors.