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Shan de Silva

Year hired:
2006
Specialty:
Volcanology
Research interests:
Ignimbrite flare-ups and large calderas, Evolution of magma bodies, Continental Volcanism, Physical Volcanology of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions, Planetary Volcanism, Remote Sensing and GIS applications in Volcanology, Volcanic Hazards, Volcanism and Climate, Earth Science Education and Outreach
Recent Publications:

de Silva, S.L., Zandt, G., Trumbull, R., Viramonte, J., Salas, G., and Jimenez, N., 2006 Large-scale silicic volcanism in the Central Andes: A tectonomagmatic phenomenon. In: Mechanisms of activity and unrests at large calderas'. eds. De Natale, P., Troise, C., and Kilburn, C., Special Publication 269 of the Geological Society of London, Chapter 3, p.47-63

de Silva, S.L., Zandt, G., Trumbull , R., and Viramonte J., 2006. Large scale silicic volcanism: The result of thermal maturation of the crust. Chapter 21 In: Advances in Geosciences, Volume 1. Editor Chen Yun-tai, World Scientific Press , p.215-230

Lavallee, Y., de Silva, S.L., Salas, G., and Byrnes, J.,2006. Subsidence cessation during the initial stage of funnel caldera formation at Huaynaputina, southern Peru . Bulletin of Volcanology , v.68, No.4, p. 333- 348

de Silva, S.L., 2005 The volcanic impact on climate . Encyclopedia of Climatology, ed. John Oliver, Kluwer publishing. p.471-478

Allen, J., and de Silva, S.L. 2005. Landsat: An integrated history. Quest: History of Spaceflight Quarterly, v.12, No.1, p. 1-16.

Pervez, Md., and de Silva, S.L., 2005. Towards a methodology for Assessing Vulnerability and Coping Capacity of Developing Countries to Global Climate Change. In: Proceedings of the 30 th Annual Third World Conference, Chicago , IL . p.14-27.

de Silva, S.L., 2003. Eruptions linked to El Niño. Nature , v. 426, p 239 - 241

Schmitt, A.K., Lindsay, J.,M. de Silva, S.L., and Trumbull , R.B., 2003. U-Pb zircon chronostratigraphy of early-Pliocene ignimbrites from La Pacana, north Chile : implications for the formation of stratified magma chambers, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 120, p. 43-53.

Current Graduate Students:

Chris Harpel (Ph.D.), Lahar sedimentology and hazard at Volcan El Misti, Peru

Robert Peckyno (Ph.D.), Morphometric parameters as a guide to composition of lava flows on the terrestrial planets

Kathy Mandt (MS), The origin and significance of the Medusa Fossae Formation, Mars

Morgan Salisbury (Ph.D.), Neogene ignimbrite flare-up of the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex.

Recent Graduate Student Titles:

Peter Schoch (2006) Enhancing Undergraduate Physics Using Earth System Science Content

Shubhada Savant (2005) Volcano Spacing in the Central Andes : A GIS approach

Yan Lavallee (2004) Constraining Caldera formation processes at Volcan Huaynaputina , Southern Peru

Stephen Schubring (2001) Petrology and Geochemistry of Volcan Huaynaputina

Jason Permenter (2000) A GIS Approach to Volcanic Hazard Assessment in the Arequipa region of Southern Peru

Nancy Adams (2000) Physical Volcanology of the 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, Southern Peru

Where Former Graduates Are Now:

Shubahada Savant, University of Illinois/NASA Stennis Space Center, Research Staff

Peter Schoch, Dean of Science, Sutton County Community College

Yan Lavallee, University of Munich , Ph.D.

Steve Schubring, August Mack Environmental Inc, Indianapolis

Jan Lindsay, University of Auckland , New Zealand , Research Associate

Axel Schmitt, University of California , Los Angeles , Research Specialist

Adam Dunne, Widener University , Department of Physics, Assistant Professor

Jason Permenter, University of Cambridge , Ph.D. student

Nancy Adams, SWRI, San Antonio , Research Associate

Ken Copenhaver, NASA Stennis Space Center

Rob Watts, University of Puerto Rico , Mayaguez campus. Assistant Professor

Courses taught:

New Course: The folklore and legends of volcanoes, Winter 07
GEO 427/527 Volcanology, Spring 07

Degrees:

PhD in Earth Sciences, Open University , UK , 1987

B.Sc (Hons) in Geology, University of Southampton , UK , 1982

Office:
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Email:
desilvas<at>geo.oregonstate.edu

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