Colin Wilson (volcanologist)

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Colin Wilson
Volcanology of New Zealand
Awards
Scientific career
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Institutions
ThesisStudies on the origins and emplacement of pyroclastic flows (1981)
Websitevictoria.ac.nz/sgees/about/staff/colin-wilson

Colin James Ness Wilson (born 19 July 1956)[3] FRS FRSNZ[1] is Professor of Volcanology at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Education

Wilson was educated at Imperial College London where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1977[12] followed by a PhD in 1981 for research on pyroclastic flows.[13]

Awards and honours

Wilson was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015.[14] His certificate of election reads:[1]

Colin Wilson is an outstanding field-focussed geologist, who has made world-class contributions to understanding explosive

Royal Society of New Zealand in 2001 and of the American Geophysical Union
in 2006.

In 2017 he was awarded the

Royal Society of New Zealand for his research on how large volcanoes behave before and during explosive eruptions, including those that created Lake Taupō.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "v". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ "VUW wins three top science awards". Wellington.Scoop with Lindsay Shelton. 18 November 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d "WILSON, Prof. Colin James Ness". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. S2CID 121806968
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  5. ^ Colin Wilson publications indexed by Google Scholar
  6. ^ Colin Wilson's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  7. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0013:CADOAL>2.3.CO;2
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  8. S2CID 129352329
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  9. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(95)00006-G
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  10. doi:10.1093/petrology/egh060
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  11. S2CID 122824685
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  12. ORCID 0000-0001-7565-0743
  13. OCLC 53587921
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  14. ^ "Professor Colin Wilson FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Recipients". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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