Plumes, plates and Popper.
(2003)
Journal Article
Foulger, G. (2003). Plumes, plates and Popper. Geoscientist, 13(5), 16-17
Gillian Foulger's Outputs (5)
Icelandic-type crust (2003)
Journal Article
Foulger, G., Du, Z., & Julian, B. (2003). Icelandic-type crust. Geophysical Journal International, 155(2), 567-590. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246x.2003.02056.xNumerous seismic studies, in particular using receiver functions and explosion seismology, have provided a detailed picture of the structure and thickness of the crust beneath the Iceland transverse ridge. We review the results and propose a structur... Read More about Icelandic-type crust.
Is 'hotspot' volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics? (2003)
Journal Article
Foulger, G., & Natland, J. (2003). Is 'hotspot' volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics?. Science, 300(5621), 921-922. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1083376Many volcanoes are associated with subduction zones or mid-ocean ridges, but other areas of unusually high volcanism (or "hotspots") have a more subtle connection to plate tectonic processes. In their Perspective, Foulger and Natland argue that "hots... Read More about Is 'hotspot' volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics?.
Reservoir depletion at The Geysers geothermal area, California, shown by four-dimensional seismic tomography (2003)
Journal Article
Gunasekera, R., Foulger, G., & Julian, B. (2003). Reservoir depletion at The Geysers geothermal area, California, shown by four-dimensional seismic tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B3), Article 2134. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001jb000638Intensive geothermal exploitation at The Geysers geothermal area, California, induces myriads of small-magnitude earthquakes that are monitored by a dense, permanent, local seismometer network. Using this network, tomographic inversions were performe... Read More about Reservoir depletion at The Geysers geothermal area, California, shown by four-dimensional seismic tomography.
In response... (2003)
Journal Article
Foulger, G. (2003). In response... Astronomy and Geophysics, 44(1), https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1468-4004.2003.44113.xProf. Sleep (p1.11) starts by encouraging scepticism of the plume hypothesis, and admitting that it is vulnerable to modifications that make it untestable. However, in common with the majority of literature on “hotspots” (which evidently are not hot;... Read More about In response....