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Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

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Hans-Ulrich Schmincke
Born (1937-10-21) 21 October 1937 (age 86)
Detmold
AwardsHans-Stille-Medaille (2001)
Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsVolcanology
InstitutionsRuhr University Bochum (1969–90),
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (1990–2003)
Laacher See, a German caldera lake, researched by H.-U. Schmincke
Paektu Mountain

Hans-Ulrich Schmincke (born 21 October 1937) is a German volcanologist.

Formation

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Hans-Ulrich Schmincke studied between 1957 and 1964 geology and petrology at different universities in Germany and the USA: Universität Göttingen, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, RWTH Aachen as well as Johns Hopkins University and University of California, Santa Barbara

Employment

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He was a research fellow at University of Tübingen in 1964–65 and at University of Heidelberg 1965–1969.

He worked at the Ruhr University Bochum (1969–90), before being the chief of the department of volcanology and petrology (1990–2003) of the "GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel" (former "Leibniz-Instituts für Meereswissenschaften", IFM-Geomar), University of Kiel.

Hans-Ulrich Schmincke was secretary general of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI, 1983–91).[1]

Publications (selection)

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Schmincke was co-author with RV Fisher of the book Pyroclastic Rocks, in 1984.[2] His book Volcanism, first edition in 1986 (under the German title “Vulkanismus”), is still one of the most important books regarding this subject. The first edition was published in 1986; its second edition appeared 2000 with translations into English (2004) and Japanese (2009, with considerable additions); the third edition appeared 2010.[3]

He is also the founder of the well-known volcanological journal Bulletin of Volcanology of which he was the editor in chief from 1985-95.[1]

Additionally, he published over 300 articles re. volcanology and petrology.

Special interests

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He did a lot of research on German volcanoes, esp. the Eifel volcanoes.[4][5]

The Canary Islands are also among his favorite subjects of research.[6][7]

And in 1993, he did field work in China at the Paektusan volcano and was the first to make this big caldera known to the western world.[8]

Honours

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He was honoured e.g. with the Leibniz-Preis der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (1991), with the Thorarinsson Medal of the IAVCEI (1993),[1] with the Hans-Stille Medal (2001) and with the Gustav-Steinmann Medal (2012).[1]

Selected publications

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  • Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (2013). Vulkanismus (4 ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG). p. 104. ISBN 978-3-534-26245-8. Note: reprint. The same book has ISBN 978-3-86312-367-3 (Primus Verlag) for trade outside the WBG publishing company. English version: Hans-Ulrich Schmincke: Volcanism, scientific book company 2000, ISBN 35-3414-102-4
  • Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (2009). Vulkane der Eifel – Aufbau, Entstehung und heutige Bedeutung. Spektrum-Akademischer Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3-8274-2366-5.
  • Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich; Sumita, Mari (2010). Geological Evolution of the Canary Islands. Koblenz: Görres Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8697-2005-0.

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d "Hans-Ulrich Schmincke, IUGG Fellow" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  2. ^ Fisher, Richard V.; Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (1984). Pyroclastic Rocks. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-74864-6. ISBN 978-3-540-51341-4.
  3. ^ Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (2000). Vulkanismus. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. ISBN 978-3-534-14102-9. OCLC 246125602.
  4. ^ Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (2009). Vulkane der Eifel : Aufbau, Entstehung und heutige Bedeutung (in German). Heidelberg: Spektrum. ISBN 978-3-8274-2366-5. OCLC 426481899.
  5. ^ BOGAARD, PAUL v.d.; SCHMINCKE, HANS-ULRICH (1985). "Laacher See Tephra: A widespread isochronous late Quaternary tephra layer in central and northern Europe". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 96 (12). Geological Society of America: 1554. Bibcode:1985GSAB...96.1554B. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1985)96<1554:lstawi>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0016-7606.
  6. ^ Funck, Thomas; Dickmann, Thomas; Rihm, Roland; Krastel, Sebastian; Lykke-Andersen, Holger; Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (1996). "Reflection Seismic Investigations In the Volcaniclastic Apron of Gran Canaria and Implications For Its Volcanic Evolution". Geophysical Journal International. 125 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 519–536. Bibcode:1996GeoJI.125..519F. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246x.1996.tb00015.x. ISSN 0956-540X.
  7. ^ TROLL, V. R. (1 February 2002). "Magma Mixing and Crustal Recycling Recorded in Ternary Feldspar from Compositionally Zoned Peralkaline Ignimbrite A', Gran Canaria, Canary Islands". Journal of Petrology. 43 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 243–270. doi:10.1093/petrology/43.2.243. ISSN 1460-2415.
  8. ^ Der Spiegel, Heft 27/2014, S. 110 ff.
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