Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

Hans-Ulrich Schmincke
Born (1937-10-21) October 21, 1937
Detmold
Fields Volcanology
Institutions Ruhr University Bochum (1969–90),
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (1990–2003)
Notable awards Hans-Stille-Medaille (2001)
Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille (2012)
Laacher See, a German caldera lake, researched by H.-U. Schmincke
Mount Paekdu

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

Formation

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 University of Baltimore and University of Santa Barbara in California.

Employment

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)

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.[2]

He is also the founder of the well-known volcanologist magazine 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

He did a lot of research on German volcanoes, esp. the Eifel volcanoes.[3][4]

The Canary Islands are also among his favorite subjects of research.[5][6]

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.[7]

Honours

He was honoured e.g. with the Leibniz-Preis der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (1991), with the Thorarinsson Medal of the IAVCEI (1993),[1][8] with the Hans-Stille Medal (2001) and with the Gustav-Steinmann Medal (2012).[1]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.iugg.org/honors/CV_fellows/2015_064-c_Hans-Ulrich_Schmincke_cv.pdf Hans-Ulrich Schmincke, CV (PDF) Retrieved: 21.11.2015
  2. ↑ See ==Selected publications== English version: Hans-Ulrich Schmincke: Volcanism, scientific book company 2000, ISBN 35-3414-102-4
  3. ↑ See eg.: Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (2009). Vulkane der Eifel - Aufbau, Entstehung und heutige Bedeutung. Spektrum-Akademischer Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3-8274-2366-5.
  4. ↑ See also:http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Van_Den_Bogaard2/publication/260740171_Laacher_See_Tephra_A_widespread_isochronous_late_Quaternary_tephra_layer_in_central_and_northern_Europe/links/54c64d310cf219bbe4f7fae9.pdf P. v.d. Bogaard and Hans-Ulrich Schmincke: Laacher See Tephra: A widespread isochronous late Quaternary tephra layer in Central and Northern Europe. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1985;96, no. 12;1554-1571; doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1985)96<1554:LSTAWI>2.0.CO;2 Retrieved: 21.11.2015
  5. ↑ See eg.: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/content/125/2/519.full.pdf+html Thomas Funck, Hans-Ulrich Schmincke, etal.: Reflection seismic investigations in the volconoclastic apron of Gran Canaria and implications for its volcanic evolution. (1996) (PDF) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00015. Retrieved: 21.11.2015
  6. ↑ See also: http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/2/243.full.pdf+html V.TRoll, H.-U. Schmincke, etal.: Magma Mixing and Crustal Recycling recorded in Ternary Feldspar from Compositionally Zoned Peralcaline Ignimbrite 'A', Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. J. Petrology (2002) 43 (2): 243-270. doi: 10.1093/petrology/43.2.243 Retrieved: 21.11.2015(PDF)
  7. ↑ Der Spiegel, Heft 27/2014, S. 110 ff.
  8. ↑ http://www.iavcei.org/ IAVCEI, THORARINSSON MEDAL


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