George P. L. Walker

George Patrick Leonard Walker FRS (2 March 1926 – 17 January 2005) was a British geologist who specialized in mineralogy and volcanology.[2][3][4][5][6]

For other people named George Walker, see George Walker (disambiguation).
George Walker

FRS
Born
George Patrick Leonard Walker

(1926-03-02)2 March 1926
Died17 January 2005(2005-01-17) (aged 78)
NationalityNorthern Ireland
Alma materQueen's University, Belfast
University of Leeds
Known forDispersal index,
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogist, Volcanologist
InstitutionsImperial College London
University of Hawai'i
Doctoral studentsRobert Stephen John Sparks
Ian S. E. Carmichael[1]
InfluencedBruce F. Houghton

Career and research

He worked on the volcanic rocks of Iceland and on Mount Etna. He taught at Imperial College. In 1978, he was Captain James Cook Research Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand at the University of Auckland, In 1981, he was Macdonald Chair in Volcanology at the University of Hawaii.[7]

Awards and honours

Selected publications
  • Walker, George P. L. (Sep 1960). "Zeolite Zones and Dike Distribution in Relation to the Structure of the Basalts of Eastern Iceland". The Journal of Geology. 68 (5): 515–528. Bibcode:1960JG.....68..515W. doi:10.1086/626685. JSTOR 30059352. S2CID 140566286.
  • Walker, George P. L. (July 1973). "Explosive volcanic eruptions — a new classification scheme". Geologische Rundschau. 62 (2): 431–446. Bibcode:1973GeoRu..62..431W. doi:10.1007/BF01840108. S2CID 129590129.
  • Walker, George P.L. (September 1983). "Ignimbrite types and ignimbrite problems". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 17 (1–4): 65–88. Bibcode:1983JVGR...17...65W. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(83)90062-8.
  • Wilson, Lionel; R. Stephen J. Sparks; George P. L. Walker (1987). "Explosive volcanic eruptions — IV. The control of magma properties and conduit geometry on eruption column behaviour". Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 63 (1): 117–148. Bibcode:1980GeoJ...63..117W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980.tb02613.x.

Personal life

In 1958, Walker married Hazel Smith. They had a daughter, Alison, and a son, Leonard.

References
  1. Carmichael, Ian Stuart Edward (1962). Volcanic geology of Thingmuli, Eastern Iceland (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. hdl:10044/1/13654. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.602161.
  2. Self, S.; Sparks, R. S. J. (2006). "George Patrick Leonard Walker. 2 March 1926 -- 17 January 2005: Elected FRS 1975". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 52: 423. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2006.0029.
  3. Wilson, C. J. N.; Walker, G. P. L. (1985). "The Taupo Eruption, New Zealand I. General Aspects". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 314 (1529): 199. Bibcode:1985RSPTA.314..199W. doi:10.1098/rsta.1985.0019. S2CID 122824685.
  4. T. Thordarson; G. Larsen; S. K. Rowland; S. Self; A. Hoskuldsson, eds. (2009). Studies in Volcanology: The Legacy of George Walker. IAVCEI. ISBN 9781862392809.
  5. Guardian obituary
  6. IAVCEI - A George P.L. Walker symposium on Advances in Volcanology Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine - Reykholt, Borgarfjordur, W-Iceland, 12–17 June 2006
  7. "Professor George Walker". The Times. February 18, 2005.
  8. "Wollaston Medal". Award Winners since 1831. Geological Society of London. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-02-25.


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