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Chris Kilburn


Specialisation	Volcanology, landslides
Research interests	Geophysical fluid dynamics, esp. lava flows and landslides; slow rock failure; hazard warning and mitigation
Telephone	+44 (0)20 7679 7194
Fax	+44 (0)20 7679 2390
Email	c.kilburn@ucl.ac.uk
Short curriculum vitae	Christopher Kilburn is a Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London. After five years in Naples, at the University of Naples and the Osservatorio Vesuviano, and a year at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, he has returned to London to pursue his primary research interests in physical volcanology and landslide dynamics in the new Benfield Grieg Hazard Research Centre at UCL. Recent publications include analyses of sturzstrom emplacement, slow rock failure as an eruption precursor (applied to the recent activity in Montserrat, where he served as Senior Scientist with the Montserrat Volcano Observatory), and the dynamics of basaltic lava flows.
Recent publications	Bellucci F, Woo J, Kilburn CRJ, Rolandi G, 2006. Ground deformation at Campi Flegrei, Italy: implications for hazard assessment. In, Troise C, De Natale G, Kilburn CRJ (eds) Mechanisms of activity and unrest at large calderas. Geological Society Special Publication 269: 141-157. Kilburn CRJ, Sammonds PR, 2005. Maximum warning times for imminent volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 24, L24313, doi: 10.1029/2005 GL024184. Kilburn CRJ, 2004. Fracturing as a quantitative indicator of lava flow dynamics. J Volcanology Geothermal Research, 132: 209-224. Rocchi V, Sammonds P, Kilburn CRJ, 2004. Fracturing of Etnean and Vesuvian rocks at high temperatures and low pressures. J Volcanology Geothermal Research, 132: 137-157. McGuire WJ, Burton P, Kilburn CRJ, Willetts O, 2004. World Atlas of Natural Hazards. Hodder Arnold. London. 128 pp. Solana MC, Kilburn CRJ, Rodriguez Badiola E, Aparicio A, 2004. Fast emplacement of extensive pahoehoe flow-fields: the case of the 1736 flows from Montana de las Nueces, Lanzarote. J Volcanology Geothermal Research, 132: 189-207. Kilburn CRJ, 2003. Multiscale fracturing as a key to forecasting volcanic eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 125: 271-289. Kilburn CRJ, Petley DN, 2003. Forecasting giant, catastrophic slope collapse: lessons from Vajont, Northern Italy. Geomorphology, 54: 21-32. Solana MC, Kilburn CRJ, 2003. Reducing the vulnerability of people to landslides in the Barranco de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Spain. Geomorphology, 54: 39-48. Rocchi V, Sammonds P, Kilburn CRJ, 2003. Flow and fracture maps for basaltic rock deformation at high temperatures. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 120, 25-42.

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