Greg Valentine home page
Greg A. Valentine
Professor, Department of Geology
Director, Center
for Geohazards Studies
State University of New York, University at Buffalo
411 Cooke Hall
Buffalo, NY
14260-1350 USA
Email:
gav4@buffalo.edu
Research
Interests: Volcanic risk, basaltic volcanism, pyroclastic
deposits, volcano fluid dynamics & modeling, volcaniclastic & surface
processes. More information
Current Work and Student Projects: Lunar
Crater Volcanic Field; Vulnerability assessment at Galeras Volcano; Proximal
pyroclastic flow dynamics – numerical modeling and Vulsini, Italy; Llaima
volcanic system, Chile; VHub
– Cyberinfrastructure for Volcano Eruption and
Hazards Modeling and Simulation. More information
Degrees:
Ph.D., Geological Sciences,
University of California Santa Barbara, 1988
B.S. Geological Engineering & Geology, New Mexico Institute of
Mining and Technology, 1984
Previous positions:
1997-2007 Group Leader, 1989-1996 Technical Staff Member
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Division
Recent publications
Valentine GA,
Doronzo DM, Dellino P, de Tullio MD (2011) Effects of volcano profile on dilute
pyroclastic density currents:
numerical simulations. Geology, doi: 10.1130/G31936.1
Valentine GA,
Shufelt NL, Hintz ARL (2011) Models of maar volcanoes, Lunar Crater (Nevada,
USA). Bulletin of Volcanology 73:
753-765, doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0451-6
Doronzo DM,
Valentine GA, Dellino P, de Tullio MD (2010) Numerical analysis of the effect of topography on deposition
from dilute pyroclastic density currents.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 300:
164-173, doi:10.1016/epsl.2010.10.003
Genereau K, Valentine GA, Moore G, Hervig RL (2010)
Mechanisms for transitions in eruptive style at a monogenetic scoria cone
revealed by microtextural analysis (Lathrop Wells volcano, Nevada, USA). Bulletin of Volcanology, doi:10.1007/s00445-010-0234-z
Valentine GA, Hirano N (2010) Mechanisms of low-flux
intraplate volcanic fields – Basin and Range (North America) and
Northwest Pacific Ocean. Geology 38:
55-58, doi:10.1130/G30427.1
Valentine GA, Perry FV (2009) Volcanic risk
assessment at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA: integration of geophysics, geology, and modeling. In: Volcanism, Tectonism, and Siting
Nuclear Facilities (Connor C, Connor L,
Chapman N, eds), Cambridge University Press, p. 452-480.
Dartevelle S, Valentine GA (2008) Multiphase
magmatic flows at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Journal of Geophysical Research 113, B12209, doi:10.1029/2007JB005367
Valentine GA, Gregg TKP (2008) Continental
basaltic volcanoes – processes and problems. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 177, 857-873, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.050
Keating GN, Pelletier J, Valentine GA,
Statham B (2008) Evaluating suitability of a tephra dispersal model as
part of a risk assessment framework. Journal of
Volcanology and Geothermal Research 177,
397-404, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.007
Keating GN, Valentine GA, Krier DJ, Perry FV (2008) Shallow
plumbing systems for small-volume basaltic volcanoes. Bulletin of Volcanology, 70: 563-582, doi:10.1007/s00445-007-0154-1
Gaffney ES, Damjanac B, Valentine GA (2007) Localization of volcanic
activity: 2. Effects of
pre-existing structure. Earth
and Planetary Science Letters 263: 323-338,
doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.002
Dartevelle S,
Valentine GA (2007) Transient multiphase processes during the explosive
eruption of basalt through a geothermal borehole (Namafjall, Iceland, 1977) and
implications for natural volcanic flows.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
262:363-384, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.053
Valentine GA, Perry FV (2007) Tectonically
controlled, time-predictable basaltic volcanism from a lithospheric mantle
source (central Basin and Range Province, USA). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 261:201-216, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.029
Valentine GA, Keating GN (2007) Eruptive styles and
inferences about plumbing systems at Hidden Cone and Little Black Peak scoria
cone volcanoes (Nevada, U.S.A.). Bulletin
of Volcanology, 70:105-113, doi:10.1007/s00445-007-0123-8
Valentine GA, Krier DJ, Perry FV, Heiken G
(2007) Eruptive and geomorphic processes at the Lathrop Wells scoria cone
volcano. Journal of Volcanology
and Geothermal Research, 161: 57-80, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.11.003
Also see
other members of the UB Volcano Studies Group and their research.
Updated 26 August 2011