Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

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Hans-Ulrich Schmincke
Born (1937-10-21) 21 October 1937 (age 83)
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
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 Johns Hopkins University and University of California, Santa Barbara

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[]

  • 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.

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Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d 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 e.g.: 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:https://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 e.g.: 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. Journal of 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/ Archived 2000-05-20 at the Wayback Machine IAVCEI, THORARINSSON MEDAL
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