Bruce Houghton Explained

Bruce Houghton
Birth Place:	Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality:	New Zealand
Fields:	Geology/Volcanology
Workplaces:	University of Hawaiʻi Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS), New Zealand
Alma Mater:	University of Auckland, University of Otago
Thesis Title:	Geology of the Takitimu group and associated intrusive rocks, central Takitimu Mountains, western Southland, New Zealand
Thesis Url:	https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/3991
Thesis Year:	1977

Bruce F. Houghton (born 29 April 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand volcanologist. He was a student at Auckland University, and University of Otago, where he completed a PhD in 1977 on the geology of the Takatimu Mountains in western Southland.^[1]

Houghton is currently the Hawai'i State volcanologist and the Gordon A. Macdonald Professor of Volcanology at the University of Hawaiʻi.^{[2] [3]} In August 2017, Bruce was awarded the highest award in volcanology, the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior's Thorarinsson Medal. He is recognized as "a giant of volcanology".^[4]

Selected publications

• Ross . P-S. . Peate, U. . McClintock, M. . White, J.D.L. . Skilling, I.P. . Houghton B.F. . 2005 . Mafic volcaniclastic deposits in large igneous provinces: a review . Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research . 145 . 281–314 . 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.02.003. 2005JVGR..145..281R.
• Gurioli. Lucia. Houghton. Bruce F.. Cashman. Katherine V.. Katharine Cashman. Cioni. Raffaello. Complex changes in eruption dynamics during the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius. Bulletin of Volcanology. 67. 2. 2004. 144–159. 0258-8900. 10.1007/s00445-004-0368-4. 129529947. 2005BVol...67..144G .
• Book: Haraldur Sigurdsson . Bruce Houghton . Hazel Rymer . John Stix . Steve McNutt . Encyclopedia of Volcanoes . Surtseyan and Related Phreatomagmatic Eruptions . 2000 . Academic Press . San Diego, California . 495–512 . 978-0-12-643140-7 . James D. L. White . Bruce F. Houghton . amp.
• Book: Houghton, Bruce F. . C. J. N. Wilson . R. T. Smith . J. S. Gilbert . Haraldur Sigurdsson . Bruce Houghton . Hazel Rymer . John Stix . Steve McNutt . Encyclopedia of Volcanoes . Phreatoplinian Eruptions . 2000 . Academic Press . San Diego, California . 513–526 . 978-0-12-643140-7 . Colin J. N. Wilson.
• Book: Haraldur Sigurdsson . Bruce Houghton . Hazel Rymer . John Stix . Steve McNutt . Encyclopedia of Volcanoes . Pyroclastic Transport and Deposition . 2000 . Academic Press . San Diego, California . 545–554 . 978-0-12-643140-7 . Colin J. N. Wilson and Bruce F. Houghton.
• Book: Houghton, Bruce F. . C. J. N. Wilson. Colin J. N. Wilson . D. M. Pyle . Haraldur Sigurdsson . Bruce Houghton . Hazel Rymer . John Stix . Steve McNutt . Encyclopedia of Volcanoes . Pyroclastic Fall Deposits . 2000 . Academic Press . San Diego, California . 555–570 . 978-0-12-643140-7.
• Wilson . C.J.N. . Colin J. N. Wilson . Houghton, B.F. . McWilliams, M.O. . Lanphere, M.A. . Weaver, South Dakota . Briggs, R.M. . 1995 . Evolution of Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: a review . . 68 . 1–28 . 10.1016/0377-0273(95)00006-G.
• Houghton . B.F. . Wilson, C.J.N.. Colin J. N. Wilson . McWilliams, M.O. . Lanphere, M.A. . Weaver, S.D. . Briggs, R.M. . Pringle, M.S. . 1995 . Chronology and dynamics of a large silicic magmatic system: central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand . Geology . 23 . 1 . 13–16 . 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0013:CADOAL>2.3.CO;2. 1995Geo....23...13H .
• Book: Explosive Volcanism: Processes and Products . 1993 . IAVCEI, Commission on Explosive Volcanism Short Course, Canberra, Australia, 23–24 September 1993 . Jocelyn McPhie . Bruce F. Houghton . amp.

External links

• Web site: Recent Developments in Explosive Volcanism. IAVCEI, Commission on Explosive Volcanism (CEV), Short Course, 23–24 August 2008, University of Iceland. 17 May 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721235547/http://staff.aist.go.jp/s-takarada/CEV/shortcourse.html. 21 July 2011. dmy-all.
• Book: Geological Society of New Zealand 1955–2005:: Our first 50 years. 2005. Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication No 118. 0-908678-00-2. 19 May 2010.

Notes and References

1. Houghton . Bruce . 1977 . Doctoral thesis . Geology of the Takitimu group and associated intrusive rocks, central Takitimu Mountains, western Southland, New Zealand . OUR Archive, University of Otago . 10523/3991 .
2. http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/asp/GG/people/people.asp?ID=2431 University of Hawai'i: Department of Geology and Geophysics profile
3. Web site: Houghton . Bruce . Bruce Houghton appointed to the Gordon A Macdonald chair in volcanology. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS), New Zealand. 19 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100522085427/http://www.gns.cri.nz/news/release/hou.html . 2010-05-22.
4. News: Morton. Jamie. Kiwi 'giant of volcanology' Bruce Houghton wins world honour. 5 May 2018. New Zealand Herald. August 31, 2017.