Peter Francis | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Peter_Francis.png) Peter Francis in the field | |
| Born | Peter William Francis 1944 |
| Died | 1999 (aged 54–55) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Open University Lunar and Planetary Institute University of Hawaii |
| Thesis | Some aspects of the Lewisian geology of Barra and adjacent islands (1969) |
| Doctoral students | Clive Oppenheimer[1] |
Peter William Francis (1944–1999) was a British volcanologist specialising in the study of active volcanoes on both the Earth and other planets in the Solar System.[2] He was also renowned for his ability as a communicator, reaching the general public in a series of popular and acclaimed books on his subject.
- ^ Oppenheimer, Clive (1991). Volcanology from space : applications of infrared remote sensing. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). Open University. OCLC 59919963. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.293718. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Francis, P.; Horrocks, L.; Oppenheimer, C. (2000). "Monitoring gases from andesite volcanoes". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 358 (1770): 1567–1584. Bibcode:2000RSPTA.358.1567F. doi:10.1098/rsta.2000.0604. ISSN 1364-503X. S2CID 140709631.
