Staff profiles
            
        
        
        
Nico FournierVolcano Geophysicist
Qualifications
- PhD, Volcanology
 - BSc, Earth Sciences
 - MSc, Earth Sciences, Volcanology
 
Areas of expertise
- Geophysics: Modelling
 - Geophysics: GPS
 - Geophysics: Volcano Geodesy
 - Geophysics: Volcano Geophysics
 - Geophysics: Gravity
 - Geophysics: Numerical Methods
 - Geophysics: Volcanic hazards
 - Geophysics: Volcanic surveillance
 
Publications
                        Selection of major publications
                    
                    - Editorial : towards improved forecasting of volcanic eruptions, Frontiers in Earth Science 8: article 45. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00045. article 45
 - The influence of viscoelastic crustal rheologies on volcanic ground deformation : insights from models of pressure and volume change, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 124(8): DOI: 10.1029/2019JB017832.
 - Bayesian Network modeling and expert elicitation for probabilistic eruption forecasting : pilot study for Whakaari/ White Island, New Zealand, Frontiers in Earth Science 6: article 211. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00211. article 211
 - Modelling ground deformation patterns associated with volcanic processes at the Okataina Volcanic Centre, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 344: p. 65-78. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.04.014. p. 65-78
 - Detecting complex eruption sequence and directionality from high-rate geodetic observations : the August 6, 2012 Te Maari eruption, Tongariro, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 286: p. 387-396. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.05.021. p. 387-396
 - Understanding volcano hydrothermal unrest from geodetic observations : insights from numerical modeling and application to White Island volcano, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 117(11): B11208. DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009469. B11208
 - On the geophysical fingerprint of Vulcanian explosions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 306(1/2): p. 98-104. p. 98-104
 - Disappearance of a crater lake : implications for potential explosivity at Soufriere Volcano, St Vincent, Lesser Antilles, Bulletin of Volcanology 73(5): p. 543-555. DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0422-3. p. 543-555
 - Ghost tilt signal during transient ground surface deformation events : insights from the September 3, 2010 Mw7.1 Darfield Earthquake, New Zealand, Geophysical Research Letters 38: L16305. DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048136. L16305
 - Shear wave splitting, VP/VS, and GPS during a time of enhanced activity at Aso caldera, Kyushu, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 116(11): B11203. DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008520. B11203
 - Mass variations in response to magmatic stress changes at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat (WI) : insights from 4-D gravity data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290(1/2): p. 83-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.004. p. 83-89
 - Boiling Lake of Dominica, West Indies : high-temperature volcanic crater lake dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 114: B02203. DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005773. B02203
 - High-resolution gravity survey : investigation of subsurface structures at Poas volcano, Costa Rica, Geophysical Research Letters 31: L15602. DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020563. L15602