Publications
Peer Reviewed Academic Papers
Smith, R., Kilburn, C.R.J., Forecasting eruptions after long repose intervals from rates of rock fracture: The June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippine, JVGR 191 p129-136
Smith, R., Sammonds, P.R., Kilburn, C.R.J., (2009) Fracturing of volcanic systems: experimental insights into pre-eruptive conditions, EPSL 280 p211-219
Tuffen, H., Smith, R., Sammonds, P.R., (2008) Evidence for seismogenic fracture of silicic magma, Nature 453 p511-514
Smith, R., Kilburn, C.R.J, Sammonds, P.R., (2007) Rock Fracture as a Precursor to Lava Dome Eruptions at Mount St Helens from June 1980 to October 1986, Bull. Volc. 69(6) p681-693
Peer Reviewed Non-Academic Papers
POSTnote 239: Early Warning Systems for Natural Disasters, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, May 2005, (briefing paper prepared by R. Smith)
Invited talks and seminars
- Oct 2009
Departmental seminar at Edinburgh University - July 2007
Seminar at the Cascades Volcano Observatory - May 2007
Invited talk in volcano-tectonic session at General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union - Feb 2006 and Feb 2007
Guest lectures at Department of earth and environmental sciences, Kingston University - Dec 2005
Invited talk in magma flow and fracture session at Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union