Charles B Connor
Charles B Connor
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
Contact
Office: CHM 108
Phone: 813/974-0325
Email: cbconnor@usf.edu
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Research
Modeling volcanic processes,probabilistic forecasts of volcanic activity heat and mass transfer of volcanoes.
Current Courses
Recent Publications
Books:
Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities (2009). Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 623 pp.
Statistics in Volcanology (2006). Edited by H. M. Mader, S. G. Coles, C.B. Connor, and L.J., Connor. Geological Society of London, 285 pp.
Recent Journal Articles:
Volentik, A.C.M., Bonadonna, C. , Connor, C.B. , Connor, L.J. , Rosi, M. (2010). Modeling tephra dispersal in absence of wind: Insights from the climactic phase of the 2450 BP Plinian eruption of Pululagua volcano (Ecuador). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 193 (1), p.117-136.
Kiyosugi, Koji; Connor, C. B.; Zhao, D.; Connor, L. J.; Tanaka, K. (2010). Relationships between volcano distribution, crustal structure, and P-wave tomography: an example from the Abu Monogenetic Volcano Group, SW Japan. Bulletin of Volcanology, 72:331-340.
Wetmore, P. H., C. B. Connor, S. E. Kruse, S. Callihan, G. Pignotta, C. Stremtan, and A. Burke, 2009, Geometry of the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: Implications for the emplacement of small melt volumes into the upper crust, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q08006, doi:10.1029/2009GC002469.
Pearson, S.C.P., C.B. Connor, and W. Sanford, 2008, Rapid response of a hydrologic system to volcanic activity: Masaya volcano, Nicaragua. Geology, 36(12): 951-954.
Jaquet, O., C. B. Connor, L. J. Connor, 2008. Probabilistic modeling for long-term assessment of volcanic hazards, Nuclear Technology, 163(1), 180-189.
Lim, L.L., W.L. Sweatman, R. McKibben, and C.B. Connor, 2008. Tephra Fallout Models: The effect of different source shapes on isomass maps. Mathematical Geosciences, 40(2): 147-157
Byrne, M.A., A. G. Laing, and C. B. Connor, 2007. Predicting tephra dispersion with a mesoscale atmospheric model and a particle fall model: Application to Cerro Negro volcano, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46: 121-135.
MacNeil, R.E., W.E. Sanford, C.B. Connor, S.K. Sandberg, and M. Diez, 2007. Investigation of the groundwater system at Masaya caldera, Nicaragua, using transient electromagnetics and numerical simulation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 166: 217-232.