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Dr. Bruce Houghton

Gordon A. Macdonald Professor of Volcanology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences · University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Field: environmentLocation: Honolulu, Hawaii, United StatesInstitutional homepage ↗

Research Biography & Scholarly Focus

Dr. Houghton is the Science Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, world-renowned for high-resolution studies of explosive basaltic eruptions and volcanic ash plume physics.

Department & Affiliation

Institution: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Faculty Division: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Supervision / Inquiries: Contact directly via official department directory

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