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Gareth Fabbro

Vulcanology, igneous petrology and geochemistry of silicic calderas

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Photography

20160930_211729_The-Merlion-at-night
20161208_161323_Christmas-on-the-Rhine
20170719_085412_Collared-Kingfisher
20170108_215745_Northern-lights
20161217_164421_Golden-Reflection
20170523_212101_Bali-Stars
20170306_080352_Pandan-River
20161217_173517_Golden
20160323_122147_Snowstorm
20160920_184822_Singapore-Sunset
20170522_123048_Monkey-and-baby
20170627_111210_Into-the-crater
20161003_183018_Rinjani-Sunset
20160930_185320_Singapore-Sunset
20160930_152939_Chinese-Garden
20170106_114845_Frozen
20161230_150658_Minnewater
20160323_203755_Rabati-Castle
20170604_183619_Singapore-Sunset
20170102_171836_Stockholm-Night
20170604_192638_Supertrees-at-Dusk
20170407_193426_Cheng-Hoon-Teng-Temple
20160324_150851_Uplistsikhe
20170627_134849_Tavurvur-and-Kombiu
20170106_115849_Winter
20161005_163938_Tiu-Kelep-Waterfall
20170103_144840_Closed-for-the-season
20160327_113759_The-Towers-of-Svaneti
20170108_205548_Its-cold-outside
20160329_141547_The-Cable-Cars-of-Chiatura
20170620_174340_Celeste
20160324_153920_Uplistsikhe
20170318_111618_Spiky-plant
20160323_171649_Vardzia
20170311_120444_Otter-hug
20170523_135056_Jatiluwih-Rice-Terraces
20160327_133434_The-Towers-of-Svaneti
20170511_165454_Batur-in-the-evening
20161217_135849_Beneath-the-bridge
20160323_151308_Mtkvari-Valley
20160930_213903_Bright-lights
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20170408_200236_Night-cruise-on-the-Melaka-River
20170522_125824_Ubud-Monkey-Forest

How big will a volcano’s next eruption be? I study the magmatic processes that occurred prior to previous eruptions in an attempt to answer that question.

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