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The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine, TT

2019-01-10 to present | Professor of Geology (Seismic Research Centre)
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Richard Robertson

The University of the west indies: St. Augustine, TT

2013-10-01 to 2019-09-30 | Director (Seismic Research Centre)
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Richard Robertson

The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine, TT

2011-09-01 to 2013-09-30 | Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (Seismic Research Centre)
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Richard Robertson

The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine, TT

2008-11-01 to 2011-08-31 | Director (Seismic Research Centre)
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Richard Robertson

The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine, TT

2004-10-01 to 2008-09-30 | Head (Seismic Research Unit)
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Richard Robertson

The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine, TT

1993-10-01 to 2004-09-30 | Research Fellow/Geologist (Seismic Research Unit)
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Richard Robertson

Ministry of Agriculture: Kingstown, VC

1987-07-01 to 1993-09-30 | Volcanologist & Head (Soufriere Monitoring Unit)
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Richard Robertson

Education and qualifications (3)

University of the West Indies: Mona, JM

2003-01 | PhD/The volcanic geology of the pre-Soufriere rocks on St. Vincent (Geography and Geology)
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Richard Robertson

University of Leeds: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

1990-09-01 to 1992-08-31 | MPhil (Volcanology) (Earth Sciences)
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Richard Robertson

University of the West Indies: Kingston, Kingston, JM

1983 to 1987 | BSc Geology (Geology)
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Richard Robertson

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Automating tephra fall building damage assessment using deep learning

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
2024-12-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-4585-2024
Contributors: Eleanor Tennant; Susanna F. Jenkins; Victoria Miller; Richard Robertson; Bihan Wen; Sang-Ho Yun; Benoit Taisne
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Automating tephra fall building damage assessment using deep learning

2024-05-30 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-2024-81
Contributors: Eleanor Tennant; Susanna F. Jenkins; Victoria Miller; Richard Robertson; Bihan Wen; Sang-Ho Yun; Benoit Taisne
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Supplementary material to "Automating tephra fall building damage assessment using deep learning"

2024-05-30 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-2024-81-supplement
Contributors: Eleanor Tennant; Susanna F. Jenkins; Victoria Miller; Richard Robertson; Bihan Wen; Sang-Ho Yun; Benoit Taisne
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An overview of the eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent 2020–21

Geological Society, London, Special Publications
2024-01-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1144/SP539-2023-95
Contributors: Richard E. A. Robertson; Jenni Barclay; E. P. Joseph; R. S. J. Sparks
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Facts, faith and Facebook: science communication during the 2020–21 La Soufrière, St Vincent volcanic eruption

Geological Society, London, Special Publications
2024-01-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1144/SP539-2022-289
Contributors: Omari Graham; Thalia Thomas; Anna Hicks; Stacey Edwards; Alia Juman; Arti Ramroop; Richard Robertson
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Scientists as storytellers: the explanatory power of stories told about environmental crises

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
2023-11-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-23-3603-2023
Contributors: Jenni Barclay; Richie Robertson; M. Teresa Armijos
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Contrasting T-Phase and P-Wave Patterns from the 2015 and 2017 Eruptions of the Submarine Volcano Kick-‘em-Jenny: Influence of Cardinal Direction on Recorded First Phase Arrival

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
2023-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1785/0120220101
Contributors: Joan L. Latchman; Frederic J.-Y. Dondin; Richard E. A. Robertson; Roderick Stewart; Paddy Smith; Lloyd L. Lynch; Chandradath Ramsingh; Nisha Nath; Hannah Ramsingh; Ian Juman et al.
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Erratum to Contrasting T-Phase and P-Wave Patterns from the 2015 and 2017 Eruptions of the Submarine Volcano Kick-‘em-Jenny: Influence of Cardinal Direction on Recorded First-Phase Arrival

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
2023-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1785/0120230132
Contributors: Joan L. Latchman; Frederic J.-Y. Dondin; Richard E. A. Robertson; Roderick Stewart; Paddy Smith; Lloyd L. Lynch; Chandradath Ramsingh; Nisha Nath; Hannah Ramsingh; Ian Juman et al.
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Scientists as Story-tellers: the explanatory power of stories told about environmental crises

2023-02-23 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-71
Contributors: Jenni Barclay; Richie Robertson; M. Teresa Armijos
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Supplementary material to "Scientists as Story-tellers: the explanatory power of stories told about environmental crises"

2023-02-23 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-71-supplement
Contributors: Jenni Barclay; Richie Robertson; M. Teresa Armijos
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Ongoing tectonic subsidence in the Lesser Antilles subduction zone

2022-06-17 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31223/X5360D
Contributors: Elenora van Rijsingen; Eric Calais; Romain Jolivet; Jean-Bernard de Chabalier; Richard Robertson; Graham Ryan; Steeve Symithe
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Managing stakeholder relationships for improved situation awareness during volcanic emergencies: An Eastern Caribbean case study

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102656
Contributors: Omari Graham; Stacey Edwards; Richard Robertson
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Inferring Interseismic Coupling Along the Lesser Antilles Arc: A Bayesian Approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2020JB020677
Contributors: E. M. van Rijsingen; E. Calais; R. Jolivet; J.‐B. de Chabalier; J. Jara; S. Symithe; R. Robertson; G. A. Ryan
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Fault Creep and Strain Partitioning in Trinidad-Tobago: Geodetic Measurements, Models, and Origin of Creep

Tectonics
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2019TC005530
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2-s2.0-85078449628

Part of ISBN:

19449194 02787407
Contributors: Weber, J.; Geirsson, H.; La Femina, P.; Robertson, R.; Churches, C.; Shaw, K.; Latchman, J.; Higgins, M.; Miller, K.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Along-arc heterogeneity in local seismicity across the Lesser Antilles subduction zone from a dense ocean-bottom seismometer network

Seismological Research Letters
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1785/0220190147
EID:

2-s2.0-85077122971

Part of ISBN:

19382057 08950695
Contributors: Bie, L.; Rietbrock, A.; Hicks, S.; Allen, R.; Blundy, J.; Clouard, V.; Collier, J.; Davidson, J.; Garth, T.; Goes, S. et al.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Evolution in magma storage conditions beneath Kick-’em-Jenny and Kick-’em-Jack submarine volcanoes, Lesser Antilles arc

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.01.023
EID:

2-s2.0-85061183904

Part of ISBN:

03770273
Contributors: Camejo-Harry, M.; Melekhova, E.; Blundy, J.; Robertson, R.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Explosive activity of the last 1000 years at La Soufrière, St Vincent, Lesser Antilles

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.01.002
EID:

2-s2.0-85059816136

Part of ISBN:

03770273
Contributors: Cole, P.D.; Robertson, R.E.A.; Fedele, L.; Scarpati, C.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Livelihoods, Wellbeing and the Risk to Life During Volcanic Eruptions

Frontiers in Earth Science
2019-08-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2019.00205
Part of ISSN: 2296-6463
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Richard Robertson
grade
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The University of the West Indies-Seismic Research Centre Volcano Monitoring Network: Evolution since 1953 and Challenges in Maintaining a State-of-the-Art Network in a Small Island Economy

Geosciences
2019-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9020071
Contributors: Frederic Dondin; Lloyd Lynch; Chan Ramsingh; Graham A. Ryan; Ilias Papadopoulos; Daniel Rueppel; Erouscilla P. Joseph; Joan L. Latchman; Richard Robertson; Nisha Nath et al.
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Integrating Volcanic Hazard Data in a Systematic Approach to Develop Volcanic Hazard Maps in the Lesser Antilles

Frontiers in Earth Science
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00042
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Richard Robertson
grade
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Magma evolution beneath Bequia, Lesser Antilles, deduced from petrology of lavas and plutonic xenoliths

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-018-1504-z
EID:

2-s2.0-85052866420
Contributors: Camejo-Harry, M.; Melekhova, E.; Blundy, J.; Attridge, W.; Robertson, R.; Christopher, T.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Meteorological Controls on Local and Regional Volcanic Ash Dispersal

Scientific Reports
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24651-1
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2-s2.0-85046631104
Contributors: Poulidis, A.P.; Phillips, J.C.; Renfrew, I.A.; Barclay, J.; Hogg, A.; Jenkins, S.F.; Robertson, R.; Pyle, D.M.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Flank instability assessment at Kick-’em-Jenny submarine volcano (Grenada, Lesser Antilles): a multidisciplinary approach using experiments and modeling

Bulletin of Volcanology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-016-1090-8
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Richard Robertson
grade
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Risk communication films: Process, product and potential for improving preparedness and behaviour change

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2017 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.04.015
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Richard Robertson
grade
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Application of the probabilistic model BET_UNREST during a volcanic unrest simulation exercise in Dominica, Lesser Antilles

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2016GC006485
EID:

2-s2.0-85001720431
Contributors: Constantinescu, R.; Robertson, R.; Lindsay, J.M.; Tonini, R.; Sandri, L.; Rouwet, D.; Smith, P.; Stewart, R.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Application of the probabilistic model BET_UNREST during a volcanic unrest simulation exercise in Dominica, Lesser Antilles

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
2016 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

Numerical tsunami hazard assessment of the submarine volcano Kick'em Jenny in high resolution are

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
2016 | Conference paper
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Richard Robertson

The dilemmas of risk-sensitive development on a small volcanic island

Resources
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/resources5020021
EID:

2-s2.0-85018910856
Contributors: Wilkinson, E.; Lovell, E.; Carby, B.; Barclay, J.; Robertson, R.E.A.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

The Dilemmas of Risk-Sensitive Development on a Small Volcanic Island

Resources
2016 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

Current block motions and strain accumulation on active faults in the Caribbean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011779
EID:

2-s2.0-85027946636
Contributors: Symithe, S.; Calais, E.; De Chabalier, J.B.; Robertson, R.; Higgins, M.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Current block motions and strain accumulation on active faults in the Caribbean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2015 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

Experimental evidence for polybaric differentiation of primitive arc basalt beneath St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles

Journal of Petrology
2015 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

Exploring Kick’em Jenny Submarine Volcano and the Barbados Cold Seep Province, Southern Lesser Antilles [in special issue: New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus 2014 Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Field Season]

Oceanography
2015 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

Report on the 2015 unrest activity at Kick-’em-Jenny submarine volcano, Grenada

The UWI Seismic Research Centre
2015 | Other
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Richard Robertson

Significant technical advances in broadband seismic stations in the Lesser Antilles

Advances in Geosciences
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-40-43-2015
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2-s2.0-84927623999
Contributors: Anglade, A.; Lemarchand, A.; Saurel, J.-M.; Clouard, V.; Bouin, M.-P.; De Chabalier, J.-B.; Tait, S.; Brunet, C.; Nercessian, A.; Beauducel, F. et al.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Significant technical advances in broadband seismic stations in the Lesser Antilles

Advances in Geosciences
2015 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

An overview of the eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010

Geological Society, London, Memoirs
2014 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

An overview of the eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010

Geological Society Memoir
2014 | Book
DOI: 10.1144/M39.1
EID:

2-s2.0-84986206600
Contributors: Wadge, G.; Voight, B.; Sparks, R.S.J.; Cole, P.D.; Loughlin, S.C.; Robertson, R.E.A.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Experimental evidence for polybaric differentiation of primitive arc basalt beneath St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles

Journal of Petrology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egu074
EID:

2-s2.0-84922438032
Contributors: Melekhova, E.; Blundy, J.; Robertson, R.; Humphreys, M.C.S.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Experimental Evidence for Polybaric Intracrustal Differentiation of Primitive Arc Basalt beneath St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
2014 | Conference paper
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Richard Robertson

Exploring Lesser Antilles subduction zone locking through modeling of cGPS and earthquake seismology data.

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2014 | Conference paper
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Richard Robertson

Geological Society, London, Memoirs

Geological Society, London, Memoirs
2014 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

New GPS evidence for continental transform fault creep, Central Range Fault, Trinidad, and its geological and hazard implications

2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia
2014 | Conference paper
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Richard Robertson

The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010

Geological Society, London, Memoirs
2014 | Other
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Richard Robertson

The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010

2014 | Conference paper
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Richard Robertson

A Proposed Community Network For Monitoring Volcanic Emissions In Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2013 | Conference paper
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Richard Robertson

Chemical and isotopic characteristics of geothermal fluids from Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.12.013
EID:

2-s2.0-84873122229
Contributors: Joseph, E.P.; Fournier, N.; Lindsay, J.M.; Robertson, R.; Beckles, D.M.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier

Chemical and isotopic characteristics of geothermal fluids from Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2013 | Journal article
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Richard Robertson

Elevated Seismic Activity Beneath the Slumbering Morne aux Diables Volcano, Northern Dominica and the Monitoring Role of the Seismic Research Centre

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2012 | Conference paper
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Richard Robertson

Focused study of interweaving hazards across the Caribbean

Eos
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2012EO090001
EID:

2-s2.0-84863264524
Contributors: Braun, J.J.; Mattioli, G.S.; Calais, E.; Carlson, D.; Dixon, T.H.; Jackson, M.E.; Kursinski, E.R.; Mora-Paez, H.; Miller, M.M.; Pandya, R. et al.
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Richard Robertson via Scopus - Elsevier
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