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About Geowalks - "geology with a human face"
Geowalks is the trading name of Angus Miller, an Edinburgh-based geologist. Some Geowalks activities are delivered in partnership with other organisations, but I lead all walks and trips personally.
I’m passionate about exploring Scotland's geology and helping people to discover the rich story of Scotland's rocks and landscapes. An early love of the outdoors led me to study geology at Edinburgh University. This was followed by a PhD at Durham University, investigating small earthquakes of the Hengill volcano in Iceland.
In 1995 I joined the team monitoring the erupting volcano on Montserrat in the eastern Caribbean. During the next two years the eruption worsened and the volcano had a catastrophic effect on the island and its small human population. I learned a lot about volcanoes, about the fascination and fear they cause, and about the challenges of communicating science to the general public.
Back in Edinburgh, Geowalks began on Arthur's Seat in 1998, using the story of my local volcano to explore the vastness of geological time and scale. Since then, my work has grown to include day walks and longer trips around Scotland, and projects with organisations such as the Edinburgh International Science Festival, the John Muir Trust and Techfest in Aberdeen.
Angus Miller
Recent Articles
Miller, Angus, What the Iapetus Ocean did for us, Trail Magazine of the Ramblers' Association Lothian & Borders Area, Issue 47, 2006.
Miller, Angus, Scotland's Geology, VisitScotland.com website, 2005.
Miller, Angus, Arran's Unique Rocks, Arran Banner, 14 October 2005.
Miller, Angus and Mitchell, Diane, Rock Club at the National Museums of Scotland, Down to Earth, 2004.
Miller, A.D., Walking and Talking, Earth Heritage, 19, p17, 2003.
Published Papers
Aspinall, W.P., S.C. Loughlin, F.V. Michael, A.D. Miller, G.E. Norton, K.C. Rowley, and R.S.J. Sparks, The Montserrat Volcano Observatory: its evolution, organization, role and activities, in Druitt, T.H. & Kokelaar, B.P. (eds) 2002. The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 21, 71-91.
Loughlin, S.C., P.J. Baxter, W.P. Aspinall, B. Darroux, C.L. Harford and A.D. Miller, Eyewitness accounts of the 25 June 1997 pyroclastic flows and surges at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, and implications for disaster mitigation, in Druitt, T.H. & Kokelaar, B.P. (eds) 2002. The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 21, 211-230.
Voight, B., R.S.J. Sparks, A.D. Miller, R.C. Stewart, R.P. Hoblitt, A. Clarke, J. Ewart, W.P. Aspinall, B. Baptie, E.S. Calder, P. Cole, T.H. Druitt, C. Hartford, R.A. Herd, P. Jackson, A. M. Lejeune, A.B. Lockhart, S.C. Loughlin, R. Lluckett, L. Lynch, G.E. Norton, R. Robertson, I.M. Watson, R. Watts and S.R. Young, Magma flow instability and cyclic activity at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, British West Indies, Science, 283, 1138-1142, 1999.
Julian, B.R., A.D. Miller and G.R. Foulger, Non-double-couple earthquakes 1. Theory, Rev. Geophys., 36, 525-549, 1998.
Miller, A.D., G.R. Foulger and B.R. Julian, Non-double-couple earthquakes 2. Observations, Rev. Geophys., 36, 551-568, 1998.
Miller, A.D., B.R. Julian and G.R. Foulger, Three-dimensional seismic structure and moment tensors of non-double-couple earthquakes at the Hengill-Grensdalur volcanic complex, Iceland, Geophys. J. Int., 133, 309-325, 1998.
Miller, A.D., R.C. Stewart, R.A. White, R. Luckett, B.J. Baptie, W.P. Aspinall, J.L. Latchman, L.L. Lynch and B. Voight, Seismicity associated with growth and collapse at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3401-3404, 1998.
Aspinall, W.P., A.D. Miller, L.L. Lynch, J.L. Latchman, R.C. Stewart, R.A. White and J.P. Power, Soufriere Hills eruption, Montserrat, 1995-1997: Volcanic earthquake locations and fault plane solutions, Geophys. Res. Lett, 25, 3397-3400, 1998. White, R.A., A.D. Miller, L.L. Lynch and J.P. Power, Observations of hybrid seismic events at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies: July 1995 to September 1996, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3397-4000, 1998.
Young, S.R., R.S.J. Sparks, W.P. Aspinall, L.L. Lynch, A.D. Miller, R.E.A. Robertson and J.B. Shepherd, Overview of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, 18 July 1995 to December 1997, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3389-3392, 1998.
Voight, B., R.P. Hoblitt, A.B. Clarke, A.B. Lockhart, A.D. Miller, L. Lynch and J. McMahon, Remarkable cyclic ground deformation monitored in real-time on Montserrat, and its use in eruption forecasting, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3405-3408, 1998.
Julian, B.R., A.D. Miller and G.R. Foulger, Non-double-couple earthquake mechanisms at the Hengill-Grensdalur volcanic complex, southwest Iceland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 743-746, 1997.
Miller, A.D., Seismic structure and earthquake focal mechanisms of the Hengill Volcanic Complex, SW Iceland, Ph.D. thesis, University of Durham, 280 pp, 1996.
Evans, J.R., G.R. Foulger, B.R. Julian and A.D. Miller, Crustal shear-wave splitting from local earthquakes in the Hengill triple junction, southwest Iceland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 455-458, 1996.
Foulger, G.R., A.D. Miller, B.R. Julian and J.R. Evans, Three dimensional vP and vP/vS structure of the Hengill triple junction and geothermal area, Iceland, and the repeatability of tomographic inversion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1309-1312, 1995.
Ruff, L.J. and A.D. Miller, Rupture processes of large earthquakes in the Northern Mexico subduction zone, Pageoph., 142, 101-171, 1994.
Julian, B.R., A.D. Miller and G.R. Foulger, Non-shear focal mechanisms of earthquakes at the Geysers, California and Hengill, Iceland geothermal areas, Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 17, 123-128, 1993.
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