Jack Souther

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Jack Souther (born in 1924) is an Bancroft Award winning American-Canadian volcanologist of the Geological Survey of Canada. He is a leading authority on geothermal resources and volcanism in the Canadian Cordillera.[1] Souther has long been in demand as a professor to lay audiences because of his ability to give scientific thoughts as a professor to lay audiences.[1] This includes his ability to be a principal in media interviews, a participant in radio and television open-line shows and as a main figure in television broadcasts handling with his scientific concentration.[1]

Souther has added several Quaternary aged volcanic areas on Canadian maps. In 1977, Souther wrote a book titled Volcanic Regimes that included a chapter about tectonics in the Canadian Cordillera.[2] This work by Souther provided significant information about the early understanding of volcanism in Canada throughout the Quaternary period.[2] For many years, the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in northwestern British Columbia, Canada was a significant study area for Souther.[3] In 1992, Souther's studies highlighted the importance and size of the region, and proposed that numerous subglacial eruptions emplaced lava in a sub-ice or ice-contact environment.[4] In 1991, Souther proposed Hoodoo Mountain formed as a tuya because of its overall flat-topped topography. However, more recent studies have shown that Hoodoo Mountain is a stratovolcano, even though its structure likely results from frequent relationships between volcanism and adjacent ice sheets during the last glacial period.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Volcanism in Canada
  3. ↑ "Stikine volcanic belt: Mount Edziza". Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Geological Survey of Canada. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-09-11. 
  4. ↑ "Using Glaciovolcanic Processes and Products at the Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex (MEVC), British Columbia, Canada to Constrain Paleo-Ice Conditions: Initial Results". NASA Astrophysics Data System. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 
  5. ↑ "Glacial influence on morphology and eruptive products of Hoodoo Mountain volcano, Canada". Analysis of influence by glaciers on Hoodoo Mountain. The University of British Columbia EOS-Earth and Ocean Sciences. Retrieved 2009-04-15.  |coauthors= requires |author= (help)

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