Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. Lagmay

Educational Background:

Ph.D. Earth Sciences Department, University of Cambridge (2000)

Classes taught:

Graduate Courses

Geology 215: Advanced Field Geology

Geology 297: Remote Sensing of Volcanoes

EnviSci 265:  Environmental Remote Sensing

Undergraduate Courses

Natural Science II: Introduction to Natural Science

Geology 11: Introduction to Geology

Geology 112:  Structural Geology

Geology 175: Computer Methods in Geology

Research Interests:

My research interest is concerned with the reciprocal influence between the growth of volcanoes and their underlying basement.  This relationship is characterized through studies of a wide-variety of volcanoes in different geodynamics settings using remote sensing, analogue modeling, morpho-structural and field structural methods. Volcanoes currently being investigated are those in the Philippines, Kamchatka, Ecuador and the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The goal is to contribute to the existing body of knowledge on this aspect of volcanoes and address their beneficial and adverse impacts to society. 

Selected Publications:

M. Tiangco, A.M.F. Lagmay and J. Argete (in press). ASTER-based study of the nighttime urban heat island effect in Metro Manila (International Journal of Remote Sensing)

Lagmay^,, A.M.F., Raymond S. Rodolfo, Arlene Mae P. Tengonciang, Janneli Lea T. Soria, John Burtkenley T. Ong, Dan Ferdinand D. Fernandez, Mark R.Lapus, Eden G. Baliatan, Zareth P. Quimba, Christopher L. Uichanco, Engielle R. Paguican (in press) Science in search and rescue in the aftermath of the massive February 2006 Philippine landslide. Disasters

A.M.F. Lagmay, K. S. Rodolfo, F. P. Siringan, H. Uy, C. Remotigue, P. Zamora, M Lapus, R. Rodolfo, and J.Ong (2007) Geology and hazard implications of the Maraunot Notch in the Pinatubo caldera, Philippines. Bulletin of Volcanology. vol. 69-7 pp. 797-809

A.M.F. Lagmay, J. B. T. Ong, D.F.D. Fernandez, M. R. Lapus, R. S. Rodolfo, A. M. P. Tengonciang, J.L.A. Soria, E. G. Baliatan, Z. L. Quimba, C. L. Uichangco, E. M. R. Paguican, A. R. C. Remedio, G.R.H. Lorenzo, W. Valdivia, and F. B. Avila (2006) Scientists investigate recent Philippine Landslide. EOS vol 87 no. 12, pp. 121-124.

Kozhurin, V. Acocella, P.R. Kyle, A.M.F. Lagmay, I.V. Melekestsev, V. Ponomareva, D. Rust, A. Tibaldi, A. Tunesi, C. Corazzato, A. Tengonciang and H. Uy (2006) Trenching studies of active faults in Kamchatka, eastern Russia: Palaeoseismic, tectonic and hazard implications. Tectonophysics. V. 417 no. 3-4, 285-304. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2006.01.004

Cielo F. Bastero and A.M F. Lagmay. Estimating SiO2 content of lava deposits in the humid tropics using remotely sensed imagery. 2006 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Volume 151, Issue 4, 15 Pages 357-364.

A.M.F. Lagmay and W. Valdivia (2006) Regional Stress Influence on the opening direction of craters in Southeast Asian volcanoes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. V. 158 no. 1-2, 139-150. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.04.020

Tibaldi, A. and A.M.F. Lagmay (2006) Preface: Interaction between volcanoes and their basement. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. V. 158 no. 1-2, 1-5 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.04.011

Tibaldi, A., A.M.F. Lagmay and S.D. Weaver. Editors. (2006) Special issue on Volcano-Tectonics: Interaction between volcanoes and their basement. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

A.M.F. Lagmay (2006) Effects of basement structure and stratigraphic heritages on volcano behavior – AGU Chapman conference in a developing country. EOS. Vol. 87 no. 23. p. 223.

Norini, G., Groppelli, G., Lagmay, A.M.F. Capra, L. Neotectonics of the Toluca Area, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, and their Seismic and Geodynamic Implications. (2006) Tectonics v. 25, TC4012

Tibaldi, A. Lagmay, A.M.F., Ponomareva, V., and Garcia, M. (2005). Effects of basement structural and stratigraphic heritages on volcano behaviour and implications for human activities (the UNESCO/IUGS/IGCP project 455). Episodes. vol. 28, no. 3, pp 1-13

G. Norini and A. M. F. Lagmay (2005) Deformed symmetrical volcanoes. Geology vol. 33(7) pp. 605-608

Bastero, C., and Lagmay, A.M.F. (2005). Estimating SiO2 content of lava deposits using remotely-sensed imagery. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. V. 151 no. 4, 357-364.

Lagmay, A.M.F., Tengonciang, A.M.P., and Uy, H.S. (2005) Structural setting of the Bicol Basin and kinematics of fractures on Mayon Volcano, Philippines. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. doi:10.1016/j.volgeores.2004.11.015 

Lagmay, A.M.F., Tengonciang, A.M.P., Marcos, H.V. and Pascua, C.S., (2003). A structural model guide for geothermal exploration in Ancestral Mount Bao, Leyte, Philippines. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 122:133-141 DOI 10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00501-2

Lagmay, A.M.F., van Wyk de Vries, B., Kerle, N., and Pyle, D.M., (2000). Volcano instability induced by strike-slip faulting, Bulletin of Volcanology 62:331-346 DOI 10.1007/s004450000103

Lagmay,A.M.F., Pyle, D.M., Dade, B, Oppenheimer, C. (1999). Control of crater morphology on flow path direction of Soufriere-type pyroclastic flows. Journal of Geophysical Research 104, 7169-7181.

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