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Memorial to Robert Leland Smith 1920-2016

Charles R. Bacon
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Robert L. Smith, renowned volcanologist and distinguished scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), was a world authority on ash-flow tuffs, silicic volcanism, and caldera structures. Bob died peacefully in Sacramento, California, June 17, 2016, a few days short of his ninety-sixth birthday. His publications on ash flows and their deposits brought about an international revolution in understanding of explosive silicic volcanism and, in his fifty-year career, he profoundly influenced USGS programs and countless scientists.

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Charles R. Bacon. 2016. Memorial to Robert Leland Smith 1920-2016. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70179579

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