List of works by Shanaka de Silva

40Ar/39Ar chronostratigraphy of Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex ignimbrites reveals the development of a major magmatic province

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Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex of the central Andes

scholarly article

Arc magmatism, calderas, and supervolcanoes

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Caldera-forming eruptions of mushy magma modulated by feedbacks between ascent rate, gas retention/loss and bubble/crystal framework interaction

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Catastrophic Caldera-Forming (CCF) Monotonous Silicic Magma Reservoirs: Geochemical and Petrological Constraints on Heterogeneity, Magma Dynamics, and Eruption Dynamics of the 3·49 Ma Tara Supereruption, Guacha II Caldera, SW Bolivia

scientific article

Catastrophic caldera-forming eruptions: Thermomechanics and implications for eruption triggering and maximum caldera dimensions on Earth

scientific article

Characterizing the continental basement of the Central Andes: Constraints from Bolivian crustal xenoliths

scholarly article

Comment on: “Cobeñas, G., Thouret, J.-C., Bonadonna, C., Boivin, P., 2012. The c.2030yr BP Plinian eruption of El Misti volcano, Peru: Eruption dynamics and hazard implications. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 241-242, 105-120.”

scholarly article by Christopher J. Harpel et al published September 2013 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Correlation of large ignimbrites — Two case studies from the Central Andes of northern Chile

scientific article published in May 1989

Corrigendum to “Million-year melt–presence in monotonous intermediate magma for avolcanic–plutonic assemblage in the Central Andes: Contrasting histories of crystal-rich and crystal-poor super-sized silicic magmas” [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 4

scientific article published in July 2018

Distinct erosional progressions in the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars, indicate contrasting environmental conditions

scholarly article published in 2009

Eruptions linked to El Niño

scientific article published in Nature

Explosive volcanism and associated pressures; Implications for models of endogenically shocked quartz

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Geochronology and stratigraphy of the ignimbrites from the 21°30′S to 23°30′S portion of the Central Andes of northern Chile

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Gravel-mantled megaripples of the Argentinean Puna: A model for their origin and growth with implications for Mars

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Large silicic magma systems

Magma Dynamics and Petrological Evolution Leading to the VEI 5 2000 bp Eruption of El Misti Volcano, Southern Peru

scholarly article

Post-supereruption recovery at Toba Caldera

scientific article

Potentially active volcanoes of Peru-Observations using Landsat Thematic Mapper and Space Shuttle imagery

scientific article (publication date: March 1990)

Quickening the Pulse: Fractal Tempos in Continental Arc Magmatism

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Slab-rollback ignimbrite flareups in the southern Great Basin and other Cenozoic American arcs: A distinct style of arc volcanism

scientific article published in 2016

Sr- and Nd- isotope variations along the Pleistocene San Pedro – Linzor volcanic chain, N. Chile: Tracking the influence of the upper crustal Altiplano-Puna Magma Body

scientific article published in July 2017

Styles of zoning in central Andean ignimbrites; Insights into magma chamber processes

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Sulfur yield of the 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, Peru: Contributions from magmatic, fluid-phase, and hydrothermal sulfur

Surface uplift in the Central Andes driven by growth of the Altiplano Puna Magma Body

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Synthesis: PLUTONS: Investigating the relationship between pluton growth and volcanism in the Central Andes

scientific article published in 2018

The largest wind ripples on Earth: COMMENT

scholarly article

The origin and significance of crystal rich inclusions in pumices from two Chilean ignimbrites

scholarly article

The physical volcanology of the 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, southern Peru

The volcanic–plutonic connection as a stage for understanding crustal magmatism

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Thermomechanics of shallow magma chamber pressurization: Implications for the assessment of ground deformation data at active volcanoes

scholarly article

Triggering explosive eruptions—The case for silicic magma recharge at Huaynaputina, southern Peru

scholarly article

Yardangs in terrestrial ignimbrites: Synergistic remote and field observations on Earth with applications to Mars