Valentin Gueugneau

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Contact

Office: SCA 517
Phone: 813.974.0325
Email

Education

MS volcanology, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2015

PhD in Volcanology: “Study of the formation and propagation mechanisms of ash-cloud surges by both numerical and experimental modelling”, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2018
Supervisor:  Karim Kelfoun

Specialty Area

Volcanic Flows, Physical volcanology

Research

Dynamics of Pyroclastic Density Currents using numerical and experimental modelling

Current project at ŷƬ: Developing a consensual validation and benchmarking procedure for Pyroclastic Density Current (PDC) hazard models.

Recent Publications

Articles

Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Druitt T. (2019). Investigation of surge-derived pyroclastic flow formation by numerical modelling of the 25 June 1997 dome collapse at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Bulletin of Volcanology vol.81, p.25.  

Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Roche O., Chupin L. (2017). Effects of pore pressure in pyroclastic flows: Numerical simulation and experimental validation. Geophysical Research Letters vol.44. 

Kelfoun K., Gueugneau V., Komorowsk J.C., Aisyah N., Cholik N., Merciecca C. (2017). Simulation of block-and-ash flows and ash-cloud surges of the 2010 eruption of Merapi volcano with a two-layer model. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth vol.122.  

Conferences

Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K. (2018). Combining numerical and experimental modelling to constrain the surge formation mechanism. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italie, 2-7 Septembre.

Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Druitt T. (2018). Numerical modelling of surge-derived pyroclastic flows (25 June 1997) at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. EGU.

Kelfoun K., Gueugneau V. (2018). VolcFlow: a promising tool for volcanic hazard and risk assessment. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italie, 2-7 September.