Dr William Hutchison

Principal Research Fellow

Research Fellow

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 3929
Email: wh39@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

I am a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (University of St Andrews).

My research is focused on active and ancient magmatic systems. I am passionate about integrating geophysical, geochemical and geological data sets to understand the fundamental processes that drive magmatic systems, and how we can safely and sustainably develop the resources they offer.

Current reserach topics include rift volcanism, volcano monitoring, geothermal exploration and mineral resources.

My UKRI fellowship will establish new ice core geochemical techniques to understand the frequency and impacts of volcanism on Earth. I hope to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations between volcanologists, historians and paleoclimatologists to better understand the environmental and societal upheaval caused by large magnitude volcanic events.

I am always interested in recruiting postgraduate students to work on volcanism and magmatic processes. For more information just email me or take a look at our School website for current positions.

Personal webpage: https://willhutchgeo.wordpress.com/

PhD supervision

Fawn Holland
Helen Innes
Florian Brouillet
Emily Madoff
Celeste Smith
Curtis Rooks
Abate Melaku

Selected publications

Open access

Alkaline-silicate REE-HFSE systems
Beard, C. D., Goodenough, K. M., Borst, A. M., Wall, F., Siegfried, P. R., Deady, E. A., Pohl, C., Hutchison, W., Finch, A. A., Walter, B. F., Elliott, H. A. L. & Brauch, K., 1 Feb 2023, In: Economic Geology. 118, 1, p. 177-208 32 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gas emissions and subsurface architecture of fault-controlled geothermal systems: a case study of the North Abaya geothermal area
Hutchison, W., Ogilvie, E., Birhane, Y. G., Barry, P., Fischer, T. P., Ballentine, C. J., Hillegonds, D. J., Biggs, J., Albino, F., Cervantes, C. & Gübrandsson, S., 1 Apr 2023, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 24, 4, 26 p., e2022GC010822.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age of the oldest known Homo sapiens from eastern Africa
Vidal, C. M., Lane, C. S., Asrat, A., Barfod, D. N., Mark, D. F., Tomlinson, E. L., Tadesse, A. Z., Yirgu, G., Deino, A., Hutchison, W., Mounier, A. & Oppenheimer, C., 27 Jan 2022, In: Nature. 601, p. 579-585 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geochronology and glass geochemistry of major pleistocene eruptions in the Main Ethiopian Rift: towards a regional tephrostratigraphy
Vidal, C. M., Fontijn, K., Lane, C. S., Asrat, A., Barfod, D., Tomlinson, E. L., Piermattei, A., Hutchison, W., Tadesse, A. Z., Yirgu, G., Deino, A., Moussallam, Y., Mohr, P., Williams, F., Mather, T. A., Pyle, D. M. & Oppenheimer, C., 15 Aug 2022, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 290, 17 p., 107601.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas
Sokół, K., Finch, A. A., Hutchison, W., Cloutier, J., Borst, A. M. & Humphreys, M. C. S., 1 Mar 2022, In: Geology. 50, 3, p. 305-310 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mantle sources and magma evolution in Europe's largest rare earth element belt (Gardar Province, SW Greenland): new insights from sulfur isotopes
Hutchison, W., Finch, A. A., Borst, A. M., Marks, M. A. W., Upton, B. G. J., Zerkle, A. L., Stüeken, E. E. & Boyce, A. J., 15 Aug 2021, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 568, 16 p., 117034.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New insights into the ~74 ka Toba eruption from sulfur isotopes of polar ice cores
Crick, L., Burke, A., Hutchison, W., Kohno, M., Moore, K. A., Savarino, J., Doyle, E. A., Mahony, S., Kipfstuhl, S., Rae, J. W. B., Steele, R. C. J., Sparks, R. S. J. & Wolff, E. W., 18 Oct 2021, In: Climate of the Past. 17, 5, p. 2119–2137
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Volcanic activity and hazard in the East African Rift Zone
Biggs, J., Ayele, A., Fischer, T. P., Fontijn, K., Hutchison, W., Kazimoto, E., Whaler, K. & Wright, T. J., 25 Nov 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 12 p., 6881.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The sulfur isotope evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal fluids: insights into ore-forming processes
Hutchison, W., Finch, A. A. & Boyce, A. J., 1 Nov 2020, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 288, p. 176-198
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fenitisation associated with alkaline-silicate complexes. Implications for HFSE mobility in late-stage fluids, Gardar Rift, SW Greenland
Sokół, K., Finch, A. A., Hutchison, W., Cloutier, J. & Humphreys, M. C. S., Oct 2019, p. 1840-1841.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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