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Brandon Browne

Brandon L. Browne

Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton
800 North State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850

Lab: Dan Black Hall 241 (DBH-241)
Office: Dan Black Hall 241A (DBH-241A), **Only accessible via DBH-241**
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Email: bbrowne <at> fullerton.edu
Tel: +1 (714) 278-3054
Fax: +1 (714) 278-7266

Research interests:
I am interested in many aspects of active volcanism, but here are some of my favorite topics:
* Dome-building eruptions, especially with respect to understanding what controls eruptive style transitions (effusive
explosive),
* Topographical influence on the transport and depositional mechanics of pyroclastic density currents,
* Triggering volcanic eruptions via intrusion of new magma into the pre-existing magma chamber,
* Relating phenocryst textures and compositional zoning patterns to magmatic processes, like magma ascent and magma mixing,
* Quaternary-aged volcanism of the eastern and south-central Sierra Nevada

Research opportunities in Volcanology

Are you interested in performing volcano-related studies, traveling to new places, and being a part of an exciting and growing Geology Department? Then please contact me via the email and/or phone number above and let's talk about it. 

Classes:
* GEOL 101   - Physical Geology (Lecture)
* GEOL 101L - Physical Geology (Laboratory)
* GEOL 303A - Mineralogy and Introduction to Petrology

* GEOL 303B - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
* GEOL 408    - Volcanology
* GEOL 493    - Advanced Topics in Igneous Petrology and Volcanology
* GEOL 506T - Advanced Topics in Geochemistry: Igneous Geochemistry and Geochronology
* GEOL 590   - Geology Seminar & Presentation Techniques

 

Graduate Student Theses (M.Sc.):
"Petrological, Textural, and Geochemical Constraints on Magma Mixing During Pre-Historic Eruptions at Augustine Volcano, Cook Inlet Alaska" (Arron Steiner, expected graduation 2009)
"Petrology and Geology of Earthquake Dome, Mammoth Mountain, Eastern California" (Michael Van Ry, expected graduation 2009)

Undergraduate Student Theses (B.Sc.):
2007-2008 Year
"Quantifying the Textural Characteristics of Hornblende Reaction Rims as a Means of Understanding the Style and Rate of Magma Ascent During Dome Forming Volcanic Eruptions" (Mark Robson, B.Sc.)
"Contrasting Basaltic Eruption Styles at Red Cones Volcanoes, California" (Michael Louros, B.Sc.)
"Petrography of Eruptive Products From Red Cones Volcanoes, Eastern California" (Antonio Martos, B.Sc.)
"Petrology, Geochronology, and Geologic Map of Groundhog Cone, Golden Trout Wilderness, South-Central Sierra Nevada, CA" (In Progress, Phil Saleen)
"Petrography and Field Geology of Little Whitney Cone, Golden Trout Wilderness, California" (In Progress, Frank Wille)
"Petrology, Petrography, and Field Geology of Monache Dome, eastern Sierra Nevada, CA" (In Progress, Allen Martin)
"Petrography and Geochemistry of Eruptive Products from Tunnel Cone, South Central Sierra Nevada" (In Progress, Erik Heckman)

2006-2007 Year
"Time Scales of Eruption Trigger Events at Mammoth Mountain, California" (Christopher Terpolilli, B.Sc.)
"Magma Ascent Rates at Mammoth Mountain, California" - Awarded Best Student Poster at Southern California Academy of Sciences Conference (Christa Wolfe, B.Sc.)

 

Selected Publications (student author):
Browne, B.L., Louros, M., Martos, A., Petrology and Geology of the Holocene-aged Eruption of Red Cones, Southern Inyo Chain, California (In Preparation) 

Coombs, M.L., McGimsey, R.G., and Browne, B.L., 2007, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Tanaga Volcanic Cluster, Tanaga Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5094, 36 p.

B.L. Browne, J.E. Gardner (2006) The Influence of Magma Ascent Path on the Texture, Mineralogy, and Formation of Hornblende Reaction Rims. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 246, 161-176 link

B.L. Browne, J. Eichelberger, L.C. Patino, T.A. Vogel, K. Uto, H. Hoshizumi (2006) Magma mingling as indicated by texture and geochemistry of plagioclase phenocrysts from Unzen volcano, SW Japan. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 154, 103-116 link

J.C. Eichelberger, P. Izbekov, and B.L. Browne (2006) Bulk chemical trends at arc volcanoes are not liquid lines of descent. Lithos v. 87, 135-154 link

B.L. Browne, J. Eichelberger, L.C. Patino, T.A. Vogel, J. Dehn, K. Uto, H. Hoshizumi (2006) Generation of porphyritic and equigranular enclaves during magma mingling at Unzen volcano, SW Japan. Journal of Petrology 47, 301-328 link

B.L. Browne, J.E. Gardner (2005) The transport and deposition of pyroclastic material from the ~1000 A.D. caldera-forming eruption of Volcán Ceboruco, Nayarit, Mexico. Bulletin of Volcanology 67, 469-489 link

B.L. Browne, J. E. Gardner (2004) The nature and timing of caldera collapse as indicated by accidental lithic fragments from the ~1000 A.D. eruption of Volcán Ceboruco, Mexico. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 130, 93- 105 link

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