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Research
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Classes that I teach: COMPLETED A Petrological Investigation of Mafic Inputs into the
Augustine Volcano (Alaska) Magma System Over the Past 2,200 Years - Awarded Outstanding Student Paper at 2008
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Arron Steiner, 2009) IN PROGRESS Petrography and Thermobarometry of Magma Erupted from
Earthquake Dome, Eastern California (Michael Van Ry, expected graduation May
2010) A Model Eruption: Using FLOWGO to Predict the Geospatial
Extent of an Effusive Lava Flow in the Mammoth Mountain Resort Area and
Discussion of Ensuing Environmental and Economic Impacts (John Velarde,
expected graduation May 2010) Petrology and Mineral Inventory of Basaltic Inclusions
from the 2006 Eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska (Michelle Vitale,
expected graduation August 2011) Undergraduate Student Theses (BS): COMPLETED Major Element Fingerprinting of Lake Manix Tephra –
Origins in the Southern Sierra Nevada (Chrysta Wells, 2009) 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, 2008) Contrasting Basaltic Eruption Styles at Red Cones
Volcanoes, California (Michael Louros, 2008) Petrography of Eruptive Products From Red Cones
Volcanoes, Eastern California (Antonio Martos, 2008) Petrology, Geochronology, and Geologic Map of Groundhog
Cone, Golden Trout Wilderness, South-Central Sierra Nevada, CA" (Phil
Saleen, 2008) Petrography and Field Geology of Little Whitney Cone,
Golden Trout Wilderness, California (Frank Wille, 2008) Petrology, Petrography, and Field Geology of Monache
Dome, eastern Sierra Nevada, CA (Allen Martin, 2008) Time Scales of Eruption Trigger Events at Mammoth
Mountain, California (Christopher Terpolilli, 2007) Magma Ascent Rates at Mammoth Mountain, California -
Awarded Best Student Poster at Southern California Academy of Sciences
Conference (Christa Wolfe, 2007) IN-PROGRESS Field Evidence for Magma-Ice Interactions at Long Canyon
Dome, Sierra Nevada (David Van Sickle) Mineralogy and Petrology of Cinder Cone Samples from
Michoacán, Mexico (Gilberto Roman) Textural Evolution of Plagioclase Microlites Across
Pahoehoe-A’a Lava Flow Transitions (Michael Matranga) Pre-Eruptive Magmatic Temperature of
Long Canyon Dome Rhyolite, Sierra Nevada (Benjamin Lewis) Publications (student
author): Browne, B.L., Lewis, B.,
Vazquez, J., Pre-Eruptive Temperature of a Rutile-Bearing Rhyolite Based on
Fe-Ti Oxides and Ti-in-Qtz Geothermometry (In Preparation) Browne, B.L., Bursik, M., Deming, J., Louros, M.,
Martos, A., and Stine, S., (In Press) Eruption Chronology and
Petrologic Reconstruction of the Holocene-aged Eruption of Red Cones,
Southern Inyo Chain, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin Browne, B.L., P. Izbekov, J. Eichelberger, T. Churikova, (2010)
Constraints on the Pre-Eruptive Storage Conditions of the Holocene-Aged KZI
Dacite Magma Erupted from Kizimen Volcano, Kamchatka. International Geology Review 52, issue 12, p. 95-110 link Coombs, M.L., McGimsey, R.G., and Browne,
B.L. (2008) Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Tanaga Volcanic
Cluster, Tanaga Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2008-5159, 36 p. Browne, B.L., 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, p. 103-116 link Eichelberger, J.C., Izbekov, P., and
Browne, B.L. (2006) Bulk chemical trends at arc volcanoes are not
liquid lines of descent. Lithos v. 87, p. 135-154 link
Browne, B.L., 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, p. 301-328 link Browne, B.L., 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, p.
469-489 link Browne, B.L., 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, p. 93- 105 link Somewhat Recent CV
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