See my home page for links to abstracts of papers and talks (under "Publications")
Published Papers (prepare as complete reference citations and attach abstracts not previously submitted)
Aster, R., Mah, S., Kyle, P., McIntosh, W., Dunbar, N., Johnson, J., Ruiz, M., and McNamara, S., 2003, Very long period oscillations of Mount Erebus Volcano: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 108, p. 2522-2544.
Dunbar, N., Zielinski, G., and Voisins, D., 2003, Tephra layers in the Siple Dome and Taylor Dome ice cores, Antarctica: Sources and correlations: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, p. 2374-2385.
Gamble, J., Price, R., Smith, I., McIntosh, W., and Dunbar, N., 2003, 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of magmatic activity, magma flux and hazards at Ruapehu volcano, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, v. 120, p. 271-287.
Horning, R.R., Dunbar, N.W., Baldridge, W.S., and Kyle, P.R., 2003, Geology and Petrogenesis of Magmatic Veins at El Porticito Volcanic Vent, Catron County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geol. Soc. Guidebook, v. 54, p. 139-154.
McLemore, V., Dunbar, N., Kosunen, P., Rm, T., Heizler, M., and Haapala, I., 2003, Geology and Geochemistry Of The Redrock Granite and Anorthosite Xenoliths (Proterozoic) in the Northern Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA: Bulletin of Geological Society of Finland, p. 7-52.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Cather, S.M., Dunbar, N.W., McDowell, F.W., McIntosh, W.C., and Scholle, P.A., 2003, Early Oligocene Global Cooling, Volcanic Iron Fertilization, And The Ignimbrite Flare-Up Of Southwestern North America: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program.
Dunbar, N.W., 2003, From Africa to Antarctica: Adventures in Living and Working in Remote Deserts: Women in Polar Regions Meeting, Columbus OH, Oct. 9-10.
Dunbar, N.W., Kurbatov, A., Zielinski, G., McIntosh, W.C., Price, P.B., and Bay, R.C., 2003, Volcanic ash records in the Siple Dome Ice Core: West Antarctic Ice Shelf Research Meeting.
Kurbatov, A., Dunbar, N.W., Zielinski, G., Mayewski, P., Curran, M., Morgan, V., and van Ommen, T., 2003, Evaluation of Tephra Found in the Law Dome Ice Core, East Antarctica: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union.
Love, D.W., Dunbar, N.W., McIntosh, W.C., Sorrell, J., and Pierce, D., 2003, Volcanic Debris From The Jemez Mountains Constrain The Age, Sediment-Source History, And Deformation Of Fluvial Facies Of The Ancestral Rio Grande (Upper Santa Fe Group), Central Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico: Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting.
Reports and Miscellaneous Publications (Unpublished reports; include reports of contract research; open-file reports, etc.)
Seminars and/or Speaking Engagements
Invited speaker at "Women in Polar Regions" meeting (Oct. 9-10, 2003)
Presented talk about Antarctica to New Mexico Tech Club
Research Contracts and Grants Awarded (only title, not amounts to be posted on internet)
-NSF-OPP-0230348. Collaborative Research: Refining a 500-kyr Climate Record From the Mt. Moulton Blue Ice Field in West Antarctica. Collaborative research with University of Pennsylvania and University of Colorado.
-Geological and hydrological characterization at the Molycorp Questa Mine, Taos County, New Mexico (pending final approval)
Ar-Ar daging, geochemical correlation, and field studies of Quaternary basalts in the Grand Canyon: rate of incision, neotectonic slip rates and history of lava dams (submitted to NSF)
Service on Graduate Student Committees (list student and title of project and if you are major supervisor)
Committee member for Peter Kelly (MS). Evolution Of Phonolitic Magmas At Mt Erebus, Antarctica
Committee member of Jean Wardel (PhD). Degassing systematics of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica.
Committee member for Jennifer Wilson (PhD). Fault processes within the Bandelier Tuff
Committee member for Erin Phillips (MS). Geochronology of post-caldera rhyolite domes in the Valles Caldera
Committee member for Jessica Cox. Geochemical and Petrographic characteristics of upper mantle xenoliths of the southwestern United States.
Courses Taught
Geochem 575. Fall 2003. ATheory and Practice of Electron Microprobe Analysis@ class. 8 students during fall semester.
Continuing Education Courses Given/Taken
Service on Institute Committees
Service in Professional Societies (it is your choice whether you wish to include this information on internet site)
Member of American Geophysical Union
Member of Microbeam Analysis Society
Member of New Mexico Microbeam Users Group
Service on Commissions/Councils/Boards
Member of the McMurdo Station Area User=s Committee.
Bureau Service Projects Active This Period
-Co-organizer of Water Quality Center meeting (Aug. 6, 2003)., and co-writer of Water Quality Center proposal.
-Member of Bill Raatz tenure committee
-Session chair at NMGS Spring 2003 meeting.
-Co-organizer of Bureau/E&ES seminar series
-Construction and maintenance of Carrizozo Malpais Web site http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/dunbar/carrizozo/carrizozo.html
-Bureau Equipment Committee member
-Member of the Geological Editorial Board for Lite Geology
-Assisting numerous Bureau researchers and students with sample preparation for, and collection and presentation of electron microprobe and scanning electron microscope analyses.
-Providing tours of the electron microprobe facility for New Mexico Tech alumni, New Mexico Tech classes, and visiting educational groups.
-Answering various phone calls and other inquiries about volcanoes, earthquakes, and other aspects of New Mexico geology.
-Provided letters of support and information for Bureau proposals, particularly relative to electron microprobe laboratory.
Research Projects Active This Period
*Tephrochronology, chemical fingerprinting, and correlation of tephra layers in ancestral Rio Grande sediments. (in conjunction with D. Love, S. Connell, S. Cather, W. McIntosh, and others)
*Cosmogenic exposure dating of young basalts in New Mexico
*Preliminary investigation of the rock piles at the Molycorps/Questa Mine
*Englacial tephrochronology of blue ice areas of Antarctica: Implication to ice sheet history and ice-bound climate records.
*Tephrochronology of the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores.
*Tephrochronology of the Law Dome Ice Core.
*Investigation of the eruptive history, chemical composition, magmatic evolution, and chronology of the Los Lunas Volcano, New Mexico. Collaborative research w/ D. Love, W. McIntosh, K. Panter.
*Chemical and mineralogical characterization of the Red Rocks Granite, Burro Mtns, New Mexico (in conjunction with V. McLemore and other)
*Characterization of the mineralogy of the Victorio Mountain skarn (in conjunction w/ V. McLemore)
Public Service/Education and Outreach
-Presentation and electron microprobe lab session for "Experimental Mineralogy" class. Feb 13, 2003
-Judge for State Science Olympiad Feb 22, 2003
-Taught 2 geology sessions at "Becoming an Outdoor Women" meeting (April 3,4, 2003)
-Judged for New Mexico State Science Fair (April 12, 2003)
-Met with prospective E&ES graduate students (March 28-29, 2003)
-Instructed several session at the 2003 Rockin' around New Mexico workshop (June 23-25, 2003)
-Assisting numerous non-Bureau researchers and students with sample preparation for, and collection and presentation of electron microprobe and scanning electron microscope analyses. Also, assisted researchers at other institutions with electron microprobe questions.
-Provided tours of the electron microprobe facility for New Mexico Tech alumni, New Mexico Tech classes, visiting prospective students, and other educational groups.
-Answering various phone calls and other inquiries about volcanoes, earthquakes, and other aspects of New Mexico geology.
-Giving talks about geology to school groups.
-Adjunct Appointment to E&ES Department -Provided letters of support and information for non-Bureau proposals, particularly relative to electron microprobe laboratory.