dunbar_2006

Nelia Dunbar

Annual Activity Report 2006

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)

KURBATOV, A.V., ZIELINSKI, G.A., DUNBAR, N.W., MAYEWSKI, P.A., MEYERSON, E.A., SNEED, S.B., AND TAYLOR, K.C., 2006, A 12,000 year record of explosive volcanism in the Siple Dome Ice Core, West Antarctica: Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, v. 111, p. D12307.

SEAMAN, S.J., DYAR, M.D., MARINKOVIC, N., AND DUNBAR, N.W., 2006, An FTIR study of hydrogen in anorthoclase and associated melt inclusions: American Mineralogist, v. 91, p. 12-20.

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

CROWE, R.S., KARLSTROM, K., MCINTOSH, W.C., PETERS, L., AND DUNBAR, N.W., 2006, Interactions Between Volcanism, River Incision, And Normal Faulting In Western Grand Canyon And Implications For Neotectonic Models: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 2006 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, p. 112-25.

DICKENS, A.K., MCINTOSH, W.C., AND DUNBAR, N.W., 2006, Investigation of obsidian hydration and implications for the 40Ar/39Ar dating method: New Mexico Geology, v. 28, p. 59.

DUNBAR, N.W., 2006, The “Short-Course” Approach For Teaching Electron Microprobe Analysis At The Graduate Level: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 2006 Annual Meeting Philadelphia, p. 113-12.

KELLY, P.J., KYLE, P., AND DUNBAR, N.W., 2006, Crystallization Processes and Magma Chamber Dynamics at the Mount Erebus Volcano Lava Lake: The Mineralogic Message: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 87 (52), p. V53E-04.

MCLEMORE, V.T., DONAHUE, K., PHILLIPS, E., DUNBAR, N., SMITH, M., TACHIE-MENSON, S., VITERBO, V., LUETH, V.W., CAMPBELL, A.R., AND WALKER, B.M., 2006, Petrographic, mineralogical and chemical characterization of Goathill North Mine Rock Pile, Questa Molybdenum Mine, Questa, New Mexico:: 2006 Billings Land Reclamation Symposium, June, 2006, Billings, Mt. Published by Published by American Society of Mining and Reclamation, 3134 Montavesta Rd., Lexington, KY, CD-ROM.

MCLEMORE, V.T., M., D.K., PHILLIPS, E.H., DUNBAR, N., WALSH, P., GUITIERREZ, L.A.F., TACHIE-MENSON, S., SHANNON, H.R., LUETH, V.W., CAMPBELL, A.R., WILSON, G.W., AND WALKER, B.M., 2006, Characterization of Goathill North mine rock pile, Questa molybdenum mine, Questa, New Mexico.: 7th ICARD, March 26-30, 2006, St. Louis MO., American Society of Mining and Reclamation., Lexington, KY, p. 1219-1249. .

Reports and Miscellaneous Publications (Unpublished reports; include reports of contract research; open-file reports, etc.)

Seminars and/or Speaking Engagements

National Park scoping meeting for El Malpais National Monument
National Park scoping meeting for Bandelier National Monument
Talk about New Mexico Volcanoes for the Texas Association of Professional Geologists
Talk about research in Antarctica for Science Fair audience

Research Contracts and Grants Awarded (only title, not amounts to be posted on internet)

Subcontract. Characterization of the Volcanic Record in the ANDRILL MIS Core

Collaborative Research: 2000+ Year Detailed, Calibrated Climate Reconstruction from a South Pole Ice Core Set in an Antarctic-Global Scale Context. Collaborative research with University of Maine

Collaborative Research: Microparticle/tephra analysis of the WAIS Divide ice core. Collaborative research with University of Maine

Research Contracts and Grants Proposed

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)

Tephrochronology of Inland Wais Core (submitted to NSF)

Service on Graduate Student Committees (list student and title of project and if you are major supervisor)

Committee member for Ariel Dickens (MS). Investigation of Ar dating systematics of obsidian
Committee member for Peter Kelly (MS). Evolution Of Phonolitic Magmas At Mt Erebus, Antarctica
Committee member for Dawn Sweeney (MS). Gas emissions of Mt. Erebus volcano
Committee member for Erin Phillips (MS). Geochronology of post-caldera rhyolite domes in the Valles Caldera
Committee member for Christine Kimball (MS). Mt. Erebus anorthoclase feldspar
Committee member for Shasta McGee (PhD). Cosmogenic investigations as part of CHRONOS project.
Committee member for Marsha Barton (MST). Field-based geology lesson plans

Courses Taught

Theory and Practice of Electron Microprobe Analysis (GEOC 589). Fall 2006

Continuing Education Courses Given/Taken

Service on Institute Committees

Member of New Mexico Tech strategic planning committee

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 Antarctic Glaciology Data Center advisory board

Bureau Service Projects Active This Period

Associate Director for laboratories
Co-organizer of Bureau/E&ES seminar series
Maintenance of Electron Microprobe and 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

*Investigation of the long-term stability of waste rock piles at the Molycorps/Questa Mine
*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
*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 volcanic geology of Minna Bluff, Antarctica

Public Service/Education and Outreach-Participated in GPS workshop (Feb 28)

-Assisted J. Rougvie (Beloit College) and 2 undergraduate student with field work in the Socorro area (March 5-7)
-Participated in E&ES graduate student recruitment weekend (mid March)
-Worked with KNME TV film crew on show about New Mexico Volcanoes
-Gave talk for 3rd grade class (April 7)
-Research talk at Science Fair (April 8)
-Worked with visiting students from Kent State University on microprobe monazite analyses (April 16-20)
-Led an American Association of State Geologists field trip (June 8)
-Worked with visiting University of Arizona student on electron microprobe analyses (June 15-17).
-Co-lead field trip for the French International Lycee in Washington DC (June 21)
-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.