Nelia W. Dunbar
Research

Magma Chamber Processes

• Volatiles in magmas
• Magmatic evolution 
• Crystallization processes in melts 
• Volatile migration in magmas and ore deposits 

Element mobility in low temperature aqueous processes

• Potassium metasomatism 
• Arsenic as an indicator of groundwater flow 

Tephrochronology in Antarctica and New Mexico

• Tephras in Antarctic blue ice- Allan Hills 
• Tephra and climate record of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
• Mount Moulton
• Tephra record in Antarctic Ice Cores
• Tephras in Rio Grande Rift sediments of New Mexico 

Surface-exposure dating of young lava flows

• Young basaltic lavas in New Mexico 
• Implications to Tibetan Plateau uplift