Alumna Elizabeth Grant's Research on Earthquake Flat Pyroclastics Published in Mineralogy and Petrology
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences proudly highlights the recent publication of Dr. Elizabeth Grant, an alumna of our department. Her paper, "Shallow Storage of the Explosive Earthquake Flat Pyroclastics Magma Body, Okataina Volcanic Center, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Evidence from Phase‐Equilibria Experiments," has been featured in the international journal, Mineralogy and Petrology.
Dr. Grant’s research, in collaboration with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) California Volcano Observatory, provides a more concrete understanding of magma reservoirs and their behavior in order to address volcanic hazard mitigation. Her experiment details phase-equilibria experiments to investigate the conditions under which the Earthquake Flat Pyroclastics magma was stored before eruption, and reveals the pressure, temperature, and oxygen fugacity conditions of this rhyolitic magma body.