| Office Hours | |
|---|---|
| Monday | by appointment |
| Tuesday | 2-4 pm |
| Wednesday | by appointment |
| Thursday | 2-4 pm |
Jennifer Garrison
Geosciences and Environment
Assistant Professor of Igneous Petrology and Volcanology
Office: La Kretz 159
Phone: 323-343-2412
E-mail: jgarris@calstatela.edu
NSF Ecuador Volcanoes Expedition
INTRODUCTION
Jennifer joined the Department of Geosciences and Environment in 2007 after completing a two-year NSF-funded MARGINS post-doc at the University of Iowa. She is the Undergraduate Advisor for students in the General Geology B.S. Option and Faculty Advisor to the Geology Club. She has an active research program and runs the Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Lab (GIRL) in 150 La Kretz Hall, where rock and mineral samples are prepared for analysis.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Geology concepts are best taught in the field, and all of my classes have a field trip component. In addition to Mineralogy, Volcanology and Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology, I teach Optical Mineralogy and also the GE courses GEOL 150- Earth Revealed and GEOL 158-Natural Disasters. Every Winter quarter I teach Geology of Southern California and I also teach Geological Mapping every Spring.
RESEARCH
My research is primarily focused on the application of isotopes and geochemistry to magmatic systems, including the petrogenesis of lavas from continental arc volcanoes and the timescales of eruptions and magma storage. I have an active research project in Ecuador (Sumaco and El Reventador volcanoes), and have also done research on Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador and Ilopango Caldera in El Salvador. I am also interested in using zircon as a tool to correlate extensive ash sheets from explosive rhyolite eruptions in Central America.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
U-series disequilibrium in rhyodacites from Ilopango Caldera, El Salvador |
2012 |
| Geochemistry and Petrology of the Most Recent Depsoits from Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador | 2011 |
| Source versus differentiation controls on U-series systematics | 2006 |
| A dubious case for slab melting in the Northrern Volcanic Zone, Ecuador | 2003 |
| Allocthogenic igneous rocks in the El Papalote Evaporite Diapir, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | 1999 |
| AGU Abstract: Miocene zircon in dacites from Ilopango Caldera, evidence for recycling of plutonic rocks | 2011 |
| Abstract: Timescales of magma storate at Ilopango Caldera, El Salvador | 2007 |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Geology 2004
- UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
M.S. Geology 1997
- New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
B.S. Environmental Geology 1995
- Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
COURSE LISTING
| Course | Course Title | Day & Time | Room | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL 158 | Natural Disasters | M, W 8am | Winter 2013 |
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| GEOL 150 | Earth Revealed | T, Th 11:40 am | Winter 2013 | |
| GEOL 321 | Southern California Geology | M, W, 11:40 am | Winter 2013 | |