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Education
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Geology
- Introduction to Earth Science
- Introduction to Petrology
- Introductory Mineralogy
- Structural Geology
- Cenozoic Volcanism in the Western U.S.
Research Interests
- Magma tic evolution of silicic systems
- Rates of magma tic processes
- Age and Volcanic history of the Southwest Nevada Volcanic Field
1200 km3 ash-flow sheet
underlying tephra sequence,
SW Nevada.
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Very large lithic fragment entrained in a mass flow unit, SW
Nevada
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Stratified pumice and ashfall deposits, SW Nevada.
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Ash-flow eruptions provide us with instantaneous samples of the magma
bodies from which they erupt. In southwestern Nevada, Late Cenozoic eruptions
produced a series of very large volume (up to 1200 km3), chemically zoned,
ash-flow sheets associated with Basin and Range extension. Many of these
voluminous magmas shared the same plumbing system, forming nested calderas
upon eruption. Recent effort has focused on determining the relationship
among these magmas, however, questions as to the origin and evolution
of these magmas still persist.
Publications
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Huysken, K.T., T.A. Vogel, and P.W. Layer, 1994,
Incremental growth of a large volume, chemically zoned magma body: A study
of the Tephra Sequence beneath the Rainier Mesa Ash-flow Sheet of the Timber
Mountain Tuff, Bull. Volc., v.56, p. 377-385.
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Huysken, K.T., R. Wicander, and F.R. Ettensohn, 1992,
Palynology and biostratigraphy of selected Middle and Upper Devonian Black-shale
sections in Kentucky, Michigan Academician, v. 24, p. 355-368.
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Matty, D.J., K.T. Huysken, S.D. Stahl, and A. Heft,
1991, Development of the Peavy Pond Complex, Iron County, Michigan. Geology
of Michigan and its Geological Resources Symposium II, Michigan Department
of Natural Resources/ Geological Survey Division, p.12-14.
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Matty, D.J., S.D. Stahl, A. Heft, and K.T. Huysken,
1990, Petrologic and geochemical evolution of the Peavy Pond Complex, Iron
County, Michigan, Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, v. 36,
p. 40-42.
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