Ice Springs Volcanic Field in Utah’s Black Rock Desert is made of nested cinder cones and their associated lava flows. My research uses petrological data, major and trace element geochemistry, and cosmogenic dating methods to study the complex eruption sequence. This work is in collaboration with Dr. Shelley Judge (Wooster).
Grants
Keck Geology Consortium – $79,200
Exploring Geochronology: Dating Young Lava Flows and Old Trees in Decline; PI w/ Co-PI Greg Wiles (Wooster); 10-person REU for beginning students from underrepresented minority groups (Summer 2017)
Publications
Judge, S.J., M. Pollock, *M. Williams, *K. Schantz, *K. Baxstrom, *K. Burden, *C. Matesich, *E. Randall, *S. Patzkowsky, *W. Sims, *W. Cary, *M. Peppers, *A. Thompson, T. Wilch, Young volcanism in Millard County: Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Utah GeoSights, Utah Geological Association Publication 47, in press.
Presentations
Patzkowsky, S.*, E. Randall*, M.L. Rosen*, A. Thompson*, P.N. Moua*, K. Schantz*, M. Pollock, S. Judge, M. Williams*, C. Matesich*, (2017). New cosmogenic and VML dates and revised emplacement history of the Ice Springs Volcanic Field in the Black Rock Desert, Utah: GSA Abstracts with Programs 49(6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-306786.
*Baxstrom, K., *M. Williams, S. Judge, M. Pollock, *J. Franceschi, *C. Wallace, *K. Schantz, *D. Misinay, (2015). Transport and emplacement of a monogenetic lava flow at Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 47, 7, 809.
Judge, S.A., M. Pollock, *M. Williams, *T. Hall, T.I. Wilch, C.T. Wilch, *C. Thornton, *W. Sims, *C. Matesich, *A. Silverstein, *M. Peppers, (2013). Evidence for inflation and deflation in lava flows west of Miter Crater, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 45, 7, 129-13.
*Burden, K., *E. Redner, T.I. Wilch, S.A. Judge, M. Pollock, *B.D. Hinks, *T. Hall, *M. Williams, *C. Thornton, *C. Matesich, (2013). Reconstruction of eruption conditions based on crater rim stratigraphy at Miter Crater, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 45, 7, 247-15.
*Hinks, B.D., T.I. Wilch, M. Pollock, S.A. Judge, *E. Redner, *T. Hall, *A. Silverstein, *C. Thornton, *C. Matesich, *K. Burden, (2013). Characterization of an eruptive sequence of cinder and spatter cones in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field of the Black Rock Desert, Utah, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 45, 7, 247-1.
Cary, W.*, S. Judge, M. Pollock, A. Hintz, *T. Hall, * M. Peppers, *K. Silver, *W. Sims, (2012). Ballistic analysis of volcanic ejecta: Ice Springs volcanic field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 44, 7, 560.
Sims, W.*, M. Pollock, S. Judge, *M. Peppers, *T. Hall, *W. Cary, *W. Sims, A. Hintz, (2012). Petrological and geochemical analysis: mapping of Miter flows in Ice Springs volcanic field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 44, 7, 391.
Peppers, M.H.*, S. Judge, M. Pollock, *T. Hall, *W. Cary, *W. Sims, A. Hintz, (2012). Analysis of Ice Springs Volcanic Field structures, Black Rock Desert, Utah, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 44, 7, 245.
I.S. Theses
Krysden Schantz (2016) Dating young basalt flows in Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah
Cameron Matesich (2014) Geochemistry of Miter lava flows, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah
Candice Thornton (2014) Inflation features in the Miter lava flows, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah
Kevin Silver (2013) Investigation of xenoliths in Miter Cinder Cone, Black Rock Desert, Utah
Whitney Sims (2013) Emplacement of Miter lava flows, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah
*undergraduate student