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Center for Volcanic and Tectonic Studies
Department of Geoscience
College of Sciences
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Previous Student Research
The Center for Volcanic and Tectonic Studies (CVTS) has funded either in part or whole the following graduate student research.
- Cole, Erin D., 1989, Petrogenesis of late Cenozoic alkalic basalt near the eastern boundary of the Basin-And-Range: Upper Grand Wash trough, Arizona and Gold Butte, Nevada [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 68 p.
- Larsen, Lance L., 1989, The origin of the Wilson Ridge pluton and its enclaves, northwestern Arizona: Implications for the generation of a calc-alkaline intermediate pluton in an extensional environment [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 81 p.
- Bridwell, Hayden L., 1991, The Sloan Sag: A mid-Miocene volcanotectonic depression, north-central McCullough Mountains, southern Nevada [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University Of Nevada, 147 p.
- Cascadden, Tracy E., 1991, Style of volcanism and extensional tectonics in the eastern Basin and Range province: northern Mojave Co., Arizona [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University Of Nevada, 156 p.
- Morikawa, Shirley A., 1993, The Geology of the Tuff of Bridge Spring: southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 165 pp.
- McDaniel, Scott M., 1995, Geochemical evolution of a mid-Miocene synextensional volcanic complex: The Dolan Springs volcanic field, northern Arizona [M.S. thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 112 p.
- Rash, Kelly B., 1995, Geology and geochemistry of Tertiary volcanic rocks in the northern Reveille and southern Pancake Ranges, Nye County, Nevada [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 171 p.
- Sánchez, Alexander, 1995, Mafic volcanism in the Colorado Plateau / Basin-and-Range transition zone, Hurricane, Utah [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 92 p.
- Boland, Kelly A., 1996, The petrogenesis of andsites produced during regional extension: Examples from the northern McCullough Range, Nevada and Xitle volcano, Mexico [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 127 p.
- Dickson, Loretta D., 1997, Volcanology and geochemistry of Pliocene and Quaternary basalts on Citadel Mountain, Lunar Crater volcanic field, Pancake Range, Nevada [MS thesis]: Las Vegas, University of Nevada, 146 p. (Received the UNLV Alumni Association award for the most outstanding thesis for the academic year 1997-98)
- Danielson, Lisa R., 1998, Petrogeneis of the phase 1 gabbro-diorite of the Miocene Mt. Perkins pluton, northwest Arizona: Implications for the role of mantle derived mafic magmas in calc-alkaline magma evolution [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 82 p.
The following undergraduate student research projects received funding from the Center for Volcanic and Tectonic Studies.
- Tuma-Switzer, Tracy E., 1993, "Geology of the Henderson Volcanic Complex, Northern McCullough Mountains, Clark County, Nevada" [unpublished senior thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
- Nelson, Jerel G., 1998, "Timing and Analysis of a Fossil Geothermal Feature and Associated Alteration Zones, Northern Lava Mountains" [unpublished senior thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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