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Dennis Geist

Dennis Geist Professor
Igneous Petrology, Volcanology
dgeist@uidaho.edu
McClure 301C
(208)885-6491

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Dennis Geist

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Geology, 1985—University of Oregon, Eugene
  • AB, Earth Sciences, 1980—Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Volcanology
  • Igneous petrology
  • Geology and island biodiversity
  • The Galapagos, Northern Andes, Snake River Plain, Iceland, Antarctica 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Geist, D., Dieffenbach, B., Fornari, D, Kurz, M, Harpp, K., and Blusztajn, J., Construction of the Galapagos platform by large submarine volcanic terraces, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 9, doi:10.1029/2007GC001795, 2008.
  • Geist, D, Harpp, K, Naumann, T, Poland, M, Chadwick, W, Hall, M, and Rader, E, The 2005 eruption of Sierra Negra volcano, Galápagos, Bulletin of Volcanology, 70, 655-673, 2008.
  • Mayhew, L., Geist, D., Childers, and Pierson, J., Microbial community comparisons as a function of the physical and geochemical conditions of the Galapagos Island fumaroles, Geomicrobiology Journal, 24, 615-625, 2007.
  • Luciano B. Beheregaray, Claudio Ciofi, Dennis Geist, James P. Gibbs, Adalgisa Caccone, and Jeffrey R. Powell, Genes record a prehistoric volcano eruption in the Galápagos, Science 302, 75, 2003.
  • Geist, D, Teasdale, R, Sims, E, and Hughes, S, Subsurface volcanology at TAN and controls on groundwater flow, GSA Special Paper 353, 45-59, 2002.
  • Geist, D and Garcia, MO, The role of science and independent research during volcanic eruptions, Bulletin of Volcanology 62, 59-61, 2000.
 
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