Brian Cousens Volcano Page

 
 
 
Welcome to Igneous Petrology and Isotope Geochemistry at Carleton University!  My research has focused on the geochemistry and petrology of volcanic rocks as probes of mantle and crustal composition. Past and present research projects include studies of mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and seamount lavas from the Northeast Pacific the geochemistry of ocean island volcanic rocks from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands), Rarotonga and Tubuai (French Polynesia), and Hawaii; discerning mantle sources and the effects of crustal contamination in young continental basaltic lavas from the southern Stikine Belt, British Columbia, at Long Valley Caldera, California, in the Ancestral Cascades volcanic arc in northern California and western Nevada, and in volcanic rocks of the Great Basin, Nevada; the isotopic characteristics of back-arc basalts from the Japan Sea and the geochemistry of pelagic sediments from the northwestern Pacific Ocean; using Nd isotopes in Paleozoic volcanic rocks as probes of basement compositions in the Avalon and Meguma Terranes, Nova Scotia; the Nd and Pb isotopic composition of Archean-age mafic and felsic rocks from the Kidd Creek Cu-Zn-Ag deposit, Timmins, Ontario; Nd and Pb isotopic studies of volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks of the Slave and Western Churchill Provinces, Northwest Territories. Photo Credits: Top, left, upper: Enjoying the spectacular scenery at Angel Lake in the North Humboldt Range in 2019 (S. Chan); Top, left, lower: at the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, New Zealand, March 2014 (A. Stoffers); Top, centre: Renewing wedding vows on our 20th anniversary with my wife Caroline, February 2013 (tourist). Middle: In the Triton lab with Ashley Abraham, a 2015 Deans Research Internship winner (Dean of Science office). Bottom, left: Cozy Mountain Motel, Austin Nevada, with Cindy, Evelyn, Kate, and Chris, July 2017 (B. Cousens). Bottom, right: Eocene Stone Cabin Formation tuffs in the Pancake Range, Nevada (B. Cousens). Last updated: August 23, 2023
Professor, Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry Earth Sciences Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON. K1S5B6 Canada Tel: 613-520-2600 x4436 FAX: 613-520-5613 www.earthsci.carleton.ca
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