BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BACK TO EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM RESEARCH AT ASU

Brittany Dawn Brand

Ph.D. Candidate, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, Arizona

Dissertation Research: Dynamics of hydrovolcanism with special emphasis on bedforms of base surge deposits, using field and modeling techniques

M.S. in Geology (Volcanology), BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, Boise, ID, 2004

Thesis: Stratigraphy and Origin of the Phreatomagmatic Deposits at Sinker Butte Volcano, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho

B.S. of Science in Geology, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, Dayton, OH, 2002

Undergraduate Thesis: Characterizing Heterogeneity in the Sundre and New Rockford Aquifers, North Dakota, Using Indicator Geostatistics

PUBLICATIONS:

Brand, B. D., and White, C.M. (2007), Origin and Stratigraphy phreatomagmatic deposits at the Pleistocene Sinker Butte Volcano, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. J. Volcanol. and Geotherm. Res. 160 (3-4), 319-339.

Brand, B. D. (2004) Master’s thesis: Stratigraphy and Origin of the Phreatomagmatic Deposits at Sinker Butte Volcano, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. BSU Library

Brand, B. D. (2004) Field Guide for GSA Rocky Mountain/Corderellan GSA meeting in Boise, ID: Basalt Emergent Volcanoes and Maars, Sinker Butte-Snake River Canyon, Idaho. Premeeting, 1 day Field Trip for Rocky Mountain/ Cordilleran sectional GSA meeting in Boise, ID.

PAPERS IN PREPARATION:

Brand, B.D., Clarke, A.B., and Semken, S. (in revision). Depositional Processes of the Narbona Pass Eruption: Implications for understanding maar volcanism

RECENT ABSTRACTS:

Brand, B D, AB Clarke, SC Semken, C Sandoval, (2005), Dynamics of a Phreatomagmatic Eruption at Narbona Pass Volcano, Navajo Volcanic Field, Navajo Nation, New Mexico, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V44B-02.

Brand, B.D., and White, C.M. (2004) Base-surge Mechanics and Structures, an Example from Sinker Butte, ID, Western Snake River Plain. Rocky Mountain/ Cordilleran GSA meeting abstract, Paper No. 37-5.

Brand, B.D., and White, C.M. (2004) Stratigraphy and Origin of the Phreatomagmatic Deposits at Sinker Butte Volcano, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. AGU sectional conference in Honolulu, HI, August 2004: Paper No: V31A-02.

Brand B.D., and White, C.M. (2004) Complexity of Base Surges and their Resulting Deposits, and Example from Sinker Butte Volcano, Idaho. IAVCEI Conference 2004, Pucon, Chile, Paper #: s03a_pm_025.

Brand, B.D., and White, C.M, (2003), Evolution of a Plio-Pleistocene Emergent Tuff Cone Using Detailed Stratigraphic Sections, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. GSA 2003: Seattle, WA: Paper No. 132-4.

Brand, B.D. and White, C.M., (2003) Variations in Cross-Stratification within the Tuff Deposits at Sinker Butte, a Western Snake River Plain Hydrovolcano. AGU 2003: San Fransico, CA: Reference Number 5987.

Brand, Brittany Dawn, Dominic, David F., and Ritzi, Robert W, (2001) Characterizing Heterogeneity in the Sundre and New Rockford Aquifers, North Dakota, Using Indicator Geostatistics (Ref. GSA abstracts with programs Volume 34 pg. 62).

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS:

NASA Arizona Space Grant Consortium Fellowship recipient (2005-2006)

Geological Society of America research grant recipient (2005-2006)

NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Fellowship recipient (2003-2004)

Geological Society of America research grant recipient (2002-2003)

NASA Idaho Space Travel Grant recipient (GSA 2003, AGU 2003)