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Lavas and pyroclastic ejecta from the 2009 eruption of W. Mata volcano in the NE Lau basin - the site of the first observed active eruption in the deep sea |
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Branching corals of the last glacial maximum in Hawaii |
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East Oahu Pyroclastic deposits containing coral lithic clasts |
![Ken Rubin sampling a lava flow](/krubin/IMAGES/ken-kil95-smlr.jpg)
requisite photo of active lava toe sampling
during Puu Oo's current eruption |
![fresh and oxidized DU](/krubin/IMAGES/var-U-metal-ox-sm.jpg)
various stages of oxidation of a depleted uranium spotting round in the Hawaiian environment |
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Research themes:
magmatic processes and eruptions at active volcanoes on land and at sea
coral reefs and sea level history.
environmental geochemistry of heavy metals
Time periods of interest:
primarily, active processes (occuring now or in the very recent past).
secondarily, events that occured 1,000 to 500,000 years ago.
Locations:
My group is conducting on-going research in Hawaii, Iceland, Tonga, and Mexico
Approaches and topics: tools: radiometric, geochemical, petrological and geochronological approaches.
some examples:
(sorry, the content at these links are badly in need of an update):
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