Earth and Environmental Systems/Geology
Elizabeth Teeter is an igneous petrologist who studies magma dynamics that lead to large volcanic eruptions. She focuses on magmatic textures and compositions preserved in crystallized magma bodies (plutons) that can help constrain physical processes of compaction and melt extraction that can generate super eruption. Her work uses Scanning Electron Microscopy to look at microstructures and textures of granitic rocks and she currently conducts field work on the Aztec Wash pluton in Nevada, the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand, and the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex in California.
