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Magmatic growth zoning in zircon, imaged under cathodoluminescent light. This zircon is 2.8 billion years old and from a rock that was glacially transported across Yellowstone in the Pleistocene.

Recently Published:

Harrison, L.N., Hurwitz, S., Paces, J.B., Whitlock, C., Peek, S., Licciardi, J., 2024, Travertine records climate-induced transformations of the Yellowstone hydrothermal system from the Late Pleistocene to the Present, GSA Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/B37317.1

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Harrison, L.N., Scoates, J.S., Weis, D., 2024, Hawaiian Postshield Volcanism Over the Past 55 Million Years, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-023-02078-w. Share link to free read-only version available here.

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Weis, D., Harpp, K., Harrison, L.N., Boyet, M., Chauvel, C., Farnetani, C., Finlayson, V., Lee, K., Parai, R., Shahar, A., Williamson, N.M.B., 2023, Earth's Mantle Composition Revealed by Mantle Plumes, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4, 604-625, https://doi.com/s43017-023-00467-0.

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2023:

Hurwitz, S., King, J.C.,  Pederson, G.T., Reed, M.H., Harrison, L.N., Hungerford, J.D.G., Vaughan, R.G., Manga, M., 2023, The relation between decadal droughts and eruptions of Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, USA, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24(7), e2023GC010988. 

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Pivarunas, A.F., Blatter, D.L., Muffler, P., Clynne, M., Calvert, A.T., Christiansen, R., Harrison, L.N., 2023, Paleomagnetically defined brief lifespans for two large shield volcanoes in the Cascades Arc, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 434, 107740. 

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Harrison, L.N., Weis, D., and Scoates, J.S., 2023, Elemental and Lead-Hafnium-Neodymium-Strontium Isotopic Composition of a Suite of Northwest Hawaiian Ridge Postshield Lavas: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KBI0Y1.

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Harrison, L.N., Hurwitz, S., Paces, J.B., Peek, S., Whitlock, C., and Licciardi, J., 2023, Mineralogy, strontium (87Sr/86Sr), oxygen (18O/16O) and carbon (13C/12C) isotope composition, elemental concentrations, and U-Th disequilibrium ages for travertine deposits from various locations in Yellowstone National Park, USA: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9G2R6ZF.

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Hurwitz, S., King, J.C., Pederson, G.T., Reed, M.H., Harrison, L.N., Hungerford, J.D.G., and Manga, M., 2023, Radiocarbon dating of silicified wood from around Steamboat Geyser in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 2021-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NG2TF4.

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2022:

Harrison, L.N., Hurwitz, S., Paces, J.B., McCleskey, R.B., Roth, D.A., Conrey, R., and Stelten, M.E., 2022, Elemental and Strontium Isotopic Composition of Select Central Plateau and Upper Basin Member Rhyolites, Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P952ZE74.

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Paces, J.B., Hurwitz, S., Harrison, L.N., and Cullen, J.T., 2022, Sr and U concentrations and radiogenic isotope compositions (87Sr/86Sr, 234U/238U) of thermal waters, streamflow, travertine, and rock samples along with U-Th disequilibrium ages for travertine deposits from various locations in Yellowstone National Park, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JPX2RO.

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2021:

Harrison, L.N., Gaffney, A.M., 2021, 230Th-234U and 231Pa-235U radiochronometry of hydrolyzed uranium hexafluoride gas. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 329, 1513–1521.

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2020:

Weis, D., Harrison, L.N., McMillian, R., Williamson, N.M.B. 2020. Fine-Scale Structure of Earth's Deep Mantle Resolved Through Statistical Analysis of Hawaiian Basalt Geochemistry. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21(11), e2020GC009292.

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Hurwitz, S., McCleskey, R. B., Bergfeld, D., Peek, S. E., Susong, D. D., Roth, D. A., Hungerford, J. D. G., White, E. B., Harrison, L. N., Hosseini, B., Vaughan, R. G., Hunt, A. G., Paces, J. B. 2020. Hydrothermal Activity in the Southwest Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21(7), e2019GC008848.

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Harrison, L.N., Weis, D., Garcia, M.O. 2020. The Multiple Depleted Mantle Components in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain. Chemical Geology, 532.

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Robel, M., Harrison, L.N., Brennecka, G., Lindvall, R., 2020. Results of the third Galaxy Serpent Tabletop Exercise, LLNL Team. LLNL-MI-807960.

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2019:

Treinen, K., Harrison, L., Genetti, V., Williams, R., (2019) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory participation in the MAPEP Performance Evaluation Program for the Underground Testing Area (UGTA) Quality Assurance Program, LLNL-MI-789259.

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Gaffney, A.,M., Treinan, K.C., Baransky, E.J., Harrison, L.N., Williams, R.W., Lindvall, R.E., Drew, D.L., Genetti, V.D., (2019). Radiochronometry of Uranium Ore Concentrate Materials: NTNFC Deliverable: LLNL.17.011.A.

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2018:

Harrison, L.N., Weis, D., 2018. The size of Hawaiian geochemical heterogeneities constrained by Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic variation over ~47 million years, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 19(8), 2823-2842.

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2017:

Harrison, L.N., Weis, D., Garcia, M., 2017. The link between Hawaiian mantle plume composition, magmatic flux, and deep mantle geodynamics. Earth & Planetary Science Letters. 463, 298-309.

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2015:

Harrison, L.N., Weis, D., Hanano, D., Barnes, E., 2015. The lithium isotopic signature of Hawaiian basalts. In Carey, R., Cayol, V., Poland, M., Weis, D., (Eds.), Hawaiian Volcanoes: From Source to Surface, Geophysical Monograph Series 208, AGU, 79-104.

 

Garcia, M.O., Smith, J.R., Tree, J.P., Weis, D., Harrison, L.N., Jicha, B.R., 2015. Petrology, geochemistry, and ages of lavas from Northwest Hawaiian Ridge volcanoes. In Neal, C.R., Sager, W., Erba, E., Sano, T., (Eds.), The Origin, Evolution, and Environmental Impact of Oceanic Large Igneous Provinces, GSA Special Paper 511, GSA, 1-25.

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