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USGS Staff Profile:

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 affiliation:
 - '@type': Organization
   name: American Geophysical Union since 2006
 - '@type': Organization
   name: Geological Society of America since 2005
 - '@type': Organization
   name: European Geophysical Union 2010-2014
 award:
 - National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Cozzarelli Prize in Physical and Mathematical
   Sciences, 2014
 - Outstanding Teaching Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
 - Student Research Scholarship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009, 2010,
   2011
 - Presidential Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
 - Outstanding Thesis Award, College of Science, San Jose State University, 2006
 - Norman H. Doloff Scholarship, San Jose State University, 2004
 - National Outstanding Senior, National Agronomy Student Recognition Program, 2002
 - Outstanding Student in the College of Agriculture, California Polytechnic State
   University, 2002
 - Royce Lambert Scholarship for Outstanding Student, California Polytechnic State
   University, 1998, 1999
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   abstract: Geochronologist with the California Volcano Observatory
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   abstract: I am a research geologist in the Volcano Science Center specializing
     in accessory mineral geochronology.
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   abstract: 'My doctoral research focused on utilizing accessory mineral U-Pb ID-TIMS
     (isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry) geochronology to examine
     the plausibility of a causal link between large igneous province (LIP) magmatism
     and mass extinction, with particular focus on the end-Permian and early-Jurassic
     extinction events. This work yielded high-precision timelines for extinction
     and LIP magmatism, as well as the ability to resolve their relative timing,
     and lead to a general model predicting the efficacy of magmatism as the primary
     trigger of mass extinction.My current research is focused on application of
     uranium-based geochronometers (U-Pb, U-Th, (U-Th)/He) to date volcanic rocks
     by utilizing TIMS, SIMS (secondary ion mass spectrometry) analysis on accessory
     phase minerals (e.g., zircon, allanite) primarily for the purpose of accurately
     determining the timing of voluminous eruption and for constructing comprehensive
     eruption histories of long-lived volcanic systems characterized by potential
     future volcanic hazard.Ongoing projects include: (1) Leading a group of CalVO
     scientists in an effort to better understand the threat of volcanic hazards
     from the Clearlake Volcanic Field (CLVF). The CLVF is the closest young, long-lived
     volcanic system to the densely populated CA Bay Area. In this project Im employing
     U-Pb zircon surface dating to better constrain the eruption history of the volcanic
     field. (2) Determining the timing of large Pleistocene volcanic eruptions in
     Alaska by zircon surface U-Th-Pb SIMS geochronology. (2) (3) Using zircon U-Pb
     SIMS and TIMS to date the eruption of key Neogene and Quaternary stratigraphic-marker
     volcanic ash beds in western North America for use in regional correlation and
     paleo-climate and paleo-environment reconstruction. (4) Employing zircon and
     allanite U-Th SIMS dating of the Pleistocene record of rhyolite dome extrusion
     at the Coso volcanic field (California) in order to better constrain magma petrogenesis
     and more accurately assess hazard potential. (5) Using zircon U-Pb ID-TIMS dating
     of volcanic ash beds intercalated with the Miocene Columbia River LIP basalt
     flows to investigate eruption tempo at the millennial scale, which informs magma
     generation and climate feedback models.'
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 email: sburgess@usgs.gov
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   name: "Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Geology 2014\nThesis: High\u2013\
     precision U-Pb geochronology of large igneous provinces and mass extinctions:\
     \ testing coincidence and causation"
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   name: 'San Jose State University, M.S. Geology 2006

     Thesis: Field, geochemical, and geochronologic study of the inner Tuolumne Intrusive
     Series, Sierra Nevada Batholith'
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: 'California Polytechnic State University, B.S. Soil Science 2002

     Thesis: Effect of lichen colonization on mineral weathering'
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     name: California Volcano Observatory
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/calvo
   roleName: Geochronologist
   startDate: '2024-05-12T16:00:59.452845'
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "Research Geologist\n   U.S. Geological Survey, California Volcano Observatory,\
     \ Menlo Park, CA, 2016\u2013"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow\n   U.S. Geological Survey, California Volcano\
     \ Observatory, Menlo Park, CA, 2014\u20132016"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "Research/Teaching Assistant \n   Massachusetts Institute of Technology,\
     \ Cambridge, MA, 2008\u20132014"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "Staff Scientist\n   NASA-Ames Research Center, Sunnyvale, CA, 2006\u2013\
     2007"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "California State University Lecturer \n   San Jose State University, San\
     \ Jose, CA, 2006\u20132007"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "Soil Scientist \n   USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Soil Survey\
     \ of Yosemite National Park, CA, 2001"
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 jobTitle: Geochronologist
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   name: Geochronology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Volcanology
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: U-Pb
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: U-series
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Zircon
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Eruption History
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Tephra
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Ash Bed
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Rock Dating
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
   name: staff member
   startDate: '2024-05-12T16:00:59.450293'
 name: Seth D. Burgess
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/seth-d-burgess