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Overview

Gail A. Mahood is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Geophysics. Other subfields include Atmospheric Science, Geology, Artificial Intelligence, and Oceanography.

The scientist's main topics of work cover areas such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Marine and Environmental Studies
  • Water Management and Technologies

Mahood has contributed to a series of papers mostly published in notable venues like the USGS professional paper and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. Recent papers include:

  • Eruptive history of northern Harrat Rahat-Volume, timing, and composition of volcanism over the past 1.2 million years, 2023, USGS professional paper
  • Mantle origin and crustal differentiation of basalts and hawaiites of northern Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2023, USGS professional paper
  • Explosive trachyte eruptions from the Al Efairia volcanic center in northern Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2023, USGS professional paper
  • The duration and characteristics of magmatic differentiation from basalt to trachyte within the Matan volcanic center, northern Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2023, USGS professional paper
  • ḨARRAT RAHAT REVISITED - NEW RESULTS ON AN ARABIA PLATE VOLCANIC FIELD PREVIOUSLY STUDIED BY VIC CAMP AND JOHN ROOBOL, 2024, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mahood include:

  • Mark E. Stelten
  • Drew T. Downs
  • Hannah R. Dietterich
  • T. W. Sisson
  • Andrew T. Calvert

The venues where Mahood publishes often reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, with the USGS professional paper being the most frequent publication outlet. Their research contributes to geological, geochemical, and geophysical understanding, especially focused on volcanic activity and tectonic processes in regions such as northern Harrat Rahat.

Best Publications

  • Large partition coefficients for trace elements in high-silica rhyolites

    Gail Mahood;Wes Hildreth

  • Synextensional magmatism in the Basin and Range Province; A case study from the eastern Great Basin

    Phillip B. Gans;Gail A. Mahood;Elizabeth Schermer

  • Field, chemical, and physical constraints on mafic-felsic magma interaction in the Lamarck Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada, California

    Thomas P. Frost;Gail A. Mahood

  • Trace-element partitioning in pantellerites and trachytes

    Gail A Mahood;James A Stimac

  • Lithium enrichment in intracontinental rhyolite magmas leads to Li deposits in caldera basins.

    Thomas R. Benson;Matthew A. Coble;James J. Rytuba;Gail A. Mahood

  • Evidence for long residence times of rhyolitic magma in the Long Valley magmatic system: the isotopic record in precaldera lavas of Glass Mountain

    A. N. Halliday;Gail A. Mahood;Gail A. Mahood;Peter Holden;J. M. Metz

  • Geology of the peralkaline volcano at Pantelleria, Strait of Sicily

    Gail A. Mahood;Wes Hildreth

  • Eruption rates and compositional trends at Los Humeros Volcanic Center, Puebla, Mexico

    Horacio Ferriz;Gail A. Mahood

  • Evidence for Extreme Partitioning of Copper into a Magmatic Vapor Phase

    Jacob B. Lowenstern;Gail A. Mahood;Mark L. Rivers;Stephen R. Sutton

  • Ring-fracture eruption of the Bishop Tuff

    Wes Hildreth;Gail A. Mahood

  • Experimental constraints on depths of fractionation of mildly alkalic basalts and associated felsic rocks: Pantelleria, Strait of Sicily

    Gail A. Mahood;Don R. Baker

  • Chemical evolution of a pleistocene rhyolitic center: Sierra La Primavera, Jalisco, México

    Gail A. Mahood

  • Geological evolution of a pleistocene rhyolitic center — Sierra La Primavera, Jalisco, México

    Gail A. Mahood

  • K-Ar dating young rhyolitic rocks: A case study of the Sierra La Primavera, Jalisco, Mexico

    Gail A. Mahood;Robert E. Drake

  • Pyroclastic rocks and calderas associated with strongly peralkaline magmatism

    Gail A. Mahood

  • A summary of the geology and petrology of the Sierra La Primavera, Jalisco, Mexico

    Gail A. Mahood

  • Second reply to comment of R.S.J. Sparks, H.E. Huppert and C.J.N. Wilson on ``Evidence for long residence times of rhyolitic magma in the Long Valley magmatic system: the isotopic record in the precaldera lavas of Glass Mountain''

    G.A. Mahood

  • New data on magmatic H 2 O contents of pantellerites, with implications for petrogenesis and eruptive dynamics at Pantelleria

    Jacob B Lowenstern;Gail A Mahood

  • Development of the Long Valley, California, magma chamber recorded in precaldera rhyolite lavas of Glass Mountain

    J. M. Metz;G. A. Mahood

  • Precursors to the Bishop Tuff Eruption: Glass Mountain, Long Valley, California

    J. M. Metz;G. A. Mahood

Frequent Co-Authors

Wes Hildreth
Wes Hildreth United States Geological Survey
Michael McWilliams
Michael McWilliams Stanford University
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jacob B. Lowenstern
Jacob B. Lowenstern United States Geological Survey
Ian S. E. Carmichael
Ian S. E. Carmichael University of California, Berkeley
Andrew T. Calvert
Andrew T. Calvert United States Geological Survey
Thomas W. Sisson
Thomas W. Sisson United States Geological Survey
Phillip B. Gans
Phillip B. Gans University of California, Santa Barbara
Don R. Baker
Don R. Baker McGill University
Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University

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