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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Jacob B. Lowenstern is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Geophysics. Additional subfields of study include Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing

Some of Lowenstern's recent publications are:

  • "Vapor-bubble growth in olivine-hosted melt inclusions," 2020, American Mineralogist
  • "Guidelines for volcano-observatory operations during crises: recommendations from the 2019 volcano observatory best practices meeting," 2022, Journal of Applied Volcanology
  • "Magma Intrusion and Volatile Ascent Beneath Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Strengthening local volcano observatories through global collaborations," 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Hydrogen isotope behavior during rhyolite glass hydration under hydrothermal conditions," 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • R. Blaine McCleskey
  • Kenneth W.W. Sims
  • Cole M. Messa
  • Sean Scott
  • A. Parsekian

Lowenstern has published multiple papers in various scientific venues. Some common publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Scientific Investigations Report
  • American Mineralogist

Among the recognitions received, Lowenstern is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The role of magmas in the formation of hydrothermal ore deposits

    Jeffrey W. Hedenquist;Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • VOLATILECALC: a silicate melt-H 2 O-CO 2 solution model written in Visual Basic for excel

    Sally Newman;Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • Carbon dioxide in magmas and implications for hydrothermal systems

    Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • Magma Generation at a Large, Hyperactive Silicic Volcano (Taupo, New Zealand) Revealed by U–Th and U–Pb Systematics in Zircons

    B. L. A. Charlier;C. J. N. Wilson;J. B. Lowenstern;S. Blake

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

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

  • Dissolved volatile concentrations in an ore-forming magma

    Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • Late Pleistocene granodiorite source for recycled zircon and phenocrysts in rhyodacite lava at Crater Lake, Oregon

    Charles R. Bacon;Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • CHLORINE, FLUID IMMISCIBILITY, AND DEGASSING IN PERALKALINE MAGMAS FROM PANTELLERIA, ITALY

    Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • Volatile transport in a convecting magma column: Implications for porphyry Mo mineralization

    Hiroshi Shinohara;Kohei Kazahaya;Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • Dynamics of the Yellowstone hydrothermal system

    Shaul Hurwitz;Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • The ubiquitous nature of accessory calcite in granitoid rocks: Implications for weathering, solute evolution, and petrogenesis

    Art F. White;Marjorie S. Schulz;Jacob B. Lowenstern;Davison V. Vivit

  • Monitoring a Supervolcano in Repose : Heat and Volatile Flux at the Yellowstone Caldera

    Jacob B. Lowenstern;Shaul Hurwitz

  • Monitoring super-volcanoes: geophysical and geochemical signals at Yellowstone and other large caldera systems

    Jacob B Lowenstern;Robert B Smith;David P Hill

  • Mantle to surface degassing of alkalic magmas at Erebus volcano, Antarctica

    Clive Oppenheimer;Clive Oppenheimer;Roberto Moretti;Roberto Moretti;Philip R. Kyle;Al Eschenbacher

  • 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

  • Zircon crystallization and recycling in the magma chamber of the rhyolitic Kos Plateau Tuff (Aegean arc)

    O. Bachmann;B.L.A. Charlier;J.B. Lowenstern

  • Preliminary Assessment of Volcanic and Hydrothermal Hazards in Yellowstone National Park and Vicinity

    Robert L. Christiansen;Jacob B. Lowenstern;Robert B. Smith;Henry Heasler

  • Origin of a rhyolite that intruded a geothermal well while drilling at the Krafla volcano, Iceland

    Wilfred A. Elders;Guðmundur Ó Friðleifsson;Robert A. Zierenberg;Emily C. Pope

  • Melt inclusions come of age: Volatiles, volcanoes, and sorby's legacy

    Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • Evidence for a copper-bearing fluid in magma erupted at the Valley of ten thousand smokes, Alaska

    Jacob B. Lowenstern

  • Extensive hydrothermal rock alteration in a low pH, steam-heated environment--Hot Springs Basin, Yellowstone National Park

    S. Hurwitz;J. B. Lowenstern;D. Bergfeld;C. Werner

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaul Hurwitz
Shaul Hurwitz United States Geological Survey
William C. Evans
William C. Evans United States Geological Survey
Michael A. Clynne
Michael A. Clynne United States Geological Survey
Robert B. Smith
Robert B. Smith University of Utah
Larry G. Mastin
Larry G. Mastin United States Geological Survey
Thomas W. Sisson
Thomas W. Sisson United States Geological Survey
John S. Pallister
John S. Pallister United States Geological Survey
Colin J.N. Wilson
Colin J.N. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University

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