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Michael A. Clynne is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence, among others.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Michael A. Clynne has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • L. J. Patrick Muffler (6 joint works)
  • Drew T. Downs (4 joint works)
  • Duane E. Champion (4 joint works)
  • Andrew T. Calvert (4 joint works)
  • Carolyn L. Driedger (3 joint works)

Their research has been published mainly in geological and volcanological venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (5 publications)
  • Geology (2 publications)
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (2 publications)
  • Bulletin of Volcanology (1 publication)
  • Journal of Petrology (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael A. Clynne include:

  • "Hydrothermal alteration can result in pore pressurization and volcano instability," 2021, Geology
  • "Cyclic shear zone cataclasis and sintering during lava dome extrusion: Insights from Chaos Crags, Lassen Volcanic Center (USA)," 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Development of a volcanic risk management system at Mount St. Helens-1980 to present," 2023, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Simultaneous Middle Pleistocene eruption of three widespread tholeiitic basalts in northern California (USA): Insights into crustal magma transport in an actively extending back arc," 2020, Geology
  • "Ten ways Mount St. Helens changed our world-The enduring legacy of the 1980 eruption," 2020, Fact sheet

Best Publications

  • A Complex Magma Mixing Origin for Rocks Erupted in 1915, Lassen Peak, California

    Michael A. Clynne

  • Magmatic interactions as recorded in plagioclase phenocrysts of Chaos Crags, Lassen Volcanic Center, California

    F. J. Tepley;J. P. Davidson;M. A. Clynne

  • Zircon reveals protracted magma storage and recycling beneath Mount St. Helens

    Lily L. Claiborne;Calvin F. Miller;Daniel M. Flanagan;Michael A. Clynne

  • Primitive magmas at five Cascade volcanic fields; melts from hot, heterogeneous sub-arc mantle

    Charles R. Bacon;Peggy E. Bruggman;Robert L. Christiansen;Michael A. Clynne

  • The variable role of slab-derived fluids in the generation of a suite of primitive calc-alkaline lavas from the Southernmost Cascades, California

    Lars E. Borg;Michael A. Clynne;Thomas D. Bullen

  • The petrogenesis of felsic calc-alkaline magmas from the southernmost Cascades, California: origin by partial melting of basaltic lower crust

    Lars E. Borg;Michael A. Clynne

  • Petrology of the 2004-2006 Mount St. Helens lava dome -- implications for magmatic plumbing and eruption triggering

    John S. Pallister;Carl R. Thornber;Katharine V. Cashman;Michael A. Clynne

  • Re-Os isotopic systematics of primitive lavas from the Lassen region of the Cascade arc, California

    Lars E. Borg;Alan D. Brandon;Michael A. Clynne;Richard J. Walker

  • Slab melting beneath the Cascade Arc driven by dehydration of altered oceanic peridotite

    Kristina J Walowski;Paul J. Wallace;E.H. Hauri;I. Wada

  • Comagmatic A-type Granophyre and Rhyolite from the Alid Volcanic Center, Eritrea, Northeast Africa

    Jacob B. Lowenstern;Michael A. Clynne;Thomas D. Bullen

  • The solubility of the noble gases He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe in water up to the critical point

    Robert W. Potter;Michael A. Clynne

  • Thermal and mass implications of magmatic evolution in the Lassen volcanic region, California, and minimum constraints on basalt influx to the lower crust

    Marianne Guffanti;Michael A. Clynne;L. J. Patrick Muffler

  • Multiple Plagioclase Crystal Populations Identified by Crystal Size Distribution and in situ Chemical Data: Implications for Timescales of Magma Chamber Processes Associated with the 1915 Eruption of Lassen Peak, CA

    Morgan J. Salisbury;Wendy A. Bohrson;Michael A. Clynne;Frank C. Ramos

  • Trace element and isotopic constraints on magmatic evolution at Lassen Volcanic Center

    Thomas D. Bullen;Michael A. Clynne

  • Olivine and chromian spinel in primitive calc-alkaline and tholeiitic lavas from the southernmost Cascade Range, California; a reflection of relative fertility of the source

    Michael A. Clynne;Lars E. Borg

  • Stratigraphic, lithologic, and major element geochemical constraints on magmatic evolution at Lassen Volcanic Center, California

    Michael A. Clynne

  • Localized Rejuvenation of a Crystal Mush Recorded in Zircon Temporal and Compositional Variation at the Lassen Volcanic Center, Northern California

    Erik W. Klemetti;Michael A. Clynne

  • Late Cenozoic volcanism, subduction, and extension in the Lassen Region of California, southern Cascade Range

    Marianne Guffanti;Michael A. Clynne;James G. Smith;L. J. P. Muffler

  • The Pleistocene Eruptive History of Mount St. Helens, Washington, from 300,000 to 12,800 Years Before Present

    Michael A. Clynne;Andrew T. Calvert;Edward W. Wolfe;Russell C. Evarts

  • Hydrothermal alteration can result in pore pressurization and volcano instability

    Michael J. Heap;Tobias Baumann;H. Albert Gilg;Stephan Kolzenburg

  • Petrology of the 2004-2006 Mount St. Helens lava dome -- implications for magmatic plumbing and eruption triggering: Chapter 30 in A volcano rekindled: the renewed eruption of Mount St. Helens, 2004-2006

    John S. Pallister;Carl R. Thornber;Katharine V. Cashman;Michael A. Clynne

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Pallister
John S. Pallister United States Geological Survey
Duane E. Champion
Duane E. Champion United States Geological Survey
Andrew T. Calvert
Andrew T. Calvert United States Geological Survey
Jacob B. Lowenstern
Jacob B. Lowenstern United States Geological Survey
Thomas D. Bullen
Thomas D. Bullen United States Geological Survey
Calvin F. Miller
Calvin F. Miller Vanderbilt University
Marvin A. Lanphere
Marvin A. Lanphere United States Geological Survey
Paul J. Wallace
Paul J. Wallace University of Oregon
Lars E. Borg
Lars E. Borg Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Wendell A. Duffield
Wendell A. Duffield Northern Arizona University

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