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Michael A. Dungan

Michael A. Dungan

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Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
7589
World Ranking
3668
National Ranking
95

Overview

Michael A. Dungan is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable work in Geophysics and applications of Artificial Intelligence. Other areas of specialization include Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Mechanics of Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields and topics, which include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Michael A. Dungan has authored several papers, covering various aspects of geochemical processes and microanalysis techniques. Recent publications include:

  • "Magma and Mineral Composition Response to Increasing Slab-Derived Fluid Flux: Nevado de Longaví Volcano, Southern Chilean Andes," 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "On the Importance of Including All Elements in the EPMA Matrix Correction," 2023, Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • "Incorporating previously neglected excess oxygen associated with ferric iron in matrix corrections of microprobe data from cubic and rhombohedral Fe-Ti oxides," 2022, American Mineralogist
  • "Including the Oxidation State of Iron to Improve Matrix Corrections in EPMA Analyses," 2020, Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • "INCREASED OXIDATION STATES OF ARC BASALTS DURING REACTIVE ASSIMILATION OF THE PLUTONIC ROOTS OF THE QUATERNARY ANDEAN SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE, CHILE: THE UPPER PLACETA SAN PEDRO SEQUENCE (UPSPS) OF THE TATARA-SAN PEDRO COMPLEX (36 S)," 2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

The researcher frequently collaborates with other experts in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Andrew J. Locock
  • E. S. Bullock
  • John Donovan
  • John Fournelle
  • Anette von der Handt

Michael A. Dungan has published in several peer-reviewed venues, with multiple contributions appearing in:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • American Mineralogist
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Best Publications

  • The Fish Canyon Magma Body, San Juan Volcanic Field, Colorado: Rejuvenation and Eruption of an Upper-Crustal Batholith

    Olivier Bachmann;Michael A. Dungan;Peter W. Lipman

  • Decadal to monthly timescales of magma transfer and reservoir growth at a caldera volcano

    Tim H Druitt;Fidel Costa;Etienne Deloule;Michael A Dungan

  • Textures and Sr, Ba, Mg, Fe, K, and Ti compositional profiles in volcanic plagioclase: Clues to the dynamics of calc-alkaline magma chambers

    Bradley S. Singer;Michael A. Dungan;Graham D. Layne

  • Residual glasses and melt inclusions in basalts from DSDP Legs 45 and 46: Evidence for magma mixing

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  • Tracking the evolution of large-volume silicic magma reservoirs from assembly to supereruption

    Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw;Urs Schaltegger;Daniel A. Frick;Michael A. Dungan;Michael A. Dungan

  • Interaction of Continental Lithosphere and Asthenospheric Melts below the Geronimo Volcanic Field, Arizona, U.S.A

    Martin Menzies;Pamela Kempton;Michael Dungan

  • Insights into shallow magmatic processes in large silicic magma bodies: the trace element record in the Fish Canyon magma body, Colorado

    Olivier Bachmann;Michael Dungan;François Bussy

  • Temperature-induced Al -zoning in hornblendes of the Fish Canyon magma, Colorado

    Olivier Bachmann;Michael A. Dungan

  • Partial assimilative recycling of the mafic plutonic roots of arc volcanoes: An example from the Chilean Andes

    Michael A. Dungan;Jon Davidson

  • Short time scales of magmatic assimilation from diffusion modeling of multiple elements in olivine

    Fidel Costa;Michael A. Dungan

  • Crustal forensics in arc magmas

    Jon P. Davidson;John M. Hora;Jennifer M. Garrison;Michael A. Dungan

  • Adakitic Dacites Formed by Intracrustal Crystal Fractionation of Water-rich Parent Magmas at Nevado de Longaví Volcano (36·2°S; Andean Southern Volcanic Zone, Central Chile)

    Carolina RodrÍguez;Carolina RodrÍguez;Daniel Sellés;Daniel Sellés;Michael Dungan;Charles Langmuir

  • Eruptive Stratigraphy of the Tatara–San Pedro Complex, 36°S, Southern Volcanic Zone, Chilean Andes: Reconstruction Method and Implications for Magma Evolution at Long-lived Arc Volcanic Centers

    Michael A. Dungan;Andrew Wulff;Ren Thompson

  • Open system magmatic evolution of the Taos Plateau volcanic field, northern New Mexico: 1. The petrology and geochemistry of the Servilleta Basalt

    M. A. Dungan;M. M. Lindstrom;N. J. McMillan;S. Moorbath

  • The origin and evolution of magmas from the San Pedro-Pellado volcanic complex, S. Chile: multicomponent sources and open system evolution

    Jon P. Davidson;Kurt M. Ferguson;Michael T. Colucci;Michael A. Dungan

  • Volcanism and erosion during the past 930 k.y. at the Tatara–San Pedro complex, Chilean Andes

    Bradley Singer;R.A. Thompson;Michael Dungan;Todd Feeley

  • Low pressure mineral-melt equilibria in natural anhydrous mafic systems

    Roger L. Nielsen;Michael A. Dungan

  • 40Ar/39Ar and U–Pb dating of the Fish Canyon magmatic system, San Juan Volcanic field, Colorado: Evidence for an extended crystallization history

    O. Bachmann;F. Oberli;M.A. Dungan;M. Meier

  • Crust-magma interactions and the evolution of arc magmas: The San Pedro–Pellado volcanic complex, southern Chilean Andes

    Jon P. Davidson;Michael A. Dungan;Kurt M. Ferguson;Michael T. Colucci

  • The chemistry and petrology of basalts from leg 37 of the Deep‐Sea Drilling Project

    D. P. Blanchard;J. M. Rhodes;M. A. Dungan;K. V. Rodgers

  • Compositional and Dynamic Controls on Mafic—Silicic Magma Interactions at Continental Arc Volcanoes: Evidence from Cordón El Guadal, Tatara-San Pedro Complex, Chile

    T. C. Feeley;M. A. Dungan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University
Peter W. Lipman
Peter W. Lipman United States Geological Survey
Fidel Costa
Fidel Costa Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Charles H. Langmuir
Charles H. Langmuir Harvard University
Timothy H. Druitt
Timothy H. Druitt University of Clermont Auvergne
Pamela D. Kempton
Pamela D. Kempton Kansas State University
Roland Mundil
Roland Mundil Berkeley Geochronology Center
Roger L. Nielsen
Roger L. Nielsen South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Alain Burgisser
Alain Burgisser Université Savoie Mont Blanc

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