Carol A. Finn

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AGU member since 1980, Senior Research Geophysicist, U. S. Geological Survey. Major research interests include geological interpretation of potential field data, volcano hazards, and tectonics. B.A. Geology, 1978, Wellesley College; M. S. Geophysics, 1982, University of Colorado; Ph. D. Geophysics, 1988, University of Colorado. USGS employee since 1978; Visiting (Gledden) Fellow, University of Western Australia, 2002; Visiting Fellow Japan Geological Survey 1990–1992; Member, Department of Geological Sciences Advisory Board, University of Colorado (2002–present); Member, Advisory board for the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas (2005–2007). Annual USGS awards for project management (1999–2004); US Board of Geographic Names named Finn Spur in Antarctica (79° 17' S, 156° 37' E) in recognition of Antarctic project leadership (2002). Authored 54 referred publications, ~half in AGU journals. Finn, C.A., Müller, R.D., and Panter, K., A Cenozoic diffuse alkaline magmatic province (DAMP) in the Southwest Pacific without rift or plume origin: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 6, 2005; Finn, C. A. and Sims, P.K., Signs from the Precambrian: in Karl E. Karlstrom and G. Randy Keller (eds.), The Rocky Mountain Region — An Evolving Lithosphere: Tectonics, Geochemistry, and Geophysics: AGU Monograph 154, 39–54, 2005; Finn, Carol A. and L. A. Morgan, High-resolution aeromagnetic mapping of volcanic terrain, Yellowstone National Park: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 115, 207–231, 2002; Finn, C. A., Sisson, T. W. and M. Descsz-Pan, Aerogeophysical measurements of collapse-prone hydrothermally altered zones at Mount Rainier Volcano, Washington: Nature, 409, 600–603, 2001. Fellow of the Geological Society of America. AGU service as member (1992–1998) and Chair (1998–2002) of the Budget and Finance Committee (1992–1998); member of the Special Committee on section structure (2001); member (2002–2004) and Chair (2004–2006) of the Statutes and Bylaws Committee.

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