Member Since 1991
Kari M. Cooper
Professor, University of California Davis
Professional Experience
University of California Davis
Professor
2005 - Present
Education
UCLA Geology
Doctorate
2001
Publications
A Preliminary Framework for Magmatism in Modern Continental Back‐Arc Basins and Its Application to t...

Extension within a continental back‐arc basin initiates within continental rather than oceanic lithosphere, and the geochemical characteristi...

May 25, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Coordinating Science During an Eruption With Scientific Advisory Committees: How Can We Improve?
VOLCANO SCIENCE AND VOLCANO CRISES: SUCCESS STORIES AND BALANCING ACTS I ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2023
Kari M. Cooper, Kyle R. Anderson, Katharine V. Cas...
Well-observed volcanic eruptions provide opportunities to collect data and samples that are not otherwise available, which can lead to significant inc...
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What’s My Age Again? Improving the Accuracy of (238U)/(230Th) Bulk Crystallization Ages of Major Phase Silicate Minerals in Volcanic Rocks
A JACK OF SMALL TRADES: ZOOMING IN ON THE NANO- AND MICROSCALE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND MAGMATIC PROCESSES II POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2023
Elizabeth Grant, Kari M. Cooper, Darren M. Gravley...
It has been documented for years that petrographic data can record complex interactions within magma reservoirs. Multi-phase glomerocrysts, reactions ...
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Cold or Warm Storage of Magmas in the Crust? Moving From “Either/or” to “Yes, and”
NORMAN L. BOWEN AWARD LECTURE
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 12 december 2023
Kari M. Cooper
Processes in crustal magma reservoirs set the stage for whether and how most volcanic eruptions happen. In particular, the thermal conditions of store...
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