Member Since 1996
Liz Cottrell
Curator, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Professional Experience
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Curator
2020 - Present
Smithsonian Institution
2012 - Present
AGU Abstracts
Insights into Aleutian-Alaska subduction based on carbon isotopes from subducted sediment inputs and volcanic gas outputs
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM: CONVERGENT MARGIN PROCESSES TRENCH TO ARC (ALEUTIANS/ALASKA AND BEYOND) II ORAL
tectonophysics | 13 december 2024
Taryn M. Lopez, Tobias P. Fischer, Terry A. Plank,...
The subduction cycle exchanges volatiles among Earths mantle, crust, and atmosphere. Volatiles supplied to arc volcanoes can originate from the subduc...
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Ultra-Low Oxygen Fugacity Recorded by Refractory Mid-Ocean Ridge Peridotites Reflects Deep, Ancient Melting Events at High Potential Temperature
PLANETARY HABITABILITY AND THE ROLE OF FLUIDS, MELTS, AND VOLATILES IN THE EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL PLANETARY SYSTEMS III POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 12 december 2024
Suzanne K. Birner, Elizabeth Cottrell, Fred A. Dav...
The oxygen fugacity (fO2) of the convecting upper mantle as recorded by mid-ocean ridge peridotites varies by over four orders of magnitude [1-3], sug...
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Lessons from Basalts, Experiments, and Models on the Behavior of Sulfur in Arc Magmas
SZ4D: INTERCONNECTED SUBDUCTION ZONE HAZARDS II ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 11 december 2024
Michelle Muth, Elizabeth Cottrell
Sulfur is often the most readily detectable volatile element in active volcanic systems, and together with other volatile elements yields valuable inf...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Bowen Award Committee Chair
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Executive Committee
2017 - 2023
Chair
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Norman L. Bowen Award Committee
2022 - 2022
Chair
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Norman L. Bowen Award Committee