Richard Esser

 

 

 

 

instructional research staff

phone 801.585.9262
faX 801.585.3540

EMAIL
resser@egi.utah.edu

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Professional Research Interests and Expertise –

  • Labratory Technician
  • Isotope Geochemistry
  • Argon Geochronology
  • Volcanology
  • Web Design

Professional Experience –

  • Antarctica
  • New Mexico

Education –

  • 1992 B.S. in Geology, Northland College
  • 1996 M.S. in Geochemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

 

Publications –

Aster R., McIntosh W., Kyle P., Esser R., Bartel B., Dunbar N., Johns B., Johnson J., Karstens R., Kurnik C., McGowan M., McNamara S., Meertens C., Pauly B., Richmond M., and Ruiz M. (2004) Real-time data received from Mount Erebus Volcano, Antarctica. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85(10), 97, 100-101.

Esser R. P., Kyle P. R., and McIntosh W. C. (2004) 40Ar/ 39Ar dating of the eruptive history of Mount Erebus, Antarctica: Volcano evolution. Bulletin of Volcanology 66, no. 8(8), 671-686.

Harpel C. J., Caldwell D. A., Kyle P. R., Esser R. P., and McIntosh W. C. (2004) 40Ar/39Ar dating of the eruptive history of Mount Erebus, Antarctica: Summit flows, tephra, and caldera collapse. Bulletin of Volcanology 66, no. 8(8), 687-702.

Jánsson L. K., Esser R., Gudmundsson M. T., Smellie J. L., and McIntosh W. C. (2005) Palaeomagnetic, 40Ar/39Ar, and stratigraphical correlation of Miocene-Pliocene basalts in the Brandy Bay area, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 17, no.3(3), 409-417.

Kristjansson L., Gudmundsson M. T., Smellie J. L., McIntosh W. C., and Esser R. (2005) Palaeomagnetic, 40Ar/39Ar, and stratigraphical correlation of Miocene-Pliocene basalts in the Brandy Bay area, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 17(3), 409-417.

Panter K. S., Esser R., McIntosh W. C., Blusztajn J., Hart S. R., and Kyle P. R. (2006) The origin of HIMU in the SW Pacific: Evidence from intraplate volcanism in Southern New Zealand and Subantarctic Islands. Journal of Petrology 47, no.9(9), 1673-1704.

Siddoway C. S., Sass I. L. C., and Esser R. P. (2005) Kinematic history of western Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Direct evidence from Cretaceous mafic dykes. Geological Society Special Publication no. 246(246), 417-438.

Smellie J. L., Fretwell P., McIntosh W. C., and Esser R. (2006) The Cape Purvis volcano, Dundee Island (northern Antarctic Peninsula): Late Pleistocene age, eruptive processes and implications for a glacial palaeoenvironment. Antarctic Science 18, no.3(3), 399-408.

Smellie J. L., McArthur J. M., McIntosh W. C., and Esser R. (2006) Late Neogene interglacial events in the James Ross Island region, northern Antarctic Peninsula, dated by 40Ar/39Ar and Sr-isotope stratigraphy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 242(3-4), 169-187.