Bruce K. Nelson, Ph.D. (Univ. of California at Los Angeles), Adjunct Professor. bnelson@u.washington.edu. Application of variations in radiogenic isotope compositions and trace element abundances to studies of the origin and evolution of continental crust, chemical structure of mantle plumes and the suboceanic mantle, evolution of ocean-island volcanoes, paleochemistry of sea water, and hydrothermal circulation systems at mid-ocean ridges. Participant in the UW Global and Environmental Chemistry Program (GEC). Professor of Geological Sciences.
DeVilliers, S. and B.K. Nelson (submitted) Low-temperature hydrothermal flux controls on seawater chemistry -- evidence from nonconservative behavior of "conservative" elements. Science.
Reiners, P.W., B.K. Nelson and S.K. Izuka (in press) Stratigraphy and geochemistry of the Lihue basin and eastern Kauai, Hawaii: Late-stage post-shield and post-erosional alkalic magmatism and large debris flow deposits. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
McCallum, I.S., M.W. Thurber, H.E. O'Brien and B.K. Nelson (in press) Lead isotopes in sulfides from the Stillwater Complex, Montana: Evidence for subsolidus remobilization. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
Reiners, P.W. and B.K. Nelson (1998) Temporal-compositional-isotopic trends in rejuvenated-stage magmas of Kauai, Hawaii, and implications for mantle melting processes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62: 2347-2368.
Hinn, G.M. and B.K. Nelson (1997) Production and analysis of repetitive sub-boiling laboratory reagents for purity enhancement. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A354: 189-193.
Holcomb, R.T., P.W. Reiners, B.K. Nelson and N.-L.S. Anders (1997) Evidence for two shield volcanoes exposed on the island of Kauai. Geology 25: 811-814.