Paul J. Wallace

Associate Professor
Igneous petrology, volcanology, geochemistry
Geological Sciences faculty member since 2001

B.S., 1986, George Washington University
Ph.D., 1991, California, Berkeley

Office: 220 Cascade Hall
Phone: 541-346-5985
Email: pwallace 'at' uoregon.edu

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Courses Taught:
GEOL 201: Earth's Interior Heat & Dynamics
GEOL 332: Introduction to Petrology
GEOL 450: Summer Geology Field Camp
GEOL 471/571: Geochemical Thermodynamics

Current Graduate Students:
Emily Johnson
Dan Ruscitto

Recent Students:
Nathalie Vigouroux (M.S., 2006)
Julie Roberge (Ph.D., 2005)
Stacey Hager (M.S., 2004)

Recent Publications:
Johnson, E., Wallace, P., Cashman, K., Delgado Granados, H., Kent, A.J.R. (2008) Magmatic volatile contents and degassing-induced crystallization at Jorullo Volcano, Mexico: Implications for the plumbing systems of monogenetic volcanoes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press.

Roberge, J., Wallace, P., White, R.V., Coffin, M.F. (2005) Anomalous uplift and subsidence of the Ontong Java Plateau inferred from CO2 contents of submarine basaltic glasses. Geology, 33:501-504.

Wallace, P. (2005) Volatiles in subduction zone magmas: concentrations and fluxes based on melt inclusion and volcanic gas data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 140:217-240.