Tenielle Gaither

Graduate Student, Geology

Northern Arizona University

Education

B.S. Geology, 2008

Northern Arizona University

Research Focus

Igneous petrology, geochemistry

Thesis Advisor

Dr. Mary Reid

Thesis Research

My master’s research focuses on the evolution of silicic magma chambers as recorded by zircon crystals within rocks erupted from “supervolcanoes”…the Long Valley Caldera in California, Yellowstone, and Toba in the Phillipines.

Geologic Interests

I am interested in the formation and evolution of the continental crust, specifically silicic magmagenesis, magma chamber processes, and pluton emplacement processes, as well as extensional tectonics…especially as exemplified by metamorphic core complexes and the Basin and Range Province.