Matthew E. Brueseke
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
108 Thompson Hall
Phone: (785) 532-1908
Fax: (785) 532-5159
brueseke@ksu.edu
Academic Background:
Current C.V.
Ph.D. 2006 Miami University
A.B. 1997 Miami University
M.S. and B.S opportunities for research on a three year, NSF-Funded project: click for details!
M.S. student Jeff Callicoat awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship via K-State GK-12 program. Congratulations Jeff!!
Fall 2009 Courses:
GEOL 100 (Earth in Action - distance learning)
GEOL 125 (Natural Disasters- First Year Seminar)
GEOL 502 (Mineralogy)
Spring 2009 Courses:
GEOL 503 (Petrology)
GEOL 530 (Structural Geology)
Other Links:
Geological Society of America
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
American Geophysical Union
Society of Economic Geologists
Geochemical Society
American Geological Institute
Research and Teaching Interests:
My geologic interests are broad, but primarily lie in the fields of igneous petrology, physical volcanology, isotope geochemistry, tectonics, and field geology. I use a combination of field, geochemical, chronologic, and isotopic data to better understand past geologic processes and the generation/evolution of magma. Overall, I'm interested in understanding: [1] How intermediate to silicic magmas form and are modified; [2] How and why open system magmatic processes occur; [3] Physical volcanology of silicic magmatic products and their eruptive systems; [4] How extensional tectonism influences the development of complex, multi-vent volcanic systems; and [5] How magmatism influences epithermal mineralization. Other interests include using tephrostratigraphy to solve chronologic and stratigraphic problems, the interplay between volcanism and tectonism, the evolution of mountain belts, and mixed lacustrine-fluvial sedimentary systems.
My research (& field-based teaching) experience lies mainly in the Pacific Northwest and northern Rocky Mountains (U.S.A.) where I am studying the relationships between regional tectonism (pre-Mesozoic to the present), mid-Miocene flood basalt volcanism, and the development of Miocene and younger silicic-dominated continental volcanic systems. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions. For information about current/future projects, click on the image below:
