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Jackson, M.G., Hart, S.R., Konter, J.G., Kurz, M.D., Blusztajn, J., Farley, K.A., in revision, A genetic approach to mantle taxonomy reveals the geochemical geometry of the Samoan plume. Nature.

Konter, J. G., Storm*, L.P., in revision, High precision 87Sr/86Sr measurements by MC-ICP-MS, simultaneously solving for Kr interferences and mass-based fractionation. Chemical Geology.

Ma, L., Konter, J. G., Sanchez*, D., Herndon, E., Jin, L., Brantley, S., under review, Unusually high atmospheric metal fluxes associated with early iron production in Pennsylvania: insights from Pb isotopes in soils.

Konter, J. G., Jackson, M., Koppers, A., (2013). A Gradual Compositional Change from Samoan Shield to Rejuvenated Lavas? American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013.

Koppers, A., Konter, J. G., Jackson, M. (2013). Insights into the Origin of the Longest-lived Hotspot in the Pacific: Clues from the Tuvalus. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013.

Konter, J. G., (2012). Assessing intraplate volcano compositional similarities with cluster analysis. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012.

Finlayson*, V., Konter, J. G., (2012). Maximizing precision of double spiked iron isotopic analyses on a Nu Plasma HR MC-ICPMS. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012.

Anaya*, L. M., Gill, T. E., Konter, J. G., (2012). Analysis of Atmospheric Dust in the Southwest using Radiogenic Isotopes. NOAA Sixth Biennial Education and Science Forum.

Konter, J. G., Jackson, M., (2012), Large volumes of rejuvenated volcanism in Samoa: Evidence supporting a tectonic influence on late-stage volcanism. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.doi:10.1029/2011GC003974.

Konter, J. G., Becker, T., (2012), Shallow lithospheric contribution to mantle plumes revealed by integrating seismic and geochemical data. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2011GC003923.

Konter, J. G., Jackson, M., Koppers, A., (2011). Tracking Long-lived Hotspots to Constrain Temporal Mantle Compositional Evolution (Invited). American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011.

Jackson, M., Konter, J. G., Koppers, A., (2011). The unusual Samoan hotspot: A hotspot highway juxtaposed with a trench (Invited). American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011.

Konter, J. G., Rooney, T., Crocker, L.*, Anaya, L. M.*, (2011). Evaluation of the Lithospheric Contribution to Southern Rio Grande Rift Mafic Melts. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011

Storm, L.P.*, Konter, J.G., Koppers, A.A.P., (2011), The origin of the Line Islands: plate or plume controlled volcanism? American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011

Koppers, A. A., Russell, J. A., Roberts, J., Jackson, M. G., Konter, J. G., Wright, D. J., Staudigel, H., Hart, S. R., (2011). Age Systematics of Two Young En Echelon Samoan Volcanic Trails. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2010GC003438.

Konter, J.G., Jackson, M. G., Koppers, A., (2011). Evidence for a Hawaii-Emperor bend in the Rurutu hotspot track. (vol. 75, pp. 1219). Mineralogical Magazine. Goldschmidt.

Jackson, M. G., Hart, S. R., Konter, J.G., Koppers, A., Staudigel, H., Kurz, M., Blusztajn, J., Sinton, J., (2011). A hotspot highway in the S. Pacific. (vol. 75, pp. 1094). Mineralogical Magazine. Goldschmidt.

Jackson, M.G., Hart, S.R., Konter, J.G., Koppers, A.A.P., Staudigel, H., Kurz, M.D., Blusztajn, J., Sinton, J.M., (2011), The Samoan hotspot track on a hotspot highway: Implications for mantle plumes and a deep Samoan mantle source, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2010GC003232.

Konter, J.G., Staudigel, H., Gee, J.S., (2010), Spotlight: Jasper Seamount. Oceanography, 23(1), 40-41. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2010.74.

Koppers, A.A., Staudigel, H., Hart, S.R., Young, C., Konter, J.G., (2010), Spotlight: Vailuluu Seamount. Oceanography, 23(1), 164-165.doi:10.5670/oceanog.2010.80.

Konter, J.G., Jackson, M.G., *Storm, L., Exceptional Volumes of Rejuvenated Volcanism in Samoa, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010.

Crocker, L.E.*, and Konter, J.G., Mantle-crust interactions and implications for the lithosphere of the Southern Rio Grande Rift (New Mexico) from Pb isotope data, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, A195, 2010

Konter, J.G., and Jackson, M.G., Examining the cause of rejuvenated volcanism in Samoa, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, A530, 2010.

Konter, J.G.; Staudigel, H., Blichert-Toft, J., Hanan, B.B., Polvé, M., Davies, G., Shimizu, N., Schiffman, P., (2009), Geochemical stages at Jasper Seamount and the origin of intraplate volcanoes, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Q02001, doi:10.1029/2008GC002236.

Patlan, E.*, Velasco, A.A., Konter, J., Relocating San Miguel Volcanic Seismic Events for Receiver Functions and Tomographic Models, Eos Trans., AGU 90 Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T53A-1558, 2009.

Konter, J.G., Kellogg, J., Hart, S.R., Kellogg, L.H., Romanowicz, B.A., Becker, T.W., Mantle Heterogeneity: Length Scales and Correlations, Eos Trans., AGU 90 Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U42A-05, 2009.

Konter, J.G., Pietruszka, A.J., Hanan, B.B., Stassinopoulos, R.L., A 58Fe-57Fe double spike for Fe isotopic analysis using a Nu Plasma 1700 MC-ICP-MS and initial results for igneous samples, in preparation for submission to Chemical Geology.

Konter, J.G., Pietruszka, A.J., Hanan, B.B., (2008), Evaluation of double and triple spike Fe isotope measurements and results for basaltic lavas, Eos Trans., AGU 89(53) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V13A-2102.

Konter, J.G., Smith-Konter, B.R., (2008), Vizcano: Student development of 3-D volcanic visualizations, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED21C-07.

Konter, J.G.; Hanan, B.B., Blichert-Toft, J., Koppers, A.A.P., Plank, T., Staudigel, H., (2008), One hundred million years of mantle geochemical history suggest the retiring of mantle plumes is premature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 275, 285-295. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.023.

Konter, J.G., Pietruszka, A.J., Hanan, B.B., (2008), Development of a 58Fe-57Fe double spike for Fe isotopic analysis using a Nu Plasma 1700 MC-ICP-MS, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, Supplement 1, A489.

Koppers, A.A.P.; Russell, J.A.; Jackson, M.G.; Konter, J.; Staudigel, H.; Hart, S.R. (2008), Samoa reinstated as a primary hotspot trail, Geology, 36, 435-438.

Konter, J.G., Pietruszka, A.J., Hanan, B.B., (2007), Fe isotopic analysis by a Nu Plasma 1700 MC-ICP-MS with a 58Fe-57Fe double-spike, Eos Trans., AGU 88(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51B-0567.

Koppers, A.A., Staudigel, H., Konter, J., (2007), Constraining Absolute Plate Motion by 40Ar/39Ar Age Dating and Geochemical Fingerprinting of Linear Volcanic Chains, Eos Trans., AGU 88(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U13A-0869.

Jackson, M.G.; Hart, S.R.; Koppers, A.A.P.; Blusztajn, J.; Staudigel, H.; Konter, J.; Kurz, M.; Russell, J.A. (2007), Evidence for the return of subducted continental crust in Samoan lavas, Nature, 448, 684-687.doi:10.1038/nature06048.

Konter, J.G.; Hanan, B.B.; Blichert-Toft, J; Koppers, A.A.; Plank, T.; Staudigel, H., A >100 Ma Mantle Geochemical Record: Retiring Mantle Plumes may be Premature, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract 34B-01, 2006. pdf

Staudigel, H.; Koppers, A.A.; Minett, R.; Staudigel, D.; Konter, J.; Martin, P., The Seamount Catalog: Creating a Data Infrastructure for the Seamount Biogeoscience Network (SBN), Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V13A-0635, 2006. pdf

Staudigel, D.; Minnett, R.; Koppers, A.A.; Staudigel, H.; Konter, J., Google for Seamounts, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V13A-0636, 2006. pdf

Staudigel, H.; Hart, S.R.; Pile, A.; Bailey, B.E.; Baker, E.T.; Brooke, S.; Connelly, D.P.; Haucke, L.; German, C.R.; Hudson, I. Jones, D.; Koppers, A.A.P.; Konter, J.; Lee, R.; Pietsch, T.W.; Tebo, B.M.; Templeton, A.S.; Zierenberg, R.; Young, C.M., Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa: Life and death on an active submarine volcano PNAS 2006 103: 6448-6453; published online before print April 13 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600830103 pdf

Konter, J G, Staudigel, H; Blichert-Toft, J; Hanan, B B; Polve, M; Davies, G; Shimizu N, The Cause of Recurring OIB Stages: Insights From the Evolution of Jasper Seamount, AGU Fall Meet., Abstract V51A-1464, 2005 pdf

The Vailulu'u Research Group Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa: Life and Death at the Edge of An Active Submarine Volcano AGU Fall Meet., Abstract V44A-05, 2005 pdf

Young, C M; Lee, R W; Pile, A J; Hudson, I R; Brooke, S D; Ted, P; Staudigel, H; Hart, S; Bailey, B E; Haucke, L; Koppers, A; Konter, J; Templeton, A; Tebo B, Macrobiotic Communities of Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoan Archipelago AGU Fall Meet., Abstract V44A-06, 2005 pdf

Lawrence, K; Tauxe, L; Constable, C; Staudigel, H; Konter, J; Vernon F A Paleomagnetic Study of Mt. Erebus Volcanic Province, Antarctica AGU Fall Meet., Abstract GP44A-06, 2005 pdf

Konter, J G; Koppers, A A; Staudigel, H; Hanan, B B; Blichert-Toft, J, Intermittent Volcanism in the S Pacific: Tracking Persistent Geochemical Sources, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51B-0538, 2004 pdf

Moore, J C; Akber-Knutson, S; Konter, J; Kellogg, J; Hart, S; Kellogg, L H; Romanowicz, B, Scales of Mantle Heterogeneity, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U41A-0715, 2004 pdf

Konter, J G; Staudigel, H; Hart, S R; Shearer, P M, Seafloor seismic monitoring of an active submarine volcano; local seismicity at Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol.5, no.6, 15 pp., 26 Jun 2004 pdf

Konter, J G; Koppers, A A; Staudigel, H; Blichert-Toft, J, Linking Cretaceous to Current Volcanism in the SW Pacific, GERM Workshop Abstract, 40-42, 2003 pdf

Konter, J G; Staudigel, H; Hart, S R, Seismic Activity at Vailulu'u, Samoa's Youngest Volcano, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S11C-1165, 2002 pdf

Konter, J G; Staudigel, H; Davies, G R; Shimizu, N; Blichert-Toft, J; Hanan, B B, Evolution of Jasper Seamount: Plume-Lithosphere Interaction?, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V12B-0978, 2001 pdf

Bebout, G.; Blichert-Toft, J.; Carlson, R.; Cooper, K.;Evans, M.; Kelley, K.; Konter, J.; Reif, C.; Rouxel, O.; Shaw, A.; Shields, G.; Staudigel, H. and Stegman, D., Report on GERM 3, La Jolla, March 6-9, 2001., The Geochemical News, Newsletter of The Geochemical Society, Vol 108, 16-19, 2001 pdf

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Field Experience

Land based:

SE Netherlands, Ardennes (Belgium), Sauerland, Eifel, Mosel (Germany), Pyrenees (France), Central and SE Spain, Scotland, SE Sweden, Alps (Switzerland & Italy), Cyprus, La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain), Hawaii (Big Island), Royal Society Range/Mt Erebus (Antarctica), Potrillo Volcanic Field, Hillsboro Volcanic Field (New Mexico), Mt. Taylor and Valles Caldera (New Mexico)

Ocean based:

Avon 2 and 3 (R/V Melville 1999, W Pacific),
Chief scientist Dredging Jasper Seamount (R/V New Horizon 2002),
Alia (R/V Kilo Moana 2005, around Samoa),
Chief scientist RR1310 - Dredging the old Rurutu Hotspot (R/V Revelle, mainly Tuvalu islands)
In addition, participated in short cruises on the R/V New Horizon and R/V Sproul

 

Seamounts (underwater mountains) of the Pacific Ocean