Department of Geology and Geophysics

Department of Geology and Geophysics

Department of Geology and Geophysics People

Ken H. Rubin

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Professor

  • Office: POST 606E
  • Isotope Geochemical: HIG1 103
  • Sample Prep.: POST 632
  • Mass Spec. and Inst. Lab: POST 604

Additional Information

Member of the GG department since 1992.
Research and Teaching foci are in Igneous, Isotope and Environmental Geochemistry, and Geochronology.

Reseach Topics:
• Process and Time Scales of magma Generation
• Heavy Metal environmental chemistry
• Deep Submarine Effusive Volcanism 
• Geochronology of the Hawaiian sea level record
• Environmental Impacts of Volcanism Marine
• Radiochemical and Isotopic Analytical Methods Development

Courses Commonly Taught:
undergraduate
• Geochemistry (GG325)
• Environmental Geochemistry (GG425)
Graduate
• Grad seminar (GG711)(recent topics;  Deep Submarine Volcanism; Pleistocene and Holocene Geochronology)