Faculty: John M. Sinton

• Emeritus Professor
• Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Division
• Office: POST 607
• 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822
• Phone: (808) 956-7751 • Fax: (808) 956-5512
• E-mail: sinton@hawaii.edu
• Website: Personal Website
• Publications: PDF

Research Fields

• Volcanic rocks as a tool for investigating magmatic processes.

Reseach Topics

• Digital Map of the Geology of Hawai‘i:Mapping and petrological investigations.
• Fine-scale magmatic processes along the East Pacific Rise.
• Morphology and magmatic processes of the Galápagos Spreading Center.
• Geology and volcanic history of the Western Volcanic Zone, Iceland.
• Geochemistry of Polynesian tool sources

Research Themes

• Formation, motion and recycling of Earth's crust (the rock cycle)