C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e

Richard P. Esser

New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
TEL: (505) 835-5271 . . . . FAX: (505) 835-6436
E-mail: esser@mailhost.nmt.edu

Date of Birth: January 5, 1970


Education

Bachelors of Science

  

1992, Geology
Northland College
Ashland, WI 54806

Masters of Science

  

1996, Geochemistry
Thesis: 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM 87801

Employment

1996-present   40Ar/39Ar Technician at the New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory
Winter, 1999   Field Assistant, Antarctica (for NSF-OPP-9814428)
Winter, 1998   Investigator, Antarctica (for NSF-OPP- )
Winter, 1996   Field Assistant, Antarctica (for NSF-OPP-9527373)
Spring, 1996   Consultant, New Mexico Bureau of Mines
1994-1995   Research Assistant, New Mexico Tech
Winter, 1995   Field Assistant, Antarctica (for NSF OPP-9316505)
Fall, 1994   Teaching Assistant, New Mexico Tech
Summer, 1994   Field Assistant (Hawaii), New Mexico Tech

Publications

in press   Esser, R.P., and Kyle, P.R. 40Ar/39Ar Chronology of the McMurdo Volcanic Group at the Plieades, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Proceedings of the VIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences. Wellington, N.Z.
1998  

Harvey R.P., Dunbar N.W., McIntosh W. C., Esser R. P., Nishiizumi K., Taylor S. and Caffee M.W. Meteoritic event recorded in Antarctic ice. Geology, July 1998.
1997   Esser, R.P., McIntosh, W.C., Heizler, M.T. and Kyle, P.R. Excess argon in melt inclusions in zero-age anorthoclase feldspar from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica, as revealed by the 40Ar/39Ar method, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., v. 61, 3789-3801.

Abstracts (Meetings and Conferences)

1999a  

Esser, R.P., and Kyle, P.R. 40Ar/39Ar chronology of The Pleiades Volcanic Center, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: a potential source of Late-Pleistocene englacial tephra layers. IX International Symposium of Antarctica Earth Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand.

1999b   Harpel, C.J., Esser, R.P., and Kyle, P.R. 40Ar/39Ar ages for summit plateau lava flows of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. IX International Symposium of Antarctica Earth Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand.
1996   1996 Esser, R.P., McIntosh, W.C., Heizler, M.T., and Kyle, P.R. Excess argon in melt inclusions in young (<250 ka) anorthoclase feldspar from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica, as revealed by the 40Ar/39Ar method, Amer. Geophy. Union, Spring meeting.
1995a   Dunbar, N.W., Kyle, P.R., McIntosh, W.C., and Esser, R.P., Tephra Layers in blue ice, Allan Hills, Antarctica: A new source of glacial tephrochronological data. IUGG XXI General Assembly, pp. A303, Boulder, CO, 1995.
1995b   Esser, R.P., McIntosh, W.C., Kyle, P.R. Revision of the Eruptive History of Mount Erebus Volcano, Ross Island: Application of High Precision 40Ar/39Ar Dating. VII International Symposium of Antarctica Earth Sciences, Siena, Italy.
1995c   Dunbar, N.W., Kyle, P.R., McIntosh, W.C., and Esser, R.P., Geochemical composition and stratigraphy of tephra layers in Antarctic blue ice: Insights into glacial tephrochronology. VII International Symposium of Antarctica Earth Sciences, Siena, Italy.
1995d   Kyle, P.R., Dunbar, N.W., McIntosh, W.C., and Esser, R.P. The potential and application of tephrochronology in Antarctic blue ice areas. Volcanoes in the Quaternary Abstract Volume, Quaternary Research Association and Volcanic Studies Group Joint Meeting, Geological Society of London, 3-4 May, 1995.
1995e   Harvey R. P., Dunbar N.W., McIntosh W.C., Esser R.P. and Taylor S. A meteoritic event layer in Antarctic ice. Meteoritics 30, 517-518.
1994   Esser, R.P, Heizler, M.T., Kyle, P.R. and McIntosh, W.C. 40Ar/39Ar dating of anorthoclase, Mount Erebus, Antarctica: Problems of excess argon in melt inclusions. US Geol Survey Circular 1107.


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