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 Stephen
A. Nelson
Emeritus
Dept. Earth & Env. Sciences
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Room 203 Blessey Hall
Phone: (504) 862-3194
Fax: (504) 865-5199
snelson@tulane.edu
Special - What happened during Hurricane
Katrina - Field Trips
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2009 Photos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2010 Photos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2011 Photos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2012 Photos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2012 Videos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2013 Photos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2013 Videos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2014 Photos & Videos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2015 Photos & Videos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2016 Photos and Videos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2017 Photos and Videos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2018 Photos and Videos
Grand Canyon Colloquium 2019 Photos and Videos
Education
University of California, Berkeley, A.B. 1973
University of California, Berkeley, M.S. 1975
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. 1979
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Research Interests
- Volcanology
- Igneous Petrology
- Mexican Volcanic Belt
- Geological Hazards
- Thermodynamics
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Courses Taught
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Recent Publications
Nelson, S.A., Myths of Katrina: Field Notes from a Geoscientist. The Minnesota Review, 2015(84): p 60-68, 2015.
Nelson, S.A. and Leclair, S.F., Katrina’s unique splay deposits in a
New Orleans neighborhood. GSA Today, 16:4-9, 2006.
Nelson, S.A.
E.
Gonzalez-Caver and T.K. Kyser. Constrains on the origin of alkaline and
calc-alkaline magmas from the Tuxtla volcanic field, Veracruz, Mexico. Contr. Mineral. Petrol. 122:191-211. 1995.
Nelson, S.A.
and
E. Gonzalez-Caver. Geology and K-Ar dating
of the Tuxtla volcanic field, Veracruz, Mexico. Bull. Volcanology.
55:85-96, 1992.
Verma, S.P.,
and S.A. Nelson. Isotopic
and trace-element constraints on the origin and evolution of calc-alkaline
and alkaline magmas in the northwestern portion of the Mexican Volcanic
Belt. J. Geophys. Res. 94:4531-44, 1989.
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