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Koppers, Anthony

Assistant Research Geophysicist

Database and Website Manager EarthRef.org

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • M.S., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • B.A., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Research Interests:

  • 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Intra-plate Volcanism
  • Forward Modeling of the Geochemical Diffentiation of the Earth
  • Studying the Paradigm between Fixed and Moving hotspots
  • Cyberinfrastructure Development for Earth Science Research


Home Department:
IGPP

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0225

Email: akoppers@ucsd.edu


WWW: earthref.org

Publications:

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1995, Argon geochronology of small samples using the Vulkaan argon laserprobe, Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 98, 185-218

1998, The Magellan seamount trail: implications for Cretaceous hotspot volcanism and absolute Pacific plate motion, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 163, 1-4, 53-68

2000, Dating crystalline groundmass separates of altered Cretaceous seamount basalts by the Ar-40/Ar-39 incremental heating technique, Chemical Geology, 166, 1-2, 139-158

2000, Late cretaceous polar wander of the Pacific plate: Evidence of a rapid true polar wander event, Science, 287, 5452, 455-459

2000, VailuluĠu undersea volcano: the new Samoa, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 1, 1, 13

2001, Testing the fixed hotspot hypothesis using Ar-40/Ar-39 age progressions along seamount trails, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 185, 3-4, 237-252

2002, ArArCALC - software for Ar-40/Ar-39 age calculations, Computers & Geosciences, 28, 5, 605-619

2003, A fluorescein tracer release experiment in the hydrothermally active crater of Vailuluu volcano, Samoa, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 108, B8

2003, Electronic data publication in geochemistry, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 1

2003, High-resolution Ar-40/Ar-39 dating of the oldest oceanic basement basalts in the western Pacific basin, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(1)

2003, Paleomagnetism of the southwestern USA recorded by 0-5 Ma igneous rocks, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 1

2003, Scalable models of data sharing in Earth sciences, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 1

2003, Short-lived and discontinuous intraplate volcanism in the South Pacific: Hot spots or extensional volcanism?, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 1

2004, Hydrothermal venting at Vailuluu Seamount: The smoking end of the Samoan chain, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 5, -

2004, Implications of a non-linear 40Ar/39Ar age progression along the Louisville seamount trail for models of fixed and moving hotspots, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 5(1), Submitted


Last Modified: Dec 18, 2003