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List of works by Thomas W. Sisson

Acceptance of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2017

scientific article published in April 2018

Aerogeophysical measurements of collapse-prone hydrothermally altered zones at Mount Rainier volcano

scientific article published on February 2001

Aluminosilicate melts and glasses at 1 to 3 GPa: Temperature and pressure effects on recovered structural and density changes

scientific article published in October 2015

Andesites of the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska

scholarly article by Michelle L. Coombs et al published June 2013 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Bedrock Basins in the Sierra Nevada, Alta California

scientific article published in June 2012

Characteristics, extent and origin of hydrothermal alteration at Mount Rainier Volcano, Cascades Arc, USA: Implications for debris-flow hazards and mineral deposits

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Constraints on deep, CO2-rich degassing at arc volcanoes from solubility experiments on hydrous basaltic andesite of Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula, at 300 to 1200 MPa

scientific article published in May 2021

Crystallization of oxidized, moderately hydrous arc basalt at mid- to lower-crustal pressures: implications for andesite genesis

scholarly article

Deposits and effects of the May 18 pyroclastic surge

scientific article published in 1981

Digital topographic map showing the extents of glacial ice and perennial snowfields at Mount Rainier, Washington, based on the LiDAR survey of September 2007 to October 2008

Evidence for pressure-release melting beneath magmatic arcs from basalt at Galunggung, Indonesia

scientific article published in Nature

Experimental and geochemical evidence for derivation of the El Capitan Granite, California, by partial melting of hydrous gabbroic lower crust

scientific article

Experimental investigations of the role of H2O in calc-alkaline differentiation and subduction zone magmatism

scientific article published in February 1993

Field, geochemical, and experimental studies of aluminous arc magmas

Frequent eruptions of Mount Rainier over the last ∼2,600 years

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Gas evolution in eruptive conduits: combining insights from high temperature and pressure decompression experiments with steady-state flow modeling

article published in 2004

Gas-driven filter pressing in magmas

scientific article published in 1999

Geologic map of southwestern Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California

article by Thomas W. Sisson & James G. Moore published 2013 in Open-File Report

Geologic map of the northern Harrat Rahat volcanic field, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Geologic road guide to Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks, central Sierra Nevada, California

scholarly article

Growth history of Kilauea inferred from volatile concentrations in submarine-collected basalts

H2O in basalt and basaltic andesite glass inclusions from four subduction-related volcanoes

scientific article published in June 1993

Hornblende gabbro sill complex at Onion Valley, California, and a mixing origin for the Sierra Nevada batholith

scientific article published on 13 December 1996

Isotope geochemistry of early Kilauea magmas from the submarine Hilina bench: The nature of the Hilina mantle component

scholarly article by Jun-Ichi Kimura et al published March 2006 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Loss of iron to gold capsules in rock-melting experiments

scientific article published in October 1999

Major-element, sulfur, and chlorine compositions of glasses from the submarine flank of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Collected During 1998-2002 Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) Cruises

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Origin and emplacement of the andesite of Burroughs Mountain, a zoned, large-volume lava flow at Mount Rainier, Washington, USA

Petrogenesis of Mount Rainier andesite: Magma flux and geologic controls on the contrasting differentiation styles at stratovolcanoes of the southern Washington Cascades

scholarly article

Petrologic insights into basaltic volcanism at historically active Hawaiian volcanoes

article published in 2014

Piggyback tectonics: Long-term growth of Kilauea on the south flank of Mauna Loa

Preliminary geologic map of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, California

scientific article published in 1987

Probing Magma Reservoirs to Improve Volcano Forecasts

scholarly article by Jacob B. Lowenstern et al published 23 October 2017 in Eos

Quantifying gas emissions from the "Millennium Eruption" of Paektu volcano, Democratic People's Republic of Korea/China

scientific article published on 30 November 2016

Reducing risk where tectonic plates collide—U.S. Geological Survey subduction zone science plan

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Sixty thousand years of magmatic volatile history before the caldera-forming eruption of Mount Mazama, Crater Lake, Oregon

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Temperatures and H2O contents of low-MgO high-alumina basalts

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The timing and compositional evolution of volcanism within northern Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

scientific article published on 4 November 2019

Timescales of magmatic differentiation from alkali basalt to trachyte within the Harrat Rahat volcanic field, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

scholarly article by Mark E. Stelten et al published August 2018 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volcano collapse promoted by hydrothermal alteration and edifice shape, Mount Rainier, Washington

scientific article

Voluminous arc dacites as amphibole reaction-boundary liquids

scholarly article

Voluminous granitic magmas from common basaltic sources

scientific article published on 17 December 2004

Whole-edifice ice volume change A.D. 1970 to 2007/2008 at Mount Rainier, Washington, based on LiDAR surveying

scholarly article

Young cumulate complex beneath Veniaminof caldera, Aleutian arc, dated by zircon in erupted plutonic blocks

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