Volcan Cerro Negro, Nicaragua

 

I am a volcanologist and geology professor at Keystone College.  My research is on the evolution of volcanic arcs and I work in Central America and the Lesser Antilles.  Volcanoclast is a place for people who like rocks.

Comments, photos, links appreciated.  You can e-mail me at ian[at]volcanoclast.com

If you’re interested, here’s a list of my publications:

Saginor, Ian, Gazel, Esteban, Carr, Michael J., Swisher, Carl, Turrin, Brent (2011) Miocene to Recent Volcanic History of Western Nicaragua and Geochemical Evolution of the Central American Volcanic Front, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 202, 143-152.

Saginor, Ian, Gazel, Esteban, Carr, Michael J. (2011), Progress and Challenges Using ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Geochronology in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Revista de Geologia de America Central, in press.

Gazel, E., Hoernle, K., Carr, M.J., Herzberg, C., Saginor, I., van den Bogaard, P. Hauff, F., Feigenson, M.D & Swisher III, C. (2011), Arc-plume interaction in Central America: Influx of Galapagos asthenosphere and slab melting, LITHOS, 121, 117-134.

Carr, M. J., Saginor, I., Alvarado, G. E., Bolge, L. L., Lindsay, F. N., Milidakis, K., Turrin, B. D., Feigenson, M. D., and C. C. Swisher III (2007), Element fluxes from the volcanic front of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 8, 6, 1525-2027.