Michael J. Tappa, Scientist
Cosmochemistry & Geochronology
ESCG Employee / Jacobs Technology
michael.j.tappa@nasa.gov
Wk: 281-483-5301
Geochronology and the advancement of novel techniques; Nucleosynthesis and early solar system development; Large-scale volcanic eruptions and the relationship between volcanic and plutonic rocks.
M.S. Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, 2009
B.S. Geology (Minor in Chemistry), University of Wisconsin, 2006
Tappa, M.J., Coleman, D.S., Mills, R.D., and Samperton, K.M., 2011. "The plutonic record of a silicic ignimbrite from the Latir volcanic field, New Mexico." Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst,, Vol. 12, Q10011, 16 pp., doi:10.1029/2011GC003700.
Tappa, M.J., Ayuso, R.A., Bodnar, R.J., Aylor, J.G., Beard, J., Henika, W.S., Vazquez, J., and Wooden, J., 2011. "Age and petrogenesis of host rocks at the Coles Hill uranium deposit, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA, based on zircon U-Pb geochronology." in review
Tappa, M.J., Bodnar, R.J., Ayuso, R.A., Aylor, J.G., Wooden, J.L., Vazquez, J.A., 2010. "Zircon U/Pb geochronology of host rock and mineralization at the Coles Hill uranium deposit." Virginia, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 539.
Tappa, M.J., Coleman, D.S., Zimmerer, M.J. 2009. "Testing competing caldera models using U/Pb geochronology and trace-element modeling in the Questa Caldera, New Mexico." Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract V23C-2090.
Tappa, M.J., Zimmerer, M.J., Coleman, D.S., 2008. "hermal evolution of the plutons in the Questa Caldera, NM." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 72, no. 12S, pp. A934.