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Maria Davis

Ph.D. student since Fall 2006
(adviser: Martin Saar)
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Email: davis923@umn.edu

Education: B.S. in physics
Minors in Mathematics and Gender Studies
Linfield College (2005)

Research Interests: volcanology, volcanic eruption dynamics, fluid mechanics

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Research Interests
Teaching
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Research Interests

My current research interests include (but are hardly limited to) eruption dynamics, fluid dynamics and the relationship between ice and magma. My Ph.D. research focuses on using a numerical upscaling method to measure magma permiability at the conduit scale. This will be achieved by making comparisons between a variety of pumice samples and their bubble networks and developing computer models. My field sites include Bishop Tuff in Long Valley Caldera, CA, Galapagos, Iceland and potentially more.

Teaching

Courses Taught:
  • Geology in the Cinema--Lab Section (UMN, Spring 2006)
  • Geodynamics II--Lab Section (UMN, Fall 2006)
  • Peer Advisor for incoming freshman (Linfield College, Fall 2004)
  • Physical Geology --Teaching Assistant (Linfield College, Feb 2003-Dec 2003)
  • Peer Advisor for incoming freshman (Linfield College, Fall 2003)

Publications

Refereed Publications           (published or in press)

  • Li, Li, Donald J. Weidner, Jiuhua Chen, Michael T. Vaughan, Maria Davis, and William B. Durham. "X-ray strain analysis at high pressure: Effect of plastic deformation in MgO." Journal of Applied Physics, 95(12). 8357-8365, 2004.
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  • Weidner, D. J., L. Li, M. Davis, and J. Chen. "Effect of plasticity on elastic modulus measurements." Geophysical Research Letters, 31. L06621, doi:10.1029/2003GL019090, 2004.
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Abstracts           (for conference presentations)
  • Davis, M.A., Walsh, S.D., Anderson, K.J., Saar, M.O. (2006), Upscaling Pumice-Sized Bubble Networks to the Volcanic Conduit Scale: Implications for Magma Permeabilities and Volatile Degassing Rates, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V43A-1774.



Conferences / Seminars / Workshops Attended (or upcoming: upc.)

2006 American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA
 
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