Maureen Feineman

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Associate Research Professor, Geosciences

Research Summary

Research interests include igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology, and experimental petrology isotope and trace element geochemistry, fluid-rock interaction at subduction zones, including metamorphic reactions in the downgoing slab, interaction of slab-

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Recent Publications

Conduit formation and crustal microxenolith entrainment in a basaltic fissure eruption: Observations from Thríhnúkagígur Volcano, Iceland

Hudak, M. R., Feineman, M. D., LaFemina, P. C., Geirsson, H. & Agostini, S., 2022, In: Volcanica. 5, 2, p. 249-270 22 p.

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Trace element and isotopic zoning of garnetite veins in amphibolitized eclogite, Franciscan Complex, California, USA

Cruz-Uribe, A. M., Page, F. Z., Lozier, E., Feineman, M. D., Zack, T., Mertz-Kraus, R., Jacob, D. E. & Kitajima, K., May 2021, In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 176, 5, 41.

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Let there be water: How hydration/dehydration reactions accompany key Earth and life processes

Brovarone, A. V., Butch, C. J., Ciappa, A., Cleaves, H. J., Elmaleh, A., Faccenda, M., Feineman, M., Hermann, J., Nestola, F., Cordone, A. & Giovannelli, D., Aug 26 2020, In: American Mineralogist. 105, 8, p. 1152-1160 9 p.

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Decoupling of zircon U–Pb and trace-element systematics driven by U diffusion in eclogite-facies zircon (Monviso meta-ophiolite, W. Alps)

Garber, J. M., Smye, A. J., Feineman, M. D., Kylander-Clark, A. R. C. & Matthews, S., Jun 1 2020, In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 175, 6, 55.

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Mechanisms of Unrest and Eruption at Persistently Restless Volcanoes: Insights From the 2015 Eruption of Telica Volcano, Nicaragua

Roman, D. C., LaFemina, P. C., Bussard, R., Stephens, K., Wauthier, C., Higgins, M., Feineman, M., Arellano, S., de Moor, J. M., Avard, G., Cruz, M. M., Burton, M., Varnam, M., Saballos, A., Ibarra, M., Strauch, W. & Tenorio, V., Aug 1 2019, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20, 8, p. 4162-4183 22 p.

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Assessing trace element (dis)equilibrium and the application of single element thermometers in metamorphic rocks

Cruz-Uribe, A. M., Feineman, M. D., Zack, T. & Jacob, D. E., Aug 2018, In: Lithos. 314-315, p. 1-15 15 p.

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A New LA-ICP-MS Method for Ti in Quartz: Implications and Application to High Pressure Rutile-Quartz Veins from the Czech Erzgebirge

Cruz-Uribe, A. M., Mertz-Kraus, R., Zack, T., Feineman, M. D., Woods, G. & Jacob, D. E., Mar 1 2017, In: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 41, 1, p. 29-40 12 p.

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Understanding magmatic processes at Telica volcano, Nicaragua: Crystal size distribution and textural analysis

Witter, M., Furman, T., Lafemina, P. & Feineman, M., May 1 2016, In: American Mineralogist. 101, 5, p. 1052-1060 9 p.

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Metamorphic reaction rates at ~650-800°C from diffusion of niobium in rutile

Cruz-Uribe, A. M., Feineman, M. D., Zack, T. & Barth, M., Apr 1 2014, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 130, p. 63-77 15 p.

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Multidisciplinary observations of the 2011 explosive eruption of Telica volcano, Nicaragua: Implications for the dynamics of low-explosivity ash eruptions

Geirsson, H., Rodgers, M., LaFemina, P., Witter, M., Roman, D., Muñoz, A., Tenorio, V., Alvarez, J., Jacobo, V. C., Nilsson, D., Galle, B., Feineman, M. D., Furman, T. & Morales, A., Feb 1 2014, In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 271, p. 55-69 15 p.

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Sediment-enriched adakitic magmas from the Daisen volcanic field, Southwest Japan

Feineman, M., Moriguti, T., Yokoyama, T., Terui, S. & Nakamura, E., Aug 1 2013, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14, 8, p. 3009-3031 23 p.

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Insights into crustal assimilation by Icelandic basalts from boron isotopes in melt inclusions from the 1783-1784 Lakagígar eruption

Brounce, M., Feineman, M., LaFemina, P. & Gurenko, A., Oct 1 2012, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 94, p. 164-180 17 p.

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Lithium partitioning between olivine and diopside at upper mantle conditions: An experimental study

Yakob, J. L., Feineman, M. D., Deane, J. A., Eggler, D. H. & Penniston-Dorland, S. C., May 1 2012, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 329-330, p. 11-21 11 p.

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Applications of non-traditional stable isotopes in high-temperature geochemistry

Feineman, M., Penniston-Dorland, S., Poitrasson, F. & Weyer, S., Jan 15 2009, In: Chemical Geology. 258, 1-2, p. 1-4 4 p.

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The Chulitna terrane of south-central Alaska: A rifted volcanic arc caught between the Wrangellia composite terrane and the Mesozoic margin of North America

Gilman, T., Feineman, M. & Fisher, D., 2009, In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 121, 7-8, p. 979-991 13 p.

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