Our research works not only to increase our understanding of how volcanoes work on Earth and other planets but also to help protect lives and infrastructure due to its implications for volcanic hazards and eruption forecasting.
Our research includes the following topics (click on each image to learn more):
Our research includes the following topics (click on each image to learn more):
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Recorded Talks from EPIC Lab Members
- Kara Brugman's LPSC Talk "Petrologic Experiments on Rocky Exoplanet Compositions" (2021)
- Christy's ASU KEDtalk on her Journey from Ballet to Geology (2017): youtu.be/083PbVILM48?si=CUmsLKmi7cpkUvMP
- Christy's CIDER talk "A Broad Petrologic & Geochemical View of Subduction Zones" (2017): youtu.be/X9Va3AIQiVo?si=RMOpHAJ_QtuBiS9E
- Christy's CIDER talk "Mantle Melting at Subduction Zones; an Experimental Petrologist's Perspective" (2017): youtu.be/e3DLkpA5smA?si=2nwyrWHGiaZ8-7tp
Publications From EPIC Lab Members
Key to Citation Formatting:
Student, A. = Till Primary Graduate Advisee
Student, A.* = Till Primary Undergraduate Advisee
**Student, A. = Graduate Student Advised by Till (but not as primary advisor)
‡ or ^Postdoc, A. = Till Postdoctoral Advisee
Student, A. = Till Primary Graduate Advisee
Student, A.* = Till Primary Undergraduate Advisee
**Student, A. = Graduate Student Advised by Till (but not as primary advisor)
‡ or ^Postdoc, A. = Till Postdoctoral Advisee
In press/review/preparation
Till, C.B., Blatter, D.L., Folguera, A., LaFemina, P., Maryliyani, G.I., Ruch, J., in press, Tectonic Controls on the Distribution and Characteristic of Volcanoes (invited), in Encyclopedia of Volcanoes (3rd Edition).
**Ravi, S., Till, C.B., Robinson, M., in review, On the Origin of Silicic Magmas on the Moon. Planetary Science Journal.
‡Goltz, A.E., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J., in revision, Systematic Underestimation of Magmatic Flux at Continental Arcs. Nature Communications.
**Jacobs, S.,**Karageozian, M., Till C.B., Unterborn, C., Hull, S., and Panero, W., in review, Modeled Crystallization of Exoplanet Bulk Silicate Mantles: Implications for Magma Ocean Solidification and Early Crust Formation & Observability. JGR Planets.
‡Wieser, P.E., Till, C. B., Kent, A. J., Gleeson, M., in prep., Comment on ‘The magmatic architecture and evolution of the Chang’e-5 lunar basalts.’ Icarus. Available on a preprint server here.
**Ravi, S., Till, C.B., Robinson, M., in review, On the Origin of Silicic Magmas on the Moon. Planetary Science Journal.
‡Goltz, A.E., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J., in revision, Systematic Underestimation of Magmatic Flux at Continental Arcs. Nature Communications.
**Jacobs, S.,**Karageozian, M., Till C.B., Unterborn, C., Hull, S., and Panero, W., in review, Modeled Crystallization of Exoplanet Bulk Silicate Mantles: Implications for Magma Ocean Solidification and Early Crust Formation & Observability. JGR Planets.
‡Wieser, P.E., Till, C. B., Kent, A. J., Gleeson, M., in prep., Comment on ‘The magmatic architecture and evolution of the Chang’e-5 lunar basalts.’ Icarus. Available on a preprint server here.
Published
Till, C.B., 2025, Magmatic Trees: A Method to Compare Processes Between Igneous Systems. Volcanica. v. 8(1), p. 135-157.
‡Wieser, P.E., Kent, A. J., Till, C. B., Abers, G., 2023, Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints on Magma Storage Depths along the Cascade Arc: Knowns and Unknowns. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Available from journal here: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1029/2023GC011025 or on a preprint server here.
Zapata, S., Jaramillo-Rios, J.S., Botello, G.E., Siachoque, A., Calderon-Día, Cardona, A., Till. C.B., Valencia, V., 2023, Miocene Paleogeography of NW Colombia: A review of the sedimentary and magmatic evolution of the Amagá Basin a century after Grosse’s work, Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. v. 47. Available here.
Kent, A.J., Till, C.B., Cooper, K.M., 2023, Start me up: The relationship between volcanic eruption characteristics and eruption initiation mechanisms, Volcanica: available open access here.
‡Wieser, P.E., Kent, A. J., Till, C. B., 2023, Barometers behaving badly II: A critical evaluation of Cpx-only and Cpx-Liq 1thermobarometry in variably-hydrousarc magmas. Journal of Petrology: available here.
Earlier version available on a preprint server here.
‡Wieser, P.E., Kent, A. J., Till, C. B., Donovan, J., Neave, D. A., Blatter, D. L., & Krawczynski, M. J., 2023, Barometers Behaving Badly I: Assessing the Influence of Analytical and Experimental Uncertainty on Clinopyroxene Thermobarometry Calculations at Crustal Conditions. Journal of Petrology, 64(2), egac126.
‡Wieser, P.E., Petrelli, M., Lubbers, J., Wieser, E., Ozaydin, S., Kent, A. and Till, C., 2022, Thermobar: An open-source Python3 tool for thermobarometry and hygrometry”, Volcanica, v. 5(2), pp. 349–384. doi: 10.30909/vol.05.02.349384.
Phillips, M., Till, C. B., 2022, Crustal Storage and Magmatic Ascent Rates of the Mt. Shasta Primitive Magnesian Andesite, Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, v. 177(1), 1-27.
Brugman, K.K., Till, C.B., Bose, M., 2022, Common assumptions and methods yield overestimated diffusive timescales, as exemplified in a Yellowstone post-caldera lava, Contriburions to Mineralogy & Petrology, v. 177(6), 63.
Brugman, K., Phillips, M., Till, C.B, 2021, Experimental Determination of Mantle Solidi and Melt Compositions for Two Likely Rocky Exoplanet Compositions, JGR Planets.
Shamloo, H., Till C. B., Hervig, R. L., 2021, Multi-Mode Magnesium Diffusion in Sanidine: Applications for Geospeedometry in Magmatic Systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.01.044
Guild, M., Till, C.B., Mizukami, T., Wallis, S., 2020, Petrogenesis of the Higashi-Akaishi Ultramafic Body: Implications for lower crustal foundering and mantle wedge processes, Journal of Petrology.
‡Iacovino, K., M. Guild, Till, C.B., 2020, Aqueous fluids are effective oxidizing agents of the mantle in subduction zones, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 175, no. 4, p. 1-21.
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2019, H2O-rich mantle melting near the slab-wedge interface, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 174, no. 10 p. 80-102.
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A., Stelten, M., Shamloo, H., Shaffer, J.*, 2019, Co-existing Discrete Bodies of Rhyolite and Punctuated Volcanism Characterize Yellowstone’s Post-Lava Creek Tuff Caldera Evolution, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Paper Available Here
Brugman, K., Till, C.B., 2019, A Low-Aluminum Clinopyroxene-Liquid Geothermometer for High-Silica Magmatic Systems, American Mineralogist, v. 104, p. 996-1004.
Paper Available Here
Shamloo, H., Till, C.B., 2019, Decadal Transition from Quiescence to Supereruption; Petrologic Investigation of the Lava Creek Tuff, Yellowstone Caldera, WY, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 174, no. 32.
Paper Available Here
Till, C.B., Kent, A., Abers, G., Janiszewski, H., Gaherty, J., Pitcher, B., 2019, Towards Assessing the Causes of Volcanic Diversity in the Cascades Arc, 2019, Nature Communications, v. 10, no. 1350, p. 1-12.
Paper Available Here (Open Access)
M.A. Edwards, M.G. Jackson, A.R.C. Kylander-Clark, J. Harvey, G.A. Hagen-Peter, G.G.E. Seward, C.B. Till, J.V. Adams, J.M. Cottle, B.R. Hacker, F.J. Spera, 2019, Beyond EM2: extreme enriched and heterogeneous 87Sr/86Sr ratios recorded in magmatic plagioclase from the Samoan hotspot, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 511, p. 190-201.
Paper Available Here
‡Iacovino, K., and Till, C.B., 2019, DensityX: A program for calculating the densities of hydrous magmatic liquids from 427-1627 °C and up to 30 kbar, Volcanica. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.02.01.0110.
Paper Available Here
**Rubin, A.E., Cooper, K.M., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J., Costa, F., Bose, M., Gravely, D., Deering, C., Cole, J.., 2017, Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals, Science, v. 356, p. 1154-1156.
Paper Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU Press Release
Till, C.B., 2017, A Review & Update of Mantle Thermobarometry for Primitive Arc Magmas, American Mineralogist (invited paper), v. 102, p. 931-947, dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5783
Available Here
Supplement Available Here
Featured as an Editor's Pick for May-June 2017
Iacovino K^, Kim JS, Sisson T, Lowenstern J, Ri KH, Jang JN, Song KH, Ham HH, Oppenheimer C, Hammond JOS, Donovan A, Weber-Liu K, Ryu KR, 2016, Quantifying gas emissions from the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Paektu volcano, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea/China. Science Advances. doi 10.1126/sciadv.1600913 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: NPR Science New York Times More
Anbar, A.D., Till, C.B., and Hannah, M.A., 2016, Bridge the planetary divide. Nature, 539, 25–27. Available Here
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A, Boyce, J.W., 2015, Months between rejuvenation and volcanic eruption at Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, Geology, v.43, no. 8., doi:10.1130/G36862.1 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU press release Ars Technica" article on the paper "Serious Science" article on the paper "The Earth Story" article on the paper AAAS Eurekalert on article Science Daily Phys.org
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2015, Melting of the Earth's Upper Mantle, in the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Second Edition, Haraldur Sigurdsson, editor.
Link to Book Page
ebook
‡Wieser, P.E., Kent, A. J., Till, C. B., Abers, G., 2023, Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints on Magma Storage Depths along the Cascade Arc: Knowns and Unknowns. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Available from journal here: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1029/2023GC011025 or on a preprint server here.
Zapata, S., Jaramillo-Rios, J.S., Botello, G.E., Siachoque, A., Calderon-Día, Cardona, A., Till. C.B., Valencia, V., 2023, Miocene Paleogeography of NW Colombia: A review of the sedimentary and magmatic evolution of the Amagá Basin a century after Grosse’s work, Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. v. 47. Available here.
Kent, A.J., Till, C.B., Cooper, K.M., 2023, Start me up: The relationship between volcanic eruption characteristics and eruption initiation mechanisms, Volcanica: available open access here.
‡Wieser, P.E., Kent, A. J., Till, C. B., 2023, Barometers behaving badly II: A critical evaluation of Cpx-only and Cpx-Liq 1thermobarometry in variably-hydrousarc magmas. Journal of Petrology: available here.
Earlier version available on a preprint server here.
‡Wieser, P.E., Kent, A. J., Till, C. B., Donovan, J., Neave, D. A., Blatter, D. L., & Krawczynski, M. J., 2023, Barometers Behaving Badly I: Assessing the Influence of Analytical and Experimental Uncertainty on Clinopyroxene Thermobarometry Calculations at Crustal Conditions. Journal of Petrology, 64(2), egac126.
‡Wieser, P.E., Petrelli, M., Lubbers, J., Wieser, E., Ozaydin, S., Kent, A. and Till, C., 2022, Thermobar: An open-source Python3 tool for thermobarometry and hygrometry”, Volcanica, v. 5(2), pp. 349–384. doi: 10.30909/vol.05.02.349384.
Phillips, M., Till, C. B., 2022, Crustal Storage and Magmatic Ascent Rates of the Mt. Shasta Primitive Magnesian Andesite, Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, v. 177(1), 1-27.
Brugman, K.K., Till, C.B., Bose, M., 2022, Common assumptions and methods yield overestimated diffusive timescales, as exemplified in a Yellowstone post-caldera lava, Contriburions to Mineralogy & Petrology, v. 177(6), 63.
Brugman, K., Phillips, M., Till, C.B, 2021, Experimental Determination of Mantle Solidi and Melt Compositions for Two Likely Rocky Exoplanet Compositions, JGR Planets.
Shamloo, H., Till C. B., Hervig, R. L., 2021, Multi-Mode Magnesium Diffusion in Sanidine: Applications for Geospeedometry in Magmatic Systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.01.044
Guild, M., Till, C.B., Mizukami, T., Wallis, S., 2020, Petrogenesis of the Higashi-Akaishi Ultramafic Body: Implications for lower crustal foundering and mantle wedge processes, Journal of Petrology.
‡Iacovino, K., M. Guild, Till, C.B., 2020, Aqueous fluids are effective oxidizing agents of the mantle in subduction zones, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 175, no. 4, p. 1-21.
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2019, H2O-rich mantle melting near the slab-wedge interface, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 174, no. 10 p. 80-102.
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A., Stelten, M., Shamloo, H., Shaffer, J.*, 2019, Co-existing Discrete Bodies of Rhyolite and Punctuated Volcanism Characterize Yellowstone’s Post-Lava Creek Tuff Caldera Evolution, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Paper Available Here
Brugman, K., Till, C.B., 2019, A Low-Aluminum Clinopyroxene-Liquid Geothermometer for High-Silica Magmatic Systems, American Mineralogist, v. 104, p. 996-1004.
Paper Available Here
Shamloo, H., Till, C.B., 2019, Decadal Transition from Quiescence to Supereruption; Petrologic Investigation of the Lava Creek Tuff, Yellowstone Caldera, WY, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 174, no. 32.
Paper Available Here
Till, C.B., Kent, A., Abers, G., Janiszewski, H., Gaherty, J., Pitcher, B., 2019, Towards Assessing the Causes of Volcanic Diversity in the Cascades Arc, 2019, Nature Communications, v. 10, no. 1350, p. 1-12.
Paper Available Here (Open Access)
M.A. Edwards, M.G. Jackson, A.R.C. Kylander-Clark, J. Harvey, G.A. Hagen-Peter, G.G.E. Seward, C.B. Till, J.V. Adams, J.M. Cottle, B.R. Hacker, F.J. Spera, 2019, Beyond EM2: extreme enriched and heterogeneous 87Sr/86Sr ratios recorded in magmatic plagioclase from the Samoan hotspot, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 511, p. 190-201.
Paper Available Here
‡Iacovino, K., and Till, C.B., 2019, DensityX: A program for calculating the densities of hydrous magmatic liquids from 427-1627 °C and up to 30 kbar, Volcanica. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.02.01.0110.
Paper Available Here
**Rubin, A.E., Cooper, K.M., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J., Costa, F., Bose, M., Gravely, D., Deering, C., Cole, J.., 2017, Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals, Science, v. 356, p. 1154-1156.
Paper Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU Press Release
Till, C.B., 2017, A Review & Update of Mantle Thermobarometry for Primitive Arc Magmas, American Mineralogist (invited paper), v. 102, p. 931-947, dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5783
Available Here
Supplement Available Here
Featured as an Editor's Pick for May-June 2017
Iacovino K^, Kim JS, Sisson T, Lowenstern J, Ri KH, Jang JN, Song KH, Ham HH, Oppenheimer C, Hammond JOS, Donovan A, Weber-Liu K, Ryu KR, 2016, Quantifying gas emissions from the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Paektu volcano, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea/China. Science Advances. doi 10.1126/sciadv.1600913 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: NPR Science New York Times More
Anbar, A.D., Till, C.B., and Hannah, M.A., 2016, Bridge the planetary divide. Nature, 539, 25–27. Available Here
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A, Boyce, J.W., 2015, Months between rejuvenation and volcanic eruption at Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, Geology, v.43, no. 8., doi:10.1130/G36862.1 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU press release Ars Technica" article on the paper "Serious Science" article on the paper "The Earth Story" article on the paper AAAS Eurekalert on article Science Daily Phys.org
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2015, Melting of the Earth's Upper Mantle, in the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Second Edition, Haraldur Sigurdsson, editor.
Link to Book Page
ebook
