“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”

- Claude Bernard -

PUBLICATIONS

Theses and Publications

Brown, K.L., Hart, W.K., and Stuck, R., 2018, Temporal and geochemical signatures in granitoids of northwestern Nevada: Evidence for the continuity of the Mesozoic magmatic arc through the western Great Basin: Lithosphere, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 327-350.

Brown, K.L., and Hart, W.K. (in prep), A Megacrystic K-Feldspar Intrusion in Northwestern Nevada: Petrographic and in-situ Pb Isotope Analyses

Brown, K.L., and Hart, W.K. (in prep), The Origin of Cretaceous Granitic Magmatism in Northwestern Nevada: Arc Flare-Up in a Basinal Terrane

Brown, K. L., 2015, Geochronologic, Geochemical, and Isotopic Investigations into Cretaceous Granitic Magmatism of Northwestern Nevada: The Santa Rosa Range Granitoid Suite, Miami University, Doctoral Dissertation, 307p.

McPeek, T., Brown, K.L., Wang, X., and Filippelli, G.M., 2008. Rates of Carbon Ingrowth and Nutrient Release from Young Icelandic Basalts. Joküll, vol. 57, p.37-44.

Brown, K. L., 2008, Construction of Late Cretaceous, Mid-Crustal Sheeted Plutons from the Eastern Transverse Ranges, Southern California, Indiana University, M.S. Thesis. 169p.

Brown, K. L., 2005, A Study of the Origin of Rhyolite at Mid-Ocean Ridges; Geochronology and Petrology of Trachydacite and Rhyolite, Torfajokull, Iceland, Indiana University, Senior Thesis 45p.

Selected Abstracts

(*denotes student author)

Brown, K.L. and Pettus, H.*, 2018, Potassium Feldspar Megacrysts as Archives of Magmatic Systems and Processes: Abstract V33D-3901; 2018 Fall Meeting, AGU, Washington D.C., 10-14th Dec.

*Reinier,C. and Brown, K.L., 2018, Petrographic and geochemical investigations of the McCartney Mtn. Stock, SW Montana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 50. no. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-318579

*Schmitt, R., Brown, K.L., Veldhuizen, H., Latimer, J. C.,, 2018, The Distribution and Concentration of Heavy Metal Contaminants among Public Playgrounds in Morgantown, WV,: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 50. no. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-318513

*Rex, N., Brown, K.L., Veldhuizen, H. J., Latimer, J.C., 2018, Tracking Heavy Metal Contaminants Along The Monongahela River, Morgantown, West Virginia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 50. no. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-318962

Brown, K. L. and Frier, P.*, 2017, Incorporating Local Issues: Exploring Service Learning Projects Within West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum: GSA Abstracts with Programs Annual Meeting

*Pettus, H. and Brown, K.L., 2017, Petrography and geochemistry of Megacrystic K-Feldspars from a Granitoid Intrusion, Northwestern Nevada: GSA Abstracts and Programs Annual Meeting

McLeod, C.L., Brown, K.L., Brydon, R., Haley, M., Hill, T., Shaulis, B., and Tronnes, R. G, 2017, Crystal Cargo Characterization: Unravelling Granite Petrogenesis through Combined MicroXRF Imaging and In-situ Analyses: American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting Abstract

*Brydon, R., McLeod, C.L., Haley, M., Wolfe, A., Brown. K.L., Shaulis, B., and Tronnes, R.G., 2017, Breaking up a Continent: Timing and Sources of Granitoid Magmatism in the Oslo Rift, Norway, GSA Abstract with Programs

Brown, K. L., 2016, Developing effective learning exercises in the Geosciences: Utilizing online databases and repositories: GSA Abstracts with Programs Annual Meeting; vol. 48, no. 7.

Brown, K. L. and Hart, W.K., 2015, Cretaceous Granitic Magmatism in Northwestern Nevada: Petrogenetic Insights into Regional Cordilleran Arc Flare-Up: GSA Abstract with Programs Annual Meeting; vol. 47, no. 7, p. 580.

Brown, K. L. and Hart, W.K., 2014, A megacrystic K-feldspar intrusion in northwestern Nevada: Petrograhic and Pb isotope analyses: GSA Abstract with Programs (Cordilleran -110th meeting; Rocky Mountain Section – 66th meeting); vol. 46, no. 5.

Brown, K. L. and Hart, W. K., 2013, Late Cretaceous Arc Flare-Up in Northwestern Nevada: Elemental, Zircon Hf, and U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of the Santa Rosa Range and Bloody Run Hills Granitoids, GSA Abstracts with Programs (Cordilleran Section) Vol. 45, No. 6.

Brown, K.L., Stuck, R., and Hart, W.K., 2011, Geochemical Heterogeneities along a Paleo-Continental Margin: An example from the Late Cretaceous Intrusions from the Santa Rosa Range, Northwestern, Nevada, GSA Abstracts with Programs 43, no.5. p. 90.

*Purcell, R.M., Brown, K.L., Hart, W.K., 2011, Petrology and Geochemistry of a Basinal Terrane Metamorphic Assemblage, Santa Rosa Range, Nevada: Implications for local Late Cretaceous Magmatism, GSA abstracts with Programs (North Central) 55, no. 4 p.43.

Brown, K.L., Stuck, R., and Hart, W. K., 2010, Geochronology and Geochemistry of a Late Cretaceous Granitoid suite, Santa Rosa Range, Nevada: Linking arc magmatism in Northwestern Nevada to the Sierra Nevada Batholith, [abs. V23B-2445]: Eos transactions, American Geophysical Union.

*Barnes, J. L., Brown, K.L., Barth, A.P., 2007, Geothermometry of Pelitic Gneisses in the Little San Bernardino Mts., Southern California, GSA Abstracts with Programs 39, no. 6, p. 318.

Brown, K.L., Paterson, S.R., and Barth, A.P., 2006, Changing Melt-Migration Geometries with Crustal Depth: An example from the Eastern Transverse Ranges [abs. V23D-0661]: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union.

Brown, K. L., Carter, C. A., Fohey, N. K., Wooden, J. L., Yi, K., and Barth, A.P., 2004, A Study of the Origin of Rhyolite at Mid-Ocean Ridges; Geochronology and Petrology of Trachydacite and Rhyolite from Salton Sea, California, and Torfajokull, Iceland: GSA Abstracts with Programs vol.36, no.5, pp.7.