Dr. Frank Ramos

Assistant Professor
Johnson Chair of Geochemistry

Department of Geological Sciences
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003

office: 575.646.2511
fax: 575.646.1056
email: framos@nmsu.edu

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Teaching

Undergraduate

  • GEOL 111G (Spring 2009)— Survey of Geology
  • GEOL 360 (Spring-2010)— Introduction to Geochemsitry
  • GEOL 399 (Fall-2009)—Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  • GEOL 465 (Spring 2009/Fall-2010)—Isotope Geochemistry

    Graduate

  • GEOL 565 (Fall-2010)—Isotope Geochemistry
  • GEOL 562 (Fall-2009)—Analyical Geochemsitry



    Research in Geochemistry

    Current Projects

  • Alkalic volcanism at Baitoushan volcano (N. Korea/China)
  • Dating mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) at the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge (N. Pacific)
  • Evaluating the timing of volcanism at Valles caldera (New Mexico, USA)

    Publications

    MSA ShortCourse: Inter- and Intra-crystalline isotopic Disequilibria: Techniques and Applications

    Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) volcanism, 2008

    Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) volcanism, 2005

    Valles caldera rhyolitic volcanism



    Student Projects

  • Graduate Students
  • Undergraduate Students



    Other Projects

  • MSA Shortcourse (Chapter 10): Melt Inclusions, Minerals, and Volcanic Processes Inter- and Intracrystalline Isotope Disequilibria: Techniques and Applications

  • Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS) Lab

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