Dr. Mary Reid
Professor, Chair
Education
PhD, M.I.T.
Specialties
Igneous petrology and geochemistry
Research interests
I am interested in the geochemical evolution of the
lithosphere, especially as exemplified in the Quaternary. My current
research efforts are primarily focused on the timescales of magmatic processes
as constrained by analytical and theoretical considerations, including the in
situ analyses of Th isotopes in minerals that I developed for the high
resolution ion microprobe. Other targets of my research investigations
include the mantle lithosphere and lower crust, ocean island and arc volcanism,
exposure age dating, and accretionary prisms. In support of my research,
I have maintained a clean laboratory and thermal ionization mass spectrometry
laboratory for high precision - including U-series nuclides - isotopic
analyses, co-managed the UCLA Ion Microprobe Facility, and am now involved in
research employing a laser-assisted multi-collector inductively coupled mass
spectrometer.
Representative publications
(§ Student authors)
37. Cooper, K.M. and Reid, M.R., 2008.
Uranium-Series Crystal Ages, in Review of Mineralogy and Geochemistry.
36. Reid, M.R., 2008, How long does it take to supersize and
eruption? Elements 4, 23–28.
30. §Vazquez, J.A. and Reid, M.R., 2004, Probing the
accumulation history of the voluminous Toba magma, Science 305, 991-994.
29. Reid, M.R., 2003, Timescales of magma transfer and
storage in the crust, in The Crust (ed., R. L. Rudnick) Vol. 3, Treatise on
Geochemistry (eds. H.D. Holland and K.K. Turekian), Elsevier, Oxford, 167-193.
24. §Cooper, K.M., Reid, M.R., Murrell, M.T. and
Clague, D.A., 2001. Crystal and magma residence at Kilauea volcano,
Hawai’i: 230Th-226Ra dating of the 1955 east rift eruption, Earth Planet. Sci.
Letts. 184, 703-718.
22. Reid, M.R. and Coath, C.D., 2000, In situ U-Pb ages of
zircons from the Bishop Tuff: No evidence for long crystal residence times,
Geology 28, 443-446.
21. §Bohrson, W.A. and Reid, M.R., 1998. Genesis of
evolved ocean island magmas by deep- and shallow-level basement recycling,
Socorro Island, Mexico: Constraints from Th and other isotope signatures, J.
Petrol. 39, 995-1008.
20. §Leland, J., Reid, M.R., Burbank, D., Finkel., R., and
Caffee, M., 1998. Incision and differential bedrock uplift along the
Indus River near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya, from 10Be and 26Al exposure
age dating of bedrock straths, Earth Planet. Sci. Letts. 154, 93-107.
17. Reid, M.R., Coath, C.D., Harrison, T.M., and McKeegan,
K.M., 1997. Prolonged residence times for the youngest rhyolites
associated with Long Valley caldera: Ion microprobe dating of young zircons,
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 150, 27-38.
16. Reid, M.R. and Graham, D., 1996. Resolving
lithospheric and sub-lithospheric contributions to helium isotope variations in
basalts from the southwestern US, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 144, 213-222.
10. Reid, M.R., 1995. Processes of mantle enrichment
and magmatic differentiation in the eastern Snake River Plain: Th isotope
evidence, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 131, 239-254.
Contact
Office: 212 Geology Annex (Building 13)
Phone: 928-523-7200
E-mail: Mary.Reid@nau.edu