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Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts:

  • Busby, C., DeOreo, S., Skilling, I.P. and Gans, P., Carson Pass-Kirkwood paleocanyon system: Paleogeography of the ansestral Cascades Arc and implications for landscape evolution of the Sierra Nevada California, Geol. Soc. America Bull., doi 10.1130/B25849.1, 2008.
  • Busby, C.J., Hagan, J.C., Putirka, K., Pluhar, C.J., Gans, P., Wagner, D.L., Rood, D., DeOreo, S.B., and Skilling, I.P., The ansestral Cascades arc: Cenozoic evolution of the central Sierra Nevada (California) and the birth of the new plate boundary, in: Wright, J.E., and Shevais, J.W. (eds), Ophiolites, Arcs, and Batholiths: Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 438, 48 pp., doi: 10.1130/2008.2438(12), 2008.
  • Byrnes, J.M., Ramsey, M.S., King, P.L., and Lee, R.J., Thermal infrared reflectance and emission spectroscopy of quartzofeldspathic glasses, Geophys. Res. Let., 34, L01306, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL027893, 2007.
  • Byrnes, J.M., Ramsey, M.S., and Crown, D.A., Emplacement of the Mauna Ulu flow field, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: New insights from ASTER and the MASTER airborne simulator, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, 169-193, 2004.
  • Carter, A.J., Girina, O., Ramsey, M.S., and Demyanchuk, Y.V., ASTER and field observations of the 24 December 2006 eruption of Bezymianny Volcano, Russia, Rem. Sens. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.001, 2008.
  • Carter, A.J., Ramsey, M.S., and Belousov, A.B., Recent crater formation at Bezymianny Volcano lava dome: Significant changes observed in satellite and field data, Bull. Volc., doi: 10.1007/s00445-007-0113-x., 2007.
  • Chapman, M.G., Allen, C.C., Skilling, I.P. and Waitt, R.B., Volcano-ice interactions on Earth and Mars, in: Gregg, T. and Zimbelman, J., Environmental effects on volcanic eruptions: From the deep oceans to deep space, Plenum Press, 39-73, 2000.
  • Hellman, M.J. and Ramsey, M.S., Analysis of hot springs and associated deposits in Yellowstone National Park using ASTER and AVIRIS remote sensing, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, 195-219, 2004.
  • King, P.L., Ramsey, M.S., McMillan, P.F., and Swayze, G., Laboratory fourier transform infrared spectroscopy methods for geologic samples, in Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration, and Remote Sensing, P. King, M. Ramsey, G. Swayze (eds.), Mineral. Assoc. of Canada, London, ON, vol. 33, 57-91, 2004.
  • McClintock, M., White, J.D.L., Houghton, B.F., and Skilling, I.P., Physical volcanology of a large crater-complex formed during the initial stages of Karoo flood basalt volcanism, Sterkspuit, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in: Skilling, I.P. and White, J.D.L. (eds) Physical Volcanology of LIPs, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.11.012, 2008.
  • Ramsey, M.S. and Flynn, L.P., Strategies, insights, and the recent advanceRamsey, M.S. and Dehn, J., Spaceborne observations of the 2000 Bezymianny, Kamchatka eruption: The integration of high-resolution ASTER data into near real-time monitoring using AVHRR, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, 127-146, 2004.
  • Ramsey, M.S. and Dehn, J., Spaceborne observations of the 2000 Bezymianny, Kamchatka eruption: The integration of high-resolution ASTER data into near real-time monitoring using AVHRR, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., vol. 135, issue 1-2, 127-146, 2004.
  • Ramsey, M.S., Quantitative geological surface processes extracted from infrared spectroscopy and remote sensing, in Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration, and Remote Sensing, P. King, M. Ramsey, G. Swayze (eds.), Mineral. Assoc. of Canada, London, ON, vol. 33, pp. 197-213, 2004.
  • Ramsey, M.S. and Fink, J.H., Estimating silicic lava vesicularity with thermal remote sensing: A new technique for volcanic mapping and monitoring, Bull. Volc. 61, 32-39, 1999.
  • Ross, P.S., Ukstins-Peate, I., McClilntock, M., Xu, Y.G., Skilling, I.P., White, J.D.L. and Houghton, B., Mafic volcaniclastic deposits in large volume igneous provinces: A review, J. Volc. and Geotherm. Res., 145, 281-314, 2005.
  • Scott, S.C. and Skilling, I.P., Recognizing synchronous caldera forming events on Quaternary volcanoes of the south Kenya Rift - The role of tephrachronology, in: Firth and McGuire (eds), Volcanoes in the Quaternary, J. Geol. Soc. London. Spec. Publ. 161, 47-67, 1999.
  • Skilling, I.P., Basaltic pahoehoe lava-fed deltas: Clast generation, emplacement mechanisms and environmental discrimination, in Smellie et al. (eds), Volcano-Ice Interaction on Earth and Mars, J. Geol. Soc. London. Spec. Publ. 202, 91-113, 2002.
  • Skilling, I.P., White, J.D.L. and McPhie, J., Peperite: A review of magma-sediment mingling In: Skilling, White and McPhie (eds), Peperite: processes and products of magma-sediment mingling. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Special Issue, 114, 1-17, 2002.
  • Vaughan, R.G., Hook, S.J., Ramsey, M.S., Realmuto, V.J., and Schneider, D.G, Monitoring eruptive activity at Mount St. Helens with TIR image data, Geophys. Res. Let., vol. 32, L19305, doi:10.1029/2005GL024112, (cover issue), 2005.
  • White, J.D.L., McPhie, J. and Skilling, I.P., Peperite: A useful genetic term, Bull. Volcanol., 62, 65-66, 2000.

Manuscripts (Submitted/In-Press):

  • Carter, A.J., Ramsey, M.S., Durant, A.J., Skilling, I.P., and Wolfe, A.L., Micron-scale roughness of volcanic surfaces from thermal infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, J. Geophys. Res., (in revision).
  • Carter, A.J., and Ramsey, M.S., Thermal infrared observations of Bezymianny Volcano's pyroclastic flow deposits from October 2006 - December 2007, Rem. Sens. Environ., (in review).
  • Ramsey, M.S., Byrnes, J., Wessels, R., and Izbekov, P., Applications of high-resolution satellite remote sensing for the Northern Pacific volcanic arcs, in Dean, K., and Dehn, J., (eds.), Volcanic Atlas of the North Pacific, Springer-Verlag Press, (in press).
  • Schneider, D.J., Vallance, J.W., Wessels, R.L., Logan, M., and Ramsey, M.S., Use of Thermal Infrared Radiometry for Monitoring Renewed Dome Growth at Mount St. Helens, 2004, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper, (in review).

 

 

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