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Jeffrey  Ryan

Jeffrey Ryan

Jeffrey Ryan
Associate Chair & Professor

Contact

Office: SCA 528
Lab: SCA 117
Phone: 813/974-1598
Email:

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Education

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1989

Research

Geochemistry and Petrology of Subduction Zones, Modern and Ancient. Geochemical Evolution of the Earth's Mantle. Petrogenesis of Ultramafic Rocks. Appalachian Geology and Tectonics. Meteoritic/Planetary Geochemistry.

  Current Courses
RefCourseSecCourse TitleCRDayTimeLocation
81979GLY 3311C001Solid Earth: Petrology/Geochem
4WF8:35am-12:25pmCHE 313
86729GLY 4905002Independent Study
1-3  TBA TBA
86230GLY 4947L001Blue Ridge Microanalysis
1F2:00pm-4:00pmCHE 218
82949GLY 6739002GeosciEdu/Eval/Funding
2  TBA TBA
89190GLY 6739008Properties of Earth Materials
3WF8:35am-12:25pmCHE 313
89031GLY 6971009Thesis: Master's
2-19  TBA TBA
84392GLY 7912007Directed Research
1-30  TBA TBA

Recent Publications

Savov, I.P., J.G. Ryan, P. Fryer, and M. D'Antonio (2005) Geochemistry of serpentinites from the Mariana forearc - Conical Seamount, ODP Leg 125: describing fluid-mediated slab additions. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems vol. 6, Q04J15 DOI10.1029/2004GC000777.

Savov, I.P., S. Guggino, J.G. Ryan, P. Fryer, and M. Mottl (2005) Geochemistry of serpentine muds and metamorphic rocks from the Mariana Forearc, ODP Sites 1200 and 778 -779, S.Chamorro and Conical seamounts. ODP Scientific Results, volume 195.

Ryan, J.G. and Kyle, P.R., (2004) Lithium and lithium isotope variations in intraplate mantle sources: insights from McMurdo Group lavas (Mt. Erebus) and other intraplate volcanic rocks. Chemical Geology, v. 212, pp 125-142.

Benton, L., J.G. Ryan, and I. Savov (2004) Lithium abundance and isotope systematics of forearc serpentinites, Conical Seamount, Mariana forearc: Insights into the mechanisms of slab/mantle exchange during subduction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 5, 10.1029/2004GC000708.

Lang, H., Lee, A., Peterson, V. and J.G. Ryan (2004) Coexisting clinpyroxene/spinel and amphibole/spinel symplectites in metatroctolites from the Buck Creek ultramafic body, North Carolina Blue Ridge, USA. American Mineralogist, v. 89, pp. 20-30.