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Victor Kress
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Office: Atmospheric Sciences 142    (Mailing Address)
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Areas of Interest:
Seismic Data Processing, Experimental Petrology, Volcanology, Computational Thermodynamics

Research Groups:
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network

Education:
Ph.D. in Geology : University of California at Berkeley, 1990.
. . . Thesis: Experiments in Silicate Liquids: Redox State and Sound Speeds.

M.S. in Geology : State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986.
. . . Thesis: Iron-Manganese Exchange in Coexisting Garnet and Ilmenite.

B.S. in Geology : University of California at Santa Cruz, 1981.

Selected Publications:
KRESS VC, GREENE LE, ORTIZ MD, MIODSZEWSKI L (2008) Thermochemistry of sulfide liquids IV: Density measurements and the thermodynamics of O-S-Fe-Ni liquids at low to moderate pressures. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. DOI:10.1007/s00410-008-0315-z.

MIODUSZEWSKI L, KRESS VC (2008) Calibration of chemical volcanic gas sampling techniques using an artificial laboratory fumarole. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.02.006.

CHUTAS NI, KRESS VC, Ghiorso MS, Sack RO (2008) A solution model for the high-temperature PbS-AgSbS2-AgBiS2 system. American Mineralogist. (in press).

KRESS V.C. (2007) Thermochemistry of sulfide liquids III. Ni-bearing liquids at 1 bar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 154:191-204

WITTER, JB, KRESS VC, NEWHALL CG (2005) Volcán Popocatépetl, Mexico. Petrology, magma mixing and immediate sources of volatiles for the 1994-present mixed magmas. Journal of Petrology, 46:2337-2366.

KRESS VC, GHIORSO MS (2004) Thermodynamic modeling of post-entrapment crystallization in igneous phases. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 137:247-260.

KRESS VC, GHIORSO MS, LASTUKA C (2004) Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet-based program for calculating equilibrium gas speciation in the C-O-H-S-Cl-F system. Computers & Geosciences, 30:211-214.

WITTER JB, KRESS VC, DELMELLE P, STIX J (2004) Volatile degassing, petrology and magma dynamics of the Villarrica Lava Lake, Southern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 134:303-337

GHIORSO MS and KRESS VC (2004) An equation of state for silicate melts: Part II Calibration of volumetric properties at 105 Pa. American Journal of Science, 304:679-751.

KRESS VC (2003) On the Mathematics of Associated Solutions. American Journal of Science, 303:708-722.

GHIORSO MS, HIRSCHMANN MM, REINERS PW, KRESS VC (2002) pMELTS: A revision of MELTS for improved calculation of phase relations and major element partitioning related to partial melting of the mantle to 3 Gpa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 3:#2001GC000217.

KRESS V.C. (2000) Thermochemistry of sulfide liquids II. Associated solution model for sulfide liquids in the system O-S-Fe. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 139:316-325.

KRESS V.C. (1997b) Magma mixing as a source for Pinatubo sulfur. Nature. 389:591-593.

KRESS V.C. (1997a) Thermochemistry of sulfide liquids I: The system Fe-S-O at 1 bar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 127:176-186.

KRESS V.C. AND GHIORSO M.S. (1994) Multicomponent diffusion in basaltic melts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59:313-324.

KRESS V.C. AND GHIORSO M.S. (1993) Multicomponent diffusion in MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 and CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 melts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 57:4453-4466.

KRESS V.C. AND CARMICHAEL I.S.E. (1991) The compressibility of silicate liquids containing Fe2O3 and the effect of composition, temperature, oxygen fugacity and pressure on their redox states. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 108:82-92.



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