Tracy K.P. Gregg

Office: 710 Natural Sciences Complex Phone: 716.645.6800 ext 2463 Email: tgregg@nsm.buffalo.edu Website: Home Page Title: Associate Professor Degree: PhD, Geology, Arizona State University, 1995 Specialty: Volcanology, mid-ocean ridge eruptions, basaltic lava flows, volcanoes on Mars and Venus

Courses Offered

GLY 103 The Earth
GLY 104 Earth History
GLY 431/531 Volcanology
GLY 454/554 Topics in Planetary Geosciences
GLY 419/519 Magmatic Plumbing

Research Interests

Lava flows anywhere in the Solar System, including the East Pacific Rise, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Hawaii, Iceland, Mars, Io and Venus.

Recent Publications

Environmental Effects on Volcanic Eruptions: From Deep Oceans to Deep Space, J.R. Zimbelman and T.K.P. Gregg, eds., Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing, New York, pp. 260, 2000.

Volcanic Worlds: Volcanism in the Solar System, R. Lopes and T.K.P. Gregg, eds., Praxis Press, New York, 2004.

Gregg, T.K.P. and L.P. Keszthelyi, The emplacement of pahoehoe toes: Field observations and comparison to laboratory simulations, Bull. Volcanol. 66:381-391, 2004.

Gregg, T.K.P and D.K. Smith, Volcanic investigations of the Puna Ridge, Hawai'i: Relations of lava flow morphologies and underlying slopes, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 126:63-77, 2003.

Warner, N.H. and T.K.P. Gregg, Evolved Lavas on Mars? Observations from Southwest Arsia Mons and Sabancaya Volcano, Peru, J. Geophys. Res., 10.129/2002JE001969.2002.

Parfitt, E.A., T.K.P. Gregg and D.K. Smith, A comparison between subaerial and submarine eruptions at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: Implications for the thermal viability of lateral feeder dikes, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 113:213-242, 2002.

Sinton, J., E. Bergmanis, K. Rubin, R. Batiza, T.K.P. Gregg, K. Gronvold, K.C. Macdonald and S.M. White, Volcanic eruptions on mid-ocean ridges: New evidence from the superfast spreading East Pacific Rise, 17°-19°S, J. Geophys. Res. 197:10.1029/2000JB000090.2000.