Stephen Judson Turner

Stephen Judson Turner
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard University
20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel.: (703) 655-4358
http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sturner
[email protected]
Education
Currently: Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge MA (expected fall 2014).
Dissertation title: Major element, trace element, and isotopic constraints on arc magma
generation from local, regional, and global perspectives.
M.A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 2011
B.A., Cognitive Science/Religious Studies, Rice University, Houston TX, 2007
Awards and Honors
Harvard University Center for the Environment Graduate Consortium Fellowship, 2011-2013
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010
Invited Lecturer, International Volcanological Field School, Kamchatka, Russia, 2009
Academic Honors in Cognitive Science, Rice University, 2007
Research Experience
Harvard University, graduate research assistant under Charles Langmuir, 2008-2014
Rice University, research assistant under Cin-ty Lee, 2007-2008
Rice University, research assistant under Michael Watkins (in cognitive psychology), 2005-2007
Programming Experience
Geochemical modeling in Mathworks MATLAB
Authorship of data reduction and data exploration Visual Basic macros for Excel
Laboratory Experience
Sample preparation of slides for laser ablation ICP-MS analysis
Operation of quadrupole mass spectrometer for laser ablation ICP-MS
Sample preparation for solution nebulized ICP-MS analysis
Operation of quadrupole mass spectrometer for solution nebulized ICP-MS
Chromatographic column elemental separation of samples for use in isotopic analysis
Field Experience
2009
2010
2010
Kamchatka, Russia
Kamchatka, Russia
Southern Chile
2011
Southern Chile
Expeditions to Shiveluch and Bezymianny Volcanoes
Expeditions to Bezymianny and Zimina Volcanoes
Expeditions to Llaima, Sierra Nevada
Tolguaca, Lonquimay, and Sollipulli Volcanoes
Expeditions to Chillan, Callaqui, MochoChoshuenco, Antillanca, Villarica, and Osorno Volcanoes
Publications
Turner, S. J., Izbekov, P., Langmuir, C. (2012). The magma plumbing system of Bezymianny Volcano:
Insights from a 54 year time series of trace element whole-rock geochemistry and
amphibole compositions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
Le Roux, V., Lee, C. T., Turner, S. J. (2010). Zn/Fe systematics in mafic and ultramafic systems:
Implications for detecting major element heterogeneities in the Earth’s
mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(9), 2779-2796.
First Author Manuscripts in Preparation
Turner, S. J. & Langmuir, C. Global chemical systematics of mafic lavas from arc-front stratovolcanoes: is
the chemical diversity of arc magma generated in the crust? (to be submitted to EPSL
September 2014)
Turner, S. J. & Langmuir, C. Global chemical systematics of mafic lavas from arc-front stratovolcanoes:
slab and mantle contributions to chemical diversity (to be submitted to G3 September
2014)
Turner, S. J., Langmuir, C., Dungan, M., Escrig, S. New constraints on magma sources and melt processes
from along strike compositional diversity in the Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile (to be
submitted November 2014)
Conference Proceedings
Turner, S.J., Langmuir, C., Dungan, M. An assessment of global correlations in major and trace element
compositions of mafic arc lavas, AGU Fall Meeting, 2013 (oral presentation)
Turner, S. J., Langmuir, C., Dungan, M., Cooper, L., Escrig, S., Bindeman, I., Schaefer, J. A multi-proxy
approach to local and regional variations in magma chemistry between 36.5 and 41° S in
the Chilean Volcanic Zone, AGU Fall Meeting, 2012 (poster)
Cooper, L., Reubi, O., Dungan, M., Bourdon, B., Langmuir, C., Turner., S.J., Schaefer, J. Using U-series and
beryllium isotopes to reveal the occurrence and relative timing of crustal and mantle
processes in the Southern Volcanic Zone of Chile, AGU Fall meeting, 2012 (oral
presentation)
Turner, S. J., Izbekov, P., Langmuir, C. Trace element constraints on the origin of magma diversity at
Bezymianny volcano, Kamchatka, 7th Biennial Workshop on Japan-Kamchatka-Alaska
Subduction Processes, 2011 (oral presentation)
Turner, S. J., Izbekov, P., Langmuir, C. Trace element constraints on the origin of magma diversity at
Bezymianny volcano, Kamchatka, AGU Fall Meeting, 2010 (poster)
Izbekov, P. E., Neill, O. K., Shipman, J. S., Turner, S. J., Shcherbakov, V. D., Plechov, P. (2010, December).
Silicic Enclaves in Products of 2009-2010 Eruptions of Bezymianny Volcano, Kamchatka:
Implications for Magma Processes. AGU Fall Meeting, 2010 (oral presentation)
Shipman, J. S., Turner, S. J., Gavrilenko, M., & Izbekov, P. E. (2010, December). Rapid Modal Analysis and
Whole-Rock Geochemistry of the 1956-Present Eruptive Products of Bezymianny
Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, AGU Fall Meeting, 2010 (poster)
Turner, S.J., Lee, C.T. Transition Metal Systematics of Opx-Enriched Harzburgites From the Cascades Arc
With Implications for the Origin of Cratonic Peridotites, AGU Fall Meeting, 2007 (poster)