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Kelsey Druken

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Kelsey A. Druken
220 Horn Building
kdruken@gso.uri.edu
http://kdruken.weebly.com/

Educational Background

B.S. Physics & Physical Oceanography
Ph.D. Oceanography
 University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
 2006

Areas of Specialization

Research

My research interests include laboratory and numerical modeling of mantle dynamics. In particular, my dissertation work focuses on (1) the 3-D interaction of buoyant mantle upwellings (e.g. plumes) with subducting slabs and (2) comparing observed patterns of volcanism and shear wave splitting to those predicted from 3-D subduction models.

Publications:

Druken, K. A., Long, M. D., and Kincaid, C. (2011) Patterns in seismic anisotropy driven by rollback subduction beneath the High Lava Plains. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L13310, doi:10.1029/2011GL047541.

Papers in Preparation:

Druken, K. A., Kincaid, C., Griffiths, R. W. and Hart, S. Laboratory modeling of the Tonga trench and Samoan plume interaction. In preparation for submission to Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Druken, K. A., Kincaid, C., and Griffiths, R. W. Laboratory modeling of subduction-driven mantle flow beneath the High Lava Plains and Northwest U.S. In preparation for submission to Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Meeting Abstracts (selected):

Druken, K. A., Kincaid, C. R., and Griffiths, R. W. Rollback subduction: the great killer of mantle plumes. AGU Fall Meeting 2010. U44A-06 (Oral presentation).

Druken, K. A., Kincaid, C. R. and Griffiths, R. W. Laboratory models of three-dimensional mantle flow: Implications on Northwest U.S. volcanism for plume and non-plume sources, AGU Fall Meeting 2009. V53A-05 (Invited).

Druken, K. A., Kincaid, C. R., Pockalny, R. A., Griffiths, R. W. and Hart, S. R. Three-dimensional laboratory modeling of the Tonga trench and Samoan plume interaction, AGU Fall Meeting 2009. V31D-2000 (3rd Place, Outstanding Student Paper).

Druken, K. A., Kincaid, C., Hall, P. and Foden, J. Three-dimensional mantle circulation driven by rollback subduction and back-arc extension: A mechanism for episodic hydrous melting. Workshop to Integrate Subduction Factory and Seismogenic Zone Studies in Central America, Costa Rica, 2007 (Poster).