Charles R. Bacon is an American geologist and volcanologist at the United States Geological Survey in the Volcano Hazards Team, and who is best known for his work on the volcanic history of Crater Lake National Park and Mount Mazama.[1][2]
Biography
editBacon grew up in Stanford; the son of Stanford University mathematics professor Harold M. Bacon, and his wife and Stanford alumna Rosamond.[3][4]
Career
editBacon earned his BS in Geology at Stanford in 1970 and his Ph.D. in Geology from University of California, Berkeley in 1975, under the supervision of Ian S.E. Carmichael.[5] After finishing his doctoral thesis, Bacon took up employment with the United States Geological Survey, initially working on the geothermally-active Coso Volcanic Field.>[6] His research spanned physical volcanology, petrology, geochemistry, and the eruptive histories of calderas, notably Crater Lake, Oregon, and Veniaminof and Aniakchak calderas, Alaska Peninsula. Bacon's main contributions to volcanology over many years have been his sustained studies of the volcanic history of Crater Lake and Mount Mazama.[7]
Cynthia Dusel-Bacon
editHe married Cynthia Dusel, a metamorphic petrologist and field geologist with the Alaska Division of the United States Geological Survey.[8] In August 1997, Dusel-Bacon was mauled by a black bear, while working in the field in Alaska. She lost both arms in the accident, but managed to radio for help and was rescued.[9] Since that time she continued to work as a field geologist, with her husband as "sample collector and bear protector".[10]
Awards
edit- 1987 - L.R. Wager Medal, Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
- 1999 - N.L. Bowen Award, American Geophysical Union
- 2003 - Crater Lake Institute Centennial Award for Excellence in Research at Crater Lake National Park
- 2004 - U.S. Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award[11]
Publications
edit- "Geologic map of the Coso volcanic field and adjacent areas, Inyo County, California" with Wendell A. Duffield. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1200 (1981)
- " Geothermal investigations in the Coso Range, California" with Wendall A. Duffield. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, no. 5, pages 2379-2516, May 10, 1980
- "Pliocene volcanic rocks of the Coso Range, Inyo County, California" with Steven W. Novak. USGS professional paper no. 1383[permanent dead link] (1986)
References
edit- ^ Bacon, Charles R. (October 1, 1983). "Eruptive history of Mount Mazama and Crater Lake Caldera, Cascade Range, U.S.A." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 18 (1): 57–115. Bibcode:1983JVGR...18...57B. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(83)90004-5 – via ScienceDirect.
- ^ Bacon, Charles R.; Druitt, Timothy H. (February 1, 1988). "Compositional evolution of the zoned calcalkaline magma chamber of Mount Mazama, Crater Lake, Oregon". Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 98 (2): 224–256. Bibcode:1988CoMP...98..224B. doi:10.1007/BF00402114. S2CID 129588913 – via Springer Link.
- ^ magazine, STANFORD (March 1, 1997). "The Prisoner and the Professor". stanfordmag.org.
- ^ magazine, STANFORD (May 1, 1999). "The Dean of the Lower Row". stanfordmag.org.
- ^ Bacon, C. R.; Carmichael, I. S. E. (March 1, 1973). "Stages in the P-T path of ascending basalt magma: An example from San Quintin, Baja California". Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 41 (1): 1–22. Bibcode:1973CoMP...41....1B. doi:10.1007/BF00377648. S2CID 129834390 – via Springer Link.
- ^ Bacon, Charles R.; Macdonald, Ray; Smith, Robert L.; Baedecker, Philip A. (November 10, 1981). "Pleistocene high-silica rhyolites of the Coso Volcanic Field, Inyo County, California". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 86 (B11): 10223–10241. Bibcode:1981JGR....8610223B. doi:10.1029/JB086iB11p10223.
- ^ Hildreth, Wes; Bacon, Charles R. (February 17, 2000). "Bacon receives 1999 Bowen Award". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 81 (15): 159. Bibcode:2000EOSTr..81..159H. doi:10.1029/00EO00110.
- ^ "Cynthia Dusel-Bacon | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov.
- ^ "Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar 25 August 1977 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Dangerous bear". Craig Medred. June 21, 2017.
- ^ "Blank Word doc". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-04-09.