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Stacy Henderson
Geosciences Master's Student
Idaho State University
Email: hendstac@isu.edu
Project
I am working on the NASA funded BASALT project in which we study basalts and hydrothermally altered basalts as an analog for potential microbial life on Mars.
Graduate School Goals
Maintain a 3.0 GPA
Increase my knowledge of volcanic activity and rocks
Learn about hydrothermal alteration and the minerals found due to alteration
Strengthen my research and writing skills
Establish an understanding between hydrothermal vents and microbial life
Learn programming
Improve scientific communication for both scientists and the general public
Tasks for 4/9:
Write a NASA & Analog justification sections of intro.
Edit Previous research
Move back to school
Email edits to Shannon
Follow up on prospectus defense date change
Keep writing
Keep breathing
Tasks for 3/12:
Find papers on HF from Kilauea
Email Scott H about HF vs SiO2 in magmatic fumaroles and solubility of Fe and Mg in meteoric fumaroles (cc SKN)
Set up another meeting with SKN to discuss ANOVA
reorganize TE into most-to-least changed
Write clean interpretations of results
Send prospectus
Enrichment vs depletion -- what's actually moving, and what just looks like it's moving because the relative % changes?
Which other relevant elements/molecules dissolve in hot acid?
Re-look paper on Si dissolution/precip
Compare alteration to point count/vesicularity
Tasks for 3/5:
Do more ANOVA w/i lava flows (based on dendrogram guidance)
reorganize TE into most-to-least changed
Interpret KK and KI
Treat Kane Nui O Hamu separately -- compare to KK magmatic fumaroles
Add non-Si elements (esp. trace) to interpretation discussion
Enrichment vs depletion -- what's actually moving, and what just looks like it's moving because the relative % changes?
Which other relevant elements/molecules dissolve in hot acid?
Re-look paper on Si dissolution/precip
Compare alteration to point count/vesicularity
Finish/send prospectus revisions
Tasks for 2/27:
estimate S ppm values for >1% entries for dendrogram code
get jump, run new dendrograms
For ANOVA: focus on differences within a lava flow (change from unaltered baseline)
- don't use ANOVA between lava flows
- look at magmatic vs unaltered, meteoric vs. unaltered, etc.
Talk to Kendra about TE diagrams
Why is B17-75 so high in Si? Duration at low T or formerly high T?
Interpret MU?
Add non-Si elements (esp. trace) to interpretation discussion
Enrichment vs depletion -- what's actually moving, and what just looks like it's moving because the relative % changes?
Which other relevant elements/molecules dissolve in hot acid?
Re-look paper on Si dissolution/precip
Compare alteration to point count/vesicularity.
{SKN: read prospectus}
Tasks for 2/20:
For ANOVA: focus on differences within a lava flow (change from unaltered baseline)
- don't use ANOVA between lava flows
- look at magmatic vs unaltered, meteoric vs. unaltered, etc.
Adapt AS's dendrogram code
- reorganize spreadsheet, clarify sample names
Talk to Kendra about TE diagrams
Write brief interpretations of which rocks change and why
{SKN: read prospectus}
Tasks for 2/13:
Send screenshot of R output to SKN
Clean up data file
Try again with dendrogram
Test ANOVA on other sets
- do Trace separately from MEO
Write brief interpretations of which rocks change and why
Finish prospectus
Tasks for 1/29:
Chase down Fe dendritic sample Sad Stacy is sad. Turns out I took a photo of it with my phone, this data wasn't saved anywhere.
Is the KI shift due to enrichment in Fe and Mg or depletion in everything else?
Polish Harker/Fenner
Submit prospectus to SKN
Send box plots to SKN
Read up on ANOVA
Tasks for 11/21:
Finish compiling photos from xGDS
Prospectus revisions
Try to finish Harker/Fenners
Redo dendritic precip image
- also see about doing multi-point on this mineral
Box plots of change-from-baseline for different elements, sorted by type of alteration
- from there: start ANOVA (start guessing groups, read book chapter)
Tasks for 11/15 (note: one day later than normal):
Finish compiling photos from xGDS
Try to finish prospectus revisions
Try to finish Harker/Fenners
Find dendritic precip image
- also see about doing multi-point on this mineral
Fill out POS form to figure out course credit needs
Tasks for 11/7:
SEM-EDS (during break)
- grab some multi-points in the Si-rich stuff
Finish compiling photos from xGDS
Prospectus revisions
- finish reading feedback
- make a checklist of major tasks to do
- start on working through checklist
Try to finish Harker/Fenners
Find dendritic precip image
- also see about doing multi-point on this mineral
Email TC about xgds server being down
Fill out POS form to figure out course credit needs
10/24/19
SEM-EDS (This is going to wait until break at this point)
Find/read papers for XRD guidance -- Found papers on sulfides, however I don't think I have any sulfur bearing minerals. Have papers on clay)
Set up meeting with MMC, SKN for XRD
Sulfur vs. sulfate precipitation?
Find/organize photos from field - Found some on glacier, haven't found the rest, starting to compile from XGDS again.
Prospectus revisions
Harker/Fenner diagrams: format as single-page tiled images, don't repeat x-axes, single legend on bottom - I have all of KI Harker in AI...slowly working through formatting and learning AI.
Compile interesting EDS images into a folder -- Done, other than the dendrite precip photos.
Tasks 10/17/19
SEM-EDS (This is going to wait until break at this point)
Find/read papers for XRD guidance -- Found papers on sulfides, however I don't think I have any sulfur bearing minerals. Have papers on clay)
Set up meeting with MMC, SKN for XRD
Sulfur vs. sulfate precipitation?
Find/organize photos from field
Prospectus revisions
Harker/Fenner diagrams: format as single-page tiled images, don't repeat x-axes, single legend on bottom
Compile interesting EDS images into a folder
Tasks 10/10:
More SEM-EDS
Find/read papers for XRD guidance
Set up meeting with MMC, SKN for XRD
Sulfur vs. sulfate precipitation?
Find/organize photos from field
Prospectus revisions
Harker/Fenner diagrams: format as single-page tiled images, don't repeat x-axes, single legend on bottom
Compile interesting EDS images into a folder
Tasks for 10/3:
try again with SEM-EDS
Find/read papers for XRD guidance
Set up meeting with MMC, SKN for XRD
Finish read/summary Kilauea water paper
- send paper to SKN
Find/organize photos from field
Prospectus revisions
Harker/Fenner diagrams: format as single-page tiled images, don't repeat x-axes, single legend on bottom
For this week, map out all activities (including homework, grading, prep, etc.)
Tasks for 9/26:
SEM-EDS work (keep going)
Train on XRD with MMC -- Now looking for papers to narrow down clays, sulfur, and other alteration minerals I might expect to find.
Read Kilauea fumarole water paper; summarize
Look up sample photos and collect into master file
Ping SSH
Prospectus revisions
Harker/Fenner diagrams: format as single-page tiled images, don't repeat x-axes, single legend on bottom
Tasks for 9/19:
SEM-EDS work (finish)
XRD (reach out to AH in Chem)
Clean up Harker/Fenner diagrams
Think about geochem diagrams -- what's actually depleted, and what's just swamped by secondary Si?
Read Kilauea fumarole water paper; summarize
SSH sample status?
make other spider diagrams (KI, KK)
Take a stab at interpretations draft
Tasks for 9/12:
Get keycard access
SEM-EDS work (finish)
Do XRD (pending Mike)
read up on LA-ICPMS (figure out different elements compared to the XRF trace)
Finish breaking out Harkers
Finish Fenner diagrams
Look for papers on Kilauea caldera floor fumarole chemistry
Figure out SSH samples
make other spider diagrams (KI, KK)
Expand on interpretations draft and key figures
Tasks for 9/5:
SEM-EDS work (finish) -- ISO key still
training for XRD -- emailed Mike, awaiting response
read up on LA-ICPMS (figure out different elements compared to the XRF trace)
Break out Harker diagrams by original lava -- Started
Make Fenner diagrams -- done
Look for papers on Kilauea caldera floor fumarole chemistry
Email Scott about SSH samples -- Done -- need to reply
trace element spider diagrams
start draft of interpretations: key figures with bulleted discussion points
--Summer, separate tracking --
Tasks for 4/23:
Transfer sample info into the master spreadsheet
Finish gathering xgds field photos
Revise Dispatch
- load figures as separate files
Figures: sort by which Kilauea zone/group
- colorize Mauna Ulu by alteration type
Finish sorting thin sections by alteration type
Make list of the mineral populations, estimate percentages of each for each slide
- calculate minimum number of points to use based on the smallest population
Tasks 4/9:
Keep compiling sample info from xgds
Re-find xgds field photos
- move into curated Drive folder
Finish compiling mineral precipitation table
Revise Dispatch
Figures: sort by which Kilauea zone/group
- colorize Mauna Ulu by alteration type
Stay in contact with EC about if they need larger powder samples for the hi-Si
Finish sorting thin sections by alteration type
Make list of the mineral populations, estimate percentages of each for each slide
- calculate minimum number of points to use based on the smallest population
Send 6603 draft to SKN
Use Composition of Magmas chapter to start discussion of incompatible element spider diagrams, expectations
Tasks for 4/2:
Keep compiling sample info from xgds
Figure out what the story is with the odd sample(s) in the MU diagram
Continue compiling mineral precipitation table
Finish first draft of Dispatch
Turn in signed letter
Upload figures to shared Drive
Look at thin sections
- divide into groups based on alteration designation
- What are your mineral populations? How many point counts do you need?
Tasks for 3/26:
Keep compiling sample info from xgds
Figure out what the story is with the odd sample(s) in the MU diagram
Continue compiling mineral precipitation table
write first draft of Dispatch
Finish Ben's paper
Turn in signed letter
Upload figures to shared Drive
Update REE hypothesis to allow for general trace element statement
Tasks for 3/12:
Re-do Keanakakoi spider diagram
fix symbology on MU spider diagram
Figure out what the story is with the odd sample(s) in the MU diagram
Harker diagrams:
- fix axes labels
- colorize points by alteration type
Keep digging up x-sim sample info
Keep putting alteration type and sample IDs, GPS, etc. into master spreadsheet
Continue compiling mineral precipitation table
Read article and write first draft of Dispatch
Revise dispatch
Send figure citation info
Tasks for 3/1:
Continue compiling mineral precipitation table
Continue on Harker diagrams
Continue on Spider diagrams
Pick new Dispatch article and read it
Finish editing old Dispatch
Find papers on plagioclase shapes
Read high silica alteration papers
Update BASALT sample list
Download/organize sample photos
-- sick --
Tasks for 2/19:
Compile table of mineral precipitation temperatures
Update spider diagram
- different plots for different areas
- group alteration states by color
Pick new Dispatch article and read it
Finish editing old Dispatch
Bundle Dispatch figures into folders in Drive so that they can be posted
Find papers on plagioclase shapes
Read high silica alteration papers
Tasks for 2/12:
Look up precipitation temperatures
Put together some plots showing depletion and enrichment
email EC (Hawaii and hi-Si)
Email EC & DT about what standards are used for ME and TE. Also if I put in LOI percents, how do I recalculate totals?
Tasks for 2/5
Email MM to fix camera scope (blueish tint) and to get lens wipes to clean lenses.
Find papers on plagioclase shapes and high silica basalt alteration.
{SKN buy snack bags and gallon bags}
Revise Dispatch
Bundle Dispatch figures into folders in Drive so that they can be posted
Compile Hawaii XRF datasets
Update sample analyses in master record list
Email EC for files
Tasks for 1/22:
New graph, % scale, normalized to remove vesicles and tachylite
Look for any correlations (more X -> more Y) - looked, need to write up and look at more thin sections for further comparisons.Point Counts here
Ship thin section billets
{SKN post dispatches}
Order alcohol from Bio -- Just waiting for some info from Erin to complete order
Make final powders
{SKN buy snack bags and gallon bags}
Questions after working on XRF:
- What flow(s) are the 2017 samples from?
- Any info out there on super high silica alteration (non-clay)What I found is related to high-silica clays as alteration products?
- Will my project use Chris' data? If so, where is that kept?
- Why make glass for ME analysis? And why pressed powder for TE?
- What environment were the highly altered basalts foun in?
Tasks for 1/15:
New graph, % scale, normalized to remove vesicles and tachylite
Look for any correlations (more X -> more Y)
Ship billets
Work with SKN on 4 papers
{SKN post dispatches}
Tasks for 1/3:
Email EC (BYU) about scheduling XRF time
Add graph to thin section report Here
Read/summarize 1-2 more papers
ship billets - Need to complete remaining ~10 billets
finish bitter/powder prep
Hawaii 2016 counts
Tasks for 12/20:
Finish Dispatch daft
point count 2-3 thin sections (moving on to Hawaii 2016)
write short report on Bio-linked thin section, sorted by alteration type identified in the field Thin Section Report
finish billet/powder prep - thru x-mas break
send Hawaii 2017 billets - thru x-mas break
send Hawaii 2017 powders - thru x-mas break
Read and summarize 1-2 more papers for research
- COTM
Tasks for 12/12:
Read Dispatch paper, write first draft
point count 1-2 thin sections
Read and summarize 1-2 more papers for research
- COTM
Wash 4 more rock samples.
Pass finals/presentations/papers.
Tasks for 12/5:
{read konhauser, stone/fan summaries}
{send Kobs tephra paper}
Keep counting, start organizing counts into systematic spreadsheet
Find a new dispatch paper
Read and summarize 1-2 more papers for research.
Wash 4 more rock samples.
Pass finals/presentations/papers.
Don't die.
Tasks for 11/28:
Finish Dispatch draft (You get 1 hour. In the future, you get 1 hour for post-reading.)
Write 2 summaries (geothermal, ERZ core)
Continue with rocks
Count 4 thin sections (including redo) -- Completed 3
Meet with MMC, ask him about committee
Tasks for 11/16:
Finish Dispatch draft
Finish geothermal summary
Read/summarize 1 new paper
Continue with the rocks
Start point counting thin sections, aim for 2
Pick up key
Tasks for 11/6:
Write Dispatch
Read 2 papers and come in with summaries/questions
Continue with the rocks
Start point counting thin sections, aim for 2
Tasks for 10/31:
Start new Dispatch
Set up appt with CC
Talk to PL
Keep cleaning/processing rocks
Translate MMC notes to online - type into a Drive doc file
Bring summaries/questions on 2 papers (GO BASIC)
Tasks for 10/24:
{SKN: review Dispatch draft}
Set up appt with CC
Keep cleaning/processing rocks
Bring summaries/questions on 2 papers (GO BASIC)
Meet with Mike to talk thin sections
(Seminar break)
Tasks for 10/10:
Test RO water
- clean ~5 samples
- reserve cleaned powder
Follow up on compressed air fixed 10/3/2018
Look at Koster thesis for images and breakdowns of different xls
Start filling in updates on sample management spreadsheet
Contact Math Center for stats help
Bring summaries/questions on 2 papers
Pick a recent (2017-2018) paper to write a Dispatch
Set up appt with CC
Tasks for 10/3:
Test RO water
- clean ~5 samples
- reserve cleaned powder
Email Jake/MM/KZ about air compressor update
Look at Koster thesis for images and breakdowns of different xls
Start filling in updates on sample management spreadsheet
Look at thin sections without weeping :)
Bring summaries/questions on 2 papers
Pick a recent (2017-2018) paper to write a Dispatch
Tasks for 9/26:
Email AS to coordinate lab work, point counter 9/20/18
Learn XRF lab methods and cleaning protocols 9/21/18
Powder >=5 samples
Count >=5 thin sections
Email AG/AS for thin section guide (cc SKN) 9/20/18
- review guide, and stare at some thin sections
- Ask AG for her point count data (cc SKN) 9/20/18
Start compiling collection of papers on:
- Kilauea petrology/geochem
- Fumarole chemistry/alteration
- Mars petrology/geochem
- A. Koster thesis (see dept. webpage)
Read and write brief summaries, including questions, of 2 papers
Pick a recent (2017-2018) paper to write a Dispatch
{SKN: send CB's prospectus draft}
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