Matthew E. Brueseke
Department of Geology/Geography
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
Phone: (217) 581-2827
Fax: (217) 581-6613
mebrueseke@eiu.edu
Academic Background: Current CV
Ph.D. 2006 Miami University
A.B. 1997 Miami University
Spring 2007 Courses:
ESC/GEL 1300G (Earth Science)
EIU 4190G (Spaceship Earth)
GEL 3440 (Tectonics)
Other courses taught at EIU:
ESC 1400G (Weather & Climate)
GEL 2440 (Mineralogy)
GEL 3405 (Petrology) [Field trip pictures are now posted]
Other Links:
Geological Society of America
Update (4/26/2007):
In late May (2007), I will be moving from EIU to the Department of Geology @ Kansas State University. As soon as I can, I will create a new website with updated contact information at KSU. In the interim, if you need to get in touch with me, e-mail me at brueseke@ksu.edu. Please use this new e-mail address for any communication after 5/11/07.
-Matt
Research and Teaching Interests:
My geologic interests are broad, but primarily lie in the fields of igneous petrology, physical volcanology, isotope geochemistry, tectonics, and field geology. I use a combination of field, geochemical, chronologic, and isotopic data to better understand past geologic processes and the generation/evolution of magma. Current research topics I am addressing include: [1] How intermediate to silicic magmas form and are modified; [2] How and why open system magmatic processes occur; [3] Physical volcanology of silicic magmatic products and their eruptive systems; and [4] How extensional tectonism influences the development of complex, multi-vent volcanic systems. Other interests include using tephrostratigraphy to solve chronologic and stratigraphic problems, the interplay between volcanism and tectonism, the evolution of mountain belts, and mixed lacustrine-fluvial sedimentary systems.
My research (& field-based teaching) experience lies mainly in the Pacific Northwest and northern Rocky Mountains (U.S.A.) where I am studying the relationships between regional tectonism (pre-Mesozoic to the present), mid-Miocene flood basalt volcanism, and the development of Miocene and younger silicic-dominated continental volcanic systems. In the future I also plan on studying similar issues outside of North America. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
