Nicole Moore

Peer Reviewed Publications

Moore, N.E., and Robinson, L., 2022, The role of subduction zone processes in the cultural history of the Cascade region, Elements Magazine, v. 18, p. 246-250, doi.org/10.2138/gselements.18.4.246.

Moore, N.E., Grunder, A.L., Bohrson, W.A., Carlson, R.W., and Bindeman, I.N., 2020, Changing mantle sources and the effects of crustal passage on the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon: Chemical and isotopic constraints: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 21, doi.org/10.1029/2020GC008910.

Moore, N.E., Grunder, A.L. and Bohrson, W.A., 2018, The three-stage petrochemical evolution of the Steens Basalt compared to large igneous provinces and layered mafic intrusions: Geosphere, v. 14, no. 6, p. 2505-2532, doi.org/10.1130/GES01665.1.

Moore, N.E., and DeBari, S.M., 2012, “Mafic magmas from Mount Baker in the northern Cascadearc, Washington: probes into mantle and crustal processes,” Contributions to Mineralogy and vPetrology, v. 163, p. 521-546, doi: 10.1007/s00410-011-0686-4.

Abstracts Presented

(*student author)

Moore, N.E., *Clark, N., *Hannahs, C., *Peterson, H., *Gale, R.V., *Finn, T., 2022, Crystal Size Distributions of Texturally Varied Giant Plagioclase Basalts in the Steens Basalt, Southeast Oregon: From Outcrop to Micro Scale: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, no. 5, https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022AM-383119.

*Wire, N., Grosfils, E.B., and Moore, N., 2022, Analytical Modeling and Petrology of a Tube-Fed Lava Flow on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, no. 5, https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022AM-383885.

Kerber, L., Sellar, R.G., Denevi, B., Moore, N., Nesnas, I.A., Balint, T., Uckert, K., Errico, M., 2022, Moon Diver: Descending into the Geological History of Lunar Volcanism: 73rd International Astronautical Congress, Paper 72741.

Kerber, L., Uckert, K., Sellar, R.G., Moore, N., Nesnas, I.A., Denevi, B., 2022, Ongoing Preparations for a Mission to a Lunar Pit, Lunar Exploration Analysis Group Annual Meeting, Abstract 5041.

*Clark, N., Moore, N.E., Grunder, A.L, Bohrson, W.A., 2021, Quantitative Textural Analysis of Giant Plagioclase Basalt Flows in the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, no. 4, 2021, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021CD-363111.

Moore, N.E., Carlson, R.W., Grunder, A.L., Bohrson, W.A., 2019, Homogeneous 187Os/188Os and high Os concentrations in the Steens Basalt, Columbia River Flood Basalt Group, Southeast Oregon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, no. 5.

Moore, N.E., Grunder, A.L., Bohrson, W.A., and Carlson, R.W., 2017, “Source and magma processes during the onset of Columbia River Flood Basalt volcanism, the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon,” IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Abstract ME21B-6.

Bendaña, S., Bohrson, W.A., Graubard, M.A., Moore, N.E., and Grunder, A.L., 2017, “Quantification of Mantle vs. Crustal Contributions to the Steens Flood Basalt Magmatic System,” IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Abstract ME23C-070.

Louis, M., Toth, C., Bohrson, W.A., Moore, N.E., Bendaña, S., Graubard, M.A., and Grunder, A.L., 2017, “Phase Equilibria Constraints on the Magma Storage System with the Steens Basalt,” IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Abstract ME23C-071.

Toth, C., Louis, M., Bohrson, W.A., Bendaña, S., Moore, N.E., and Grunder, A.L., 2017, “Open-System Origin of Giant Plagioclase in the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon, USA: Assimilation of Plagioclase Mush or Entrainment of Plagioclase Antecrysts?,” IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Abstract ME23C-072.

Toth, C.H., Bohrson, W.A., Louis, M., Bendaña, S., Moore, N.E., and Grunder, A.L., 2017, ”Origin of giant plagioclase in a large-volume basaltic magma: entrainment of partially-melted gabbroic cumulate in the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon, USA,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 49, no. 6.

Bendaña, S., Bohrson, W.A., Grunder, A., and Moore, N.E., 2016, “Geochemical Evolution of Steens Basalt: Quantification of Mantle vs. Crustal Contributions to an Evolving Flood Basalt Magmatic System,” Abstract V34B-07 presented at 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco CA, 12-16 Dec.

Moore, N.E., Toth, C., Grunder, A.L., Bohrson, W.A., and Bindeman, I., 2016, “Oxygen isotope composition of plagioclase from the Steens Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Province, SE Oregon,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 4.

Lytle, K., Moore, N.E. and Grunder, A.L., 2016, “Olivine compositions of the lower Steens Basalt: Probing into magma histories of early flood basalt events,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 4.

Moore, N.E., Lytle, K., Bohrson, W.A., and Grunder, A.L., 2015, “New Petrologic and Geochemical Insights into Differentiation Processes Required to Produce the Lower Steens Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Province, SE Oregon,” Abstract V41C-3090 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

Grunder, A.L., Moore, N.E., and Bohrson, W.A., 2015, “Giant Plagioclase “Mosaicrysts” and Other Textures in the Steens Basalt, Columbia River Flood Basalt Province,” Abstract V31E-3063 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

Moore, N.E., and Grunder, A.L., 2014, “Variations in whole rock and mineral composition of the Lower Steens Basalt, SE Oregon,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6.

Moore, N.E., and DeBari, S.M., 2009, “Origin and geochemical evolution of mafic magmas from Mount Baker in the northern Cascade arc, Washington: probes into mantle and crustal processes,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 191.

DeBari, S.M., Moore, N.E., and Baggerman, T., 2009, “Variable mantle and crustal influences on magmatism in the Cascade arc,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 571.

Moore, N.E., and DeBari, S.M., 2008, “Origin and geochemical evolution of mafic magmas from the Cascade arc, Mount Baker, Washington: probes into mantle processes,” 18th Annual Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, v. 72, no. 12, p. A647.

Invited Talks

Moore, N.E., The Petrochemical Evolution of the Steens Basalt in Southeast Oregon, presented online at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Planetary Science Seminar Series, October 18, 2021.

Moore, N.E., Geomythology: Geologic Observations Recorded in Traditional Indigenous Narratives, presented online at the Association for Women Geologists PNW Chapter meeting, January 9, 2021.