Ma. Luisa G. Tejada
Educational Background
- Ph. D. in Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A (1998)
Classes Taught
- Geology 205: Geochemistry (Graduate)
- Geology 250: Igneous Petrology (Graduate)
- Geology 296: Graduate Seminar (Graduate)
- Geology 40: Elementary Mineralogy (Undergraduate)
- Geology 105: Introduction to Geochemistry (Undergraduate)
- Geology 140: Optical Mineralogy (Undergraduate)
- Geology 150: Petrography (Undergraduate)
- Geology 170: Field Mapping (Undergraduate)
- Natural Science II: Introduction to Natural Science (Undergraduate)
Research Interests
- Origin of Large Igneous Provinces; models and processes responsible for their formation, and associated environmental effects
- Mantle dynamics and geodynamic evolution of Western Pacific through the study of ocean floor, marginal basins, arc lavas, and ophiolitic rocks in the Philippines and surrounding areas
- Application of isotopic tracers to surface processes and environmental studies
Selected Publications/Papers/Presentations
Mahoney, J. J., Duncan, R. A., Tejada, M. L. G., Sager, W. W., and Bralower, T.J., 2005. Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary age and mid-ocean-ridge-type mantle source for Shatsky Rise. Geology 33, 3, 185-188.
Tejada, M. L. G., Mahoney, J. J., Castillo, P. R., Ingle, S. S. Sheth, and D. Weis, 2004. Pin-pricking the elephant: Evidence on the origin of the Ontong Java Plateau from Pb-Sr-Hf-Nd isotopic characteristics of ODP Leg 192 basalts. In G. Fitton, J. Mahoney, P. Wallace, and A. Saunders (eds.) Origin and Evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 229, 133-150.
Tejada, M. L. G., Mahoney, J. J., Neal, C. R., Duncan, R. A., and Petterson, M. G., 2002. Basement geochemistry and geochronology of Central Malaita, Solomon Islands, with implications for the origin and evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau. Journal of Petrology 43, 449-484.
Mahoney, J. J., Frei, R., Tejada, M. L. G., Mo, X. X., Leat, P. T., Nägler, T. F., 1998. Tracing the Indian Ocean mantle domain through time: Isotopic results from old West Indian, East Tethyan, and South Pacific seafloor. Journal of Petrology 39, 1285-1306.
Tejada, M. L. G., Mahoney, J. J., Duncan, R. A., and Hawkins, M. P., 1996. Age and geochemistry of basement and alkalic rocks of Malaita and Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands, southern margin of Ontong Java Plateau. Journal of Petrology 37, 2, 361-394.
Articles in International Conference Proceedings
Tejada, M. L. G., Mahoney, J. J., Tatsumi, Y., and Sager, W. W., 2001. Water-rock interaction in dredged lavas from Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean. In Cidu, R. (ed) Water-Rock Interaction, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction 2, 935-938.
Textbooks/Manuals/Guidebooks
Contact Details
- Office: Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237-0061 Japan
- E-mail: marissa_tejada@yahoo.com
- Phone: 81-046-867-9782
- Fax: 81-046-867-9625
