Erika Rader
Erika Rader
Associate Professor
Office
McClure 303D
Phone
208-885-1142
Email
Mailing Address
Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3025
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3025
- PhD - University of Idaho, 2014
- M.S. - University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010
- B.A. - Colgate University, 2007
- Experimental Volcanology
- Igneous Petrology
- High Temperature Geochemistry
- Cooling of igneous rocks, from the freezing of spatter bombs in the air to the growth of microlites in the glassy matrix of lava flows
Through experimentally recreating spatter deposits and lava flow morphologies, we can learn how different cooling environments (such as outer space or frozen tundra) affect the thickness of the rind on clasts, or the shape of the quench crystals. I have partnered with the Syracuse Lava Project, the Experimental Volcanology lab as Arizona State University, and the FINESSE group at NASA Ames for my most recent studies, utilizing analog experiments and portable spectrometers to study volcanic landscapes from as close as the Snake River Plane to as far away as Mars.