vCONTACT INFORMATION

Address:

Department of Geological Sciences

California State University Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330-8266

Office: Science Building 2, room 2310

Office Hours (Fall 2002): 1:30-4:30pm Wednesday or by appointment

Phone:818-677-6309

Fax:818-677-2820

Email:kathie.marsaglia@csun.edu

vCOURSES

ØGeology 101Geology of Planet Earth (Spring 2002)

ØGeology 497Research Methods and Design (Fall 2002)

ØGeology 523 Sedimentation and Tectonics (Fall 2002)

ØGeology 521 Sedimentary Environments (Spring 2003)

vCURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

ØPetrological, geochemical, and sedimentological studies of late Cenozoic ash and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks recovered on the Shatsky Rise ODP Leg 198 (with graduate students Kristin Fontilea and Kyle Gadley)

ØSand from source-to-sink in the Waipaoa Sedimentary System: Defining and applying an actualistic model of sand provenance in a modern forearc basin (with Catalyst Program graduate student Dawn James)

ØA sand provenance study designed to sleuth the sediment source(s) of the Bounty Submarine Fan off South Island New Zealand (with graduate student Shawn Shapiro)

ØUsing sand detrital modes to assess the record of triple junction formation and migration along coastal California and Baja California

vCURRENT FUNDED EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

ØFunded to construct a Web/ CD Atlas of ODP Core Photographs (with graduate student Shawn Shapiro)

ØDeveloping novel petrography exercises as proxies for global field trips

vCATALYST PROGRAM

The three-year, NSF funded, Catalyst Program provides opportunities for students from under-represented groups in the Geosciences to complete BS and MS degrees at CSUN. The program centers around the formation of integrated undergraduate and graduate research groups that will foster student research and provide peer mentorship. Students in the Catalyst Program enroll in a special course designed to teach mentoring skills and research concepts. Through this course, students become familiar with each other and the four faculty advisors and research areas of the Catalyst Program. Students then may join one of the research groups centered on exciting and engaging projects of local to global significance. The projects have significant topical overlap (seismology, active tectonics, sedimentation and tectonics, and sedimentation and low-temperature geochemistry), providing common ground for student interaction in the classroom, in the field, and in the laboratory.

Research groups will include graduate (CSUN MS candidates), undergraduate (from CSUN and community colleges), and high-school students. The multi-tiered approach connects students with mentors horizontally (peer) and vertically (near-peer and advisor). The various levels of mentoring relationships developed by students in the Catalyst Program will foster the academic and personal strengths needed for success in educational and professional careers.

According to the directive from the National Science Foundation, students eligible for the program during its initial year include African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians or Micronesians) and persons with disabilities. Participation in the Catalyst Program will include some financial support for undergraduate and high school students and significant funding for graduate students. Funds are available for the 2002-2003 academic year. Interested students who meet the eligibility requirements designated by NSF are strongly encouraged to contact me to obtain an application for the Catalyst Program, or see the web site.

vPUBLICATIONS

Publications inPress

Bralower, T., Primo-Silva, I., and others, (November 2003) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Volume 198, Initial Reports, Shatsky Rise: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). 

Critelli, S., Arribas, J., La Pera, E., Tortosa, A., Marsaglia, K.M., and Latter, K.K., The recycled orogenic provenance sand suite from an uplifted thrust-belt, Betic cordillera, southern Spain and the AlboranBasin (Journal of Sedimentary Research)

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters

Critelli, S., Marsaglia, K.M.,andBusby, C.J.,(2002) Tectonic history of a Jurassic backarc-basin sequence (the Gran Canon Formation, Cedros Island, Mexico), based on compositional modes of tuffaceous deposits: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, p. 515-527..

Marsaglia, K.M., Mann, P., Hyatt, R., and Olson, H. (1999) Evaluating the influence of aseismic ridge subduction andaccretion(?) on the detrital modes of forearc sandstone: An example from the Kronotsky Peninsula, Kamchatka forearc. Lithos, v. 46, p. 17-42.

Marsaglia, K.M., and Tribble, J. (1999)The evaporite to carbonate transition in the uppermost Messinian section at ODP Site 975, Western Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 161, p. 3-20.

Marsaglia, K.M., Latter, K., and Cline, V. (1999) Sand provenance in the Alboran and Tyrrhenian Basins. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 161, p. 37-56.

Marsaglia, K.M., Garcia y Barragán, J.C., Padilla, I., and Milliken, K.L. (1996) Evolution of the Iberian passive margin as reflected in sand provenance. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 149, p. 269-280.

Ingersoll, R.V., Devaney, K.A., Geslin, J.K., Cavazza, W., Diamond, D.S., Jagiello, K.J., Marsaglia, K.M., Paylor, E.D., II, and Short, P.F. (1996) The Mud Hills, Mojave Desert, California: Structure, stratigraphy and sedimentology of a rapidly extended terrane, Geological Society of America Special Paper, K. Beratan and J. Schmitt, eds.

Platt, J.P., Soto, J.I., Comas, M.C., and Leg 161 Shipboard Scientists (1996) Decompression and high temperature-low-pressure metamorphism in the exhumed floor of an extension basin, Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean. Geology, v. 24, p. 447-450.

Marsaglia, K.M., Rimkus, K.C., and Behl, R.J. (1995) Provenance of sand deposited in the Santa Barbara Basin at ODP Site 893 during the last 155ka. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 146, p. 61-75.

Brown, K.M., Bangs, N., Marsaglia, K., Froleich, P.N., Zheng, Y., Didyk, B.M., Prior, D., Rochford, E.L., Torres, M., Kurnosov, V.B., Lindsley-Griffin, N., Osozawa, S., and Waseda, A. (1995) A summary of ODP Leg 141 hydrogeologic, geochemical, and thermal results: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 141, p. 363-372.

Marsaglia, K.M. (1995) Chapter 8, Interarc and backarc basins, in Busby, C. and Ingersoll R.V., eds., Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, Blackwell, p. 299-329.

Marsaglia, K.M., and Devaney, K.A. (1995) Tectonic and magmatic controls on backarc basin sedimentation: The Mariana Region re-examined: in Taylor, B., ed., Backarc Basins: Tectonics and Magmatism, Plenum, New York, p.497-520.

Marsaglia, K.M., Boggs, S., Clift, P., Seyedolali, A., and Smith, R. (1995) Sedimentation in western Pacific backarc basins: New insights from recent ODP drilling: in Taylor, B., and Natland, J., eds., Active margins and marginal basins of the western Pacific, American Geophysical Union Monograph, v. 88, p. 291-314.

Marsaglia, K.M., Torrez, X., Padilla, I., and Rimkus, K. (1995) Provenance of Pleistocene and Pliocene sand and sandstone, ODP Leg 141, Chile Margin: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 141, 133-151.

Prior, D.J., Marsaglia, K.M., Rochford, E.L., Agar, S.M., and Coy, G. (1995) Textural evidence of diagenetic evolution at Site 863, Chile Triple Junction: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 141, 153-167.

Strand, K., Marsaglia, K., Forsythe, R., Kurnosov, V., and Vergara, H. (1995) Outer margin depositional systems near the Chile Margin Triple Junction: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 141, p. 379-397.

Torres, M., Marsaglia, K.M., Martin, J., and Murray, R. (1995) Fluid-rock interaction and sediment diagenesis in Western Pacific Basins: in Taylor, B., and Natland, J., eds., Active margins and marginal basins of the western Pacific, American Geophysical Union Monograph, v. 88, p. 241-258.

Underwood, M.B., Ballance, P.F., Clift, P., Hiscott, R.N., Marsaglia, K.M., Pickering, K.T., and Reid, R.P. (1995) Sedimentation in forearc basins, trenches, and collision zones of the western Pacific: A summary of results from the Ocean Drilling Program: in Taylor, B., and Natland, J., eds., Active margins and marginal basins of the western Pacific, American Geophysical Union Monograph, v. 88, p. 315-353.

Behrmann, J.H., Lewis, S.D., Cande, S.C., and the ODP Leg 141 Scientific Party (1994) Tectonics and geology of spreading ridge subduction at the Chile Triple Junction; a synthesis of results from Leg 141 of the Ocean Drilling Program: Geologische Rundschau, v. 83, p. 832-852. 

Pittenger, M.A., Marsaglia, K.M., and Bickford, M.E. (1994) Depositional history of the Middle Proterozoic Castner Marble and Basal Mundy Breccia, Franklin Mountains, West Texas, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. B64, p. 282-297.

Marsaglia, K.M. (1993) Basaltic Island Sand Provenance,in Johnsson, M.J., and Basu, A., eds., Processes controlling the composition of clastic sediments: Geological Society of America Special Paper 284, p.41-65.

Marsaglia, K.M., and Ingersoll, R.V. (1992) Compositional trends in arc-related, deep-marine sand and sandstone: a reassessment of magmatic-arc provenance: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, p. 1637-1649.

Marsaglia, K.M., Ingersoll, R.V., and Packer, B.M. (1992) Tectonic evolution of the Japanese islands as reflected in modal compositions of Cenozoic forearc and backarc sand and sandstone: Tectonics, v. 11, p. 1028-1044.

Marsaglia, K.M., and Tazaki, K. (1992) Diagenetic trends in Leg 126 sandstones: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 126, p. 125-138.

Marsaglia, K.M. (1992) Petrography and provenance of volcaniclastic sands recovered from the Izu-Bonin arc, Leg 126: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, v. 126, p. 139-154.

Anthony, E.Y., Chen, W., Hoffer, J.M., Keller, G.R., Marsaglia, K.M., McLemore, V.T., Seward, M.A., Barnes, C.G., Shannon. W.M., Seeley, J.M., and Thomann, W.F. (1991) Examples of modern rift volcanism and Proterozoic anorogenic magmatism: the Potrillo Volcanic Field of southern New Mexico and the Franklin Mountains of west Texas: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin, v. 137, p. 1-20.

Nishimura, A., Marsaglia, K.M., Rodolfo, K.S., Colella, A., Hiscott, R.N., Tazaki, K., Gill, J.B., Janecek, T., Firth, J., Isiminger-Kelso, M., Herman, Y., Taylor, R.N., Taylor, B., Fujioka, K., and Leg 126 Scientific Party (1991) Pliocene-Quaternary submarine pumice deposits in the Sumisu Rift area, Izu-Bonin Arc: in R.V. Fisher and G.A. Smith (eds.), Sedimentation in Volcanic Settings, SEPM Special Publication 45, p. 201-208.

Marsaglia, K.M. (1991) Provenance of sands and sandstones from the Gulf of California, a rifted continental arc: in R.V. Fisher and G.A. Smith (eds.), Sedimentation in Volcanic Settings, SEPM Special Publication 45, p. 237-248.

Gill, J., Torssander, P., Lapierre, H., Taylor, R., Kaiho, K., Koyama, M., Kusakabe, M., Aitchison, J., Cisowski, S., Dadey, K., Fujioka, K., Klaus, A., Lovell, M., Marsaglia, K., Pezard, P., Taylor, B., and Tazaki, K. (1990) Explosive deep water basalt in the Sumisu backarc rift: Science, v. 248, p. 1214-1217. 

Egeberg P.K., & the Leg 126 Shipboard Scientific Party (1990) unusual composition of pore waters found in the Izu-Bonin fore-arc sedimentary basin: Nature, v. 344, p. 215-218.

Marsaglia, K.M., and Carozzi, A.V. (1990) Depositional environment, sand-provenance and diagenesis of the Basal Salina Formation, lower Eocene, Northwest Peru: Journal of South American Earth Science, v. 3, p. 253-267.

Klein, G.deV., and K.M. Marsaglia (1987) Discussion: Hummocky cross-stratification, tropical hurricanes and intense winter storms:Sedimentology, v. 34, p. 333-337.

Marsaglia, K.M., and G.deV. Klein (1985) The paleogeography of Paleozoic and Mesozoic storm depositional systems: a reply:Journal of Geology, v. 93, p. 91-94.

Marsaglia, K.M., and G.deV. Klein (1983) The paleogeography of Paleozoic and Mesozoic storm depositional systems: Journal of Geology, v. 91, p. 117-142.

Ocean Drilling Program Volumes

Comas, M., Zahn, R., Klaus, A. and others (1996) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Volume 161, Initial Reports, Western Mediterranean: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). 

Sawyer, D.S., Whitmarsh, R.B., Klaus, A., and others (1994), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Volume 149, Initial Reports, Iberia Abyssal Plain: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 719 p.

Lewis, S., Berhmann, J.H., and others (1992) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Volume 141, Initial Reports, Chile triple junction: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 708 p.

Taylor, B., Fujioka, K., and others (1990) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports Volume 126, Sites 787-793, Bonin Arc-trench System: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1,002 p.

Other Articles, Letters, Guidebooks, and Reports

Marsaglia, K.M. (2001) Citation for Laurence L. Sloss Award, presented to George D. Klein: GSA Today, v. 11, #2, p. 47.

Navarette, R.C., Dearing, H.L, Constien, V.G., Marsaglia, K.M., Seheult, J.M., and Rogers, P.E. (2000) Experiments in fluid loss and formation damage with xanthan-based fluids while drilling.IADC/SPE contribution 62732, Asia Pacific Drilling TechnologyConference, 20 p.

Welch, J., Brown, S., Marsaglia, K., and Mese, A., 1999, Isolation of depleted zones while coil tubing drilling a horizontal sidetrack: PNEC Fifth International Conference on Reservoir Conformance, 21 p.

Marsaglia, K., 1999, Some pointers on point-count analysis: TechNotes, Westport Technology Center International, p. 3.

Comas, M.C., Zahn, R., Klaus, A., and ODP Leg 161 Scientific Party, 1996, Las perforaciones del ODP-Leg 161 en el Mediterráneo Occidental: Geogaceta, v. 20, p. 408-411.

Bartolini, C., and Marsaglia, K.M., 1996, Mesozoic intra-arc volcanic-sedimentary sequences (Nazas Formation) in northern Durango, Mexico: A geological traverse through parts of northwestern Mexico, Guidebook for the 1996 Field Conference, Clark, K.F. and Hoffer, J.M., eds., p. 111-118.

ODP Legs 160 and 161 Scientific Party (1996) Drilling Probes Mediterranean Climate and Oceanography. Eos, v. 77, p. 19-22. 

Marsaglia, K.M., Borrego, P.F., Long, L.E., Keller, G.R., and Pingitore, N.E. (1994) Metamorphic petrology of the Ouachita Interior Zone: Findings from a deep drill hole in west Texas: Structure and tectonics of the Big Bend and southern Permian Basin, Texas.West Texas Geological Society Publication 94-95, p. 149-154.

Pavlis, T.L., Underwood, M., Sisson, V.B., Serpa, L.F., Prior, D., Marsaglia, K.M., Lewis, S.D., and Byrne, T. (1995) The effects of triple junction interactions at convergent plate margins. Report on the results of the joint JOI/USSAC and GSA Penrose conference.

ODP Leg 149 Scientific Party (1994) Drilling at the West Iberian Ocean-Continent Transition: Geotimes, March, p. 18-21.

Whitmarsh, B., Sawyer, D.S., and ODP Leg 149 Scientific Party, 1994, Upper mantle drilling in the ocean-continent transition west of Iberia: Terra Nova, v. 5, p. 327-331.

ODP Leg 141 Scientific Party (1992) Geology and tectonics of the Chile Triple Junction: EOS, v. 73, #38, p. 404-410.

ODP Leg 141 Scientific Party (1992) Ocean drilling yields surprises at the Chile Triple Junction: Geotimes, v.37, p.19-21.

Pezard, P., Lovell, M., and Ocean Drilling Program Leg 126 Shipboard Scientific Party (1990) Downhole images:electrical scanning reveals the nature of subsurface oceanic crust:EOS v. 71, No. 20, p. 709.

Leg 126 Scientific Drilling Party (1989) ODP Leg drills the Izu-Bonin arc: Geotimes, October, p. 36-38.

Leg 126 Shipboard Scientific Party (1989) Arc volcanism and rifting:Nature, v. 342 p. 18-20.