Peter Ward
Science Is Never Settled, Jackson, WY
Activity
2020
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CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGHOUT EARTH HISTORY IS CAUSED BY LARGE BASALTIC LAVA FLOWS IN SUBAERIAL RIFT ZONES CAUSING RAPID GLOBAL WARMING WHILE EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS IN VOLCANIC ARCS FORM AEROSOLS THAT CAUSE SLOW, INCREMENTAL COOLING OVER MILLENNIA
T74 Volcanism and Tectonics along Rifts and Volcanic Arcs: Understanding the Relationships between Timing, Volumes, and Distributions ITuesday, 27 October 20201:30 PM - 5:30 PMMeeting Rooms
2018
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MOVING PLATE TECTONICS TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF DETAIL BY UNDERSTANDING HOW PLATE TECTONICS CONTROLS SUDDEN GLOBAL WARMING, SLOW INCREMENTAL GLOBAL COOLING, AIR TEMPERATURES, OCEAN TEMPERATURES, OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, DOMINANT SPECIES, MASS EXTINCTIONS, AND THE MAJOR AND MINOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
T93 Plate Tectonics Paradigm and Future Directions of Research—Discovery in Light of Its 50-Year History IMonday, 5 November 20188:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 243
2017
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PLATE TECTONICS CONTROLS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE BY DETERMINING THE FREQUENCY OF MAJOR EXPLOSIVE, SUBDUCTION-RELATED VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS CAUSING INCREMENTAL GLOBAL COOLING VERSUS THE EXTENT OF SUBAERIAL, RIFT-RELATED, EFFUSIVE, BASALTIC LAVA FLOWS CAUSING SUDDEN GLOBAL WARMING, OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, MASS EXTINCTIONS, AND OFTEN THE ENDS OF GEOLOGIC EONS, ERAS, PERIODS, ETC
T329 Asthenosphere to Atmosphere: Tectonics, Topography, and ClimateWednesday, 25 October 20171:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 609
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VOLCANOES CONTROL CLIMATE CHANGE WITH SUBDUCTION-RELATED, EXPLOSIVE, AEROSOL-FORMING ERUPTIONS CAUSING SLOW, INCREMENTAL COOLING AND RIFT-RELATED, BASALTIC, EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS CAUSING RAPID WARMING IN SEQUENCES THAT ARE SPORADIC AND CLEARLY NOT CYCLIC BUT AVERAGE A FEW THOUSAND YEARS
43 Explosive VolcanismThursday, 25 May 20178:30 AM - 11:50 AMRoom 319A
2016
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HOW VARIATIONS IN THE RATES OF EFFUSIVE BASALTIC FLOOD VOLCANISM VERSUS AEROSOL-FORMING EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM HAVE DRIVEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND RATES OF MASS EXTINCTION THROUGHOUT EARTH HISTORY AND HOW HUMANS HAVE MODIFIED THIS INTERACTION
89 Recent Advances in Volcanology: Volcanic PhenomenaMonday, 26 September 20168:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 503
2015
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CLIMATE THROUGHOUT GEOLOGIC TIME HAS BEEN CONTROLLED PRIMARILY BY THE BALANCE BETWEEN ABRUPT WARMING CAUSED BY VOLUMINOUS EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS OF BASALTIC MAGMA OVER MONTHS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND ABRUPT COOLING CAUSED BY MAJOR EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS OF EVOLVED MAGMAS OVER HOURS TO DAYS
T19 Mass Extinction Causality: Records of Anoxia, Acidification, and Global Warming during Earth's Greatest Crises ISunday, 1 November 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 310
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CLIMATE THROUGHOUT GEOLOGIC TIME HAS BEEN CONTROLLED PRIMARILY BY THE BALANCE BETWEEN COOLING CAUSED BY MAJOR EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS OF EVOLVED MAGMAS TYPICAL OF ISLAND ARCS AND WARMING CAUSED BY VOLUMINOUS EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS OF BASALTIC MAGMA TYPICAL OF SUBAERIAL OCEAN RIDGES, ISLAND CHAINS, AND CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALTS
15 Paleontology, Paleoclimate, Paleoecology, and EvolutionFriday, 22 May 20151:00 PM - 3:45 PMSouth Ballroom
2008
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How the Rate of Volcanism Initiated the Medieval Warm Period and Controlled Its Periods of Drought
T182 Terrestrial Response to Climate Variability during the Medieval Warm Period: Lakes, Tree-Rings, and Human AdaptationMonday, 6 October 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM