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R. Game McGimsey Title: Research Geologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7432 Fax: (907) 786-7425 Email: mcgimsey@usgs.gov

M.S.	1985	University of Colorado at Boulder	Volcanology
B.S.	1977	Unversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Geology

Physical volcanology, volcano hazards, volcano monitoring and eruption response

1990-Present	Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory
	1989-90 eruption of Redoubt, 1992 eruptions of Spurr volcano, and eruptions and/or seismic crises at Iliamna, Pavlof, Westdahl, Shishaldin, Korovin, Akutan, and several others. Field projects at Aniakchak, Black Peak, Ukinrek Maars, Katmai, Wrangells (Bona/Churchill, and the mud volcanoes), member of the 2003 Western Aleutian campaign to map Tanaga and Gareloi volcanoes.

American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Colorado Scientific Society
Alaska Geological Society

2001 STAR Award, USGS, logistics associated with 2001 fieldwork at Mt. Bona-Churchill
1996 STAR Award, USGS, for crisis response during Akutan, Pavlof, and Iliamna activity
1993 Special Act Service Award, USGS, for performance during crisis response to 1992 eruption of Spurr vocano
1990 Speical Act Service Award, USGS, for performance during crisis response to 1989-90 eruption of Redoubt volcano

McGimsey, R.G., Neal, C.A., and Riley, C.M., 2001 Aerial distribution, thickness, mass, volume, and grain size of tephra-fall deposits from the 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak vent, Mt. Spurr Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-370, 32 p.

Miller, T.P., McGimsey, R.G., Richter, D.H., Riehle, J.R., Nye, C.J., Yount, M.E., and Dumoulin, J.A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-582. 104 p.

McGimsey, R.G., Richter, D.H., DuBois, G.D., and Miller, T.P., 1992, A postulated new source for the White River Ash, Alaska, in Ford, A.B., and Bradley, D.C., eds., Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1999, p. 212-218.

McGimsey, R.G., Waythomas, C.F., and Neal, C.A., 1994, High stand and catastrophic draining of intracaldera Surprise Lake, Aniakchak, volcano, Alaska, in Till, A.B., and Moore, T.E., eds., Geological Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2107 p. 59-71.

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