cachesner@eiu.edu

Craig A. Chesner Professor of Geology Director of Field Camp At Eastern Illinois University since 1989 Ph.D. - Geology, 1988, Michigan Technological University M.S. - Geology, 1982, Michigan Technological University B.A. - Geology, 1980, Franklin and Marshall College Honors and Awards: Senior Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Mineral Sciences (2005-2006): Research involved determining the volatile content from the 74 ka Toba Eruption, Sumatra, Indonesia via the study of melt inclusions and matrix glasses.

Department of Geology/Geography
Professor

Principal Teaching Interests

• GEL 2440 - Mineralogy
• GEL 3405 - Petrology
• GEL 3460 - Economic Mineral Deposits
• GEL 3500 - Volcanology
• GEL 4480 - Optical Mineralogy
• GEL 4800 - Summer Field Geology in the Black Hills, S.D.

Principal Research Interests

• The Toba Tuffs and Caldera, Sumatra, Indonesia: physical volcanology, geochemistry, petrology, bathymetry.
• Quaternary Volcanism in Central America:  Guatemala and El SalvadorToba Caldera in Indonesia.

Principal University Interests

• Director of Geology Field Camp
• Adviser to the Geoscience Club
  

Selected Publications

Chesner, C.A. and W.I. Rose, 1984, Geochemistry and evolution of the Fuego Volcanic Complex, Guatemala, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res., v. 21, p. 25-44

Rose, W.I., and Chesner, C.A., 1987, Dispersal of ash in the great Toba eruption, 75 ka, Geology, v. 15, p. 913-917.

Chesner, C.A., and Ettlinger, A.D., 1989, Composition of volcanic allanite from the Toba Tuffs, Sumatra, Indonesia, Am. Mineral., v. 74, p. 750-758.

Rose, W.I., and Chesner, C.A., 1990, Worldwide dispersal of ash and gases from Earth's largest known eruption: Toba, Sumatra 75 Ka, Global and Planetary Change, v. 3, no. 3, p. 269-275.

Chesner, C.A., Rose, W.I., Deino, A., Drake, R., 1991, Eruptive history of Earth's largest Quaternary caldera (Toba, Indonesia) clarified, Geology, v. 19, no. 3, p. 200-203.

Chesner, C.A., and Rose, W.I., 1991, Stratigraphy of the Toba Tuffs and evolution of the Toba Caldera Complex, Sumatra, Indonesia, Bull. Volcanol, v. 53, p. 343-356.

Chesner, C.A., and Halsor, S.P., 1997, Geochemical trends of sequential lava flows from Meseta Volcano, Guatemala, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res., v. 78, p. 221-237.

Chesner, C.A., 1998, Petrogenesis of the Toba Tuffs, Sumatra, Indonesia, J. Petrol., v. 39, no. 3, p. 397-438.

Chesner, C.A., Pullinger, C., and Escobar, D., 2004, Physical and chemical evolution of San Miguel Volcano, El Salvador, in Rose, W.I., Bommer, J.J., Lopez, D.L., Carr, M.J., and Major, J.J., Natural Hazards of El Salvador, Geological Society of America, Special Paper, 375, Chapter 16, p. 213-226.

Chesner, C.A., and Halsor, S.P., 2006, The Escuintla and La Democracia debris avalanche deposits, Guatemala: Constraining their sources, in Rose, W.I., Bluth, G.J.S., Carr, M.J., Ewert, J., Patino, L.C., and Vallance, J., Volcanic Hazards in Central America, Geological Society of America, Special Paper 412, p. 105-120.