Research Foci

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Crystal growth

Relevant to:

  • crustal storage conditions of magma in arc and ocean island volcanoes
  • interpreting magmatic and volcanic processes from rock microtextures
  • Materials science of magmas

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Experimental studies of Martian basalt

We are interested in:

  • volcanological history of shergottite meteorites
  • magnetic properties of basalts crystallized at known cooling rate and oxygen fugacity

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Resolving time scales of magmatic processes

Involving:

  • resolving the effects of crystal growth and diffusion in the interpretation of crystal-scale chemical heterogeneity
  • constraining the timing of magma mixing events

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Lunar science

Specifically:

  • determining optical constants for Hapke modelling
  • investigating the evolution of the lunar crust through analysis of troctolite 76535

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