Research


Chilean Volcanoes  

Calbuco, Osorno, Villarrica, La Picada, plumbing systems, rock textures, inclusions

Crustal evolution  

Ferrobasalts, Snake River Plain, production of rhyolites, A-type granites

Ore deposits  

Fe-Ti-V-P ores associated with anorthosites and layered intrusions, stability of magnetite/ilmenite, microtextures of Fe-Ti oxides, Kiruna-type deposits, nelsonites

Liquid immiscibility  

Tholeiitic basalts, Daly gap, compositional field for unmixing, melt inclusions in apatite, partitioning of trace elements

Anorthosites  

Proterozoic massif-type anorthosites, plagioclase flotation, lower crust vs. mantle sources, lunar crust

Moon  

Magma ocean crystallization, primordial differentiation, anorthositic crust, KREEP

Mars  

Partial melting of the mantle, SNC meteorites, origin and evolution of martian basalts

Mercury  

Compositional variations of lavas, mantle sources and melting conditions, S solubility

under reducing conditions, primordial silicate mantle-metal core equilibration, partial melting and solidus of the interior, secular evolution of volcanic materials, heat-producing elements and volatiles, MESSENGER and BepiColombo missions

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