| Foreword |
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Advisory Board and Management |
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1.1
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Advisory Board |
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1.2
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Management |
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Staff, Funding and Facilities |
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2.1
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Staff |
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2.2
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Funding |
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2.3
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Laboratory and office facilities |
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2.4
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Experimental equipment |
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3.
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Research Projects |
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3.1
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Phase Transformations, Deformation and Properties
of Mantle Minerals |
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a.
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The effect of alumina on the electrical conductivity
of silicate perovskite (Y. Xu, C.A. McCammon, B.T. Poe, T.J. Shankland,
A.G. Duba and D.C. Rubie) |
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b.
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Electrical conductivity of perovskite-(Mg,Fe)O
assemblages (A.G. Duba, Y. Xu and B.T. Poe, in collaboration with J. Peyronneau/Paris) |
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c.
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Determination of the elastic constant c11
of (Mg,Fe)O as a function of Fe-content by ultrasonic interferometry (H.J.
Reichmann, S.D. Jacobsen and S.J. Mackwell) |
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d.
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Iron-magnesium interdiffusion in (Mg,Fe)O (S.J.
Mackwell, I.C. Stretton, C.S.J. Shaw and B.T. Poe) |
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e.
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High-pressure experimental study of the effect
of transition metal cations on the deformation of oxides (MgyX1-y)O
(X=Ni,Fe) (S. Karato, J. Lawlis, D.J. Frost and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration
with K.H. Lee/Minnesota) |
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f.
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Determination of the relative strengths of (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
polymorphs using a novel two-layer experimental design (J. Lawlis, S. Karato,
D.J. Frost and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with K.H. Lee/Minnesota) |
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g.
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Strength of high-pressure phases determined
by relaxation of transformation stress (J.L. Mosenfelder, D.C. Rubie and
F. Langenhorst, in collaboration with J.A.D. Connolly/Zürich) |
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h.
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Characterization of dislocations in natural
and synthetic majorite garnets (P. Cordier and F. Langenhorst, in collaboration
with V. Voegelé/Lille and S. Heinemann/Potsdam) |
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i.
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Plastic deformation of stishovite under mantle
conditions (P. Cordier, J.L. Mosenfelder and F. Langenhorst) |
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j.
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Grain growth kinetics in (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
wadsleyite (J.L. Mosenfelder and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with K. Kunze/Zürich) |
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3.2
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Experimental Geochemistry |
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a.
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Are Si and O the light element in the core?
A study of Si and O solubilities in liquid metal as a function of P, T
and fO2 (C.K. Gessmann and D.C. Rubie) |
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b.
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Experimental study of metal/silicate highly
siderophile element partitioning: effect of temperature, oxygen fugacity
and pressure (S. Fortenfant, D.B. Dingwell and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration
with J.L. Birck, P. Schiano/Paris, M. Tuprett/Memorial and I. Horn/Cambridge,
USA) |
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c.
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Element partitioning between immiscible liquids
in silicate-fluoride and silicate-borate systems using high-temperature
centrifuge separation (A.M. Dorfman and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration
with I.V. Veksler and J.D. Webster/New York) |
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d.
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A study of the oxidation state of iron in (Mg,Fe)(Si,Al)O3
perovskite (S. Lauterbach, C.A. McCammon, F. Langenhorst and F.
Seifert, in collaboration with P.A. van Aken/Darmstadt) |
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e.
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Reduction reactions in iron-bearing silicates
(A.G. Duba, B.T. Poe, D.C. Rubie and F. Langenhorst, in collaboration with
S. Chakraborty/Köln) |
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f.
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Phase equilibria of hydrous phases at high pressure
and temperature (D.J. Frost) |
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g.
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Phase relations and ultramafic partial melts
of hydrous KLB-1 mantle peridotite (T. Kawamoto and D.C. Rubie) |
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h.
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Dissolution of orthopyroxene in basanitic melt
from 0.4 to 2 GPa: kinetics, mechanisms and the implications for the origins
of Si-Al-rich alkaline glass inclusions in mantle xenoliths (C.S.J. Shaw) |
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i.
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Studies of mantle-derived xenoliths (C.S.J.
Shaw, in collaboration with J. Eyzaguirre and C. Stanley/London, Canada) |
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3.3
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Crystal Chemistry and Structure |
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a.
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Phase transitions in the system CaTiO3-CaFeO2.5
(A.I. Becerro, F. Seifert, C.A. McCammon, R.J. Angel and F. Langenhorst) |
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b.
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Mössbauer studies of perovskites produced
by laser-heated diamond anvil cells: a comparison of phases resulting from
heating with either YAG or CO2 lasers (A.G. Duba and C.A. McCammon,
in collaboration with R. Boehler/Mainz and J. Peyronneau/Paris) |
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c.
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Iron crystal chemistry in (Mg,Fe)SiO3
majorite (C.A. McCammon, in collaboration with N.L. Ross/London) |
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d.
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Oxidation state of iron in hydrous silicate
phases (C.A. McCammon, in collaboration with J.R. Smyth, H.M.S. Laustsen/Boulder,
T. Kawamoto/Beppu and N.L. Ross/London) |
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e.
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High-pressure CaAl4Si2O11:
another five-coordinate silicon compound? (R.J. Angel and R. Miletich,
in collaboration with L. Gautron/Marne-la-Vallée) |
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f.
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Evidence from Mössbauer spectroscopy for
the incommensurate-normal phase transition in åkermanite (C.A. McCammon,
J.D.C. McConnell, R.J. Angel and F. Seifert) |
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Phase transition and electronic structure: the
high-pressure behaviour of the Ba-Cr analogue
of gillespite (R. Miletich, R.J. Angel and J.R. Sowerby) |
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h.
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Displacive phase transitions in clinopyroxenes
(T. Arlt and R.J. Angel, in collaboration with M. Kunz/Zürich) |
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Electronic and magnetic properties of P21/c
clinopyroxenes in the system MgSiO3-FeSiO3 (C.A.
McCammon, in collaboration with S.G. Eeckhout and E. De Grave/Gent) |
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j.
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Electric-field gradient and mean-squared-displacement
tensors in heden-bergite from single crystal Mössbauer measurements
(C.A. McCammon and R. Miletich, in collaboration with C. Tennant/Christchurch) |
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k.
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Copper substitution in braunite: a combined
neutron and X-ray powder diffraction study (N. Zotov and R. Miletich, in
collaboration with H. Boysen/München, H. Tietze and W. Kockelmann/ISIS,
Didcot, UK) |
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l.
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Pressure-induced metallization of thallium halides
(TlX: X=Cl, Br, I) (R.A. Secco) |
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3.4
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Metamorphism at Different Time Scales |
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a.
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On the degassing behaviour of calcite: Shock
experiments and rapid decompression in a multianvil apparatus (F. Langenhorst
and B.T. Poe, in collaboration with A. Deutsch/Münster and U. Hornemann/Weil
am Rhein) |
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b.
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Diamonds from the Lappajärvi impact crater,
Finland: origin by solid-state transformation (F. Langenhorst, in collaboration
with V.L. Masaitis, G. Shafranovsky/St. Petersburg and M. Koivisto/Espoo) |
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c.
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Disequilibrium in the form of compositional
zoning in garnet and problems of interpretation (P.J. O'Brien) |
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d.
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The subduction and exhumation history of the
Indian Plate during Himalayan collision: evidence from rare eclogites (P.J.
O'Brien, in collaboration with R. Law/Blacksburg and P.J. Treloar/Kingston,
UK) |
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3.5
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Fluids and their Interaction with Silicate
Melts and Minerals |
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a.
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The speciation of silica in hydrous fluids
at extreme pressures and temperatures (N. Zotov and H. Keppler) |
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b.
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Distribution of water between nominally anhydrous
minerals in the system MgSiO3 – H2O (N. Bolfan-Casanova,
H. Keppler and D.C. Rubie) |
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c.
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Solubility of water in coesite at high pressure
and temperature (J.L. Mosenfelder) |
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d.
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Comparison of the water solubility in synthetic
pure MgSiO3 enstatite and in a natural, aluminous enstatite
from Tanzania (M. Rauch and H. Keppler) |
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e.
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Hydrogen diffusion in enstatite (S.J. Carpenter,
S.J. Mackwell and C.S.J. Shaw) |
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f.
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The pressure and temperature dependence of water
speciation in rhyolitic melts (J.R. Sowerby and H. Keppler) |
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g.
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Water solubility in carbonatite melts (H. Keppler) |
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h.
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An experimental study of the partitioning of
halogens (Cl, Br, I) between hydrous fluid and silicate melt (H. Bureau
and H. Keppler, in collaboration with N. Métrich/Saclay) |
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Constraints on the degassing processes and eruption
dynamics for a "wet" hot spot volcano: the Piton de la Fournaise March
1998 eruption (H. Bureau, in collaboration with N. Métrich/Saclay
and M.P. Semet/Paris) |
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3.6
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Melt Physics and Chemistry |
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a.
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Calculation of Raman spectra and vibrational
properties of silicate glasses (N. Zotov and H. Keppler, in collaboration
with I. Ebbsjö/Nyköping and D. Timpel/Jena) |
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b.
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Niobium in silicate glasses: Structural and
geochemical role by XAS (D.B. Dingwell and E. Paris, in collaboration with
C. Romano/Rome, G. Giuli/Florence and I. Davoli/Tor Vergata) |
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c.
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The influence of variable normative quartz,
albite and orthoclase on the viscosity of haplogranitic melts (V. Mincione,
C. Gennaro, K.-U. Hess and D.B. Dingwell) |
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d.
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Shear viscosity measurements close to the charge
balanced join in the system MgO-Al2O3-SiO2
(M.J. Toplis and D.B. Dingwell) |
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e.
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Nickel and cobalt oxide partial molar melt volumes:
implications for the pressure-dependence of siderophile element partitioning
between melts and metals (P. Courtial, J. Gottsmann and D.B. Dingwell,
in collaboration with A. Holzheid/Cambridge, USA) |
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f.
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Partial molar volumes of siderophile components
in silicate melts: Pressure dependence of metal-silicate partitioning (C.
Holzapfel, P. Courtial and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with H. Palme
and S. Chakraborty/Köln) |
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g.
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Experimental study of the compositional dependence
of Ni activity in silicate melts (S. Fortenfant and D.B. Dingwell) |
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Hydrous intermediate granitic (sensu lato) melt
viscosities: Expansion of the hydrous melt viscosity database and model
to intermediate compositions (K.-U. Hess, D.B. Dingwell
and C. Romano/Rome) |
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Viscosities of XAlSi3O8
(X=Li,Na,K) melts with added water: implications for water solution mechanisms
(C. Romano, V. Mincione, K.-U. Hess and D.B. Dingwell) |
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j.
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Raman spectroscopy of CMAS glasses quenched
from pressures up to 10 GPa (C. Romano, B.T. Poe and N. Zotov) |
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k.
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Silicon and oxygen self-diffusion in diopside
melt at 2000°C and up to 8 GPa and estimation of viscosity using the
Eyring relation (J. Reid, B.T. Poe and D.C. Rubie) |
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l.
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High pressure viscosity of liquid Fe alloys
using in-situ sphere speedometry measurement (R.A. Secco and B.T.
Poe) |
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3.7
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Magma Dynamics and Volcanic Processes |
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Systematic investigation of combined foaming
and fragmentation in rhyolitic melts (C. Martel, D.B. Dingwell and O. Spieler,
in collaboration with M. Pichavant/Orléans and M. Wilke/Hannover) |
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Crystal retention in the fragmentation of Merapi
basaltic andesite: comparison of experimental and field data (O. Spieler
and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with L. Schwarzkopf/Kiel) |
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c.
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Fragmentation processes of dome lavas of Fugendake,
Unzen Volcano, Japan (J. Gottsmann, O. Spieler and D.B. Dingwell) |
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d.
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Primary versus secondary fragmentation in "fragmentation
bomb" experiments (O. Spieler, C. Martel and D.B. Dingwell) |
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Tube pumices: strain markers of a ductile-brittle
transition in explosive eruptions (D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with
J. Martí and C. Soriano/Barcelona) |
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Welding of volcanic glasses: Quantification
via viscosity-temperature-H2O relationship for Teide phonolites
(D. Giordano and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with C. Romano/Rome and
J. Marti/Barcelona) |
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Cooling dynamics within the 2020 years B. P.
eruption of Montaña Blanca, Tenerife (J. Gottsmann and D.B. Dingwell,
in collaboration with J. Martí/Barcelona) |
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The cooling rates of hyaloclastites: Applications
of relaxation geospeedometry to undersea volcanics (D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration
with M. Wilding/Davis, R. Batiza/Honolulu and L. Wilson/Lancaster) |
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3.8
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Methodological Developments |
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a.
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Calibration of a large-volume multianvil apparatus
for a 5000-tonne press (B.T. Poe, D.J. Frost and A.G. Duba) |
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b.
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Pressure calibration using ultrasonic measurements
at high pressures and room temperature in the multianvil press (J. Kung) |
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c.
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Progress on ultrasonic interferometry measurements
at high temperature in a new diamond anvil-cell (S.D. Jacobsen, H.J. Reichmann
and R.J. Angel, in collaboration with H. Spetzler, J.R. Smyth/Boulder and
W.A. Bassett/Ithaca) |
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d.
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Viscosity measurements at elevated pressure:
a dilatometrical study in the high viscosity range (C. Gennaro and D.B.
Dingwell, in collaboration with M. Pichavant/Orléans) |
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e.
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Thermal expansion of silicate liquids: direct
determination using container-based dilatometry (J. Gottsmann, D.B. Dingwell
and C. Gennaro) |
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f.
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High precision pressure control for high-temperature
magma fragmentation experiments (O. Spieler and D.B. Dingwell) |
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g.
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Direct analysis of fluid inclusions in doped
glass using LA-ICP-MS: determination of element partitioning between fluid
phase and melt (B. Schäfer and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with
D. Günther and R. Frischknecht/Zürich) |
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h.
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O K-edge ELNES spectroscopy of brucite: orientation-dependence,
dehydration and effects of protons (F. Langenhorst and F. Seifert, in collaboration
with P.A. van Aken/Darmstadt and Z. Wu/Paris) |
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New solid-state NMR results (M. Bechmann, S.
Dusold, X. Helluy, J. Kümmerlen and A. Sebald) |
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4.
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Publications, Conference Presentations,
Seminars, Visiting Scientists |
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4.1
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Publications (published) |
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Refereed international journals |
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Conference proceedings |
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4.2
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Publications (submitted, in press) |
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4.3
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Presentations at scientific institutions and
at congresses |
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4.4
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Lectures and seminars at Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
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4.5
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Scientific conferences organized by/with assistance
of Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
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4.6
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Visiting scientists |
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Visiting scientists funded by the Bayerisches
Geoinstitut |
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Visiting scientists funded by EU Project "Access
to Large-Scale Scientific Facilities" |
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c.
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Visiting scientists supported by other external
funded BGI projects |
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d.
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Visitors (externally funded) |
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4.7
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Honours and awards |
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4.8
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Editorship of scientific journals |
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4.9
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Membership of scientific advisory bodies |
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4.10
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Public relations and press reports |
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5.
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Scientific and Technical Personnel |
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