Inclusions in diamonds probe Earth’s chemistry through deep time Most of our knowledge about the chemical composition of the Earth’s interior is primarily retrieved by indirect observations, experiments and calculations that are limited to simple...
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New thermoelastic properties for Zircon Alix Ehlers has now published a new manuscript where the thermal-pressure equation of state for zircon (ZrSiO4) that characterizes its thermoelastic behavior at metamorphic conditions has been determined...
Read moreEMU research Excellence medal to Matteo Alvaro
EMU research Excellence medal to Matteo Alvaro It has just been announced that Matteo is one of the recipients of the 2021 Research Excellence Award of the European Mineralogical Union (EMU) For his impressively significant contributions to...
Read moreElastic geobarometry: stress, strain, and uncertainty
Elastic geobarometry: stress, strain, and uncertainty Elastic geobarometry is becoming one of the most reliable methods for retrieving pressures and temperatures of entrapment of inclusions into a host from both natural and experimental samples...
Read moreCrossing isomekes: elastic geothermobarometry of quartz and zircon in garnet from UHP rocks
Crossing isomekes: elastic geothermobarometry of quartz and zircon in garnet from UHP rocks Characterizing the pressure and temperature (PT) histories of eclogite-facies rocks is of key importance for unravelling subduction-zone processes at all...
Read moreElastic geobarometry beyond cubic hosts
Elastic geobarometry beyond cubic hosts In this publication, Joseph Gonzalez, Mattia Mazzucchelli developed and tested a new model for elastic thermobarometry that will allow for the use of non-cubic host minerals. Previously, reliable...
Read moreEntraPT finally online and published
EntraPT finally online and published. EntraPT is a web-based application for elastic geobarometry freely accessible at the “Fiorenzo Mazzi” experimental mineralogy lab webpage (www.mineralogylab.com/software). It provides an easy-to-use tool to...
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A nice new article in Horizon the EU research & innovation magazine “What happens below Earth’s surface when the most powerful earthquakes occur” hosts some of our latest findings on the MIR kimberlite pipe…. What happens...
Read moreUnder Pressure: High-Pressure Metamorphism in the Alps
Under Pressure: High-Pressure Metamorphism in the Alps In the new volume of Elements “Shedding Light on the European Alps” Lucie Tajčmanová, Paola Manzotti and Matteo Alvaro contributed with the article “Under Pressure...
Read moreZircon in garnet elastic Barometry: problems and perspectives
Zircon in garnet elastic Barometry: problems and perspectives In the “boutique outcrop” Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) whiteschists of the Brossasco-Isasca unit provides a natural laboratory in which to...
Read moreExtensive fluid‐rock interaction and pressure solution in a UHP fluid pathway recorded by garnetite Lago di Cignana, Western Alps
Extensive fluid‐rock interaction and pressure solution in a UHP fluid pathway recorded by garnetite Lago di Cignana, Western Alps Fluids released by dehydration reactions in subducting slabs can result in dissolution and related mass transfer...
Read moreGarnet sand reveals rock recycling processes in the youngest exhumed high- and ultrahigh-pressure terrane on Earth
This recent publication by Baldwin et al., in collaboration with new lab group member Joseph Gonzalez studied inclusion bearing detrital garnets from the actively exhuming (ultra)high-pressure terrane in eastern Papua New Guinea. Individual...
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