Expedition RR2509 to Chain transform fault concluded successfully today with arrival of the R/V Revelle in Porto Grande, Cape Verde. As chief scientist, Prof. Jessica Warren lead the 32 day expedition to sample and survey Chain transform fault in the equatorial Atlantic ocean. This project is funded by the US National Science Foundation.
Members of the Mantle Processes group are participating in an expedition to Chain transform fault in the Atlantic Ocean. Read more about the project here.
The R/V Revelle set sail today for Chain transform fault in the equatorial Atlantic ocean, as part of an NSF-funded project to study the dynamic behavior of a slow-slipping oceanic transform system. Prof. Jessica Warren is chief scientist of the expedition, which will collect samples by rock dredging and survey the fault using the autonomous […]
Congratulations to Prof. Suzanne Birner (Berea College) on receiving the F.W. Clarke Award from the Geochemical Society! A former student in the Mantle Processes Group, Prof. Birner is receiving the award for “her series of papers that decipher and document the processes occurring in the Earth’s mantle that have generated variations of several orders of […]
Congratulations to Dr. Abigail Nalesnik on a successful defense of her PhD, titled “A Geochemical and Physical Investigation of the Kulanaokuaiki Tephra of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii”. Abigail will be moving to Concord University for a postdoc with Prof. Stephen Kuehn as part of the NSF-funded FAIR Data Communities – Tephra Information Portal (TIP) project.
Postdoctoral scientist Christine Chesley’s controlled-source electronmagentic study of Gofar transform fault was published today in Science Advances. This paper presents exciting evidence for deep fluid flow and brine formation within an oceanic fault. Read more about it here. Chesley, C., R. Evans, J.M. Warren, et al., 2025. Evidence for crustal brines and deep fluid infiltration […]
Members (and former members!) of the Mantle Processes Group were excited to present their research at the AGU Fall Meeting in Washington DC. Abby Nalesnik gave a talk on explosive eruptions at Kīlauea volcano. Former student and now postdoctoral scientist Kuan-Yu Lin presented his work on the rapid obduction of the Taitao Ophiolite in Patagonia. […]
A Nature paper led by former lab member Suzanne Birner was published yesterday. The study describes rocks from the seafloor collected in the Arctic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. These peridotite samples have unusually low oxygen fugacity (a thermodynamic variable that describes an aspect of the system’s chemistry). In the study, we then use thermodynamic modeling […]
Congratulations to PhD student Kuan-Yu Lin on his successful thesis defense. Kuan-Yu presented his research on “Trace Elements in Mantle Olivine: Implications for Mantle Dynamics and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere” to a pack room in Penny Hall and a large Zoom audience.
Join graduate student Kuan-Yu Lin at the National Museum of Natural History for an Expert Is In event on Monday February 2nd from 1-3pm. Kuan-Yu will discuss his recent work on a sea expedition, including drilling the ocean floor to uncover the secrets of early life. More information on this event in the Janet Annenberg […]