| Foreword |
| |
| 1. |
Advisory
Board and Management |
| |
1.1 |
Advisory
Board |
| |
1.2 |
Management |
| |
| 2. |
Staff,
Funding and Facilities |
| |
2.1 |
Staff |
| |
2.2 |
Funding |
| |
2.3 |
Laboratory
and office facilities |
| |
2.4 |
Experimental
equipment |
| |
| 3. |
Research
Projects |
| |
3.1 |
Phase
Transformations, Deformation and Properties of Mantle Minerals |
| |
a.
|
The
nature of intracrystalline olivine - ringwoodite transformation and its
implications for subduction (L. Kerschhofer, C. Dupas-Bruzek, D.C.
Rubie and J.D.C. McConnell, in collaboration with T.G. Sharp/Tempe) |
| |
b.
|
Transformation
and deformation of (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 olivine and wadsleyite
under deep subduction zone conditions (C. Dupas-Bruzek and D.C. Rubie,
in collaboration with T.G. Sharp/Tempe and W.B. Durham/Livermore) |
| |
c.
|
Effects
of phase transformations on the mechanical evolution of subducting lithosphere
(D.C. Rubie, L. Kerschhofer, J.L. Mosenfelder and C. Dupas-Bruzek,
in collaboration with M. Liu/Cambridge, USA and T.G. Sharp/Tempe) |
| |
d.
|
Deformation
of ringwoodite under transition zone conditions (S. Karato/Minneapolis,
C. Dupas and D.C. Rubie) |
| |
e.
|
Viscoelastic
relaxation of transformation stress: a new method for constraining the
rheology of high pressure phases (J.L. Mosenfelder, D.C. Rubie and
L. Kerschhofer, in collaboration with M. Liu/Cambridge, USA) |
| |
f.
|
Grain
growth kinetics and microstructures in olivine-enstatite aggregates (T.F.
Fliervoet and L.W. Finger, in collaboration with R.D. McDonnell/Utrecht) |
| |
g.
|
Fe-Mg
interdiffusion in wadsleyite: first determination of diffusion rates in
a high-pressure mantle silicate phase (S. Chakraborty/Köln, R.
Knoche, H. Schulze, R.J. Angel and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with D.
Dobson and N.L. Ross/London) |
| |
h.
|
In-situ
electrical conductivity measurements of olivine, wadsleyite and ringwoodite
up to 1400°C and 20 GPa (Y. Xu, B.T. Poe D.C. Rubie and T.J. Shankland) |
| |
| |
3.2 |
Geochemistry at High Pressures and Temperatures |
| |
a.
|
Element partitioning between magnesiowüstite
and silicate melt as a function of melt composition, temperature and pressure
(C.K. Geßmann and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with E. Ohtani/Sendai) |
| |
b.
|
Study of trace element partitioning between
immiscible carbonate and silicate liquids in the rotating centrifuge autoclave (A.M. Dorfman, I.V. Veksler and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with G.A.
Jenner and C. Petibon/St. John´s) |
| |
c.
|
Dissolution of orthopyroxene in Si-undersaturated
alkaline melts from 1 atmosphere to 2.5 GPa: implications for the origin
of Si-rich glass inclusions in mantle-derived xenoliths (C.S.J. Shaw, in
collaboration with Y. Thibault, A.D. Edgar/London, Canada and F.E. Lloyd/Reading) |
| |
d.
|
Experiments in the vein plus wallrock system:
implications for the origin of potassic and ultrapotassic magmas (C.S.J.
Shaw, in collaboration with A.D. Edgar, C. Stanley/London, Canada and F.E.
Lloyd/Reading) |
| |
| |
3.3 |
Crystal Chemistry and Structure |
| |
a.
|
New spinelloids in the system magnetite-fayalite (R.J. Angel, in collaboration with A.B. Woodland/Heidelberg) |
| |
b.
|
Effects of alumina on Fe3+ content
in perovskites under lower mantle conditions (S. Lauterbach, C.A. McCammon
and F. Seifert, in collaboration with P.A. van Aken/Darmstadt) |
| |
c.
|
High-pressure crystal chemistry of Cr2SiO4:
Evidence for the presence of a binuclear [Cr2]4+
species in a silicate (R. Miletich, M. Nowak, F. Seifert and R.J. Angel,
in collaboration with R. Stranger/Canberra, G. Brandstätter/Wien) |
| |
d.
|
The dynamic effect of Jahn-Teller distortion
on symmetry and phase transitions in Mn3+ endmember garnets (R. Miletich, S. Heinemann and R.J. Angel, in collaboration with T. Armbruster
and T. Arlt/Bern) |
| |
e.
|
Origin of the incommensurate structure in melilites (J.D.C. McConnell, R.J. Angel, C.A. McCammon and F. Seifert) |
| |
f.
|
Transformation of five-coordinate silicon to
octahedral silicon in calcium silicate, CaSi2O5 (R.J.
Angel) |
| |
g.
|
Densified GeO2 glass and pressure-amorphized
quartz-GeO2 to 15 GPa: density and calorimetry results (B.T.
Poe, in collaboration with P. Richet/Paris and G. Hovis, Easton) |
| |
h.
|
In-situ ultrasonic and X-ray measurements
of a MgO single crystal in a diamond anvil cell (H.J. Reichmann and R.J.
Angel, in collaboration with H. Spetzler/Boulder and W.A. Bassett/Ithaca) |
| |
i.
|
Effect of isovalent Si,Ti substitution on the
bulk moduli of Ca(Ti1-xSix)SiO5 titanites (R.J. Angel, R. Miletich and R. Knoche, in collaboration with M. Kunz/Grenoble
and A.B. Woodland and M. Koch/Heidelberg) |
| |
| |
3.4 |
Metamorphism at Different Time Scales |
| |
a.
|
Impact diamonds from the Popigai (Siberia) and
Sudbury (Ontario) craters (F. Langenhorst, in collaboration with V.L. Masaitis
and G.I. Shafranovsky/ St. Petersburg and R.A.F. Grieve/Ottawa) |
| |
b.
|
Shock metamorphism of impact breccias from the
Chicxulub crater, Mexico (F. Langenhorst, in collaboration with P. Claeys,
D. Stöffler/Berlin and A. Deutsch/Münster) |
| |
c.
|
Quantitative measurements of short compositional
profiles in olivine using analytical transmission electron microscopy and
low temperature (<900°C) interdiffusion experiments (E. Meissner
and F. Seifert, in collaboration with S. Chakraborty/Köln and T.G.
Sharp/Tempe) |
| |
d.
|
Problems of diffusion modelling in natural garnets
and implications (P.J. O´Brien) |
| |
e.
|
Fluid infiltration and the preservation of coesite (J.L. Mosenfelder, in collaboration with H.-P. Schertl/Bochum, J.R. Smyth/Boulder,
J.G. Liou/Stanford and A. Wain /Oxford) |
| |
| |
3.5 |
Fluids and their Interaction with Silicate
Melts and Minerals |
| |
a.
|
Partitioning of water between lower mantle phases (N. Bolfan-Casanova, H. Keppler and D.C. Rubie) |
| |
b.
|
The effect of chemical defects on water solubility
in pyroxenes (M. Rauch and H. Keppler) |
| |
c.
|
Complete miscibility between magmas and hydrous
fluids: evidence from diamond anvil cell experiments (H. Bureau and H.
Keppler) |
| |
d.
|
Water speciation in rhyolite glass and melt (J. Sowerby and H. Keppler) |
| |
e.
|
Speciation of CO2 in silicate melts
and glasses (M. Nowak and H. Keppler) |
| |
f.
|
The behaviour of sulfur during volcanic eruptions (H. Keppler) |
| |
| |
3.6 |
Melts Physics and Chemistry |
| |
a.
|
Neutron diffraction and reverse Monte Carlo
studies of sodium tetrasilicate glass (N. Zotov and H. Keppler) |
| |
b.
|
The structural role of aluminium in highly polymerised
calcium aluminosilicate melts: insights from shear viscosity measurements (D. B. Dingwell, in collaboration with M.J. Toplis/Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy) |
| |
c.
|
The influence of nickel and cobalt on the density
of silicate melts (P. Courtial and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with
A. Holzheid/Cambridge, USA) |
| |
d.
|
Dilatometric and calorimetric studies on transition
elements-bearing glasses (J. Gottsmann and D. B. Dingwell) |
| |
e.
|
Contrasting effects of F and Cl on alkaline
melt viscosities (D.B. Dingwell and K.-U. Hess) |
| |
f.
|
The influence of melt structure on controlling
the Zr/Hf ratio in zircon-hafnon and granitic rocks (R. Linnen and H. Keppler) |
| |
g.
|
The effect of Li on the solubility of Nb-Ta-Zr-Hf-W
minerals in granitic melts (R. Linnen) |
| |
| |
3.7 |
Physics of Magmatic Systems |
| |
a.
|
Experimental studies on cooling rates of high-silica
lava flows (J. Gottsmann and D.B. Dingwell) |
| |
b.
|
Fragmentation dynamics of the 1980 Mt. St. Helens
cryptodome dacite rock (M. Alidibirov, D.B. Dingwell and O. Spieler) |
| |
c.
|
Systematic experimental investigation of vesiculated
silicic magma fragmentation under rapid decompression (C. Martel, M. Alidibirov
and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with M. Pichavant/Orléans) |
| |
d.
|
Merapi - microprobe-analysis and fragmentation
results (O. Spieler, M. Alidibirov and D.B. Dingwell) |
| |
e.
|
Grain-size characteristics of experimental pyroclasts
of 1980 Mt. St. Helens cryptodome dacite: effects of pressure drop and
temperature (M. Alidibirov, O. Spieler and D.B. Dingwell) |
| |
| |
3.8 |
Methodological
Developments |
| |
a.
|
Development
of ultrasonic interferometry in the multi-anvil press (J. Kung, B.T.
Poe, Y. Xu and D.C. Rubie) |
| |
b.
|
Dynamic
(shock) deformation of olivine by ultra-short laser pulse experiments
(F. Langenhorst, in collaboration with M. Boustie, A. Migault and J.P.
Romain/Poitiers) |
| |
c.
|
Rare
earth element analysis with the electron microprobe (V.v. Seckendorff) |
| |
d.
|
A
new development for dilatometric measurements in an internally heated pressure
vessel (C. Gennaro and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with M. Pichavant/Orléans) |
| |
e.
|
Advantages
and limitations of image analysis: 2 dimensional approaches to 3 dimensional
problems (O. Spieler and D.B. Dingwell) |
| |
f.
|
Analysis
of fluid inclusions in doped haplogranitic glass by Laser Ablation ICP-MS
(B. Schäfer and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with D. Günther
and R. Frischknecht/Zürich) |
| |
g.
|
New
Solid-State NMR Results (S. Dusold, X. Helluy, J. Kümmerlen, C.
Marichal and A. Sebald) |
| |
| 4. |
Publications,
Conference Presentations, Seminars, Visiting Scientists |
| |
4.1 |
Publications
(published) |
| |
4.2 |
Publications
(submitted, in press) |
| |
4.3 |
Presentations
at scientific institutions and at congresses |
| |
4.4 |
Lectures
and seminars at Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
| |
4.5 |
Scientific
conferences organized by/with assistance of Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
| |
4.6 |
Visiting
scientists |
| |
a.
|
Visiting
scientists funded by the Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
| |
b.
|
Visiting
scientists funded by EU Project "Access to Large Scientific Facilities" |
| |
c.
|
Visitors
(externally funded) |
| |
4.7 |
Theses |
| |
4.8 |
Honours
and awards |
| |
4.9 |
Editorship
of scientific journals |
| |
4.10 |
Membership
of scientific advisory bodies |
| |
4.11 |
Public
relations and press reports |
| |
| 5. |
Scientific
and Technical Personnel |
| |
|
|
Previous page
