| Foreword |
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| 1. |
Advisory Board and Management |
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1.1 |
Advisory Board |
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1.2 |
Management |
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| 2. |
Staff, Funding and Facilities |
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2.1 |
Staff |
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2.2 |
Funding |
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2.3 |
Laboratory and office facilities |
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2.4 |
Experimental equipment |
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| 3. |
Research Projects |
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3.1. |
Phase Transformations and Deformation of
Mantle Minerals |
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a.
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Garnet symmetry in the Earth´s transition
zone (S. Heinemann, T.G. Sharp,F. Seifert and D.C. Rubie) |
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b.
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Intracrystalline transformation mechanism of
natural olivine to wadsleyite and ringwoodite - an important mechanism
for subduction zones? (L. Kerschhofer, T.G. Sharp and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration
with M. Liu/Cambridge, USA) |
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c.
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Mechanisms of transformation and deformation
in (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 b-phase
and spinel under non-hydrostatic stress (C. Dupas, T.G. Sharp and D.C.
Rubie, in collaboration with W.B. Durham/Lawrence Livermore) |
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d.
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Microstructure and microchemistry of experimentally
deformed fine grained olivine - enstatite aggregates (T.F. Fliervoet, in
collaboration with J.D. Lawlis/Pennsylvania State) |
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e.
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The influence of deformation and recrystallisation
mechanisms on textures and mesotextures in experimentally deformed olivine
rocks. (T.F. Fliervoet, in collaboration with M.R. Drury/Utrecht and P.N.
Chopra/Canberra) |
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f.
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High temperature creep of an orthorhombic perovskite-YAlO3
(S. Karato and C. Dupas, in collaboration with Z. Wang/Minneapolis) |
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3.2. |
Geochemistry at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures |
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a.
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The influence of pressure and temperature on
metal-silicate partitioning of highly siderophile elements (A. Holzheid
and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with H. Palme/Köln and H.St.C. O'Neill/Canberra) |
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b.
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The effect of temperature on element partitioning
at high pressures (C.K. Geßmann and D.C. Rubie) |
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c.
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Experimental determination of the solubility
of siderophile elements in a haplobasaltic melt. I. Solubility of Ir (W.
Ertel and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with H.St.C. O'Neill/Canberra) |
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d.
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Experimental determination of the solubility
of siderophile elements in a haplobasaltic melt. II. Solubility of Pt and
Rh (W. Ertel and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with H.St.C. O'Neill/Canberra) |
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e.
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Rare earth element partitioning in upper mantle
phases (V. von Seckendorff) |
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f.
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Oxygen-fugacity constraints in multianvil high
pressure experiments (C.K. Geßmann, C.A. McCammon and D.C. Rubie) |
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g.
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Fe3+ content of (Mg,Fe)SiO3
perovskite and (Mg,Fe)O in laser-heated diamond anvil experiments (C.A.
McCammon, in collaboration with A. Duba/Lawrence Livermore and P. Peyronneau,
J.-P. Poirier and F. Visocekas/Paris) |
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h.
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Ferric iron content of the lower mantle (C.A.
McCammon) |
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i.
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Topological constraints on the Fe phase diagram
(F. Seifert, in collaboration with S.K. Saxena/Uppsala) |
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3.3. |
Crystal Chemistry and Structure |
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a.
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Structural characterisation of pentacoordinate
silicon in a calcium silicate (R.J. Angel, F. Seifert and T.F. Fliervoet,
in collaboration with N.L. Ross/London) |
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b.
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Systematics in Si-K ELNES spectra of mixed-Si
coordination compounds (B.T. Poe, F. Seifert and T.G. Sharp, in collaboration
with Z. Wu/Paris) |
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c.
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Electron-beam induced amorphization of stishovite:
Silicon-coordination change observed using Si K-Edge Extended Electron
Energy-Loss Fine Structure (T.G. Sharp and F. Seifert, in collaboration
with P.A. van Aken/Darmstadt) |
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d.
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The crystal structure of AlSiO3OH,
a high-pressure, hydrous phase (L.W. Finger and R.J. Angel, in collaboration
M.W. Schmidt/Clermond- Ferrand and R. Dinnebier/Bayreuth) |
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e.
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Twinning, structure and phase transition of
Ca3Mn2Ge3O12 garnet (S. Heinemann,
R. Miletich, F. Seifert, T.G. Sharp and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with
R. Dinnebier/Bayreuth) |
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f.
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Natural occurrence of MgSiO3-ilmenite
and amorphized MgSiO3-perovskite in a shocked L5-6
chondrite (T.G. Sharp and C. Dupas, in collaboration with C.M. Lingemann/Münster) |
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g.
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Investigation of Fe3+ crystal chemistry
in (Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)O3 perovskite: Mössbauer and Electron
Energy Loss Spectroscopy (S. Lauterbach, C.A. McCammon and F. Seifert,
in collaboration with P.A. van Aken/Darmstadt) |
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h.
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Synthetics of CaCl2-type structures
(B.T. Poe and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with O. Ohtaka/Osaka) |
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i.
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Structural compressibility and high-pressure
crystal chemistry of synthetic braunite, Mn2+Mn3+6O8SiO4
(R. Miletich, D.R. Allan and R.J.Angel) |
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j.
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High-pressure powder-diffraction studies of
apatite (Ca5(PO)4(OH,F,Cl)). (D.R. Allan, R.J. Angel,
R. Miletich, H. Reichmann, in collaboration with F. Brunet/Clermond-Ferrand) |
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k.
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A high-pressure structural study of TiS2
to 8 GPa (D.R. Allan and R.J. Angel, in collaboration with Z. Wu/Paris) |
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3.4. |
Transport Properties and Equilibration Processes |
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a.
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Hydrogen diffusion and defect equilibration
in olivine (S.J. Mackwell) |
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b.
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ATEM measurements of diffusion profiles with
microstructural characterization of interfaces (E. Meißner
and T.G. Sharp, in collaboration with S. Chakraborty/Köln) |
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c.
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Electrical conductivity of a perovskite-magnesiowüstite
assemblage at 16 GPa (B.T. Poe and D.C. Rubie, in collaboration with A.
Duba and J. Roberts/Lawrence Livermore) |
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d.
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Chemical diffusion in granitic melts. I. Multicomponent
diffusion in the molten system K2O-Na2O-Al2O3-Si2O-H2O
(J.E. Mungall, C. Romano and D.B. Dingwell) |
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e.
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Chemical diffusion in granitic melts. II. Diffusivities
of Be, B, Mg, Ca, Ti, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Cs, Ba, Nd, Tb, Lu, Hf, Ta, and
W at trace concentrations (J.E. Mungall and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration
with M. Chaussidon/Nancy) |
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f.
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Pressure-temperature path determination in natural
rocks (P.J. O'Brien) |
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3.5. |
Fluids and Their Interaction with Silicate Melts and Minerals |
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a.
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Supercritical behaviour in the albite - H2O
system (A. Shen and H. Keppler) |
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b.
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The solubility mechanism of water in silicate
melts and glasses (N. Zotov and H. Keppler) |
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c.
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Partitioning of alkali and alkaline earth elements
between carbonatitic melt and aqueous fluid (I. Veksler and H. Keppler) |
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d.
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The solubility of water in pyroxenes (M. Rauch
and H. Keppler) |
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e.
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Coordination of trace elements in hydrous fluids
at extreme pressures and temperatures (M. Nowak and H. Keppler) |
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3.6. |
Melt Physics and Chemistry |
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a.
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The effect of normative anorthite on the viscosity
of haplogranitic melts (D.B. Dingwell and K.-U. Hess) |
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b.
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The influence of water on the viscosity of granitic
melts of variable alkali/aluminum ratio (D.B. Dingwell, K.-U. Hess and
C. Romano) |
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c.
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The influence of Cl on melt viscosity in the
Na-Fe-Si-O-Cl system (D.B. Dingwell and K.-U. Hess) |
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d.
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The presence and importance of triclusters in
silicate melts (M.J. Toplis and D.B. Dingwell) |
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e.
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Viscosities, heat capacities and applications
of the Adam-Gibbs theory (M.J. Toplis, D.B. Dingwell, T. Lenci, R. Knoche
and K.-U. Hess) |
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f.
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Study of element distribution between immiscible
silicate and carbonate liquids in the rotating centrifuge autoclave (A.M.
Dorfman, I. Veksler and D.B. Dingwell) |
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g.
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Thermodynamics of 'geochemical twins' in granitic
liquids (R.L. Linnen and H. Keppler) |
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h.
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High-temperature density of fayalite melt (P.
Courtial and D.B. Dingwell) |
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i.
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High temperature density of Mare melts (P. Courtial
and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with C.B. Agee/Harvard) |
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j.
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Structural role of Al in aluminosilicate glasses
as investigated by XANES spectroscopy (C. Romano, T.G. Sharp, P. Courtial
and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with Z. Wu/Paris, A. Mottana and A.
Marcelli/Rome and G. Giuli/Camerino) |
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k.
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The influence of Al on Ti coordination in melts
of the K2O-Al2O3-TiO2-SiO2
systems: a XANES study (C. Romano and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with
E. Paris and G. Giuli/Camerino and A. Mottana and A. Marcelli/Rome) |
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l.
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A new model for the solution mechanism of phosphorus
in aluminosilicate glasses based on 1 and 2-D 31P MAS NMR spectroscopy
(M.J. Toplis and T. Schaller) |
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3.7. |
Physics of Magmatic Systems |
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a.
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Reaction-generated microcracking: an experimental
investigation of a mechanism for anatectic melt extraction (D.C. Rubie,
in collaboration with J.A.D. Connolly/Zürich, M.B. Holness/Edinburgh
and T. Rushmer/Vermont) |
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b.
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Physical properties of the May 18, 1980 Mt.
St. Helens cryptodome magma (M. Alidibirov, D.B. Dingwell, R. J. Stevenson
and K-U. Hess, in collaboration with S.L. Webb/Canberra and J. Zinke/Frankfurt) |
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c.
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Fragmentation mechanisms for highly viscous
magma under rapid decompression (M. Alidibirov and D. B. Dingwell) |
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d.
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Centrifuge modelling of crystal-melt fractionation
in a partially molten fine-grained gabbro (A.M. Dorfman and D.B. Dingwell,
in collaboration with N.S.Bagdassarov/Frankfurt) |
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e.
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Viscosities of hydrous leucogranitic melts:
a non-Arrhenian model (K.-U. Hess and D.B. Dingwell) |
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f.
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The influence of minor water contents on the
rheological properties of erupting rhyolitic magmas (R.J. Stevenson, D.B.
Dingwell and C. Romano, in collaboration with N.S. Bagdassarov/Frankfurt) |
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Rheological modelling of an erupting rhyolite
lava flow and implications for volcanic hazard assessment (R.J. Stevenson
and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with N.S. Bagdassarov/Frankfurt) |
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3.8. |
Methodological Developments |
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a.
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Quartz as an internal pressure standard in high-pressure
crystallography. (R.J. Angel, D.R. Allan, R. Miletich and L.W. Finger) |
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b.
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Gigahertz ultrasonic interferometry and X-ray
diffraction of minerals at high pressure and high temperature using a newly
developed diamond anvil cell (H.J. Reichmann, R. Angel, A. Shen, H. Schulze
and R. Weigel, in collaboration with H. Spetzler/Boulder and W.A. Bassett/Ithaca) |
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c.
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Electrical conductivity measurements of Earth's
mantle minerals and rocks in the multi-anvil apparatus at high pressure
and high temperature (Y. Xu B. Poe and D.C. Rubie) |
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d.
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Towards an experimental study of deep mantle
rheology: a new multianvil sample assembly for deformations studies under
high pressures and temperatures (S. Karato and D.C. Rubie) |
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e.
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A new apparatus to measure viscosity in an internally
heated pressure vessel (C. Gennaro and D.B. Dingwell) |
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f.
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A new technique for determining the solubility
of metal oxides in silicate liquids (R.L. Linnen, M.J. Toplis and D.B.
Dingwell) |
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g.
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Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence analysis of gas
bubbles in glass (C. Romano and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration with F.
Lechtenberg/Kiel) |
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h.
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Analysis of individual synthetic fluid inclusions
in haplogranitic glass by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) (B. Schaefer and D.B. Dingwell, in collaboration
with S.E. Jackson and I. Horn/St. John's and D. Günther/Zürich) |
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MAS NMR of crystalline ortho- and pyro-phosphates
(S. Dusold, J. Kümmerlen, T. Schaller and A. Sebald, in collaboration
with W.A. Dollase/Los Angeles) |
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| 4. |
Publications, Conference Presentations,
Seminars, Visiting Scientists |
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4.1 |
Publications (published) |
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4.2 |
Publications (submitted, in press) |
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4.3 |
Presentations at scientific institutions and
at congresses |
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4.4 |
Lectures and seminars at Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
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4.5 |
Scientific conferences organized by/with assistance
of Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
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4.6 |
Visiting scientists |
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Visiting scientists funded by the Bayerisches Geoinstitut |
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b.
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Visiting scientists funded by EU Project "Access
to Large Scientific Facilities" |
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c.
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Visitors (externally funded) |
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4.7 |
Theses |
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4.8 |
Honours and awards |
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4.9 |
Editorship of scientific journals |
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| 5. |
Scientific and Technical Personnel |
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