NERC approved projects

NERC approved and supported Ion Micro-Probe projects for years 1996 to present.

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NERC approved projects 2023

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF757/0423	Bromiley	Experimental determination of diffusive and evaporative fractionation of chlorine isotopes during magmatic degassing of basalts.
IMF754/0423	Kalnins	A new submarine Large Igneous Province at the CretaceousPaleogene boundary? U-Pb chronology of the Louisiade Plateau, Coral Sea.
IMF753/0423	Bromiley	Cl isotope systematics of apatite from the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge as a discriminator for primary mantle volatile heterogeneity vs deep fluid/rock interaction.
IMF751/0423	Blundy	Plagioclase-melt partitioning of hydrogen; an alternative magmatic hydrogen.

NERC approved projects 2022

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF 727/0522	T. Mather	Sulphur Cycling at Subduction Zones: insights from the Mariana and Tonga Arcs (western Pacific Ocean).
IMF 728/0522	B. McCormick Kilbride	Exploring the volatile content of magmas driving eruptions at Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea.
IMF 729/0522	J. Blundy	Metal evolution in basaltic melts undergoing ascent-driven degassing.
IMF 730/0522	A. Miles	Accessory Minerals as Porphyry Copper Fertility Indicators in the West Luzon Arc, Philippines.
IMF 731/0522	G. Fitton	Sulphur isotope insights into the source of magmatic volatiles in the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL).
IMF 733/0522	O. Shorttle	Unlocking the carbon budget of Earth's mantle.
IMF 734/0522	I. Butler	Generating economic rare earth element deposits through hydrothermal fluid-rock interactions.
IMF 736/0522	I. Savov	Boron isotopes in olivine hosted melt inclusions as tracer of mantle source heterogeneity under La Palma (Canary Isl).
IMF 739/0522	W. Hutchinson	Volcanic sulfur emissions from magma source to ice core archive: the case of the 1783 Laki eruption.
IMF 740/0522	C. De Hoog	Fluid evolution during continental subduction of ultra-high pressure rocks from Dora Maria, Western Alps.
IMF 742/1122	J. Wheeley	Seawater temperature in the build-up to the Late Triassic mass extinction.
IMF 744/1122	S. Gilfillan	Measuring the consistency of calcite mineralisation temperature and δ13C signature in Carbfix calcite.
IMF 745/1122	G. Bromiley	Constraining the primary sulphur concentration and isotopic composition of the Troodos ophiolite by analysis of volcanic glasses.
IMF 746/1122	H. Tuffen	Magmatic carbon at Soufriere Hills Volcano Montserrat.
IMF 747/1122	C. De Hoog	Boron isotope fractionation during subduction of altered oceanic crust.
IMF 748/1122	S. Piazolo	Where lies the strength of the continental crust: Investigating the source of deformation-controlling fluids in the mid crustal Badcall shear zone, NW Scotland.

NERC approved projects 2021

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF 714/0521	T. Mather	Sulphur Cycling at Subduction Zones: sulphur isotopic composition of Aleutian Island melt inclusions
IMF 715/0521	I. Farman	The suitability of synthesised glass monoliths for use in lithium and boron isotope tracer dissolution studies
IMF 717/0521	CJ. De Hoog	Nitrogen recycling in subduction zones
IMF718/0521	J. Maclennan	Urgent response to an ongoing eruption through diffusion chronometry
IMF722/1121	J. Wilkinson	Tracking the volatile evolution of magmas forming porphyry copper deposits using apatite inclusions in zircon
IMF723/1121	K. Chamberlin	Devil’s Ink Pot fissure – insights into intermediate magma genesis on Ascension Island
IMF724/1121	L. Melekhova	What controls magma chemistry at arc settings?
IMF725/1121	M. Edmonds	Chalcophile metal outgassing from Vanuatu volcanoes

2020

NERC approved projects 2020

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF 703/0520	T. Mather	Sulphur Cycling at Subduction Zones: sulphur isotopes in melt inclusions from four Central American volcanoes
IMF 705/0520	M. Edmonds	Copper Enrichment in Arc Magmas in Java, Indonesia
IMF 706/0520	S. Gibson	The Source and Flux of Volatiles in Off-Craton Lithospheric Mantle
IMF 707/0520	D. Ferguson	Linking magma dynamics, volatile contents and eruptive style at a highly active arc volcano.
IMF 708/0520	M. Cassidy	Magmatic volatile evolution during magma mixing processes and its control on eruptive style
IMF 709/0520	CJ de Hoog	Nitrogen behaviour during dehydration and metasomatism of subducting crust

NERC approved projects 2019

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF 669/1118	J. Blundy	Characterising mantle wedge chemistry and thermal structure beneath the Colima Graben, Mexico
IMF 672/1118	A. Glover	The colonisation of hydrothermal vents by complex life: investigating the fossilisation and nature of sulphur metabolisms within associated fossil vent animals and microbes
IMF 677/1118	V. Smith	Constraining the volatile history of the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption
IMF 681/0519	S. Gibson	The Source and Flux of Volatiles in Off-Craton Lithospheric Mantle
IMF 683/0519	C.J de Hoog	Boron isotope fractionation between olivine and fluid
IMF 685/0519	J. Blundy	The effect of rapid-crystal growth on trace element partitioning in plagioclase and clinopyroxene
IMF 686/0519	M. Burton	Understanding Basaltic Plinian Eruptions
IMF 688/0519	M. Hartley	Sulfur isotopic evidence for a volatile-enriched recycled component in the Canary Islands mantle source
IMF 689/0519	N. Allison	Groundtruthing the δ11B pH proxy in coral aragonite
IMF 693/1119	N. Gardiner	Early subduction and the stabilisation of the Kaapvaal craton
IMF 694/1119	D. Ferguson	Investigating the volatile and trace element systematics of Ethiopian rift basalts
IMF 699/1119	CJ De Hoog	Fluid evolution during continental subduction of ultra-high pressure metasomatic rocks from Dora Maria, Western Alps
IMF 700/119	J. Maclennan	CO₂ fluxes from restless Icelandic volcanoes: A melt inclusion study of Katla
IMF 702/1119	R. Brooker	Magmatic Processes and Eruption Variability at Mount Taranaki, New Zealand

NERC approved projects 2018

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF632/0517	B. Wood	Halogen Volatility during Earth’s accretion
IMF646/0517	C. Macleod	First measurement of intracrystalline H in plagioclase from abyssal gabbros: the role of water in the rheology of the lower ocean crust
IMF653/0518	J. Blundy	Tracing serpentinite dehydration along the Lesser Antilles arc: boron isotope signatures of melt inclusions and amphiboles
IMF656/0518	C. Hawkesworth	Testing variable ore metal endowment of arc magmas through volatile contents of apatite inclusions in zircon
IMF658/0518	S. Gibson	Halogen storage in the sub-cratonic lithospheric mantle.
IMF660/0518	M. Cassidy	Towards monitoring temperature and water variations in shallow magma bodies using volcanic gases
IMF663/0518	B. O'Driscoll	Tracing subduction-related volatile fluxes in the leading edge of the mantle wedge using halogen abundances
IMF664/0518	J. Cortes	Volatile degassing styles and the triggering of an eruptive event in an open, persistently degassing volcanic system. Villarrica volcano, Chile.
IMF665/0518	G. Bromiley	Effect of oxygen fugacity on water partitioning into the early Earth’s mantle
IMF669/1118	J. Blundy	Characterising mantle wedge chemistry and thermal structure beneath the Colima Graben, Mexico
IMF675/1118	M. Edmonds	Volatile budget of the 2018 Lower Puna Eruption, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
IMF674/1118	S. Kohn	Inclusions in Diamonds: A window into the volatile characteristics of the mantle

NERC approved projects 2017

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF619/0517	J. Blundy	Tracing serpentine dehydration along the Lesser Antilles arc: volatile and trace element signatures of melt inclusions.
IMF620/0517	R. Gertisser	Coupled C and O isotope geochemistry of calcite in calc-silicate crustal xenoliths from Merapi volcano, Indonesia.
IMF621/0517	C. Manning	Timescales of plumbing system processes and interactions at the Torfajökull – Veiðivötn volcanic systems, Iceland.
IMF622/0517	S. Gibson	Constraining the volatile budget of the Galápagos mantle.
IMF623/0517	M. Edmonds	Using the geochemistry of melt inclusions to interpret geophysical data from the Main Ethiopian Rift.
IMF624/0517	N. Allison	Understanding the effects of ocean acidification and temperature on coral calcification: insights from the dissolved inorganic carbon chemistry of the coral calcification fluid.
IMF625/0517	K. Cashman	No title provided.
IMF628/0517	D. Pyle	Making Popo pop: Constraining the pre-eruptive behaviour of magmatic volatiles through combined pyroxene-apatite analysis.
IMF629/1017	A. Hastie	Forming the first stable continental crust.
IMF630/1017	J. Blundy	Eruption timescales of Tolbachik volcano.
IMF632/1017	B. Wood	Halogen Volatility during Earth's accretion.
IMF634/1017	G. Bromiley	The role of fO2 on apatite-melt partitioning: developing tools to probe the oxidation state of the early Earth.
IMF637/1017	M. Humphreys	Volatile recycling across the Kamchatka subduction zone.
IMF638/1017	M. Hartley	Halogen heterogeneity in the Iceland mantle source.
IMF639/1017	B. Yardley	What is the temperature of rare earth element (REE) mineralisation in carbonatites?
IMF640/1017	G. Bromiley	Chlorine isotope fractionation during degassing of lunar magmas.
IMF641/1017	J. Lissenberg	Towards accurate determinations of magma chamber depths: insights from both olivine- and plagioclase-hosted melt inclusions.
IMF642/1017	J. Blundy	Assessing the volatile contents of zircon-hosted melt inclusions in highly altered porphyry systems.
IMF644/1017	CJ. de Hoog	Boron isotope systematics of serpentinite dehydration.
IMF645/1017	I. Savov	Tracking the evolution of slab fluids at the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc with B isotopes.
IMF646/1017	C. MacLeod	First measurements of intracrystalline H in Plagioclase from abyssal gabbros: the role of water in the rheology of the lower ocean crust.

NERC approved projects 2016

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF582/0516	Wynn	Speleothem records of acid sulphate deposition and organic carbon mobilisation
IMF583/0516	Blundy	Magma evolution at Süphan stratovolcano, Eastern Turkey
IMF584/0516	Calder	Eruption dynamics of cyclic vulcanian explosions from Galeras volcano, Colombia
IMF585/0516	Pichevin	A deep source of dissolved Iron during the last deglaciation?
IMF587/0516	Maclennan	Timescales of magma ascent in the Theistareykir Volcanic System, Iceland.
IMF590/0516	Kirstein	Tracing recycling signatures in a heterogeneous mantle with boron isotopes, volatile and trace elements
IMF592/0516	O'Driscoll	A role for biogenic sulphur in fixing precious metals in layered intrusions?
IMF595/0516	De Hoog	Fluid-mobile element signatures of serpentinite dehydration
IMF597/0516	Bromiley	H partitioning between mineral and silicate melt under lunar conditions.
IMF599/1016	Burton-Johnson	How does intrusive magmatism relate to tectonic deformation? : Tectonomagmatic relationships of the Lassiter Coast Intrusive Suite granitoids, Antarctica
IMF600/1016	Hartley	Crystallization and degassing of volatile-rich magmas from Tanganasoga volcano, El Hierro
IMF602/1016	Halma	Tracking subduction dehydration and fluid-rock interaction in high-pressure metamorphic phengite using boron isotopes
IMF605/1016	Blundy	Investigating magma storage depths beneath Kick ‘em Jenny and Bequia volcanoes using melt inclusions
IMF606/1016	Robertson	SIMS U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from Cretaceous volcanogenic sediments in Cyprus used to determine the age of arc magmatism and, combined with geochemical data, develop a new model of Tethyan subduction
IMF607/1016	Edmonds	Halogen behaviour in peralkaline melts and implications for REE mineralisation
IMF609/1016	Darling	A New Record of Eoarchaean to Hadean (?) Crustal Evolution in the Superior Province
IMF610/1016	Dempster	Zircon: origin and geochemistry in ultramafic host rocks
IMF613/1016	Harvey	Boron isotope systematics of veined (metasomatised) mantle xenoliths from Kamchatka arc volcanoes
IMF615/1016	Storey	Tracing geodynamic changes in Palaeoproterozoic rocks from SE Brazil
IMF616/1016	Maclennan	Does small-scale volatile heterogeneity exist in the Iceland plume?
IMF617/1016	Maclennan	Tracking the temporal evolution of a large basaltic fissure eruption: the AD 1783-84 Laki eruption, Iceland.

NERC approved projects 2015

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF553/0515	Edmonds	Magma surge from the mantle? The Father’s Day Intrusion, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
IMF558/0515	Menegon	Investigating the relationship between lower crust shear localization and water content
IMF559/0515	Edmonds	Are Stromboli melts supersaturated with respect to carbon dioxide?
IMF560/0515	Blundy	Calculating the initial H2O and CO2 contents of basaltic arc magmas using stable isotope fractionation
IMF561/0515	Barclay	Feeding explosive eruptions: the origin of zoning in Ascension’s pryroclastic deposits
IMF562/0515	Calder	Volatile degassing and magma recharge; constraints provided by the Navidad eruption, Lonquimay volcano, Chile
IMF565/0515	Harvey	Boron isotope fractionation during the subduction of serpentinite: a mineral perspective
IMF567/1015	Harvey	Numerical constraints on Cambrian ocean temperatures
IMF570/1015	Blundy	Experimental investigation of primitive arc magmatism in Kamchatka
IMF571/1015	De Hoog	Boron isotope systematics of serpentinite dehydration
IMF573/1015	Kirstein	Tracing recycled volatiles in a heterogeneous mantle with boron isotopes
IMF575/1015	Wood	Compositional controls on sulphur speciation in magmas
IMF576/1015	Lissenberg	Reaction between MORB and lower oceanic crust: experimental constraints
IMF578/1015	Mariana	Interseismic sealing on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Implications for earthquake processes
IMF579/1015	Maclennan	Does the volatile content of the recycled material in the Icelandic mantle plume reflect interaction with Earth’s surface?
IMF581/1015	Edmonds	Dynamics of sulfur partitioning between sulfide, silicate melt and gas during Icelandic volcanic eruptions

NERC approved projects 2014

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF515/0514	Shorttle	Resolving the origin of volatiles in the Icelandic mantle using boron isotopes
IMF517/0514	Williams	Refertilization of subducting lithosphere by serpentinite/sediment interaction
IMF518/0514	Wheeley	Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) ion microprobe δ18O records from conodont apatite: comparison with bulk methods and between species
IMF519/0514	Smith	Assessing the use of apatite as a new magmatic volatile probe: applications for understanding the eruptive behaviour of Campi Flegrei
IMF521/0514	Humphreys	Volatile exchange between amphibole and apatite: A means to investigate the magmatic plumbing system
IMF523/0514	Maclennan	Volatiles and traces in Miđfell melt inclusions: Seeking the signal of ancient mantle under Iceland
IMF524/0514	Dunkley-Jones	Cenozoic evolution of Braarudosphaera and ocean seawater chemistry
IMF525/0514	Menegon	Water in nominally anhydrous minerals (NAMs): Implications for the strength and rheology of the continental lower crust
IMF526/0514	Hartley	Super-high CO2 in Icelandic basalts
IMF527/0514	Blundy	Volatile evolution of St Kitts magmas
IMF528/0514	Storey	The ups and downs of subduction fluids
IMF530/0514	Brooker	Apatite volatile content as a monitor of kimberlite eruptive processes
MF531/0514	Turchyn	Bacterial sulfate reduction in a natural CO2 reservoir assessed from sulfur isotopes in pyrite veins
IMF532/0514	Cawood	Zircon and its isotopic systems during intracrustal differentiation
IMF533/0514	Gibson	Quantifying water contents in the lithospheric mantle above a long-lived subduction zone (Pali Aike, South Patagonia)
IMF534/0514	Blundy	The influence of volatiles on the interaction of mafic and felsic magmas
IMF535/1114	Edmonds	Mantle control on volcanic outgassing: the 1730-1736 Timanfaya eruption, Lanzarote
IMF536/1114	Downes	Oxygen isotope variation in cores and rims in single olivine crystals that have experienced reduction
IMF537/1114	Davidson	Volatile contents in amphibole: Tracing the role of fluids in the plumbing systems of the Lesser Antilles Arc
IMF542/1114	Allison	Seawater DIC chemistry and coral growth rates in the late Pleistocene
IMF543/1114	Richardson	Assessing the timing of growth increment formation in the statoliths of the common whelk: Buccinum undatum
IMF544/1114	Raub	Constraining the Rise of Crustal Oxygenation
IMF545/1114	Cawood	Zircon and its isotopic systems during intracrustal differentiation
IMF546/1114	Maclennan	Timescales of crystal storage, melt mixing and degassing in the Barđarbunga volcanic system
IMF547/1114	Bromiley	Hydrogen diffusion in spinel: probing the water content of Earth’s mantle transition zone
IMF548/1114	Hartley	Nornahraun 2014: Melt inclusion constraints on the magmatic plumbing system of the current eruption in Iceland
IMF549/1114	Smith	Volatile variations in the Laacher See Tephra: Testing experimentally-determined apatite–melt exchange coefficients for OH, F, and Cl
IMF550/1114	Donovan	Volatile solubility at Nabro volcano, Eritrea

NERC approved projects 2013

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF478/0513	N. Harris	The Hf-O isotope compositions of zircons from crustally-derived melts and their significance for S-type granites and crustal growth models
IMF479/0513	M. Humphreys	Understanding electron beam-induced volatile migration in the apatite crystal lattice
IMF481/0513	M. Edmonds	Resolution of the Sulphur Budget of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province
IMF482/0513	S. Gibson	The origin of ferropicrite from deep melting of recycled material in the convecting mantle: A melt inclusion study
IMF483/0513	M. Edmonds	The role of magma mixing in triggering high fountaining in basaltic eruptions
IMF484/0513	J. Maclennan	Tracking pre-eruptive degassing at Laki, SE Iceland, through trace element diffusion in plagioclase
IMF487/0513	N. Allison	Accurate climate reconstruction from fossil corals: The impact of seawater carbonate chemistry on the Sr/Ca, δ18O and δ11B of coral aragonite
IMF490/0513	J. Blundy	Changing magma storage conditions during the 27.5 to 15.6 ka Pollara eruptions of Salina (Italy)
IMF495/1013	O. Shorttle	Understanding the role of degassing in setting the redox state of mid-ocean ridge basalts
IMF497/1013	I. Sansom	Oxygen isotopes in vertebrates: correlating between calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate
IMF500/1013	J. Blundy	Constraining volcanic hazard on Dominica
IMF501/1013	L. Pichevin	Impact of Iron Biological Availability On The Deglacial Release of CO2 From The Southern Ocean
IMF502/1013	N. Allison	Reconstructing the aragonite saturation state in coral calcification fluid
IMF503/1013	M. Bickle	C & O isotopes and trace element compositions of zoned dolomite cements in reservoir rocks from the naturally leaking Green River CO2 accumulation
IMF504/1013	M. Hartley	The influence of hydrothermally altered crust on boron and oxygen isotope systematics in melt inclusions from the Askja volcanic system, North Iceland
IMF505/1013	M. Hartley	Probing volatile heterogeneity in the mantle: The origin of ankaramitic primary melts in Iceland
IMF506/1013	P. Wynn	Towards validating the sulphur isotopic composition of seawater during the Neoproterozoic
IMF507/1013	M. Humphreys	Apatite as a tool for tracking magmatic volatile abundances: Experimental determination of H2O and CO2 partitioning between apatite and silicate melts
IMF508/1013	J. Macleennan	Driving large explosive basaltic eruptions in Iceland: Records of magmatic evolution and degassing from the widespread 10ka Saksunarvatn tephra
IMF509/1013	J. Maclennan	Estimating the CO2 content of the Icelandic mantle plume from Kistufell olivine-hosted melt inclusions
IMF510/1013	T. Elliot	Distinguishing between sediment melting and crustal assimilation in the Lesser Antilles using Mo
IMF512/1013	S. Kohn	Coupled carbon isotopes in diamonds and oxygen isotopes of their inclusions
IMF513/1013	G. Bromiley	Hydrogen mobility in olivine under mantle conditions

NERC approved projects 2012

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF458/0512	P. Cawood	Generation and Preservation of Continental Crust in the Grenville Orogeny: Constrained by U-Pb, Hf and O isotopes of zircon
IMF459/0512	M. Hodson	Constructing a new terrestrial palaeo-environment thermometer - earthworm secreted calcite granules
IMF460/0512	S. Gibson	Compositional heterogeneity of the Earth’s mantle: constraints from olivine-hosted melt inclusions from a continental flood basalt setting
IMF461/0512	J. Maclennan	Skuggafjöll: A window into deep crystallisation, degassing and mixing in the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland
IMF465/0512	J. Blundy	Melting of natural MORB at subduction zone conditions
IMF467/0512	J. Blundy	Magma Storage Conditions and Magmatic Volatile Budget of Nabro Volcano, Eritrea
IMF468/0512	M. Thirlwall	Origin of bimodal chemical signatures in primitive Lesser Antilles arc olivines investigated using oxygen isotopes
IMF469/0512	M. Thirlwall	Oxygen isotope discrimination between crustal and mantle sources of primitive low-Zr/Y and high-Zr/Y Icelandic olivines
IMF470/1012	I. Sansom	Oxygen isotopes in shark teeth: testing for intra-tooth variability and the impact of processing methods
IMF471/1012	P. Wynn	Carbonate–associated sulphates (CAS) as atmospheric and marine archives in the Neoproterozoic
IMF743/1012	T. Dunkley-Jones	Trace metal constraints on coccolithophore calcification mechanisms
IMF474/1012	P. Bown	Ground-truthing Cretaceous nannofossil productivity proxies using single-specimen Sr/Ca data
IMF475/1012	S. Tudhope	Snapshots of climate variability at 10-33 kyr in the Southern tropical Pacific

NERC approved projects 2011

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF414/1010	P. Smith and J. Wheeley	Constraining conodont δ18O for marine palaeothermometry
IMF420/1010	T. D. Jones	Surface ocean productivity through the Eocene/Oligocene transition using the Sr/Ca composition of coccolith calcite
IMF421/1010	M. Fowler	Accessory minerals and the evolution of plate tectonics: opening the archive
IMF 427/0511	R. Gertisser	Understanding the driving forces behind recent changes in the eruptive behaviour of Merapi volcano (Indonesia): insights from volatile and light lithophile trace elements in melt inclusions
IMF 428/0511	S. Tudhope	Climate variability in the Southern tropical Pacific
IMF 429/0511	M. Edmonds	Using wet pyroxenes to reconstruct magma degassing history
IMF 433/0511	M. Humphreys	Understanding basaltic crystal mush differentiation
IMF 435/0511	G. Bromiley	Diffusion of Volatiles in the Earth's Mantle - Is it all about Grain Boundaries
IMF 436/0511	J. Blundy	Carbon recycling in subduction zones
IMF 437/0511	M. Branney	Timing and sources of voluminous low-δ18O rhyolite magmas in the Snake River (Columbia River-Yellowstone LIP), USA: a combined oxygen isotope and U/Pb dating study on zircon
IMF 438/0511	M. Walter	Inclusions in diamonds from Juina5 kimberlite and the role of subducted oceanic crust
IMF 441/1011	J. Lissenberg	The evolution of mid-ocean ridge magma chambers and the growth of slow-spreading oceanic crust
IMF 443/1011	I. Fairchild	Organogenic dolomite and Neoproterozoic chemostratigraphy
IMF 445/1011	J. Blundy	Investigating magma storage conditions at Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia
IMF 446/1011	K. Cashman	The Fidelity of Melt Inclusions as Records of Magmatic Volatiles
IMF 448/1011	R. Wood	Quantifying the dynamics of calcite cement growth with oil emplacement and the evolution of pore chemistry
IMF 450/1011	L. Kirstein	Cenozoic arc magmatism along the active Andean margin – a role for denudation?
IMF 452/1011	M. Humphreys	Changes in oxidation state resulting from degassing of hydrous rhyolite
IMF 453/1011	C. Oppenheimer	Conduit dynamics and magma feeding of a persistent lava lake
IMF 454/1011	J. Maclennan	Laki revisited: New quantitative constraints on deep degassing prior to large basaltic fissure eruptions
IMF 455/1011	E. Llewellin	Quantifying the dynamics of bubble growth in magma using SIMS profiling of water content in glass

2010

NERC approved projects 2010

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF 397/0510	L. Pichevin	Trace-metals in sedimentary diatom frustules as tracers for past micronutrient availability in the surface Ocean
IMF 398/0510	J. Blundy	Monazite saturation in silicate melts at high pressure with implications for subduction zone volcanism
IMF 399/0510	A. Finch	The impact of biological processes on the δ11B of coral skeletons and their significance for palaeo-pH records
IMF 400/0510	P. Wynn	Interrogating trees as archives of environmental sulphur variability
IMF 406/0510	J. Blundy	How deep is the Nisyros magma chamber?
IMF 408/0510	C. Trueman	Disentangling environmental and physiological influences on otolith growth: unlocking the potential use of otoliths as natural tags
IMF 409/0510	A. Berry	Zircon as a probe of the oxygen fugacity of magmas
IMF410/1010	H. Tuffen	Explosive eruptions beneath Icelandic glaciers: the role of magmatic volatiles
IMF411/1010	J. Davidson	The role of volatiles in crystal transfer during magma mingling
IMF415/1010	C. Todd	Using δ18O to assess the migratory route of Scottish two sea-winter Atlantic salmon
IMF422/1010	M. Walter	Water in kimberlites as deduced from olivine, Igwisi Hills, Tanzania
IMF423/1010	C. Storey	The onset of modern plate tectonics from the perspective of rutile
IMF424/1010	A. Finch	The impact of transcellular Ca transport on the δ44Ca of coral skeletons
IMF425/1010	L. Kirstein	Cenozoic arc magmatism along the active Andean margin – a role for denudation?
IMF417/1010	J. Blundy	Gas driven eruptions at Ruapehu: the underlying magma conditions
IMF412/1010	J. Blundy	Magma storage and differentiation beneath Grenada (Lesser Antilles)
IMF414/1010	P. Smith and J. Wheeley	Constraining conodont δ18O for marine palaeothermometry (Delayed)
IMF420/1010	T. Dunkley	Jones Surface ocean productivity through the Eocene/Oligocene transition using the Sr/Ca composition of coccolith calcite (Delayed)
IMF421/1010	M. Fowler	Accessory minerals and the evolution of plate tectonics: opening the archive (Delayed)
IMF426/1010	M. Lee	Weathering of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites – asteroidal or terrestrial? (Delayed)

NERC approved projects 2009

Project Ref	Author	Topic
IMF 361/1008	C. Storey	Petrogenesis of Kimberlite: mantle sources and shallow level contamination
IMF 362/1008	D. Pyle	Origins of large volume ignimbrites from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
IMF 363/1008	J. Blundy	Hydrogen in nominally anhydrous minerals crystallised from primitive arc magams
IMF 366/1008	M. Edmonds	Volatiles in mafic inclusions from Montserrat
IMF 367/1008	T. Thordarson	VAST - Volcanism in the Arc SysTem: Magnitude, Geochronology, and Climate Impacts
IMF 370/0509	M. Gillespie	Granite genesis and crustal evolution across a suture line
IMF 372/0509	S. Sparks	Welding and metamorphic processes in the emplacement of kimberlites
IMF 376/0509	M. Edmonds	Volatiles in ocean settings:a melt inclusion study of Kilauea and Mauna volcanoes, Hawaii
IMF 377/0509	D. Pyle	Volatile content and origins of primitive arc magmas from southern Chile
IMF 379/0509	A. Finch	The role of DIC in buffering coral skeletal d11B: a high resolution d13C record in Porites coral
IMF 383/1109	C. D. Todd	δ18O & δ13C profiles of Atlantic salmon otoliths
IMF 386/1109	T. Thordarson	Geochemical variation in the melt source region beneath the Askja volcanic system, North Iceland
MF 387/1109	J. Blundy	The Influence of CO2 on Phase Relations and Crystallisation Kinetics: A Case Study at Mount St. Helens
IMF 388/1109	J. Blundy	Understanding the Mechanisms of Gas Loss at Persistently Degassing Basaltic Volcanoes
IMF 390/1109	A. Finch	Accurate reconstruction of SSTs from coral skeletal Sr/Ca:understanding Sr and Ca transport processes across coral tissues
IMF 393/1109	I. Parkinson	Utilising lithium isotopes to understand the evolution and origin of chondrules
IMF 394/1109	A. Sadekov	Towards developing a proxy for ocean seasonality: Step 1. Characterisation of natural variability in geochemical signals of planktonic foraminiferal populations

NERC approved projects 2008

Ref No	Author	Topic
IMF 330/0508	P. Clift	Evidence for an independent Saraswati River in Pakistan, prior to 4000 years ago
IMF 333/0508	P. Smith and J. Wheeley	Conodonts as palaeotemperature indicators in Palaeozoic oceans? A proof-of-concept study
IMF 336/0508	G. Henderson	Seasonal Reconstruction of the Asian Monsoon During the 8.2kyr Cold Event
IMF 339/0508	K. Joy	U-Pb dating of lunar apatite
IMF 340/0508	L. Clarke	Calcium-isotope fractionation in laboratory aquaria-cultured marine mollusc shell calcite: a novel palaeotemperature proxy?
IMF 341/0508	H. Tuffen	Conduit degassing during the 181 AD Taupo eruption
IMF 342/0508	J. Blundy	Trace element thermobarometry of coexisting garnet and cpx
IMF 343/0508	P. Brown and J. Young	An investigation of surface-water ocean acidification and activity of the biological pump during the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum using coccolith calcite
IMF 344/0508	M. Cusack and P. Dalbeck	Assessing the influence of biological control and low level diagenetic alteration on coral seawater temperature proxies
IMF 345/0508	C. Hawesworth and C. Storey	Archaean to Early Proterozoic crust generation in north-west Scotland
IMF 346/0508	C. Hawesworth	Unravelling crustal growth through U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotope analyses of detrital zircons
IMF 347/0508	D. Teagle	Cooling rates of sheeted dikes from an in situ section of upper ocean crust: ODP Hole 1256D
IMF 348/0508	D. Kroon and K. Darling	Analysis of the Sr/Ca palaeoproductivity signal and changes in overgrowth in selected nannofossil species covering the Early Eocene Hyperthermal Event (ETM2) at ODP site 690B
IMF 350/0508	W. Austin	The interplay of seawater pH and calcification rate on test geochemistry in benthic foraminifera
IMF 351/0508	I. Fairchild	Annual sulphate cycles in an Alpine speleothem: winter temperature proxy
IMF 354/1008	R. Parrish	Coupling in-situ oxygen isotopes with U-Pb and hafnium to unravel the Proterozoic crustal evolution of the Baltic Shield
IMF 355/1008	J. Barclay	Pre-eruptive storage and volatile degassing of Ambrym volcano
IMF 358/1008	M. Edmunds	Volatiles in parental magma at Kilauea Volcano during the 2008 summit eruption
IMF 360/1008	J. Blundy	Melting phase equilibria of sediments in subduction zones
IMF 364/1008	C. Hawkesworth	The age, origins and evolution of the Antarctic continent: The Grunehogna Craton
IMF 365/1008	J. Maclennan	Oxygen isotope variation in Icelandic basalts: disentangling mantle and crustal signatures

NERC approved projects 2007

Ref No	Author	Topic
IMF 300/0507	C. Storey	Probing the birth and growth of continents via isotopic records of titanite
IMF 301/0507	L. Clarke	Testing the veracity of the Mg/Ca paleotemperature proxy in cultured marine molluscan calcite
IMF 305/0507	B. Kaeser	Li and B isotopic fractionation between olivine and clinopyroxene at upper mantle conditions
IMF 306/0507	M. Branney	Volatiles in unusual 'Snake River-type', high mass-flux rhyolitic eruptions of Idaho, USA
IMF 308/0507	M. Walter	Carbon Isotope composition of transition zone diamonds from Collier-4 kimberlite pipe (Juina, Brazil): constraining the protolith
IMF 309/0507	K. Darling	The relationaship between the ecology of planktonic foraminiferal genotypes and their shell geochemistry
IMF 310/0507	L. Benning	How to make soils? The fungal-mineral interface and its role in rock weathering
IMF 312/1007	E. Hendy	Zooxanthellae population dynamics and the biomineralisation of coral skeletons
IMF 314/1007	V. Ragnasdottir	Cyanobacterial weathering of minerals
IMF 315/1007	R. Ellam	Trace element and isotope geochemistry of the high-3He/4He mantle reservoir
IMF 316/1007	M. Humphreys	Decompression crystallisation vs. mafic injection: Investigation of melt inclusions and matrix glasses in recent andesites from the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat
IMF 317/1007	J. Blundy	Trace Element and Volatile Evolution in Deep Crustal Hot Zones: An Experimental Case Study of Primitive Basalts from St. Vincent
IMF 318/1007	J. Blundy	The magmatic evolution of Dabbahu volcano, Afar Rift, Ethiopia. Understanding the processes and timescales involved in continental rift-related magmatism
IMF 322/1007	M. Walter	Mineral/melt partitioning of trace elements between carbonate melt and deep mantle phases: constraints on the origin of ultra-deep mineral inclusions in diamonds
IMF 323/1007	N. Kamenos	Using δ18O in maerl as both a salinity and temperature proxy
IMF 325/1007	E. Hendy	The origin of sulphur isotopic variations in coral
IMF 326/1007	D. Pyle	The melt inclusion record of magma storage and degassing at Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion
IMF 327/1007	M. Anand	Variations in Lithium and Boron isotopes in Martian pyroxenes: roles of degassing and diffusion
IMF 329/1007	T. Elliott	Quantifying Li isotope fractionation during cooling

NERC approved projects 2006

Ref No	Author	Topic
	P. Clift	Dating Major Drainage Changes Linked to Surface Uplift in Eastern Tibet Through Pb Isotope Analysis of Detrital K-Feldspars in the Song Hong Basin, Vietnam
	N. Allison	Predicting sea surface temperatures from fossil coral skeletons
	N. Kelly	Analysing thin zircon overgrowths using Ion Microprobe as a key to dating elusive tectonothermal events in the Lewisian of NW Scotland? Technique Development Time Only
	A. Brearly	Metasomatic alteration of mantle xenoliths from the Rio Puerco volcanic field, New Mexico, USA: Insights into upper mantle metasomatism at the transition from the Colorado Plateau to the Rio Grande Rift
	M. Elliot	An investigation in the control of pH on the distribution of Mg in the shell of the giant marine bivalve Tridacna gigas
	K. Darling	Trace elements variations across walls of planktonic foraminiferal tests: potential tracers of ocean vertical thermal and nutrient structure?
	D. Schmidt	Boron isotopes in planktic foraminifers: conceptual understanding through in-situ analysis
	R. Burgess	U-Pb dating of lunar baddeleyite
	V. Smith	Trace element and volatile composition of melt inclusions and trace element zoning in plagioclase phenocrysts from the 10.5ka Upper Toluca Pumice, Nevado de Toluca, Mexico
	O. Reubi	Control of magmatic and degassing dynamics on the volcanic activity at Volcan de Colima, Mexico: insight from trace element, H2O and CO2 contents of melt inclusions
	R. Brooker	The H2O and CO2 content of kimberlitic magmas; their capacity to carry volatiles to shallow depths
	G. Turner	Plutonium geochemistry of meteorites.
	M. Humphreys	H2O diffusion in melt inclusions as geospeedometer for explosive volcanic eruptions
	S. Redfern	Slab-derived melts from the Earths lower mantle: possible plume sources and the global Nb budget
	I. Fairchild	Annual sulphate abundance cycles and secular sulphur isotopes variations in speleothems
	T. Elliott	Tracing re-cycled material in the upper mantle
	D. Condon	Assessing pre-treatment techniques for improving the accuarcy of microbeam (SIMS and LA-PIMMS) U-Pb geochronology
	J. Maclennan	Melt mixing, crystallisation and degassing in the magma chambers that feed large basaltic eruptions: The record from olivine-hosted inclusions of the 1783 Laki basalt
	S. Harley	Analysing thin Zircon overgrowths using Ion Microprobe - a key to dating elusive tectonothermal events in the Lewisian of NW Scotland
	S. Kasemann	High resolution isotope investigation of the paleoatmospheric carbon dioxide levels: The neoproterozoic climatic extremes as a test study
	M. Gillespie	The origin and evolution of the Caledonian Granites in Scotland: stable and radiogenic isotopic constraints from micro-analysis of zircons and related minerals
	T. Elliott	The fate of subducted crust
IMP 284/1006	M. Cusack	Disentangling biological, ontogenetic and environmental influences on oxygen isotope composition of brachiopod and bivalve shells
IMP 285/1006	C. Hawkesworth	Crustal differentiation in arcs: deep or shallow?
IMF 288/1006	D. Schmidt	Variations in boron isotopes and trace elements in foraminifers: biomineralisation or ecology?
IMF 290/1006	D. Pyle	The melt inclusion record of magma degassing at Etna, Sicily
IMF 291/1006	J. Blundy and O. Reubi	Magmatic evolution and volatile contents recorded by melt inclusions from the Minoan eruption of Santorini, Greece and implications for caldera-forming eruptions
IMF 292/1006	G. Jenkin	Quantifying the release of base metals into hydrothermal ore forming systems
IMF 294/1006	T. Elliott and R. Abell	Lithium isotopes in foraminiferal hosted calcite
IMF 296/1006	A. Finch	Coral calcifying fluid pH (indicated by δ11B) and skeletal δ18O and Sr/Ca in coral skeletons
IMF 297/1006	S. Kohn	The fluorine concentration of the mantle: Constraints from experimental fluorine partitioning studies

NERC approved projects 2005

Ref No	Author	Topic
	J. Blundy and K. Cashman	Trace element and H2O contents of melt inclusions from the current eruption of Mount St. Helens: comparison with the 1980-86 eruptions
	T. Elliott	The cause and consequence of extreme Li isotope variations in mantle peridotites
	I. Fairchild	Climate calibration of an annually-laminated Scottish speleotherm
	C. Hawesworth and J. Small	Pre-eruptive volatile evolution for explosive volcanism at Somma-Vesuvius, Southern Italy
	R. Hedges	Investigation of boron isotopic composition in archaeological bone
	K. Klimm	What minerals control the Nb-Ta budget of subducted slabs?
	S. Russell	The abundance of short-lived isotopes in chondritic objects
	J. Maclennan	The generation and destruction of compositional variability in melts under Iceland: Constraints on mantle source, melting and mixing from a Pb isotope study of olivine-hosted melt inclusions
	F. Stuart	Li isotope composition of the deep mantle: primitive mantle or recycled oceanic crust
	B. Wood	Trace element partitioning between crystals and hydrous melts under conditions of the 410km seismic discontinuity
	D. Breeling	Stable isotope composition of early land plant microfossils and atmospheric CO2 change during the Ordovician glaciation
	R. James	Li Isotope in subduction zone lavas
	D.G. Pearson	Understanding the processes that control diamond formation and their growth histories
	G. Hendeson	Annually resolved d18O cycles in a Chinese stalagmite
	A.I.S Kemp and C.J. Hawkesworth	Testing episodic growth models for the Gondwana Supercontinent
	T. Elliott	Investigating the role of recycled crust generating radiogenic Pb isotope signatures in the mantle.

NERC approved projects 2004

Ref No	Author	Topic
	N. Allison	The distribution of Sr/Ca in fossil corals:does diagenesis affect estimates of past SST?
	J. Blundy and A. Kemp	The magmatic H2O content of S-type granites and volcanics from the Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia
	J. Blundy and K. Berlo	The origin of complex zoning in plagioclase phenocrysts of the 1980-1986 eruption of Mt St Helens, Washington, USA
	L.A. Coogan	Determining trace element partition coefficient for zircon with special attention to redox sensitivity
	L.A. Coogan	Tracing rapid geological processes using Li as a geospeedometer: (i) determining the cooling rate of the sheeted dyke complex at the mid-ocean ridge
	L.A. Coogan	Determining the diffusion coefficient for Ca in olivine
	T. Elliot and A. Jeffcoate	Li isotopic variations in phenocrystic olivine, implications for mantle Li isotopic composition
	I.J. Fairchild	High-resolution stable isotope characterisation of speleothem calcite and its contained molecular water
	B. Harte and T. Ivanic	The diamond-garnet-harzburgite assemblage and its role in the evolution of the Mantle Lithosphere
	R. Hedges	Investigation of boron isotopic composition in archaeological bone
	R.A. Perez	The evolution of mantle-derived hydrous calc-alkaline magmas by fractional crystallization at 0.8 to 1.5 GPa
	S. Russell	The abundance of short-lived isotopes in chondritic objects
	B. Yardley	Oxygen isotopic variation and cathodoluminescence zonation in hydrothermal quartz as a tracer of fluid evolution, Mt Leyshon Au deposit, Queensland, Australia

NERC approved projects 2003

Ref No	Author	Topic
	I. Fairchild	Depositional geochemical signals from exceptionally preserved glacilacustrine carbonates
	J. D. Blundy	An experimental investigation of mineral-fluid partitioning during subduction
	J. D. Blundy, A. Tomascova and R. Brooker	Trace element partitioning in natural pyroxenite at high pressure
	N. Allison	Reconstruction of sea surface temperature records using coral skeletons: resolving intra- and inter-colony variations
	W. Austin and N. Allison	Foraminifera tests as palaeoenvironmental indicators: do forams record annual bottom water temperature ranges?
	R. Freer and R. Laurence	Grain boundary processes in ferro-magnesian silicate rocks and minerals
	R.S. Haszeldine and O. Quinn	Palaeo-hydrogeology in sedimentary basins: Moray Firth margin
	J.D. Blundy and Madelaine Humphreys	Volatile content and trace element analysis of melt inclusions from Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka
	N.M. Kelly	Dating metamorphism: accessory mineral reactions in high-grade metapelites
	K. Shmulovich	Experimental simulation of sandstone diagenesis: quartz growth and quartz-filled partitioning at temperatures of <200'C
	B. Harte and R. Lee	Investigation of siliceous inclusions in chromite crystals from the LG6 and MG4 horizons of the Bushveldt Critical Zone at Rustenburgh
	D. Zedgenizov	Ion probe studies of Siberian diamonds
	S. Turner and B. Finney	Crystal residence times at Okmok Caldera, Aleutian Islands
	I.J. Fairchild	Patterns of Late Holocene aridity from southern Europe speleothems

NERC approved projects 2002

Ref No	Author	Topic
IMP184/0502	I. Fairchild	Depositional geochemical signals from exceptionally preserved glacilacustrine carbonates
IMP185/0502	J. D. Blundy	An experimental investigation of mineral-fluid partitioning during subduction
IMP186/0502	J. D. Blundy	Trace element partitioning in natural pyroxenite at high pressure
IMP187/0502	N. Allison	Reconstruction of sea surface temperature records using coral skeletons: resolving intra- and inter-colony variations
IMP188/05021	W. Austin	Foraminifera tests as palaeoenvironmental indicators: do forams record annual bottom water temperature ranges?
IMP189/0502	R. Freer	Grain boundary processes in ferro-magnesian silicate rocks and minerals
IMP190/1102	R.S. Haszeldine	Palaeo-hydrogeology in sedimentary basins: Moray Firth margin
IMP192/1102	J.D. Blundy and M. Humphreys	Volatile content and trace element analysis of melt inclusions from Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka
IMP193/1102	N.M. Kelly	Dating metamorphism: accessory mineral reactions in high-grade metapelites
IMP194/1102	K. Shmulovich	Experimental simulation of sandstone diagenesis: quartz growth and quartz-filled partitioning at temperatures of <200^oC
IMP196/1102	B. Harte	Investigation of siliceous inclusions in chromite crystals from the LG6 and MG4 horizons of the Bushveldt Critical Zone at Rustenburgh
IMP197/1002	D. Zedgenizov	Ion probe studies of Siberian diamonds
IMP198/1102	S. Turner	Crystal residence times at Okmok Caldera, Aleutian Islands
IMP199/1102	I.J. Fairchild	Patterns of Late Holocene aridity from southern Europe speleothems

NERC approved projects 2001

Ref No	Author	Topic
	N. Allison and A. Finch	Reconstruction of past seawater temperatures: the importance of calcification processes on Ba and Sr incorporation into coral aragonite
	J.U.L. Baldini, F. McDermott, and I. J. Fairchild	High resolution trace element cyclicity in speleothems
	S. Bennett and J. Blundy	Trace Element Partitioning between Eclogite and Melt at High Pressure
	L. A. Coogan	Magma plumbing in supra-subduction zone oceanic crust: insights from the trace-element characteristics of clinopyroxene in the Troodos ophiolite
	D.P Dobson	Self-diffusion in liquid iron alloys
	H Downes and A D Beard	Glass-bearing hornblendite xenoliths - natural experimental charges for studies of fractional crystallisation of alkaline magmas
	I. J. Fairchild	Annual cycles of P and cations in speleothems
	M.A.M. Gee & M.F. Thirlwall	Tholeiites from the Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland represent different degrees of melts from chemically heterogeneous mantle sources at different depths? Evidence from melt inclusions
	R.E. Guest, A.M. McCaig and C.M. Graham	Retrogressive dolomitisation and fluid flow in the SW Highlands, Scotland
	S.L. Harley	Metamorphic reactions and the REE chemistry of zircon and garnet in UHT pelites
	B. Harte and L. Morfi	Deriving relative melt partition coefficients from natural rock data
	R. W. Hinton, R. Macdonald, D.W. McGarvie, A. Tindle and S.L. Harley	The possible role of Hydrogen in the rare earth and trace element substitution into Zircon
	C. Macaulay, C. Graham and S. Haszeldine	Low temperature quartz cementation of the Upper Cretaceous white sandstone of Lochaline, Argyll, Scotland
	A. Marchand & S. Haszeldine	Tracking quartz cement in deepwater sandstones of the Miller oilfield
	T.Stachel, P. McDade, and & K.S. Viljoen	The trace element composition of peridotitic inclusions in diamonds from Orapa and Jwaneng (Botswana)
	R. Thomas, C. MacLeod, & L. Coogan	The migration of melt beneath fast-spreading ocean ridges: Insights from the Sumail ophiolite, Oman
	P. Thompson and S. L Harley	The instability of cordierite and garnet with low water activity, saline fluids
	H Townley, G. Jenkin & R. Parrish	The Effect of Chemical and Isotopic exchange on Closure Temperature in isotopic systems
	Y. Kawachi D. S. Coombs, B. E. Leake and R. W. Hinton	The anhydrous amphibole ungarettiite from the Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia
	G. Zellmer	Magmatic evolution of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies.

2000

NERC approved projects 2000

Ref No	Author	Topic
	J.Bridges & M. M. Grady	Evaporite minerals and their trace element abundances in the Nakhlite (Martian) meteorites
	L.A. Coogan, C.J. MacLeod, R. Wilson, & K.M. Gillis	Amphibole trace element chemistry as an insight into the near-solidus processes (magma-hydrothermal transition) beneath slow spreading ridges
	C. Dalpe & J.D. Blundy	Determination of trace elements homogeneity in natural and synthetic materials
	J.B. Dawson	Partial-Melt Glass-Pockets In Tanzanian Upper-Mantle Peridotites: Phase Trace-Element Data
	J.B. Dawson	Trace Element Chemistry Of Upper Mantle Zircon And Ilmenite
	D. Dobson	Self-Diffusion In Liquid Iron Alloys
	S.C Elphick, N.W.A. Odling & T. Hackwell	Dependence Of Self -Diffusion Processes In SrTiO3 Perovskite And Quartz.
	A. Finch & P. Shaw	Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction Of Arid Environments SIMS Analysis Of Speleothem Aragonite
	M. A. M. Gee, E.G. Nisbet & M.J. Cheadle	Archean Mantle: Hot And Dry Or Cool And Wet? Evidence From Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions In Fresh Komatiites
	R.E. Guest, A.M. McCaig & C.M. Graham	Retrogressive Dolomitisation And Fluid Flow In The SW Highlands, Scotland
	C. Harford & S. Sparks	Remobilisation of Montserrat conduit material revealed by hydrogen isotope composition of amphiboles
	S. L. Harley & I. S. Buick	Cordierite As A Monitor Of Volatile Activities During Post-Peak Fluid Infiltration In Granulites
	R.W.Hinton	Element Fractionation In Ion Microprobe Analyses: Effects Of Poor Positioning Of The Primary Ion Beam Relative To The 25um Field Aperture
	R.W. Hinton and J.B.Dawson	Trace element partitioning between calcite, dolomite and apatite in Phalaborwa Carbonatite
	I. Léost, T. Stachel & J. Harris	Inclusions In Diamonds From Namibia
	C. Macaulay, C. Graham, & S. Haszeldine	30Si/28Si in Quartz Cements in Sandstones as a Tracer of Silica Sources
	C. Macaulay, C. Graham, C. Walker, K. Shmulovich & S. Haszeldine	Experimental Diagenesis: Quartz Synthesis and Trace Element Distribution at Elevated Temperatures
	S. Marshall, R. Macdonald & R.W. Hinton	Trace Element Partitioning Between Phenocrysts And Peralkaline Rhyolite Melts
	P. Mc Dade	Partial Melting In The Nanga Parbat Metasediments, Western Himalayas, Pakistan
	P. Mc Dade	Determination Of Nickel Concentration In Garnet By Sims: Application Of Ni In Garnet Thermometry To The Jagersfontein Mantle Peridotites
	L. Morfi, B. Harte, & J.J. Gurney	Trace Element Analyses Of Polymict Peridotite Nodules.
	A. Newton & A. Dugmore	Trace And Rare Earth Element Characterisation And Correlation Of Silicic Katla Tephra Layers And North Atlantic Pumice.
	W. Peck, J. Valley & C.M. Graham	Ion Microprobe Analysis Of Oxygen Isotope Ratio In Zircon: Constraints On Oxygen Diffusion Rates
	L.Thomas, S. Blake, P. van Calsteren, C. Hawkesworth & S. Jones	Crystal Residence Times and Magmatic Evolution of the 3,000 km3 Youngest Toba Tuff
	R. M. Thomas, C. J. Macleod & L. A. Coogan	Melt Migration Beneath Fast-Spreading Ridges: Constraints From The Oman Ophiolite
	P.Thompson & S.L. Harley	The Effects Of CO2 And NaCl-KCl In Lowering Water Activities In Cordierite And Granitic Melt
	H. Townley, G. Jenkin & R. Parrish	The Effect Of Chemical Exchange On Closure Temperature In Isotopic Systems
	B. Upton & R.W.Hinton	Investigations Of Lower Crust - Upper Mantle Relationships Beneath Scotland

NERC approved projects 1999

Ref No	Author	Topic
	S. Aulbach, T. Stachel and J. Harris	Inclusions In Diamonds From Venetia
	F. Azough and R. Freer	An Ion Microprobe Study of Iron Diffusion in single Crystal Diopside
	C. Bond	Fluid Infiltration Of Marble Associated With Brittle And Ductile Deformation
	L.A Coogan, C.J MacLeod, and shipboard igneous petrologists of JR31	Mechanisms Of Melt Migration In The Oceanic Crust I: Are Oxide Gabbro Veins Fossil Melt Transport Conduits?
	A.Finch and P. Shaw	Trace Element Models for High Resolution Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction in Semi-arid Environments
	L. Hall	H2O Loss From Basaltic Melts In Au/Pd Capsules
	S.L. Harley	The Physical And Chemical Complexity Of Zircon In Metamorphism
	S.L. Harley and I.S. Buick	Cordierite As A Monitor Of Volatile Activities During Anatexis And Post-Peak Fluid Infiltration In Granulites
	S.L.Harley and P. Thompson	The Distribution Of H2O-CO2 Between Cordierite And Granitic Melt
	B. Harte	Lower Mantle Trace Element Abundances From Inclusions In Diamonds
	E.Hill, B.J. Wood, J.D. Blundy	Crystal-Chemical Controls on Trace Element Partitioning In Clinopyroxenes.
	R.Hinton	Ion Microprobe Vs Bulk Measurements Of The SRM 600 Series Of Glasses: Lower Concentrations Than Intended But Are The Glasses Homogeneous?
	Y. Huang and I. J. Fairchild	Partitioning Of Sr+2 And Mg+2 Into Calcite In Conditions Analogous To Natural Karst Caves
	M. Kilburn	Relative Ion Yields for trace elements in a Fe metal matrix
	K Law, J Blundy, B Wood and V.Ragnarsdottir	Partitioning Of Trace Elements Between Calcite And Melt At High Temperatures And Pressures.
	S. Lewis	18O Of Metamorphic Fluids On Naxos, Greece
	P. Mc Dade and B Harte	The Effect Of Mantle Alteration On The Trace Element Composition Of The Roberts Victor Eclogites
	M.Moazzen, G.T.R.Droop and B. Harte	Analysis Of Water Content Of Cordierites From The Etive Thermal Aureole, Scotland
	S.G. Moreton, J.L. Smellie, and C.J. Pudsey	Trace Element Chemistry Of Quaternary Tephra From Southern Ocean Sediment Cores
	A. Newton and A. Dugmore	Trace And Rare Earth Element Characterisation And Correlation Of North Atlantic Silicic Katla Tephra Layers And North Atlantic Pumice
	Th. Ntaflos E.A. Bjerg , R.W. Hinton R., G. Kurat, B.G.J. Upton	Metasomatic Processes Beneath Subcontinental Mantle In South Patagonia, Argentina
	N. Odling and S. Elphick	Si Self Diffusion in Quartz
	J. Rosenbaum and M. Wilson	Trace Element Partitioning Between Coexisting Carbonate And Silicate Magmas In The Mantle
	T. Stachel and J. Harris	Inclusions In Diamonds From The Kankan District, Guinea
	C. Thomas and C M Graham	SIMS Analysis Of 18O And Trace Elements In Metamorphosed Limestones From The Scottish Dalradian: Preservation Of Pre-Metamorphic Concentrations And Quartz-Calcite Isotopic Equilibration
	J. Tomás and A. J. Geffen	Application Of An Ion Microprobe For The Study Of Oxygen Isotopes In Fish Otoliths
	J. Toothill and R. Macdonald	Ion Microprobe Analysis Of Melt Inclusions From The Lesser Antilles
	A. Voase, S.L. Harley, and B.Harte	Further Analysis Of Volatile Contents Within Cordierite As A Monitor Of Fluid Composition During Anatexis, In The Migmatite Terrain Of Turku, SW Finland
	W.van Westrenen, J. D. Blundy and B.J. Wood	Effect Of Fe2+ On Garnet-Melt Partitioning, Plus Development Of New Garnet Standard Materials
	B.J. Wood, J. D. Blundy and J.A C. Robinson	The Role Of Clinopyroxene In Generating U-Series Disequilibrium During Mantle Melting
	G.F. Zellmer, C.J. Hawkesworth and S.P. Turner	Magmatic Fluids As A Source Of Ra-Th Disequilibria?

NERC approved projects 1998

Ref No	Author	Topic
	R. Armstrong, S. Roberts and N.C. White	The Melt Inclusion Chemistry of Porphyry Copper Systems
	F. Azough & R. Freer	An Ion Microprobe Study Of Calcium , Magnesium And Iron Diffusion In Single Crystal Diopside
	J.D. Blundy, J.A.C. Robinson and B.J. Wood	Trace Element Partitioning Between Clinopyroxene And Silicate Melt On The Spinel Lherzolite Solidus
	J. Bridges and M. Grady	Siderite In The Nakhla (Martian) Meteorite
	L. A. Coogan, P.D. Kempton and A. D. Saunders	The Role Of Intercumulus Processes In Mid-Ocean Ridge Magma Chambers
	F.Costa, B. Singer & M. Dungan	Differentiation Processes In Subvolcanic Magma Reservoirs: Insights From SIMS Studies Of Plagioclase, Hornblende And Glass.
	F.M. Dungan F. Costa and O. Bachman	Combined NDIC-EPMA-SIMS Studies Of Igneous Plagioclase In Calc-Alkaline Magmas.
	J.M. Eiler and J.W Valley	Stable Isotope and Trace Element Analysis of Carbonate Concretions in the Martian Meteorite ALH84001
	A. Finch	Trace Elements And Cathodoluminescence In Feldspars: SIMS Analysis Of Gardar Alkali Feldspars
	C.M. Graham , J.W Valley and J.M. Eiler	Timescales And Mechanisms Of Fluid Flow In A Marble
	J. Gurney, B. Harte and A. Menzies	Formation and Evolution of Diamond-bearing Peridotites from the Newlands Kimberlite, South Africa
	L. Hall & J. Brodie	Partial Melting Of Hydrous Peridotite At 1.5gpa 25
	S.L.Harley and D.P.Carrington	Cordierite-Melt H2O And CO2 Partitioning
	E. Hill, J. Blundy and B. Wood	Trace Element Partitioning Between The Clinopyroxene M-1 Site And Silicate
	R. W. Hinton	The NIST SRM 610/611 And 612/613 Multi-Element Glasses
	Y. Huang and I. J. Fairchild	Chemistry Of Speleothems And Need Of Experimental Growth
	N.F.C. Hudson, E.S. Burdon & D. Millward	Ion Microprobe Investigation Of Oxygen Isotopes In Greisen Quartz From The Skiddaw Granite
	G. Jenkin	Ion Microprobe Investigation Of Closure Mechanism In The Rb-Sr System
	M. Kilburn and B. Wood	The Partitioning Of Trace Elements Between Liquid Metal And Liquid Silicate During Formation Of The Earth's Core
	P.D. Kinny, R.L. Trautman, B.J. Griffin, I.C.W. Fitzsimons, and B. Harte	Carbon Isotopic Analyses Of Microdiamonds
	K. Law, J. Blundy, B. Wood and V. Ragnarsdottir	Partitioning Of Trace Elements Between Calcite And Silicate-Carbonate Melt In The System Cao-SiO2-CO2 At High Temperatures And Pressures
	S. Lewis, C. Graham and M. Holness	Mechanisms Of Metamorphic Fluid Flow In Marble
	C.I. Macaulay, R.S. Haszeldine, C. Graham & A.E. Fallick	Oxygen Isotopes In Diagenetic Quartz From North Sea Hydrocarbon Fi
	L. Morfi, B. Harte and B.A. Wyatt	Trace element analysis of a polymict peridotite nodule
	P. Smart and M. Roberts	Calibration Of High Resolution Speleothem Trace Element Records Against Historical Meteorological Data
	D. Stirling and A. Finch	Trace Elements & Cathodoluminescence In Feldspars SIMS Analysis Of Zoned Luminescent Feldspars
	J. Toothill and R. Macdonald	Ion Microprobe Analysis Of Melt Inclusions From The Lesser Antilles
	A. Voase, S. Harley and B. Harte	Analysis Of Volatiles Within Cordierite As A Monitor Of Fluid Composition During The Anatexis, In The Migmatite Terrain Of Turku, SW Finland
	W. Westrenen, J. Blundy and B. Wood	Crystal-Chemical Controls On Trace Element Partitioning Between Garnet And Anhydrous Silicate Melt
	H.F. Zhang, M. A. Menzies and D. P. Mattey	Chemical And Isotopic Disequilibrium In Mineral Phases From Polymict Mantle Xenoliths, South Africa

NERC approved projects 1997

Ref No	Author	Topic
	R. Armstrong S. Roberts & N.C. White	The Ore Forming Potential Of Copper Porphyry Systems Utilising Melt Inclusion Chemistry: A Preliminary Study Of A Cu-Rich Andesite From Hahajima
	F. Azough & R. Freer	An Ion Microprobe Study Of Calcium And Magnesium Diffusion In Single Crystal Diopside
	S. Bergman & R. Hinton	Apatite Anion And Cation Compositional Variation And Its Relationship With Track Etching And Other Properties
	J. Blundy & J. Dalton	Trace element partitioning between clinopyroxene, silicate melt and carbonate melt in the system diopside-albite-dolomite
	D. Carrington & S. Harley	Cordierite-Melt H2O And CO2 Partitioning
	I. Chinn B. Harte & J. J. Gurney	A SIMS Study Of The Nitrogen Content Of George Creek Diamonds
	F.Costa, B. Singer & M. Dungan	Boundary Layer Processes Of Magma Reservoirs: Insights From SIMS Studies Of Plagioclase
	F. Darbyshire & C. C. Martin	High Resolution Dating Of Ore Deposits And Characterisation Of Mineralising Fluids
	M. Dungan, T. Druitt, B. Singer, & P. Crançon	SIMS investigation of plagioclase phenocrysts in the Minoan Tuff (3500 b.p.): Clues to silicic magma chamber evolution
	M. Dungan, J.F Luhr & F. Costa	SIMS determinations of plagioclase/melt partition coefficients in rachyandesite magma from El Chichón (850 °C, 4 kbar, H2O-Saturated)
	J. Eiler J. Valley & C. Graham	Standardization of SIMS Analysis of O and C IsotopeRatios in Carbonates from ALH84001
	T. Fallick & B. Harte	Sulphur Isotope Composition within Pyrite Nodule from a Sandstone Reservoir
	C. Graham, J Valley & J. Eiler	Trace Element and Cathodoluminescence Study of Fluid Transport Pathways in a Marble
	T.H.Green, J.Adam, J.D.Blundy & G.M. Yaxley	Determination Of Trace Element Partition Coefficients Between Garnet, Pyroxene And Hydrous Basaltic Liquids At 2-7.5 Gpa And 1080-1200'C
	S. Elphick & T. Hackwell	Diffusion in Strontium Titanate Perovskite and Quartz as exemplars for computer modelled diffusion calculations
	R. Hinton, I.Horn, S.E. Jackson & H.P. Longerich	Comparison between Ion Microprobe and Laser ICP-MS: analysis of the 1 ppm and the 20 ppb NIST/ SRM glass standards
	M. Hodson, M. Lee & I Parsons	SIMS depth profiles of experimentally-weathered alkali feldspars
	M. Hutchison, B. Harte & J.W. Harris	Trace Elements In Diamond Inclusions: Constraints On The Chemistry Of The Lower Mantle / Upper Mantle Boundary
	M. Hutchison, B. Harte & J.W. Harris	Comparison Of Nitrogen Concentration, Cathodoluminescence And Carbon Isotopic Composition Of Lower Mantle Diamonds: Constraints On Diamond Genesis
	Y. Huang, I Fairchild, F. McDermott & C. Hawkesworth	Trace Element Variation In Soda Straw Stalactites
	G. Jenkin	Ion Microprobe Investigation Of Closure Mechanism In The Rb-Sr System
	H. Liddiard	An ion microprobe study to evaluate the chemistry of coral meso-structure: an aid to the evaluation of recent models of coral growth
	S. Lewis, M. Holness & C. Graham	Mechanisms Of Metamorphic Fluid Flow In Marble
	S. Marshall & R. Macdonald	The Peralkaline Rhyolites of Naivasha, Kenya Rift Valley
	A. Newton	Preliminary trace element analysis of silicic volcanic glass by SIMS
	G. Pearson & F.R. Boyd	Trace element characteristics of subcontinental mantle: constraints on flood basalt source regions from the study of mantle xenoliths
	M. Roberts P.L. Smart & A. Baker	High Resolution Trace Element Records In Speleothem Calcite
	H. Rollinson & P. Gravestock	Trace element variations within granulite facies clinopyroxenes from the Lewisian Complex
	B. Singer P.L. Smart & A. Baker	Plagioclase zoning in products of the 1912 Novarupta eruption, Katmai National Park, Alaska
	J. Toothill & R. Macdonald	Analysis of Montserrat and St. Vincent Melt Inclusions by Ion Probe, October 1996
	J. Valley, J. Eiler & C. Graham	The Search for Past Life on Mars: Stable Isotope Evidence for Low Temperature Carbonate Concretions in the Martian Meteorite ALH84001
	B. Williams, M. Cheshire & M. Roe	15N and 14N Imaging in Decomposing Straw

NERC approved projects 1996

Ref No	Author	Topic
	Ayres, M. and Harris N.	Disequilibrium processes during crustal anatexis
	Aggarwal, J. K.	Mobility of Rare Earth Elements in Icelandic Hydrothermal Systems
	Blundy, J. and Wood, B.	The Effect of Carbonate Melt Composition on Trace Element Partitioning Between Diopside and Carbonate Melt
	Bouch, J.	Mobility of REE and trace elements in diagenetic fluids.
	Burgess, S. and Harte, B.	Trace Element Budget of Mantle Peridotite Xenoliths from Jagersfontein, South Africa.
	Chakraborty, S.	Studies of cation diffusion in garnets.
	Eiler, J. Graham, C.M. and Valley, J.	SIMS analysis of oxygen isotopes: Matrix effects in minerals and glasses.
	Eiler, J. Valley, J. and Graham, C.M.	Oxygen isotope analysis of silicate melt inclusions in olivines in mantle derived peridotite xenoliths
	Fitzsimons, I.C.W., Harte, B.	SIMS stable isotope analysis: precision, accuracy and counting statistics.
	Fitzsimons, I.C.W., Harte, B. and Chinn, I.L.	Carbon isotopes and nitrogen in diamonds; two generations of growth within diamonds from George Creek, Colorado.
	Freeman, J. and Pearce, J.	Mantle-Melt and Mantle-fluid interactions in suprasubduction zones: evidence from the Troodos Massif, Cyprus.
	Graham, C.M. Valley, J. and Eiler, J.	Oxygen isotopic study of grain-boundary metamorphic fluid flow in a marble
	Gravestock, P. and Rollinson, H.	An investigation of clinopyroxenes from Archaean pyroxenite-gabbro intrusions, Lewisian Complex NW Scotland
	Hackwell, T. and Elphick,S.	Oxygen isotope exchange in Perovskite
	Harley S.L. and Carrington, D.P.	Cordierite-melt H2O partitioning
	Harley, S.L., Post, N. and Carrington, D.P.	Cordierite as a monitor of fluids and melts in high grade terrains
	Harte, B., Fitzsimons, I.C.L. and Kinny, P.D.	Variation in Clinopyroxene/Garnet Trace Element Partition Coefficients as a function of temperature
	Hinton, R.W. and others.	Constancy of the Y/Ho ratio - Ion microprobe determinations
	Hinton, R.W.	REE chemistry of Fluorite: anomalous REE behaviour.
	Huang, Y. and Fairchild, I.J.	Indicators of past climate from Banded Soda Straw chemistry
	Klein, M., Seck, H.A. and Stosch, H.-G.	Experimental partitioning of trace elements within tonalites and basic granulites under conditions of the lower crust
	Odling, N.	Experimental simulation of mantle metasomatism: Trace Element Mobility
	Pearson, D.G.	Trace element characteristics of subcontinental mantle: constraints on flood basalt source regions from the study of xenoliths from southern Africa
	Poe, B.T. and Rubie, D., McMillan, P. and Diefenbacher, J.	Oxygen self diffusion in aluminosilicate melts at pressures up to 15 GPa
	Rosenbaum, J. and Wilson, M.	High-Phosphorous Glasses in a Spinel Lherzolite Xenolith, Massif Central, France
	Sassi, R., Harte, B. and Carswell, D.A.	Trace element distributions in amphibolitic and eclogitic assemblages
	Stachel, T. and Harris, J.W.	Trace element geochemistry of silicate inclusions in diamond from Ghana: melt versus fluid involvement.
	Valley, J. and Graham, C.M.	Ion microprobe analysis of oxygen isotope ratios in quartz from Skye Granite: Healed microcracks and fluid flow
	Watt, G.R.	A combined scanning cathodoluminescence and SIMS study of zoning in volcanic quartz

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