Keele Petrology Group

Areas of particular interest and current study are: 

• Shallow level (sub-volcanic) magma emplacement
• Layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions
• Cr-spinel seam petrogenesis
• Platinum-group element concentration in magmatic systems
• Serpentinisation
• Rock magnetism
• Magma genesis and evolution in volcanic arcs
• Rates and timescales of magmatic processes
• Magma chamber processes
• Volatile emissions and climatic impact of volcanic eruptions
• Emplacement mechanisms of small-volume pyroclastic flows
• Volcanic hazards and risks

Skeletal plagioclase spherulite,
Rum Layered Suite, NW Scotland

Columnar basalt, Iceland