DES PEOPLE — Academic/Teaching Staff

Principal research interests :
Chemical dynamics of magmatic, orogenic and volcanic processes.
Magmatic differentiation and elemental fluxes at convergent margins.
Life-cycles of active volcanoes.
Volcanic hazards, eruption mechanisms & climatic change.

Current Projects :
Petrologic and geochemical studies of the Andean Southern Volcanic    Zone (with Dr. M. Dungan, University of Geneva)
Geochemical and geochronologic studies of granites of the High    Himalaya (with Dr. C. Stern, University of Colorado)
Geochemical and geochronologic studies of Tertiary volcanism in Eastern    Australia (with Dr. P. Vasconcelos, University of Queensland)
Investigating magma evolution at explosive volcanoes using crystal    isotope stratigraphy
Experimental studies of radiogentic isotope systematics during melting    in the crust (with Dr. S. Turner, University of Bristol & Dr. J. Davidson    University of Durham)
Experimental investigation of the rheology and mobility of granitic magma