For this first Minds over Methods of 2019, we invited Christopher Spencer, Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University in Australia, to tell us something about tectonochemistry. By applying geochemistry to tectonic processes, it is possible to get more insight into the different stages of the rock cycle. By combining fieldwork and geochemical analyses of the Oman/UAE ophiolite, Chris and his co-wo ...[Read More]
Minds over Methods: Tectonochemistry of Melting Mud in the Mantle, evidence from the Oman/UAE ophiolite
A lonely road in Wadi Al Hoqain, Oman. To the right: a date palm farm. To the left: mantle peridotite.
The mantle section in the Haylayn massif can be as much as 15 kilometres thick. Credit: Christopher Spencer.