Geochemistry & Cosmochemistry
We constrain the timing and nature of processes in geological and planetary systems using chemistry, isotopes and mineralogy, plus field and petrologic observations. Areas of current interest include:
- Evolution of planets and planetary bodies in our solar system over time
- Formation of the earliest continental crust and implications for the atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere
- Separation and differentiation of the core, mantle and crust
- Formation of the Moon, lunar rocks and soil
- Origin of meteorites and presolar grains
- Abundances of chemical elements and their isotopes as they are fractionated in geological processes
- Revealing deep mantle evolution through noble gas isotopic compositions and halogen contents of mantle rocks and minerals
- Determining the cause and timing of extinction events through high precision age determinations
- The origin and evolution of ore bodies
Leader
Researchers
- Associate Professor Yuri Amelin
- Professor Vickie C. Bennett
- Dr Andrew Glikson
- Dr Masahiko Honda
- Professor Penelope King
- Associate Professor Charley Lineweaver
- Prof. Ian Williams
Research support officers
Students
- Durgalakshmi .
- Leonardo Baeza
- Riley Baile
- Geoffrey Bonning
- Yamila Cajal Contreras
- Bei Chen
- Yankun Di
- Mr Bowen Fang
- Rachel Kirby
- Shannon McConachie
- Bruno Isidro Möller
- Aditya Patkar
- Miss Perinne Tyler
- Ziyi Zhu