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Congrats to several LMDR alums who recently received or changed jobs: Courtney Crummett (National Institute of Health); Leah Englander (White Plains School District); Pedro Jugo (Laurentian University); Kent Ratajeski (University of West Georgia); and Adam Simon (University of Nevada Las Vegas).

 

Science in the News (Recent/Future Presentations)

Candela, P.A., Piccoli, P.M. and Simon, A.C. (2006) Experiments, equilibria, and ore metals: from magmas to porphyry systems. Geological Society of America Abstracts. Invited Keynote.

Frank, M., Simon, A., Pettke, T., Candela, P., Piccoli, P. and Heinrich, C. (2006) Gold, copper and iron partitioning in sulfur-bearing capor-brine-melt systems at 800oC and 100 MPa. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (Fall Meeting).

Mengason, M.J., Piccoli, P.M. and Candela, P.A. (2006) Partitioning of ore metals among Fe-S-O melt, rhyolite melt, and pyrrhotite. Geological Society of America.

Piccoli, P.M. and Candela, P.A. (2006) Magmatic hydrothermal fluids: experimental constraints on the role of magmatic sulfide crystallization and other early magmatic processes in moderating the metal content of ore-forming fluids. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (Spring Meeting).

Simon, A.C., Pettke, T., Candela, P.A., Piccoli, P.M., and Heinrich, C.A. (2006) The behavior of copper at magmatic conditions. American Geophysical Union(Spring Meeting).

Simon, A.C., Pettke, T., Candela, P.A., Piccoli, P.M., and Heinrich, C.A. (2006) Gold and arsenic partitioning at magmatic conditions. Goldschmidt Conference.

Wilmot, M.S., Candela, P.A., Piccoli, P.M., Simon, A.C., and McDonough, W.F. (2006) Examination of the behavior of Bismuth in shallow-level hydrothermal ore systems: Constraints based on hydrothermal experiments at 800 °C and 100 MPa. American Geophysical Union (Spring Meeting).

Wilmot, M., Candela, P., Piccoli, P.M., Simon, A.C., and McDonough, W.F. (2006) Preliminary study of bismuth partitioning in mineral-melt systems. Geological Society of America Abstracts.

 

   

 

AcknowledgementThis work would not be possible without the support of the National Science Foundation, the Department of Geology, and the University of Maryland.

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