Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Igneous petrology; Radiogenic isotopes; Mineral chemistry

• Geochemical links to tectonic development of western North America during the Mesozoic
• Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of whole rock and mineral separates
  Magma mixing and homogenization processes
• Mineral crystallization controls on magma petrogenesis
• Mineral exploration and petrologic and elemental analysis of gem-bearing pegmatites
• Analysis of pegmatite forming fluids by fluid inclusion study