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I am a geologist specialized in metamorphic and igneous petrology. My research focuses on understanding the physical and chemical behaviour of fluids and magmas in the lithosphere and the origin and evolution of the continental crust through time. I integrate field and petrographic observations with modelling, geochronology and fluid dynamics lab experiments. As an Alexander Von Humboldt Research Fellow, my current projects involve the investigation of melt inclusions in Precambrian basement rocks (Adirondack, Greenland, Kaapvaal) in order to understand volatile recycling during crustal growth.
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Carbon cycle in the (ultra) deep continental crust
In the modern Earth, plate tectonics allows for the reworking of surface material (i.e. erosion/weathering – burial – partial melting) in active convergent settings. This process mobilises and drags a substantial volume of mineral-bound volatiles (i.e. CO2, H2O) to lower crustal and mantle depths. Most of these volatiles, chief among them carbon, rapidly find their…
New papers on convection
A great triptych of papers by Prof. Marian Holness in Journal of Petrology on convection in tabular intrusions and our work on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
EGU 2022 – Multiple Melts
Presentation at the 2022 EGU on melt inclusions in the Adirondacks garnets. ABSTRACT: The Adirondack Mountains, New York State, USA belongs to the Canadian Grenville Province (Darling and Peck, 2016). The rocks exposed in the Adirondacks are interpreted to be the lower plate of a thrust-system at crustal levels during the Ottawan Orogeny (1090-1050 Ma)…
Contact: nicoli@uni-potsdam.de
Gautier Nicoli 