Research

Interdisciplinary research interests include the following:

• materials, mineral physics, and petrology
  
  • hardness
  • hydrogen defects
  • thermal conductivity
  • thermo-elasticity
  • thermodynamics
  • solid-solution behavior
  • subsolidus phase transitions
  • phase equilibria and metastability
  • petrology of Precambrian terrains
• geophysics and geodynamics
  
  • subduction morphology, rates, and stresses
  • trench retreat and advance
  • subduction-zone seismicity and volcanism
  • intermediate-depth and deep earthquakes
  • mantle and core seismic structure
  • mantle and core composition and mineralogy
  • mantle convective mixing
  • seafloor volcanic edifices
  • computational methods
• planetary science
  
  • Lunar surface and interior
  • Mercurian surface and interior
  • Martian interior
  • exoplanetary interiors

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