My research, conducted through detailed fieldwork and careful laboratory investigation, currently focuses on world-class magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE (platinum-group elements) deposits, the tectonic setting in which they occur, petrogenesis of associated mafic-ultramafic rocks, causes of sulfide saturation in mafic magma, concentration of immiscible sulfide liquids in magma plumbing systems, controls on the compositions of base metals and PGE in sulfide ores, and models that can be used to assist in exploration targeting.
Research Interests:
- petrogenesis; tectonic settings of mafic; ultramafic rocks
Research Fields
- Geochemistry & Geophysics
- Geology
- mafic-ultramafic rocks
- metallic ore deposits
- Mineralogy
