Personal research interests to date have focused on the petrology and geochemistry of oceanic basalts and gabbros, lower crustal granulites, ultramafic peridotites and continental volcanism, with a specific focus on problems of mantle geodynamics, petrogenesis of basaltic magmas, and the evolution of the lower crust and upper mantle. Pamela is also interested in pursuing new research problems in Earth’s Critical Zone, such as quantifying processes that control bedrock breakdown and rates of soil formation, how these processes vary with landscape type, tectonic setting and / or climate.
Research Areas:
- Deep Earth processes
- Mineral resources
- Earthquakes and volcanoes
Subject Areas: isotope geochemistry, igneous petrology
Subject Areas:
- Geophysics, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology
- Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology
- Geochronology, Igneous Petrology, Quaternary Geology, Structural Geology
Keywords: Geology
