CSL awarded access time at the Australian Synchrotron
The research proposal by Dr Thomas Rodemann (CSL) and A/Prof Leonid Danyushevsky (CODES) entitled “Analysis of dissolved H2O and CO2 contents of silicate glass inclusions in crystals from magmatic rocks” was positively reviewed by a specialist committee and the Proposal Allocation Committee awarded the investigators with 11 eight-hour shifts in October 2008 at the Infrared Spectroscopy beamline.
It is hoped that the infrared study of water and carbon dioxide contents in melt inclusions of volcanic rocks will give a ‘snapshot’ of the condition of the volcanic plumbing system during magma evolution. The study of volatile elements during formation and evolution of silicate magmas is important for understanding processes leading to melting deep within the Earth, for understanding eruption dynamics, which are largely controlled by the rate of volatile release from magmas, and for understanding the geochemistry of many metals which are typically transported from magmas to the sites of ore deposition by volatile-rich fluids released as the result of magma degassing.
The Australian Synchrotron
