PhD (Vernadsky Inst)

Professor

Career Summary

Leonid Danyushevsky is a Professor in CODES. Leonid received his BSc (Hons) from the Moscow State University in Russia in 1983, and PhD from the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences in 1992. Leonid worked in the Vernadsky Institute for nine years (1983–1992) and received a Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1992. In 1993 Leonid moved to UTAS to conducts research into magma generation and evolution processes under mid-ocean ridges and above subduction zones. In 1995-1997 Leonid held an ARC PostDoctoral Fellowship ‘Constraints on the composition and generation conditions of primary magmas derived from the suboceanic mantle: a melt inclusion approach’. In 1998-2002 Leonid held an ARC QEII Research Fellowship ‘Melt inclusion constraints on the compositions (including volatile and chalcophile element contents) of primitive subduction-related and mid-ocean ridge magmas’. Since 2003 Leonid is responsible for the operation of the CODES laser-ablation ICP-MS laboratory which is used for trace-element analysis of minerals, glasses and fluid inclusions. Since 2005 Leonid leads CODES Technology Research Program. Research projects within this program are aimed at developing novel analytical and data interpretation techniques for laser ablation microprobes coupled with single- and multi-collector mass-spectrometers, nuclear microprobes and synchrotrons. Research within this program is conducted in cooperation with a number of Australian universities and research organisations.

Research Interests

Leonid has become internationally recognised for his research into application of melt inclusions in phenocrysts to understanding of magma generation and evolution processes. His main reserach interests include 1) Petrology and geochemistry of mantle-derived magmatic suites erupted in mid-ocean ridge, backarc basin, and island arc settings; conditions of generation and compositions of primary magmas for these magmatic suites; the number, nature and composition of independent components involved in generation of these primary magmas; relationship between primary magma composition and geodynamic environment; volatile contents of primary magmas. 2) Development of experimental and geochemical studies of magmatic (melt, fluid and solid) inclusions in minerals. 3) Development of micro-beam analytical techniques and their application to geological problems. 4) Thermodynamic modelling of crystallisation and generation of mantle-derived magmas; numerical modelling of crystallisation and melting processes. 5) High-pressure experimental petrology related to magma genesis under mid-ocean ridges and within supra-subduction zones.

Selected Publications:

• Danyushevsky, L.V., Leslie, R.A.J., Crawford, A.J. and Durance, P., 2004, 'Melt inclusions in primitive olivine phenocrysts: the role of localised reaction processes in the origin of anomalous compositions', J. Petrology, 45, pgs. 2531-2553

Full Publication List

Current and Supervised Project/s:

• F5.6 U-Pb isotopic analysis in the CODES LA-ICPMS facility