Redox Decoupling and Redox Budgets : Conceptual Tools for the Study of Earth Systems

The Earth Materials Area is comprises the Experimental Petrology, Rock Physics, Thermochronology and Structure & Tectonics Groups. The research of these groups centres around laboratory based measurements under controlled conditions, simulating those occurring in nature, but these activities are complimented by field based observations, often in collaboration with scientists from other institutions, nationally and internationally. Through such investigations we are developing understanding of the structure and chemical composition of planetary interiors and processes by which they evolve, such as accretion, core formation, mantle convection, volcanism, metamorphism, global tectonics and the formation of ore deposits.