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EUROCARB
A European Science Foundation Network on mantle carbon and carbon cycling

Research groups working on topics related to mantle carbon and carbon cycling.

If you would like your research group to be included here, please contact Frances Wall.

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  • Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
    Key names: Hilary Downes
    Keywords: mantle xenoliths, carbonatite metasomatism, kimberlites, Kola region

  • Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
    Keynames: Mercedes Muñoz, Juana Sagredo, Cristina de Ignacio, Soledad Fernandez Santin:
    Keywords: carbonatites, alkaline silicate rocks, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, petrology, geochemistry

  • ETH Zürich, Institute for Mineralogy and Petrography http://www.rereth.ethz.ch/erdw/mineralogie/thompson.proj_overview.html
    http://www.imp.ethz.ch/HPLab/home.htm
    Keynames: Alan Thompson, Peter Ulmer
    Keywords:experimental petrology, mantle volatiles, metasomatism, mantle melting Resources: experimental high-pressure apparatus, electron microprobe, Raman spectrometer

  • Garbriele d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
    http://www.unich.it/~stoppa/
    Keynames: Francesco Stoppa, Gianluigi Rosatelli, Giada Vichi
    Keywords: extrusive carbonatite, kamafugite, leucitite, volcanology, geochemistry
    Resources: collection of Italian alkaline rocks

  • Heidelberg University, Germany
    Key names: Stephan Klemme
    Keywords: experiments on carbonatites, apatite, baddeleyite, mantle metasomatism

  • Helsinki University, Finland
    Keynames: Juha Karhu
    Keywords: Carbon cycle, Precambrian Palaeoclimates

  • Kingston University, UK (Geodynamics and crustal processes research group)
     (http://www.kingston.ac.uk/esg/research/geodynam.htm )
    Keynames: Andy Rankin, Peter Treloar, Bettina Beeskow
    Keywords : Mineralisation and fluid processes in carbonatite complexes, abiogenic (?) hydrocarbons in alkaline rocks, Kola Peninsula
    Facilities: 1. Fluid inclusion lab with various microscopes (UV, CL etc.) and heating/freezing stages and Renishaw Laser-Raman microprobe. Laser-ICP-MS lab with 3 instruments - NERC facility at Kingston 3. SEM/EPMA labs 4. Access to GC-MS facilities in Faculty of Science at Kingston University

  • National University of Ireland, Department of Earth and Ocean Science, Galway, Ireland
    Kathryn Moore, Alessandra Costanzo, Daniel Harris
    Keywords: Carbonatite, alkaline rocks and mantle: Modelling, petrology, fluids,
    emplacement

  • Natural History Museum, London, UK
    (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/mineralogy/petrology/PetrologyandPetrogenesis.htm)
    Key names: Frances Wall, Terry Williams, Alan Woolley, Anatoly Zaitsev
    Keywords: Extrusive carbonatites, ore deposits, accessory minerals, mantle materials, spatial distribution of carbonatites
    Resources: Collection of carbonatites and alkaline rocks: specimens available for donation for scientific research.

  • Oulu University, Finland
    Key names: Seppo Gehor
    Keywords: Finnish and Kola carbonatites

  • RTWH Aachen, Germany
    Key names: Ulrich Kramm, Sven Sindern, Thomas Koerner, Jens Warnsloh
    Keywords: Age determinations and isotopes, especially Kola rocks

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles. Laboratoire de Géochimie isotopique.
    Key names: Daniel Demaiffe, Stéphane Brassinnes, Olivier Féménias.
    Keywords: Trace elements and isotope geochemistry of carbonatites and associated rocks (Kola Peninsula). Kimberlites and diamonds (Congo). Mantle xenoliths.
    Resources: Mass spectrometers (TIMS and MC - ICP-MS).

  • Universiy College London
    Key names: Adrian P Jones
    Keywords: carbonatites, mantle carbon, diamond, impact melting, petrology, experiments
    Resources: Experimental facilities (for access
    http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/research/mirp/) and Key collections of rocks,
    minerals and glasses

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