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My research is aimed at understanding the materials that control large scale processes in the Earth’s mantle and crust. Most of my work involves a combination of high-pressure and temperature experiments and analytical or spectroscopic measurements.
I have a long-standing interest in understanding the interactions between volatile components and silicate minerals and melts. Such work has wide application to understanding the degassing and eruptive style of volcanoes, the physical properties (e.g. density and viscosity) of magmas and mantle melting. Similarly small amounts of volatile components can have a disproportionately large effect on the properties of the mantle, so knowledge of their concentration and distribution in the mantle is crucial for understanding global geodynamics.
Most recently I have become fascinated by the potential of diamonds and their inclusions to elucidate the structure and composition of the deep Earth. I am particularly interested in integrating measurements of defect concentrations in diamonds with data on inclusion compositions, isotopic ratios, diamond internal morphologies and age determinations.
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EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE PARTITION COEFFICIENT OF WATER BETWEEN PHENOCRYSTS AND SILICATE MELTS IN MAGMA CHAMBERS
1/08/08 → 1/02/10
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Deep Mantle Cycling of Oceanic Crust: Evidence from Diamonds and their Mineral Inclusions
Walter, MJ., Kohn, SC., Araujo, D., Bulanova, G., Smith, CB., Gaillou, E., Wang, J., Steele, A. & Shirey, SB., 2011, In: Science. 334, 6052, p. 54 - 57Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Mineral inclusions in sublithospheric diamonds from Collier 4 kimberlite pipe, Juina, Brazil: subducted protoliths, carbonated melts and primary kimberlite magmatism
Bulanova, G., Walter, MJ., Smith, CB., Kohn, SC., Armstrong, LS., Blundy, JD. & Gobbo, L., 2010, In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 160, 4, p. 489 - 510 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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The dissolution mechanism of sulphur in hydrous silicate melts. II: Solubility and speciation of sulphur in hydrous silicate melts as a function of fO2
Klimm, K., Kohn, S. C. & Botcharnikov, R., 2012, In: Chemical Geology. 322-323, p. 250-267Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
66 Citations (Scopus)
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Neutron diffraction with isotope substitution study of levitated liquid Fe2SiO4
Drewitt, J. W. E. (Contributor), Barnes, A. C. (Contributor), Laurent, C. (Contributor), Fischer, H. E. (Contributor), Louis, H. (Contributor), Kohn, S. C. (Contributor), Neuville, D. R. (Contributor) & Michael, W. (Contributor), Institut Laue-Langevin, 1 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.5291/ill-data.6-03-441, https://doi.org/10.5291%2Fill-data.6-03-441
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Replication Data for: The storage capacity of fluorine in olivine and pyroxene under upper mantle conditions.
Grützner, T. (Creator), Kohn, S. C. (Creator), Bromiley, D. W. (Creator), Rohrbach, A. (Creator), Berndt, J. (Creator) & Klemme, S. (Creator), Planetary Data Portal, 30 Sep 2022
DOI: 10.35003/wlb2eq, https://planetary-data-portal.org/citation?persistentId=doi:10.35003/WLB2EQ
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Data from Gregson et al. CMP 2022
Gregson, C. (Creator), Brooker, R. A. (Creator), Kohn, S. C. (Creator) & Lord, O. T. (Creator), University of Bristol, 12 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.5523/bris.3rlsce9b4502vy5nq8gw4354, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3rlsce9b4502vy5nq8gw4354
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