Dr Catherine Annen

Research summary

I use numerical simulation and heat transfer computation to explore magmatic processes. I study quantitatively the genesis of differentiated melts in deep hot zones, the relationship between pluton emplacement and growth of large magma chambers, and the development of thermal aureoles around plutons. I have applied my models to the study of the Manaslu leucogranites (Nepal), the Snake River Plain rhyolites (USA), and Mount Pelée and Soufrière Hills magma chamber (Lesser Antilles).

I am currently focusing on how large volume of magma are emplaced in the crust using data from the field and modeling. I am also interested ...

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Selected publications

• Annen, C 2009, ‘From plutons to magma chambers: Thermal constraints on the accumulation of eruptible silicic magma in the upper crust’. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 284., pp. 409 - 416
• Menand, T, Saint-Blanquat, Md & Annen, C 2011, ‘Emplacement of Magma Pulses and Growth of Magma Bodies’. Tectonophysics, vol 500., pp. 1 - 2

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Recent publications

• Melekhova, E, Annen, CJ & Blundy, JD 2013, ‘Compositional gaps in igneous rock suites controlled by magma system heat and water content’. Nature Geoscience, vol 6., pp. 385
• Schöpa, A & Annen, CJ 2013, ‘The effects of magma flux variations on the formation and lifetime of large silicic magma chambers’. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, vol 118., pp. 1-17

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