Dr Richard Brooker

Research summary

I currently have responsibility for the Experimental Petrology Facility and the MicroFTIR Laboratory and have been involved in developing new apparatus and analytical techniques within the BEEST group at Bristol. The majority of my research has been related to the behaviour of volatile components in igneous systems. This ranges from storage and release of volatiles during melting in the mantle, right through to explosive exsolution of gas at volcanic centers.

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Biography

Various Postdoc positions in Arizona State University, Bristol, UCL and Tübingen

1987-1990 PhD Geology  (awarded 1995)                 University of Manchester

1981-1984 BSc (Hons) Geology (2i)                          University of Manchester

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Selected publications

• Brooker, R & Kjarsgaard, B, 2011, ‘Silicate–Carbonate Liquid Immiscibility and Phase Relations in the System SiO2–Na2O–Al2O3–CaO–CO2 at 0·1–2·5 GPa with Applications to Carbonatite Genesis’. Journal of Petrology, vol 52., pp. 1281 - 1305
• Brooker, R, Wood, B, Kelley, S, Chamorro, E & Blundy, J, 2002, ‘The 'zero charge' partitioning behaviour of noble gases during mantle melting’. in: Unknown., pp. 105 - 105

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Recent publications

• Saitta, E, Liang, R, Lau, M, Brown, C, Longrich, N, Kaye, T, Novak, B, Salzberg, S, Norell, M, Abbott, G, Dickson, M, Vinther, J, Bull, I, Brooker, R, Martin, P, Donohoe, P, Knowles, T, Penkman, K & Onstott, T, 2019, ‘Cretaceous dinosaur bone contains recent organic material and provides an environment conducive to microbial communities’. eLife, vol 8.

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