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Paul D. Asimow

Research Area

Geological Sciences, Geology and Geochemistry, Geophysical Sciences, Physics

Institution

Caltech California Institute of Technology

Thermodynamic and kinetic models of magmatic processes including adiabatic mantle melting and melt transport; the role of water in petrologic and geodynamic behavior of the mantle; melting and differentiation in the deep mantle and the early earth; experimental investigation of silicate and metallic liquids and minerals under static and dynamic high pressure; petrologic and geodynamic processes at mid-ocean ridges and back-arc basins.

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