Dr Carrie Soderman
@carriesoderman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @selwyn1882.bsky.social @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social | PhD @stjohnscollege.bsky.social | critical minerals, geochemistry, igneous rocks and ballroom dancing
Very excited that the first application study of our new thermodynamic model for alkaline silicate igneous systems has just been published! We identify a critical fractionation pressure to form Qz- and Ne-bearing rocks, and look at implications for REE enrichment in these alkaline systems.
⚒️ Article: A narrow range of pressures at mid-crustal depth represents a tipping point between silica-undersaturated and -oversaturated compositions crystallizing from mafic melts in igneous systems
@carriesoderman.bsky.social @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@carriesoderman.bsky.social @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Very excited that the first application study of our new thermodynamic model for alkaline silicate igneous systems has just been published! We identify a critical fractionation pressure to form Qz- and Ne-bearing rocks, and look at implications for REE enrichment in these alkaline systems.