Expertises
SAMPLE PREPARATION
Epoxy mounts with polished minerals and grains
Preparation of melt inclusions for chemical analyses
Use of polishing and grinding machines for resin mounts and thin sections
High-temperature furnace for melt inclusions homogenisation
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
- Electron Microprobe Analyser (EMPA)
- Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD)
- Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS)
- Raman spectroscopy
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
COMPUTING SKILLS
- Processing of geochemical data (major, minor, trace elements and oxygen isotopes)
- Geothermobarometry calculations (OPAM thermobarometry, mineral-melt thermobarometry)
- Petrolog: forward and reverse crystallisation and post-entrapment correction of melt inclusion compositions
- Numerical diffusion modelling using finite difference method
- Diffusion modelling of major and minor element in olivine crystals
- Adobe photoshop, Illustrator and Premier
- MS office suite
- Matlab (beginner)