Muriel Laubier

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POST-DOCTORAL/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE RESEARCH: Investigation of the potential of melt inclusions as a petrogenetic tool in the understanding of ocean ridges: study of olivine-hosted melt inclusions from multiple samples from the FAMOUS segment (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and the Gakkel Ridge - Comparison with the lava dataset Understanding of the relationship between the chemical information recorded by the melt inclusions and their host phenocrysts (olivine, plagioclase and clinopyroxene): electron microprobe, LA ICP-MS and ion probe. Experimental study of trace element partitioning between basaltic and basaltic andesitic melts and the minerals olivine, plagioclase, orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene (collaboration with Tim L. Grove at MIT) Major element modeling of mantle melting beneath mid-ocean ridges   PhD RESEARCH: Study of high Mg olivine-hosted melt inclusions in two geodynamic settings: mid-ocean ridges (FAMOUS zone, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and oceanic islands (Réunion plume) Experiments using a high-temperature, He-atmosphere optically controlled heating/quenching stage Major, volatile and trace-element analyses: electron microprobe Cameca SX100 (Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand, France), SIMS Cameca 4f (CRR, Pavia, Italy) and Laser ICP-MS (Open University, UK) Geochemical modelling of petrogenetic processes