Research publications from the ESPM group. Click on the title for a pdf.
- Horn C.M., Skemer P. (2025) Rheology of hydrous minerals in the subduction multisystem. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119171
- Vaci Z., Kruttasch P. M., Krawczynski M. J., Ogliore R. C., Mezger K. (2024) Symplectite formation in ultramafic achndrited by impact percolation of a sulfide melt. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.08.011
- Jung J.-I., Tikoo S. M., Burns D., Vaci Z., Krawczynski M. J. (2024) Assessing lunar paleointensity variability during the 3.9 – 3.5 Ga high field epoch. Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118757
- Liang Y., Tikoo S. M., Krawczynski M. J. (2024) Possibility of lunar crustal magmatism producing strong crustal magnetism. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008179
- Prissel K.B., Krawczysnki M. J., Nie N. X., Dauphas N., Aarons S. M., Heard A. W., Hu M, Y., Alp E. E., Zhao J. (2024) Fractionation of iron and titanium isotopes by ilmenite and the isotopic compositions of lunar magma ocean cumulates. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.01.006
- Billings K., Skemer P. (2024) Evolving microstructure during experimental deformation of Maryland diabase. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118564
- Turner S. J., Barickman M. H., Rodriguez J., Fike D. A., Jones C. M., Wang K., Savov I. P., Agostini S., Krawczynski M. J., Parai R. (2023) Boron isotopes in Central American volcanics indicate a key role for the subjecting oceanic crust. Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118289
- Prissel K., Olive J.-A., Krawczynski M. J. (2023) A log-ratio-based algorithm for petrologic mass-balance problems and uncertainty assessment. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, https://doi. org/10.1029/2023GC011234
- Sly M.K., Padilla K., Flores K.M., Skemer P. (2023) Low-temperature plastic rheology of granitic feldspar and quartz. Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229850
- Horn C.M., Skemer P. (2023) Semi-brittle deformation of talc at the base of the seismogenic zone. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL102385
- Wieser P.E., Kent A.J.R., Till C.B., Donovan J., Neave D.A., Blatter D.L., Krawczynski M.J. (2023) Barometers behaving badly: Assessing the influence of the analytical and experimental uncertainty on clinopyroxene thermobarpmetry calculations at crustal conditions. Journal of Petrography, https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac126
- Goltz A.E., Krawczynski M.J., McCanta M.C, Dyar, M.D. (2022) Experimental calibration of an Fe3+/Fe2+-in-amphibole oxybarometer and its application to shallow magmatic processes at Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka. American Mineralogist, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2022-8031
- Bercovici D., Mulyukova E., Girard J., Skemer P. (2022) A coupled model for phase mixing, grain damage and shear localization in the lithosphere: Comparison to lab experiments. Geophysical Journal International, https://doi.org/10.1093/gii/ggac428
- Dauphas N., Hopp T., Craig G., Zhang Z.J., Valdes M.C, Heck P.R., Charlier B.L.A., Bell E.A., Harrison T.M., Davis A.M., Dussubieux L., Williams P.R., Krawczynski M.J., Bouman C., Lloyd N.S., Tollstrup D., Schwieters J.B.(2022) In situ 87Rb-87Sr analysis of terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples by LA-MC-ICP-MC/MS with doubles Wien filter and collision cell technologies. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, doi: 10:1039/d2ja00135g
- Stadermann A.C., Jolliff B.L., Krawczynski M.J., Hamilton C.W., Barnes J.J. (2022) Analysis and experimental investigation of Apollo sample 12032,366-18, a chemically evolved basalt from the Moon. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 4, 794-816, doi: 10.111/maps.13795
- Strozewski B., Sly M.K., Flores K.M., Skemer P. (2021) Viscoplastic rheology of a-quartz investigated by nano indentation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, https://doi. org/10.1029/2021JB022229
- Nie N.X, Dauphas N., Alp E.E., Zeng H., Sio C.K, Hu J.Y., Chen X., Aarons S.M., Zhang Z., Tian H-C., Wang Da, Prissel K.B., Greer J., Bi W., Hu M.Y., Zhao J., Shahar A., Roskosz M., Teng F-Z, Krawczynski M.J., Heck P.R., Spear F.S. (2021) Iron, magnesium, and titanium isotopic fractionations between garnet, ilmenite, fayalite, biotite, and tourmaline: Results from NRIXS, ab initio, and study of mineral separates from Moosilauke metapelite. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, 302:18-45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.03.014
- Cross A.J., Olree E., Couvy H., Skemer P. (2020) How does viscosity contrast influence phase mixing and strain localization. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2020JB020323
- Goltz A.E., Krawczynski M.J., Gavrilenko M.,Gorbach N.V., Ruprecht P. (2020) Evidence for superhydrous primitive arc magmas from mafic enclaves at Shiveluch volcano, Kamchatka. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 175:115, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-020-01746-5
- Prissel K.B, Krawczynski M.J., Van Orman J.A. (2020) Fe-Mg and Fe-Mn interdiffusion in ilmenite with implications for geospeedometry using oxides. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 175:62, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-020-01695-z
- Kranjc K., Thind A.S., Borisevich A.Y., Mishra R., Flores K.M., Skemer P. (2020) Amorphization and plasticity of olivine during low-temperature micropillar deformation experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125 (5), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB019242
- Horn C., Bouilhol P., Skemer P. (2020) Serpentinization, deformation, and seismic anisotropy in the subduction mantle wedge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2020GC008950
- Sly M.K., Thind A.S., Mishra R., Flores K.M., Skemer P. (2020) Low-temperature rheology of calcite. Geophysical Journal International, 221:129-141, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz577
- Gavrilenko M., Krawczynski M.J., Ruprecht P., Li W., Catalano J. (2019) The quench control of water estimates on convergent margin magmas. American Mineralogist, 104:936-948, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2019-6735
- Cross A.J., Skemer P. (2019) Rates of dynamic recrystallization in geologic materials. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 10.1029/2018JB016201
- Skemer P., French M., Hirshmann M., Hirth G., Kitajima H., Krawczynski M., Till C., Zhu W. (2018) Experimental studies of subduction zone processes: A vision for community-driven infrastructure to support experimental Earth science. National Science Foundation. EssZP report
- Reagan M.M, Gleason A.E., Liu J., Krawczynski M.J., Van Orman J.A., Mao W.L. (2018) The effect of nickel on the strength of iron nickel alloys: Implication for the Earth’s inner core. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 283:43-47,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2018.08.003 - Prissel K.B,, Krawczynski M.J., Nie N.X., Dauphas N., Couvy H.,Hu M.Y., Alp E.E., Roskosz M. (2018) Experimentally determined effects of olivine crystallization and melt titanium content on iron isotopic fractionation in planetary basalts. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, 238:580-598, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.07.028
- Song Z., Wu H., Shu S., Krawczynski M., Van Orman J., Cherniak D.J., Watson E.B., Mukhopadhyay S., Morgan D. (2018) A first-principales and experimental study of helium diffusion in periclase MgO. Physics and Chemistry of Mineral, 45:641-654, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-018-0949-y
- Xiong W., Wells R.K., Horner J.A., Schaef H.T., Skemer P., Giammar D.E. (2018) CO2 Mineral sequestration in naturally porous basalt. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 5(3) 142-147, doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00047
- Fu X., Wang A., Krawczynski M. (2017) Characterizing amorphous silicates in extraterrestrial materials: Polymerization effects on Raman and mid-IR spectral features of alkali and alkali earth silicate glasses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 122:839-855, doi:10.1002/ 2016JE005241
- Xiong W., Wells R.K., Menefee A.H., Skemer P., Ellis B.R., Giammar D.E. (2017) CO2 mineral trapping in fractured basalt. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 66:204-217, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.10.003
- Wells R.K., Xiong W., Giammar D., Skemer P. (2017) Dissolution and surface roughening of Columbia River flood basalt at geologic carbon sequestration conditions. Chemical Geology, 467:100-109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.07.028
- Boneh Y., Wallis D., Hansen L.N., Krawczynski M., Skemer P. (2017) Oriented grain growth and modification of ‘frozen anisotropy’ in the lithospheric mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 474:368-374, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.050
- Adeoye J.T., Menefee A.H., Xiong W., Wells R.K., Skemer P., Giammar D.E., Ellis B.R. (2017) Effect of transport limitations and fluid properties on reaction products in fractures of unaltered and serpentinized basalt exposed to high PCO2 fluid. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 63:310-320,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.06.003
- Bercovici D., Skemer P. (2017) Grain damage, phase mixing and plate-boundary formation. Journal of Geodynamics, 108:40-55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2017.05.002
- Skemer P., Chaney M.M., Emmerich A.L., Miller K.J., Zhu W. (2017) Network topology of olivine – basalt partial melts. Geophysical Journal International, 210:284-290, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx160
- Cross A.J., Skemer P. (2017) Ultramylonite generation via phase mixing in high strain experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013801
- Wells R.K., Xiong X., Sesti E., Cui J., Giammar D., Skemer P., Hayes S.E., Conradi M.S. (2017) Spatially-variable carbonation reactions in polycrystalline olivine. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.003
- Van Orman J.A., Krawczynski M.J. (2017) Kinetics of stable and radiogenic isotope exchange in geological and planetary processes. EMU Notes in Mineralogy, Vol. 16, Chapter 17, 1–29
- Hansen L.N., Conrad C.P., Boneh Y., Skemer P., Warren J.M., Kohlstedt D.L. (2016) Viscous anisotropy of textured olivine aggregates: 2. Micromechanical model . Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013240
- Rahl J.M., Skemer P. (2016) Microstructural evolution and rheology of quartz in a mid-crustal shear zone. Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.022
- Kranjc K., Rouse Z., Flores K., Skemer P. (2016) Low temperature plastic rheology of olivine determined by nanoindentation. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065837
- Skemer P., Hansen L.N. (2016) Inferring upper-mantle flow from seismic anisotropy: An experimental perspective. Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.12.003
- Van Orman J.A., Krawczynski, M.J. (2015) Theoretical constraints on the isotope effect for diffusion in minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.051
- Boneh Y., Morales L.F.G, Kaminski E., Skemer P. (2015) Modeling olivine CPO evolution with complex deformation histories—Implications for the interpretation of seismic anisotropy in the mantle. G3, doi:10.1002/2015GC005964
- Grove, T.L., Holbig, E.S., Barr, J.A., Till, C.B., Krawczynski, M.J. (2014) Erratum to: Melts of garnet lherzolite: experiments, models and comparison to melts of pyroxenite and carbonated lherzolite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, doi: 10.1007/s00410-014-1086-3
- Moore J.K, Surface J.A., Brenner A., Skemer P., Conradi M.S., Hayes S.E. (2014) Quantitative identification of metastable magnesium carbonate minerals by solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology, dx.doi.org/10.1021/es503390d
- Boneh Y., Skemer P. (2014) The effect of deformation history on the evolution of olivine CPO. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 406, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.018
- Bruijn R.H.C., Skemer P. (2014) Grain-size sensitive rheology of orthopyroxene. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060607 – Data set associated to the publication
- Linckens J., Bruijn R.H.C., Skemer P.A. (2014) Dynamic recrystallization and phase mixing in experimentally deformed peridotite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 388 134–142, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.037
- Skemer P., Warren J.M., Hansen L.N.,Hirth G., Kelemen P.B. (2013) The influence of water and LPO on the initiation and evolution of mantle shear zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.05.034
- Grove T.L., Holbig E.S., Barr J.A., Till C.B., Krawczynski M.J. (2013) Melting of compositionally variable upper mantle in the garnet stability eld: Distinguishing melts of lherzolite and pyroxenite source regions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 166. p. 887-910, doi:10.1007/s00410-013-0899-9
- Krawczynski M.J., Grove T.L., Behrens H. (2012) Amphibole stability in primitive arc magmas: effects of temperature, H2O content, and oxygen fugacity. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 164. p.317-319, doi:10.1007/s00410-012-0740-x
- Skemer P., Warren J.M., Hirth G. (2012) The influence of deformation history on the interpretation of seismic anisotropy, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13:3, doi:10.1029/2011GC003988
- Surface J.A., Skemer P., Hayes S., Conradi M. (2012) In Situ measurement of magnesium carbonate formation from CO2 using static high pressure and temperature 13C NMR. Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/es301287n
- Till C.B., Grove T.L., Krawczynski M.J. (2012) A melting model for variably depleted and enriched lherzolite in the plagioclase and spinel stability fields, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 117, doi:10.1029/2011JB009044
- Grove T.L., Till C.B., Krawczynski M.J (2012) The Role of H2O in Subduction Zone Magmatism. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 40, doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105310
- Krawczynski M.J., Grove T.L. (2012) Experimental investigation of the influence of oxygen fugacity on the source depths for high titanium lunar ultramafic magmas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 79:1–19, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.10.043
- Skemer P., Sundberg M., Hirth G., Cooper R. (2011) Torsion experiments on coarse-grained dunite: implications for microstructural evolution when diffusion creep is suppressed. Deformation Mechanism, Rheology & Tectonics: Microstructures, Mechanics & Anisotropy Geological Society of London Special Publication, 360:211-223
- Cull S., Arvidson R.E., Mellon M.T., Skemer P., Shaw A., Morris R.V. (2010) Composition of subsurface ices at the Mars Phoenix Landing Site. Geophysical Research Letters, 37:L24203, doi:10.1029/2010GL045372
- Skemer P., Warren J.M., Kelemen P.B., Hirth J.G. (2010) Microstructural and rheological evolution of a mantle shear zone. Journal of Petrology, 51:43-53, doi:10.1093/petrology/egp057
- Krawczynski M.J., Behn M.D., Das S.B., and Joughin I. (2009) Constraints on the lake volume required for hydro-fracture through ice sheets. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L10501, doi:10.1029/2008GL036765
- Grove T. L., Krawczynski M.J. (2009) Lunar mare volcanism: Where did the magmas come from? Elements, 5, 1. p. 29-34, doi: 10.2113/gselements.5.1.29
- Skemer P., Karato S-i. (2008) Sheared lherzolite xenoliths revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113: B07205, doi:10.1029/2007JB005286
- Karato S-i., Jung H., Katayama I., Skemer P. (2008) Geodynamic significance of seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle: New insights from laboratory studies. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science 36:59–95, doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124120
- Skemer P., Karato S-i. (2007) Effects of solute segregation on the grain-growth kinetics of orthopyroxene with implications for the deformation of the upper mantle. Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors 164:186-196, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.06.011
- Skemer P., Karato S-i. (2007) Reply to Comment on “The misorientation index: Development of a new method for calculating the strength of lattice-preferred orientation”. Tectonophysics 441:119-120, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.05.002
- Skemer P., Katayama I., Karato S-i. (2006) Deformation fabrics of the Cima di Gagnone Peridotite Massif, Central Alps, Switzerland: Evidence of deformation at low temperatures in the presence of water. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 152:43-51, doi:10.1007/s00410-006-0093-4
- Skemer P., Katayama I., Jiang Z., Karato S-i. (2005) The misorientation index: Development of a new method for calculating the strength of lattice-preferred orientation. Tectonophysics 411:157-167, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.023