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Trumbull

Dr. Robert Trumbull

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 4.2, Inorganic and Isotope Geochemistry

Telegrafenberg, B 125
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1495
Fax: +49 331 288 1474
Mail: robert.trumbull@gfz-potsdam.de

Scientific interests:

  • The origin and evolution of magmas at different tectonic settings
  • Melt inclusion research
  • Mineral thermo-barometry in magmatic systems
  • Large Igneous Provinces
  • Orthomagmatic ore deposits (Cu, Sn, Ta-Nb)
  • Stable isotopes esp. of Boron as tracer of fluid systems

Projects:

  • SPP-SAMPLE:
    • Composition and melting conditions of primary mantle magmas at the volcanic rifted margin of southern Africa
    • Structures and mechanisms of dyke emplacement at a volcanic rifted margin

Career:

  • since 1995  Senior scientist and petrology group leader, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
  • 1993-1995   Research scientist, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
  • 1990-1993   Teaching assistant, Dept. of Applied Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • 1990       PhD in Mineralogy, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • 1984       MSc in Geology, University of New Mexico, USA
  • 1979        BSc in Geology, Stanford University, USA


  • Dr. Robert Trumbull


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