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Off-axis electron hologram showing the in-plane magnetization of magnetite-

ulvöspinel intergrowths.  This research was conducted at the University of Cambridge and was funded by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council.  (Feinberg et al., 2006, JGR)

FUNDING

Photomicrograph of exsolved magnetite needles in plagioclase grains from the Main Zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa.  Scale bar is 5 micrometers.

My group’s research draws on the magnetic behavior and crystal orientation of minerals to understand questions about Earth processes operating on global, tectonic, outcrop, and nanometer scales.  In order to connect observations made at small scales to processes occurring on larger scales, we incorporates a strong multi-disciplinary approach including fieldwork, rock magnetism and paleomagnetism, mineral texture studies, electron microscopy, fieldwork, and numerical modeling.

My research group is still growing and developing, but here are some examples of recent sources of funding for our work:


  1. •National Science Foundation (NSF) "Collaborative Research: The Effect of Dislocations on Magnetic Properties of Small Titanomagnetite Minerals", EAR-0810252 and EAR-0810085. (2 Years)


  3. •Substantial startup funding from Geology and Geophysics and the Institute of Technology


  5. •Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) “Silicate Hosted Magnetic Inclusions as Paleomagnetic Recorders”, NE/C518422/1 Start/End Dates: 11/01/05 - 12/31/07 (2 Years)



Fieldwork. Collecting paleomagnetic samples from a dimension stone quarry in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa.  Gary Scott is operating the pump can.  This research was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (EAR-0337006).    

Observations at the

Outcrop Scale

Observations at  the

Thin Section Scale

Observations at the

Nanometer Scale