Department of Earth Sciences

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Position | Departmental responsibilities | Research Interests | Publications | Further information

Position

Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences

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Departmental responsibilities

Teaching: Yearl 1 and 2; Year 1 tutor; Year 2 field trip leader.

Admin: Year abroad coordinator

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Research Interests

My research interests are in high pressure-temperature experimental petrology, geochemistry, and mineral physics. Phase equilibrium, equation of state, and element partitioning data from high P-T experiments constrain modern theories for the origin and evolution of Earth and other planetary bodies.

In recent years, my research has focused on several topics including: the differentiation of the mantle and core during an early magma ocean stage shortly after Earth accretion; and subsolidus lower-mantle phase relations and crystal chemistry; and the origin and evolution of deep-seated carbonatite magmas and mineral inclusions in diamond.

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Publications

Link to Prof Michael J Walter on the University's on-line database of research outputs (opens in a new window)

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Further information

Prof Michael J Walter is a member of the Deep Earth Reseach Group at Bristol.