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Professor Marjorie Wilson
Professor in Petrology and Geochemistry
Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics
School of Earth and Environment,
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT Leeds - U.K.
Ph: +44 (0) 113-343-5236
Email:  		Pic of Marge

 
Research topics within VSG
  • Studying the petrogenesis of within-plate magmatism, with a particular focus on Europe and the Mediterranean region.

  • Seismic tomography and geophysical and petrological tracing the upper mantle plumes and subducted slabs.

  • magmatism associated with the India-Asia collision zone

  • Interpretation of 3-D seismic data from the continental margins to deduce the volcanic architecture.


Volcanology- related research projects I am working on:
  • Deciphering magma mixing.

  • The evolution of the magmatic system of Italian Stromboli and other Italian volcanoes.

  • Post-collisional magmatism of the northern Tibetan and Armenian Plateaus.

  • Harzburgite-lherzolite mantle xenoliths from Spain.

  • Tertiary-Quaternary intra-plate magmatism in Europe and its relationship to mantle dynamics.

  • Late Palaeozoic intra- and pericratonic basins on the East European Craton and its margins.


Recent Publications (2005-2010)

Cortés, J. A., Wilson, M., Condliffe, E., Francalanci, L. & Chertkoff, D. The evolution of the magmatic system of Stromboli volcano during the Vancori period (26-13.8 ky) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 147, 1-38 (2005).

Cortés, J. A., Wilson, M., Condliffe, E. & Francalanci, L. The occurrence of forsterite and highly oxidising conditions in basaltic lavas from Stromboli volcano, Italy. Journal of Petrology, Advance Access published on March 22, 2006; doi: doi:10.1093/petrology/egl012 (2006)

Guo, Z, Wilson, M., Liu, J & Mao, Q. Post-collisional potassic and ultrapotasic magmatism of the northern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints on characteristics of the mantle source, geodynamic setting and uplift mechanisms. Journal of Petrology 47: 1177 - 1220 (2006)

Bianchini, G., Beccaluva, L., Bonadiman, C., Nowell, G., Pearson, G., Siena, F. & Wilson, M. Evidence of diverse depletion and metasomatic events in harzburgite-lherzolite mantle xenoliths from the Iberian plate (Olot, NE Spain): Implications for lithosphere accretionary processes. Lithos, 94: 25-45 (2006)

Wilson, M. & Downes, H. Tertiary-Quaternary intra-plate magmatism in Europe and its relationship to mantle dynamics. In: Gee, D. & Stephenson, R. (eds.) Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, Volume 32. Volume 32. pp 147-166 (2006)

Stephenson, R., Yegorova, Brunet, M-F., Stovba, S., Wilson, M., Starostenko, V., Saintot, A. & Kusznir, N. Late Palaeozoic intra- and pericratonic basins on the East European Craton and its margins. Geological Society, London, Memoirs v. 32; p. 463-479. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006.032.01.29 (2006)

Lustrino, M. & Wilson, M. The Circum-Mediterranean anorogenic Cenozoic igneous province. Earth Science Reviews 81, 1-65. (2006)

Cortés, J.A., José Luis Palma, J.L & Wilson, M. Deciphering magma mixing: The application of cluster analysis to the mineral chemistry of crystal populations. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 165: 163-188 (2007).

Guo, Z., Wilson, M & Liu, J. Post-collisional adakites in south Tibet: products of partial melting of subduction-modified lower crust. Lithos 96, 205-224 (2007).

Recent edited volumes

Beccaluva, L., Bianchini, L. & Wilson, M. (2007) Cenozoic volcanism in the Mediterranean Area. The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 418, pp 350.
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