 M.T. Halbouty Building, Room 102C Geology & Geophysics, TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3115 lamb@geo.tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-3075 Fax: 979-845-6162 |
 Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1987.     |
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Metamorphic petrology: compositions and movement of fluids in the crust and upper mantle; granulite-facies metamorphism, phase-equilibria; natural and synthetic fluid inclusions. For more information |
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Fluids in the Earth's Mantle (current project) |
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Synthetic Fluid Inclusions |
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Granulite Facies Metamorphism (i.e., Fluids in the Lower Crust) |
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Llano Uplift, Central Texas |
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Metamorphism, Deformation, and Fluids |
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GEOL 304, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Origin, identification and classification of igneous and metamorphic rocks; processes inferred from laboratory studies and field occurrences. |
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GEOL 101, Introduction to Geology Physical and chemical nature of the Earth and dynamic processes that shape it; Plate tectonics, Earth's interior, materials it is made of, age and evolution, earthquakes, volcanism, erosion and deposition |
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| Lamb, W.M., McShane, C.J., and Popp, R.J. (2002) Phase relations in the CH4-H2O-NaCl system at 2 kbar, 300°C to 600°C as determined using synthetic fluid inclusions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. V. 66, pp. 3971-3986.
Lamb, W.M. and Morrison, J. (1997) Metamorphic fluids in the Kapuskasing Structural Zone: Retrograde formation of CO2-rich fluid inclusions and isobaric cooling. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 129, 105-119 Lamb, W.M., Popp, R.K. and Boockoff, L.A. (1996) The Determination of Phase Relations in the CH4-H2O-NaCl System at 1 kbar, 400 to 600ûC using Synthetic Fluid Inclusions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 60, 1885-189. Letargo, C.M.R., Lamb, W.M. and Park, J.-S. (1995) Comparison and Calcite-Dolomite thermometry and Carbonate-Silicate equilibria: Constraints on the conditions of metamorphism of the Llano Uplift, Central Texas, U.S.A. American Mineralogist, v. 80, p. 131-143. Lamb, W.M. (1993) Retrograde Deformation within the Carthage-Colton mylonite zone as recorded by fluid inclusions and feldspar compositions: Tectonic implications for the southern Grenville Province. Contrib. Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 114, p. 379-394. |
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Petrology
Deep Crust and Mantle Dynamics |
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