Dr. Bob Popp

Research

• Mineralogy/Geochemistry
• Experimental mineralogy and geochemistry
• High temperature hydrothermal fluids
• Crystal chemistry, phase relations, and thermodynamics of mantle-derived amphiboles and micas

Experience

• Professor, Texas A&M, 1995- present
• Assistant Department Head & Graduate Advisor, Texas A&M, 1999- 2007
• Graduate Advisor, Texas A&M, 1993- 1999
• Associate Professor, Texas A&M, 1985-95
• Assistant Professor, Texas A&M, 1979-85
• The Center for High Pressure Research, An NSF Science and Technology Center; administered by SUNY Stony Brook, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Princeton University, CHiPR Research Collaborator, 1993- 98
• Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D. C.:  Postdoctoral Fellow, 1976-79;  Research Associate, 1979;  Visiting Scientist, 1990- 99
• U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, Branch of Experimental Geochemistry and Mineralogy : NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1975-76;  Guest Scientific Investigator, 1976-77
• Montgomery County Community College, Rockville, MD, Instructor (part-time) 1976
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, National Defense Education Act Fellow 1968-71

Publications

• Virgo, D., and R.K. Popp  (2000)  Hydrogen deficiency in mantle-derived phlogopites. American Mineralogist, 85, 753-759.
• Lamb, W.M, C.J. McShane, and R.K. Popp (2002)  Phase relations in the CH4-H2O-NaCl system at 2 kbar, 300 to 600°C as determined using synthetic fluid inclusions.  Geochemica et Cosmochima Acta, 66, 3971-3986.
• Popp,R.K., H.A. Hibbert, and W.M. Lamb (2006)  Oxy-amphibole equilibria in Ti-bearing calcic amphiboles: Experimental investigation and petrologic implications for mantle-derived amphiboles. American Mineralogist, 91, 54-66.
• Lamb, W.M., and R.K. Popp (2009 in press)  Amphibole equilibria in mantle rocks: Determining values of mantle aH2O and implications for mantle H2O contents. American Mineralogist.

Links

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Petrology