Prof. Dr. Vadim Kamenetsky

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPetrology,Geochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological),Mineral Deposits
KeywordsFloof basalts, Mantle, Melt inclusions, Olympic Dam, Kimberlites

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityHobart
InstitutionUniversity of Tasmania
InstituteSchool of Physical Sciences
Homepagehttp://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/scieng/codes/pagedetails.asp?lpersonId=3445

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Albrecht W. HofmannAbteilung Geochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut), Mainz
Prof. Dr. Chris BallhausMineralogisch-Petrologisches Institut und Museum, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2003

Programme(s)

2003Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Dr. Kamenetsky has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of the processes of melting in the Earth's mantle and of forming ore deposits in the crust. He has achieved this by studying microscopic inclusions of melts and fluids in minerals. At the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, he will work in close collaboration with the Wolfgang-Paul Project of Alexander Sobolev on the origin of mantle-derived magmas from the ocean floor.

Publications (partial selection)

2004Vadim Kamenetsky, Vladimir Naumov, Paul Davidson, Esme van Achterbergh, Chris Ryan: Immiscibility between silicate magmas and aqueous fluids: a melt inclusion pursuit into the magmatic-hydrothermal transition in the Omsukchan Granite (NE Russia). In: Chemical Geology, 2004, 73-90
2004Maya Kamenetsky, Alexander Sobolev, Vadim Kamenetsky, Roland Maas, Leonid Danyushevsky, Nikolai Pokhilenko, Nikolai Sobolev: Kimberlite melts rich in alkali chlorides and carbonates: A potent metasomatic agent in the mantle. In: Geology, 2004, 845-848
2004Weidong Sun, Vickie Bennett, Vadim Kamenetsky: The mechanism of Re enrichment in arc magmas: evidence from Lau Basin basaltic glasses and primitive melt inclusions. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2004, 101-104