Prof. Dr. Bruce W.D. Yardley

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPetrology,Geochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological)
Keywordsfluid rock interaction in the Earth's crust, metamorphic petrology and metamorphic processes, hydrothermal ore-forming processes, thermodynamic modelling of fluid-rock interactions, fluid inclusion studies

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityLeeds
InstitutionUniversity of Leeds
InstituteSchool of Earth and Environment

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm HeinrichSektion 3.6 Chemie und Physik der Geomaterialien, GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Rainer AbartFachbereich Geowissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm HeinrichDepartment 3: Chemie und Stoffkreisläufe der Erde, GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung, Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2009

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Bruce Yardley is widely acknowledged internationally as a highly respected petrologist whose interest and expertise lie broadly in the role of fluids in the Earth's crust. Through his textbook in metamorphic petrology he has influenced an entire generation of metamorphic petrologists. His studies on crustal fluids and their chemical evolution represent paramount contributions to the understanding of mass transfer processes in the Earth interior. In Germany, he continues his investigations focusing on fluid-mediated processes during rock deformation.