Prof. Dr. James Gill

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPetrologie,Geochemie (Anorganisch, Organisch, Biologisch),Physik des Erdkörpers

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtSanta Cruz
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of California, Santa Cruz

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Kaj HoernleForschungszentrum für Marine Wissenschaften, Abteilung Vulkanologie - Petrologie, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel
Prof. Dr. Gerhard WörnerGeochemie und Isotopengeologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Carsten MünkerInstitut für Geologie und Mineralogie, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.08.2011

Programm(e)

2011Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Gill is internationally renowned for a series of fundamental investigations on the origin and evolution of volcanism at destructive plate boundaries (subduction zones), constructive plate margins (mid-ocean ridges) and within plates (e.g. ocean island volcanic areas such as the Canary and Azores Islands). His 1981 book on "Orogenic Andesites" served as a roadmap for subduction zone research into the 21st century and he has led the application of U-series disequilibria in solving problems in igneous geochemistry, including rates of melt generation, differentiation and magma degassing. During his stay in Germany, Professor Gill will integrate the results from a variety of international projects to benefit our understanding of the forcing functions controlling the composition of magmas at active plate margins.