Bradley Peters, a postdoctroal fellow at DTM, will give a talk titled "Evaluating plume paradigms for the long-lived Réunion hotspot" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall as part of DTM's Weekly Seminar Series.
Peters received his Ph.D. in Earth science from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2016. He is interested in the origins of subtle changes in mantle composition that arise as a result of events that have occurred throughout Earth’s history. Such differences have been recognized, among other places, in volcanic rocks from geological hotspots, like Hawaii, and in mantle xenoliths (rocks, usually volcanic, hosting mantle rocks) found throughout the world. While the origins of some of these compositional domains are well-established, many remain unresolved.
Coffee, tea, and a light breakfast will be served before the lecture at 10:30 a.m.
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