Bear photograph used as the research page header.

Research

Research section under construction. PGE mineralogy and Early Earth isotope records are the main completed rubrics at present.

Research areas

Research under construction

This section is still being expanded. The platinum-group minerals and Early Earth isotope pages are currently the most complete, while the remaining rubrics are still under construction.

Platinum-group mineral band.

Platinum-group minerals

A short summary of my work on platinum-group minerals in placer and lode deposits.

Layered intrusion landscape from Anton Kutyrev's field photography.

Layered intrusions

 Chromitite image.

Chromitites

 Koryaksky and Avachinsky in winter.

Arc magmas

 Sea lion on a rocky shore.

Early Earth isotopes

Triple oxygen and hydrogen isotope records of Eoarchean oceanic crust from the Saglek-Hebron Complex.