Although we have a wide range of research interests, the majority of research in EPIC focuses on the chemistry, conditions, and timescales of magma formation as pertain to planetary differentiation and volcanic hazards.
To explore these questions, we use a combination of:
Check out this article on some of the exciting research topics in Experimental Petrology, many of which we explore in EPIC.
To explore these questions, we use a combination of:
- One atmosphere, piston cylinder and multi-anvil experiments to generate magma in the laboratory
- In-situ analytical techniques such as electron probe, SIMS/SHRIMP, NanoSIMS and LA-ICPMS to examine samples generated in the lab and collected in the field
- Quantitative chemical models to integrate experimental and analytical observations
Check out this article on some of the exciting research topics in Experimental Petrology, many of which we explore in EPIC.
Recent Publications From EPIC Lab Members
EPIC authors in bold
* = EPIC graduate student
‡ or ^ = EPIC postdoc
* = EPIC graduate student
‡ or ^ = EPIC postdoc
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A., Stelten, M., Shamloo, H.*, Shaffer, J., in review, Co-existing Discrete Bodies of Rhyolite and Punctuated Volcanism Characterize Yellowstone’s Post-Lava Creek Tuff Caldera Evolution, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., in review, H2O-rich mantle melting near the slab-wedge interface, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
‡Iacovino, K., Till, C.B., in review, Experimentally-determined fO2 of slab-derived fluids and oxidation of the sub-arc mantle, Geology.
Brugman, K.*, Till, C.B., in review, A Low-Aluminum Clinopyroxene-Liquid Geothermometer for High-Silica Magmatic Systems, American Mineralogist.
Shamloo, H.*, Till, C.B., in review, Decadal Transition from Quiescence to Supereruption; Petrologic Investigation of the Lava Creek Tuff, Yellowstone Caldera, WY, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
Perez, A.M.*, Desch, S., Till, C.B., Schrader, D., in revision, An Experimental Investigation of the Planetary Embryo Bow Shock Model as a Chondrule Formation Mechanism, Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Edwards M.A., M.G. Jackson, A.R.C. Kylander-Clark, J. Harvey, G.A. Hagen-Peter, G.G.E. Seward, C.B. Till, J.V. Adams, J.M. Cottle, B.R. Hacker, F.J. Spera, in press, Beyond EM2: extreme enriched and heterogeneous 87Sr/86Sr ratios recorded in magmatic plagioclase from the Samoan hotspot.
Till, C.B., Kent, A., Abers, G., Janiszewski, H., Gaherty, J., Pitcher, B., in press, Towards Assessing the Causes of Volcanic Diversity in the Cascades Arc, Nature Communications.
M.A. Edwards, M.G. Jackson, A.R.C. Kylander-Clark, J. Harvey, G.A. Hagen-Peter, G.G.E. Seward, C.B. Till, J.V. Adams, J.M. Cottle, B.R. Hacker, F.J. Spera, 2019, Beyond EM2: extreme enriched and heterogeneous 87Sr/86Sr ratios recorded in magmatic plagioclase from the Samoan hotspot, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 511, p. 190-201.
Paper Available Here
‡Iacovino, K., and Till, C.B., 2019, DensityX: A program for calculating the densities of hydrous magmatic liquids from 427-1627 °C and up to 30 kbar, Volcanica. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.02.01.0110.
Paper Available Here
Rubin, A.E., Cooper, K.M., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J., Costa, F., Bose, M., Gravely, D., Deering, C., Cole, J.., 2017, Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals, Science, v. 356, p. 1154-1156.
Paper Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU Press Release
Till, C.B., 2017, A Review & Update of Mantle Thermobarometry for Primitive Arc Magmas, American Mineralogist (invited paper), v. 102, p. 931-947, dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5783
Available Here
Supplement Available Here
Featured as an Editor's Pick for May-June 2017
Iacovino K^, Kim JS, Sisson T, Lowenstern J, Ri KH, Jang JN, Song KH, Ham HH, Oppenheimer C, Hammond JOS, Donovan A, Weber-Liu K, Ryu KR, 2016, Quantifying gas emissions from the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Paektu volcano, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea/China. Science Advances. doi 10.1126/sciadv.1600913 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: NPR Science New York Times More
Anbar, A.D., Till, C.B., and Hannah, M.A., 2016, Bridge the planetary divide. Nature, 539, 25–27. Available Here
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A, Boyce, J.W., 2015, Months between rejuvenation and volcanic eruption at Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, Geology, v.43, no. 8., doi:10.1130/G36862.1 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU press release Ars Technica" article on the paper "Serious Science" article on the paper
"The Earth Story" article on the paper AAAS Eurekalert on article Science Daily Phys.org
Fiege, A. and Cichy, S.B.^, 2016, Experimental constraints on bubble formation and growth during magma ascent. A Review, American Mineralogist, Special Section “Rates and Depths of Magma Ascent in Earth”, Centennial Volume (2015-2016), doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5296 MSA pre-print available
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2015, Melting of the Earth's Upper Mantle, in the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Second Edition, Haraldur Sigurdsson, editor. Link to Book Page ebook
Fiege, A., Holtz, F. and Cichy, S.B.^, 2014, Bubble formation during decompression of andesitic melts: American Mineralogist, v. 99, p. 1052-1062.
Friese, K.I., Cichy, S.B.^, Wolter, F.E. and Botcharnikov, R.E, 2013, Analysis of tomographical mineralogical data using YaDiV – Overview and practical case study: Computers & Geosciences, v. 56, p. 92-103.
Hynek, B.M., McCollum, T.M., Marcucci, E.C., Brugman, K.K.*, Rogers, K.L., 2013, Assessment of environmental controls on acid-sulfate alteration at active volcanoes in Nicaragua: Applications to relic hydrothermal systems on Mars: Journal of Geophysical Research—Planets, Special Issue: Early Mars, v. 118, p. 2083–2104. (doi:10.1002/jgre.20140).
Grove, T.L., Holbig, E.S., Barr, J.A., Till, C.B., Krawczynski, M.J., 2013, Melting of compositionally variable upper mantle in the garnet stability field: Distinguishing melts of lherzolite and pyroxenite source regions, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 166, No. 3, p.887-910, doi: 10.1007/s00410-013-0899-9.
Link to Journal Page
Till, C.B., Grove, T.L., Carlson, R.W., Donnelly-Nolan, J.M., Fouch, M.J.,Wagner, L.S., Hart, W.K., 2013, Depths and Temperatures of Asthenopheric Melting and the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary in the southern Cascades Arc and Back-Arc, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1002/ggge.20070.
Link to Journal Page
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., in review, H2O-rich mantle melting near the slab-wedge interface, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
‡Iacovino, K., Till, C.B., in review, Experimentally-determined fO2 of slab-derived fluids and oxidation of the sub-arc mantle, Geology.
Brugman, K.*, Till, C.B., in review, A Low-Aluminum Clinopyroxene-Liquid Geothermometer for High-Silica Magmatic Systems, American Mineralogist.
Shamloo, H.*, Till, C.B., in review, Decadal Transition from Quiescence to Supereruption; Petrologic Investigation of the Lava Creek Tuff, Yellowstone Caldera, WY, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
Perez, A.M.*, Desch, S., Till, C.B., Schrader, D., in revision, An Experimental Investigation of the Planetary Embryo Bow Shock Model as a Chondrule Formation Mechanism, Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Edwards M.A., M.G. Jackson, A.R.C. Kylander-Clark, J. Harvey, G.A. Hagen-Peter, G.G.E. Seward, C.B. Till, J.V. Adams, J.M. Cottle, B.R. Hacker, F.J. Spera, in press, Beyond EM2: extreme enriched and heterogeneous 87Sr/86Sr ratios recorded in magmatic plagioclase from the Samoan hotspot.
Till, C.B., Kent, A., Abers, G., Janiszewski, H., Gaherty, J., Pitcher, B., in press, Towards Assessing the Causes of Volcanic Diversity in the Cascades Arc, Nature Communications.
M.A. Edwards, M.G. Jackson, A.R.C. Kylander-Clark, J. Harvey, G.A. Hagen-Peter, G.G.E. Seward, C.B. Till, J.V. Adams, J.M. Cottle, B.R. Hacker, F.J. Spera, 2019, Beyond EM2: extreme enriched and heterogeneous 87Sr/86Sr ratios recorded in magmatic plagioclase from the Samoan hotspot, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 511, p. 190-201.
Paper Available Here
‡Iacovino, K., and Till, C.B., 2019, DensityX: A program for calculating the densities of hydrous magmatic liquids from 427-1627 °C and up to 30 kbar, Volcanica. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.02.01.0110.
Paper Available Here
Rubin, A.E., Cooper, K.M., Till, C.B., Kent, A.J., Costa, F., Bose, M., Gravely, D., Deering, C., Cole, J.., 2017, Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals, Science, v. 356, p. 1154-1156.
Paper Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU Press Release
Till, C.B., 2017, A Review & Update of Mantle Thermobarometry for Primitive Arc Magmas, American Mineralogist (invited paper), v. 102, p. 931-947, dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5783
Available Here
Supplement Available Here
Featured as an Editor's Pick for May-June 2017
Iacovino K^, Kim JS, Sisson T, Lowenstern J, Ri KH, Jang JN, Song KH, Ham HH, Oppenheimer C, Hammond JOS, Donovan A, Weber-Liu K, Ryu KR, 2016, Quantifying gas emissions from the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Paektu volcano, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea/China. Science Advances. doi 10.1126/sciadv.1600913 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: NPR Science New York Times More
Anbar, A.D., Till, C.B., and Hannah, M.A., 2016, Bridge the planetary divide. Nature, 539, 25–27. Available Here
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A, Boyce, J.W., 2015, Months between rejuvenation and volcanic eruption at Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, Geology, v.43, no. 8., doi:10.1130/G36862.1 Article Available Here
Press associated with the paper: ASU press release Ars Technica" article on the paper "Serious Science" article on the paper
"The Earth Story" article on the paper AAAS Eurekalert on article Science Daily Phys.org
Fiege, A. and Cichy, S.B.^, 2016, Experimental constraints on bubble formation and growth during magma ascent. A Review, American Mineralogist, Special Section “Rates and Depths of Magma Ascent in Earth”, Centennial Volume (2015-2016), doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5296 MSA pre-print available
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2015, Melting of the Earth's Upper Mantle, in the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Second Edition, Haraldur Sigurdsson, editor. Link to Book Page ebook
Fiege, A., Holtz, F. and Cichy, S.B.^, 2014, Bubble formation during decompression of andesitic melts: American Mineralogist, v. 99, p. 1052-1062.
Friese, K.I., Cichy, S.B.^, Wolter, F.E. and Botcharnikov, R.E, 2013, Analysis of tomographical mineralogical data using YaDiV – Overview and practical case study: Computers & Geosciences, v. 56, p. 92-103.
Hynek, B.M., McCollum, T.M., Marcucci, E.C., Brugman, K.K.*, Rogers, K.L., 2013, Assessment of environmental controls on acid-sulfate alteration at active volcanoes in Nicaragua: Applications to relic hydrothermal systems on Mars: Journal of Geophysical Research—Planets, Special Issue: Early Mars, v. 118, p. 2083–2104. (doi:10.1002/jgre.20140).
Grove, T.L., Holbig, E.S., Barr, J.A., Till, C.B., Krawczynski, M.J., 2013, Melting of compositionally variable upper mantle in the garnet stability field: Distinguishing melts of lherzolite and pyroxenite source regions, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 166, No. 3, p.887-910, doi: 10.1007/s00410-013-0899-9.
Link to Journal Page
Till, C.B., Grove, T.L., Carlson, R.W., Donnelly-Nolan, J.M., Fouch, M.J.,Wagner, L.S., Hart, W.K., 2013, Depths and Temperatures of Asthenopheric Melting and the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary in the southern Cascades Arc and Back-Arc, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1002/ggge.20070.
Link to Journal Page
Recent Abstracts/Conference Proceedings
C. Till, J. Vazquez, J. Boyce, 2015 (Invited), Setting a Stopwatch for Post-Caldera Effusive Rhyolite Eruptions at Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V31G-03.
K. Brugman*, C. Till, M. Bose and R. Hervig, 2015, Development of Clinopyroxene as an Igneous Geospeedometer Using NanoSIMS, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V31B-3030.
M. Guild*, C. Till, R. Hervig, S. Wallis, 2015, Boron Isotopic Compositions of High Pressure Hydrous Phases from the Slab- Mantle Wedge Interface, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V43A-3096.
S. Cichy^, C. Till, K. Roggensack, R. Hervig, A. Clarke, 2015, Experimental Evidence for Fast Lithium Diffusion and Isotope Fractionation in Water-bearing Rhyolitic Melts at Magmatic Conditions, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V43C-3167.
A. Rubin, K. Cooper, A. Kent, F.Costa Rodriguez, C. Till, 2015, Constraining timescales of pre-eruptive events within large silicic volcanic centers, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V23F-01.
M. Coombs, J. Vazquez, L. Hayden, A. Calvert, M. Lidzbarski, N. Anderson, C. Till, 2015, Rejuvenation of shallow-crustal silicic magma bodies at Augustine and Hayes volcanoes, Alaska, EOS AGU Fall Meeting AbstractV42B-01.
Till, C.B, 2015, Thermobarometric Constraints on Primitive Arc Magma Genesis: A Review, GeoPRISMS Theoretical & Experimental Institute on Subduction Zones, Redondo Beach, CA.
Till, C.B., Guild, M.R.*, Grove, T.L., Carlson, R.W., 2014, (Invited) Evidence of Arc Magma Genesis in a Paleo-Mantle Wedge, the Higashi-akaishi Peridotite, Japan, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V31G-07.
Till, C.B., Boyce, J.W., 2014, Interrogating Commonly Applied Initial Condition Assumptions in Geospeedometry using NanoSIMS, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V33A-4823.
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2014, Melting processes at the base of the mantle wedge: Melt compositions and melting reaction for the first melts of vapor-saturated lherzolite, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract DI21A-4257.
Rubin, A.E., Cooper, K.M., Kent, A.J.R., Costa Rodriguez, F., Till, C.B., 2014, Using Li Diffusion to Track Thermal Histories within Single Zircon Crystals, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V31F-02.
Guild, M.R.*, Hervig, R., Bell, D., Determination of the boron concentration and isotopic composition of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle by secondary ion mass spectrometry, 6th International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 2014
Till, C.B., Grove, T.L., Donnelly-Nolan, J,M., Carlson, R.W., 2013, (Invited) Depths and Temperatures of Mantle Melt Extraction in the Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract S11C-07.
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A., Boyce, J.W., Stelten, M., 2013, Probing the source and timing of rejuvenation and hybridization in post-caldera rhyolite magmas at Yellowstone Caldera, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V53A-2763.
Grove, T.L., Holbig, E.S., Barr, J.A., Till, C.B., Krawczynski, M.J., 2013, How to identify garnet lherzolite melts and distinguish them from pyroxenite melts, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract.
Till, C.B., Matthews, N.E., Vazquez, J.A., 2013, Refining the Chronology of IntraCaldera Magmatism Following the Formation of Yellowstone Caldera, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, V. 45, No. 7, p.895.
K. Brugman*, C. Till, M. Bose and R. Hervig, 2015, Development of Clinopyroxene as an Igneous Geospeedometer Using NanoSIMS, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V31B-3030.
M. Guild*, C. Till, R. Hervig, S. Wallis, 2015, Boron Isotopic Compositions of High Pressure Hydrous Phases from the Slab- Mantle Wedge Interface, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V43A-3096.
S. Cichy^, C. Till, K. Roggensack, R. Hervig, A. Clarke, 2015, Experimental Evidence for Fast Lithium Diffusion and Isotope Fractionation in Water-bearing Rhyolitic Melts at Magmatic Conditions, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V43C-3167.
A. Rubin, K. Cooper, A. Kent, F.Costa Rodriguez, C. Till, 2015, Constraining timescales of pre-eruptive events within large silicic volcanic centers, EOS AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V23F-01.
M. Coombs, J. Vazquez, L. Hayden, A. Calvert, M. Lidzbarski, N. Anderson, C. Till, 2015, Rejuvenation of shallow-crustal silicic magma bodies at Augustine and Hayes volcanoes, Alaska, EOS AGU Fall Meeting AbstractV42B-01.
Till, C.B, 2015, Thermobarometric Constraints on Primitive Arc Magma Genesis: A Review, GeoPRISMS Theoretical & Experimental Institute on Subduction Zones, Redondo Beach, CA.
Till, C.B., Guild, M.R.*, Grove, T.L., Carlson, R.W., 2014, (Invited) Evidence of Arc Magma Genesis in a Paleo-Mantle Wedge, the Higashi-akaishi Peridotite, Japan, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V31G-07.
Till, C.B., Boyce, J.W., 2014, Interrogating Commonly Applied Initial Condition Assumptions in Geospeedometry using NanoSIMS, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V33A-4823.
Grove, T.L., Till, C.B., 2014, Melting processes at the base of the mantle wedge: Melt compositions and melting reaction for the first melts of vapor-saturated lherzolite, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract DI21A-4257.
Rubin, A.E., Cooper, K.M., Kent, A.J.R., Costa Rodriguez, F., Till, C.B., 2014, Using Li Diffusion to Track Thermal Histories within Single Zircon Crystals, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V31F-02.
Guild, M.R.*, Hervig, R., Bell, D., Determination of the boron concentration and isotopic composition of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle by secondary ion mass spectrometry, 6th International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 2014
Till, C.B., Grove, T.L., Donnelly-Nolan, J,M., Carlson, R.W., 2013, (Invited) Depths and Temperatures of Mantle Melt Extraction in the Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract S11C-07.
Till, C.B., Vazquez, J.A., Boyce, J.W., Stelten, M., 2013, Probing the source and timing of rejuvenation and hybridization in post-caldera rhyolite magmas at Yellowstone Caldera, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract V53A-2763.
Grove, T.L., Holbig, E.S., Barr, J.A., Till, C.B., Krawczynski, M.J., 2013, How to identify garnet lherzolite melts and distinguish them from pyroxenite melts, EOS, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract.
Till, C.B., Matthews, N.E., Vazquez, J.A., 2013, Refining the Chronology of IntraCaldera Magmatism Following the Formation of Yellowstone Caldera, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, V. 45, No. 7, p.895.
