Richard W. Carlson
Carnegie Institution for Science
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Primary Section: 15, Geology Secondary Section: 16, Geophysics Membership Type:
Member
(elected 2012)
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Research Interests
Nucleosynthetic isotope variability in early solar system materials; timescales and mechanisms of crust formation and mantle differentiation on the terrestrial planets; early Earth history; origin of large-volume volcanism; characteristics of the sub-continental mantle and its role in continent formation and preservation; techniques for high precision chemical and isotope analysis.
