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Dr. W. van Westrenen

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Expertise	Experimental petrology: determining physical and chemical properties of minerals and melts at high pressures and temperatures
Expertise (NL)	Experimentele petrologie: bepalen van de fysische en chemische eigenschappen van mineralen en smelten bij hoge drukken en temperaturen
Digital Author ID	info:eu-repo/dai/nl/298813041
KNAW member	The Young Academy

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Assistant Professor
Organisation	Department of Petrology (VU)
Chair (EN)	Mineralogy
Chair (NL)	Mineralogie
Phone	+31-20-5987279
Email	wim. van. westrenen -at- falw. vu. nl
URL	http://www.geo.vu.nl/~wvwest/

Publications

Experimental and computational study of trace element distribution between orthopyroxene and anhydrous silicate melts: substitution mechanisms and the effect of iron
Formation and evolution of a lunar core from ilmenite-rich magma ocean cumulates
Minor element partitioning between fcc Fe metal and Fe-S liquid at high pressure: the role of crystal lattice strain
Formation and temporal evolution of the Kalahari sub-cratonic lithospheric mantle: Constraints from Venetia xenoliths, South Africa
Molecular modelling of rare earth element complexation in subduction zone fluids

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Current research

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Project leader	Rewriting Martian magmatic history
Project leader	What controls the distribution of trace elements during partial melting of silicates in planetary interiors?
Project leader	How did Earth's core form and what is its composition?
Project leader	Full Moon: Novel constraints on the origin and evolution of the lunar interior and the early Earth

Completed research projects

(the most recent research is at the top)
Project leader	Trace elements in high pressure and temperature fluids in subduction zones

Classification

D15100	Geochemistry, geophysics
D15400	Petrology, mineralogy, sedimentology

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