Prof Richard White
Head of School
Professor of Earth Sciences
Research areas
The primary motivation of my research is to further understand the metamorphic processes that operate in the continental crust and the role these processes play in crustal evolution during orogenesis. I have approached this by developing the thermodynamic models needed to investigate these processes and by applying the models to better understand how the processes impact the rock record. My research involves integrating information from field work, petrology, geochemistry, geochronology and thermodynamic modelling to address problems in metamorphic geology.
Selected publications
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Open access
Silicon isotopes in an Archaean migmatite confirm seawater silicification of TTG sources
Murphy, M. E., Macdonald, J. E., Fischer, S., Gardiner, N. J., White, R. W. & Savage, P. S., 1 Mar 2024, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 368, p. 34-49Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constraints on the thermal evolution of metamorphic core complexes from the timing of high-pressure metamorphism on Naxos, Greece
Lamont, T. N., Smye, A. J., Roberts, N. M. W., Searle, M. P., Waters, D. J. & White, R. W., 1 Nov 2023, In: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 135, 11-12, p. 2767–2796Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contemporaneous crust-derived I- and S-type granite magmatism and normal faulting on Tinos, Delos, and Naxos, Greece: constraints on Aegean orogenic collapse
Lamont, T. N., Roberts, N. M. W., Searle, M. P., Gardiner, N. J., Gopon, P., Hsieh, Y-T., Holdship, P. & White, R. W., 1 Nov 2023, In: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 135, 11-12, p. 2797-2829Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Crustal evolution of the amphibolite‐ to granulite‐facies transition zone in the eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India: insight from petrological modelling, zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes
Maibam, B., Palin, R. M., Gerdes, A., White, R. W., Berndt, J., Foley, S. & Goswami, J. N., 12 Dec 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geological Journal. Early View, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Dating blueschist-facies metamorphism within the Naga ophiolite, Northeast India, using sheared carbonate veins
Maibam, B., Palin, R. M., Gerdes, A., White, R. W. & Foley, S., 26 Sept 2022, In: International Geology Review. 65, 3, p. 378-395 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Late Eocene-Oligocene granulite facies garnet-sillimanite migmatites from the Mogok Metamorphic belt, Myanmar, and implications for timing of slip along the Sagaing Fault
Lamont, T. N., Searle, M. P., Hacker, B. R., Htun, K., Htun, K. M., Morley, C. K., Waters, D. J. & White, R. W., Apr 2021, In: Lithos. 386-387, 106027.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insights into the compositional evolution of crustal magmatic systems from coupled petrological-geodynamical models
Rummel, L., Kaus, B., Baumannn, T., White, R. W. & Riel, N., 19 Feb 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Petrology. In press, egaa029.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plume — Lid interactions during the Archean and implications for the generation of early continental terranes
Piccolo, A., Kaus, B. J. P., White, R. W., Palin, R. M. & Reuber, G. S., Dec 2020, In: Gondwana Research. 88, p. 150-168 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The fate of accessory minerals and key trace elements during anatexis and magma extraction
Schwindinger, M., Weinberg, R. & White, R. W., 19 Feb 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Petrology. 61, 2, egaa031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The gabbro to amphibolite transition along a hydration front
Santos, C. A., White, R. W., Moraes, R. & Szabó, G. A. J., 15 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology. Early View, 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review