Dr William Hutchison

Research Fellow

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 463688

Email

wh39@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

My research is focused on active and ancient magmatic-hydrothermal systems. I integrate geophysical, geochemical and geological data sets to understand the fundamental processes that drive these systems, and how we can safely and sustainably develop the resources they offer.

My PhD, which I undertook at the University of Oxford, focused on active peralkaline volcanoes in the East African Rift. I used a variety of techniques to explore structural controls on volcanism, volcanic degassing processes, causes of ground deformation and the impacts that large explosive eruptions had on our hominin ancestors

A key focus of my PhD was the processes that take place at the interface between the magmatic and hydrothermal reservoirs. I'm now investigating the "fossilized" equivalents of these East African volcanoes in Greenland's Gardar Province as part of the HiTech AlkCarb consortium (http://www.bgs.ac.uk/hiTechAlkCarb/). The goal is to improve our understanding of volatile behaviour in the roof zones of peralkaline magma chambers, and hopefully draw parallels with the active volcanic systems I've studied previously.

Personal webpage: https://willhutchgeo.wordpress.com/

PhD supervision

• Helen Innes

Selected publications

• The sulfur isotope evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal fluids: insights into ore-forming processes

  Hutchison, W., Finch, A. A. & Boyce, A. J., 8 Aug 2020, In : Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. In press

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• Fluidal pyroclasts reveal the intensity of peralkaline rhyolite pumice cone eruptions

  Clarke, B., Calder, E. S., Dessalegn, F., Fontijn, K., Cortés, J. A., Naylor, M., Butler, I., Hutchison, W. & Yirgu, G., 1 May 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 10 p.

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• From Mantle to Motzfeldt: a genetic model for syenite-hosted Ta,Nb-mineralisation

  Finch, A. A., McCreath, J. A., Reekie, C. D. J., Hutchison, W., Ismaila, A., Armour-Brown, A., Andersen, T. & Simonsen, S. L., Apr 2019, In : Ore Geology Reviews. 107, p. 402-416 15 p.

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• How volcanoes recycle the Earth?s crust to uncover rare metals that are vital to green technology

  Finch, A., Borst, A. & Hutchison, W., 30 Oct 2019, The Conversation.

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• Mixing and crystal scavenging in the Main Ethiopian Rift revealed by trace element systematics in feldspars and glasses

  Iddon, F., Jackson, C., Hutchison, W., Fontijn, K., Pyle, D. M., Mather, T. A., Yirgu, G. & Edmonds, M., 11 Jan 2019, In : Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Early View, 30 p.

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• Pinpointing deep geothermal upflow in zones of complex tectono-volcanic degassing: new insights from Aluto volcano, Main Ethiopian Rift

  Jolie, E., Hutchison, W., Driba, D. L., Jentsch, A. & Gizaw, B., 21 Aug 2019, In : Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Early View, 16 p.

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• Sulphur isotopes of alkaline magmas unlock long-term records of crustal recycling on Earth

  Hutchison, W., Babiel, R., Finch, A. A., Marks, M., Markl, G., Boyce, A. J., Stüeken, E. E., Friis, H., Borst, A. M. & Horsburgh, N. J., 16 Sep 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 12 p., 4208.

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• Contrasting styles of post-caldera volcanism along the Main Ethiopian Rift: implications for contemporary volcanic hazards

  Fontijn, K., McNamara, K., Tadesse, A. Z., Pyle, D. M., Dessalegn, F., Hutchison, W., Mather, T. A. & Yirgu, G., 1 May 2018, In : Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 356, p. 90-113

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• The evolution of magma during continental rifting: new constraints from the isotopic and trace element signatures of silicic magmas from Ethiopian volcanoes

  Hutchison, W., Mather, T. A., Pyle, D. M., Boyce, A. J., Gleeson, M. L. M., Yirgu, G., Blundy, J. D., Ferguson, D. J., Vye-Brown, C., Millar, I. L., Sims, K. W. W. & Finch, A. A., 1 May 2018, In : Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 489, p. 203-218 16 p.

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• Constraining magma storage conditions at a restless volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift using phase equilibria models

  Gleeson, M. L. M., Stock, M. J., Pyle, D. M., Mather, T. A., Hutchison, W. & Yirgu, G., 1 May 2017, In : Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 337, p. 44-61 18 p.

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