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Member Since 1995
Alberto Edgardo Saal
Professor, Brown University
Member, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
I received both a B.S. and a Ph.D. degree in Geology from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, a M.Sc. in Geochemistry from MIT and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from MIT/WHOI. After a postdoctoral fellowship and two years as a Storke-Doherty Lecturer in DEES at Columbia University and as Associate Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, I joined the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, where I remained until today.
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Brown University
Professor
2003 - Present
Education
MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography
Doctorate
2000
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Bachelors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Variations of Olivine CPO in Mantle Xenoliths from South Victoria Land, West Antarctic Rift System, with Implications for Seismic Anisotropy
SEISMIC ANISOTROPY FROM SURFACE TO CORE I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 18 december 2025
The volcanism of the Meseta del Lago Buenos Aires, Patagonia: the transition from subduction to slab window
CONVERGENT MARGIN DYNAMICS II ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2023
The Signature of Metasomatized Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle in the Basaltic Magmatism of the Payenia Volcanic Province, Argentina
GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS
24 january 2022
No recycled sulfur in south-american subduction components: evidence from South Chile ridge basalts
RECYCLING IN THE SUBDUCTION FACTORY: CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBDUCTION-INDUCED MANTLE HETEROGENEITIES THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES II POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 16 december 2021
Rapid deformation and annealing events recorded in a mantle xenolith from the Wyoming craton; A pathway for understanding microstructure evolution in the mantle
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (PPEM): THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT III POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 16 december 2021
Microstructural Shift due to Post‐Deformation Annealing in the Upper Mantle
GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS
19 march 2021
Volcanically Induced Transient Atmospheres on the Moon: Assessment of Duration, Significance, and Contributions to Polar Volatile Traps
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
17 september 2020
The abundance of water in the lunar mantle: constraints from modeling, remote sensing, and laboratory data
VOLATILE ELEMENTS IN MAGMATIC AND PLANETARY PROCESSES: BUDGETS, FLUXES, AND BEHAVIOR II POSTERS
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2019
Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2027
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2023
Citation
For paradigm-shifting studies on the water content of the Moon and dramatically improving our understanding of volatile abundances within the Earth
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