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Jean-Guy Schilling

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Jean-Guy Schilling
Emeritus Professor of Oceanography

Educational Background

Ph.D., Geochemistry
B.S., Geology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Montreal
1966
1961

Areas of Specialization

Research

Jean-Guy Schilling's current research interests include isotope and trace element geochemistry of the oceanic crust and the Earth's mantle.

Teaching

Jean-Guy Schilling teaches graduate courses on high-temperature geochemistry and isotope geology.

Students

Jill Douglass
Richard Kingsley
Ph.D.
Ph.D.

Publications:

Schilling, J-G., R. Kingsley, D. Fontignie, R. Poreda and S. Xue, Dispersion of the Jan Mayen and Iceland mantle plumes in the Arctic: A He-Pb-Nd-Sr isotope tracer study of basalts from the Kolbeinsey, Mohns and Knipovich ridges, Jour. Geophys. Res., in press, 1998.

Douglass, J. and J-G. Schilling, Plume-ridge interactions of the Discovery and Shona mantle plumes with the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (40-55S), Jour. Geophys. Res., in press, 1998.

Hanan, B.B. and J-G. Schilling, The dynamic of the Iceland mantle plume: The lead isotope perspective, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 151. Issue 1-2, Sept. 1997.

Yu, D., D. Fontignie and J-G. Schilling, Mantle plume-ridge interactions in the Central North Atlantic: a Nd isotope study of Mid-Atlantic Ridge basalts from 30N to 50N, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 146, 259-272, 1997.

Fontignie, D. and J-G. Schilling, Mantle heterogeneities beneath the South Atlantic: A Nd-Sr-Pb isotope study along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3S-46S), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 142, 209-221, 1996.

Presentations:

Schilling, J-G., D. Fontignie and R. Kingsley, Probable mantle source provenance of melts from the MELT Region, RIDGE Conference on Mantle Flow and Melt Generation Beneath Mid-Ocean Ridges: Constraints from MELT and Other Experiments, Brown University, Providence, RI, October 5-7, 1997.

Schilling, J-G., Mantle plume dispersion: a view from the mid-ocean ridges, Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 24, 1995.

Schilling, J-G., Plume/Ridge Interactions and Dynamics, International Workshop on Intraplate Volcanism in the Polynesian Plume Province, Papeete, Tahiti - (French Polynesia) - August 2, 1993.