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Marion Lytle

Marion Lytle
CACS 220
lytleml@gso.uri.edu

Educational Background

BS
PhD
 Miami University
University of Rhode Island
 2007

Areas of Specialization

Research

I am studying the effect of volatiles (H2O, CO2, Cl, S, F) on mantle melting and crystallization in back-arc basins. I am focusing on four Western Pacific back-arc basins: Mariana Trough, Lau Basin, North Fiji Basin, and Manus Basin.

Presentations:

Lytle, M.L., Kelley, K.A., Hauri, E.H., Gill, J.B., Papia, D., and R.J. Arculus, 2010, Influence of the Samoan Plume in the Northwestern Lau Back-arc Basin, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V11A-2249.(poster)

Lytle, M.L., Kelley, K.A., and E.H. Hauri, 2009, The Influence of Water on Mantle Melting and Crystallization in Back-arc Basin Systems, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21A-1775. (pdf)

Lytle, M.L., Kelley, K.A., and E.H. Hauri, 2009, The Influence of Volatiles on Crystallization, Mantle Melting, and Trace Element Systematics of Back-arc Basin Magmas, MARGINS Theoretical and Experimental Institute: Volatiles in the Subduction Factory, Mt. Hood, OR. (pdf)

Lytle, M.L., Kelley, K.A., and E.H. Hauri, 2008, The Influence of Volatiles on Trace Element Systematics of Back-arc Basin Magmas and Sources, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V31A-2124. (pdf)