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Charles H. Langmuir

Charles H. Langmuir

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Earth Science

D-Index
83
Citations
33730
World Ranking
417
National Ranking
224

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 1940 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles H. Langmuir is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 59 publications. Within this broad discipline, their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work focuses on various topics related to geological processes and geochemistry. Notable areas of research include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Charles H. Langmuir has regularly published scientific papers in several venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Science Bulletin

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Sediment and ocean crust both melt at subduction zones," 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "An Evaluation of Five Models of Arc Volcanism," 2022, Journal of Petrology
  • "Plume-ridge interaction induced migration of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamounts," 2021, Science Bulletin
  • "A quantitative framework for global variations in arc geochemistry," 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications with Langmuir include Alexandra Yang Yang, Peter J. Michael, Yue Cai, Kenneth W.W. Sims, and Stephen J. Turner.

Charles H. Langmuir has been recognized through several fellowships and memberships. These include being a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2006, Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 1998, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1997, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1993, Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1983, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1940.

Best Publications

  • The chemical composition of subducting sediment and its consequences for the crust and mantle

    Terry Plank;Charles H. Langmuir

  • Global correlations of ocean ridge basalt chemistry with axial depth and crustal thickness

    Emily M. Klein;Charles H. Langmuir

  • The mean composition of ocean ridge basalts

    Allison Gale;Colleen A. Dalton;Charles H. Langmuir;Yongjun Su

  • Petrological systematics of mid-ocean ridge basalts: Constraints on melt generation beneath ocean ridges

    Charles H. Langmuir;Emily M. Klein;Terry Plank

  • A general mixing equation with applications to Icelandic basalts

    Charles H. Langmuir;Robert D. Vocke;Gilbert N. Hanson;Stanley R. Hart

  • A new parameterization of hydrous mantle melting

    Richard F. Katz;Marc Spiegelman;Charles H. Langmuir

  • Tracing trace elements from sediment input to volcanic output at subduction zones

    Terry Plank;Terry Plank;Charles H. Langmuir

  • Vapour undersaturation in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile content of Earth's upper mantle

    Alberto E. Saal;Erik H. Hauri;Charles H. Langmuir;Michael R. Perfit

  • Petrogenesis of basalts from the FAMOUS area: Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    C.H. Langmuir;J.F. Bender;A.E. Bence;G.N. Hanson

  • An evaluation of the global variations in the major element chemistry of arc basalts

    Terry Plank;Charles H. Langmuir

  • Recycled dehydrated lithosphere observed in plume-influenced mid-ocean-ridge basalt

    Jacqueline Eaby Dixon;Loretta Leist;Charles Langmuir;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • Oxidation states of mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses

    David M. Christie;Ian S.E. Carmichael;Charles H. Langmuir

  • Magmatic and amagmatic seafloor generation at the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge, Arctic Ocean

    P. J. Michael;C. H. Langmuir;H. J. B. Dick;J. E. Snow

  • Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere

    Javier E. Escartin;Deborah K. Smith;Johnson R. Cann;Hans A. Schouten

  • Petrological and tectonic segmentation of the East Pacific Rise, 5°30′–14°30′ N

    Charles H. Langmuir;John F. Bender;Rodey Batiza

  • Distinguishing melt and fluid subduction components in Umnak Volcanics, Aleutian Arc

    Cornelia Class;Daniel M. Miller;Daniel M. Miller;Steven L. Goldstein;Charles H. Langmuir

  • Cerium/lead and lead isotope ratios in arc magmas and the enrichment of lead in the continents

    Daniel M. Miller;Steven L. Goldstein;Charles H. Langmuir

  • Geochemical consequences of in situ crystallization

    Charles H. Langmuir

  • The importance of water to oceanic mantle melting regimes

    Paul D. Asimow;Charles Langmuir

  • Origin of Enriched Ocean Ridge Basalts and Implications for Mantle Dynamics

    Kathleen E. Donnelly;Steven L. Goldstein;Charles H. Langmuir;Marc Spiegelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Michael
Peter J. Michael University of Tulsa
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Peter John Huybers
Peter John Huybers Harvard University
Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Susanne M. Straub
Susanne M. Straub Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Paul D. Asimow
Paul D. Asimow California Institute of Technology
Terry Plank
Terry Plank Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Gisela Winckler
Gisela Winckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay University of California, Davis
David W. Graham
David W. Graham Oregon State University

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