What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Mineral
- Basalt
- Igneous rock
His primary areas of investigation include Mantle, Geochemistry, Silicate, Basalt and Noble metal.
His specific area of interest is Mantle, where he studies Partial melting.
The concepts of his Geochemistry study are interwoven with issues in Recrystallization and Fluid inclusions.
His Silicate research includes elements of Chromite and Olivine.
His research integrates issues of Igneous rock, Mineral redox buffer, Mineralogy, Fugacity and Magma in his study of Basalt.
In Noble metal, he works on issues like Sulfide, which are connected to Partition coefficient and Primitive mantle.
His most cited work include:
- High pressure experimental calibration of the olivine-orthopyroxene-spinel oxygen geobarometer: implications for the oxidation state of the upper mantle (675 citations)
- Zircons from Syros, Cyclades, Greece—Recrystallization and Mobilization of Zircon During High-Pressure Metamorphism (337 citations)
- Redox states of lithospheric and asthenospheric upper mantle (285 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary scientific interests are in Geochemistry, Mantle, Silicate, Sulfide and Mineralogy.
His work in the fields of Geochemistry, such as Basalt and Peridotite, overlaps with other areas such as Isotope.
His study in Mantle is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Metal, Mantle wedge, Volatiles and Transition zone.
His Silicate study combines topics in areas such as Noble metal, Chromite and Olivine.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Inorganic chemistry, Partition coefficient and Analytical chemistry in addition to Sulfide.
His study in the fields of Microprobe and Permineralization under the domain of Mineralogy overlaps with other disciplines such as Rhyolite.
He most often published in these fields:
- Geochemistry (46.84%)
- Mantle (41.77%)
- Silicate (30.38%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2020)?
- Geochemistry (46.84%)
- Lightning strike (3.80%)
- Ultra high pressure (3.80%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Chris Ballhaus mainly focuses on Geochemistry, Lightning strike, Ultra high pressure, Sulfide and Seawater.
His work on Geochemistry deals in particular with Mantle and Basalt.
His work on Lithophile as part of general Mantle study is frequently linked to High pressure, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His study in the field of Palagonite is also linked to topics like Pillow lava.
His research on Sulfide frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Metal.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Partial pressure, Banded iron formation and Rhodochrosite.
Between 2016 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Ultra-high pressure and ultra-reduced minerals in ophiolites may form by lightning strikes (25 citations)
- The great sulfur depletion of Earth’s mantle is not a signature of mantle–core equilibration (16 citations)
- Petrogenesis of alkaline basalt-hosted sapphire megacrysts. Petrological and geochemical investigations of in situ sapphire occurrences from the Siebengebirge Volcanic Field, Germany (13 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Mineral
- Igneous rock
- Basalt
His main research concerns Geochemistry, Mantle, Ultra high pressure, Geophysics and Lithology.
His Geochemistry research incorporates themes from Corundum and Metal.
He has researched Corundum in several fields, including Columbite, Basalt and Mafic.
His Metal research integrates issues from Sulfur, Lithophile, Sulfide, Planetary differentiation and Volatiles.
Chris Ballhaus merges many fields, such as Ultra high pressure and Lightning strike, in his writings.
His study in Sapphire intersects with areas of studies such as Inclusion and Petrogenesis.
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