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Guilherme A.R. Gualda

Guilherme A.R. Gualda

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
5504
World Ranking
6819
National Ranking
2391

Overview

Guilherme A.R. Gualda is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has an extensive record of research in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's recent published papers reflect their engagement with geological processes related to magma systems and volcanic activity. Notable papers include:

  • Architecture of a Super-sized Magma Chamber and Remobilization of its Basal Cumulate (Peach Spring Tuff, USA), 2020, Journal of Petrology
  • Magma residence and eruption at the Taupo Volcanic Center (Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand): insights from rhyolite-MELTS geobarometry, diffusion chronometry, and crystal textures, 2020, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Volcano-pluton connection: Perspectives on material and process linkages, Searchlight pluton and Highland Range volcanic sequence, Nevada, USA, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Repetitive Duality of Rhyolite Compositions, Timescales, and Storage and Extraction Conditions for Pleistocene Caldera-forming Eruptions, Hokkaido, Japan, 2020, Journal of Petrology
  • Following magma: The pathway of silicic magmas from extraction to storage during an ignimbrite flare-up, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Gualda has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Darren M. Gravley (16 co-authored works)
  • Lydia J. Harmon (13 co-authored works)
  • Sarah L. Smithies (12 co-authored works)
  • Calvin F. Miller (7 co-authored works)
  • A. S. Pamukcu (6 co-authored works)

The scientist's research has been published in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Key topics covered in their work include geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and mineralogy and gemology studies.

Best Publications

  • Rhyolite-MELTS: a Modified Calibration of MELTS Optimized for Silica-rich, Fluid-bearing Magmatic Systems

    Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Mark S. Ghiorso;Robin V. Lemons;Tamara L. Carley

  • An H 2 O–CO 2 mixed fluid saturation model compatible with rhyolite-MELTS

    Mark S. Ghiorso;Guilherme A. R. Gualda

  • An introduction to the application of X-ray microtomography to the three-dimensional study of igneous rocks

    Don R. Baker;L. Mancini;M. Polacci;Michael D. Higgins

  • MELTS_Excel: A Microsoft Excel-based MELTS interface for research and teaching of magma properties and evolution

    Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Mark S. Ghiorso

  • Low-Pressure Origin of High-Silica Rhyolites and Granites

    Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Mark S. Ghiorso

  • A method for estimating the activity of titania in magmatic liquids from the compositions of coexisting rhombohedral and cubic iron–titanium oxides

    Mark S. Ghiorso;Guilherme A. R. Gualda

  • Quantitative 3D petrography using x-ray tomography: Application to Bishop Tuff pumice clasts ☆

    Guilherme A.R. Gualda;Mark Rivers

  • Timescales of quartz crystallization and the longevity of the Bishop giant magma body.

    Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Ayla S. Pamukcu;Mark S. Ghiorso;Alfred T. Anderson

  • Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS. Part 1: Principles, procedures, and evaluation of the method

    Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Mark S. Ghiorso

  • The Bishop Tuff giant magma body: an alternative to the Standard Model

    Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Mark S. Ghiorso

  • Sphene and zircon in the Highland Range volcanic sequence (Miocene, southern Nevada, USA): elemental partitioning, phase relations, and influence on evolution of silicic magma

    Lindy L. Colombini;Calvin F. Miller;Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Joseph L. Wooden

  • Allanite and chevkinite in A-type granites and syenites of the Graciosa Province, southern Brazil

    Silvio R.F. Vlach;Guilherme A.R. Gualda

  • Extraction, Storage and Eruption of Multiple Isolated Magma Batches in the Paired Mamaku and Ohakuri Eruption, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

    F. Bégué;C. D. Deering;D. M. Gravley;B. M. Kennedy

  • The Evolution of the Peach Spring Giant Magma Body: Evidence from Accessory Mineral Textures and Compositions, Bulk Pumice and Glass Geochemistry, and Rhyolite-MELTS Modeling

    Ayla S. Pamukcu;Tamara L. Carley;Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Calvin F. Miller

  • Experimental constraints on rhyolite-MELTS and the Late Bishop Tuff magma body

    James E. Gardner;Kenneth S. Befus;Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Mark S. Ghiorso

  • Crystal-melt elemental partitioning in silicic magmatic systems: An example from the Peach Spring Tuff high-silica rhyolite, Southwest USA

    Abraham J. Padilla;Guilherme A.R. Gualda

  • Melt inclusion shapes: Timekeepers of short-lived giant magma bodies

    Ayla S. Pamukcu;Guilherme A.R. Gualda;Florence Bégué;Darren M. Gravley

  • Crystal Size Distributions Derived from 3D Datasets: Sample Size Versus Uncertainties

    Guilherme A. R. Gualda

  • Tephra glass chemistry provides storage and discharge details of five magma reservoirs which fed the 75 ka Youngest Toba Tuff eruption, northern Sumatra

    Nicholas J.G. Pearce;John A. Westgate;Guilherme A.R. Gualda;Emma Gatti

  • Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS—Part 3: Application to the Peach Spring Tuff (Arizona–California–Nevada, USA)

    Ayla S. Pamukcu;Guilherme A. R. Gualda;Mark S. Ghiorso;Calvin F. Miller

  • Magnetite Scavenging and the Buoyancy of Bubbles in Magmas

    G. A. Gualda;M. S. Ghiorso

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. Ghiorso
Mark S. Ghiorso Vanderbilt University
Calvin F. Miller
Calvin F. Miller Vanderbilt University
Alfred T. Anderson
Alfred T. Anderson University of Chicago
James E. Gardner
James E. Gardner The University of Texas at Austin
Stephen R. Sutton
Stephen R. Sutton University of Chicago
Ben Kennedy
Ben Kennedy University of Canterbury
Guido Giordano
Guido Giordano Roma Tre University
Margherita Polacci
Margherita Polacci University of Manchester
Don R. Baker
Don R. Baker McGill University
James B. Gill
James B. Gill University of California, Santa Cruz

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