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  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Marian B. Holness is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work encompasses various main topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, Geological Formations and Processes, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Holness has published extensively, with a significant number of articles appearing in well-regarded scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Petrology
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Marian B. Holness include:

  • Layered intrusions: Fundamentals, novel observations and concepts, and controversial issues (2023), Earth-Science Reviews
  • The Formation of Chromite Chains and Clusters in Igneous Rocks (2022), Journal of Petrology
  • Microstructures and Late-Stage Magmatic Processes in Layered Mafic Intrusions: Symplectites from the Sept Iles Intrusion, Quebec, Canada (2020), Journal of Petrology
  • Crystal Mush Growth and Collapse on a Steep Wall: The Marginal Border Series of the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland (2021), Journal of Petrology
  • Microstructural evidence for convection in high-silica granite (2021), Geology

Collaborations have been a notable part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Olivier Namur
  • T. F. D. Nielsen
  • A. C. Fowler
  • Brian O'Driscoll
  • Bernard Charlier

In recognition of their contributions, Marian B. Holness was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2020.

Best Publications

  • On the Pseudomorphing of Melt-filled Pores During the Crystallization of Migmatites

    Marian B. Holness;Edward W. Sawyer

  • Melted Rocks under the Microscope: Microstructures and Their Interpretation

    Marian B. Holness;Bernardo Cesare;Edward W. Sawyer

  • Architecture and dynamics of magma reservoirs.

    Marie Edmonds;Katharine V. Cashman;Marian B. Holness;Matthew Jackson

  • Differentiation and Compaction in the Skaergaard Intrusion

    Christian Tegner;Peter Thy;Marian B. Holness;Jakob K. Jakobsen;Jakob K. Jakobsen

  • Silicate Liquid Immiscibility within the Crystal Mush: Late-stage Magmatic Microstructures in the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland

    M. B. Holness;G. Stripp;M. C. S. Humphreys;I. V. Veksler

  • Temperature and pressure dependence of quartz-aqueous fluid dihedral angles: the control of adsorbed H2O on the permeability of quartzites

    Marian B. Holness

  • Assessing the Role of Compaction in the Formation of Adcumulates: a Microstructural Perspective

    Marian Barbara Holness;Zoja Vukmanovic;E Mariani

  • Equilibrium dihedral angles in the system H2O−CO2−NaCl-calcite, and implications for fluid flow during metamorphism

    Marian B. Holness;Colin M. Graham

  • Melt segregation from silicic crystal mushes: a critical appraisal of possible mechanisms and their microstructural record

    Marian B. Holness

  • Equilibrium dihedral angles in the system quartz-CO2H2ONaCl at 800°C and 1–15 kbar: the effects of pressure and fluid composition on the permeability of quartzites

    Marian B. Holness

  • Deformation-enhanced fluid transport in the earth's crust and mantle

    Marian B. Holness

  • On the Use of Changes in Dihedral Angle to Decode Late-stage Textural Evolution in Cumulates

    Marian B. Holness;Michael J. Cheadle;Dan McKENZIE

  • Melt–Solid Dihedral Angles of Common Minerals in Natural Rocks

    M. B. Holness

  • Dual origin of Fe–Ti–P gabbros by immiscibility and fractional crystallization of evolved tholeiitic basalts in the Sept Iles layered intrusion

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Marian B. Holness

  • The Effect of Reaction Overstep on Garnet Microtextures in Metapelitic Rocks of the Ilesha Schist Belt, SW Nigeria

    A. Zeh;M. B. Holness

  • Partial melting of the Appin Quartzite driven by fracture-controlled H[sub]2O infiltration in the aureole of the Ballachulish Igneous Complex, Scottish Highlands

    Marian B. Holness;John D. Clemens

  • The Skaergaard PGE and Gold Deposit: the Result of in situ Fractionation, Sulphide Saturation, and Magma Chamber-scale Precious Metal Redistribution by Immiscible Fe-rich Melt

    T. F. D. Nielsen;J. C. Ø. Andersen;M. B. Holness;J. K. Keiding

  • Textural Maturity of Cumulates: a Record of Chamber Filling, Liquidus Assemblage, Cooling Rate and Large-scale Convection in Mafic Layered Intrusions

    Marian B. Holness;Troels F. D. Nielsen;Christian Tegner

  • A Textural Record of Solidification and Cooling in the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland.

    Marian B. Holness;Christian Tegner;Troels F. D. Nielsen;Gemma Stripp

  • The Traigh Bhàn na Sgùrra Sill, Isle of Mull: Flow Localization in a Major Magma Conduit

    M. B. Holness;M. C. S. Humphreys

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Tegner
Christian Tegner Aarhus University
Madeleine C. S. Humphreys
Madeleine C. S. Humphreys Durham University
Colin M. Graham
Colin M. Graham University of Edinburgh
David M. Pyle
David M. Pyle University of Oxford
Ilya V. Veksler
Ilya V. Veksler Perm State University
Bernard Charlier
Bernard Charlier University of Liège
Mike J. Bickle
Mike J. Bickle University of Cambridge
John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens Stellenbosch University
Charles E. Lesher
Charles E. Lesher Aarhus University
John Maclennan
John Maclennan University of Cambridge

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