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Overview

Philip A. Candela is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science, integrating work across geophysics and artificial intelligence.

The primary areas of study in Candela's work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies

Candela's research has been published in several notable venues, including:

  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Lithos
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Their recent papers cover experimental and analytical studies related to mineral compositions and melt formation processes. These include:

  • "Characterization of biotite and amphibole compositions in granites," 2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Experimental constraints on the formation of pegmatite-forming melts by anatexis of amphibolite: A case study from Evje-Iveland, Norway," 2021, Lithos
  • "Experimental Constraints on the Formation of Pegmatite-forming Melts by Anatexis of Amphibolite: A Case Study from Evje-Iveland, Norway," 2021, Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Candela frequently collaborates with researchers such as Austin M. Gion, Philip M. Piccoli, Yingwei Fei, and R. D. Ash, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement within their fields of expertise.

Through their work, Candela contributes to the understanding of high-pressure mineral systems and the processes involved in melt formation and geochemical mapping, integrating computational approaches alongside geophysical techniques.

Best Publications

  • Apatite in Igneous Systems

    Philip M. Piccoli;Philip A. Candela

  • The partitioning of copper and molybdenum between silicate melts and aqueous fluids

    Philip A Candela;Heinrich D Holland

  • A Review of Shallow, Ore-related Granites: Textures, Volatiles, and Ore Metals

    Philip A. Candela

  • A mass transfer model for copper and molybdenum in magmatic hydrothermal systems; the origin of porphyry-type ore deposits

    Philip A. Candela;Heinrich D. Holland

  • Apatite in felsic rocks; a model for the estimation of initial halogen concentrations in the Bishop Tuff (Long Valley) and Tuolumne Intrusive Suite (Sierra Nevada Batholith) magmas

    Philip Piccoli;Philip Candela

  • Controls on ore metal ratios in granite-related ore systems: an experimental and computational approach

    Philip A. Candela

  • Magnetite solubility and iron transport in magmatic-hydrothermal environments

    Adam C. Simon;Thomas Pettke;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli

  • Copper partitioning in a melt-vapor-brine-magnetite-pyrrhotite assemblage

    Adam C. Simon;Thomas Pettke;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli

  • The influence of oxygen fugacity on tungsten and molybdenum partitioning between silicate melts and ilmenite

    Philip A. Candela;Stephen L. Bouton

  • The partitioning of sulfur and chlorine between andesite melts and magmatic volatiles and the exchange coefficients of major cations

    Zoltán Zajacz;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli;Carmen Sanchez-Valle

  • Magmatic Processes in the Development of Porphyry-Type Ore Systems

    Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli

  • The solubility of copper in high-temperature magmatic vapors: A quest for the significance of various chloride and sulfide complexes

    Zoltán Zajacz;Zoltán Zajacz;Jung Hun Seo;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli

  • Magmatic sulfides and Au:Cu ratios in porphyry deposits: an experimental study of copper and gold partitioning at 850°C, 100 MPa in a haplogranitic melt pyrrhotite intermediate solid solution gold metal assemblage, at gas saturation

    P.J. Jugo;P.A. Candela;P.M. Piccoli

  • Alkali metals control the release of gold from volatile-rich magmas

    Zoltán Zajacz;Jung Hun Seo;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli

  • The partitioning of copper between silicate melts and two-phase aqueous fluids: An experimental investigation at 1 kbar, 800¡ C and 0.5 kbar, 850¡ C

    Thomas J. Williams;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli

  • Toward a thermodynamic model for the halogens in magmatic systems: An application to melt-vapor-apatite equilibria

    Philip A. Candela

  • Solubility and partitioning behavior of Au, Cu, Ag and reduced S in magmas

    Zoltán Zajacz;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli;Carmen Sanchez-Valle

  • Physics of aqueous phase evolution in plutonic environments

    Philip A. Candela

  • Gold partitioning in melt-vapor-brine systems

    Adam C. Simon;Mark R. Frank;Thomas Pettke;Philip A. Candela

  • Gold and copper in volatile saturated mafic to intermediate magmas: Solubilities, partitioning, and implications for ore deposit formation

    Zoltán Zajacz;Philip A. Candela;Philip M. Piccoli;Markus Wälle

  • The evolution of aqueous vapor from silicate melts: Effect on oxygen fugacity

    Philip A Candela

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip M. Piccoli
Philip M. Piccoli University of Maryland, College Park
Adam C. Simon
Adam C. Simon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas Pettke
Thomas Pettke University of Bern
Zoltán Zajacz
Zoltán Zajacz University of Geneva
Robert J. Bodnar
Robert J. Bodnar Virginia Tech
Roberta L. Rudnick
Roberta L. Rudnick University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard J. Walker
Richard J. Walker University of Maryland, College Park
Heinrich D. Holland
Heinrich D. Holland University of Pennsylvania
Markus Wälle
Markus Wälle ETH Zurich

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