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Rebecca A. Lange is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on geophysics, geological and geochemical analysis, and geochemistry and petrology, with additional attention to artificial intelligence applications, mechanics of materials, and paleontology.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including geophysics, geochemistry and petrology, mechanics of materials, artificial intelligence, and paleontology. Central topics of their research include geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geochemistry and elemental analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Rebecca A. Lange has published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • American Mineralogist
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lange illustrate diverse investigations related to volcanic and magmatic processes, mineral thermometry, and crustal dynamics. These include:

  • Evidence of Rapid Phenocryst Growth of Olivine During Ascent in Basalts From the Big Pine Volcanic Field: Application of Olivine-Melt Thermometry and Hygrometry at the Liquidus (2020), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Experimental evaluation of a new H2O-independent thermometer based on olivine-melt Ni partitioning at crustal pressure (2020), published in American Mineralogist
  • High-Resolution Numerical Modeling of Heat and Volatile Transfer from Basalt to Wall Rock: Application to the Crustal Column beneath Long Valley Caldera, CA (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Origin of Compositional Gradients with Temperature in the High-SiO2 Rhyolite Portion of the Bishop Tuff: Constraints on Mineral-Melt-Fluid Reactions in the Parental Mush (2021), published in Journal of Petrology
  • Temperatures and water contents of Long Valley, CA basalts: Application of olivine-melt thermometry and hygrometry at the liquidus (2021), published in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Sarah Brehm
  • Xiaofei Pu
  • Jameson Jolles
  • Daniel A. Stolper
  • Max K. Lloyd

This collective body of work reflects Lange's ongoing research interest in the processes affecting volcanic systems, mineral formation and growth, and thermodynamic modeling of geological materials. Their contributions span both experimental mineralogy and modeling approaches aimed at understanding heat and volatile transfer within the crust.

Best Publications

  • Densities of Na2O-K2O-CaO-MgO-FeO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-TiO2-SiO2 liquids: New measurements and derived partial molar properties

    Rebecca A. Lange;Ian S.E. Carmichael

  • Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): End of survey report and data release 2

    J.. Liske;I.K.. Baldry;S.P.. Driver;S.P.. Driver;R.J.. Tuffs

  • The Density of Hydrous Magmatic Liquids.

    Frederick A. Ochs;Rebecca A. Lange

  • An updated calibration of the plagioclase-liquid hygrometer-thermometer applicable to basalts through rhyolites

    Laura E. Waters;Rebecca A. Lange

  • A thermodynamic model for the plagioclase-liquid hygrometer/thermometer

    Rebecca A. Lange;Holli M. Frey;Jacob Hector

  • Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): mass–size relations of z < 0.1 galaxies subdivided by Sérsic index, colour and morphology

    Rebecca Lange;Simon P. Driver;Simon P. Driver;Aaron S. G. Robotham;Lee S. Kelvin

  • A revised model for the density and thermal expansivity of K2O-Na2O-CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 liquids from 700 to 1900 K: extension to crustal magmatic temperatures

    Rebecca A. Lange

  • Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic Data Release (far-UV --- far-IR) and the low-z energy budget

    Simon P. Driver;Simon P. Driver;Angus H. Wright;Stephen K. Andrews;Luke J. Davies

  • Galaxy And Mass Assembly: accurate panchromatic photometry from optical priors using lambdar

    A. H. Wright;Aaron S G Robotham;Nathan Bourne;Simon P Driver;Simon P Driver

  • Quaternary minettes and associated volcanic rocks of Mascota, western Mexico: a consequence of plate extension above a subduction modified mantle wedge

    Ian S.E. Carmichael;Rebecca A. Lange;James F. Luhr

  • The effect of H 2 O, CO 2 and F on the density and viscosity of silicate melts

    Rebecca A. Lange

  • Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): M*-Re relations of z = 0 bulges, discs and spheroids

    Rebecca Lange;Amanda J. Moffett;Simon P. Driver;Simon P. Driver;Aaron S. G. Robotham

  • The influence of pressure and composition on the viscosity of andesitic melts

    Christian Liebske;Harald Behrens;François Holtz;Rebecca A. Lange

  • The partial molar volume, thermal expansivity, and compressibility of H2O in NaAlSi3O8 liquid: new measurements and an internally consistent model

    A Frederick Ochs Iii.;Rebecca A. Lange

  • Heat capacities of Fe 2 O 3 -bearing silicate liquids

    Rebecca A. Lange;Alexandra Navrotsky

  • Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : trends in galaxy colours, morphology, and stellar populations with large-scale structure, group, and pair environments

    Mehmet Alpaslan;Mehmet Alpaslan;Simon Driver;Simon Driver;Aaron S. G. Robotham;Danail Obreschkow

  • Pliocene Potassic Magmas from the Kings River Region, Sierra Nevada, California: Evidence for Melting of a Subduction- Modified Mantle

    Sharon N. Feldstein;Rebecca A. Lange

  • Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : the stellar mass budget by galaxy type.

    Amanda J. Moffett;Stephen A. Ingarfield;Simon Peter Driver;Simon Peter Driver;Aaron S. G. Robotham

  • Magma eruption rates constrained by 40Ar/39Ar chronology and GIS for the Ceboruco–San Pedro volcanic field, western Mexico

    Holli M. Frey;Rebecca A. Lange;Chris M. Hall;Hugo Delgado-Granados

  • A potassic volcanic front in western Mexico: The lamprophyric and related lavas of San Sebastian

    Rebecca A. Lange;Ian S.E. Carmichael

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris M. Hall
Chris M. Hall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ian S. E. Carmichael
Ian S. E. Carmichael University of California, Berkeley
Alexandra Navrotsky
Alexandra Navrotsky Arizona State University
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Clive R. Neal
Clive R. Neal University of Notre Dame
Donald B. Dingwell
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Youxue Zhang
Youxue Zhang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kai-Uwe Hess
Kai-Uwe Hess Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Katharine V. Cashman
Katharine V. Cashman University of Bristol
James F. Luhr
James F. Luhr Smithsonian Institution

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