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Robert J. Bodnar

Robert J. Bodnar

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Earth Science

D-Index
84
Citations
28273
World Ranking
391
National Ranking
205

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Robert J. Bodnar is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with significant contributions to subfields such as Geophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics of work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Photonic and Optical Devices

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Robert J. Bodnar include:

  • D. Matthew Sublett
  • Mantu K. Hudait
  • Eszter Sendula
  • Hector Lamadrid
  • Sengunthar Karthikeyan

Robert J. Bodnar's publication record features multiple papers in prominent venues. Some of the most frequent publication venues are:

  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • American Mineralogist
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • Precambrian Research

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Robert J. Bodnar include:

  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples, 2022, Science
  • Simulation of CO2 mineral trapping and permeability alteration in fractured basalt: Implications for geologic carbon sequestration in mafic reservoirs, 2021, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions: A Microscopic Perspective on a Complex Magmatic World, 2021, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Reconciling early Deccan Traps CO 2 outgassing and pre-KPB global climate, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Interpretation of Recent Unrest Events (Bradyseism) at Campi Flegrei, Napoli (Italy): Comparison of Models Based on Cyclical Hydrothermal Events versus Shallow Magmatic Intrusive Events, 2021, Geofluids

Throughout their career, Robert J. Bodnar has been recognized with several professional distinctions, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2006 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the same year. Additionally, they hold fellowship status with the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Revised equation and table for determining the freezing point depression of H2O-Nacl solutions

    R.J. Bodnar

  • Geologic Pressure Determinations from Fluid Inclusion Studies

    E. Roedder;R. J. Bodnar

  • Freezing point depression of NaCl-KCl-H 2 O solutions

    Donald L. Hall;S. Michael Sterner;Robert J. Bodnar

  • Fluid-Inclusion Systematics in Epithermal Systems

    R. J. Bodnar;T. J. Reynolds;C. A. Kuehn

  • Can economic porphyry copper mineralization be generated by a typical calc‐alkaline melt?

    Jean Schroeder Cline;Robert J. Bodnar

  • Synthetic fluid inclusions in natural quartz. III. Determination of phase equilibrium properties in the system H2O-NaCl to 1000°C and 1500 bars

    R.J. Bodnar;C.W. Burnham;S.M. Sterner

  • Synthetic fluid inclusions. V. Solubility relations in the system NaCl-KCl-H2O under vapor-saturated conditions

    S.Michael Sterner;Donald L Hall;Robert J Bodnar

  • Special Paper: The Composition of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fluids in Barren and Mineralized Intrusions

    Andreas Audétat;Thomas Pettke;Christoph A. Heinrich;Robert J. Bodnar

  • The system NaClCaCl2H2O: I. The ice liquidus at 1 atm total pressure

    Charles S Oakes;Robert J Bodnar;John M Simonson

  • Synthetic fluid inclusions in natural quartz I. Compositional types synthesized and applications to experimental geochemistry

    S.Michael Sterner;Robert J. Bodnar

  • Short note: HokieFlincs_H2O-NaCl: A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for interpreting microthermometric data from fluid inclusions based on the PVTX properties of H2O-NaCl

    Matthew Steele-Macinnis;Pilar Lecumberri-Sanchez;Robert J. Bodnar

  • 13.5 – Fluid Inclusions in Hydrothermal Ore Deposits

    R.J. Bodnar;P. Lecumberri-Sanchez;D. Moncada;M. Steele-MacInnis

  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples

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  • The search for and analysis of direct samples of early Solar System aqueous fluids.

    Michael E. Zolensky;Robert J. Bodnar;Hisayoshi Yurimoto;Shoichi Itoh

  • Synthetic fluid inclusions: XII. The system H2ONaCl. Experimental determination of the halite liquidus and isochores for a 40 wt% NaCl solution

    R.J Bodnar

  • A method of calculating fluid inclusion volumes based on vapor bubble diameters and P-V-T-X properties of inclusion fluids

    R. J. Bodnar

  • Synthetic fluid inclusions - VII. Re-equilibration of fluid inclusions in quartz during laboratory-simulated metamorphic burial and uplift

    S. M. Sterner;R. J. Bodnar

  • Synthetic fluid inclusions - VI. Quantitative evaluation of the decrepitation behaviour of fluid inclusions in quartz at one atmosphere confining pressure

    R. J. Bodnar;P. R. Binns;D. L. Hall

  • Jarosite as an indicator of water-limited chemical weathering on Mars

    M. E. Elwood Madden;R. J. Bodnar;J. D. Rimstidt

  • Fluids in the Continental Crust

    Bruce W.D. Yardley;Robert J. Bodnar

  • Direct evolution of brine from a crystallizing silicic melt at the Questa, New Mexico, molybdenum deposit

    Jean S. Cline;Robert J. Bodnar

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Steele-MacInnis
Matthew Steele-MacInnis University of Alberta
Michael E. Zolensky
Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Annamaria Lima
Annamaria Lima University of Naples Federico II
Lawrence A. Taylor
Lawrence A. Taylor University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Harry Y. McSween
Harry Y. McSween University of Tennessee at Knoxville
J. Donald Rimstidt
J. Donald Rimstidt Virginia Tech
Csaba Szabó
Csaba Szabó University of Fribourg
Esteban Gazel
Esteban Gazel Cornell University
Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele Carnegie Institution for Science
Shashank Priya
Shashank Priya Pennsylvania State University

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