Experimental Petrology of Lunar and Planetary Igneous Rocks

这项研究的目的是通过火成岩过程来了解行星的分化。这些过程包括地壳和地核通过在行星内部产生熔体而与地幔分离，在体内运输（在某些情况下到表面）和化学分化。火成岩被认为是探测行星内部构造和热历史的有力工具，或者在行星表面附近分化的岩浆的情况下，作为地壳形成过程的探针。所用的研究方法包括：在月球样品、陨石、陆地岩石和合成成分等行星物质熔化期间的实验岩石学，对实验产品和天然样品的岩相学和电子微探针研究，以及岩浆系统的理论和数值模拟。提出了高压相平衡、元素分配、织构关系和稳态热不平衡的设备开发和研究。

The aim of this research is to reach an understanding of planetary differentiation through igneous processes. These processes include crust and core separation from the mantle through the generation of melts in a planetary interior, transport within the body (to the surface in some cases), and chemical differentiation. Igneous rocks are seen as a powerful tool for probing the internal constitutions and thermal histories of planets, or in the case of magmas differentiated near a planet's surface, as probes of the crust-forming process. Methods of study used include experimental petrology in the melting interval of planetary materials such as lunar samples, meteorites, terrestrial rocks, and synthetic compositions, petrographic and electron microprobe studies of experimental products and natural samples, as well as theoretical and numerical modelling of magmatic systems. Equipment development and studies of high-pressure phase equilibrium, element partitioning, textural relations, and steady-state thermal disequilibrium are proposed.