Member Since 1978
Charlie H. Langmuir
professor, Harvard University
Charles Langmuir is Professor of Geochemistry and Director of the Mineralogical Museum at Harvard University. He studies diverse aspects of volcanism at ocean ridges and convergent margins. He has received the Bowen Award, Holmes Medal, and Urey Medal and been elected to the NAS and AAAS. He was principal investigator for PetDB, and one of the founders of the G-cubed journal. With Wally Broecker he has written How to Build a Habitable Planet, the story of Earth from the Big Bang to humankind.
Professional Experience
Harvard University
professor
2002 - Present
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia
Arthur Storke Professor
1980 - 2002
Education
Doctorate
1980
Harvard University
Bachelors
Honors & Awards
Publications
Geochemical Variability Along the Northern East Pacific Rise: Coincident Source Composition and Ridg...
New trace element abundances and isotope compositions for more than 100 mid‐ocean ridge basalts from 5.5°N to 19°N on the East Paci...
April 17, 2019
Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Source...
November 10, 2017
AGU Abstracts
Wax Core Sediments and Associated Glasses as a Novel Exploration Tool at Ocean Ridges
ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF CRUSTAL ACCRETION, HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION, AND BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS ALONG EARTH’S MID-OCEAN RIDGE SYSTEM I POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 14 december 2023
Charles H. Langmuir, Mingzhen Yu, Zhongxing Chen
The wax coring technique for sampling ocean ridges that we first developed in the 1990s increased sampling rate by more than a factor of three compare...
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Sea level changes and hydrothermal activity: Statistical evaluation of 1-100kyr variability in hydrothermal iron deposition in Juan de Fuca Ridge sediment
CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION AND SEAWATER CHEMISTRY
general program | 17 may 2023
Jennifer L. Middleton, Charles H. Langmuir, Sujoy ...
Sedimentary reconstructions of hydrothermal iron deposition on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the East Pacific Rise, and the Juan de Fuca Ridge reveal quasi-...
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The Origin of Ni and Mn Variations in Hawaiian and MORB Olivines and Associated Basalts
TOPICS IN VOLCANOLOGY GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY IV POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 16 december 2022
Mingzhen Yu, Charles H. Langmuir
The concentrations of Mn and Ni in olivine phenocrysts from ocean island basalts (OIB) and mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) have been used as indicators...
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Volunteer Experience
2000 - 2002
Member
Governance
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