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Member Since 1982
Roberta L. Rudnick
Distinguished Professor, University of California Santa Barbara
Professional Experience
University of California Santa Barbara
Distinguished Professor
2015 - Present
University of Maryland College Park
Emerita Distinguished University Professor
2000 - 2016
Education
Australian National University
Doctorate
1988
Honors & Awards
Harry H. Hess Medal
Received 2017
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Reginald Daly Lecture
Received 2006
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Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture
Received 2006
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Publications
Heat Transfer and Production in Cratonic Continental Crust: U‐Pb Thermochronology of Xenoliths From ...

Coupled U‐Pb and trace‐element analyses of accessory phases in crustal xenoliths from the Late Devonian Udachnaya kimberlite (Siberian ...

October 19, 2022
AGU Abstracts
To the lower crust and back again: a tectonic history of metasedimentary xenoliths from the Eocene Missouri Breaks diatremes, central Montana
RATES AND DATES OF LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES II ORAL
tectonophysics | 15 december 2023
Mary S. Ringwood, Sophia E. Ortner, Gareth Seward,...
Metapelitic xenoliths carried within the Missouri Breaks diatremes in central Montana, USA, document an ~1800 Ma history of sediment deposition, tecto...
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REE and Radiogenic Sr, Nd Isotopic Variability in Saprolites formed on Metadiabase: Implications for REE Mobility and Age of Saprolitization
TOPICS IN VOLCANOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND PETROLOGY II POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 15 december 2023
Utpalendu Haldar, Ramananda Chakrabarti, Roberta L...
We report trace element concentration, 143Nd/144Nd and 87Sr/86Sr in saprolites developed on the Mesozoic subvertical, 7 m thick Cayce metadiabase dike...
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The role of scapolite in sequestering SO3 and CO2 in the lower crust and implications for S isotope signatures of crustal fluids.
VOLATILES AND CHALCOPHILES FROM MANTLE TO SURFACE: SOURCES, TRANSPORT, AND MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL RELEASE I ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 14 december 2023
Johannes Haemmerli, Anthony I. Kemp, Anne-Sophie B...
Scapolite group minerals rich in SO3 and/or CO2 (Ca4Al6Si6O24SO4 - Ca4A16Si6024CO3) are common in lower crustal rocks, such as granulites. Scapolite m...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Chair
Union Fellows Committee
2022 - 2022
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
2013 - 2014
Union Medals Chair
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Executive Committee
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