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New pre-print about epidote-amphibolite rheology in warm subduction zones!

Epidote-amphibolites are metamorphic rocks derived from mafic igneous rocks that form in warm subduction zones and in continental shear...

Andrew Keats defends his MSc thesis!

July 2024 Andrew successfully defended his MSc thesis: "Microstructures and mechanisms of strain localization in a supra-subduction zone...

Laurens Kleijbeuker defends his MSc thesis!

Laurens successfully defended his MSc Thesis, "Microstructural analysis of epidote-amphibolites and plate interface rheology in warm...

Jippe van Broekhoven defends his MSc thesis!

November 2023 Jippe successfully defended his MSc thesis: "Serpentinisation post-dates subduction initiation and facilitates ophiolite...

Tim van der Wurf defends his MSc thesis!

August 2023 Tim successfully defended his MSc thesis: "Effects of thermal structure and amphibole deformation mechanisms on the rheology...

Hester Smit defends her MSc thesis!

May 2023 Hester successfully defended her MSc thesis: "Mantle geochemistry indicates original magmatic heterogeneity was unaltered during...

Ophiolite adventures through the years!