Publications

Core, D., Essene, E.J., Kesler, S.E., Luhr, J.F., Ghiorso, M.S. (2014)

Thermodynamic properties of sulfatian apatite: Constraints on the behavior of sulfur in subduction-related systems. American Mineralogist, supabmitted.

Ghiorso, M.S., Gualda, G.A.R. (2014)

An H₂O-CO₂ mixed fluid saturation model ! compatible with rhyolite-MELTS. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, in revision.

Gardner, J.E., Befus, K.S., Gualda, G.A.R., Ghiorso, M.S. (2014)

Experimental Constraints on Rhyolite-MELTS and the Bishop Tuff Magma Body. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, in revision.

Bohrson, W.A., Spera, F.J., Ghiorso, M.S., Creamer, J.B. (2014)

Thermodynamic Model for Energy-Constrained Open System Evolution of Crustal Magma Bodies undergoing Simultaneous Assimilation, Recharge and Crystallization: The Magma Chamber Simulator. Journal of Petrology, in revision.

Gualda, G.A.R., Ghiorso, M.S. (2014)

Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, in revision.

Ghiorso, M.S., Gualda, G.A.R. (2014)

Chemical Thermodynamics and the Study of Magmas, In, Sigurdsson, H. (editor), Encyclopedia of Volcanology, 2nd edition. Elsevier Press, in press.

Wray J.J., Hansen S.T., Dufek J., Swayze G.A., Murchie, S.L., Seelos, F.P., Skok, J.R., Irwin III, R.P., Ghiorso, M.S. (2013)

Infrared Spectral Evidence for Felsic Rocks on Mars. Nature Geoscience, 6, 1013-1017.

Gualda, G.A.R., Ghiorso, M.S. (2013)

The Bishop Tuff giant magma body: An alternative to the Standard Model. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 166, 755-775.

Gualda, G.A.R., Ghiorso, M.S. (2013)

Low pressure origin of high-silica rhyolites and granites. Journal of Geology, 121, 537-545.

Richards, M.A., Contreras-Reyes, E., Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., Ghiorso, M. S., Stixrude, L. (2013)

Petrological Interpretation of Deep Crustal Instrusive Bodies Beneath Oceanic Hotspot Provinces. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14, 604-619.

Ghiorso, M.S. (2013)

A globally convergent saturation state algorithm applicable to thermodynamic systems with a stable or metastable omni-component phase. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 103 295–300.

Ghiorso, M.S., Gualda, G.A.R. (2012)

A Method for Estimating the Activity of Titania in Magmatic Liquids from the Compositions of Coexisting Rhombohedral and Cubic Iron-Titanium Oxides. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 165, 73-81 (DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0792-y).

Hamecher, E.A., Antoshechkina,P.M., Ghiorso, M.S., Asimow, P.D. (2012)

A comprehensive model of molar volumes of spinel solid solutions in the system FeO-MgO-Fe2O3-Cr2O3-Al2O3-TiO2. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 165, 25-43 (DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0790-0).

Righter, K., Ghiorso, M.S. (2012)

Redox Systematics of a Magma Ocean with variable pressure-temperature gradients and composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(30) 11955-11960.

Rooney, T. O., Hall, C., Hart, W. K., Ayalew, D., Ghiorso, M.S., Hildalgo, P., Yirgu, G. (2012)

Peralkaline magma evolution and the tephra record in the Ethiopian Rift. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 164, 407-426.

Martin, G.B., Ghiorso, M.S., Spera, F.J., Creamer, J.B. (2012) [OFM Contribution #20]

Transport properties and equation of state of 1-bar eutectic melt in the system CaAl2Si2O8-CaMgSi2O6 by Molecular Dynamics simulation. American Mineralogist, 97, 1155-1164.

Gualda, G.A.R., Ghiorso, M.S., Lemons, R.V., Carley, T.L. (2012) [OFM Contribution #19]

Rhyolite-MELTS: A modified calibration of MELTS optimized for silica-rich, fluid-bearing magmatic systems. Journal of Petrology, 53, 875-890.

Gualda, G.A.R., Pamukcua, A.S., Anderson A.T. Jr., Ghiorso, M.S., Sutton, S.R., Rivers, M.L. (2012) [OFM Contribution #18]

Timescales of quartz crystallization and the longevity of the Bishop giant magma body. PLoS ONE, 10.1371/journal.pone.0037492.

Gualda, G.A.R., Ghiorso, M.S. (2011) [OFM Contribution #17]

Comment on 'A metamodel for crustal magmatism: Phase equilibria of giant ignimbrites' by S. J. Fowler and F. J. Spera. Journal of Petrology, 52, 431-434.

Spera, F.J., Ghiorso, M.S., Nevins, D. (2011) [OFM Contribution #16]

Structure, thermodynamic and transport properties of liquid MgSiO3: Comparison of molecular models and laboratory results. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 1272-1296.

Ghiorso MS, Spera FJ (2010) [OFM Contribution #15]

Large Scale Simulations, In, Wentzcovitch, R., Stixrude, L., eds., Theoretical and Computational Methods in Mineral Physics and Geophysics. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 71, chapt 19, 437-463.

Sack RO, Lichtner PC (2009) [OFM Contribution #14] (Erratum)

Constraining compositions of hydrothermal fluids in equilibrium with polymetallic ore-forming sulfide assemblages. Economic Geology 104: 1249-1264.

Ghiorso MS, Nevins D, Cutler I, Spera FJ (2009) [OFM Contribution #13]

Structure, thermodynamic and transport properties of CaAl₂Si₂O₈ liquid. Part I. Equation of state and a thermodynamic model. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 6937-6951.

Spera FJ, Nevins D, Cutler I, Ghiorso MS (2009) [OFM Contribution #12]

Structure, thermodynamic and transport properties of CaAl₂Si₂O₈ liquid. Part I. Molecular dynamics simulations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 6918-6936.

Nevins D, Spera FJ, Ghiorso MS (2009) [OFM Contribution #11]

Shear viscosity and diffusion in liquid MgSiO₃: Transport properties and implications for magma ocean stratification. American Mineralogist, 94:975-980.

Martin GB, Spera FJ, Nevins D, Ghiorso MS (2009) [OFM Contribution #10]

Structure, Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Of Molten Mg₂SiO₄: Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Model EOS. American Mineralogist, 94: 693-703.

Ghiorso MS and Evans BW (2008) [OFM Contribution #9] (On-line geothermometer/oxybarometer calculator)

Thermodynamics of Rhombohedral Oxide Solid Solutions and a Revision of the Fe-Ti Two-oxide Geothermometer and Oxygen-barometer. American Journal of Science 308, 957-1039.

Chutas NI, Kress VC, Ghiorso MS, and Sack RO (2008) [OFM Contribution #8]

A solution model for the high temperature PbS-AgSbS2-AgBiS2 galena. American Mineralogist, 93, 1630-1640.

Spera FJ, Bohrson WA, Till CB, Fowler SJ, and Ghiorso MS (2007) [OFM Contribution #7]

Partitioning of trace elements among coexisting crystals, melt and supercritical fluid during isobaric fractional crystallization and fractional melting. American Mineralogist, 92: 1881-1898.

Gualda GAR and Ghiorso MS (2007) [OFM Contribution #6]

Magnetite scavenging and the buoyancy of bubbles in magmas. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 154: 479-490.

Sack RO and Ebel DS (2006) [OFM Contribution #5] (Erratum) (Corrected version of Appendix 1) (Corrected version of Appendix 4 )

Thermochemistry of sulfide mineral solutions. Reviews in MIneralogy and Geochemistry 61: 265-364.

Sack RO, Fredericks R, Hardy LS, and Ebel DS (2005) [OFM Contribution #4]

Origin of high–Ag fahlores from the Galena Mine, Wallace, Idaho, USA. American Mineralogist, 90, 1000-1007.

Sack RO (2005) [OFM Contribution #3]

Internally consistent database for sulfides and sulfosalts in the system Ag2S-Cu2S-ZnS-FeS-Sb2S3-As2S3: update. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69(5), 1157-1164.

Gerke TL, Kilinc AI and Sack RO (2005) [OFM Contribution #2]

Ti-content of high-Ca pyroxenes as a petrogentic indicator: an experimental study of mafic alkaline rocks from the Mt. Erebus volcanic region, Antarctica. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 148(6), 735-745.

Chutas NI and Sack RO (2004) [OFM Contribution #1]

Ore genesis at La Colorada Ag–Zn–Pb deposit in Zacatacas, Mexico. Mineralogical Magazine 68(6), 923-937.