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Marjorie Wilson Prof Marjorie Wilson

Professor of Igneous Petrogenesis; Faculty Pro-Dean for Research

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 35236
Email address: b.m.wilson@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 8.101

Biography

BA degree in Geology at Oxford University (1973), followed by a Masters degree at the University of California, Berkeley (1974); PhD at Leeds University (1976); NERC research fellowship at Leeds University (1976-78); academic position at Leeds since 1978. Since 1994 she has been the Executive Editor of Journal of Petrology, one of the leading ISI cited journals in the field of Geosciences. She is currently (since 2007) a member of the NERC Council, having previously served as a member of the NERC Science and Innovation Strategy Board (SISB) from 2003-2007.

Research Interests

Petrogenesis of continental and oceanic magmatism and its relationship to mantle and lithosphere dynamics;

Atmospheric impacts of large basaltic eruptions;

Role of mafic magma recharge in triggering volcanic eruptions.

Academic CV (pdf file)

Publications

  • Davidson, J; Wilson, M (2011) Differentiation and source processes at Mt. Pelee and the Quill: Active volcanoes in the Lesser Antilles Island Arc, Journal of Petrology, . doi:10.1093/petrology/egq095
  • Editors (2011) Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphere,Geological Society of America Special Paper , 478, Geological Society of America.
  • Schmidt, A; Ostro, B; Carslaw, KS; Wilson, M; Thordarson, T; Mann, GW; Simmons, AJ (2011) Excess mortality in Europe following a future Laki-style Icelandic eruption., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108, pp.15710-15715. doi:10.1073/pnas.1108569108
  • Niu, YL; Wilson, M; Humphreys, ER; O'Hara, MJ (2011) The Origin of Intra-plate Ocean Island Basalts (OIB): the Lid Effect and its Geodynamic Implications, J PETROL, 52, pp.1443-1468. doi:10.1093/petrology/egr030
  • Bianchini, G; Beccaluva, L; Bonadiman, C; Nowell, GM; Pearson, DG; Siena, F; Wilson, M (2010) Mantle metasomatism by melts of HIMU piclogite components: new insights from Fe-lherzolite xenoliths (Calatrava Volcanic District, central Spain), In: Coltorti, M; Downes, H; Gregoire, M; O'Reilly, SY (Ed) Petrological Evolution of the European Lithospheric Mantle, Special Publication , 337, Geological Society, pp.107-124.
  • Schmidt, A; Carslaw, KS; Mann, GW; Wilson, M; Breider, TJ; Pickering, SJ; Thordarson, T (2010) The impact of the 1783-1784 AD Laki eruption on global aerosol formation processes and cloud condensation nuclei, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 10, pp.6025-6041. doi:10.5194/acp-10-6025-2010
  • Bianchini, G; Beccaluva, L; Bonadiman, C; Nowell, G; Pearson, G; Siena, F; Wilson, M (2007) Evidence of diverse depletion and metasomatic events in harzburgite-lherzolite mantle xenoliths from the Iberian plate (Olot, NE Spain): Implications for lithosphere accretionary processes, Lithos, 94, pp.25-45. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.06.008
  • Lustrino, M; Wilson, M (2007) The circum-Mediterranean anorogenic Cenozoic igneous province, EARTH-SCI REV, 81, pp.1-65. doi:10.1016/j.eascirev.2006.09.002
  • Cortes, JA; Palma, JL; Wilson, M (2007) Deciphering magma mixing: The application of cluster analysis to the mineral chemistry of crystal populations, J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES, 165, pp.163-188. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.05.018
  • Editor (2007) Cenozoic Volcanism in the Mediterranean Area,Geological Society of America Special Paper , 418, Geological Society of America.
  • Wilson, M; Downes, H (2006) Tertiary-Quaternary intra-plate magmatism in Europe and its relationship to mantle dynamics, In: Stephenson, R; Gee, D (Ed) European Lithosphere Dynamics, Geological Society of London Memoir , 32, London: The Geological Society, pp.147-166.
  • Cortes, JA; Wilson, M; Condliffe, E; Francalanci, L (2006) The occurrence of forsterite and highly oxidizing conditions in basaltic lavas from Stromboli volcano, Italy, J PETROL, 47, pp.1345-1373. doi:10.1093/petrology/egl012
  • Guo, ZF; Wilson, M; Liu, JQ; Mao, Q (2006) Post-collisional, potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism of the northern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints on characteristics of the mantle source, geodynamic setting and uplift mechanisms, J PETROL, 47, pp.1177-1220. doi:10.1093/petrology/egl007
  • Cortes, JA; Wilson, M; Condliffe, E; Francalanci, L; Chertkoff, DG (2005) The evolution of the magmatic system of Stromboli volcano during the Vancori period (26-13.8 ky), J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES, 147, pp.1-38. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgoeres.2005.03.005
  • Fairhead, JD; Wilson, M (2005) Plate tectonic processes in the South Atlantic Ocean: do we need deep mantle plumes?, In: Foulger; R, G; Natland; H, J; Presnall; C, D; Anderson; L, D (Ed) Plates, plumes and paradigms, Geological Society of America Special Paper , Geological Society of America, pp.537-553.
  • Wilson, M; Neumann, ER; Davies, GR; Timmerman, MJ; Heeremans, M; Larsen, BT (2004) Permo-Carboniferous magmatism and rifting in Europe: an introduction, In: Wilson, M; Neumann, E; Davies, GR; Timmerman, MJ; Heeremans, M; Larsen, BT (Ed) Permo-Carboniferous magmatism and rifting in Europe, Geological Society of London Special Publications , 223, Geological Society of London, pp.1-10.
  • Corfield, SM; Wheeler, W; Karpuz, R; Wilson, M; Helland, R (2004) Exploration 3D seismic data over the Gjallar Ridge, Mid-Norway: visualisation of structures on the Norwegian volcanic margin from Moho to seafloor, In: Davies, RJ; Cartwright, JA; Stewart, SA; Lappin, M; Underhill, JR (Ed) 3D seismic technology: Application to the exploration of sedimentary basins, Geological Society of London Memoir , 29, Geological Society of London, pp.177-186.
  • Neumann, ER; Wilson, M; Heeremans, M; Spencer, EA; Obst, K; Timmerman, MJ; Kirstein, LA (2004) Carboniferous-Permian rifting and magmatism in southern Scandinavia, the North Sea, and northern Germany: a review, In: Wilson, M; Neumann, E; Davies, GR; Timmerman, MJ; Heeremans, M; Larsen, BT (Ed) Permo-Carboniferous magmatism and rifting in Europe, Geological Society of London Special Publications , 223, Geological Society of London, pp.11-40.
  • Wilson, BM; Neumann, ER; Davies, GR; Timmerman, MJ; Heeremans, M; Larsen, BT (2004) Permo-Carboniferous magmatism and rifting in Europe,Geological Society of London Special Publication , Geological Society of London, pp.500.
  • Alexandre, P; Chalot-Prat, F; Saintot, A; Wijbrans, J; Stephenson, R; Wilson, M; Kitchka, A; Stovba, S (2004) The Ar-40/Ar-39 dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton), TECTONICS, 23, . doi:10.1029/2003TC001582
  • Wilson, M; Patterson, R (2001) Intraplate magmatism related to short-wavelength convective instabilities in the upper mantle: Evidence from the tertiary-quaternary volcanic province of western and central Europe, In: Ernst, RE; Buchan, KL (Ed) pp.37-58.
  • Beccaluva, L; Bianchini, G; Coltorti, M; Perkins, WT; Siena, F; Vaccaro, C; Wilson, M (2001) Multistage evolution of the European lithospheric mantle: new evidence from Sardinian peridotite xenoliths, CONTRIB MINERAL PETR, 142, pp.284-297.
  • Wilson, M; Shimron, AE; Rosenbaum, JM; Preston, J (2000) Early Cretaceous magmatism of Mount Hermon, Northern Israel, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 139, pp.54-67.
  • Wilson, M; Wijbrans, JR; Fokin, PA; Nikishin, AM; Gorbachev, VI; Nazarevich, BP (2000) Ar-40/Ar-39 dating, geochemistry and tectonic setting of Early Carboniferous dolerite sills in the Pechora basin, foreland of the Polar Urals, Tectonophysics, 313, pp.107-118.
  • Bianchini, G; Wilson, M (1999) Tertiary-Quaternary magmatism within the Mediterranean and surrounding regions, In: Durand, B; Jolivet, L; Horvath, F; Seranne, M (Ed) The Mediterranean Basins: Tertiary extension within the Alpine Orogen, Geological Society Special Publication , 156, London: Geological Society, pp.141-168.
  • Wilson, M; Guiraud, R (1998) Late Permian to Recent magmatic activity on the Africa-Arabian margin of Tethys, In: MacGregor; S, D; Moody; J, R; Clark-Lowes; D, D (Ed) Petroleum Geology of North Africa, Geological Society of London Special Publication , 132, Geological Society of London, pp.231-263.
  • Tankut, A; Wilson, M; Yihunie, T (1998) Geochemistry and tectonic setting of Tertiary volcanism in the Guvem area, Anatolia, Turkey, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 85, pp.285-301.
  • Dunworth, EA; Wilson, M (1998) Olivine melilitites of the SW German Tertiary Volcanic Province: Mineralogy and petrogenesis, Journal of Petrology, 39, pp.1805-1836.
  • Rosenbaum, JM; Wilson, M; Condliffe, E (1997) Partial melts of subducted phosphatic sediments in the mantle, Geology, 25, pp.77-80.
  • Rosenbaum, JM; Wilson, M; Downes, H (1997) Multiple enrichment of the Pannonian-Carpathian mantle: Pb-Sr-Nd isotope and trace element constraints, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, pp.14947-14961.
  • Wilson, M (1997) Thermal evolution of the Central Atlantic passive margins: continental break-up above a Mesozoic super-plume, Journal of the Geological Society, 154, pp.491-495.
  • Poudjom Djomani, YH; Diament, M; Wilson, M (1997) Lithospheric structure across the Adamawa plateau (Cameroon) from gravity studies, Tectonophysics, 273, pp.317-327.
  • Laws, ED; Wilson, M (1997) Tectonics and magmatism associated with Mesozoic passive continental margin development in the Middle East, Journal of the Geological Society, 154, pp.459-464.
  • Wilson, M; Tankut, A; Gulec, N (1997) Tertiary volcanism of the Galatia Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Lithos, 42, pp.105-121.
  • Wilson, M; Lyashkevich, ZM (1996) Magmatism and the geodynamics of rifting of the Pripyat-Dnieper-Donets Rift, East European Platform, Tectonophysics, 268, pp.65-81.
  • WILSON, M; ROSENBAUM, JM; DUNWORTH, EA (1995) MELILITITES - PARTIAL MELTS OF THE THERMAL-BOUNDARY-LAYER, CONTRIB MINERAL PETR, 119, pp.181-196.
  • Wilson, M; Downes, H; Cebria, JM (1995) Contrasting fractionation trends in coexisting continental alkaline magma series; Cantal, Massif Central, France, J PETROL, 36, pp.1729-1753.
  • Granet, M; Wilson, M; Achauer, U (1995) Imaging a mantle plume beneath the French Massif Central, EARTH PLANET SC LETT, 136, pp.281-296.
  • WILSON, M (1993) MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION, J GEOL SOC LONDON, 150, pp.611-624.
  • WILSON, M (1993) MAGMATISM AND THE GEODYNAMICS OF BASIN FORMATION, SEDIMENT GEOL, 86, pp.5-29.
  • WILSON, M (1993) PLATE-MOVING MECHANISMS - CONSTRAINTS AND CONTROVERSIES, J GEOL SOC LONDON, 150, pp.923-926.
  • WILSON, M (1993) GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES OF OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL BASALTS - A KEY TO MANTLE DYNAMICS, J GEOL SOC LONDON, 150, pp.977-990.
  • DAVIDSON, JP; BOGHOSSIAN, ND; WILSON, M (1993) THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCK SUITE OF ST MARTIN, NORTHERN LESSER ANTILLES, J PETROL, 34, pp.839-866.
  • WILSON, M; DOWNES, H (1992) MAFIC ALKALINE MAGMATISM ASSOCIATED WITH THE EUROPEAN CENOZOIC RIFT SYSTEM, TECTONOPHYSICS, 208, pp.173-182.
  • WILSON, M; DOWNES, H (1991) TERTIARY QUATERNARY EXTENSION-RELATED ALKALINE MAGMATISM IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL-EUROPE, J PETROL, 32, pp.811-849.
  • Wilson, M (1989) Igneous Petrogenesis,Springer.
  • TATE, MP; WILSON, M (1988) EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM AND LATERAL CORRELATION OF PYROCLASTIC FLOW AND SURGE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN ST-KITTS, LESSER-ANTILLES, J GEOL SOC LONDON, 145, pp.553-562.
  • WILSON, M; DAVIDSON, JP (1984) THE RELATIVE ROLES OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE IN THE GENERATION OF OCEANIC ISLAND-ARC MAGMAS, PHILOS T ROY SOC A, 310, pp.661-674.
  • HAWKESWORTH, CJ; POWELL, M (1980) MAGMA GENESIS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES ISLAND-ARC, EARTH PLANET SC LETT, 51, pp.297-308.
  • POWELL, M (1978) CRYSTALLIZATION HISTORY OF IGDLERFIGSSALIK NEPHELINE SYENITE INTRUSION, GREENLAND, LITHOS, 11, pp.99-120.
  • POWELL, M (1978) CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS OF LOW-PRESSURE CUMULATE NODULES FROM LESSER ANTILLES ISLAND ARC, EARTH PLANET SC LETT, 39, pp.162-172.
  • POWELL, R; POWELL, M (1977) GEOTHERMOMETRY AND OXYGEN BAROMETRY USING COEXISTING IRON-TITANIUM OXIDES - REAPPRAISAL, MINERAL MAG, 41, pp.257-263.
  • POWELL, M; POWELL, R (1977) NEPHELINE-ALKALI FELDSPAR GEOTHERMOMETER, CONTRIB MINERAL PETR, 62, pp.193-204.
  • POWELL, M; POWELL, R (1977) PLAGIOCLASE-ALKALI-FELDSPAR GEOTHERMOMETRY REVISITED, MINERAL MAG, 41, pp.253-256.