Publications

Cottrell E., Kelley K.A. “The oxidation state of Fe in MORB glasses and the oxygen fugacity of the upper mantle.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 305, pp 270-282, 2011. [download PDF]

Castro, J.M., Cottrell, E., Tuffen, H., Logan, A., and Kelley, K.A. In Press. “Spherulite crystallization buffers Fe-oxidation in silicic melt,” Chemical Geology 268, 272–280, 2009. [download PDF]

Cottrell E., Kelley K.A., Lanzirotti A., Fischer R.A. “High-Precision Determination of Iron Oxidation State in Silicate Glasses Using XANES.” Chemical Geology 268, 167–179, 2009. [download PDF]

Cottrell E. Walter, M.J., and Walker D., “Metal-silicate partitioning of tungsten at high pressure and temperature: implications for equilibrium core formation in Earth.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 281 (3-4), pp 275-287, 2009. [download PDF]

Kelley, K.A. and Cottrell E., “Water and the Oxidation State of Subduction Zone Magmas.” Science, vol 325 no 5940, pp. 605-607, 2009. [download PDF]

Ricolleau, A., Y. Fei, E. Cottrell, H. Watson, L. Deng, L. Zhang, G. Fiquet, A. Auzende, M. Roskosz, G. Morard, and V. Prakapenka.“Density Profile of Pyrolite Under the Lower Mantle Conditions.” Geophys.Res.Lett. 36: L06302, 2009. [download PDF]

N. Chabot, A.J. Campbell, W.F. McDonough, D.S. Draper, C.B. Agee, M. Humayun, H.C. Watson, E. Cottrell, and S. Saslow. “The Fe-C system at Pressure and Implications for the Earth’s Core,” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, p. 4146-4158. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.006, 2008.

Jaupart C., Molnar P., and Cottrell E. “Instability of a chemically dense layer heated from below and overlain by a deep less viscous fluid.“ Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 572, Issue -1, pp 433-469, 2007. [download PDF]

Cottrell E. and Walker D. “Constraints on Core Formation from Pt Partitioning in Mafic Silicate Liquids at High Temperatures. ” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (6), p. 1565-1580. 2006 [download PDF]

Cottrell E., Jaupart C., and Molnar P. “Marginal Stability of Thick Continental Lithosphere. ” Geophyiscal Research Letters, VOL. 31, L18612, doi:10.1029/2004GL020332, 2004.[download PDF]

Cottrell E., Spiegelman M., Langmuir CH., “Consequences of diffusive reequilibration for the interpretation of melt inclusions.” Geochem Geophy Geosy 3: art. no. 1026 May 3 2002. [download PDF].
All codes and driver programs are supplied as matlab .m files and are available as supplementary material at the Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems website (http://www.g-cubed.org), and [HERE]. Documentation is found in the README file. The supplied scripts are designed to solve for arbitrary initial conditions as well as calculate and produce plots.

Cottrell E., Gardner J., and Rutherford M.J., “Petrologic and experimental evidence for the movement and heating of the pre-eruptive Minoan rhyodacite (Santorini, Greece).” Contrib. Min. Petrol. 135; 4, p.315-337. 1999. [download PDF]

Public Recognition/Media

Wilson E.K. “Answers To Mantle Oxidation Mystery.” Chemical & Engineering News, 87 (31), p. 28, 2009. [download PDF]

Hirschmann M.M. “Ironing Out the Oxidation of Earth’s Mantle,” Science, 325 (5940), pp. 545-546, 2009. [download PDF]

Schmid R.E. “Oxidized lava may help explain Earth’s evolution.” Associated Press. [download PDF]

Urquhart J. “Water Linked to Mantle Oxidation” Chemistry World Magazine. [view]

Stoddard, J. "Simulating the Creation of the Earth's Core, With the Help of Great Gray." Earth Institute News. [view] , 2004

Souren, A. "Bubbles in Amsterdam melt and fluid inclusion research at the Vrije Universiteit." Newsletter of the Geochemical Society. 112, p. 14, 2002.[download PDF]