Publications

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]

Abstracts and Unrefereed Publications

J. Castro, P. Beck, E. Cottrell, and H. Tuffen, “Spherulites record crystallization, degassing, and oxidation-reduction mechanisms in obsidian flows.“ EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2007. Abstract V14A-07.

E. Cottrell and D. Walker, “PtFe Nano and Micro-Nuggets in Experimental Silicate Glasses.“ INVITED. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2007. Abstract V22B-01.

E. Cottrell, K. Kelley, and R. Fischer, “New micro-XANES determinations of Fe speciation as a proxy for oxidation state of global MORB and arc magmas.“ EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2007. Abstract DI43A-07. [download PDF]

Y. Fei, A. Ricolleau, E. Cottrell, L. Zhang, A. Corgne, Y. Wang, T. Komabayashi, N. Sata, V. Prakapenka,Y. Meng, “Spin transition and equation of state of ferropericlase at high temperature: Implications for density model of the lower mantle.“ EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2007.

R. Fischer, E. Cottrell, A. Lanzirotti, and K. Kelley, “Micro-XANES determinations of Fe speciation in natural basalts at mantle-relevant fO2.“ EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2007. Abstract DI33A-1119. [download PDF]

K. Kelley, E. Cottrell, and R. Fischer, “Water and the Oxidation State of Global Arc and MORB Magmas.“ EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2007. Abstract DI33A-1118.[download PDF]

Cottrell E., “Smithsonian Rock and Ore Collections, 1955-56 and 2005-06: Aquisitions and Loans 50 Years Ago, Today and 50 Years Hence.“ Oral presentation, AGU Annual Fall Meeting, 2007.

Cottrell E. Fei Y., Ricolleau A., Prakapenka V., “Experimental Petrology in the LHDAC.“ COMPRES Annual Meeting, June 2007. [download PDF]

Ricolleau A., Fei. Y., Cottrell E., Corgne A., Wang Y., Roskoz M., and Prakapenka V, “In-Situ X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Terropericlase up to 110 GPa and 2000K.“ EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR11A-0103, 2006.

Cottrell E. and Fei Y., “Challenges to Determining Metal-Silicate Element Partition Coefficients Under Extreme P-T Conditions.“ EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR11A-0092

Ricolleau A., Fei. Y., Cottrell E., Corgne A., Wang Y., Roskoz M., and Prakapenka V, “In-Situ X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Terropericlase up to 110 GPa and 2000K.“ EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR11A-0103.

Cottrell E. and Fei Y., “Challenges to Determining Metal-Silicate Element Partition Coefficients Under Extreme P-T Conditions.“ EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR11A-0092, 2006. [download PDF]

Sorensen, S. S., Hale, L. J., Hearn, B. C. Jr, and Cottrell, E., “Smithsonian Rock and Ore Collections, 1955-56 and 2005-06: Aquisitions and Loans 50 Years Ago, Today and 50 Years Hence.“ Abstract

Ricolleau A., Fei. Y., Cottrell E., Corgne A., Wang Y., Roskoz M., and Prakapenka V, “In-Situ X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Terropericlase up to 110 GPa and 2000K.“ EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR11A-0103, 2006. [download PDF]

Cottrell E. and Walker D. “ The origin of PtFe nano- and micro-nuggets in experimental silicate glasses and its constraint on planetary core formation,” No. 1722; Nanoscale Processes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, NNIN Workshop. January, 2006. [download PDF]

Cottrell E. and Walker D. “High Temperature Effects on Pt Partitioning Between Metal and Mafic Silicate Liquids: Implications for Core Formation,” Abstract Reference Number: 7350; Paper Number: MR21A-04; EOS Transactions, Fall Meeting, 2005 [download PDF]

Cottrell E. “On the Frontiers of Science Education,” Newsletter of the Brown University Dept. of Geological Sciences 2005 [download PDF]

Cottrell E. and Goldstein S.J. “ Glaciers in New York City ” A unique field guide to Central Park geology. College level. [download field guides, exercises, and instructor manuals]

Cottrell E., Jaupart, and Molnar P. “Marginal Stability of Thick Continental Lithosphere.” EOS Transactions, T31A-1264, Fall Meeting, 2004. [view]

Cottrell E. and Walker D. “Ultra-high Temperature Effects in a Magma Ocean: Pt and W Partitioning.” Oxygen in Terrestrial Planets, LPI, #3046, 2004. [download PDF]

Walker D., Kavner A., and Cottrell E.A., “Core-Mantle Geochemical Interactions.” EOS, Transactions, AGU, U51A-03 INVITED, 2002.

Cottrell E.A., and Walker D., “A New Look at Pt Solubility in Silicate Liquid.” Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Abs no.1274. 2002. [download PDF]

Cottrell E.A., Spiegelman M., and Langmuir C.H., “A Numerical Model to Evaluate the Importance of Diffusive Exchange Between Melt Inclusions and Host Crystals.” EOS, Transactions, AGU, V71A-30, Fall Meeting, 2000.

Cottrell E.A., Rutherford M.J., Gardner J., “Conflicting Evidence for Pre-Eruptive Conditions and Processes in the Minoan Rhyodacite, Santorini, Greece.” EOS, Transactions, AGU, 77, 46, pp. F805, V22A-24 INVITED, 1996.

Cottrell E.A. and Fiorenza M., “Air Emissions Manual - The IBM Burlington Guide to Understanding Exhaust Surveying, Sampling, and Data Management,” IBM files, 1994.

Media

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