Education

Ph.D. University of Chicago (2009)

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

• Properties of Earth’s core including:
  •  Core chemistry
  •  Chemical interaction with the mantle
  •  Dynamical aspects of core evolution (inner core growth, mass flux at the core-mantle boundary)
• Optical Properties of Materials at High Pressure including:
  •  Lattice Dynamics
  •  Infrared opacity of metals (radiative transport)

Research Group

Elizabeth Cottrell

Yingwei Fei

Publications

Buffett, B., and C.T. Seagle (2009), Stratification of the top of the core due to chemical interactions with the mantle, J. Geophys. Res., submitted.

Campbell, A.J., L. Danielson, K. Righter, C.T. Seagle, Y. Wang, and V.B. Prakapenka (2009), High pressure effects on the Iron-Iron Oxide and Nickel-Nickel Oxide oxygen fugacity buffers, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., in press.

Seagle, C.T., D.L. Heinz, Z. Liu, and R.J. Hemley (2009), Synchrotron infrared reflectivity measurements of iron at high pressures, Applied Optics, 48(3), 545-552.

Seagle, C.T., W. Zhang, D.L. Heinz, and Z. Liu (2009), Far infrared dielectric and vibrational properties of non-stoichiometric wüstite at high pressure, Physical Review B, 79, 014104, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.014104.

Seagle, C.T., D.L. Heinz, A.J. Campbell, V.B. Prakapenka, S.T. Wanless (2008), Melting and thermal expansion in the Fe-FeO system at high pressure, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 265, 655-665, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.004.

Campbell, A.J., C.T. Seagle, D.L. Heinz, G. Shen, and V.B. Prakapenka (2007), Partial melting in the Iron-Sulfur system at high pressure: a synchrotron x-ray diffraction study, Phys. Earth Planet. In., 162, 119-128, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.001.

Seagle, C.T., A.J. Campbell, D.L. Heinz, G. Shen, and V.B. Prakapenka (2006), Thermal equation of state of Fe3S and implications for sulfur in Earth’s core, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06209, doi:10.1029/2005JB004091.