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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jillian Kendrick \n\nPost-doctoral researcher working with 
 Vincent van Hinsberg\n\nDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences\, McGil
 l University\n\n \n\nFriday\, December 1st \n\n12:00 pm \n\nFDA 232 (in-pe
 rson)\n\nPizza will be served \n\n \n\nPetrological Approaches to Reading 
 the Crustal Archive\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe evolution of Earth’s crust has bee
 n closely linked to shifting tectonic regimes and interactions with the hy
 drosphere\, atmosphere\, and biosphere over billions of years. Crustal roc
 ks today serve as a rich archive\, preserving evidence of the complex inte
 rplay between minerals\, melts\, and fluids in the past. These processes i
 nfluenced the mobility and distribution of major and trace elements in the
  crust\, including those of economic interest and biological importance. B
 y combining field work and petrography with geochemical analysis\, quantit
 ative modelling\, and experimental petrology\, I work to understand how me
 tamorphic and igneous processes link to broader geochemical cycling\, tect
 onic activity\, and mineral deposit formation in the crust. In this semina
 r\, I will discuss examples from my research focusing on processes from th
 e deep crust to the Earth’s surface. Partial melting of crustal rocks has 
 played an important role in the geochemical differentiation of the crust\,
  and understanding the source-to-sink processes that influence granitoid c
 ompositions is a key aspect of my research. I have used thermodynamic mode
 lling to investigate influences on Archean granitoid compositions and to d
 etermine the processes at play during early Earth crustal differentiation.
  This was combined with an investigation of an Archean crustal cross secti
 on in the Superior Province\, which served as a natural laboratory for stu
 dying the origin of primitive granitoids and the architecture of Archean c
 rust. This work provided important insights into the genesis of felsic cru
 st\, and currently I am interested in the role of such rocks in early Eart
 h geochemical cycling\, such as the poorly understood ancient boron cycle.
  I am investigating the behaviour of boron in crustal rocks using experime
 ntal petrology and thermodynamic modelling to better understand the boron 
 budget in Archean metamorphic and igneous systems. This work will provide 
 new insights into the distribution of boron on early Earth\, which may hav
 e been crucial to the emergence of life. As rocks are the only evidence re
 maining of Earth’s early history\, carefully deciphering this archive usin
 g a multifaceted approach will shed new light on the processes that shaped
  our planet.\n
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SUMMARY:EPS Seminar Series: Dr. Jillian Kendrick
URL:/eps/channels/event/eps-seminar-series-dr-jillian-
 kendrick-353144
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