| RefNo | EC/1991/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Green, David Headley: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1988 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished for major contributions to the petrogenesis of basaltic and related rocks and to the chemistry and mineralogy of their source regions in the upper mantle. In 1964, Green first applied electron-microprobe analytical techniques to determine the compositions of crystals and liquids in complex "natural" basaltic systems formed under controlled high pressure, high temperature laboratory conditions. This development marked a watershed in petrology and has been followed by many other laboratories throughout the world. Green has since extended this work to provide a comprehensive understanding of the origins of the entire family of basaltic magmas in terms of partial melting processes in the mantle and of the remarkable influence of water and carbon dioxide on these melting processes. Green has also demonstrated how these techniques can be used to solve important problems connected with the petrogenesis of metamorphic and ultramafic rocks. He has been outstandingly successful in combining the fields of natural and experimental petrology. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4153 | Green; David Headley; geologist and experimental petrologist | |