For the first time Dr. B is going back to the motherland. In this episode he interviews his countrywoman and also ECR celebrity Dr Bruna Carvalho, who is a postdoc at the University of Padova in ‘Italia’. This episodes’ central theme is Melt Inclusions. But before starting to dig into the good bits, Dr. B plays with Bruna the Geo-version of the famous Kiss, Marry, Kill game, where the guest has to choose which of the three given options to Sample, Curate or Hammer. Do you agree with Bruna’s choices? Which one of the options would you Sample, Curate or Hammer? In the second part of the episode, Bruna explains all about melt inclusions: what they are, where do we find them and why she is interested in these tiny, tiny vestiges that ‘freeze’ the original composition of the melt formed during partial melting of a metamorphic rock. Tune in and find out more about the tiny (but big world of) melt inclusions.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Google scholar:
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=wSkSQvQAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruna-Carvalho-18
GMPV Blog:
Melt inclusions in olivine from meteorites:
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/1049.pdf
More literature on melt inclusions:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002449371500362X
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Host Information:
Dr. Vitor Barrote: A member of the Traveling Geologist team and the host for Gneiss Chats on the Geology Podcast Network. Vitor, also known as Dr. B, has a PhD in applied geology from Curtin University. His current research focus is on analytical developments in geochemistry and geochronology, but he has a soft spot for Economic Geology, also. He enjoys multidisciplinary studies that apply unorthodox and innovative solutions to resolve unusual problems. He is a big fan of spreading education through inclusive media, with science outreach efforts such as this podcast series. He also holds an (honorary) PhD in geological dad-jokes.
Producer Information:
Dr Silvia Volante: A member of Traveling Geologist team, producer and occasional co-host for Gneiss Chats on the Geology Podcast Network. Silvia also has a PhD in applied geology from Curtin University. She loves to explore the different pressures, temperatures and compositions conditions at which igneous and metamorphic rocks formed. Her favorite word? Unravelling! Unravelling the evolution of basement rocks by mapping them in the field, as a good old-fashioned field geologist would do, and investigating the record incapsulated in minerals that define ductile fabrics and, why not, that can also be dated!
Dr. Bryant Ware: Dr. Ware is a geology researcher (an isotope geochemist, and geochronologist for those who want to know exactly) at Curtin University in Western Australia. He knows all about the nitty gritty details of the geochemical analysis of rocks to produce the data that help us to understand the processes that shape our planet. Despite spending an excessive amount of time in the clean lab, he loves the outdoors and spending time in the field. As a member of the Traveling Geologist Team, and producer on Gneiss Chats from the Geology Podcast Network he enjoys sharing his excitement about geology with others.
Dr. Francesca Miozzi: Francesca has a PhD in planetary geology from Sorbonne University. She is an experimental mineral physicist and petrologist who enjoys squishing and heating minerals to extreme pressures and temperature, to investigate the mysteries of planetary interiors. She is also a member of the Geology Podcast Network’s Gneiss Chats and Traveling Geologist.
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