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Bernard Charlier

 

Now Postdoc at MIT, USA

 

 

Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (54-1224)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

Phone: + 1-617-253-6398

charlier@mit.edu

http://eapsweb.mit.edu/

 

 

Education

2001 - Licence en Sciences géologiques, Université de Liège

2003 - DEA en Sciences, Université de Liège

2007 - Ph.D., Université de Liège

2008-2010 - Chargé de Recherches au FNRS

2010-2013 - Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship

 

 

Research profile

  • Origin and differentiation of the Moon 

  • Mars, Mercury and meteorites

  • Phase equilibria of silicate melts

  • Silicate liquid immiscibility

  • Differentiation of basalts

  • Layered intrusions and magma chamber processes

  • Melt inclusions

  • Origin of granitoids

  • Anorthosites

  • Ore deposits associated with magmas

  • Geochemistry of sediments and the climatic significance

  • Analytical techniques (XRF, ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, EMPA)

 

 

Publications

[26] Berger J, Diot H, Lo K, Ohnenstetter D, Féménias O, Pivin M, Demaiffe D, Bernard A, Charlier B (under review) Petrogenesis of Archean PGM-bearing chromitites and associated ultramafic - mafic - anorthositic rocks from the Guelb el Azib complex (West African craton, Mauritania).

[25] Charlier B, Grove TL, Zuber MT (under review) Phase equilibria of ultramafic compositions on Mercury and the origin of the compositional dichotomy.

[24] Charlier B, Namur O, Grove TL (under review) Ferrobasalt-rhyolite immiscibility during differentiation of tholeiitic series.

[23] Namur O, Charlier B, Holness M (under review) Dual origin of Fe-Ti-P gabbros by immiscibility and fractional crystallization of evolved tholeiitic basalts in the Sept Iles layered intrusion.

[22] Pommier A, Grove TL, Charlier B (in press) Water storage and early hydrous melting of the Martian mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

[21] Charlier B, Grove TL (2012) Experiments on liquid immiscibility along tholeiitic liquid lines of descent. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. [Article]

[20] Namur O, Charlier B (2012) Efficiency of compaction and compositional convection during mafic crystal mush solidification: the Sept Iles layered intrusion, Canada. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. [Article]

[19] Namur O, Charlier B, Toplis MJ, Vander Auwera J (2012) Prediction of plagioclase-melt equilibria in anhydrous silicate melts at 1-atm. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 163: 133-150. [Article]

Excel file for plagioclase-melt equilibria calculation

[18] Charlier B, Namur O, Toplis MJ, Schiano P, Cluzel N, Higgins MD, Vander Auwera J (2011) Large-scale silicate liquid immiscibility during differentiation of tholeiitic basalt to granite and the origin of the Daly gap. Geology 39: 907-910. [Article]

[17] Namur O, Charlier B, Toplis MJ, Higgins MD, Hounsell V, Liégeois JP, Vander Auwera J (2011) Differentiation of tholeiitic basalt to A-type granite in the Sept Iles layered intrusion, Canada. Journal of Petrology 52: 487-539. [Article]

[16] Namur O, Charlier B, Pirard C, Hermann J, Liégeois JP, Vander Auwera J (2011). Anorthosite formation by plagioclase flotation in ferrobasalt and implications for the lunar crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75: 4998-5018. [Article]

[15] Charlier B, Duchesne J-C, Vander Auwera J, Storme J-Y, Maquil R, Longhi J (2010) Polybaric fractional crystallization of high-alumina basalt parental magmas in the Egersund-Ogna massif-type anorthosite (Rogaland, SW Norway) constrained by plagioclase and high-alumina orthopyroxene megacrysts. Journal of Petrology 51: 2515-2546. [Article]

[14] Charlier B, Namur O, Malpas S, de Marneffe C, Duchesne JC, Vander Auwera J, Bolle O (2010) Origin of the giant Allard Lake ilmenite ore deposit (Canada) by fractional crystallization, multiple magma pulses and mixing. Lithos 117: 119-134. [Article]

[13] Namur O, Charlier B, Toplis MJ, Higgins MD, Liégeois JP, Vander Auwera J (2010) Crystallization sequence and magma chamber processes in the ferrobasaltic Sept Iles layered intrusion, Canada. Journal of Petrology 51: 1203-1236. [Article]

[12] Charlier B, Namur O, Duchesne J-C, Wiszniewska J, Parecki A, Vander Auwera J (2009) Cumulate origin and polybaric crystallization of Fe-Ti oxide ores in the Suwalki anorthosite, northeastern Poland. Economic Geology 104: 205-221. [Article]

[11] Namur O, Hatert F, Grandjean F, Long GJ, Krins N, Fransolet A-M, Vander Auwera J, Charlier B (2009) Ti substitution mechanisms in phlogopites from the Suwalki massif-type anorthosite, NE Poland. European Journal of Mineralogy 21: 397-406. [Article]

[10] Bertrand S, Charlet F, Charlier B, Renson V, Fagel N (2008) Climate variability of Southern Chile since the Last Glacial Maximum: a continuous sedimentological record from Lago Puyehue (40°S). Journal of Paleolimnology 39: 179-195. [Article]

[9] Charlier B, Sakoma E, Sauvé M, Stanaway K, Vander Auwera J, Duchesne J-C (2008) The Grader layered intrusion (Havre-Saint-Pierre Anorthosite, Quebec) and genesis of nelsonite and other Fe-Ti-P ores. Lithos 101: 359-378. [Article]

[8] Charlier B, Skår Ø, Korneliussen A, Duchesne J-C, Vander Auwera J (2007) Ilmenite composition in the Tellnes Fe-Ti deposit, SW Norway: fractional crystallization, postcumulus evolution and ilmenite-zircon relation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 154: 119-134. [Article]

[7] Duchesne J-C, Charlier B (2007) Response to the Discussion by B. Robins and F. Chiodoni of “Geochemistry of cumulates from the Bjerkreim-Sokndal intrusion (S. Norway). Part I: Constraints from major elements on the mechanism of cumulate formation and on the jotunite liquid line of descent”. Lithos 98: 339-343.

[6] Charlier B, Duchesne J-C, Vander Auwera J (2006) Magma chamber processes in the Tellnes ilmenite deposit (Rogaland Anorthosite Province, SW Norway) and the formation of Fe-Ti ores in massif-type anorthosites. Chemical Geology 234: 264-290. [Article]

[5] Duchesne J-C, Shumlyanskyy L, Charlier B (2006) The Fedorivka layered intrusion (Korosten Pluton, Ukraine): an example of a highly differentiated ferrobasaltic evolution. Lithos 89: 353-376. [Article]

[4] Bertrand S, Boës X, Castiaux J, Charlet F, Urrutia R, Espinoza C, Lepoint G, Charlier B, Fagel N (2005) Temporal evolution of sediment supply in Lago Puyehue (Southern Chile) during the last 600 yrs and its climatic significance. Quaternary Research 64: 163-175. [Article]

[3] Charlier B (2005) Fennoscandian Shield – Rogaland Anorthosite Province. Tellnes ilmenite deposit: Lat. 58°20’ N, Long. 6°25’ E. Ore Geology Reviews 27: 330-331.

[2] Charlier B, Vander Auwera J, Duchesne J-C (2005) Geochemistry of cumulates from the Bjerkreim-Sokndal layered intrusion (S. Norway). Part II: REE and the trapped liquid fraction. Lithos 83: 255-276. [Arcticle]

[1] Duchesne J-C, Charlier B (2005) Geochemistry of cumulates from the Bjerkreim-Sokndal layered intrusion (S. Norway). Part I: Constraints from major elements on the mechanism of cumulate formation and on the jotunite liquid line of descent. Lithos 83: 229-254. [Article]

 

 

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