Education

2005 - BsC Earth Sciences, University of Liege (Belgium)

2006 - MsC Earth Sciences, University of Liege (Belgium)

2011 - Ph.D. Sciences, University of Liege (Belgium)

2011-. - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cambridge University, UK

 

 

Research profile

  • Thermodynamics of silicate systems
  • Layered intrusions and magma chamber processes
  • Differentiation of basalts
  • Origin of A-type granites
  • Silicate liquid immiscibility
  • Anorthosites
  • Ore deposits associated with magmas
  • Differentiation of planetesimals and terrestrial planets

 

 

 

Publications

 

[9] 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]

[8] 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. [Article]

Excel file for plagioclase-melt equilibria calculation

[7] 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]

[6] 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]

[5] 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]

[4] 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, mutliple magma pulses and mixing. Lithos 117: 119-134. [Article]

[3] 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]

[2] 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]

[1] 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]

 


Publications: 2006-Present

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