
Contact Information
Research Interests
I focus on understanding the processes and time scales of igneous rock formation through a combination of experimental simulation and geochemical observations. I co-manage a state-of-the-art mass spectrometry lab with Prof Tom Johnson.
Research Description
How does the Continental Crust form?
Education
- PhD. University of California Santa Cruz
Courses Taught
- GEOL 208: History of the Earth System
- GEOL 415/515: Field Geology
- GEOL 436: Petrology and Petrography
- GEOL 510: Integrated Graduate Geology
- GEOL 563: Analytical Geochemistry
Additional Campus Affiliations
Head, Geology
Professor, Geology
Recent Publications
Lundstrom, C. C., Hervig, R., Fischer, T. P., Sivaguru, M., Yin, L., Zhou, Z., Lin, X., & Grossi-Diniz, R. (2022). Insight into differentiation in alkalic systems: Nephelinite-carbonate-water experiments aimed at Ol Doinyo Lengai carbonatite genesis. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, [970264]. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.970264
Lundstrom, C. C., Lin, X., Brueckel, K., Campe, C., Nan, X., Ortega, K., Akrie, P., Yu, M., & Marshak, S. (2022). New mechanism for forming thick granitic continental crust at Phanerozoic convergent margins. In G. R. Foulger, L. C. Hamilton, D. M. Jurdy, C. A. Stein, K. A. Howard, & S. Stein (Eds.), Special Paper of the Geological Society of America (pp. 233-249). (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America; Vol. 553). Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2553(20)
Trela, J., Freiburg, J., Yu, M., Gazel, E., Lundstrom, C., Nuelle, L. M., Maria, A., Rakovan, J., & Murchland, M. (2022). Petrologic and geochemical constraints on the origin of lamprophyres and carbonatites in the Midwest Permian ultramafic district and their rare earth element economic potential. In Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 56th annual meeting; Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 71st annual meeting https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022NC-374718
Regan, L. A., Bower, N. W., Brown, S. J., Lundstrom, C. C., Bartov, G., & Cooney, M. D. (2021). Forensic isoscapes based on intra-individual temporal variation of δ 18O and 206Pb/207Pb in human teeth. Forensic Sciences Research, 6(1), 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2020.1795377
Zakharov, D. O., Lundstrom, C. C., Laurent, O., Reed, M. H., & Bindeman, I. N. (2021). Influence of high marine Ca/SO4 ratio on alteration of submarine basalts at 2.41 Ga documented by triple O and Sr isotopes of epidote. Precambrian Research, 358, [106164]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106164