Kris Sokół

Kris Sokol
Research Assistant
Microanalysis Lab (SEM, XRD & FT-IR)
krzysztof.sokol@earth.ox.ac.uk

My background is in igneous petrology and the study of alteration associated processes accompanying formation of rare-metal-bearing igneous systems and identification of minerals as well as the source fluids they precipitated from using a variety of methods (microbeam, XRD, Raman etc). In my PhD I worked on "fenitized" country rocks bordering alkaline igneous intrusions to improve our understanding of Nb-Ta-REE metal transport associated with these systems.

At Oxford I oversee the activities of microanalytical labs (scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffractometry and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy) and my present research involves identifying signs of chemical alteration of gemstone jade.

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  • geochemical alteration accompanying formation of rare-metal-bearing igneous systems and the elements generally considered 'refractory' (i.e. Nb, Ta, REE)
  • electron microbeam (SEM, EPMA etc) characterisation methods and applying them in identifying complex minerals
  • use of molecular spectroscopy (Raman, FT-IR) in assessing mineral composition, structure and post-genetic modification

I mainly advise on application and use of SEM, XRD and FT-IR in studies of geological materials

Academic background:

  1. Doctor of Philosophy, University of St Andrews, UK (2017-2023, adv. Prof. A. Finch, Dr W. Hutchison, Dr J. Cloutier, Dr M.C.S. Humphreys) - thesis entitled "The nature of fluids associated with the subvolcanic alkaline magmas and their role in 'hi-tech' metal transport and mineralization"
  2. Master of Geoscience (MGeol), Keele University, UK (2012-2016, adv. Dr R. Halama) - thesis entitled "Petrological study of the Tezhsar Alkaline Complex (TAC), Armenia; insights to alkaline magmatism of the
    Eurasian-Arabian collision zone", results partly published in Lithos - DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2018.08.028

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