VGP12B:
Using Computational Thermodynamics to Model Natural Systems: Recent Advances and Challenges for the Future I

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Session ID#: 6828

Session Description:
Computational thermodynamic modelling has become a mainstay research tool and complex chemical equilibria can now be calculated in systems of geological interest. Results of such calculations are frequently employed in igneous petrology to determine the fusion and crystallization paths followed by magmas, in metamorphic petrology to estimate the equilibrium temperature and pressure of mineral assemblages, and in geochemistry to assess fluid-rock interactions, amongst others. This session seeks to bring together researchers involved in the experimental determination or optimization of phase diagrams and physical and thermodynamic properties of melts, minerals and fluids, as well as their users in the full diversity of natural and industrial applications of such data and models. Contributions linked to the development of (internally-consistent) thermodynamic databases and software are also very welcome.
OSPA Liaison:  Vincent van Hinsberg, McGill University, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada
Chairs:  Vincent van Hinsberg, McGill University, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada and Jean-Philippe Harvey, McGill University, Mining and Materials Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
Primary Convener:  Vincent van Hinsberg, McGill University, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada
Conveners:  Manas Paliwal, McGill University, Mining and Materials Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
Index Terms:

1011 Thermodynamics [GEOCHEMISTRY]
3612 Reactions and phase equilibria [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3630 Experimental mineralogy and petrology [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3919 Equations of state [MINERAL PHYSICS]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EP - Element Partitioning and Mobility
  • MS - Mineral Structure, Surfaces, and Crystallography

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

VGP12B-01
Thermodynamic Optimization of the Li2O-Na2O-CaO-FeO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-SiO2-P2O5 System (33019)
Pierre Hudon and In-Ho Jung, McGill University, Mining and Materials Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
VGP12B-02
Computing dynamic titania activities through metamorphic evolution and implications on Ti-in-quartz thermobarometry (33474)
Kyle T Ashley and Richard Derek Law, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
VGP12B-03
Experimental investigation and optimization of the thermodynamic properties and phase diagrams of the CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-ZrO2 system (33498)
Sunyong Kwon, Pierre Hudon and In-Ho Jung, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
VGP12B-04
Thermodynamic Optimization of the MgO-MnO-Mn2O3-SiO2 System (34008)
Sourav Kumar Panda1, Zhanmin Cao2 and In-Ho Jung1, (1)McGill University, Mining and Materials Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)University of Science and Technology Beijing, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Beijing, China
VGP12B-05
CONSONORM_HG: a new method of norm calculation for mid- to high-grade metamorphic rocks (34262)
Lucie Mathieu, CONSOREM (Consortium de Recherche en Exploration Minérale - mineral exploration research consortium), Département des sciences appliquées, UQAC, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada, Sylvain Trépanier, Mines Virginia, 300 Saint-Paul, suite 200, Québec, QC, Canada and Réal Daigneault, Centre d'études sur les Ressources minérales (CERM), Département des sciences appliquées, UQAC, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
VGP12B-06
A Structural Molar Volume Model for Oxide Melts (Invited) (34555)
Eric Thibodeau and In-Ho Jung, McGill University, Mining and Materials Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
VGP12B-07
Experimental Investigation and Thermodynamic Optimization of the Na2O-FeO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 System (34962)
Elmira Moosavi-Khoonsari, Pierre Hudon and In-Ho Jung, McGill University, Mining and Materials Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
VGP12B-08
Thermodynamic modeling of metal transport in H2O-CO2 vapours: CO2-Fluxing Crashes Metal Mobility (36542)
Vincent van Hinsberg1, Kim Berlo2,3, Artaches A Migdissov4 and Anthony Eric Williams-Jones3, (1)McGill University, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (3)McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
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