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, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Professor, Prairie Research Institute
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Recent Publications
Brückel, K., Lundstrom, C. C., Ackerson, M., & Campe, C. (2023). Testing the limits of Ti-in-Quartz thermometry and diffusion modelling to determine the thermal history of the Fish Canyon Tuff. Journal of Petrology, 64(12), Article egad082. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egad082
Wang, Y., Cao, Z., Peng, L., Liu, L., Chen, L., Lundstrom, C., Peng, D., & Yang, X. (2023). Secular craton evolution due to cyclic deformation of underlying dense mantle lithosphere. Nature Geoscience, 16(7), 637-645. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01203-5
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, Article 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. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 54(4). https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022NC-374718