Bernard Wood (geologist)

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Bernard Wood
Other namesBernie Wood
CitizenshipBritish
Known forTrace element partitioning, Piston-cylinder apparatus
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental petrology
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Website https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/people/bernie-wood/

Bernard (Bernie) Wood FRS MAE is a British geologist, and professor of mineralogy and senior research fellow at the University of Oxford. [1] He specializes in the thermodynamics of geological systems, using experimental techniques. [1] He is a prominent figure in the field of experimental petrology, having received multiple awards throughout his career and taught at several universities worldwide. [1]

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Education

Wood is originally from London and was educated at William Ellis School (Highgate, London) and the Northern Polytechnic (Holloway, London), where he earned a BSc University of London in 1967. He also earned an MSc from the University of Leeds in 1968, as well as a PhD in geophysics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1972.

Career

Wood has taught and conducted research at several universities across Europe, North America, and Australia.

Following his PhD studies, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the University of Manchester. He was then a postdoctoral fellow at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, after which he became principal scientist at Rockwell Hanford Operations. [2]

In 1982, Wood moved to the Department of Geological Sciences at Northwestern University as a professor, and he was chair of that department from 1985 to 1988. [2]

In 1989, he returned to the UK and became professor at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol, having also been head of department from 1994 to 1997. His impact there was immense: "he helped mold Bristol into a powerhouse of Earth sciences from quite humble beginnings", said Jonathan Blundy. [3] From 1995 to 1996, he was guest professor at the Mineralogisches Institut Universität Freiburg, in Germany. [2]

In 2005, he was a professor and a Federation Fellow at Macquarie University, in Australia. [4] [ failed verification ]

Since 2007, he has been based at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Oxford, where he installed the Experimental Petrology laboratory. [5]

Research

Wood initially became known for his work on geothermometry and geobarometry [6] and started performing experiments at the University of Manchester in 1972. [3] While at Northwestern he worked on the mineralogical changes responsible for the major seismic discontinuities in the Earth's mantle with student Craig Bina. [3] At Bristol Wood became known for his work on the behavior of trace elements. [3] With Jonathan Blundy he developed models to study compatibility and predict trace element partitioning between crystals and melts, which are relevant for igneous differentiation. [3] [7] He also developed a model of the accretion and early differentiation of the Earth with student Jon Wade. [8] [9] [10] At Oxford he worked with post-doc Ekaterina Kiseeva on partitioning into sulphides in igneous processes. [11] [12] [13] Also at Oxford, he collaborated with Alex Halliday. [3]

Piston-cylinder apparatus

Wood's laboratories use piston-cylinder (PC) apparatus. Together with Fred Wheeler, head of workshop at the University of Bristol [14] he designed an inexpensive, simplified version which is widely used.

Books

Holloway, J. R., & Wood, B. J. (1989). Simulating the Earth: Experimental Geochemistry. Springer. [15]

Wood, B. J., & Fraser, D. G. (1976). Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists. Oxford University Press. [16]

Honors and awards

Wood is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, [17] and he has received awards from a number of other learned societies including the Mineralogical Society of America, the Geochemical Society, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the European Geosciences Union, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (DE), the Max Planck Gesellschaft (DE), the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, and the Geological Society of London. [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Prof. Bernard Wood's Research Profile", Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, 27 April 2012, retrieved 8 August 2012
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Bernard Wood's page", Bernard Wood, Academia Europaea, 29 January 2022, retrieved 29 January 2022
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Blundy, Jon (2015). "Presentation of the 2014 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Bernard J. Wood" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 100 (5–6): 1312. Bibcode:2015AmMin.100.1312B. doi: 10.2138/am-2015-AP1005-610 . S2CID   131066686 . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Origin and differentiation of the Earth - Speakers' biographies - The Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Experimental Petrology Laboratory, University of Oxford, 29 January 2022, retrieved 29 January 2022
  6. ↑ Gesellschaft, Deutsche Mineralogische. "2012 Bernard Wood (Oxford)". www.dmg-home.org (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Blundy, Jon; Wood, Bernard (December 1994). "Prediction of crystal–melt partition coefficients from elastic moduli". Nature. 372 (6505): 452–454. Bibcode:1994Natur.372..452B. doi:10.1038/372452a0. ISSN   1476-4687. S2CID   4335750.
  8. ↑ Wade, J.; Wood, B. J. (January 2001). "The Earth's 'missing' niobium may be in the core". Nature. 409 (6816): 75–78. doi:10.1038/35051064. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   11343115. S2CID   4356933.
  9. ↑ Wood, Bernard J.; Walter, Michael J.; Wade, Jonathan (June 2006). "Accretion of the Earth and segregation of its core". Nature. 441 (7095): 825–833. Bibcode:2006Natur.441..825W. doi:10.1038/nature04763. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   16778882. S2CID   8942975.
  10. ↑ Wade, J.; Wood, B. J. (30 July 2005). "Core formation and the oxidation state of the Earth". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 236 (1): 78–95. Bibcode:2005E&PSL.236...78W. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.017. ISSN   0012-821X.
  11. ↑ Kiseeva, Ekaterina S.; Wood, Bernard J. (1 December 2013). "A simple model for chalcophile element partitioning between sulphide and silicate liquids with geochemical applications". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 383: 68–81. Bibcode:2013E&PSL.383...68K. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.034. ISSN   0012-821X.
  12. ↑ Kiseeva, Ekaterina S.; Wood, Bernard J. (15 August 2015). "The effects of composition and temperature on chalcophile and lithophile element partitioning into magmatic sulphides". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 424: 280–294. Bibcode:2015E&PSL.424..280K. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.012 . ISSN   0012-821X.
  13. ↑ pubs.geoscienceworld.org https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/100/11-12/2371/40329/Trace-element-partitioning-into-sulfide-How . Retrieved 12 March 2023.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "Department of Earth Sciences » 15 years of building Piston Cylinders" . Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  15. ↑ Simulating the Earth: Experimental Geochemistry Simulating the Earth: Experimental Geochemistry, Springer, 29 January 2022, ISBN   9789401180283 , retrieved 29 January 2022
  16. ↑ Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists, Oxford University Press, 29 January 2022, ISBN   978-0-19-859927-2 , retrieved 29 January 2022
  17. ↑ "2001 Fellow Bernard J Wood" . Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  18. ↑ "Bernard Wood Research Profile". University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  19. ↑ Wood, Bernard J. (2015). "Acceptance of the 2014 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Bernard J. Wood" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 100: 1313–1314. doi: 10.2138/am-2015-AP1005-69 . S2CID   101379602 . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  20. ↑ "MEDALLISTS". European Union of Geosciences. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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