overview
My research focuses on metamorphic petrology and geochemistry; the characterization of metamorphism in the earth's crust and mantle including temperatures, pressures and, in particular, fluid compositions and movements. This research includes fieldwork, petrography, microprobe analyses, fluid calculations over a wide range of pressures and temperatures, fluid inclusion work and stable isotopic analyses. Recent research includes the production and microthermometric examination of synthetic fluid inclusions. Additional interests include crustal genesis, Precambrian geology, economic geology, and metasomatic transport of crustal materials.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geology, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1987
- M.A. in Geology, Rice University - (Houston, Texas, United States) 1983
- B.A. in Geology, Earlham College - (Richmond, Indiana, United States) 1980
selected publications
Academic Articles35
- Prakash, A., Holyoke, C. W., Kelemen, P. B., Kirby, S. H., Kronenberg, A. K., & Lamb, W. M. (2023). Carbonates and intermediate-depth seismicity: Stable and unstable shear in altered subducting plates and overlying mantle.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120(21), e2219076120.
- Chrpa, M. E., Raymond, A., Lamb, W. M., & Laya, J. (2023). A marine origin of coal balls in the Midland and Illinois basins, USA. Communications Earth and Environment. 4(1), 214.
- Newman, J., Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Wijbrans, J. R., Lamb, W. M., & Drury, M. R. (2021). Strain Localization at Constant Strain Rate and Changing Stress Conditions: Implications for Plate Boundary Processes in the Upper Mantle. Minerals. 11(12), 1351-1351.
- Hunt, L. E., & Lamb, W. M. (2019). Application of mineral equilibria to estimate fugacities of H2O, H2, and O2 in mantle xenoliths from the southwestern USA. American Mineralogist. 104(3), 333-347.
- Kilgore, M. L., Peslier, A. H., Brandon, A. D., & Lamb, W. M. (2018). Water and Oxygen Fugacity in the Lithospheric Mantle Wedge beneath the Northern Canadian Cordillera (Alligator Lake). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 19(10), 3844-3869.
Chapters2
- Jugum, D., Stewart, E., Palin, J. M., Mortimer, N., Norris, R. J., & Lamb, W. M. (2019). Correlations between a heterogeneous mantle and multiple stages of crustal growth: a review of the Dun Mountain ophiolite, New Zealand. Memoirs. PALEOZOIC-MESOZOIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND: SUBDUCTION-RELATED PROCESSES ADJACENT TO SE GONDWANA. 75-92. Geological Society of London.
- Stewart, E., Newman, J., Tikoff, B., Donnelly, S., German, L., Chatzaras, V., ... Kruckenberg, S. C. (2019). Coupled deformation and melt-migration events recording subduction initiation, Dun Mountain ophiolite, New Zealand. Memoirs. PALEOZOIC-MESOZOIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND: SUBDUCTION-RELATED PROCESSES ADJACENT TO SE GONDWANA. 93-117. Geological Society of London.
Conference Papers1
- Newman, J., Stewart, E. D., Tikoff, B., Miller, B., Lamb, W. M., & German, L. (2017). MANTLE DEFORMATION RECORDING SUBDUCTION INITIATION, RED HILLS, NEW ZEALAND. GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017.
researcher on
Co-Principal Investigator2
recent teaching activities
- GEOL101 Principles Of Geology Instructor
- GEOL104 Physical Geology Instructor
- GEOL301 Mineral Resources Instructor
- GEOL304 Igneous & Metamorphic Petrolog Instructor
- GEOL450 Geology Senior Project Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Kissinger, Ryan Michael (2018-10). Fluids in the Deep Earth: Estimation of Fluid Fugacities in Peridotites from the Klamath Mountains, California, USA. (Master's Thesis)
- Hunt, Lindsey E (2017-07). Application of Mineral Equilibria to Constrain the Nature of Mantle Fluids Using Mantle Xenoliths. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Kang, Patricia (2015-04). Using Mineral Equilibria to Estimate H2O Activities in Peridotites from the Western Gneiss Region of Norway. (Master's Thesis)
- Fallon, Jessica Anne (2005-02). Crack healing as a function of pOH- and fracture morphology. (Master's Thesis)
Email
w-lamb@tamu.edu
First Name
William
Last Name
Lamb
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Geology; 3115 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3115
USA