
Contact Information
Research Areas
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, Geology
Professor, Geology
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Recent Publications
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. In Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 56th annual meeting; Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 71st annual meeting https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022NC-374718
Regan, L. A., Bower, N. W., Brown, S. J., Lundstrom, C. C., Bartov, G., & Cooney, M. D. (2021). Forensic isoscapes based on intra-individual temporal variation of δ 18O and 206Pb/207Pb in human teeth. Forensic Sciences Research, 6(1), 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2020.1795377
Zakharov, D. O., Lundstrom, C. C., Laurent, O., Reed, M. H., & Bindeman, I. N. (2021). Influence of high marine Ca/SO4 ratio on alteration of submarine basalts at 2.41 Ga documented by triple O and Sr isotopes of epidote. Precambrian Research, 358, Article 106164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106164