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James G. Brophy

Associate Professor, GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Igneous Petrology, High-Temperature Geochemistry, Tectonophysics

B.A., Amherst College, 1977
MSc., Colorado School of Mines, 1980
PhD., Johns Hopkins University, 1985

Phone: 812-855-6417
Office: GY240
E-mail: BROPHY@INDIANA.EDU

Research Interests: Magma generation and evolution in Subduction Zone and Mid-Ocean Ridge environments, Experimental igneous petrology, Application of petrologic techniques to the solution of archaeological problems.

I am an Associate Professor of Igneous Petrology and Volcanology in the Department of Geological Sciences at Indiana University . My primary research interest is the origin and evolution of magma within subduction zone and mid-ocean ridge environments. My research has taken me to the Aleutian Islands of southwest Alaska , the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, and the middle of the Pacific Ocean along the East Pacific Rise. I am also interested in high temperature experimental petrology wherein I investigate problems associated with magmatic phase equilibria, mineral-liquid trace element partitioning, and mineral nucleation and dissolution rates.

Over the past five years I have added geoarchaeology to my list of research interests, specifically dealing with the application of those analytical techniques used in igneous petrologic research to the problem of provenancing
ancient artifactual material. This interest has culminated in the Aeginetan Ware provenancing study that is currently under way.