Will Nelson

I'm a Ph.D. student at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa studying the petrology of planetary materials. I also like hiking, diving, and skiing!

[Will Nelson @WillScottNelson]

Please check out my new paper, published in @NatureComms studying the early cooling history of troctolite 76535: https://t.co/GLM6ihjppk

Also, check out the excellent companion piece by @OMGsuite and @kelCMAS
https://t.co/jLTCFLx5TT

[USGS Volcanoes🌋 @USGSVolcanoes]

Geochemical results from first 48 hours of Mauna Loa eruption:
> glassy near vent
> small crystals of plagioclase and olivine at flow front as lava cools
> 6-6.8% MgO
> eruption temp 1156 C (2113 F)
> similar to past lava compositions
> no leftover lava from 1984 is apparent

[DLNR @dlnr]

Up-close video of the leading edge of the Mauna Loa lava flow as it crosses Old Kona Highway in the Mauna Loa Forest Reserve

#maunaloa #volcano #hawaii #eruption #lava

[TJ Cooney 🚀 @TJ_Cooney]

Orion leaving earth (timelapse)

[Will Nelson @WillScottNelson]

I'm presenting some of our work researching the behavior of P in olivine using atom probe tomography tomorrow at 10:15 am in 6fT1 at #Goldschmidt2022. Drop by and see some fun spinning figures like this one!

[Will Nelson @WillScottNelson]

@_goplayoutside Always fun! Get to see any deals or albatross?

[Will Nelson @WillScottNelson]

@_goplayoutside Where is this? Looks nice

[Dr. Christy Till (she/her) @this_life]

I'm on Day 13 of symptoms from #COVID19. A bit about my experience. A 🧵

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

More Americans died of Covid in the past 2 weeks than died of influenza in the past 3 years.

[Maggie Fox maggie.34 @maggiemfox]

The truth is, they’ve decided not to get vaccinated and now they’ll come up with any excuse to justify that decision. https://t.co/iBehlr7jB5

[Will Nelson @WillScottNelson]

We got featured on the editor's highlights! https://t.co/cqcVaJJlY8

[Diffusion Chronometry of Magmatic Systems @DiffChronometry]

It's this Thursday!
Join us with Corliss Kin I Sio and @WillScottNelson at 16:30 (CET).
Don't forget to register on the link below.

[Kelly McCartney @KellyMagnetite]

An office mate of mine (@VolcanoPadawan)decided my rock hammer needed some personality I guess. Didn't notice until I was on a petrology field trip with students and @magmatis! Anyway enjoy the hilarity!

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[Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell]

NASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged deep into the Sun's corona & passed directly through streamers of solar plasma. The view out the window was...staggering. https://t.co/LLy8fB2dmZ

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

@WillScottNelson, @honolulujhammer and @magmatis investigate in chemical heterogeneities of Apollo sample 76535 and constrain the magmatic cooling history of the lunar Mg-suite to < ~ 20 My, which suggests formation by reactive melt infiltration.

https://t.co/GFb8Jiw3uy

[Dr. Kelsey Prissel @kelCMAS]

This invited comment was a fun one to write! 🌖

Be sure to also check out the new study by Nelson et al. that prompted it!

@OMGsuite @NatureComms

https://t.co/NA6GQi7ylh

[Joe Boro @MoltenCupOfJoe]

If you use Al-in olivine thermometry, stop by and see my poster at AGU on Wednesday. Teaser below. #AGU21

[Will Nelson @WillScottNelson]

@serumroth @pickover Precisely: 3^n=4 implies nln(3)=ln(4) implies n=ln(3)/ln(4) and ln(3)/ln(4) is not an integer. Same with 2^n.

2^n=5 implies nln(2)=ln(5), implies n=ln(2)/ln(5) which is also not an integer!