Sally Law

Coffee. Magma. Ponies. Leverhulme PDRA @GeosciencesEd

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Did Earth’s first continents form in subduction zones?

Me and Alan Hastie think so!

The take home: Melting @ < 60km ➡️ No rutile ➡️ no Nb anomaly ➡️ no continental crust signature.

Rutile + garnet only stable at ≥60 km.

Read more in J. Pet here
https://t.co/5TTAxxPimB

[Communications Earth & Environment @CommsEarth]

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@AlisonJ_Cook @Leticia_StLima @sallylaw @mirodemol @sylveracarbon @BOKUvienna

[Lee Saper @lsaper]

Finally.. the last paper from my PhD was published today in GCA!

https://t.co/DhMe6lnMgO

We used experiments to explore redox equilibria between Fe and S species in basaltic melts, as well as a first look at reaction kinetics.

This led to some unexpected results... 1/15

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

@LeverhulmeTrust

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Our paper, showing how Icelandic granites are not a good analogue for formation of our first continents, but may be useful for silicic rocks on planets without plate tectonics is out today in @CommsEarth

https://t.co/ENsrPw5eM7

@GeosciencesEd

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Two summers ago, we spent time in Iceland studying some strange granitic intrusions,thought to form similar to how our first continental crust formed.

Today, our paper came out showing thats not the case at all! Blog post below for what we got up to:
https://t.co/RRvbafEm25

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

@kathycalm You're misunderstanding. The paper does not say plate tectonics doesn't exist. It highlights how silicic crust can be produced in areas away from subduction zones, such as Iceland.

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Two summers ago, we spent time in Iceland studying some strange granitic intrusions,thought to form similar to how our first continental crust formed.

Today, our paper came out showing thats not the case at all! Blog post below for what we got up to:
https://t.co/RRvbafEm25

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Our 3rd year geologists cooling their feet on a beach made by dacite domes on our @GeosciencesEd Almeria field trip. There are worse places for a lunch break!

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Garnet is needed to explain the composition of the oldest continental crust. Our experiments show garnets are not stable in metabasalt residues until depths deeper than the archaean crust...

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Work led by Alan Hastie, me and the experimental gang @GeosciencesEd and @IonProbe

[Nature Geoscience @NatureGeosci]

Article: Early continental crust formed at depth, implying some type of plate tectonics operating as long as four billion years ago

@sallylaw @GBromiley @IonProbe @GeosciencesEd

https://t.co/zFafnjF8xB

[Nature Geoscience @NatureGeosci]

News & Views by Allen Nutman exploring what this study reveals about early plate tectonics

https://t.co/poybeU1p49

[Sophie_Baldwin @Sophiolite]

We’re back in Scotland following an incredible time in Iceland. The team pictured here with the happiest campsite owner in the world! Dancing daily to Volare at 7:30am, absolutely compulsory if you want to stay here ☺️ grateful for good times.

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Being lazy and just retweeting all of @Sophiolite's content. Bring on the icelandic plutons!

[Sophie_Baldwin @Sophiolite]

A first few field days in Iceland, the rocks and the scenery here are incredible! Happy to be helping out @sallylaw and Alan with their awesome project 🌋

[Sophie_Baldwin @Sophiolite]

Group field trip to Iceland off to an interesting start. Airport carnage! Edinburgh —> Iceland ✈️ was cancelled last night! Sorted a new flight w/overnight detour via Luton. Pictured: Settling down for 4 hours sleep in Luton airport. New flight 2hrs delayed, all fingers crossed!

[Ery Hughes @eryhughes]

⭐️new pre-print on @EarthArXiv ⭐️ finally finished part of the original #PhD project with @UoBEarthScience @GW4plusDTP @gnsscience using basalt geochemistry from Okataina to understand the plumbing system at this active caldera system with @sallylaw @NZvolcanologist et al.

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

@emiel_delange @aidank @EJMilnerGulland @WCSCambodia @GeosciencesEd @ICCS_updates Amazing well done!! Mega congrats!

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

I passed my viva with minor corrections! Thanks to @GeoSalCam and Cees-Jan for all the helpful discussion. Celebrated the only way possible in lockdown - prosecco, bonfire, hot water bottles and marshmallows!

[E4 Doctoral Training Partnership @e3dtp]

Our deadline for applications is this Thursday 7 January at noon.
Another couple of days to browse our 130 projects on offer and submit your application. #DoAPhD
https://t.co/Dx3sFIiQww @UoE_Doc @EdinburghUni

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

Writing up in the experimental petrology lab means always having an extra radiator come winter. #cosylab

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

@nicci_potts Yeah I think having chats organised/monitored/structured would be at least a first step. Give everyone a chance to contribute more if they want without it getting dominated by a select few!

[Sally Law @sallylaw]

#Goldschmidt2020 Came to talk science. Went away feeling patronised and unheard. Sorry for lacking positivity but feeling that online chat platforms amplify voices that feel a sense of authority whilst diminishing others, making the playing field even more uneven. #WomenInSTEM