education and training
- Ph.D. in Petrology, Columbia University , Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 1998 - 2004
- B.S. in Geochemistry, Brown University 1993 - 1997
Cottrell, Elizabeth
Research Geologist; Curator-in-Charge of Rocks and Ores; co-Director of NSF REU Site: NHRE
Positions
- co-Director, NSF REU Site: Natural History Research Experiences 2010 -
- Curator-in-Charge, National Rock and Ore Collections 2017 -
- Director, Global Volcanism Program (Smithsonian) , National Museum of Natural History 2010 - 2016
experimental petrology; geochemistry; spectroscopy; volcanology | mid-ocean ridge and arc basalts and peridotites | volatile elements | core formation
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Board of Directors, conferred by International Geochemical Society, 2018
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2017
- Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America, conferred by Mineralogical Society of America, 2016
- NMNH Science Achievement Award , 2014
- NMNH Peer Recognition Award, 2014
- American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, conferred by American Association of University Women , 2003
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1998
- Fulbright Fellowship (Paris, France), conferred by Fulbright, 1998
Research And Grants
co-principal investigator on
investigator on
- The Continental Nursery at Buldir Volcano, Western Aleutian Arc, Alaska, USA awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards
- Partitioning behavior of ferric iron (Fe3+) in Earth’s mantle awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- The role of oxygen fugacity in calc-alkaline differentiation and the creation of continental crust awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- Collaborative Research: An Experimental Determination of the Activity of H2O in Natural Melts at Undersaturated Conditions awarded by National Science Foundation
- Collaborative Research: Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Interior awarded by National Science Foundation
- Collaborative Research: Oxygen Fugacity (i.e., Chemical Activity) in the Upper Mantle: Intercalibration of Upper-Mantle Oxybarometers with State-of-th awarded by National Science Foundation
- Collaborative Research: The role of oxygen fugacity in calc-alkaline differentiation and the creation of continental crust at the Aleutian arc awarded by National Science Foundation
- Creation of a Global Volcano Deformation Database from Space-based Observations for Science and Hazard Assessment awarded by Cornell University
- Earth's Deep Carbon Cycle, I: From Surface to Depth and Back Again awarded by Carnegie Institution of Washington
- MARGINS: Collaborative Research: The Oxidation State of Mariana Arc Magmas and its Relationship to Subduction Volatile and Mass Cycling awarded by National Science Foundation
- REU Site: Natural History Research Experiences awarded by National Science Foundation, REU
- REU Site: Natural History Research Experiences awarded by National Science Foundation, REU
- REU Site: Natural History Research Experiences awarded by National Science Foundation, REU
- Secretariat Support for Reservoirs, Fluxes and Expeditions (REFLEX) Directorate awarded by Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Toward a 4D Global Carbon Circulation Model awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Generation of Calc-Alkaline Magmas during Crystallization at High Oxygen Fugacity: An Experimental and Petrologic Study of Tephras from Buldir Volcano, Western Aleutian Arc, Alaska, USA 2021
- Melt addition to mid-ocean ridge peridotites increases spinel Cr# with no significant effect on recorded oxygen fugacity 2021
- Silicate melt inclusions in the new millennium: A review of recommended practices for preparation, analysis, and data presentation 2021
- Warm and oxidizing slabs limit ingassing efficiency of nitrogen to the mantle 2021
- Deep Earth carbon reactions through time and space 2020
- Partitioning of V and 19 other trace elements between rutile and silicate melt as a function of oxygen fugacity and melt composition: Implications for subduction zones 2020
- The carbon content of Earth and its core 2020
- Carbon Fluxes and Primary Magma CO2 Contents Along the Global Mid-Ocean Ridge System 2019
- The redox budget of the Mariana subduction zone 2019
- A Mössbauer-based XANES calibration for hydrous basalt glasses reveals radiation-induced oxidation of Fe 2018
- Determination of Fe3 + /?Fe of XANES basaltic glass standards by Mössbauer spectroscopy and its application to the oxidation state of iron in MORB 2018
- Early episodes of high-pressure core formation preserved in plume mantle 2018
- Experimental investigation of basalt and peridotite oxybarometers: Implications for spinel thermodynamic models and Fe3 compatibility during generation of upper mantle melts 2018
- Peridotites and basalts reveal broad congruence between two independent records of mantle f(O2) despite local redox heterogeneity 2018
- Catastrophic Caldera-Forming (CCF) Monotonous Silicic Magma Reservoirs: Constraints from Volatiles in Melt Inclusions from the 3.49 Ma Tara Supereruption, Guacha II Caldera, SW Bolivia 2017
- Crystal-rich lava dome extrusion during vesiculation: An experimental study 2017
- Effect of pressure on Fe3 /ΣFe ratio in a mafic magma and consequences for magma ocean redox gradients 2017
- Forearc Peridotites from Tonga Record Heterogeneous Oxidation of the Mantle following Subduction Initiation 2017
- Heterogeneity in mantle carbon content from CO2-undersaturated basalts 2017
- Olivine-melt relationships and syneruptive redox variations in the 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano as revealed by XANES 2017
- Revisiting the electron microprobe method of spinel-olivine-orthopyroxene oxybarometry applied to spinel peridotites 2017
- From Passive Degassing to Violent Strombolian Eruption: the Case of the 2008 Eruption of Llaima Volcano, Chile 2016
- Hydrothermal alteration of seafloor peridotites does not influence oxygen fugacity recorded by spinel oxybarometry 2016
- Petrogenesis of antecryst-bearing arc basalts from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Insights into along-arc variations in magma-mush ponding depths, H2O contents, and surface heat flux 2016
- Structural environment of iron and accurate determination of Fe3 +/SFe ratios in andesitic glasses by XANES and Mössbauer spectroscopy 2016
- The Fina Nagu volcanic complex: Unusual submarine arc volcanism in the rapidly deforming southern Mariana margin 2016
- The role of crustal and eruptive processes versus source variations in controlling the oxidation state of iron in Central Andean magmas 2016
- Temporal evolution of mantle wedge oxygen fugacity during subduction initiation 2015
- Ten years of satellite observations reveal highly variable sulphur dioxide emissions at Anatahan Volcano, Mariana Islands 2015
- The effect of primary versus secondary processes on the volatile content of MORB glasses: An example from the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge (5°N-3°S) 2015
- Crystal structure and compressibility of lead dioxide up to 140 GPa 2014
- Variations in Fe3 /?Fe of Mariana Arc Basalts and Mantle Wedge fO2 2014
- Assessing uncertainty in geochemical models for core formation in Earth 2013
- Electrical and thermal transport properties of iron and iron-silicon alloy at high pressure 2013
- Redox Heterogeneity in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts as a Function of Mantle Source 2013
- Sulfur degassing at Erta Ale (Ethiopia) and Masaya (Nicaragua) volcanoes: Implications for the degassing processes and oxygen fugacities of basaltic systems 2013
- The influence of magmatic differentiation on the oxidation state of Fe in a basaltic arc magma 2012
- The oxidation state of Fe in MORB glasses and the oxygen fugacity of the upper mantle 2011
- Erratum to "Metal-silicate partitioning of tungsten at high pressure and temperature: Implications for equilibrium core formation in Earth" [Earth and Planetary Science Letters 281 (2009) 275-287] 2010
- Density profile of pyrolite under the lower mantle conditions 2009
- High-precision determination of iron oxidation state in silicate glasses using XANES 2009
- Metal-silicate partitioning of tungsten at high pressure and temperature: Implications for equilibrium core formation in Earth 2009
- Spherulite crystallization induces Fe-redox redistribution in silicic melt 2009
- Water and the Oxidation State of Subduction Zone Magmas 2009
- The Fe-C system at 5 GPa and implications for Earth's core 2008
- Instability of a chemically dense layer heated from below and overlain by a deep less viscous fluid 2007
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- National Rock and Ore Collections
Affiliation
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- National Rock and Ore Collections Curator-in-Charge 2017 -
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
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