Professor Raymond MacDonald
Emeritus ProfessorResearch Overview
I am currently working on a range of petrological and mineralogical projects, mainly with colleagues at the University of Warsaw. These are (other associated institutions in brackets):-
Crystal chemistry of the chevkinite group of minerals
Element mobility during low-temperature alteration of chevkinite (Russian Academy of Sciences; US Geological Survey)
Accessory minerals in Scottish Palaeogene granites (University of Edinburgh)
Peralkaline rocks of the Nemrut Dag volcano, Turkey (IFM-GEOMAR)
Emplacement of the Mull dyke swarm in southern Britain