Congratulations to former team member Dr. Freya George for the Mike Brown Annual Early Career JMG Research Paper Prize for the publication: George, F.R. & Gaidies, F. 2020. Simultaneous operation of opposing reaction mechanisms: The influence of matrix heterogeneity on post‐kinematic garnet crystallization in an inverted metamorphic sequence.
According to the Journal of Metamorphic Geology, “The research presents a comprehensive set of observations, acquired through a state‐of‐the‐art multidisciplinary approach, on the 3D microstructural features, chemistry and compositional zoning of garnets in metapelites from an inverted Barrovian sequence in the Sikkim Himalaya. The excellent petrological characterization and careful observations, complemented by nice and self‐explaining figures, are set in the context of other minerals, bulk rock composition and texture. The results are used to model the process of garnet growth at an extreme level of detail, allowing the discussion of the potential tectonic significance of post‐kinematic porphyroblasts in strongly segregated matrices.”
Dr. George is currently a research fellow at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA).