Claude T. Herzberg

Professor I
Room 342 Wright Geological Laboratory
(732) 445-3154
herzberg@rci.rutgers.edu

Education

• B.Sc., University of Alberta 
• Ph.D., University of Edinburgh 

Teaching

• Undergraduate: Introductory Geology, Petrology 
• Graduate: Structure and Formation of the Earth, Petrology, Metamorphic Petrology

Research Interests

Experimental petrology at very high pressures, mantle petrology and geochemistry, plume basalts, picrites and komatiites
 

Komatiites: hot plumes melt deep

Recent Publications

• Herzberg, C.T. (1993) Lithosphere peridotites of the Kaapvaal craton. Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, 120, 13-29.
• Herzberg, C. and Zhang, J. (1996) Melting experiments on anhydrous peridotite KLB-1:  Compositions of magmas in the upper mantle and transition zone.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 8271-8295.
• Hewins, R.H. and Herzberg, C.T. (1996) Nebular turbulence, chondrule formation, and the composition of the Earth.   Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 144, 1-7. [PDF]
• Herzberg, C., Ratteron, P., and Zhang, J. (2000) New experimental observations on the anhydrous solidus for peridotite KLB-1.  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-Cubed) 1, Paper number 2000GC000089.
• Herzberg, C. and O’Hara, M.J. (2002). Plume-associated ultramafic magmas of Phanerozoic age.  Journal of Petrology, 43, 1857-1883.
• Herzberg, C. (2004). Partial crystallization of mid-ocean ridge basalts in the crust and mantle. Journal of Petrology, 45, 2389-2405.
• Herzberg, C. (2004). Geodynamic information in peridotite petrology. Journal of Petrology, 45, 2507-2530.
• Herzberg, C.T. (2005). Big lessons from little droplets. Nature 436. 789-790.