Thomas GRIFFITHS:

th.griffiths@univie.ac.at

Room Number: 2B484
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53462
Fax: +43-1-4277-9534

Research Interests:

• Metamorphic petrology and microstructures in metamorphic rocks
• Thermodynamics and kinetics of mineral reactions
• Dynamic recrystallisation of natural minerals
• Crystal structure analysis using X-ray diffraction techniques
• High Resolution methods in the earth sciences: field emission source electron microscopy, electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD), field emission source electron microprobe, and FIB-SEM

Projects:

The mechanical and chemical behavior of solid inclusions during host
mineral deformation (Project III.1)

Abstracts and Papers:

Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Abart, R. (2012): The behaviour of solid microinclusions during host mineral deformation: meta-pegmatite garnets from the Koralpe, Austria (Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 14, EGU2012-8917-1, 2012), General Assembly European Geosciences Union (Vienna, Austria)

Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Abart, R. (2012): The interaction between solid micro- and nano-inclusions and host garnet during deformation: a high resolution microstructural, -textural and chemical study, European Mineralogical Conference emc 2012 (Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Abart, R. and Rhede, D. (2013): The behaviour of submicron inclusions during host deformation. Goldschmidt 2013 (Florence, Italy)

Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Abart, R., Rhede, D. (2013): Intragranular deformation and submicron inclusion re-equilibration. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2014-4702, European Geosciences Union General Assembly (Vienna, Austria)

Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Abart, R., Rhede, D., Wirth R. (2014): Mechanisms of submicron inclusion re-equilibration during host mineral deformation. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 16, EGU2014-9334, EGU General Assembly 2014 (Vienna, Austria)

Griffiths, T. A., Habler, G., Rhede, D., Wirth, R., Ram, F., Abart, R. (2014): Localization of submicron inclusion re-equilibration at healed fractures in host garnet. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 168: 1-21, DOI 10.1007/s00410-014-1077-4