# The Solid Earth Geochemistry Lab ## Geochemistry Research Solid Earth Geochemical Cycle, Petrology, Volcanology, Ocean Ridges, Convergent Margins, Ocean Islands, Hydrothermal Geochemistry and more… [ Learn More arrow\_circle\_right ](/about) ![people on research ship](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_28_10__1920x685/public/solidearth/files/hp-hero.png?itok=MG_f6L2P) ### HOW TO BUILD A HABITABLE PLANET **The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind** By Charles H. Langmuir and Wally Broeker Interweaving physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology, this sweeping account tells Earth's complete story, from the synthesis of chemical elements in stars, to the formation of the Solar System, to the evolution of a habitable climate on Earth, to the origin of life and humankind. [Read more about the book chevron\_right](http://www.habitableplanet.org/) ![HOW TO BUILD A HABITABLE PLANET](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/solidearth/files/lang-book.png?itok=cUf1zUVp) ## Public Talks for a General Audience ## Clarendon Talk 2021 ## Habitable Planet Talk ## Projects [### Global GeoChemical Cycles ](/global-geochemical-cycles)This project explores big questions, such as why Earth has almost exactly the right amount of water to fill the ocean basins, or how much water and carbon dioxide at the surface have changed over Earth's history. [Read More](/global-geochemical-cycles) ![glacier](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/solidearth/files/glacier.jpg?itok=pWDMYn3C) [### Volcano Ocean Ice Climate Experiment ](/volcano-ocean-ice-climate-experiments-voice)In this project we explore the linkages between ice age cycles, volcanism and the carbon cycle. We have found that volcanoes become three to five times more active during melting of ice sheets, and the increased carbon they emit to the atmosphere influences how quickly Earth transitions from frigid glacial to the more mild interglacial, such as we are now experiencing. [Read More](/volcano-ocean-ice-climate-experiments-voice) ![volcano](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/solidearth/files/volcano-2.jpg?itok=8JRSL7PN) ## Publications by Research Area [### Ocean Islands ](/publications-research-area/ocean-islands) ![Ocean Islands](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/ocean-islands.png?itok=2zuOH-wb) [### Petrology ](/publications-research-area/petrology) ![Petrology](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/petrology.png?itok=DJOxt0ZB) [### Ocean Ridges ](/publications-research-area/ocean-ridges) ![Ocean Ridges](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/ocean-ridges.png?itok=HDknOWsi) [### Convergent Margins ](/publications-research-area/convergent-margins) ![Convergent Margins](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/convergent-margins.png?itok=xibtjlYO) [### Solid Earth Geochemical Cycle ](/publications-research-area/solid-earth-geochemical-cycle) ![Solid Earth Geochemical Cycle](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/geochemical-cycle.png?itok=jNt9JhaM) [### Hydrothermal Geochemistry ](/publications-research-area/hydrothermal-geochemistry) ![Hydrothermal Geochemistry](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/hydrothermal.png?itok=V4PkGBGc) [### Composition and Evolution of the Earth’s Mantle ](/publications-research-area/composition-and-evolution-earth%E2%80%99s-mantle) ![Composition and Evolution of the Earth’s Mantle](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/earthsmantle.png?itok=ST6mC9mH) [### Volcano Climate Connections ](/publications-research-area/volcano-climate-connections) ![Volcano Climate Connections](/sites/g/files/omnuum9046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/solidearth/files/volcano.png?itok=hyFwWUbB) ## Featured Publications Download 6 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=627475&content_filter%5B1%5D=630949&content_filter%5B2%5D=631663&content_filter%5B3%5D=631058&content_filter%5B4%5D=631700&content_filter%5B5%5D=631123&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=627475&content_filter%5B1%5D=630949&content_filter%5B2%5D=631663&content_filter%5B3%5D=631058&content_filter%5B4%5D=631700&content_filter%5B5%5D=631123&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=627475&content_filter%5B1%5D=630949&content_filter%5B2%5D=631663&content_filter%5B3%5D=631058&content_filter%5B4%5D=631700&content_filter%5B5%5D=631123&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=627475&content_filter%5B1%5D=630949&content_filter%5B2%5D=631663&content_filter%5B3%5D=631058&content_filter%5B4%5D=631700&content_filter%5B5%5D=631123&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=627475&content_filter%5B1%5D=630949&content_filter%5B2%5D=631663&content_filter%5B3%5D=631058&content_filter%5B4%5D=631700&content_filter%5B5%5D=631123&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=627475&content_filter%5B1%5D=630949&content_filter%5B2%5D=631663&content_filter%5B3%5D=631058&content_filter%5B4%5D=631700&content_filter%5B5%5D=631123&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=627475&content_filter%5B1%5D=630949&content_filter%5B2%5D=631663&content_filter%5B3%5D=631058&content_filter%5B4%5D=631700&content_filter%5B5%5D=631123&&format=ris) ### 2018 Middleton JL, Mukhopadhyay S, Langmuir CH, McManus JF, Huybers PJ. [Millennial-scale variations in dustiness recorded in Mid-Atlantic sediments from 0 to 70 ka](/publications/millennial-scale-variations-dustiness-recorded-mid-atlantic-sediments-0-70). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2018;482:12–22. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.10.034 Middleton JL, Mukhopadhyay S, Langmuir CH, McManus JF, Huybers PJ. [Millennial-scale variations in dustiness recorded in Mid-Atlantic sediments from 0 to 70 ka](/publications/millennial-scale-variations-dustiness-recorded-mid-atlantic-sediments-0-70). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2018;482:12–22. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.10.034 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X17306027) Sedimentary records of dust deposition in the subtropical Atlantic provide important constraints on millennial- and orbital-scale variability in atmospheric circulation and North African aridity. Constant flux proxies, such as extraterrestrial helium-3... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X17306027) ### 2017 Ferguson DJ, Li Y, Langmuir CH, Costa KM, McManus JF, Huybers P, Carbotte S. [A 65 k.y . time series from sediment-hosted glasses reveals rapid transitions in ocean ridge magmas](/publications/65-k-y-time-series-sediment-hosted-glasses-reveals-rapid-transitions-ocean). 2017. Ferguson DJ, Li Y, Langmuir CH, Costa KM, McManus JF, Huybers P, Carbotte S. [A 65 k.y . time series from sediment-hosted glasses reveals rapid transitions in ocean ridge magmas](/publications/65-k-y-time-series-sediment-hosted-glasses-reveals-rapid-transitions-ocean). 2017. ### 1992 Langmuir. [Evaluation of the relationships among segmentation, hydrothermal activity and petrological diversity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge](/publications/evaluation-relationships-among-segmentation-hydrothermal-activity-and). Cruise Report. 1992;Technical Report No.( LDEO-92-3). Langmuir. [Evaluation of the relationships among segmentation, hydrothermal activity and petrological diversity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge](/publications/evaluation-relationships-among-segmentation-hydrothermal-activity-and). Cruise Report. 1992;Technical Report No.( LDEO-92-3). ### 1989 Langmuir CH. [Geochemical consequences of in situ crystallization](/publications/geochemical-consequences-situ-crystallization). Nature. 1989;340:199–205. Langmuir CH. [Geochemical consequences of in situ crystallization](/publications/geochemical-consequences-situ-crystallization). Nature. 1989;340:199–205. ### 1988 Klein, Langmuir, Zindler, Staudigel, Hamelin. [Isotope evidence of mantle convection boundary at the Australian-Antarctic Discordance](/publications/isotope-evidence-mantle-convection-boundary-australian-antarctic-discordance-0). Nature. 1988;333:623–629. Klein, Langmuir, Zindler, Staudigel, Hamelin. [Isotope evidence of mantle convection boundary at the Australian-Antarctic Discordance](/publications/isotope-evidence-mantle-convection-boundary-australian-antarctic-discordance-0). Nature. 1988;333:623–629. ### 1987 Klein EM, Langmuir CH. [Global correlations of ocean ridge basalt chemistry with axial depth and crustal thickness](/publications/global-correlations-ocean-ridge-basalt-chemistry-axial-depth-and-crustal). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 1987;92(B8):8089–8115. doi:10.1029/JB092iB08p08089 Klein EM, Langmuir CH. [Global correlations of ocean ridge basalt chemistry with axial depth and crustal thickness](/publications/global-correlations-ocean-ridge-basalt-chemistry-axial-depth-and-crustal). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 1987;92(B8):8089–8115. doi:10.1029/JB092iB08p08089 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JB092iB08p08089) Regional averages of the major element chemistry of ocean ridge basalts, corrected for low-pressure fractionation, correlate with regional averages of axial depth for the global system of ocean ridges, including hot spots, cold spots, and back arc basins... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JB092iB08p08089) [ All publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications)