New publication out in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Congratulations to Jeremy and Keith who published a paper, in collaboration with the Department of Geology, entitled “A common type of mineralogical banding in serpentine crack-seal veins”.

In this paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116930), Raman spectroscopy is able to detect the incredibly narrow bands of chrysotile within lizardite. Using a variety of samples from around the world it is shown that this Raman-based technology may be used for a host of samples. The Geology suggests that recurrent small earthquakes lead to the banding.