Bernardo Cesare
RESEARCH AREAS
In the ACME (Advances in Crustal Melting) research group, including Profs O Bartoli and B Borges Carvalho and Ph.D. candidate Pawel Slupski, we study the how (processes) and the what (products) of partial melting of the deep crust. This is probably the main process that shapes the upper layer of our planet, which determines its geochemical differentiation and promotes its dynamic behaviour through the formation of granitic magmas. Using samples of worldwide provenance, but recently focussed on rocks from Antarctica, the Alps and the Swedish Caledonides, we
apply the most innovative approach to the characterisation of natural crustal melts, i.e., the study of ‘nanogranitoid’ inclusions in peritectic minerals such as garnet. This novel approach, developed by our research group, utilises a series of analytical techniques ranging from conventional petrography to experimental petrology.
