Cinzia G. Farnetani
Associate Professor
Geological fluid dynamics
Institute of Physics of the Globe of Paris
France
Biography
Associate Professor Academic background: 1988: Laurea in Scienze Geologiche, Universita' di Padova, Italy 1992: Master in Geophysics, University of California at Berkeley, USA 1995: Ph.D. in Geophysics, University of California at Berkeley, USA 1996: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France 1996-Present, Maitre de Conférences, Université Paris Diderot - Paris VII 2016: HDR
Research Interest
Beloved mantle plumes. Thermo chemical mantle convection. Mantle stirring processes. Interaction plume- lithosphere and melting processes. Internal structure of the Hawaiian plume.
Publications
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C. G. Farnetani, B. Legras and P. J. Tackley, 2002. Mixing and deformations in mantle plumes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 196, 1-15
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C. G. Farnetani, 1997. Excess temperature of mantle plumes: The role of chemical stratification across D', Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1583-1586.
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C. G. Farnetani, M. A. Richards, and M. S. Ghiorso, 1996. Petrological models of magma evolution and deep crustal structure beneath hotspots and flood basalt provinces, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 143, 81-94.
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C. G. Farnetani and M. A. Richards, 1995. Thermal entrainment and melting in mantle plumes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 136, 251-267
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G. Farnetani and M. A. Richards, 1994. Numerical investigation of the mantle plume initiation model for flood basalt events, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 13813-13883.
