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thomas vogelThomas A. Vogel, Professor
Igneous Petrology
Ph.D.

Office: 211 Natural Science
Phone:  (517) 353-9029
Email:    vogel@msu.edu

personal webpage: www.msu.edu/~vogel

Research group: Geodynamics and Tectonics

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Research Interests:     

  • Petrology and geochemistry of silicic magmas in Central America, Philippines and Southwest Nevada.
  • Origin and evolution of continental crust in oceanic arcs.
  • The use of Polytopic Vector Analyses to understand mixing and fractionation processes in magmatic systems.