Claire Nichols
POSITION
Associate Professor of the Geology of Planetary Processes
WEBSITES
INTRODUCTION
I use magnetism as a novel tool to understand Earth and planetary formation, the environment of early Earth and planetary habitability. Earth has undergone billions of years of complex physical and chemical evolution leaving many questions about its earliest history unresolved. By interrogating the magnetic signals preserved by ancient terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials much insight can be gained as to how our solar system and planet formed and how life subsequently emerged. I combine synchrotron and electron microscopy techniques with rock magnetism, paleomagnetism and fieldwork in an attempt to understand planetary formation and Earth’s earliest history.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Planetary interiors, planetary magnetism, planetary habitability.
RESEARCH GROUPS AND COLLABORATIONS
Oxford Magnetism Group, Department of Earth Sciences
PUBLICATIONS
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=32sRqysAAAAJ&hl=en