Michael J. Walter
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KnownforDiamond inclusions, early Earth history, planetary accretion
Awards2019, Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2016, Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
2016, Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
FieldsPetrology, geochemistry, mineralogy, geophysics
Michael J. Walter | |
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| Alma mater | University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Texas, Dallas |
| Known for | Diamond inclusions, early Earth history, planetary accretion |
| Awards | 2019, Fellow, American Geophysical Union 2016, Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Petrology, geochemistry, mineralogy, geophysics |
| Institutions | Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Misasa, Japan School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol Earth and Planetary Laboratory, Washington DC, US |
Michael J. Walter is an American experimental petrologist at Earth and Planetary Laboratory (EPL, formally Geophysical Lab and Department of Terrestrial Magnetism)[1] of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. He is also the director of EPL.[2] He was on editorial board of JGR: Solid Earth from 2012 to 2018.[3] Michael studies how rocks behave when transported to deep Earth interiors and associated elemental behaviors.[4] He also uses super-deep diamonds to study the how Earth's mantle works.[5]
