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Simon Matthews

Petrologist & Geochemist

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I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. My research combines thermodynamic modelling with geochemical observations to understand the evolution of Earth’s mantle and crust.

My Research

The Earth’s mantle exerts a major control on the evolution of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere over geological timescales. Aqueous fluids and silicate melts are the main agents of chemical mass transfer between the mantle reservoirs and the Earth’s surface. My research combines petrological and geochemical observations of volcanic rocks with the development and application of thermodynamic models to constrain the action of fluids and melts throughout Earth’s history.

Recent Posts

  • Murchison Fund 2022 (Geological Society of London)
  • PyMelt: An extensible Python engine for mantle melting calculations
  • VESIcal: 2. A Critical Approach to Volatile Solubility Modeling Using an Open-Source Python3 Engine

Software

I am involved in developing open source software packages for Earth Sciences.

VESIcal– A python package for calculating magmatic volatile solubilities, saturation pressures, and degassing paths. More info here…

pyMelt– A python module for calculating the melting behaviour of lithologically heterogeneous mantle. More info here…

pyQ3– A python module for performing deep Earth aqueous fluid calculations with the DEW model More info here…

Contact

email: simonm@hi.is

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