The mission of SEES (Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science) is to advance research and education in synchrotron-based Earth and environmental science to better understand our planet from the atmosphere to the core, to address societally relevant problems, and to train the next generation of scientists. SEES is responsible for the management, operation, and development of multiple user facilities hosted at four DOE-operated US synchrotrons: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Advanced Light Source (ALS), National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).
2025 SEES-ISRD Joint Meeting
SEES and ISRD invite you to attend our annual meeting to be held jointly at the University of Chicago on August 11-13, 2025. Keynote speakers will discuss topics in rock and mineral deformation and rheological properties in Earth, and there will be a poster session with a broad scientific focus. All SEES and ISRD researchers are welcome and encouraged to attend. Click here to learn more.
Recent Publications
Structure and equation of state of Ti-bearing davemaoite: new insights into the chemical heterogeneity in the lower mantle
Chao, Keng-Hsien, Meryem Berrada, Siheng Wang, Juliana Peckenpaugh, Dongzhou Zhang, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, and Bin Chen. “Structure and equation of state of Ti-bearing davemaoite: new insights into the chemical heterogeneity in the lower mantle.” American Mineralogist (2024).
Subgraph centrality: A complex network metric to characterize the contact network between sheared sand particles
Siavash Amirrahmat, Khalid A. Alshibli, Subgraph centrality: A complex network metric to characterize the contact network between sheared sand particles, Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 169, 2024, 106211, ISSN 0266-352X
Focused-beam X-ray fluorescence and diffraction microtomographies for mineralogical and chemical characterization of unsectioned extraterrestrial samples
Equation of state and structural evolution of manganese dolomite (kutnohorite) under high pressures
Liangxu Xu, Weibin Gui, Kewei Shen, Dongzhou Zhang, Jingui Xu, Jin Liu; Equation of state and structural evolution of manganese dolomite (kutnohorite) under high pressures. American Mineralogist 2024;; 109 (3): 449–456.
U and Th zonation in apatite observed by synchrotron X–ray fluorescence tomography and implications for the (U–Th)/He system
Francis J. Sousa, Stephen E. Cox, E. Troy Rasbury, Sidney R. Hemming, Antonio Lanzirotti, and Matthew Newville, ” U and Th zonation in apatite observed by synchrotron X–ray fluorescence tomography and implications for the (U–Th)/He system”, (2024), Geochronology, online
High P‐T Sound Velocities of Amphiboles: Implications for Low‐Velocity Anomalies in Metasomatized Upper Mantle
Zhou, Wen‐Yi & Hao, Ming & Zhang, Dongzhou & Dera, Przemyslaw & Charin, Soisiri & Zhang, Jin. (2024). High P‐T Sound Velocities of Amphiboles: Implications for Low‐Velocity Anomalies in Metasomatized Upper Mantle. Geophysical Research Letters. 51. 10.1029/2023GL106583.