Juan Carlos de Obeso
PhD Student
Kelemen Lab - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University

Juan Carlos investigates low temperature alteration of mantle peridotites mainly from the Samail ophiolite in Oman. He is using a combination of geochemical tools to constrain alteration conditions including temperature, pressure, fluid compositions paired with reaction path modeling. He is particularly interested in non-isochemical alteration and element mobility during alteration.