Dr. Michael B. Wolf Publications
Papers published in internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals and books:

Wolf, M.B., London, D., and Morgan, G.B. VI (2000) A simplified thermometric model for granites based on apatite saturation of silicic melts. American Mineralogist (submitted).

Clemens-Knott, D., Wolf, M.B., and Saleeby, J.B. (2000) Middle Mesozoic plutonism and deformation in the western Sierra Nevada foothills, CA. In: Great Basin and Sierra Nevada, Lageson, D.R., Peters, S.G., and Lahren, M.M., (eds.), GSA Field Guide 002, ch. 10 (in press).

London, D., Morgan, G.B. VI, and Wolf, M.B. (2000) Amblygonite-montebrasite solid solutions as monitors of fluorine in evolved granitic and pegmatitic melts. American Mineralogist (in press).

London, D., Wolf, M.B., Morgan, G.B. VI, and Gallego, M. (1999) Experimental silicate-phosphate equilibria in peraluminous granitic magmas, with a case study of the Alburquerque batholith at Tres Arroyos, Badajoz, Spain. Journal of Petrology, 40, 215-240.

Wolf, M.B. and London, D. (1997) Boron in granitic magmas: stability of tourmaline in equilibrium with biotite and cordierite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 130, 12-30.

Wyllie, P.J., Wolf, M.B., and van der Laan, S.R. (1997) Conditions for formation of tonalites and trondhjemites: magmatic sources and products. In: Greenstone Belts, de Wit, M.J. and Ashwal, L.D. (eds.), Oxford University Press, Monograph 35, ch. 3.3.1, 256-266.

London, D., Morgan, G.B. VI and Wolf, M.B. (1996) Boron in granitic rocks and their contact aureoles. Mineralogical Society of America, Reviews in Mineralogy, 33, 299-330.

Wolf, M.B. and London, D. (1995) Incongruent melting of REE-rich apatite in peraluminous granitic melts: differential apatite and monazite solubilities. American Mineralogist, 80, 765-775.

Wolf, M.B. and Wyllie, P.J. (1995) Liquid segregation parameters from amphibolite dehydration-melting experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth Special Publication, invited contribution, 100, B8, 15,611-15,621.

Wolf, M.B. and Saleeby, J.B. (1995) Late Jurassic dike swarms in the southwestern Sierra Nevada Foothills terrane, California: implications for the Nevadan orogeny and North American plate motion. In: Jurassic Magmatism and Tectonics of the North American Cordillera, Miller, D.M. and Busby, C. (eds.), Geological Society of America, Special Paper 299, ch. 10, 203-228.

Wolf, M.B. and Wyllie, P.J. (1994) Dehydration-melting of amphibolite at 10 kbar: effects of temperature and time. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 115, 369-383.

Wolf, M.B. and London, D. (1994) Apatite dissolution into peraluminous haplogranitic melts: an experimental study of solubilities and mechanisms. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 58.4127-4145.

Wyllie, P.J. and Wolf, M.B. (1993) Amphibolite dehydration-melting: sorting out the solidus. In: Magmatic Processes and Plate Tectonics, Prichard, H.M., Alabaster, T., Harris, N.B.W., and Neary, C.R. (eds.), Geological Society of London, Special Publication 76, 405-416.

Wolf, M.B. and Wyllie, P.J. (1993) Some products of experimental dehydration-melting of amphibolite at 10 kbar. Geologiya i Geofizika, 34, 100-115 (in Russian), Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch; or Russian Geology and Geophysics, 34, 90-102 (in English).

Wolf, M.B. and Wyllie, P.J. (1993) Garnet growth during amphibolite anatexis: implications of a garnetiferous restite. Journal of Geology, 101, 357-373.

Wolf, M.B. and Saleeby, J.B. (1992) Jurassic Cordilleran dike swarm/shear zones: implications for the Nevadan orogeny and North American plate motion. Geology, 20, 745-748.

Wolf, M.B. and Wyllie, P.J. (1991) Dehydration-melting of solid amphibolite at 10 kbar: textural development, liquid interconnectivity and applications to the segregation of magmas. Mineralogy and Petrology, 44, 151-179.

Abstracts of talks and posters given at regional and national meetings (underlined names denote undergraduate students):

Kifer, J.A. and Wolf, M.B. (2000) Fluorine partitioning between apatite and granitic melts. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 32, 21.

Wolf MB (2000) Apatite solubility in granitic melts as a function of temperature and melt composition. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 32:68

London D, Morgan GB VI, Wolf MB (1999) Amblygonite-montebrasite solid solutions as monitors of fluorine in evolved granitic and pegmatitic melts. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 31:354

Wolf MB, Kornreich Wolf S, Strasser JC (1999) A rock, mineral, and fossil learning kit for K-12 classrooms. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 31:81

Strasser JC, Kornreich Wolf S, Wolf MB (1999) “Let’s rock” - a geology short-course for elementary students. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 31:74

Anderson ES, Wolf (1999) Fluorine partioning between granitic melt and biotite. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 31:1

Pugh JP, Wolf MB (1999) The influences of temperature and melt fluorine content on phosphorus and calcium diffusion through granitic melt away from dissolving apatite crystals. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 31:66

Norris TB, Wolf MB (1999) Nucleation and growth of feldspar in granitic melts as a function of cooling rates and fluorine content of melt. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 31:62

Wolf MB, London D (1998) Experimental study of tourmaline stability in granitic magmas. International Mineralogical Association, 17th general meeting, Toronto, Canada, A152.

Wolf MB, London D (1997) The effect of boron in granitic magmas on tourmaline-biotite-cordierite equilibria. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 29:79

Wilson MJ, Wolf MB, Morgan GB VI (1997) Experimental partial melting of a boron-rich clay and schist couple. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 29:78

London D, Wolf MB, Morgan GB VI (1995) Silicate-phosphate equilibria in peraluminous granites and pegmatites: monitors and buffers of P2O5 in melt. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 27:A411

London D, Wolf MB, Morgan GB VI, Gallego M (1995) The phosphorus cycle in peraluminous granitic magmas. Third International Hutton Symposium, University of Maryland, August, U.S.G.S. Circular 1129:90

Wolf MB, London D, Hervig R (1995) Boron isotope fractionation between haplogranitic melt and vapor at 750°C and 200 MPa(H2O). Goldschmidt Conference abstract (invited) May, 98

Wolf MB, London D, Morgan GB VI (1994) Effects of boron on the solubility of cassiterite and tantalite in granitic liquids. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 26:450

London D, Wolf MB, Morgan GB VI (1994) Boron saturation in granitic magmas: tourmaline-biotite-cordierite equilibria. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 26:516

Wolf MB, London D (1994) Incongruent melting of REE-rich apatite in peraluminous granitic melts: differential apatite & monazite solubilities. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 75:372

Wolf MB, Wyllie PJ (1994) Liquid fractions, water contents and segregation during experimental amphibolite dehdyration-melting at 10 kbar. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 75:360 (invited)

Wyllie PJ, Wolf MB, and van der Laan SR (1994) Dehydration-melting of amphibolite and H2O-undersaturated liquidus surfaces of granitoid magmas: Archean crust formation. International Mineralogical Association, 16th general meeting in Pisa, Italy.

Wolf MB, London D (1993) Apatite solubility in the peraluminous haplogranite system - not déjà vu all over again. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 74:341 (invited)

Wolf MB, London D (1993) Preliminary results of HFS and RE element solubility experiments in 'granites' as a function of B and P. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 74:343

London D, Gallego M, and Wolf MB (1993) Phosphorus in S-type felsic magmas: a case history from the Alburquerque batholith, Badajoz, Spain. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 74:343

Wolf MB (1993) Dehydration-melting and liquid fraction evolution of amphibolites. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 25:46

Wolf MB, Wyllie PJ (1992) The beginning of melting and liquid fraction evolution of dehdyration-melting amphibolites. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 73:341

Wolf MB, Saleeby JB (1991) Tectonics of Late Jurassic dike emplacement in the Sierra Nevada region. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 23:248

Wolf MB, Wyllie PJ (1990) Liquid morphology and interconnectivity in solid amphibolite during dehydration-melting at 10 kb. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 71:1714

Wolf MB (1990) Crustal extension during a predominantly compressional mountain-building event in the southwestern Sierra Nevada Foothills Terrane, California. Sigma Xi symp, Hamilton College, NY, October

Wolf MB, Saleeby JB (1990) Crustal extension during the Nevadan orogeny in the southwestern Sierra Nevada Foothills terrane (FT), California. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 22:275

Wolf MB, Wyllie PJ (1989) The formation of tonalitic liquids during the vapor-absent partial melting of amphibolite at 10 kbar. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (EOS) 70:506

Wolf MB, Wyllie PJ (1986) Crystal settling in hydrous syenite melt at 15 kbar. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 18:200