I use X-Ray Fluorescent Spectrometry (XRF) to geochemically analyse volcanic rocks that I collect from my fieldwork in the Lake District. This blog explains what XRF is and takes you through all the stages from collecting my samples to turning solid rock into numbers on an Excel spreadsheet that I can plot on graphs.
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Attending Academic Conferences
It’s New Year conference season! At the time of writing this blog I am currently attending the VMSG2022 conference hosted online by the University of Manchester. It therefore feels like the perfect time for me to write about my experiences with conferences and explain more about them.
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For my first blog I figured it would be the most logical to start off by giving a brief intro about myself and then follow up with the plans that I have for this blog page.
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