Research Statement

My primary research focuses on the chemistry of Earth and planetary interiors with a particular emphasis on the role of magma and magma generation process on the differentiation and chemical evolution of terrestrial planets. I use experimental devices such as piston cylinder and one atmosphere furncaces for simulating high pressure-temperature conditions relevant for planetary interiors and various analytical techniques (EMPA, SEM, LA-ICP-MS, FTIR, TIMS) to characterize synthesized and natural samples. Because one limiting aspect of solid-media apparatus is that all experiments are performed in closed-systems, I also use innovative experimental strategies to investigate new topics: simulation of magma circulation, magma-rock interaction or melt segregation, and I use thermodynamic modelling to extrapolate my  data  and/or as support for semi-empirical models.

Research Keywords

  • Thermodynamics
  • Mantle heterogeneity
  • Magma transport
  • Magma genesis
  • Igneous petrology
  • Geochemistry

Research Groups

  • J.R. Murphy, Undergraduate Student. Geology and Geophysics. 08/22/2022 - 12/31/2022.
  • Autumn Hartley, Undergraduate Student. Geology and Geophysics. 01/05/2022 - present. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: ACCESS Scholar 2021-2022 UROP Scholar 2022-2023.
  • Ashley Morris, Graduate Student. Geology and Geophysics. 08/25/2021 - present.
  • Emily Cunningham, Graduate Student. Geology and Geophysics. 01/18/2021 - present.
  • Helen Lindsey, Undergraduate Student. 01/01/2021 - 05/31/2021. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: ACCESS fellow https://science.utah.edu/access/.
  • Elliot Gray, Undergraduate Student. Geology and Geophysics. 01/06/2020 - 05/30/2020. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: UROP scholar Spring 2020.
  • Sarah Hamilton, Undergraduate Student. Geology and Geophysics - . 08/15/2019 - 08/31/2020. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: UROP scholar Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Wasatch Gem Society Scholarship.
  • Otto Lang, Graduate Student. Geology and Geophysics. 06/01/2019 - 06/30/2021. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Graduate Fellowship Fall 2019 GSA grant Graduate affair travel grant Chapman fund G&G outstanding Master student (2021).
  • Will Haddick, Undergraduate Student. Geology and Geophysics. 08/13/2018 - 05/31/2019. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: UROP Scholar 2018-2019.

Presentations

  • Lambart S., Lang O.I., Murphy J.R., Progressive carbonatite-rock interactions recorded in magmatic cumulates from Santo Antão (Cabo Verde). Goldschmidt, Lyon, France, July 2023. Conference Paper, Accepted, 03/30/2023.
  • Cunningham E., Lambart S., Guo P., Chatterjee S., Tegner C. , Planke S., Berndt C., Alvarez Zarikian C., Betlem P., and the IODP Expedition 396 Party. The Northeast Atlantic breakup (IODP Exp. 396): A case study for modeling the evolution of mantle source mineralogy during continental rifting. Goldschmidt, Lyon, France, July 2023. Conference Paper, Accepted, 03/30/2023.
  • Hartley A.S., +Cunningham E., Lambart S., Guo P., Chatterjee S., Tegner C. , Planke S., Berndt C., Alvarez Zarikian C., and the IODP Expedition 396 Party. Melting conditions during the Northeast Atlantic break-up: insight from the petrology and geochemistry of the basaltic sequences within the Norwegian Passive Margin (IODP Exp. 396). Goldschmidt, Lyon, France, July 2023. Conference Paper, Accepted, 03/30/2023.
  • Morris A., Lambart S., Guo P., Jones M.T., Mohn G.T.F., Andrews G., Planke S., Berndt C., Alvarez Zarikian C., and the IODP Expedition 396 Party. Crust-mantle interactions during continental break-up: insights from an early Eocene dacitic unit within the Norwegian margin collected during IODP Expedition 396. Goldschmidt, Lyon, France, July 2023. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 03/30/2023.
  • Invited talk for Goldschmidt 2022, session 4i: Oceanic crust magmatic systems: from spreading ridges to ocean islands. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/12/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2022.11655
  • Invited talk for the Seismo Lab seminar at UC Berkeley . Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 03/29/2022.
    https://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo.seminar.html
  • Departmental seminar at University of Arizona. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/10/2022.
    https://www.geo.arizona.edu/colloquium
  • Keynote speaker at the Goldschmidt workshop: “Earth Science meets Data Science: what are our needs for geochemical data, services and analytical capabilities in the 21st century?”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 02/21/2022.
    https://2022.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2022/mee...
  • Mourey A., Shea T., Lynn K., Lerner A., Wallace P., Lambart S., Costa F., Oalmann J., Lee L., Gansecki C., Fertilization of the crust related to the explosive-effusive transition during the last eruptive cycle at Kīlauea (Hawai’i). AGU 2021, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2021. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/20/2021.
  • Invited lecturer for the 2nd International Mantle School MEREMA, Sestri Levante, IT, Oct. 2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/28/2021.
    https://www.socminpet.it/Merema/
  • Partitioning of first row transition elements in mantle lithologies. Goldschmidt 2021, virtual, July. 2021. Talk. Conference Paper, Presented, 07/05/2021.
    https://2021.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2021/mee...
  • What First Row Transition Elements can tell us about the lithological make-up of the mantle. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/03/2021.
    https://earthsciences.anu.edu.au/news-events/event...
  • Lithological heterogeneities in the mantle: contribution to oceanic magmatism. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/05/2021.
  • Identifying lithological tracers with first row transition element partitioning of natural pyroxenites. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/16/2020.
    https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/webprogram/Paper67...
  • Departmental seminar at University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Other, Presented, 09/25/2020.
    https://eas.unl.edu/
  • Compositional variability of San Carlos olivine. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/23/2020.
    https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/2020/937.pdf
  • Lithological heterogeneities in the mantle: origins and contributions to magma genesis. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/23/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2020.1405
  • Review on Magma Mixing Processes and Future Applications to Hawaiian Samples. Poster, Presented, 04/20/2020.
    https://our.utah.edu/events/undergraduate-research...
  • Departmental seminar at Magmas et Volcans Laboratory (clermont, France): Hétérogénéité du manteau source des MORBs. Other, Presented, 01/30/2020.
    http://lmv.univ-bpclermont.fr/fr/
  • Centimeter-scale isotopic heterogeneity preserved in the lower oceanic crust. (Invited). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/09/2019.
    https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Pap...
  • "Centimeter-scale isotopic heterogeneity preserved in the lower oceanic crust" University of Iowa. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/01/2019.
    https://clas.uiowa.edu/ees/calendar/department-sem...
  • Mantle Heterogeneity Preserved in the Lower Oceanic Crust. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/23/2019.
    https://goldschmidt.info/2019/abstracts/abstractVi...
  • Constraining Heterogeneity in the Upper Mantle Using Ocean Island Basalts. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/21/2019.
    https://goldschmidt.info/2019/abstracts/abstractVi...
  • Investigating Melt-Rock Interactions in Gabbroic Rocks from the Atlantis Massif: Implications for Oceanic Crustal Accretion. Poster, Presented, 04/11/2019.
    https://apps.cur.org/ncur2019/search/display_ncur....
  • Mantle Heterogeneity Revealed in the Lower Oceanic Crust. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/11/2018.
    https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Pap...
  • Departmental seminar at Utah Valley University, UT-USA, Oct. 2018. Other, Presented, 10/18/2018.
    https://www.uvu.edu/earthscience/
  • Departmental seminar at Brigham Young University, UT-USA, Oct. 2018. Other, Presented, 10/16/2018.
    http://geology.byu.edu/Home/news/oct-18-geology-se...
  • Lynne J. Elkins, Bernard Bourdon, Sarah Lambart, 2018. The effects of two-lithology mantle melting on U-series in basalts. Goldschmidt 2018, 640. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/17/2018.
    https://goldschmidt.info/2018/program/programViewA...

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Participation in IODP exp 396: “Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism” . PI: Sarah Lambart. https://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/norwe... IODP, 08/01/2021 - 09/30/2022. Total project budget to date: $52,000.00
  • New digital resources for Mineralogy and Petrology. PI: Sarah Lambart. https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/3-d-modeling-... University teaching grant, 01/01/2021 - present. Total project budget to date: $3,461.00
  • High Temperature Experiments for Pore-Scale Investigation of a Two Fluid Phase Migration in Porous Media. PI: Sarah Lambart. ACS Petroleum Research Fund, 09/01/2020 - 08/31/2022. Total project budget to date: $110,000.00
  • Development of an experimental technique for characterizing the effects of magma flow in porous media. PI: Sarah Lambart. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1... NSF, 04/01/2020 - 03/31/2022. Total project budget to date: $200,390.00
  • CMES/VPR SEED GRANT 2019. PI: LAMBART,SARAH. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FO, 06/01/2019 - 05/31/2020. Total project budget to date: $22,500.00
  • UC DAVIS NSF TRANSFER AWARD. PI: LAMBART,SARAH. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, 03/19/2018 - 05/31/2019. Total project budget to date: $77,537.00

Languages

  • English, fluent.
  • French, fluent.

Open positions

For future prospective graduate students: I hope to hear from prospective masters or doctoral students who have strong academic records, research experience and are interested in pursuing experimental petrology or geochemistry/modeling research. Please contact me (email is a good way!) to tell me about your background and what types of projects would interest you for research. That way, I can also update you about the upcoming year funding status for graduate students in my lab (i.e., RA-ship, fellowship, TA-ship). You should then apply directly to the degree program at university of Utah. More information about graduate applications can be found here :https://www.earth.utah.edu/future-students/future_graduate.php.

 

Undergraduate Research Opportunities: Students interested in proposing new UROP projects should contact me not later than three months before the deadline.

 

Publications

  • Marthe Klöcking, Lesley Wyborn, Kerstin A. Lehnert, Bryant Ware, Alexander M. Prent, Lucia Profeta , Fabian Kohlmann, Wayne Noble, Ian Bruno, Sarah Lambart, Halimulati Ananuer, Nicholas D. Barber, Harry Becker, Maurice Brodbeck, Hang Deng, Kai Deng, Kirsten Elger, Gabriel de Souza Franco, Yajie Gao, Khalid Mohammed Ghasera, Dominik C. Hezel, Jingyi Huang, Buchanan Kerswell, Hilde Koch, Anthony W. Lanati, Geertje ter Maat, Nadia Martínez-Villegas, Lucien Nana Yobo, Ahmad Redaa, Wiebke Schäfer, Megan R. Swing, Richard J.M. Taylor, Marie Katrine Traun, Jo Whelan & Tengfei Zhou (2023). Community recommendations for geochemical data, services and analytical capabilities in the 21st century. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Accepted, 04/28/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.04.024
  • Juliette Pin, Lyderic France, Sarah Lambart & Laurie Reisberg (2022). Thermodynamic modeling of melt addition to peridotite: Implications for the refertilization of the non-cratonic continental mantle lithosphere. Chemical Geology. Vol. 609. Published, 10/20/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121050
  • Adrien J. Mourey, Thomas Shea, Kendra J. Lynn, Allan H. Lerner, Sarah Lambart, Fidel Costa, Jeffrey Oalmann, R. Lopaka Lee & Cheryl Gansecki (2022). Trace elements in olivine fingerprint the source of 2018 magmas and shed light on explosive-effusive eruption cycles at Kılauea Volcano. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 595. Published, 10/01/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117769
  • Otto I. Lang & Sarah Lambart (2022). First-row transition elements in pyroxenites and peridotites: A promising tool for constraining mantle source mineralogy. Chemical Geology. Published, 09/28/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121137
  • Sarah Lambart, Sarah Hamilton & Otto Lang (2022). Compositional variability of San Carlos olivine. Chemical Geology. Vol. 605. Published, 09/05/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120968
  • Rong Xu, Yongsheng Liu, Sarah Lambart, Kaj Hoernle, Yangtao Zhu, Zongqi Zou, Junbo Zhang, Zaicong Wang, Ming Li, Frédéric Moynier, Keqing Zong, Haihong Chen & Zhaochu Hu (2022). Origin of the decoupled Zn-Sr-Nd isotope signature in continental intraplate basalts. Geochemica Cosmochemica Acta. Published, 03/16/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.03.014
  • Planke, S., Berndt, C., Alvarez Zarikian, C.A., and the Expedition 396 Scientists, 2022. Expedition 396 Preliminary Report: Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism and Paleoclimate Implications. International Ocean Discovery Program. Published, 01/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.396.2022
  • Mallik, A., Lambart, S. and Chin, E.J. (2021). Tracking the Evolution of Magmas from Heterogeneous Mantle Sources to Eruption. In Mantle Convection and Surface Expressions (eds H. Marquardt, M. Ballmer, S. Cottaar and J. Konter). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119528609.ch6. Published, 06/11/2021.
    https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.100...
  • Rong Xu, Yongsheng Liu & Sarah Lambart (2020). Melting of a hydrous peridotite mantle source under the Emeishan large igneous province. Earth Science Review. Vol. 207. Published, 06/21/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103253
  • Sarah Lambart, Janne M. Koornneef, Marc-Alban Millet, Gareth R. Davies, Matthew Cook & C. Johan Lissenberg (2019). Highly heterogeneous depleted mantle recorded in the lower oceanic crust. Nature Geoscience. Vol. 12, 482-486. Published, 05/20/2019.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0368-9
  • Lynne J. Elkins, Bernard Bourdon & Sarah Lambart (2019). Testing pyroxenite versus peridotite sources for marine basalts using U-series isotopes. Lithos. Vol. 332, 226-244. Published, 02/20/2019.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Sarah Lambart, Heather M. Savage, Ben G. Robinson & Peter B. Kelemen (2018). Experimental investigation of the pressure of crystallization of Ca(OH)2: Implications for the reactive-cracking process. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosytems. Vol. 19, 3448–3458. Published, 09/26/2018.
    https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10...
  • Sarah Lambart (2017). No direct contribution of recycled crust in Icelandic basalts. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. Vol. 4, 7-12. Published, 07/12/2017.
    https://www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/art...
  • Sarah Lambart, Michael B. Baker & Edward M. Stolper (2016). The role of pyroxenite in basalt genesis: Melt-PX, a melting parameterization for mantle pyroxenites between 0.9 and 5 GPa. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. Vol. 121, 5708–5735. Published, 07/16/2016.
    https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10...
  • Didier Laporte, Sarah Lambart, Pierre Schiano & Luisa Ottolini (2014). Experimental derivation of nepheline syenite and phonolite liquids by partial melting of upper mantle peridotites. Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters. Vol. 404, 319-331. Published, 08/27/2014.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Oliver Shorttle, John Maclennan & Sarah Lambart (2014). Quantifying lithological variability in the mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 395, 24-40. Published, 04/03/2014.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Sarah Lambart, Didier Laporte & Pierre Schiano (2012). Markers of the pyroxenite contribution on the major-element compositions of oceanic basalts: Review of the experimental constraints. Lithos. Vol. 160161, 14-36. Published, 11/24/2012.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Sarah Lambart, Didier Laporte , Ariel Provost & Pierre Schiano (2012). Fate of pyroxenite-derived melts in the peridotitic mantle: Thermodynamic and experimental constraints. Journal of Petrology. Vol. 53, 451-476. Published, 01/23/2012.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egr068
  • Sarah Lambart, Didier Laporte & Pierre Schiano (2009). An experimental study of pyroxenite partial melts at 1 and 1.5 GPa: Implications for the major element composition of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 288, 335-347. Published, 10/17/2009.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.038
  • Sarah Lambart, Didier Laporte & Pierre Schiano (2008). An experimental study of focused magma transport and basalt-peridotite interactions beneath mid-ocean ridges: implications for the generation of primitive MORB compositions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. Vol. 157, 429-451. Published, 09/25/2008.
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00410...