News: Honours Projects - Derrick Hasterok
The fire down below: Heat generation in the lower crust
![Crustal and Mantle Xenolith](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/hasterok-derrick-fire-down-below-xenolith.png?h=14104e03&itok=yU0O8npg)
Honours project: Help develop a crustal radioactivity model using pieces of rock brought to the surface and trapped in lavas.
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Compositional controls on physical properties: new constraints from laboratory measurements
![Quartz monzonite by James St. John (CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/quartz-monzonite-jamestjohn.jpg?h=9bfa156b&itok=JsjBVpME)
Honours projects: Improve predictive models of density and thermal conductivity to improve geophysical models by making new lab measurements.
The Impact of Fluid Flow on Crustal Radioactivity: Pushing heat around during tectonic reworking
![Large Crustal Shear Zone](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/hasterok-derrick-hot-water-large-crustal-shear-zone.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=5cRQUgpK)
Honours project: Head into the field to analyse natural radioactivity of fluid-altered crust.