Areas of expertise

• Structural Chemistry And Spectroscopy 030606
• Inorganic Geochemistry 040202
• Planetary Science (Excl. Extraterrestrial Geology) 020108
• Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology 040304
• Mineralogy And Crystallography 040306
• Geochemistry 0402

Publications

• Jollands, M, O'Neill, H, Berry, A et al. 2021, 'A combined Fourier transform infrared and Cr K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy study of the substitution and diffusion of H in Cr-doped forsterite', European Journal of Mineralogy, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 113-138.
• Berry, A, O'Neill, H & Foran, G 2021, 'The effects of temperature and pressure on the oxidation state of chromium in silicate melts', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 176, no. 5.
• Mare, E, O'Neill, H, Berry, A et al. 2021, 'Coordination change of Ge⁴⁺ and Ga³⁺ in silicate melt with pressure', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 303, pp. 184-204.
• Mare, E, O'Neill, H, Berry, A et al. 2020, 'The stability of divalent Ge in silicate melts and its geochemical properties', Chemical Geology, vol. 532, pp. 1-14.
• Sievwright, R, O'Neill, H, Tolley, J et al. 2020, 'Diffusion and partition coefficients of minor and trace elements in magnetite as a function of oxygen fugacity at 1150C', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 175, no. 5, pp. -.
• Miller, L, O'Neill, H, Berry, A et al. 2019, 'The oxidation state and coordination environment of antimony in silicate glasses', Chemical Geology, vol. 524, pp. 283-294.
• McKay, D, Moran, R, Dawson, D et al 2019, 'A Picture of Disorder in Hydrous Wadsleyite - Under the Combined Microscope of Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Random Structure Searching', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 141, no. 7, pp. 3024-3036.
• Le Losq, C, Berry, A, Kendrick, M et al 2019, 'Determination of the oxidation state of iron in Mid-Ocean Ridge basalt glasses by Raman spectroscopy', American Mineralogist, vol. 104, no. 7, pp. 1032-1042.
• O'Neill, H, Berry, A & Mallmann, G 2019, 'The oxidation state of iron in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basaltic (MORB) glasses: Implications for their petrogenesis and oxygen fugacities (vol 504, pg 152, 2018)', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 527.
• Faul, U, Cline II, C, Berry, A et al. 2018, 'Constraints on oxygen fugacity within metal capsules', Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 497-509pp.
• Cline II, C, Faul, U, David, E et al. 2018, 'Redox-influenced seismic properties of uppermantle olivine', Nature, vol. 555, no. 7696, pp. 355-358pp.
• Berry, A, Stewart, G, O'Neill, H et al. 2018, 'A re-assessment of the oxidation state of iron in MORB glasses', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 483, pp. 114-123pp.
• Jollands, M, O'Neill, H, Van Orman, J, Berry, A, et al 2018, 'Substitution and diffusion of Cr2+ and Cr3+ in synthetic forsterite and natural olivine at 1200-1500 °C and 1 bar', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 220, pp. 407-428.
• O'Neill, H, Berry, A & Mallmann, G 2018, 'The oxidation state of iron in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basaltic (MORB) glasses: Implications for their petrogenesis and oxygen fugacities', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 504, 152-162.
• Kravtsova, A, Soldatov, A, Berry, A et al 2017, 'X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy for diagnostics of 3D local atomic structure of geological materials', 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference, SGEM 2017, International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConferences ( SGEM ), Bulgaria, pp. 711-718pp.
• Sievwright, R, Wilkinson, J, O'Neill, H et al. 2017, 'Thermodynamic controls on element partitioning between titanomagnetite and andesitic-dacitic silicate melts', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 172, no. 62, pp. 33pp.
• Burnham, A & Berry, A 2017, 'Formation of Hadean granites by melting of igneous crust', Nature Geoscience, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 457-461.
• Yaxley, G, Berry, A, Rosenthal, A et al 2017, 'Redox preconditioning deep cratonic lithosphere for kimberlite genesis - evidence from the central Slave Craton', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 30, pp. 1-10pp.
• Berry, A, Schofield, P, Kravtsova, A et al 2017, 'The limitations of hibonite as a single-mineral oxybarometer for early solar system processes', Chemical Geology, vol. 466, pp. 32-40.
• Yaxley, G.M., Berry, A.J., Rosenthal, A., Woodland, A.B., Paterson, D. (2017). Redox preconditioning deep cratonic lithosphere for kimberlite genesis – evidence from the central Slave Craton. Scientific Reports 7, 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00049-3
• Moran, R, McKay, D, Pickard, C et al 2016, 'Hunting for hydrogen: random structure searching and prediction of NMR parameters of hydrous wadsleyite', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 18, no. 15, pp. 10173-10181.
• Kravtsova, A, Soldatov, A, Walker, A et al 2016, 'The Ti environment in natural hibonite: XANES spectroscopy and computer modelling', 16th International Conference on X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure, XAFS 2015, ed. Grunwaldt J.-D.Hagel, IOP Publishing, TBC, pp. -.
• Doyle, P, Berry, A, Schofield, P et al. 2016, 'The effect of site geometry, Ti content and Ti oxidation state on the Ti K-edge XANES spectrum of synthetic hibonite', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 187, pp. 294-310.
• Faul, U, Cline II, C, David, E et al. 2016, 'Titanium-hydroxyl defect-controlled rheology of the Earth's upper mantle', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 452, pp. 227-237pp.
• Hanger, B, Yaxley, G, Berry, A et al. 2015, 'Relationships between oxygen fugacity and metasomatism in the Kaapvaal subcratonic mantle, represented by garnet peridotite xenoliths in the Wesselton kimberlite, South Africa', Lithos, vol. 212, pp. 443-452.
• Burnham, A, Berry, A, Halse, H et al 2015, 'The oxidation state of europium in silicate melts as a function of oxygen fugacity, composition and temperature', Chemical Geology, vol. 411, no. 2015, pp. 248-259.
• Spencer, E, Wilkinson, J, Nolan, J, Berry, A 2015, 'The controls of post-entrapment diffusion on the solubility of chalcopyrite daughter crystals in natural quartz-hosted fluid inclusions', Chemical Geology, vol. 412, no. 2015, pp. 15-25.
• Burnham, A & Berry, A 2014, 'The effect of oxygen fugacity, melt composition, temperature and pressure on the oxidation state of cerium in silicate melts', Chemical Geology, vol. 366, pp. 52-60.
• Doyle, P, Schofield, P, Berry, A et al 2014, 'Substitution of Ti³⁺ and Ti⁴⁺ in hibonite (CaAl₁₂O₁₉)', American Mineralogist, vol. 99, pp. 1369-1382.
• Berry, A, Yaxley, G, Hanger, B et al 2013, 'Quantitative mapping of the oxidative effects of mantle metasomatism', Geology, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 683-686.
• Griffin, J, Berry, A, Frost, D et al 2013, 'Water in the Earth's mantle: A solid-state NMR study of hydrous wadsleyite', Chemical Science, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1523-1538.
• Burnham, A, Berry, A, Wood, B et al 2012, 'The oxidation states of niobium and tantalum in mantle melts', Chemical Geology, vol. 330, pp. 228-232.
• Burnham, A & Berry, A 2012, 'An experimental study of trace element partitioning between zircon and melt as a function of oxygen fugacity', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 95, pp. 196-212.
• Yaxley, G, Berry, A, Kamenetsky, V et al 2012, 'An oxygen fugacity profile through the Siberian Craton - Fe K-edge XANES determinations of Fe³⁺∑Fe in garnets in peridotite xenoliths from the Udachnaya East kimberlite', Lithos, vol. 140, pp. 142-151pp.
• Tailby, N, Walker, A, Berry, A et al. 2011, 'Ti site occupancy in zircon', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 905-921.
• Griffin, J, Berry, A & Ashbrook, S 2011, 'Observation of "hidden" magnesium: First-principles calculations and Mg-25 solid-state NMR of enstatite', Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 91-99.
• Rodina, I, Kravtsova, A, Soldatov, A et al 2011, 'Study of local atomic and electronic structure of titanium-containing forsterite based on analysis of X-ray absorption spectra', Optics and Spectroscopy (Optica i spektroskopiya), vol. 111, no. 6, pp. 936-939.
• Griffin, J, Miller, A, Berry, A et al 2010, 'Dynamics on the microsecond timescale in hydrous silicates studied by solid-state 2H NMR spectroscopy', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 2989-2998.
• Griffin, J, Yates, J, Berry, A et al 2010, 'High-resolution 19F MAS NMR spectroscopy: Structural disorder and unusual J couplings in a fluorinated hydroxy-silicate', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 132, no. 44, pp. 15651-15660.
• Berry, A, Yaxley, G, Woodland, A et al 2010, 'A XANES calibration for determining the oxidation state of iron in mantle garnet', Chemical Geology, vol. 278, no. 1-2, pp. 31-37.
• Metrich, N, Berry, A, O'Neill, H et al. 2009, 'The oxidation state of sulfur in synthetic and natural glasses determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 2382-2399.
• Berry, A, Harris, A, Kamenetsky, V et al 2009, 'The speciation of copper in natural fluid inclusions at temperatures up to 700C', Chemical Geology, vol. 259, no. 1-2, pp. 1-6.
• Rodina, I, Kravtsova, A, Soldatov, M et al 2009, 'Electronic structure of ilmenite: X-ray absorption and DFT study', Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Print), vol. 190.
• Griffin, J, Wimperis, S, Berry, A et al 2009, 'Solid-state 17O NMR spectroscopy of hydrous magnesium silicates: Evidence for proton dynamics', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 113, no. 1, pp. 465-471.
• Berry, A, Danyushevsky, L, O'Neill, H et al. 2008, 'Oxidation state of iron in komatiitic melt inclusions indicates hot Archaean mantle', Nature, vol. 455, pp. 960-964.
• O'Neill, H, Berry, A & Eggins, S 2008, 'The solubility and oxidation state of tungsten in silicate melts: Implications for the comparative chemistry of W and Mo in planetary differentiation processes', Chemical Geology, vol. 255, pp. 346-359.
• Hermann, J, Fitzgerald, J, Malaspina, N et al. 2007, 'OH-bearing planar defects in olivine produced by the breakdown of Ti-rich humite minerals from Dabie Shan (China)', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (Electronic), vol. 153, no. 4, pp. 417-428.
• Berry, A, Hack, A, Mavrogenes, J et al 2006, 'A XANES study of Cu speciation in high-temperature brines using synthetic fluid inclusions', American Mineralogist, vol. 91, pp. 1773-1782.
• O'Neill, H, Berry, A, McCammon, C et al 2006, 'An experimental determination of the effect of pressure on the Fe³⁺/ΣFe ratio of an anhydrous silicate melt to 3.0 GPa', American Mineralogist, vol. 91, pp. 404-412.
• Berry, A, O'Neill, H, Scott, D et al 2006, 'The effect of composition on Cr²⁺/Cr³⁺ in silicate melts', American Mineralogist, vol. 91, pp. 1901-1908.
• Liu, X, O'Neill, H & Berry, A 2006, 'The effects of small amounts of H₂O, CO₂ and Na₂O on the partial melting of spinel lherzolite in the system CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂± H₂O± CO₂± Na₂O at 1.1 G', Journal of Petrology, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 409-434.
• O'Neill, H & Berry, A 2006, 'Activity coefficients at low dilution of CrO, NiO and CoO in melts in the system CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ at 1400C: Using the thermodynamic behaviour of transition metal oxides in silicate melts to probe their structure', Chemical Geology, vol. 231, pp. 77-89.
• Ashbrook, S, Berry, A, Hibberson, W et al 2005, 'High-resolution O-17 MAS NMR spectroscopy of forsterite (alpha-Mg2SiO4) wadsleyite (beta-Mg2SiO4), and ringwoodite (gamma-Mg2SiO4)', American Mineralogist, vol. 90, pp. 1861-1870.
• Hermann, J, O'Neill, H & Berry, A 2005, 'Titanium solubility in olivine in the system TiO₂-MgO-SiO₂: no evidence for an ultra-deep origin of Ti-bearing olivine', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 148, pp. 746-760.
• Berry, A, Hermann, J, O'Neill, H et al 2005, 'Fingerprinting the water site in mantle olivine', Geology, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 869-872.
• Jayasuriya, K, O'Neill, H, Berry, A et al 2004, 'A Mossbauer study of the oxidation state of Fe in silicate melts', American Mineralogist, vol. 89, pp. 1597-1609.
• Berry, A & O'Neill, H 2004, 'A XANES determination of the oxidation state of chromium in silicate glasses', American Mineralogist, vol. 89, no. 5-6, pp. 790-798.
• Berry, A, Shelley, J, Foran, G et al 2003, 'A furnace design for XANES spectroscopy of silicate melts under controlled oxygen fugacities and temperatures to 1773 K', Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 332-336.
• Berry, A, O'Neill, H, Jayasuriya, K et al 2003, 'XANES calibrations for the oxidation state of iron in a silicate glass', American Mineralogist, vol. 88, no. 7, pp. 967-977.
• Ashbrook, S, Berry, A, Hibberson, W et al 2003, 'High-resolution ¹⁷O NMR spectroscopy of wadsleyite (β-Mg₂SiO₄)', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 39, pp. 11824-11825.
• Ashbrook, S, Berry, A & Wimperis, S 2002, '¹⁷O multiple-quantum MAS NMR study of pyroxenes', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 4, pp. 773-778.
• Ashbrook, S, Antonijevic, S, Berry, A et al 2002, 'Motional broadening: an important distinction between multiple-quantum and satellite-transition MAS NMR of quadrupolar nuclei', Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 364, no. 5-6, pp. 634-642.
• Mavrogenes, J, Berry, A, Newville, M et al 2002, 'Copper speciation in vapor-phase fluid inclusions from the Mole Granite, Australia', American Mineralogist, vol. 87, no. 10, pp. 1360-1364.
• Berry, A, O'Neill, H & Jayasuriya, K 2002, 'A Mossbauer and XANES spectroscopic study of Fe oxidation states in silicate glasses', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 66, no. 15A, pp. A73-A73 Suppl. 1.
• Berry, A & James, M 2002, 'Refinement of hydrogen positions in natural chondrodite by powder neutron diffraction: implications for the stability of humite minerals', Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 441-449.
• Ashbrook, S, Berry, A & Wimperis, S 2001, '¹⁷O multiple-quantum MAS NMR study of high-pressure hydrous magnesium silicates', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 123, no. 26, pp. 6360-6366.
• Berry, A & James, M 2001, 'Refinement of hydrogen positions in synthetic hydroxyl-clinohumite by powder neutron diffraction', American Mineralogist, vol. 86, no. 1-2, pp. 181-184.
• Jar, P, Berry, A, Konishi, K et al 2001, 'Fracture initiation in emulsion-polymerized poly(acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) (ABS)', Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 655-657.
• Berry, A, Cole, B & Armstrong, R 1999, 'Raman spectra of the a-alums CsM(SeO4)212H2O (M=Ga, In)', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, vol. 30, pp. 73-76.
• Ashbrook, S, Berry, A & Wimperis, S 1999, 'Three- and five- quantum 17O MAS NMR of forsterite Mg2SiO4', American Mineralogist, vol. 84, pp. 1191-1194.
• Mejias, J, Berry, A, Refson, K et al 1999, 'The kinetics and mechanism of MgO dissolution', Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 314, pp. 558-563.
• Morrison, I, Berry, A & Denning, R 1999, 'Energy levels of terbium (III) in the elpasolite Cs2NaTbCl6', Molecular Physics, vol. 96, pp. 43-51.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• The geochemistry of rare earth elements in carbonate melts. (Primary Investigator)
• Predicting the copper-gold fertility of mountain belts (Secondary Investigator)
• The Redox state of pre-shield stage magmas at Hawaii (Primary Investigator)
• A new national electron microprobe facility (Secondary Investigator)
• The seismic significance of water and partial melting in planetary interiors (Secondary Investigator)
• Geological applications of synchrotron radiation: magmas, fluids, ores and minerals (Primary Investigator)
• Oxidation State of Vandium in Crystal/Melt Partitioning Experiments (Secondary Investigator)