Willem van Westrenen
Prof. Willem van Westrenen
Full professor
Faculty of Science
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1085
NL-1081 HV Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 598 72 79
E-mail:
w.van.westrenen(at)vu.nlURL Institution:
https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/wim-van-westrenen
Additional functions:
Scientific coordinator (Earth Sciences), Netherlands Planetary and Exoplanetary Science Network (Dutch Research Council) [2013-2017, 2019-2024] Coordinator, Netherlands Planetary Science Network on Observables of Planetary Habitability (Netherlands Space Office) [2024-2029]
Key Publications of Willem van Westrenen (up to ten) :
[10] Gaffney AM, Gross J, Borg LE, Donaldson Hanna K, Draper DS, Dygert N, Elkins-Tanton LT, Prissel KB, Prissel TC, Steenstra ES, van Westrenen W (2023) Magmatic evolution I: Initial differentiation of the Moon. New Views of the Moon 2, Reviews in Mineralogy 89, 103-145.
[9] Streicher LB, van Westrenen W, Hanchar JM, Brouwer FM (2023) A REE-based zircon geothermometer based on improved lattice strain modeling of zircon-melt REE partition coefficients. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 346, 54-64.
[8] Jing JJ, Lin Y, Knibbe JS, van Westrenen W (2022) Garnet stability in the deep lunar mantle: constraints on the physics and chemistry of the interior of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584, 117491.
[7] Steenstra ES, Berndt J, Klemme S, Fei Y, van Westrenen W (2020) A possible high-temperature origin of the Moon and its geochemical consequences. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 538, 116222.
[6] Martinot M, Flahaut J, Besse S, Quantin-Nataf C, van Westrenen W (2020) Mineralogical survey of the Anorthositic Feldspathic Highlands Terrane crust using Moon Mineralogy Mapper data. Icarus, article 113747.
[5] Hakim K, Spaargaren R, Grewal DS, Rohrbach A, Berndt J, Dominik C, van Westrenen W (2019) Mineralogy, structure and habitability of carbon-enriched rocky exoplanets: A laboratory approach. Astrobiology 19, doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1930.
[4] Zhao Y, de Vries J, van den Berg AP, Jacobs MHG, van Westrenen W (2019) The participation of ilmenite-bearing cumulates in lunar mantle overturn. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 511, 1-11.
[3] Knibbe JS, van Westrenen W (2018) The thermal evolution of Mercury's Fe–Si core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 482, 147-159
[2] Lin YH, Tronche EJ, Steenstra ES, van Westrenen W (2017) Evidence for an early wet Moon from experimental crystallisation of the lunar magma ocean. Nature Geoscience 10, 14-18.
[1] van Kan Parker M, Sanloup C, Sator N, Guillot B, Tronche EJ, Perrillat J-P, Mezouar M, Rai N, van Westrenen W (2012) Neutral buoyancy of titanium-rich melts in the deep lunar interior. Nature Geoscience 5, 186-189.
Expertise of Willem van Westrenen:
Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
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Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
Topic Lithosphere | Geochemical Processes |
| Magmatic Rocks: Formation, Metamorphism |
Time Frame | Past: Precambrian |
Time Scale | Billenial (Mio yrs) |
GeoForum Geo-Technology | Geophysics |
Specialties of Willem van Westrenen:
Experimental petrology applied to planetary science
Last update: 12/10/23
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