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Dr Duncan Muir
Senior Electron Microbeam Specialist
Ysgol Gwyddorau'r Ddaear a'r Amgylchedd
- MuirD1@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75059
- Y Prif Adeilad, Ystafell 0.16A, Plas y Parc, Caerdydd, CF10 3AT
Trosolwyg
I manage the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) labs and assist users with their SEM research goals. I gained experience with SEMs through my research in igneous petrology studying magma systems beneath volcanoes in subduction zones.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- De Caroli, S., Fagereng, ?., Ujiie, K., Blenkinsop, T., Meneghini, F. and Muir, D. 2024. Deformation microstructures of low- and high-strain epidote-blueschist (Ryukyu arc, Japan): Implications for subduction interface rheology. Journal of Structural Geology 180, article number: 105041. (10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105041)
- Mills, K. et al. 2024. Microstructure and crystallographic texture data in modern giant clam shells (Tridacna squamosa and Hippopus hippopus). Data in Brief 52, article number: 109947. (10.1016/j.dib.2023.109947)
2023
- Hastie, A. R., Law, S., Bromiley, G. D., Fitton, J. G., Harley, S. L. and Muir, D. D. 2023. Deep formation of Earth's earliest continental crust consistent with subduction. Nature Geoscience 16, pp. 816-821. (10.1038/s41561-023-01249-5)
- Mills, K., John, E. H., Muir, D. D., Santodomingo, N., Johnson, K. G., Hussein, M. A. S. and Sosdian, S. 2023. Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs. Coral Reefs 42, pp. 593-608. (10.1007/s00338-023-02366-8)
- Smith, W. D., Maier, W. D., Muir, D. D., Andersen, J. C. ?., Williams, B. J. and Henry, H. 2023. New perspectives on the formation of the Boulder Bed of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita 58(3), pp. 617-638. (10.1007/s00126-022-01150-y)
2022
- Smith, W. D., Maier, W. D., Andersen, J. C., Muir, D. D., Mansur, E. and Bliss, I. 2022. Accessory phase perspectives for ore-forming processes and magmatic sulphide exploration in the Labrador Trough, northern Québec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 59(5), pp. 259-277. (10.1139/cjes-2021-0109)
2021
- Maier, W. D., Barnes, S. -., Muir, D., Savard, D., Lahaye, Y. and Smith, W. D. 2021. Formation of Bushveld anorthosite by reactive porous flow. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 176(1), article number: 3. (10.1007/s00410-020-01760-7)
2020
- Hammond, G. M., Young, R. D., Muir, D. D. and Quantock, A. J. 2020. The microanatomy of Bowman’s layer in the cornea of the pig: changes in collagen fibril architecture at the corneoscleral limbus. European Journal of Anatomy 24(5), pp. 399-406.
- Wymant, J. M., Sayers, E. J., Muir, D. and Jones, A. T. 2020. Strategic trastuzumab mediated crosslinking driving concomitant HER2 and HER3 endocytosis and degradation in breast cancer. Journal of Cancer 11(11), pp. 3288-3302. (10.7150/jca.32470)
2019
- Pullin, H., Bray, A. W., Burke, I. T., Muir, D. D., Sapsford, D. J., Mayes, W. M. and Renforth, P. 2019. Atmospheric carbon capture performance of legacy iron and steel waste. Environmental Science and Technology 53(16), pp. 9502-9511. (10.1021/acs.est.9b01265)
- Tanner, D., McDonald, I., Harmer, R. J., Muir, D. D. and Hughes, H. S. 2019. A record of assimilation preserved by exotic minerals in the lowermost platinum-group element deposit of the Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone. Lithos 324-32, pp. 584-608. (10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.032)
2018
- Ledwoch, K. et al. 2018. Beware Biofilm! Dry biofilms containing bacterial pathogens on multiple healthcare surfaces; a multicentre study. Journal of Hospital Infection 100(3), pp. e47-e56. (10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.028)
- Pritchard, M. et al. 2018. Synthesis: PLUTONS: Investigating the relationship between pluton growth and volcanism in the Central Andes. Geosphere 14(3), pp. 954-982. (10.1130/GES01578.1)
2017
- McDonald, I., Hughes, H. R., Butler, I. B., Harris, J. W. and Muir, D. 2017. Homogenisation of sulphide inclusions within diamonds: A new approach to diamond inclusion geochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 216, pp. 335-357. (10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.039)
- Laumonier, M., Gaillard, F., Muir, D., Blundy, J. and Unsworth, M. 2017. Giant magmatic water reservoirs at mid-crustal depth inferred from electrical conductivity and the growth of the continental crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 457, pp. 173-180. (10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.023)
2016
- Cassidy, M. et al. 2016. Volatile dilution during magma injections and implications for volcano explosivity. Geology 44(12), pp. 1027-1030. (10.1130/G38411.1)
2015
- Muir, D., Barfod, D. N., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C., Sparks, R. S. J. and Clarke, K. M. 2015. The temporal record of magmatism at Cerro Uturuncu, Bolivian Altiplano. Geological Society Special Publication 422(1), pp. 57-83. (10.1144/SP422.1)
2014
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C. and Hickey, J. 2014. Experimental constraints on dacite pre-eruptive magma storage conditions beneath uturuncu volcano. Journal of Petrology 55(4), pp. 749-767. (10.1093/petrology/egu005)
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. D., Hutchinson, M. C. and Rust, A. C. 2014. Petrological imaging of an active pluton beneath Cerro Uturuncu, Bolivia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 167(3), article number: 980. (10.1007/s00410-014-0980-z)
2012
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. and Rust, A. 2012. Multiphase petrography of volcanic rocks using element maps: a method applied to Mount St. Helens, 1980-2005. Bulletin of Volcanology 74(5), pp. 1101-1120. (10.1007/s00445-012-0586-0)
2011
- Melnik, O. E., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C. and Muir, D. 2011. Subvolcanic plumbing systems imaged through crystal size distributions. Geology 39(4), pp. 403-406. (10.1130/G31691.1)
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- De Caroli, S., Fagereng, ?., Ujiie, K., Blenkinsop, T., Meneghini, F. and Muir, D. 2024. Deformation microstructures of low- and high-strain epidote-blueschist (Ryukyu arc, Japan): Implications for subduction interface rheology. Journal of Structural Geology 180, article number: 105041. (10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105041)
- Mills, K. et al. 2024. Microstructure and crystallographic texture data in modern giant clam shells (Tridacna squamosa and Hippopus hippopus). Data in Brief 52, article number: 109947. (10.1016/j.dib.2023.109947)
- Hastie, A. R., Law, S., Bromiley, G. D., Fitton, J. G., Harley, S. L. and Muir, D. D. 2023. Deep formation of Earth's earliest continental crust consistent with subduction. Nature Geoscience 16, pp. 816-821. (10.1038/s41561-023-01249-5)
- Mills, K., John, E. H., Muir, D. D., Santodomingo, N., Johnson, K. G., Hussein, M. A. S. and Sosdian, S. 2023. Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs. Coral Reefs 42, pp. 593-608. (10.1007/s00338-023-02366-8)
- Smith, W. D., Maier, W. D., Muir, D. D., Andersen, J. C. ?., Williams, B. J. and Henry, H. 2023. New perspectives on the formation of the Boulder Bed of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita 58(3), pp. 617-638. (10.1007/s00126-022-01150-y)
- Smith, W. D., Maier, W. D., Andersen, J. C., Muir, D. D., Mansur, E. and Bliss, I. 2022. Accessory phase perspectives for ore-forming processes and magmatic sulphide exploration in the Labrador Trough, northern Québec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 59(5), pp. 259-277. (10.1139/cjes-2021-0109)
- Maier, W. D., Barnes, S. -., Muir, D., Savard, D., Lahaye, Y. and Smith, W. D. 2021. Formation of Bushveld anorthosite by reactive porous flow. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 176(1), article number: 3. (10.1007/s00410-020-01760-7)
- Hammond, G. M., Young, R. D., Muir, D. D. and Quantock, A. J. 2020. The microanatomy of Bowman’s layer in the cornea of the pig: changes in collagen fibril architecture at the corneoscleral limbus. European Journal of Anatomy 24(5), pp. 399-406.
- Wymant, J. M., Sayers, E. J., Muir, D. and Jones, A. T. 2020. Strategic trastuzumab mediated crosslinking driving concomitant HER2 and HER3 endocytosis and degradation in breast cancer. Journal of Cancer 11(11), pp. 3288-3302. (10.7150/jca.32470)
- Pullin, H., Bray, A. W., Burke, I. T., Muir, D. D., Sapsford, D. J., Mayes, W. M. and Renforth, P. 2019. Atmospheric carbon capture performance of legacy iron and steel waste. Environmental Science and Technology 53(16), pp. 9502-9511. (10.1021/acs.est.9b01265)
- Tanner, D., McDonald, I., Harmer, R. J., Muir, D. D. and Hughes, H. S. 2019. A record of assimilation preserved by exotic minerals in the lowermost platinum-group element deposit of the Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone. Lithos 324-32, pp. 584-608. (10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.032)
- Ledwoch, K. et al. 2018. Beware Biofilm! Dry biofilms containing bacterial pathogens on multiple healthcare surfaces; a multicentre study. Journal of Hospital Infection 100(3), pp. e47-e56. (10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.028)
- Pritchard, M. et al. 2018. Synthesis: PLUTONS: Investigating the relationship between pluton growth and volcanism in the Central Andes. Geosphere 14(3), pp. 954-982. (10.1130/GES01578.1)
- McDonald, I., Hughes, H. R., Butler, I. B., Harris, J. W. and Muir, D. 2017. Homogenisation of sulphide inclusions within diamonds: A new approach to diamond inclusion geochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 216, pp. 335-357. (10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.039)
- Laumonier, M., Gaillard, F., Muir, D., Blundy, J. and Unsworth, M. 2017. Giant magmatic water reservoirs at mid-crustal depth inferred from electrical conductivity and the growth of the continental crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 457, pp. 173-180. (10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.023)
- Cassidy, M. et al. 2016. Volatile dilution during magma injections and implications for volcano explosivity. Geology 44(12), pp. 1027-1030. (10.1130/G38411.1)
- Muir, D., Barfod, D. N., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C., Sparks, R. S. J. and Clarke, K. M. 2015. The temporal record of magmatism at Cerro Uturuncu, Bolivian Altiplano. Geological Society Special Publication 422(1), pp. 57-83. (10.1144/SP422.1)
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C. and Hickey, J. 2014. Experimental constraints on dacite pre-eruptive magma storage conditions beneath uturuncu volcano. Journal of Petrology 55(4), pp. 749-767. (10.1093/petrology/egu005)
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. D., Hutchinson, M. C. and Rust, A. C. 2014. Petrological imaging of an active pluton beneath Cerro Uturuncu, Bolivia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 167(3), article number: 980. (10.1007/s00410-014-0980-z)
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. and Rust, A. 2012. Multiphase petrography of volcanic rocks using element maps: a method applied to Mount St. Helens, 1980-2005. Bulletin of Volcanology 74(5), pp. 1101-1120. (10.1007/s00445-012-0586-0)
- Melnik, O. E., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C. and Muir, D. 2011. Subvolcanic plumbing systems imaged through crystal size distributions. Geology 39(4), pp. 403-406. (10.1130/G31691.1)
- Hammond, G. M., Young, R. D., Muir, D. D. and Quantock, A. J. 2020. The microanatomy of Bowman’s layer in the cornea of the pig: changes in collagen fibril architecture at the corneoscleral limbus. European Journal of Anatomy 24(5), pp. 399-406.
- Wymant, J. M., Sayers, E. J., Muir, D. and Jones, A. T. 2020. Strategic trastuzumab mediated crosslinking driving concomitant HER2 and HER3 endocytosis and degradation in breast cancer. Journal of Cancer 11(11), pp. 3288-3302. (10.7150/jca.32470)
- Pullin, H., Bray, A. W., Burke, I. T., Muir, D. D., Sapsford, D. J., Mayes, W. M. and Renforth, P. 2019. Atmospheric carbon capture performance of legacy iron and steel waste. Environmental Science and Technology 53(16), pp. 9502-9511. (10.1021/acs.est.9b01265)
- Tanner, D., McDonald, I., Harmer, R. J., Muir, D. D. and Hughes, H. S. 2019. A record of assimilation preserved by exotic minerals in the lowermost platinum-group element deposit of the Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone. Lithos 324-32, pp. 584-608. (10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.032)
- Ledwoch, K. et al. 2018. Beware Biofilm! Dry biofilms containing bacterial pathogens on multiple healthcare surfaces; a multicentre study. Journal of Hospital Infection 100(3), pp. e47-e56. (10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.028)
- Pritchard, M. et al. 2018. Synthesis: PLUTONS: Investigating the relationship between pluton growth and volcanism in the Central Andes. Geosphere 14(3), pp. 954-982. (10.1130/GES01578.1)
- McDonald, I., Hughes, H. R., Butler, I. B., Harris, J. W. and Muir, D. 2017. Homogenisation of sulphide inclusions within diamonds: A new approach to diamond inclusion geochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 216, pp. 335-357. (10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.039)
- Laumonier, M., Gaillard, F., Muir, D., Blundy, J. and Unsworth, M. 2017. Giant magmatic water reservoirs at mid-crustal depth inferred from electrical conductivity and the growth of the continental crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 457, pp. 173-180. (10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.023)
- Cassidy, M. et al. 2016. Volatile dilution during magma injections and implications for volcano explosivity. Geology 44(12), pp. 1027-1030. (10.1130/G38411.1)
- Muir, D., Barfod, D. N., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C., Sparks, R. S. J. and Clarke, K. M. 2015. The temporal record of magmatism at Cerro Uturuncu, Bolivian Altiplano. Geological Society Special Publication 422(1), pp. 57-83. (10.1144/SP422.1)
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C. and Hickey, J. 2014. Experimental constraints on dacite pre-eruptive magma storage conditions beneath uturuncu volcano. Journal of Petrology 55(4), pp. 749-767. (10.1093/petrology/egu005)
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. D., Hutchinson, M. C. and Rust, A. C. 2014. Petrological imaging of an active pluton beneath Cerro Uturuncu, Bolivia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 167(3), article number: 980. (10.1007/s00410-014-0980-z)
- Muir, D., Blundy, J. and Rust, A. 2012. Multiphase petrography of volcanic rocks using element maps: a method applied to Mount St. Helens, 1980-2005. Bulletin of Volcanology 74(5), pp. 1101-1120. (10.1007/s00445-012-0586-0)
- Melnik, O. E., Blundy, J. D., Rust, A. C. and Muir, D. 2011. Subvolcanic plumbing systems imaged through crystal size distributions. Geology 39(4), pp. 403-406. (10.1130/G31691.1)
Ymchwil
- Electron microscopy imaging and chemical analysis
- Igneous petrology
- Experimental petrology
Addysgu
I teach basic undergraduate fieldwork skills in various locations in South Wales. I also teach on the Geology and Mineral Exploration Cyprus field course.
Bywgraffiad
Education and qualifications
- 2013: PhD (Earth Sciences) University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- 2008: MSc (Earth Sciences) University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- 2004: BSc (Earh Sciences) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Career overview
- 2015 - present: Senior electron microbeam specialist, Cardiff University
- 2006 - 2009: Engineering Geology and Geotechnical staff, Fugro Geoconsulting Ltd., Oxford, UK
- 2005 - 2006: Exploration Geologist, Almaden Minerals Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Member of the Royal Microscopy Society
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
- 2013 - 2015: Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- Member of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Committee, Royal Microscopy Society
Ardrawiad
- Careers and role model panel, Grangetown Community Gateway, Cardiff (June 2020)