Contacts
Research interests
I am a postdoctoral research fellow based at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra. My research focuses on mantle/experimental petrology, geothermobarometry and diamond exploration. My research aims to improve the understanding of the lithospheric architecture, mantle lithology and geochemistry of the Australian continent using mantle xenoliths and kimberlite indicator minerals recovered from diamond exploration programs. I have two current projects focused on the mantle beneath the Kimberley Craton of north-western Australia and the Phanerozoic Tasmanides of eastern Australia, as well as several smaller projects on new kimberlite discoveries acorss Australia and geothermobarometry related projects. In addition to current research, I also have a broad interest in high-temperature geochemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, and mineral exploration.
Groups
- Researcher, Experimental Petrology
Sudholz, Z. J., Yaxley, G. M., Jaques, A. L., Cooper, S., Czarnota, K., Taylor, W., Chen, J., & Knowles, B, (2022). Multi-stage evolution of the South Australian Craton: petrological constraints on the architecture, lithology and geochemistry of the lithospheric mantle. Geochemisrty, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Sudholz, Z. J., Green, D. H., Yaxley, G. M., & Jaques, A. L. (2022). Mantle Geothermometery: Experimental evaluation and recalibration of Fe-Mg exchange geothermometers for garnet-clinopyroxene and garnet-orthopyroxene in peridotite, pyroxenite and eclogite systems. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
Sudholz, Z. J., Yaxley, G. M., Jaques, A. L., & Chen, J. (2021). Ni-in-garnet geothermometry in mantle rocks: a high pressure experimental recalibration between 1100 and 1325° C. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176(5), 1-16.
Sudholz, Z. J., Yaxley, G. M., Jaques, A. L., & Brey, G. P. (2021). Experimental recalibration of the Cr-in-clinopyroxene geobarometer: improved precision and reliability above 4.5 GPa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176(2), 1-20.
