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Dr. Thomas Griffiths, MSc
Thomas Griffiths
T: +43-1-4277-54318
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Griffiths-5
Peres, S., Griffiths, T., Colle, F., Iannini Lelarge, S., Masotta, M., Pontesilli, A., Mancini, L., & Abart, R. (2024). Identifying crystal nucleation mechanisms in a synthetic trachybasalt: a multimodal approach. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(9), Article 84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-024-02161-w
Kohn, V., Alifirova, T., Daneu, N., Griffiths, T., Libowitzky, E., Linner, M., Ertl, A., Abart, R., & Habler, G. (2024). Directed growth of a sector-zoned garnet in a pegmatoid from the Bohemian Massif, Austria. Lithos, 466-467.
Joachim-Mrosko, B., Konzett, J., Ludwig, T., Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Libowitzky, E., & Stalder, R. (2023). Al and H incorporation and Al-diffusion in natural rutile and its high-pressure polymorph TiO2 (II). In V. V. Schijndel, K. Cutts, I. Pereira, M. Guitreau, S. Volante, & M. Tedeschi (Eds.), Minor Minerals, Major Implications: Using Key Mineral Phases to Unravel the Formation and Evolution of Earth's Crust (pp. 123-147). The Geological Society of London. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6829367.v1
Peres, S., Griffiths, T., Colle, F., Iannini Lelarge, S., Masotta, M., Pontesilli, A., & Mancini, L. (2023). Discerning different nucleation mechanisms in synthetic trachybasalts: example from three Titanomagnetite populations in single experiments. Paper presented at MinWien2023, Wien, Austria. Advance online publication.
Kohn, V., Griffiths, T., Libowitzky, E., Ageeva, O., Abart, R., & Habler, G. (2023). Petrogenetic information stored in needle-shaped rutile inclusions in pegmatoid garnet. Paper presented at MinWien2023, Wien, Austria. Advance online publication.
un, U., Huraiova, M., Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Abart, R., Hurai, V., & un, U. (2023). Preliminary EBSD analysis and interpretation of Spinel-Olivine-Plagioclase pseudomorphs in skarnoid xenoliths from Southern Slovakia. Advance online publication.
Schuster, R., Tiede, L., Ageeva, O., Griffiths, T., Abart, R., & Habler, G. (2023). Microstructure and texture of a spinel corona around a basalt hosted corundum xenocrystal. Journal of Petrology, 64(2), Article egac130. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac130
Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Ageeva, O., Sutter, C., Ferrière, L., & Abart, R. (2023). The origin of lattice rotation during dendritic crystallization of clinopyroxene. Journal of Petrology, 64(1), 1-19. Article egac125. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac125
Peres, S., Griffiths, T., Colle, F., Iannini Lelarge, S., Masotta, M., Pontesilli, A., & Mancini, L. (2023). Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation in synthetic trachybasalts: microstructural evidence from Titanomagnetite crystals of different populations. EGU, General Assembly 2023, Wien, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15129
Kohn, V., Alifirova, T., Daneu, N., Griffiths, T., Abart, R., & Habler, G. (2023). Nanoinclusions in apparently inclusion-free sector-zoned pegmatoid garnet – their impact on P, Ti and Na concentrations. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-4836
Rice, A. H. N., Hofmann, C., Tschegg, C., Anderson, M., Hobiger, G., & Griffiths, T. (2023). Palinspastic reconstructions constrained by sediment geochemistry; a new approach to correlating structurally dismembered lithostratigraphic units in the Caledonides of N. Scandinavia. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2089
Griffiths, T., Habler, G., Ageeva, O., Sutter, C., Ferriere, L., & Abart, R. (2023). What is the cause of lattice rotation in clinopyroxene dendrites?. EGU, General Assembly 2023, Wien, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9162
Sutter, C., Habler, G., Abart, R., Griffiths, T., & Ferrière, L. (2021). CURVED GROWTH OF CLINOPYROXENE DENDRITES IN A BASALTIC ROCK-PSEUDOFULGURITE. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 167, 148.
Kohn, V., Griffiths, T., Abart, R., & Habler, G. (2021). Microstructure and Orientation Relationships of a Garnet Host Crystal and Rutile Inclusions in a Pegmatite from the Moldanubian Zone (Bohemian Massif, AT). Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 167, 115.
Peres, S., Griffiths, T., Colle, F., Iannini Lelarge, S., Mancini, L., Masotta, M., & Pontesilli, A. (2021). SYNCHROTRON RADIATION MICROTOMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF A SYNTHETIC TRACHYBASALT: INSIGHTS INTO TITANOMAGNETITE NUCLEATION MECHANISMS. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 167, 132.
Griffiths, T., Kohn, V., Abart, R., & Habler, G. (2021). Using electron backscatter diffraction to determine the formation mechanism of mineral inclusions in garnet. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10116
Griffiths, T., Habler, G., & Abart, R. (2020). Determining the origin of inclusions in garnet: Challenges and new diagnostic criteria. American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal, 320(9), 753-789. https://doi.org/10.2475/11.2020.01
Li, C., Habler, G., Griffiths, T., Rečnik, A., Jeřábek, P., Götze, L. C., Mangler, C., Pennycook, T., Meyer, J. C., & Abart, R. (2018). Structure evolution of h.c.p./c.c.p. metal oxide interfaces in solid-state reactions. Acta Crystallographica. Section A: Foundation and Advances, 74(5), 466-480. https://doi.org/10.1107/S205327331800757X
Griffiths, T., Habler, G., & Abart, R. (2018). Inclusion formation in pegmatite garnet by oriented nucleation and intergrowth. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, Article EGU2018-15257. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-15257.pdf
Li, C., Jerabek, P., Habler, G., Griffiths, T., Rečnik, A., Mangler, C., Pennycook, T., Meyer, J. C., & Abart, R. (2018). Structure of reaction interfaces and their migration during diffusive phase transformations. Geophysical Research Abstracts.

EBSD analysis of geomaterials: identifying key targets for the application of new technologies

Thomas Griffiths (Invited speaker) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

23 Oct 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Unravelling the evolution of partially molten silicate systems using EBSD and MTEX

Thomas Griffiths (Invited speaker)

11 Mar 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Discerning different nucleation mechanisms in synthetic trachybasalts: example from three Titanomagnetite populations in single experiments

Stefano Peres (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Fabio Colle (Contributor), Stefano Iannini Lelarge (Contributor), Matteo Masotta (Contributor), Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor) & Lucia Mancini (Contributor)

17 Sept 2023 → 21 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Nanoinclusions in apparently inclusion-free sector-zoned pegmatoid garnet – their impact on P, Ti and Na concentrations

Victoria Kohn (Speaker), Taisia Alifirova (Contributor), Nina Daneu (Contributor), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Rainer Abart (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

30 Apr 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

What is the cause of lattice rotation in clinopyroxene dendrites?

Thomas Griffiths (Speaker), Gerlinde Habler (Contributor), Olga Ageeva (Contributor), Christoph Sutter (Contributor), Ludovic Ferrière (Contributor) & Rainer Abart (Contributor)

26 Apr 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation in synthetic trachybasalts: microstructural evidence from Titanomagnetite crystals of different populations

Stefano Peres (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Fabio Colle (Contributor), Stefano Iannini Lelarge (Contributor), Matteo Masotta (Contributor), Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor) & Lucia Mancini (Contributor)

23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Petrogenetic information stored in needle-shaped rutile inclusions in pegmatoid garnet

Victoria Kohn (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Eugen Libowitzky (Contributor), Olga Ageeva (Contributor), Rainer Abart (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Studying the nature, variability and relative frequencies of crystallographic and shape orientation relationships between TiO2 inclusions and their garnet host crystal

Gerlinde Habler (Speaker), Victoria Kohn (Contributor), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Taisia Alifirova (Contributor) & Nina Daneu (Contributor)

22 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Heterogeneous nucleation of crystals in synthetic trachybasalts

Stefano Peres (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Fabio Colle (Contributor), Stefano Iannini Lelarge (Contributor), Matteo Masotta (Contributor), Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor) & Lucia Mancini (Contributor)

21 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

GARNET GROWTH IN A KYANITE-BEARING PERALUMINOUS PEGMATOID FROM THE MOLDANUBIAN ZONE (BOHEMIAN MASSIF, AT)

Victoria Kohn (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Taisia Alifirova (Contributor), Nina Daneu (Contributor), Rainer Abart (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

12 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Atomic scale structure of garnet-rutile interfaces in host-inclusion systems

Taisia Alifirova (Speaker), Nina Daneu (Contributor), Victoria Kohn (Contributor), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Aleksander Rečnik (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

21 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Micro- to nanoscale features of rutile needles in metapegmatite garnet

Taisia Alifirova (Speaker), Nina Daneu (Contributor), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

12 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Kinetic crystallization of a high-K basalt melt undercooled in laboratory: Implications for modeling open conduit dynamics at Stromboli volcano

Simone Costa (Speaker), Fabio Colle (Contributor), Matteo Masotta (Contributor), Silvio Mollo (Contributor), Patrizia Landi (Contributor), Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor), Stefano Peres (Contributor), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor) & Lucia Mancini (Contributor)

24 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Re-equilibration of clinopyroxene-titanomagnetite clusters: the effect of isothermal annealing time and melt water content

Thomas Griffiths (Speaker), Gerlinde Habler (Contributor), Stefano Peres (Contributor), Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor) & Matteo Masotta (Contributor)

24 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Titanomagnetite-clinopyroxene clustering in synthetic trachybasalts: Insight into nucleation mechanisms from new experimental samples

Stefano Peres (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Fabio Colle (Contributor), Stefano Iannini Lelarge (Contributor), Matteo Masotta (Contributor), Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor) & Lucia Mancini (Contributor)

24 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Rutile Inclusions in Garnet: Microstructure and Orientation Relationships of a Garnet Host Crystal and Rutile Inclusions in a Pegmatite from the Moldanubian Zone (Bohemian Massif, AT)

Victoria Kohn (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Rainer Abart (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

21 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Synchrotron radiation microtomographic analysis of a synthetic trachybasalts: insight into titanomagnatite nucleation mechanisms

Stefano Peres (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Fabio Colle (Contributor), Stefano Iannini Lelarge (Contributor), Lucia Mancini (Contributor), Matteo Masotta (Contributor) & Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor)

21 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

COMBINING CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIPS AND MICROSTRUCTURES TO DETERMINE MINERAL INCLUSION ORIGINS

Thomas Griffiths (Keynote speaker), Victoria Kohn (Contributor), Taisia Alifirova (Contributor), Rainer Abart (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

1 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Using electron backscatter diffraction to determine the formation mechanism of mineral inclusions in garnet

Thomas Griffiths (Speaker), Victoria Kohn (Contributor), Rainer Abart (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

29 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The effect of melt water content and isothermal annealing time on the formation and evolution of clinopyroxene-titanomagnetite clusters

Stefano Peres (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Matteo Masotta (Contributor) & Alessio Pontesilli (Contributor)

26 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Crystallographic and Shape Orientation Relationships Between a Pegmatite Garnet Host Crystal and Rutile Inclusions (Moldanubian Zone, Bohemian Massif, AT).

Victoria Kohn (Speaker), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Rainer Abart (Contributor) & Gerlinde Habler (Contributor)

25 Feb 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Understanding the growth mechanism of solid-state reaction in oxides from the atomic interface structures

Chen Li (Speaker), Gerlinde Habler (Contributor), Thomas Griffiths (Contributor), Petr Jerabek (Contributor), L.C. Götze (Contributor), Timothy Pennycook (Contributor), Clemens Mangler (Contributor), Jannik C. Meyer (Contributor) & Rainer Abart (Contributor)

21 Aug 2017 → 25 Aug 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Using EBSD to study host-inclusion crystallographic orientation relationships

Thomas Griffiths (Speaker)

22 Jun 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Mineral reactions and deformation of solid-phase inclusions and their host crystals

Thomas Griffiths (Contributor)

3 Sept 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Crystal clustering in magmas: mechanisms and significance

Griffiths, T.

6/07/20 → 5/04/25

Project: Research funding

GInA: Mineral inclusions in garnet: nanostructure-texture-genesis

Habler, G., Rečnik, A., Alifirova, T., Kohn, V., Griffiths, T., Abart, R., Ageeva, O., Daneu, N., Dražić, G. & Komelj, M.

1/12/19 → 30/11/23

Project: Research funding

The influence of defect structures at reaction interfaces and shear-deformation on reaction rim growth kinetics in the MgO-Al2O3 system

Habler, G., Abart, R., Li, C., Griffiths, T. & Tiede, L.

20/05/14 → 31/03/18

Project: Research funding

Mineral reactions and deformation in host-inclusion settings

Habler, G., Grasemann, B., Abart, R., Griffiths, T., Eberlei, T., Kovaleva, E. & Rogowitz, A.

1/10/10 → 30/09/15

Project: Research funding

Department of Lithospheric Research

Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 (UZA II)
1090 Wien
Room: 2B307

T: +43-1-4277-54318

th.griffiths@univie.ac.at