Publications

A complete list of peer-reviewed publications. See also my Google Scholar profile for citation metrics.

2026

Structure of liquid mercury at high pressure

Drewitt, James W. E., Turci, Francesco, Barnes, Adrian C., Heinen, Benedict J., Rogmann, Elena-Marie, Lord, Oliver T., Wilson, Craig W., Macleod, Simon G., Kleppe, Annette K.

Physical Review B, 004200 · DOI

2025

Low melt viscosity enables melt doublets above the 410-km discontinuity

Xie, Longjian, Andrault, Denis, Yoshino, Takashi, Han, Cunrui, Hammond, James O. S., Xu, Fang, Zhao, Bin, Lord, Oliver T., Fei, Yingwei, Falvard, Simon, Kakizawa, Sho, Tsujino, Noriyoshi, Higo, Yuji, Henry, Laura, Guignot, Nicolas, Dobson, David P.

Nature Communications, 16(1), 3239 · DOI

2024

Experimental Observation of a New Attenuation Mechanism in hcp‐Metals That May Operate in the Earth's Inner Core

Hunt, Simon A., Walker, Andrew M., Lord, Oliver T., Stackhouse, Stephen, Schardong, Lewis, Armstrong, Lora S., Parsons, Andrew J., Lloyd, Geoffrey E., Wheeler, John, Fenech, Danielle M., Michalik, Stefan, Whitaker, Matthew L.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(6) · DOI

Ferric iron stabilization at deep magma ocean conditions

Zhang, Hongluo L., Hirschmann, Marc M., Lord, Oliver T., Rosenthal, Anja, Yaroslavtsev, Sergey, Cottrell, Elizabeth, Chumakov, Alexandr I., Walter, Michael J.

Science Advances, 10(42), eadp1752 · DOI

High-temperature superconductivity in La4H23 below 100 GPa

Cross, Sam, Buhot, Jonathan, Brooks, Annabelle, Thomas, William, Kleppe, Annette, Lord, Oliver, Friedemann, Sven

Physical Review B, 109(2), L020503 · DOI

Mineral–water reactions in Earth’s mantle: Predictions from Born theory and ab initio molecular dynamics

Fowler, Sarah J., Sherman, David M., Brodholt, John P., Lord, Oliver T.

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 372, 111--123 · DOI

The effect of potassium on aluminous phase stability in the lower mantle

Rogmann, Elena-Marie, Jennings, Eleanor S., Ross, Jennifer, Miyajima, Nobuyoshi, Walter, Michael J., Kohn, Simon C., Lord, Oliver T.

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(5), 52 · DOI

Thermodynamic and kinetic controls on phase stability and incorporation of water in larnite (β-Ca2SiO4): implications for calcium silicate inclusions in diamonds

Gregson, Chris, Brooker, Richard A., Kohn, Simon C., Lord, Oliver T.

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(9), 82 · DOI

Unexpected increase in structural integrity caused by thermally induced dwarfism in large benthic foraminifera

Titelboim, Danna, Rothwell, Nikita J., Lord, Oliver T., Harniman, Robert L., Melbourne, Leanne A., Schmidt, Daniela N.

Royal Society Open Science, 11(4), 231280 · DOI

2023

Environmental impacts on the structural integrity of British rhodoliths

Melbourne, Leanne A., Brodie, Juliet, Rayfield, Emily J., Titelboim, Danna, Lord, Oliver T., Schmidt, Daniela N.

Scientific Reports, 13(1), 13473 · DOI

2022

Clean-limit superconductivity in Im3m H3S synthesized from sulfur and hydrogen donor ammonia borane

Osmond, Israel, Moulding, Owen, Cross, Sam, Muramatsu, Takaki, Brooks, Annabelle, Lord, Oliver, Fedotenko, Timofey, Buhot, Jonathan, Friedemann, Sven

Phys. Rev. B, 105, L220502 · DOI

Hydrous silicate melts and the deep mantle H2O cycle

James W.E. Drewitt, Michael J. Walter, John P. Brodholt, Joshua M.R. Muir, Oliver T. Lord

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 581, 117408 · DOI

Investigation of Chemical Interaction and Melting Using Laser-Heated Diamond Anvil Cell

Fei, Y, Walter, M J, Badro, J, Hirose, K, Lord, O T, Campbell A J, Ohtani, E

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Sulfur solubility in a deep magma ocean and implications for the deep sulfur cycle

Steenstra, E S, Lord, O T, Vitale, S, Bullock, E S, Klemme, S, Walter, M

Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 22, 5--9 · DOI

2021

Internal resistive heating of non-metallic samples to 3000 K and >60 GPa in the diamond anvil cell

Heinen,Benedict J. , Drewitt,James W. E. , Walter,Michael J. , Clapham,Charles , Qin,Fei , Kleppe,Annette K. , Lord,Oliver T.

Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(6), 063904 · DOI

Thermal stress reduces carbonate production of benthic foraminifera and changes the material properties of their shells

Danna Titelboim, Oliver T Lord, Daniela N Schmidt

ICES Journal of Marine Science · DOI

2020

Ontogenetic disparity in early planktic foraminifers

Oliver Lord, Sophie Kendall, Felix Gradstein, Christopher Jones, Oliver T. Lord, Daniela N. Schmidt

Journal of Micropalaeontology · DOI

Structural Ordering in Liquid Gallium under Extreme Conditions

Oliver Lord, James W. E. Drewitt, Francesco Turci, Benedict J. Heinen, Simon G. Macleod, Fei Qin, Annette K. Kleppe, Oliver T. Lord

Physical Review Letters · DOI

2019

The fate of carbonate in oceanic crust subducted into earth lower mantle

James W.E. Drewitt, Michael J. Walter, Hongluo Zhang, Sorcha C. McMahon, David Edwards, Benedict J. Heinen, Oliver T. Lord, Simone Anzellini, Annette K. Kleppe

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 511, 213--222 · DOI

2018

MIRRORS: A MATLAB GUI for temperature measurement by multispectral imaging radiometry

Oliver Lord, O. T. Lord, W. Wang

Review of Scientific Instruments · DOI

The speciation, distribution, transport, and impact of volatile elements in the Earth's interior

Oliver Lord

Chemical Geology · DOI

2017

Experimental constraints on melting temperatures in the MgO--SiO 2 system at lower mantle pressures

Marzena A. Baron, Oliver T. Lord, Robert Myhill, Andrew R. Thomson, Weiwei Wang, Reidar G. Tr, Michael J. Walter

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 186--196 · DOI

Fe–FeO and Fe–Fe3C melting relations at Earth's core–mantle boundary conditions: Implications for a volatile-rich or oxygen-rich core

Morard, G., Andrault, D., Antonangeli, D., Nakajima, Y., Auzende, A.L., Boulard, E., Cervera, S., Clark, A., Lord, O.T., Siebert, J., Svitlyk, V., Garbarino, G., Mezouar, M.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 473, 94--103 · DOI

High-pressure melting behavior of tin up to 105 GPa

R. Briggs, D. Daisenberger, O. T. Lord, A. Salamat, E. Bailey, M. J. Walter, P. F. McMillan

Physical Review B, 95(5) · DOI

On the damage and fracture of nuclear graphite at multiple length-scales

Dong Liu, Ken Mingard, Oliver T. Lord, Peter Flewitt

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 493, 246--254 · DOI

Structure and density of Fe-C liquid alloys under high pressure

G. Morard, Y. Nakajima, D. Andrault, D. Antonangeli, A. L. Auzende, E. Boulard, S. Cervera, A. N. Clark, O. T. Lord, J. Siebert, V. Svitlyk, G. Garbarino, M. Mezouar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth · DOI

2016

The phase diagram of NiSi under the conditions of small planetary interiors

David P Dobson, Simon A Hunt, Jabraan Ahmed, Oliver T Lord, Elizabeth TH Wann, James Santangeli, Ian G Wood, Lidunka Vočadlo, Andrew M Walker, Andrew R Thomson, Marzena A Baron, Hans J Mueller, Christian Lathe, Matthew Whitaker, Guillaume Morard, Mohamed Mezouar

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, - · DOI

2015

The equation of state of the Pmmn phase of NiSi

Oliver Lord

Journal of Applied Crystallography · DOI

The Stability of Hydrous Silicates in Earth's Lower Mantle: Experimental constraints from the Systems MgO-SiO2-H2O and MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O

Oliver Lord

Chemical Geology · DOI

2014

Experimental determination of melting in the systems enstatite-magnesite and calcite-magnesite from 15 to 80 GPa

Thomson, Andrew R., Walter, Michael J., Lord, Oliver T., Kohn, Simon C.

American Mineralogist

The melting curve of Ni to 1 Mbar

Oliver T. Lord, Ian G. Wood, David P. Dobson, Lidunka Vo, Weiwei Wang, Andrew R. Thomson, Elizabeth T.H. Wann, Guillaume Morard, Mohamed Mezouar, Michael J. Walter

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 408, 226--236 · DOI

The NiSi melting curve to 70GPa

Oliver Lord

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors · DOI

2013

The role of beam dispersion in Raman and photo-stimulated luminescence piezo-spectroscopy of yttria-stabilized zirconia in multi-layered coatings

Liu, Dong, Lord, Oliver, Stevens, Oliver, Flewitt, Peter E. J.

Acta Materialia, 61(1), 12-21

2012

Calibration of Raman Spectroscopy in the Stress Measurement of Air-Plasma-Sprayed Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia

Liu, Dong, Lord, Oliver, Flewitt, Peter E. J.

Applied Spectroscopy, 66(10), 1204-1209

High-pressure phase transitions and equations of state in NiSi. II. Experimental results

Lord, Oliver T., Vocadlo, Lidunka, Wood, Ian G., Dobson, David P., Clark, Simon M., Walter, Michael J.

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 45, 726-737

Perovskite Phase Relations in the System CaO-MgO-TiO2-SiO2 and Implications for Deep Mantle Lithologies

Armstrong, L. S., Walter, M. J., Tuff, J. R., Lord, O. T., Lennie, A. R., Kleppe, A. K., Clark, S. M.

Journal of Petrology, 53(3), 611-635

2011

Equation of state and phase diagram of FeO

Fischer, Rebecca A., Campbell, Andrew J., Shofner, Gregory A., Lord, Oliver T., Dera, Przemyslaw, Prakapenka, Vitali B.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 304(3-4), 496-502

Phase transition and metallization of FeO at high pressures and temperatures

Fischer, Rebecca A., Campbell, Andrew J., Lord, Oliver T., Shofner, Gregory A., Dera, Przemyslaw, Prakapenka, Vitali B.

Geophysical Research Letters, 38

2010

The FeSi phase diagram to 150 GPa

Lord, O. T., Walter, M. J., Dobson, D. P., Armstrong, L., Clark, S. M., Kleppe, A.

Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 115

Thermal diffusivity of MORB-composition rocks to 15GPa: implications for triggering of deep seismicity

Dobson, David P., Hunt, Simon A., McCormack, Richard, Lord, Oliver T., Weidner, Donald J., Li, Li, Walker, Andrew M.

High Pressure Research, 30(3), 406-414

2009

Melting in the Fe-C system to 70 GPa

Lord, O. T., Walter, M. J., Dasgupta, R., Walker, D., Clark, S. M.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 284(1-2), 157-167

X-ray absorption contrast images of binary chemical reactions

Walker, D., Lord, O. T., Walter, M. J., Clark, S. M.

Chemical Geology, 260(3-4), 211-220

2008

Primary carbonatite melt from deeply subducted oceanic crust

Walter, M. J., Bulanova, G. P., Armstrong, L. S., Keshav, S., Blundy, J. D., Gudfinnsson, G., Lord, O. T., Lennie, A. R., Clark, S. M., Smith, C. B., Gobbo, L.

Nature, 454(7204), 622-U30

2006

Subsolidus phase relations and perovskite compressibility in the system MgO-AlO1.5-SiO2 with implications for Earth's lower mantle

Walter, Michael J., Tronnes, Reidar G., Armstrong, Lora S., Lord, Oliver T., Caldwell, Wendel A., Clark, Simon M.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248(1-2), 77-89