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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Hydrogen (H2) is naturally produced all over Earth, but there are still many knowledge gaps in concentrations, fluxes and migration. New review paper in Earth-Sci. Rev. with @avitaleb.bsky.social et al., supported by @carnegiescience.bsky.social @deep-carbon.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Visual abstract for Wong et al. (2026, Earth-Sci. Rev.)

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Great evening at the Planetary Interiors trivia night at #AGU25! A respectable 2nd place for the American GeoQuizical Union @aguvgp.bsky.social

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I'll be at #AGU25 this week! Talking olivine diffusion in Ethiopian Rift materials Tuesday afternoon (T23A), and have many many @weareagc.bsky.social stickers... come hunt me down if you want some!

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Happy to get started at @carnegiescience.bsky.social today as a postdoctoral fellow! Looking forward to tackling hydrogen formation during subduction again #geology #hydrogen

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Nature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · 15/08/2025

⚒️ Article: Rapid crustal transit of magmas beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift @geokevw.bsky.social @murphyqm.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Schematic illustration of the proposed model for preeruptive intrusion in the Main Ethiopian Rift

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

This work was supported by UKRI NERC Leeds-York DTP SPHERES, and concludes the research performed during my PhD. A big thank you to all the coauthors and collaborators who helped me tackle basaltic volcanism in the Ethiopian Rift! 6/6

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Our timescales are similar to time intervals between intrusions recorded by geophysical means in more mature rifts. The magmatic systems that facilitate late-stage rifting have already developed before substantial thinning of the rifting plate under Ethiopia. 5/6

Figure 6 of Wong et al., comparing the times from olivine diffusion chronometry in the Main Ethiopian Rift to magmatic rift intrusion intervals recorded geophysically at other rift systems.

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Modelling Fe-Mg diffusion across these crystals, we conclude that high-Mg magmas and olivine crystals from the lower crust are injected and mixed into lower Mg magmas and crystals in the mid-crust, weeks–months before eruption. 4/6

Figure 5 of Wong et al., showing a schematic diagram for magma movement in the Main Ethiopian Rift crust.

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Compositional zones in olivine crystals are evidence for pre-eruptive chemical disequilibrium resulting from magma movement. We see two types of zoning from MER scoria cone fields: higher Mg cores/lower Mg rims (a), and vice versa (b, c). 3/6

Figure 3 of Wong et al., illustrating compositional zones in olivine and diffusional model fits to those zones.

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Rifts shape Earth’s surface. Young rifts extend by faulting, but mature rifts extend by magmatic activity. Determining when efficient crustal magma delivery systems develop in intermediate-stage rifts (like the MER) can help constrain the seismic-to-magmatic transition. 2/6

Figure 1 of Wong et al., showing the locations of the Main Ethiopian Rift where samples in this study have been collected from.

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Magmas move rapidly beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER), suggesting that an efficient rift magmatic system has already developed despite its relative tectonic immaturity! New research in Nature Geoscience: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 1/6

Visual abstract for 'Rapid crustal transit of magmas beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift', by Wong et al.

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Pleasure to participate today in Prof. Chen Zhu's geochemical modelling short course at @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social !

Participants of the short course stood on the Sedgwick Museum stairs.

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

...however, happy to say that I've rejoined Cambridge Earth Sciences as a postdoc for a short while, then off to Carnegie later this year!

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A time of change for me! My tenure with @deep-carbon.bsky.social Unibo has ended, thanks to @avitaleb.bsky.social et al. for being fantastic hosts and colleagues! Sad to leave such a welcoming environment...

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Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry @weareagc.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Here we are, AGC is open for submission! Find us here: agcj.org #DiamondOpenAccess #AGC

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Kev Wong @geokevw.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

My friend in Edinburgh has let me know that they use my name badge from a PhD interview there 7 years ago as a festive decoration #Christmas

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