Matthijs A. Smit

My research focuses on constraining the dynamics and geochemistry of the lithosphere through time. Current research focuses on: 1) timing and duration of petrological processes; 2) formation of the early continental crust and mantle; 3) continental collision and exhumation; 4) controlling factors and novel applications in geochronology (Lu-Hf, U-Pb, Sm-Nd); 5) feedbacks among reactive fluid flow, phase changes and deformation in subducted crust. The research is done as part of the collaborative research initiative funded through CFI, BC-KDF and NSERC, and integrates field research, and petrological and micro-structural analysis, with analytical geochemistry and mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS, LA-ICPMS, TIMS). Research Areas: Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics

[2025] Tual, L., Authemayou, C., Lotout, C., Smit, M.A., Musiyachenko, K., Bussien Grosjean, D., Kooijman, E., Bruand, E. (2025) Origin and evolution of the Variscan Léon eclogites: insights from zircon and garnet petrochronology, Eur. J. Mineral. 37, 639–666, (https://ejm.copernicus.org/articles/37/639/2025/). [2025] Goumans, J., Smit, M.A., Musiyachenko, K.A., Rasbury. E.T., Bleeker, W., Caton, S.A., Halla, J., Hoffmann, J.E., Kooijman, E., Mezger, K., Pandey, O.P., Ravindran, A., Scherstén, A. (2025) Boron isotopes trace an increase in subduction-driven recycling of fluid-mobile elements in the Neoarchean. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 408, 1-11 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703725004880). [2025] Musiyachenko, K.A., Smit, M.A., Kopylova, M.G., Korsakov, A.V. (2025)