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Rosalind Coggon

Rosalind Coggon is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Rosalind Coggon rather than just read about it. In short: Rosalind Mary Coggon is an English scientist who is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Southampton. She is the co-editor of the 2050 Science Framework, which guides multidisciplinary subseafloor research.

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Reference excerpt

Rosalind Mary Coggon is an English scientist who is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Southampton. She is the co-editor of the 2050 Science Framework, which guides multidisciplinary subseafloor research. She was awarded the 2021 American Geophysical Union Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize.

Early life and education Coggon was an undergraduate student at the University of Cambridge, where she studied natural sciences. She moved to the University of Southampton as a doctoral researcher in 2001. Her research considered hydrothermal alteration of ocean crust on Macquarie Island. Her doctoral research involved field work on Macquarie as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). After graduating she was made a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Michigan. She returned to the United Kingdom in 2007, where she was appointed a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London. By studying the calcium carbonate veins that form in rocks beneath the seafloor, Coggon showed that the chemical composition of oceans varied considerably over geological time.

Research and career In 2010, Coggon was awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship and she moved to the University of Southampton. She was made a Royal Society University Research Fellow in 2018. Her research considers the role of fluids in the evolution of the ocean crust, and the quantification of chemical exchanges between the ageing crust and the overlying oceans. Coggon is co-editor of the International Ocean Discovery Program 2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling, which guides multidisciplinary subseafloor research. The framework identifies research frontiers that can only be achieved through ocean drilling. It has a thirty-year outlook and looks to achieve state-of-the-art scientific ocean drilling into the mid-21st century. Coggon was awarded the Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize in 2021. The prize, which honours contributions to scientific ocean drilling, is given in partnership between the American Geophysical Union and Japan Geoscience Union.

Selected publications R. Coggon; T. J. B. Holland (September 2002). "Mixing properties of phengitic micas and revised garnet-phengite thermobarometers". Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 20 (7): 683–696. Bibcode:2002JMetG..20..683C. doi:10.1046/j.1525-1314.2002.00395.x. ISSN 0263-4929. Wikidata Q61828880. Rosalind M Coggon; Damon A H Teagle; Christopher E Smith-Duque; Jeffrey C Alt; Matthew J Cooper (4 February 2010). "Reconstructing past seawater Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca from mid-ocean ridge flank calcium carbonate veins". Science. 327 (5969): 1114–1117. Bibcode:2010Sci...327.1114C. doi:10.1126/science.1182252. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 20133522. Wikidata Q43172629. Douglas S Wilson; Damon A H Teagle; Jeffrey C Alt; et al. (20 April 2006). "Drilling to gabbro in intact ocean crust". Science. 312 (5776): 1016–1020. Bibcode:2006Sci...312.1016W. doi:10.1126/science.1126090. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 16627698. Wikidata Q46364794.

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Rosalind Coggon

In research: Rosalind Coggon appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Rosalind Coggon in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Rosalind Coggon is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academics of the University of Southampton, Alumni of the University of Cambridge, Alumni of the University of Southampton, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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