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CASTILLO, PATERNO

Professor of Geology

Degrees:

• B.S., University of the Philippines
• M.S., University of Akron
• Ph.D., Washington University

Research Interests:

• Petrology and isotope geochemistry of MORB and OIB
• Petrologic and tectonic evolution of the western Pacific
• Mantle geodynamics

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 144: Intro to Isotope Geochemistry
• SIO 240: Marine Geology
• SIO 252A: Intro to Isotope Geochemistry
• SIO 30: The Oceans
• SIO144: Intro to Isotope Geochemistry
• SIO152: Petrology and Petrography
• SIO155: Petrology & Geochem/Earth
• SIO240: Marine Geology
• SIO251: Petrology & Geochem/Earth
• SIO252A: Intro to Isotope Geochemistry
• SIO253: Interactions/Oceanic Plates
• SIO257: Seminar in Petrology
• SIO30: The Oceans

Honors and Awards:

• Geological Society of America Fellow, 2008
• Carnegie Institution, DTM Postdoctoral Fellow, 1986-1988
• Smithsonian Institution Graduate Student Fellow, 1985
• Harold T. Stearns Fellow, 1984
• Wheeler Foundation Fellow, 1982
• Most outstanding graduate student, Geology Dept., Akron Univ., 1981
• Sixth place in the Philippine Geologist Licensure Examination, 1977
• Philippine Bureau of Mines and Geosciences Scholar, 1974-1977
• University of the Philippines Entrance Scholar, 1973

Mentoring:

• Tian, Lian (Graduate; 2005-)
• Rigby, Samuel (Graduate; 2002-2004)
• Thomas, Christina (Graduate; 2000-2002)
• Solidum, Renato (Graduate; 1996-2002)
• Campbell, Douglas (Graduate; 1993-1999)
• Janney, Philip (Graduate; 1990-1995)

Selected recent publications: Castillo, P.R., Clague, D.A., Davis, A.S., and Lonsdale, P.F., “Petrogenesis of Davidson Seamount lavas and its implications for fossil spreading center and intraplate magmatism in the eastern Pacific”, G-cubed, 11, Q02005, doi: 10.1029/2009GC002992, 2010.

Castillo, P.R., Lonsdale, P.F., Moran, C.L., and Hawkins, J.W., “Geochemistry of mid-Cretaceous Pacific Crust Being Subducted Along the Tonga-Kermadec Trench: Implications for the Generation of Arc Lavas” Lithos 112, 87-102, 2009.

Castillo, P.R., “The origin of the adakite - high-Nb basalt association and its implications for post-subduction magmatism in Baja California, Mexico” Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 120, 451-462, 2008.

Castillo, P.R., Rigby, S.J., and Solidum, R.U., “Origin of high field strength element enrichment in volcanic arcs: geochemical evidence from the Sulu Arc, Southern Philippines” Lithos, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.12.012, 2007.

Castillo, P.R., Scarsi, P. and Craig, H., “He, Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic constraints on the origin of the Marquesas and other linear volcanic chains” Chemical Geology, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.02.012, 2007.

Castillo, P.R., “An overview of adakite petrogenesis” Chinese Science Bulletin 51, 257-268, 2006.

Castillo, P.R., and Newhall, C.G., "Geochemical Constraints on Possible Subduction Components in Lavas of Mayon and Taal Volcanoes, Southern Luzon, Philippines" J. Petrol. 43, 1089–1108, 2004.

Castillo, P.R., Solidum, R.U., and Punongbayan, R.S., “Origin of HFSE enrichment in the Sulu Arc, southern Philippines, revisited” Geology 30, 707-710, 2002.