Petrographic thin section under cross-polarised light, showing bright golden-yellow olivine crystals set in a dark matrix.

Measuring CompositionMapping ElementsTracing SignaturesReading Origins

Pallasite meteorite
About

Cobb Meadow Research is a nonprofit applying geochemistry at frontiers in the Earth, planetary, archaeological and environmental sciences.

Identifying where something came from is the difference between guessing and knowing.

Vision
A world where every material can tell us where it came from.
Mission
We are a nonprofit that uses geochemistry to recover the origins of materials, from rocks to artefacts, as a public resource.
Affiliated Researchers
  • Charles E Lesher, PhD (HARVARD UNIV.)
    PROFESSOR, EMERITUS, UC DAVIS
  • Gry H. Barfod, PhD (UNIV. OF COPENHAGEN)
  • Ian Freestone, PhD (UNIV. OF LEEDS)
    Professor, emeritus, University College London
  • Peter Thy, PhD (AARHUS UNIV.)
    Research Scientist, emeritus, UC Davis
  • Eric L. Brown, PhD (UC DAVIS)
    Assistant Professor for Research, Michigan State University
Research

Geochemistry at frontiers in the Earth, planetary, archaeological and environmental sciences.

Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland: mountains reflected in a still glacial lake with drifting ice
Skaergaard intrusion, E. Greenland.

Earth and planetary science: field investigations, experimental petrology/mineral-melt physics, isotope geochemistry, numerical modeling.

Present collaborators
  • Aarhus University, DK
  • University of Toronto, CA
  • Geol Survey of DK and Greenland, GEUS
Blue, green and colourless archaeological glass beads and fragments from Ribe, Denmark
Archaeologic glass, Ribe, DK: Museum Vest / Ribe's Vikings, Denmark.

Archaeology: Provenance, production and recycling/upcycling of archaeological materials.

Present collaborators
  • Corning Museum of Glass, USA
  • Brown University, USA
  • Institut de Recherche sur les Archéomatériaux, FR
  • Universidade de Évora, PT
  • Museum Vest, DK
  • Aarhus University, DK
Small-scale pyrolysis reactor burning biomass pellets in the snow
Smal-scale pyrolysis reactor.

Environmental science: biomass, waste and natural resources.

Present collaborators
  • University of California, Davis, USA
  • Moesgaard Museum, DK
Contact

Camden, Maine.

Enquires into collaborations:

Physical
296 Cobb Rd, Camden, Maine 04843 USA
Mailing
PO Box 799, Camden, Maine 04843