🧪 Copper deposits trace back to magmatic systems up to 19 miles underground.
Emerson Long ’26 spent the past year recreating those conditions in Jay Thomas' lab, studying how copper splits between magma and fluid at depths most prior research hasn't reached.
Understanding of copper formation means examining material forged at depths of nine to 19 miles beneath the Earth’s surface. Remarkably, Emerson Long ’26 has spent the past year recreating those…