The research centered around mantle petrology concentrates upon the petrologic evolution of different mantle and lower crustal domains.  Specific research projects includes the geochemical history of mantle and lower crustal xenoliths, megacryst petrogenesis and mantle metasomatism.

Papers resulting from this research:

Promprated P., Taylor L.A., and Neal C.R. (2003) Petrochemistry of mafic granulite xenoliths from Chantaburi-Trat basaltic field: Implications to the nature of the lower crust beneath Thailand.  Internat. Geol. Rev. 45, 383-406. 

Neal C.R., Haggerty S.E., and Sauter V. (2001) "Majorite" and "Silicate Perovskite" mineral compositions in xenoliths from Malaita. Science 292, 1015-1018.

Sobolev V.N., Taylor L.A., Snyder G.A., Jerde E.A., Neal C.R., and Sobolev N.V. (1999) Metasomatism of the mantle beneath Yakutia: A quantitative study of secondary chemistry and mineralogy in Udachnaya eclogites. Internat Geol. Rev. 41, 391-416.

Snyder G.A., Higgins, S.J., Taylor L.A., Jain J., Neal C.R., and Sharkov E. (1996) Archean enriched mantle beneath the Baltic Shield: Rare earth element evidence from the Burakovsky layered intrusions, southern Karelia, Russia. Internat. Geol. Rev. 38, 389-404.

Taylor L.A. and Neal C.R. (1993) Comment on "Trace-Element Crystal Chemistry of Mantle Eclogites" by F. A. Caporuscio and J. R. Smyth. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 113, 280-284.

Neal C.R., Taylor L.A., Davidson J.P., Holden P., Halliday A.N., Nixon P.H., Paces J.B., Clayton R.N., and Mayeda T.K. (1990) Eclogites with oceanic crustal and mantle signatures from the Bellsbank kimberlite, South Africa, part 2: Sr, Nd, and O isotope chemistry. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 99, 362-379.

Neal C.R. and Taylor L.A. (1990) Comment on "Mantle eclogites: Evidence of igneous fractionation within the mantle" by J. R. Smyth, F. A. Caporuscio, and T. C. McCormick. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 101, 112-119.

Taylor L.A. and Neal C.R. (1989) Eclogites with crustal and mantle signatures from the Bellsbank kimberlite, South Africa, part 1: Mineralogy, petrography, and whole-rock geochemistry. J. Geology 97, 551-567.

Neal C.R. and Taylor L.A. (1989) The petrography and composition of phlogopite micas from the Blue Ball kimberlite, Arkansas:  A record of chemical evolution during crystallization. Mineralogy and Petrology 40, 207-224.

Neal C.R. and Davidson J.P. (1989) An unmetasomatized source for the Malaitan alnöite (Solomon Islands):  Petrogenesis involving zone refining, megacryst fractionation, and oceanic crustal assimilation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 1975-1990.

Neal C.R. and Taylor L.A. (1989) Negative Ce anomaly in a peridotite xenolith from Malaita, Solomon Islands:  Evidence for crustal recycling into the mantle or mantle metasomatism? Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 1035-1040.

Neal C.R. and Taylor L.A. (1989) Metasomatic products of the Lunar Magma Ocean:  The role of KREEP dissemination. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 529-541.

Neal C.R. (1988) The Origin and Composition of Metasomatic Fluids and Amphiboles beneath Malaita, Solomon Islands. J. Petrology 29, 149-175.

Nixon P.H. and Neal C.R. (1987) Ontong Java Plateau:  Deep seated xenoliths from thick oceanic lithosphere.  In: Mantle Xenoliths, ed. P. H. Nixon, 335-345.  John Wiley and Sons.