Научные интересы

Экспериментальное и теоретическое моделирование процессов магматизма и метаморфизма в литосфере, методики для оценок термодинамичкеских условий образования и эволюции пород верхней мантии и средней-нижней коры, термодинамика минералов и флюидов.

Научные публикации

•‎ Safonov O.G., Yapaskurt V.O., Elburg M.A., van Reenen D.D., Rajesh H. M., Smit C.A., Perchuk A.L., Butvina V. G. (2021) Melt- to shear-controlled exhumation of granulites in granite-gneiss domes: Petrological perspectives from metapelite of the Neoarchean Ha-Tshanzi structure, Central Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa. Journal of Petrology, https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egab097
•‎ Safonov O.G., Mityaev A.S., Yapaskurt V.O., Belyanin G.A., Elburg M., Rajesh H.M., Golunova M.A., Shcherbakov V.D., Butvina V.G., van Reenen D.D., Smit A.C. (2020) Carbonate-silicate inclusions in garnet as evidence for a carbonate-bearing source for fluids in leucocratic granitoids associated with granulites of the Southern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa. Gondwana Research, V. 77, pp. 147-167.
•‎ Aranovich L.Y., Safonov O.G. (2018) Halogens in high-grade metamorphism. In The role of halogens in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Geochemical Processes (Eds. D.E. Harlov, L.Y. Aranovich), Chapter 11, Springer, Cham, pp. 713-757; doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61667-4_11
•‎ Safonov O. G., Reutsky V. N., Varlamov D. A., Yapaskurt V. O., Golunova M. A., Shcherbakov V. D., van Reenen D.D., Smit C.A., Butvina V. G. (2018) Composition and source of fluids in high-temperature graphite-bearing granitoids associated with granulites: Examples from the Southern Marginal Zone. Limpopo Complex, South Africa. Gondwana Research, V. 60, pp. 129-152; doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2018.04.009.
•‎ Safonov O.G., Yapaskurt V.O., Elburg M., van Reenen D.D., Tatarinova D.S., Varlamov D.A., Golunova M.A., Smit C.A. (2018) P-T conditions, mechanism and timing of the localized melting of metapelites from the Petronella shear-zone and relationships with granite intrusions in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. South Africa. Journal of Petrology, V. 59, pp. 695-734; doi: 10.1093/petrology/egy052.
•‎ Safonov O.G., Aranovich L.Y. (2014) Alkali control of high-grade metamorphism and granitization. Geoscience Frontiers, V. 5, pp. 711-727; doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2014.03.010
•‎ Safonov O.G., Kosova S.A., van Reenen D.D. (2014) Interaction of biotite-amphibole gneiss with H2O-CO2-(K, Na)Cl fluids at 550 MPa and 750 and 800OC: Experimental study and applications to dehydration and partial melting in the middle crust. Journal of Petrology, V. 55, pp. 2419-245; doi: 10.1093/petrology/egu062
•‎ Safonov O.G., Kamenetsky V.S., Perchuk L.L. (2011) Links between carbonatite and kimberlite melts in chloride-carbonate-silicate systems: experiments and application to natural assemblages. Journal of Petrology, V. 52 (7-8), pp. 1307-1331.
•‎ Safonov О.G., Chertkova N.V., Perchuk L.L., Litvin, Yu.А. (2009) Experimental model for alkalic chloride-rich liquids in the upper mantle. Lithos, V. 12S, pp. 260-273.
•‎ Safonov O.G., Perchuk L.L., Litvin Yu.A. (2007) Melting relations in the chloride-carbonate-silicate systems at high-pressure and the model for formation of alkalic diamond-forming liquids in the upper mantle. Earth Planetary Science Letters, V. 123, pp. 112-128.

Премии и награды

Премия имени Д. С. Коркинского за серию работ «Активность щелочей в процессах преобразования коры и верхней мантии: развитие идей академика Д. С. Коркинского и перспективы», 2023 г.

Персональные профили исследователя

•‎ Web of Science: C-3921-2014
•‎ Scopus: 6602563075
•‎ РИНЦ: 67588
•‎ ORCID: 0000-0002-8163-4667.