Search Results - "James, D. M. D"
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Zinc isotopic evidence for the origin of the Moon
Published in Nature (London) (18-10-2012)“…Lunar magmatic rocks are shown to be enriched in the heavy isotopes of zinc and to have lower zinc concentrations than terrestrial or Martian igneous rocks;…”
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Tungsten-182 heterogeneity in modern ocean island basalts
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-04-2017)“…New tungsten isotope data for modern ocean island basalts (OIB) from Hawaii, Samoa, and Iceland reveal variable 182W/184W, ranging from that of the ambient…”
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Metal grains in lunar rocks as indicators of igneous and impact processes
Published in Meteoritics & planetary science (01-08-2020)“…Anhedral metal grains of >micrometer size occur in many lunar rock types, including mare basalts, magnesian suite rocks (MGS), ferroan anorthosites (FAN), and…”
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Stochastic Late Accretion to Earth, the Moon, and Mars
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (10-12-2010)“…Core formation should have stripped the terrestrial, lunar, and martian mantles of highly siderophile elements (HSEs). Instead, each world has disparate, yet…”
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A changing thermal regime revealed from shallow to deep basalt source melting in the Moon
Published in Nature communications (09-12-2022)“…Sample return missions have provided the basis for understanding the thermochemical evolution of the Moon. Mare basalt sources are likely to have originated…”
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Halogens in chondritic meteorites and terrestrial accretion
Published in Nature (London) (30-11-2017)“…Halogen abundances in chondrites are 6 to 37 times lower than previously reported, which is consistent with the low abundances of these elements found in…”
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Reconciling metal–silicate partitioning and late accretion in the Earth
Published in Nature communications (18-05-2021)“…Highly siderophile elements (HSE), including platinum, provide powerful geochemical tools for studying planet formation. Late accretion of chondritic…”
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Long-term changes in northern large-herbivore communities reveal differential rewilding rates in space and time
Published in PloS one (21-05-2019)“…Herbivores have important impacts on ecological and ecosystem dynamics. Population density and species composition are both important determinants of these…”
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Multiple early-formed water reservoirs in the interior of Mars
Published in Nature geoscience (01-04-2020)“…The abundance and distribution of water within Mars through time plays a fundamental role in constraining its geological evolution and habitability. The…”
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Ancient Melt-Depletion in Fresh to Strongly Serpentinized Tonga Trench Peridotites
Published in Journal of petrology (01-12-2021)“…ABSTRACT Peridotites from the Tonga Trench are some of the deepest-derived and freshest ever obtained from the seafloor. This study reports new bulk-rock…”
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Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
Published in Nature climate change (01-09-2015)“…Rapid climate warming has been linked to increasing shrub dominance in the Arctic tundra. Research now shows that climate–shrub growth relationships vary…”
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Contrasting spatial, temporal and environmental patterns in observation and specimen based species occurrence data
Published in PloS one (26-04-2018)“…Species occurrence data records the location and time of an encounter with a species, and is valuable for many aspects of ecological and evolutionary analyses…”
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Low retention of impact material by the Moon
Published in Nature (London) (01-07-2019)“…Simulations demonstrate that the Moon’s ability to retain material from striking impactors is lower than was previously assumed. This finding helps to explain…”
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Reported ultra-low lava viscosities from the 2021 La Palma eruption are potentially biased
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Olivine-rich achondrites from Vesta and the missing mantle problem
Published in Nature communications (14-09-2021)“…Mantles of rocky planets are dominantly composed of olivine and its high-pressure polymorphs, according to seismic data of Earth’s interior, the mineralogy of…”
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Late accretion as a natural consequence of planetary growth
Published in Nature geoscience (01-09-2012)“…The mantles of the terrestrial planets contain elemental abundances that suggest accretion continued at a late stage, after core formation. Geochemical data of…”
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Martian magmatism from plume metasomatized mantle
Published in Nature communications (15-11-2018)“…Direct analysis of the composition of Mars is possible through delivery of meteorites to Earth. Martian meteorites include ∼165 to 2400 Ma shergottites,…”
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Legacy effects of herbivory on treeline dynamics along an elevational gradient
Published in Oecologia (01-03-2022)“…Treelines are expected to expand into alpine ecosystems with global warming, but herbivory may delay this expansion. This study quantifies long-term effects of…”
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Pacific Lithosphere Evolution Inferred from Aitutaki Mantle Xenoliths
Published in Journal of petrology (01-09-2019)“…Abstract Highly siderophile element (HSE: Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, Pd, Re), major and trace element abundances, and 187Re–187Os systematics are reported for xenoliths…”
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Highly siderophile element depletion in the Moon
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (01-08-2015)“…Coupled 187Os/188Os and highly siderophile element (HSE: Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, Pd, Re) abundance data are reported for Apollo 12 (12005, 12009, 12019, 12022, 12038,…”
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