Search Results - "Rutherford, Malcolm J."

Water in the Moon's interior: Truth and consequences by Hauri, Erik H., Saal, Alberto E., Rutherford, Malcolm J., Van Orman, James A.

“…Geochemical data for H2O and other volatiles, as well as major and trace elements, are reported for 377 samples of lunar volcanic glass from three chemical…”
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Hydrogen Isotopes in Lunar Volcanic Glasses and Melt Inclusions Reveal a Carbonaceous Chondrite Heritage by Saal, Alberto E., Hauri, Erik H., Van Orman, James A., Rutherford, Malcolm J.

“…Water is perhaps the most important molecule in the solar system, and determining its origin and distribution in planetary interiors has important implications…”
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Carbon content and degassing history of the lunar volcanic glasses by Wetzel, Diane T., Hauri, Erik H., Saal, Alberto E., Rutherford, Malcolm J.

“…The volatile-rich eruptions required to produce the lunar volcanic glasses are at odds with a volatile-poor Moon. Analyses of the glasses suggest that there…”
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Degassing of reduced carbon from planetary basalts by Wetzel, Diane T., Rutherford, Malcolm J., Jacobsen, Steven D., Hauri, Erik H., Saal, Alberto E.

“…Degassing of planetary interiors through surface volcanism plays an important role in the evolution of planetary bodies and atmospheres. On Earth, carbon…”
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Origin and Evolution of Water in the Moon's Interior by Hauri, Erik H, Saal, Alberto E, Nakajima, Miki, Anand, Mahesh, Rutherford, Malcolm J, Van Orman, James A, Le Voyer, Marion

“…Nearly forty years after the return of the first lunar samples to Earth, improvements in laboratory detection limits made possible the first definitive…”
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Graphite oxidation in the Apollo 17 orange glass magma: Implications for the generation of a lunar volcanic gas phase by Nicholis, Mike G., Rutherford, Malcolm J.

“…An Apollo 17 picritic orange glass composition has been used to experimentally investigate the conditions at which graphite would oxidize to form a CO-rich…”
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Expanding the application of the Eu-oxybarometer to the lherzolitic shergottites and nakhlites: Implications for the oxidation state heterogeneity of the Martian interior by McCANTA, Molly C., ELKINS-TANTON, Linda, RUTHERFORD, Malcolm J.

“…— Experimentally rehomogenized melt inclusions from the nakhlite Miller Range 03346 (MIL 03346) and the lherzolitic shergottite Allan Hills 77005 (ALH 77005)…”
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Volcanically Induced Transient Atmospheres on the Moon: Assessment of Duration, Significance, and Contributions to Polar Volatile Traps by Head, James W., Wilson, Lionel, Deutsch, Ariel N., Rutherford, Malcolm J., Saal, Alberto E.

“…A transient lunar atmosphere formed during a peak period of volcanic outgassing and lasting up to about ~70 Ma was recently proposed. We utilize…”
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Petrology and Fe–Ti oxide reequilibration of the 1991 Mount Unzen mixed magma by Venezky, Dina Y, Rutherford, Malcolm J

“…A dacitic magma (64.5 wt.% SiO 2), a mixture of phenocryst-rich rhyodacite and an aphyric mafic magma, was erupted during the recent 1991–1995 Mount Unzen…”
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Magma storage and mixing conditions for the 1953–1974 eruptions of Southwest Trident volcano, Katmai National Park, Alaska by Coombs, Michelle L, Eichelberger, John C, Rutherford, Malcolm J

“…Between 1953 and 1974, approximately 0.5 km(3) of andesite and dacite erupted from a new vent on the southwest flank of Trident volcano in Katmai National…”
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Magma storage prior to the 1912 eruption at Novarupta, Alaska by Hammer, Julia E., Rutherford, Malcolm J., Hildreth, Wes

“…New analytical and experimental data constrain the storage and equilibration conditions of the magmas erupted in 1912 from Novarupta in the 20th century's…”
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Petrologic and experimental evidence for the movement and heating of the pre-eruptive Minoan rhyodacite (Santorini, Greece) by Cottrell, Elizabeth, Gardner, James E, Rutherford, Malcolm J

“…Hydrothermal experiments combined with petrologic observations form the basis for a new two-stage model for the evolution of the pre-eruption Minoan magma…”
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An experimental study of the kinetics of decompression-induced crystallization in silicic melt by Hammer, Julia E., Rutherford, Malcolm J.

“…Experiments were conducted to study the temporal evolution of feldspar crystallization kinetics during isothermal decompression. Pinatubo dacite was held at…”
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Magmatic Conditions and Magma Ascent as Indicated by Hornblende Phase Equilibria and Reactions in the 1995-2002 Soufriere Hills Magma by RUTHERFORD, M. J.

“…A study of amphiboles and associated minerals in samples of Soufriere Hills andesite erupted from 1995 to 2002 shows significant compositional variations…”
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Pre-eruptive and syn-eruptive conditions in the Black Butte, California dacite: Insight into crystallization kinetics in a silicic magma system by McCanta, Molly C., Rutherford, Malcolm J., Hammer, Julia E.

“…A series of experiments and petrographic analyses have been run to determine the pre-eruption phase equilibria and ascent dynamics of dacitic lavas composing…”
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Low Pressure Crystallization Paths of H2O-Saturated Basaltic-Hawaiitic Melts from Mt Etna: Implications for Open-System Degassing of Basaltic Volcanoes by Métrich, Nicole, Rutherford, Malcolm J

“…Results are presented which indicate that Mt. Etna could be the ideal site in which to study the effects of low pressure decompression on the sequence of…”
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Assessment of shock effects on amphibole water contents and hydrogen isotope compositions: 1. Amphibolite experiments by Minitti, Michelle E., Rutherford, Malcolm J., Taylor, Bruce E., Dyar, M. Darby, Schultz, Peter H.

“…Kaersutitic amphiboles found within a subset of the Martian meteorites have low water contents and variably heavy hydrogen isotope compositions. In order to…”
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Experimental and textural constraints on mafic enclave formation in volcanic rocks by Coombs, Michelle L, Eichelberger, John C, Rutherford, Malcolm J

“…We have used experiments and textural analysis to investigate the process of enclave formation during magma mixing at Southwest Trident volcano, Alaska…”
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Effects of glass content and oxidation on the spectra of SNC-like basalts: Applications to Mars remote sensing by Minitti, Michelle E., Mustard, John F., Rutherford, Malcolm J.

“…We have investigated the effects of crystallization and oxidation on the visible and near‐infrared (VISNIR) and mid‐infrared (mid‐IR) spectra of materials with…”
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IRON PARTITIONING BETWEEN BASALTIC MELTS AND CLINOPYROXENE AS A FUNCTION OF OXYGEN FUGACITY by MCCANTA,M., DYAR,M., RUTHERFORD,M., DELANEY,J.

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