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Current Research Interests |
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| | Origin of chondrules; mineralogy of meteorites; nature of meteoritic metal; secondary alteration of meteorites; shock processes in meteorites; geological evolution of asteroids. |
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Current Research Projects |
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- Aqueous alteration of CO3 chondrites
- Petrologic constraints on chondrule-formation
- Formation of metal nodules in chondrites
- History of chondritic impact-melt breccias
- Shock features in brecciated chondrites |
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Education |
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| | B.S., Astronomy, 1974, University of Illionis at Urbana
M.S., Geological Sciences, 1979, University of Illionis at Chicago
Ph.D., Geology, 1982, University of New Mexico |
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Selected Recent Publications |
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| | Rubin A.E. and Brearley A.J. (1996) A critical evaluation of
the evidence for hot accretion. Icarus 124, 86-96. |
| | Leshin
L.A., Rubin A.E. and McKeegan K.D. (1997) The oxygen isotopic composition of olivine
and pyroxene from CI chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 835-845. |
| | Rubin A.E., Scott E.R.D. and Keil K. (1997) Shock metamorphism
of enstatite chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 847-858. |
| | Rubin A.E. (1997) Mineralogy of meteorite groups. Met. Planet.
Sci. 32, 231-247. |
| | Rubin A.E. (1997) Igneous
graphite in chondritic meteorites. Mineral. Mag. 61, 699-703. |
| | Rubin
A.E. (1997) Sinoite (Si2N2O): Crystallization from EL chondrite
impact melts. Amer. Mineral. 82, 1001-1006. |
| | Rubin
A.E. (1998) Correlated petrologic and geochemical characteristics of CO3 chondrites.
Met. Planet. Sci. 33, 385-391. |
| | Ruben
A.E., Sailer A.L. and Wasson J.T. (1999) Troilite in ordinary-chondrite chondrules:
Implications for chondrule formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63,
2281-2298. |
| | Rubin A.E. (1999) Formation of large metal
nodules in ordinary chondrites. J. Geophys. Res. - Planets 104 30,
799-30, 804. |
| | Rubin A.E. (2000) Petrologic, geochemical
and experimental constraints on models of chondrule formation. Earth Sci. Rev.
50 3-27. |
| | Rubin A.E., Warren P.H., Greenwood J.P.,
Verish R.S., Leshin L.A., Hervig R.L., Clayton R.N. and Mayeda T.K. (2000) Los
Angeles: The most differentiated basaltic martian meteorite. Geology 28
1011-1014.
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Selected Recent Popular Publications |
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| | Rubin A.E. (1997) A history of the mesosiderite asteroid. American
Scientist 85, 26-35. |
| | Rubin A.E. (1997) Paucity
of aliens. Griffith Observer 61, 2-14. |
| | Rubin
A.E. (1998) The search for life on Mars: Oasis or mirage? Griffith Observer
62, 2-16. |
| | Rubin A.E. (2000) The human response
to first contact. Griffith ObserverI 64, 2-15. |
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Other Cosmochemists at UCLA |
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| | Frank Kyte
kyte@igpp.ucla.edu
http://www.ess.ucla.edu/faculty/kyte/ |
| | Kevin McKeegan
kdm@ess.ucla.edu
http://www.ess.ucla.edu/faculty/mckeegan/ |
| | Paul Warren
pwarren@ucla.edu
http://www.ess.ucla.edu/researchers/warren/ |
| | John Wasson
jtwasson@ucla.edu
http://www.ess.ucla.edu/faculty/wasson/ |
| | Edward Young
eyoung@ess.ucla.edu
http://www.ess.ucla.edu/faculty/young/ |
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