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Eric Tonui, PhD - Research Cosmochemist/Lab Manager |
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| Mailing Address: | Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Drive East,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
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| Office: | Geology 2676 |
| Telephone: | (310) 794-4484 |
| Fax: | (310) 825-2779 |
| E-mail: | etonui@ess.ucla.edu |
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Research Interests |
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| Development of MC-ICPMS and laser ablation techniques for measuring stable isotope ratios in terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials; Aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism in carbonaceous chondrites; Studies of preserved nucleosynthetic components in the early solar system and evolution of primitive meteorites and protoplanets; Weathering in Mars and terrestrial analog studies. |
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Education |
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B.S., Geology, 1990, University of Nairobi (First class honors)
M.S., Environmental Geology, 1993, University of Nairobi
Ph.D., Earth Sciences, 1999, Australian National University
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Research Experience |
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Geoscience Australia (Australian Geological Survey), 1998-2000
NRC Research Associate, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2000-2002
Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech/JPL, 2002-2003
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Major Publications |
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| Tonui, E., Zolensky, M. and Lipschutz, M. (2003) Yamato 86029: Aqueously altered and thermally metamorphosed CI-like chondrite with unusual textures. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 38, 269-292 |
| Tonui, E., Zolensky., M. and Lipschutz, M. (2001) Petrology, mineralogy and chemistry of new Antarctic meteorites: Aqueous alteration and heating events. Antarctic Meteorites Research, 15, 38-58 |
| Tonui, E., Jones, R. and Scott, K. (2002) Regolith mineralogy and geochemical dispersion at Northparkes Cu-Au deposits, NSW, Australia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis Journal, 2, 345-361 |
| Tonui, E., Eggleton, T. and Taylor, G. (2003) Micromorphology and chemical weathering of a K-rich trachyandesite and associated sedimentary cover (Parkes, SE, Australia). Catena, 53, 181-207 |
| Tonui, E. and De Caritat, P. (2003) Geochemical signature of mineralization at Thunderdome Prospect, SE, Australia: Implications for mineral exploration under cover. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis Journal, 3, 263-280 |
| Tonui, E., and De Caritat P. (2003) Composition, diagenesis and weathering of sediments and basement, Callabonna Sub-Basin, SE, Australia: Implications for landscape evolution. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 73, 1036-1050 |
| Zolensky, M., Nakamura, K., Gounelle, M., Tonui, E. and Mikouchi, T. (2002) Mineralogy of Tagish Lake: An ungrouped type 2 carbonaceous chondrite. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 37, 737-761 |
| Tonui, E., Zolensky, M., Hiroi, T., Nakamura, T., Lipschutz, M., Wang-M.S. and Okudaira, K. Petrographic, chemical and spectroscopic evidence for thermal metamorphism in carbonaceous chondrites I: CI and CM chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Review |
| Tonui, E., Zolensky, M., Hiroi, T., Nakamura, T., Lipschutz, M., Wang-M.S. and Okudaira, K. Petrographic, chemical and spectroscopic evidence for thermal metamorphism in carbonaceous chondrites II: CO, CV and ungrouped chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Review |
| Tonui, E., Papanastassiou, D. and Ngo, H. Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and Cr-Mn isotopic study of D’Orbigny angrite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, In submission |
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