A new collaborative paper is out in Space Science Reviews! This was the result of the ISSI Europlanet Workshop “Reading Terrestrial Planet Evolution in Isotopes and Element Measurements” held in October 2018 in Bern, Switzerland. The paper discusses geodynamical models of lunar origin...
We are seeking candidates for a postdoctoral position in the noble gas laboratory (link to job ad). The position will focus on analyses of heavy noble gases in geological samples. Experience with high-precision noble gas mass spectrometry is preferred. Contact the PI (Parai) for additional inform...
Rita Parai – DI41B-07 | Thursday 9:30AM (Moscone South 151) Superimposed Signatures of Ancient Heterogeneity and Long-term Volatile Transport from Noble Gases (Invited Talk) Matt Barickman – V51D-0187 | Friday AM poster session (Moscone South) Boron isotopic constraints on slab and m...
This summer has brought two new review papers: One in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences that provides an overview of noble gas constraints on the origins of Earth’s volatiles, volatile delivery during accretion, the timing and extent of volatile loss, early-formed heterogeneitie...
NEW August 8, 2018 Our new paper published in Nature presents a model of xenon (Xe) cycling between the deep Earth and surface reservoirs. Volatiles (such as water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and the noble gases) are outgassed from the Earth’s mantle due to volcanic activity. Surface volatile...
Savannah Rodriguez was awarded the EPS department’s 2018 Ernest L. Ohle, Jr. Award! Savannah’s senior honors thesis was titled Boron Isotopic Constraints on Chemical Transport into the Deep Earth. Congratulations, Savannah!
We have set up our rock preparation and wet chemistry labs, and are in the process of building our custom gas processing line to support the noble gas mass spectrometer. Check here for updates!
