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Recent publications from the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory

For a more up-to-date and comprehensive list, please see Dr. Alex Ruzicka's Curriculum Vitae.

Ruzicka A. and M. Hutson (2010) Comparative petrology of silicates in the Udei Station (IAB) and Miles (IIE) iron meteorites: Implications for the origin of silicate-bearing irons. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 394-433.

Jamsja N. and A. Ruzicka (2010) Shock and thermal history of NWA 4859, an annealed impact-melt breccia of LL-chondrite parentage containing unusual igneous features and pentlandite. In Press, Meteoritics & Planetary Science..

Ruzicka A., C. Floss and M. Hutson (2010) Accretion and melting of dust to form ferroan chondrules in ordinary chondrites. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXXI, Abstract #1956. Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Schepker T.J. and A. Ruzicka (2010) X-ray diffraction as a tool for the classification of equilibrated ordinary chondrites. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXXI, Abstract #2644. Lunar and Planetary Institute. 

Hutson M.L., A.M. Ruzicka, E.P. Milley and A.R. Hildebrand (2009) A first look at the Buzzard Coulee (H4) chondrite, a recently observed fall from Saskatchewan. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXX, Abstract #1893, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Hutson M.L., R. Hugo, A.M. Ruzicka and A.E. Rubin (2009) Olivine microstructures in the Miller Range 99301 (LL6) ordinary chondrite. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXX, Abstract #1081, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Ruzicka A., C. Floss and M. Hutson (2008) Relict olivine grains, chondrule recycling, and implications for the chemical, thermal, and mechanical processing of nebular materials. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, 5530-5557.

Ruzicka A. and T.J. Schepker (2008) Trace-element analyses of pyroxene and plagioclase in three HED meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Abstract #5310.

Ruzicka A., C. Floss, and M. Hutson (2008) Amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) in the Efremovka (CVR) chondrite: First SIMS trace-element results. Lunar Planet Sci. XXXIX, Abstract #1764, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Hutson M., A. Ruzicka, R. Pugh, L. Sloan and E. Thompson (2007) Complex brecciation and shock effects in the Buck Mountain Wash (H3-5) chondrite.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci.42, 963-978. 

Ruzicka A., H. Hiyagon, M. Hutson and C. Floss (2007) Relict olivine, chondrule recycling, and the evolution of nebular oxygen reservoirs.  Earth Planetary Sci. Lett. 257, 274-289.

Schepker T.J. and A. Ruzicka (2007) XRD as a tool to constrain olivine composition: Applications to H- and L-chondrites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci.  42, Abstract #5316.

Hutson M. L. and A. Ruzicka (2007) The case against Mercury as the angrite parent body.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 42, Abstract #5238.

Hutson M., R. Hugo, A. Ruzicka, and M. Killgore (2007) Annealing after shock: Evidence from olivine microstructures in Portales Valley. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 42, Abstract #5072.

Ruzicka A. and M. Hutson  (2006) Differentiation and evolution of the IVA meteorite parent body: Clues from pyroxene geochemistry in the Steinbach stony-iron.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 41, 1959-1987.

Ruzicka A., M. Hutson and C. Floss (2006) Petrology of silicate inclusions in the Sombrerete ungrouped iron meteorite: Implications for the origins of IIE-type silicate-bearing irons . Meteorit Planet. Sci. 41, 1797-1831.

Ruzicka A. and M. Hutson (2006) NWA 2999 and other angrites: No compelling evidence for a mercurian origin. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 41, Abstract #5080.

Ruzicka A., C. Floss and M. Hutson (2006) Trace-element compositions of normal, dusty, and clear olivine in Chainpur chondrules. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 41, Abstract #5266. 

Hutson M.L., R.N. Pugh and A.M. Ruzicka (2006) Public outreach and education with meteorites involving a museum exhibit, website, and teacher workshops. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXVII, Abstract #1095, Lunar and Planetary Institute.
 



 
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