Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta—Special Issue on Isotopic Studies of Planetary and Nuclear Materials: A scientific tribute to Ian Douglass Hutcheon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta publishes original work in a wide range of subjects in terrestrial geochemistry, meteoritics, and planetary geochemistry. The March 15, 2017 issue (volume 201) contains 22 papers covering isotopic studies of planetary and nuclear materials in a special issue dedicated to Ian Douglass Hutcheon (1947-2015), preeminent scientist known for his work on the chronology of the early Solar System and his contributions to the development of instrumentation and techniques for isotopic and elemental microanalysis. Editors of the special issue are Trevor Ireland (Australian National University), Andrew M. Davis (The University of Chicago), Alexander N. Krot (University of Hawai‘i), Yuri Amelin (Australian National University), Sara S. Russell (Natural History Museum, London), and Qing-Zhu Yin (University of California at Davis).

Though a subscription, individual or institutional, is needed to access the articles online, the Table of Contents and Abstracts are available to everyone. Articles:

"Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with fractionation and unidentified nuclear effects (FUN CAIs): II. Heterogeneities of magnesium isotopes and 26Al in the early Solar System inferred from in situ high-precision magnesium-isotope measurements" by C. Park, K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, G. R. Huss, A. M., Davis, and M. Bizzarro, p. 6-24, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.002.

"Thermal and chemical evolution in the early solar system as recorded by FUN CAIs: Part I – Petrology, mineral chemistry, and isotopic composition of Allende FUN CAI CMS-1" by C. D. Williams, T. Ushikubo, E. S. Bullock, P. E. Janney, R. R. Hines, N. T. Kita, R. L. Hervig, G. J. MacPherson, R. A. Mendybaev, F. M. Richter, and M. Wadhwa, p. 25-48, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.053.

"Thermal and chemical evolution in the early Solar System as recorded by FUN CAIs: Part II – Laboratory evaporation of potential CMS-1 precursor material" by R. A. Mendybaev, C. D. Williams, M. J. Spicuzza, F. M. Richter, J. W. Valley, A. V. Fedkin, and M. Wadhwa, p. 49-64, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.034.

"High precision Al–Mg systematics of forsterite-bearing Type B CAIs from CV3 chondrites" by G. J. MacPherson, E. S. Bullock, T. J. Tenner, D. Nakashima, N. T. Kita, M. A. Ivanova, A. N. Krot, M. I. Petaev, and S. B. Jacobsen, p. 65-82, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.12.006.

"Chronological study of oxygen isotope composition for the solar protoplanetary disk recorded in a fluffy Type A CAI from Vigarano" by N. Kawasaki, S. Itoh, N. Sakamoto, and H. Yurimoto, p. 83-102, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.031.

"A long duration of the ¹⁶O-rich reservoir in the solar nebula, as recorded in fine-grained refractory inclusions from the least metamorphosed carbonaceous chondrites" by T. Ushikubo, T. J. Tenner, H. Hiyagon, and N. T. Kita, p. 103-122, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.032.

"The initial ⁴¹Ca/⁴⁰Ca ratios in two type A Ca–Al-rich inclusions: Implications for the origin of short-lived ⁴¹Ca" by M.-C. Liu, p. 123-135, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.011.

"Microstructures and formation history of melilite-rich calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite" by J. Han and A. J. Brearley, p. 136-154, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.014.

"High-temperature rims around calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from the CR, CB and CH carbonaceous chondrites" by A. N. Krot, K. Nagashima, E. M.M. van Kooten, and M. Bizzarro, p. 155-184, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.031.

"Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions recycled during formation of porphyritic chondrules from CH carbonaceous chondrites" by A. N. Krot, K. Nagashima, E. M.M. van Kooten, and M. Bizzarro, p. 185-223, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.001.

"⁵³Mn–⁵³Cr radiometric dating of secondary carbonates in CR chondrites: Timescales for parent body aqueous alteration" by C. E. Jilly-Rehak, G. R. Huss, and K. Nagashima, p. 224-244, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.033.

"Matrix effects on the relative sensitivity factors for manganese and chromium during ion microprobe analysis of carbonate: Implications for early Solar System chronology" by R. C. J. Steele, V. S. Heber, and K. D. McKeegan, p. 245-259, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.046.

"⁵³Mn–⁵³Cr chronology of Ca–Fe silicates in CV3 chondrites" by G. J. MacPherson, K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, P. M. Doyle, and M. A. Ivanova, p. 260-274, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.032.

"Distribution of ²⁶Al in the CR chondrite chondrule-forming region of the protoplanetary disk" by D. L. Schrader, K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, R. C. Ogliore, Q.-Z. Yin, Y. Amelin, C. H. Stirling, and A. Kaltenbach, p. 275-302, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.023.

"²⁶Al–²⁶Mg systematics in chondrules from Kaba and Yamato 980145 CV3 carbonaceous chondrites" by K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, and M. Komatsu, p. 303-319, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.030.

"I–Xe systematics of the impact plume produced chondrules from the CB carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for the half-life value of ¹²⁹I and absolute age normalization of ¹²⁹I–¹²⁹Xe chronometer" by O. Pravdivtseva, A. Meshik, C. M. Hohenberg, and A. N. Krot, p. 320-330, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.012.

"A renewed search for short-lived ¹²⁶Sn in the early Solar System: Hydride generation MC-ICPMS for high sensitivity Te isotopic analysis" by G. A. Brennecka, L. E. Borg, S. J. Romaniello, A. K. Souders, Q. R. Shollenberger, N. E. Marks, and M. Wadhwa, p. 331-344, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.003.

"Pb–Pb chronometry and the early Solar System" by J. N. Connelly, J. Bollard, and M. Bizzarro, p. 345-363, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.044.

"Calcium isotopic compositions of chondrites" by S. Huang and S. B. Jacobsen, p. 364-376, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.039.

"Chronologic implications for slow cooling of troctolite 76535 and temporal relationships between the Mg-suite and the ferroan anorthosite suite" by L. E. Borg, J. N. Connelly, W. Cassata, A. M. Gaffney, and M. Bizzarro, p. 377-391, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.11.021.

"Investigation of organo-carbonate associations in carbonaceous chondrites by Raman spectroscopy" by Q. H. S. Chan, M. E. Zolensky, R. J. Bodnar, C. Farley, and J. C. H. Cheung, p. 392-409, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.048.

"Deposition of vaporized species onto glassy fallout from a near-surface nuclear test" by D. G. Weisz, B. Jacobsen, N. E. Marks, K. B. Knight, B. H. Isselhardt, J. E. Matzel, P. K. Weber, S. G. Prussin, and I. D. Hutcheon, p. 410-426, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.036.

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See also:
PSRD article: Discovery of a New Garnet Mineral, Hutcheonite, in the Allende Meteorite.

Written by Linda M. V. Martel, Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, for PSRD.