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Young Laboratory

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Researchers Karen Ziegler and Eric Tonui
CAI in the Allende meteorite
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Selected publications

  1. Young E.D. (2007) Strange Water in the Solar System. Science 317, 211-212.
  2. Shahar A. and Young E.D. (2007) Astrophysics of CAI formation as revealed by silicon isotope LA-MC-ICPMS of an igneous CAI. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 257, 497-510 .
  3. Trail D., Mojzsis S.J., Harrison T.M., Schmitt A.K., and Young E.D. (2007) Constraints on Hadean zircon protoliths from oxygen isotopes, Ti-thermometry, and rare earth elements. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (G cubed) 8, (in press).
  4. Gounelle M., Young E.D., Shahar A., Tonui E., and Kearsley A. (2007) Magnesium isotopic constraints on the origin of CB b chondritis. Earth and Planetary Science letters 256 , 521-533.
  5. Simon J.I., Reid M.R., and Young E.D. (2007) Lead isotopes by LA-MC-ICPMS: Tracking the emergence of mantle signatures in an evolving silicic magma system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 , 2014-2035.
  6. Brownlee D., Tsou P., Aléon J., …, Young E.D. (alphabetical, 76 th author), et al. (2006) Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope. Science 314 , 1711-1716.
  7. McKeegan KD, Aléon J., Bradley J., Brownlee D., Busemann H.,…,Young E.D. (alphabetical, 43rd author), Ziegler K., Zimmermann L., and Zinner E. (2006) Isotopic composition of cometary matter returned by Stardust. Science 314 , 1724-1728.
  8. Van Acker M.R.M.D., Shahar A., Young E.D., and Coleman M.L. (2006) A rapid, precise and sensitive GC-MC-ICPMS method for chlorine stable isotope analysis of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Analytical Chemistry 78 , 4663-4667..
  9. Simon J. I., Young E. D., Russell S. S., Tonui E. K., Dyl K. A., and Manning C. E. (2005) A short timescale for changing oxygen fugacity in the solar nebula revealed by high-resolution 26 Al- 26 Mg dating of CAI rims. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 238 (3-4), 272-283.
  10. Lyons J.R. and Young E.D. (2005) Photochemical speciation of oxygen isotopes in the solar nebula. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk (Krot, Scot, and Reipurth eds.), ASP Conference Series 341 , 193-211.
  11. Lyons J. R., and Young E. D. (2005) CO self-shielding as the origin of oxygen isotope anomalies in the early solar nebula. Nature 435 , 317-320.
  12. Airieau S.A. , Farquhar J., Thiemens M.H., Leshin L.A., Bao H., and Young E. (2005) Planetesimal sulphate and aqueous alteration in CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69 (16), 4166-4171.
  13. Kavner A., Bonet F., Shahar A., Simon J., and Young E. (2005) The isotopic effects of electron transfer: An explanation for Fe isotope fractionation in nature. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69 (12), 2971-2979.
  14. Kouchinsky A., Bengtson S., Pavlov V., Runnegar B., Val'kov A., and Young E. (2005) Pre-Tommotian age of the lower Pestrotsvet Formation in the Selinde section on the Siberian platform: carbon isotopic evidence. Geological Magazine 142 (4), 319-325.
  15. Young E. D., Simon J. I., Galy A., Russell S. S., Tonui E., Lovera O. (2005) Supra-canonical 26 Al/ 27 Al and the residence time of CAIs in the solar protoplanetary disk. Science 308 , 223-227.
  16. Young E. D. and Galy A. (2004) The isotope geochemistry and cosmochemistry of magnesium. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 55 (Johnson C.M. et al. eds.), Mineralogical Society of America , Washington DC , 197-230.
  17. Young E. D., Zhang K.K., Schubert G. (2003) Conditions for pore water convection within carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies – implications for planetesimal size and heat production. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 213 , 249-259.
  18. McSween H. Y., Ghosh A., Grimm R. E., Wilson L., Young E. D. (2003) Thermal Evolution Models of Asteroids. In . Bottke William F. Jr. et al . (eds.) Asteroids III. University of Arizona Press, Tucson , 559-572.
  19. Young E. D., Galy A., and Nagahara H. (2002) Kinetic and equilibrium mass-dependent fractionation laws in nature and their geochemical and cosmochemical significance. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66 , 1095-1104.
  20. Young E. D., Ash R. D., Galy A., and Belshaw N. S. (2002) Mg isotope heterogeneity in the Allende meteorite measured by UV laser ablation-MC-ICPMS and comparisons with O isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66 , 683-698.
  21. Jones A. M., O'Connell T. C., Young E. D., Scott K., Buckingham C.M., Iacumin P., and Brasier M. D. (2001) Biogeochemical data from well preserved 200 ka collagen and skeletal remains. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 193 , 143-149.
  22. Young E. D. (2001) Reply to ‘Comment on assessing the implications of K isotope cosmochemistry for evaporation in the preplanetary solar nebula by E. Young'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 192 , 101-107.
  23. Young E. D. (2001) The hydrology of carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies and the evolution of planet progenitors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 359 , 2095-2110.
  24. Zhu X.n, Guo Y., O'Nions R. K., Young E. D., and Ash R. D. (2001) Isotopic homogeneity of iron in the early solar nebula. Nature 412 , 311-313.
  25. Galy A., Young E. D., Ash R. D., and O'Nions R. K. (2000) The formation of chondrules at high pressures in the early solar system. Science 290 , 1751-1753.
  26. Young E. D. (2000) Assessing the implications of K isotope cosmochemistry for evaporation in the pre-planetary solar nebula. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 183 , 321-333.
  27. Young E. D., Ash R. D., England P., and Rumble D.III (1999) Fluid flow in chondrite parent bodies: deciphering the compositions of planetesimals. Science 286 , 1331-1335.
  28. Jones A. M., Iacumin P., and Young E. D. (1999) High-resolution d 18 O analysis of biogenic phosphate by GC-irms and UV laser fluorination. Chemical Geology 153 , 241-248.
  29. Young E. D. and Russell S.S. (1998) Oxygen reservoirs in the early solar nebula inferred from an Allende CAI. Science 282 , 452-455.
  30. Young E. D., Nagahara H., Mysen B. O., Audet D. M. (1998) Non-Rayleigh oxygen isotope fractionation by mineral evaporation: theory and experiments in the system SiO 2 . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 , 3109-3116.
  31. Young E. D., Coutts D. W., and Kapitan D. (1998) UV laser ablation and irm-GCMS microanalysis of 18 O/ 16 O and 17 O/ 16 O with application to a calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion from the Allende meteorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 , 3161-3168.
  32. Young E. D., Fogel M. L., Rumble D. III, and Hoering T. C. (1998) Isotope-ratio-monitoring of O 2 for microanalysis of 18 O/ 16 O and 17 O/ 16 O in geological materials. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 , 3087-3094.
  33. Rumble D. III, Farquhar J., Young E.D., and Christensen C.P. (1997) In situ oxygen isotope analysis with an excimer laser using F 2 and BrF 5 reagents and 0 2 gas as analyte. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61 , 4229-4234.
  34. Young E.D., Virgo D., and Popp R.K. (1997) Eliminating closure in mineral formulae with specific application to amphiboles. American Mineralogist 82 , 790-806.
  35. Young E.D. (1995) Fluid flow in metamorphic environments. Rev. Geophys. Suppl. U.S. National Report to IUGG 1991-1994, 41-52.
  36. Young E.D. (1993) On the 18 O/ 16 O record of reaction progress in open and closed metamorphic systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 117 , 147-167.
  37. Young E.D., and Rumble D. III (1993) The origin of correlated variations in in situ 18 O/ 16 O and elemental concentrations in metamorphic garnet from southeastern Vermont . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57 , 2585-2597.
  38. Young E.D., and Morrison J.M. (1992) Relations among net-transfer reaction progress, 13 C- 18 O depletion, and fluid infiltration in a clinohumite-bearing marble. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 111 , 391-408.
  39. Young E.D., Wooden J.L., Shieh Y.N., and Farber D. (1992) Geochemical evolution of Jurassic diorites from the Bristol Lake region, California USA and the role of assimilation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 110 , 68-86.
  40. Young E.D., Wooden J.L., Shieh Y.N., and Farber D. (1992) Geochemical evolution of Jurassic diorites from the Bristol Lake region, California USA and the role of assimilation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 110 , 68-86.
  41. Young E.D. (1989) Petrology of biotite-cordierite-garnet gneiss of the McCullough Range, Nevada II. P-T-a H20 path and growth of cordierite during late stages of low-P granulite-grade metamorphism. Journal of Petrology 30 , 61-78.
  42. Young E.D., Anderson J.L., Clarke H.S., and Thomas W.M. (1989) Petrology of biotite-cordierite-garnet gneiss of the McCullough Range, Nevada I. Evidence for Proterozoic low-pressure fluid-absent granulite-grade metamorphism in the southern Cordillera. Journal of Petrology 30 , 39-60.
  43. Anderson J.L., Barth A.P., Young E.D., Davis M. J., Farber D., Hayes E.M., and Johnson K.A. (1989) Plutonisin across the Tujunga-North American terrane boundary: A middle to upper crustal view of two juxtaposed magmatic arcs. In Proceedings of the 8th, International Conference on Basement Tectonics (eds. Bartholomew M.J., Hyndman D.W., Mogk D.W., and Mason R.), 211-235. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht , Netherlands .
  44. Anderson J.L., Barth A.P., and Young E. D. (1988) Mid-crustal Cretaceous roots of Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes. Geology 16 , 366-69.
  45. Thomas W.M., Clarke H.S., Young E.D., Orrell S.E., and Anderson J.L. (1988) Proterozoic high-grade metamorphism in the Colorado River region, Nevada, Arizona, and California. In Metamorphism and Crustal Evolution of the Western Conterminous United States (ed. Ernst W.G.), 526-537. Rubey Volume VII.