Research Interests
My research interests are in understanding micron scale isotopic systematics. My current research is focused on measuring lead isotopes using a 213 nm Nd:Yag laser coupled with a Nu Plasma MC-ICP-MS. The questions and ideas I am addressing during my Ph.D. are: at what spatial and temporal scale are Pb-Pb heterogeneities prevalent in the lower crust?; how and under what time scale is ancient lower crust altered with younger events involving lithospheric mantle thinning and removal?; what controls the U, Th, and Pb distribution and behavior in feldspars?; and in-situ Pb-Pb geochronology of chondrites and achondrites.
Published Papers
Day J. M. D., Ash R. D., Liu Y., Bellucci J. J., Rumble III D., McDonough W. F., Walker R. J., and Taylor L. A. (2009) Early formation of evolved asteroidal crust. Nature (457), 179-183.
Walker R. J., McDonough W. F., Honesto J., Chabot N. L., McCoy T. J., Ash R. D., and Bellucci J. J. (2008) Modeling fractional crystallization of group IVB iron meteorites. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta (72(8)), 2198-2216.
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