R.L. Rudnick -- Publications

 

Books

 

Committee on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences* (2008) Origin and Evolution of Earth:  Research Questions for a Changing Planet, National Research Council, 152 p.

 

Edited Books

 

The Crust (2013), R.L. Rudnick, editor, Treatise on Geochemistry, Second Edition, Volume 4, (eds. H.D. Holland and K.K. Turekian), Elsevier-Pergamon, Oxford (in press).

 

The Crust (2003), R.L. Rudnick, editor, Treatise on Geochemistry Volume 3, (eds. H.D. Holland and K.K. Turekian), Elsevier-Pergamon, Oxford, 683 p.

 

 

Peer Reviewed Papers and Chapters

 

*graduate student, ** undergraduate student,  post-doc.

 

2013

 

99. Liu*, X.-M., Teng, F.-Z., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Cummings, M.L. (2013) Massive magnesium depletion and isotopic fractionation in weathered basalts, Geochimica et Comsochimica Acta (in review).

 

98. Blondes , M., Rudnick, R.L., Ramezani, J., Bowring, S.A. and Piccoli, P.M. (2013) Thermal evolution of the deepest reaches of a continental collision: evidence from U-Pb dating of accessory phases from deep crustal xenoliths from the Pan-African Mozambique Belt, Northern Tanzania, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (in revision).

 

97. Mansur*, A.T., Manya, S., Timpa*, S. and Rudnick, R.L. (2013) Origin of Archean lower continental crust, northern Tanzania:  a xenolith study, Journal of Petrology (in revision).

 

96. Teng, F.Z., Yang, W., Rudnick, R.L. and Hu, Y. (2013) Heterogeneous magnesium isotopic composition of the lower crust: a xenolith perspective, G-cubed 15 (9): 3844-3856, doi: 10.1002/ggge.20238.

 

95. Huang*, Y., Chubakov, V., Mantovani, F., Rudnick, R.L. and McDonough, W.F. (2013) Reference Earth model for the heat producing elements and associated geoneutrino flux, G-cubed 14 (6): 2003-2029, doi: 10.1002/ggge.20129.

 

94. Liu*, X.M., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Cummings, M. (2013) Influence of chemical weathering on the composition of the continental crust: Insights from Li and Nd isotopes in bauxite profiles developed on Columbia River Basalts, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 115: 73-91, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.043.

 

2012

 

93. Liu*, J.-G., Carlson, R.W., Rudnick, R.L., Walker, R.J., Wu, F.-Y. and Gao, S. (2012) Comparative Sr-Nd-Hf-Os-Pb isotope systematics of xenolithic peridotites from Yangyuan, North China Craton, Chemical Geology 332-333: 1-14, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.013.

 

92. Herzberg, C. and Rudnick, R.L. (2012) Formation of cratonic lithosphere: an integrated thermal and petrological model, Lithos 149: 4-15, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.01.010.

 

2011

 

91. Liu*, X.M. and Rudnick, R.L. (2011) Constraints on continental crustal mass loss via chemical weathering using lithium and its isotopes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 20,873-20,880; 10.1073/pnas.1115671108.

 

90.  Liu*, J.-G., Rudnick, R.L., Walker, R.J. , Gao, S., Wu, F.-Y., Piccoli, P.H., Yuan, H.L., Xu, W.L., Xu, Y.G. (2011) Mapping lithospheric boundaries using Os isotopes of mantle xenoliths: an example from the North China Craton, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75: 3881-3902, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.018.

 

89. Qiu*, L., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Bea, F. (2011) The behavior of Li in amphibolite- to granulite-facies rocks of the Ivrea-Verbano Zone, NW Italy, Chemical Geology 289: 76-85, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgo.2011.07.014.

 

88. Aulbach , S., Rudnick, R.L. and McDonough, W.F. (2011) Evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the East African Rift in Tanzania and its signatures in rift magmas, In (Beccaluva, L., Bianchini, G. and Wilson, M., eds.) Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphere, Geol. Soc. America Special Paper, p. 105-126.

 

87. Bellucci*, J.J., McDonough, W.F. and Rudnick, R.L. (2011) Thermal history and origin of the Tanzanian Craton from Pb isotope thermochronology of feldspars from lower crustal xenoliths, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 301:  493-501, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.031.

 

86. Qiu*, L., Rudnick, R.L., Ague, J.J. and McDonough, W.F. (2011) A Li isotope study of sub-greenschist to greenschist facies metamorphism in an accretionary prism, New Zealand, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 301: 213-221, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.001.

 

85. Jochum, K.P., Wilson, S., Abouchami, W., Amini, M., Chmeleff, J., Eisenhauer, A., Hegner, E., Iaccheri, L.M., Kieffer, B., McDonough, W.F., Mertz-Kraus, R., Raczek, I., Rudnick, R.L., Steinhoefel, G., Stoll, B., Stracke, A., Tonarini, S., Weis, D., Weis, U., Woodhead, J.D. (2011) GSD-1G and MPI-DING reference glasses for in-situ and bulk isotopic analysis, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 35: 193-226, doi: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00114.x.

 

2010

 

84. Li, W.-Y., Teng, F.-Z., Ke, S., Rudnick, R.L., Gao, S., Wu, F.-Y., Chappell, B.W. (2010) Heterogeneous magnesium isotopic composition of the upper continental crust, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74: 6867-6884, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.030.

 

83. Liu*, J.-G., Rudnick, R.L., Walker, R.J., Gao, S., Wu, F.-Y. and Piccoli, P.M. (2010) Processes controlling highly-siderophile element fractionations in xenolithic peridotites and their influence on Os isotopes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 297: 287-297, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.030.

 

82. Liu*, X.-M., Rudnick, R.L., Hier-Majumder, S., Sirbescu, M.L.C. (2010) Processes controlling lithium isotopic distribution in contact aureoles:  a case study of the Florence County Pegmatites, Wisconsin, G-cubed 11 (8): doi:10.1029/2010GC003063.

 

81. Teng, F.Z., Li, W.Y., Rudnick, R.L. and Gardner, L.R. (2010) Contrasting lithium and magnesium isotope fractionation during continental weathering, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 300: 63-71, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.036.

 

2009

 

80.  Qiu*, L., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Merriman, R.J. (2009) Li and d7Li in mudrocks from the British Caledonides:  indicators of provenance weathering, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73: 7325-7340.

 

79. Chu, Z.-Y., Wu, F.-Y., Walker, R.J., Rudnick, R.L., Pitcher**, L., Puchtel, I.S., Yang, Y.-H. and Wilde, S.A. (2009) Temporal evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the eastern North China Craton, Journal of Petrology 50: 1857-1898, doi:10.1092/petrology/egp055.

 

78. Teng*, F.-Z., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F., Wu, F. (2009) Lithium isotopic systematics of A-type granites and their mafic enclaves:  further constraints on the Li isotopic composition of the continental crust, Chemical Geology 262:  415-424, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.02.009.

 

77. Rudnick, R.L. and Walker, R.J. (2009) Ages from Re-Os isotopes in peridotites, In (Foley, S., Aulbach, S., Brey, G., GrŸtter, H., Hšfer, H., Jacob, D., Lorenz, V., Stachel, T. and Woodland, A., editors), Proceedings of the 9th International Kimberlite Conference, Lithos 112S: 1083-1095.

 

76. Halama , R., Savov, I.P., Rudnick, R.L. and McDonough, W.F. (2009) Insights into Li cycling and sub-arc metasomatism from veined mantle xenoliths, Kamchatka, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 158(2): 197-222 doi:10.1007/s00410-009-0378-5.

 

75. Aulbach , S. and Rudnick, R.L. (2009) Origins of non-equilibrium lithium isotopic fractionation in xenolithic peridotite minerals: examples from Tanzania, Chemical Geology 258:  17-27, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.07.015.

 

2008

 

74. Marks, M., Rudnick, R.L., Ludwig, T., Marschall, H., Zack, T., Halama, R., McDonough, W.F., Rost, D., Wenzel, T., Vicenzi, E.P., Savov, I.P., Altherr, R., Markl, G. (2008) Sodic pyroxene and sodic amphibole as potential reference materials for in-situ Li isotope analyses by SIMS, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 1-16.

 

73. Ushikubo, T., Kita, N.T., Cavosie, A.J., Wilde, S.A., Rudnick, R.L. and Valley, J.W. (2008) Lithium in Jack Hills zircons:  evidence for extreme weathering of EarthÕs earliest crust, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 272:  666-676, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.032.

 

72. Teng*, F.-Z., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F., Gao, S., Tomascak, P.B. and Liu, Y.-S. (2008) Lithium isotopic composition and concentration of the deep continental crust, Chemical Geology 255: 47-59, doi:10.1010/j.chemgeo.2008.06.009.

 

71. Gao, S., Rudnick, R.L., Xu, W.-L., Yuan, H.-L., Liu, Y.-S., Walker, R.J., Puchtel, I., Liu, X.-M., Huang, H., Wang, X.-R. and Yang, J. (2008) Recycling deep cratonic lithosphere and generation of intraplate magmatism, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 270:  41-53, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.008.

 

70. Halama , R., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L., Bell, K. (2008) Tracking the lithium isotopic evolution of the mantle with carbonatites, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 265: 726-742.

 

69. Aulbach , S., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. (2008) Li-Sr-Nd isotope signatures of the plume and cratonic lithospheric mantle beneath the margin of the rifted Tanzanian Craton (Labait), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 155:  79-92, DOI 10.1007/s00410-007-0226-4.

 

2007

 

68. Marks, M., Rudnick, R.L., McCammon, C., Vennemann, T. and Markl, G. (2007) Arrested kinetic Li isotopic fractionation at the margin of the Il’maussaq complex, South Greenland: evidence for open-system processes during final cooling of peralkaline igneous rock, Chemical Geology 246:  207-230, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.001. Download

 

67.  Rudnick, R.L. and Ionov, D.A. (2007) Lithium elemental and isotopic disequilibrium in minerals from peridotite xenoliths from far-east Russia: product of recent melt/fluid-rock reaction, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 256:  278-293, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.035.

 

66. Halama , R., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L., Keller, J., Klaudius, J. (2007) The Li isotopic composition of Oldoinyo Lengai:  nature of the mantle sources and lack of isotopic fractionation during carbonatite petrogenesis, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 254:  77-89, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.007.

 

65. Yuan, H.-L., Gao, S., Rudnick, R.L., Jin, Z., Liu, Y., Puchtel, I.S., Walker, R.J., and Yu, R. (2007) Re-Os evidence for age and origin of peridotites from the Dabie-Sulu ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt, China, Chemical Geology 236:  323-338.

 

64. Teng*, F.-Z., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L. and Wing, B.A. (2007) Limited lithium isotopic fractionation during progressive metamorphic dehydration in metapelites:   A case study from the Onawa contact aureole, Maine, Chemical Geology 239:  1-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.12.003.

 

2006

 

63.  Teng*, F.-Z., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L. and Walker, R.J. (2006) Diffusion-driven extreme lithium isotopic fractionation in the country rocks of the Tin Mountain Pegmatite, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 243:  701-710.

 

62. Teng*, F.-Z., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L., Walker, R.J. and Sirbescu, M. (2006) Lithium isotopic systematics of granites and pegmatites from the Black Hills, South Dakota, American Mineralogist 91: 1488-1498.

 

61. Becker, H., Horan, M.F., Walker, R.J., Gao, S., Lorand, J.-P. and Rudnick, R.L. (2006) Highly siderophile element composition of the EarthÕs primitive upper mantle, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70:  4528-4550.

 

2005

 

60. Vauchez, A., Dineur, F. and Rudnick, R.L. (2005) Microstructure, texture and seismic anisotropy of the lithospheric mantle above a mantle plume.  Insights from the Labait volcano xenoliths (Tanzania), Earth and Planetary Science Letters 232:  295-314.

 

2004

 

59.  Rudnick, R.L., Tomascak, P.B., Njo**, H.B., Gardner, R.L. (2004) Extreme isotopic fractionation during continental weathering revealed in saprolites from South Carolina, Chem. Geol. 212: 45-58.

 

58. Rudnick, R.L., Gao, S., Ling, W., Liu, Y.-S., McDonough, W.F. (2004) Petrology and geochemistry of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Hannuoba and Qixia, North China craton, In (Mitchell, R., Scott-Smith, B., Heaman, L., Stachel, T., eds.) Proceedings of the Eighth International Kimberlite Conf., Lithos 77:  609-637.

 

57. Teng*, F.-Z., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L., DalpŽ, C., Tomascak, P.B., Chappell, B.W. and Gao, S. (2004) Lithium isotopic composition and concentration of the upper continental crust, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68:  4,167-4,178.

 

56. Gao, S., Rudnick, R.L., Yuan, H.-L., Liu, X.-M., Liu, Y.-S., Xu, W.L., Ling, W.-L., Ayers, J., Wang, X.-C. and Wang, Q.H.  (2004) Recycling lower continental crust in the North China craton, Nature 432:  892-897.

 

2003

 

55. Rudnick, R.L. and Gao, S. (2003) The Composition of the Continental Crust, pp. 1-64.  In The Crust (ed. R.L. Rudnick) Vol. 3, Treatise on Geochemistry (eds. H.D. Holland and K.K. Turekian), Elsevier-Pergamon, Oxford.

 

54. Zack , T., Tomascak, P.B., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F., DalpŽ, C. (2003) Extremely light Li in orogenic eclogites:  the role of isotope fractionation during dehydration in subducted oceanic crust, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 208:  279-290.

 

2002

 

53. Barth*, M.G., Rudnick, R.L., Carlson, R.W., Horn, I., McDonough, W.F. (2002) Re-Os and U-Pb geochronological constraints on the eclogite-tonalite connection in the Archean Man Shield, West Africa, Precambrian Research 118, 267-283.

 

52. Barth*, M.G., Rudnick, R.L., Horn, I., McDonough, W.F., Spicuzza, M.J., Valley, J.W., Haggerty, S.E. (2002) Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites from West Africa, Part II:  origins of the high MgO eclogites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:  4325-4346.

 

51. Gao, S., Rudnick, R.L., Carlson, R.W., McDonough, W.F. and Liu, Y.-S. (2002) Re-Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China Craton, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 198:  307-322.

 

50. Rudnick, R.L. and Lee*, C.-T. (2002) Osmium isotope constraints on tectonic evolution of the lithosphere in the southwestern United States, In (Klemperer, S. and Ernst, W.G., eds.) The Thompson Symposium, International Geology Review 44:  501-511.

 

2001

 

49. Barth*, M.G., Rudnick, R.L., Horn, I., McDonough, W.F., Spicuzza, M.J., Valley, J.W., Haggerty, S.E. (2001) Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites from West Africa, Part I:  a link between low MgO eclogites and Archean Crust Formation, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65:  1499-1527.

 

48. Lee*, C.-T., Rudnick, R.L. and Brimhall, G.H., Jr. (2001) Deep lithospheric dynamics beneath the Sierra Nevada during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic as inferred from xenolith petrology, G-cubed 2:  2001GC000152.

 

47. Lee*, C.-T., Yin, Q., Rudnick, R.L., and Jacobsen, S.B. (2001) Preservation of ancient and fertile lithospheric mantle beneath the southwestern United States, Nature 411:  69-73.

 

46. Pyle*, J.M., Spear, F.S., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. (2001) Monazite-xenotime and monazite-garnet equilibrium in a prograde pelite sequence, Journal of Petrology 42: 2082-2107.

 

45. Yin, Q.-Z., Jacobsen, S.B., Lee*, C.T., McDonough, W.F, Rudnick, R.L. and Horn, I (2001) A gravimetric K2OsCl6 standard:  Application to precise and accurate Os spike calibration, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65:  2113-2128.

 

2000

 

44. Rudnick, R.L. Barth*, M.G., Horn, I. and McDonough, W.F. (2000) Rutile-bearing refractory eclogites: missing link between continents and depleted mantle, Science 287 278-281.

 

43. Barth*, M.G., McDonough, W.F. and Rudnick, R.L. (2000) Tracking the budget of Nb and Ta in the continental crust, Chemical Geology 165:  197-214.

 

42. Horn, I. Rudnick, R.L. and McDonough, W.F. (2000) Precise elemental and isotopic ratio determination by combined solution nebulization and laser ablation ICP-MS:  application to U/Pb geochronology, Chemical Geology 167:  405-425.

 

41. Lee*, C.-T., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Horn, I. (2000) Petrologic and geochemical investigation of carbonates in peridotite xenoliths from northeastern Tanzania, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 139:  470-484.

 

40. Lee*, C.-T., Yin, Q., Rudnick, R.L., Chesley, J.T. and Jacobsen, S.B. (2000) Os isotopic evidence for Mesozoic removal of lithospheric mantle beneath the Sierra Nevada, California, Science 289:  1912-1916.

 

39. Vervoort, J.D., Patchett, P.J., Albarede, F., Blichert-Toft, J., Rudnick, R.L. and Downes, H. (2000) Hf-Nd isotopic evolution of the lower crust, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 181:  115-129.

 

1999

 

38. Rudnick, R.L. (1999) Elements:  large-ion lithophile, In (Marshall, C.P. and Fairbridge, R.W., eds.) The Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, Kluwer Academic Publ., Amsterdam, p. 214.

 

37. Rudnick, R.L., Ireland, T.R., Gehrels, G., Irving, A.J., Chesley, J.T. and Hanchar, J.M. (1999) Dating mantle metasomatism:  U-Pb geochronology of zircons in cratonic mantle xenoliths from Montana and Tanzania, In (Gurney, J.J., Gurney, J.L., Pascoe, M.D. and Richardson, S.H., eds.) The Nixon Volume, Proc. Seventh Int. Kimberlite Conf., pp. 728-735.

 

36. Rudnick, R.L. and Nyblade, A.A. (1999) The composition and thickness of Archean continental roots:  constraints from xenolith thermobarometry, In (Fei, Y.-W., Bertka, C.M. and Mysen, B.O., eds.) Mantle Petrology:  Field Observations and High-Pressure Experimentation:  A Tribute to Francis R. (Joe) Boyd, Geochemical Soc. Spec. Publ. 6, 3-12.

 

35. Chesley, J.T., Rudnick, R.L. and Lee*, C.-T. (1999) Re-Os systematics of mantle xenoliths from the East African Rift:  evidence for longevity of cratonic mantle and metasomatic Os addition, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 63 1203-1217.

 

34. Lee*, C.-T. and Rudnick, R.L. (1999) Compositionally stratified cratonic lithosphere:  petrology and geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths from the Labait tuff cone, Tanzania, In (Gurney, J.J., Gurney, J.L., Pascoe, M.D. and Richardson, S.H., eds.) The Nixon Volume, Proc. Seventh Int. Kimberlite Conf. pp. 503-521.

 

1998

 

33. Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and O'Connell, R.J. (1998) Thermal structure, thickness and composition of continental lithosphere, Chemical Geology, Special issue:  Geochemical Earth Reference Model, 145:  399-416.

 

32. Eggins, S.M., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. (1998) The composition of peridotites and their minerals:  a laser ablation ICP-MS study, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 154:  53-71.

 

31. McDonough, W.F. and Rudnick, R.L. (1998) Mineralogy and composition of the upper mantle, In (Hemley, R., ed.) Ultrahigh-pressure Mineralogy:  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Interior, Rev. Mineralogy V. 37, Mineralogical Soc. Am., Washington, D.C., pp. 139-164.

 

30. Saal*, A., Rudnick, R.L., Ravizza, G. and Hart, S.R. (1998) Re-Os isotope evidence for assimilation and fractional crystallization in the formation of lower continental crust.  Nature 393:  58-61.

 

1997

 

29. Dawson, J.B., Harley, S.M., Rudnick, R.L. and Ireland, T.R. (1997) Equilibration and reaction in Archaean quartz-sapphirine granulite xenoliths from the Lace kimberlite pipe, South Africa, Journal of Metamorphic Geology 15:  253-266. 

 

1995

 

28. Rudnick, R.L. (1995) Making continental crust.  Nature 378:  571-578.

 

27. Rudnick, R.L. and Fountain, D.M. (1995) Nature and composition of the continental crust:  a lower crustal perspective.  Reviews of Geophysics 33:  267-309.

 

26. Rudnick, R.L. and Jackson, I.N.S. (1995) Measured and calculated elastic wave speeds in partially equilibrated mafic granulite xenoliths:  implications for the properties of an underplated lower continental crust. J. Geophys. Res. 100:  10,211-10,218.

 

25. Hanchar, J.M. and Rudnick, R.L. (1995) Revealing hidden structures:  the application of cathodoluminescence and back-scattered electron imaging to dating zircons from lower crustal xenoliths.  Lithos 36:  289-303.

 

1994

 

24. Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Orpin**, A. (1994) Northern Tanzanian peridotite xenoliths: a comparison with Kaapvaal peridotites and inferences on metasomatic interactions.  In (Meyer, H.O.A. and Leonardos, O., eds.) Kimberlites, Related Rocks and Mantle Xenoliths, Vol. 1 (Proceedings Fifth Int. Kimb. Conf.), C.P.R.M., Brasilia, p. 336-353.

 

23. Canil, D., O'Neill, H.St.C., Pearson, D.G., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Carswell, D.A. (1994) Ferric iron in peridotites and mantle oxidation states, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 123:  205-220.

 

22. Ireland, T.R., Rudnick, R.L., Spetsius, Z. (1994) Trace elements in diamond inclusions from eclogites reveal link to Archean granites, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 128:  199-213.

 

21. Ewart, A., Bryan, W.B., Chappell, B.W. and Rudnick, R.L. (1994) Regional geochemistry of the Lau-Tonga arc and back-arc systems, Proc. ODP, Init. Rept., 135:  385-425, College Station, TX.

 

1993

 

20. Rudnick, R.L., Eldridge, C.S. and Bulanova, G.P. (1993) Diamond growth history from in situ measurements of Pb and S isotopic compositions of sulfide inclusions.  Geology 21:  13-16.

 

19. Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. and Chappell, B.W. (1993) Carbonatite metasomatism in the northern Tanzanian mantle:  petrographic and geochemical characteristics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 114: 463-476.

 

1992

 

18. Rudnick, R.L. (1992) Xenoliths -- samples of the lower continental crust.  In (Fountain, D., Arculus, R. and Kay, R.W., eds.) Continental Lower Crust, Elsevier, Amsterdam p. 269-316.

 

17. Rudnick, R.L. (1992) Restites, Eu anomalies and the lower continental crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 56:  963-970.

 

1991

 

16. Rudnick, R.L. and Taylor, S.R. (1991) Petrology and geochemistry of lower crustal xenoliths from northern Queensland and inferences on lower crustal composition. In (Drummond, B., ed) The Australian Lithosphere, Spec. Pub. Geol. Soc. Australia 17:  189-208.

 

15. Rudnick, R.L. and Cameron, K.L. (1991) Age diversity of the deep crust in northern Mexico.  Geology 19:  1197-1200.

 

14. McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L. and McCulloch, M.T. (1991) The isotopic and chemical nature of the lower portion of the eastern Australian lithosphere.  In (Drummond, B., ed) The Australian Lithosphere, Special Publication of the Geological Society of Australia 17:  163-188.

 

1990

 

13. Rudnick, R.L. (1990) Nd and Sr isotopic composition of lower crustal xenoliths from north Queensland, Australia:  implications for Nd model ages and crustal growth processes.  Chemical Geology 83:  195-208.

 

12. Rudnick, R.L. and Presper**, T. (1990) Geochemistry of intermediate- to high-pressure granulites.  In (Vielzeuf, D. and Vidal, Ph., eds.) Granulites and Crustal Differentiation, NATO ASI ser., Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 523-550.

 

11. Rudnick, R.L. and Goldstein, S.L. (1990) Pb isotopic compositions of lower crustal xenoliths and the evolution of lower crustal Pb. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 98:  192-207.

 

1989

 

10. Jackson, I., Rudnick, R.L., O'Reilly, S.Y. and Bezant**, C. (1989) Measured and calculated elastic wave velocities for xenoliths from the lower crust and upper mantle.  Tectonophysics 173:  207-210.

 

1987

 

9. Rudnick, R.L. and Taylor, S.R. (1987) The composition and petrogenesis of the lower continental crust: a xenolith study.  Journal of Geophysical Research 92:  13981-14006.

 

8. Rudnick, R.L. and Williams, I.S. (1987) Dating the lower crust by ion microprobe. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 85:  145-161.

 

1986

 

7. Rudnick, R.L. and Taylor, S.R. (1986) Geochemistry of Archean tonalites and trondhjemites and implications for lower crustal composition.  In (Dawson, J.B., ed) The Nature of the Lower Continental Crust.  Geological Society of London Special Publication No. 25: 179-191.

 

6. Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F., McCulloch, M.T. and Taylor, S.R. (1986) Lower crustal xenoliths from Queensland, Australia: evidence for deep crustal assimilation and fractionation of continental basalts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 50: 1099-1115.

 

5. Taylor, S.R., Rudnick, R.L., McLennan, S.M. and Eriksson, K.A. (1986) Rare earth element patterns in Archean high-grade metasediments and their tectonic significance. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 50:  2267-2280.

 

1985

 

4. Rudnick, R.L., McLennan, S.M. and Taylor, S.R. (1985) Large ion lithophile elements in high-pressure granulite facies terrains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 49: 1645-1655.

 

3. Rudnick, R.L., Ashwal, L.D., Henry, D.J., Gibson, E.K, Jr., Roedder, E., Belkin, H.E. and Collucci, M.T. (1985) Fluid inclusions in stony meteorites -- a cautionary note. Proc. 15 Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., Journal of Geophysical Research 90: C669-C676.

 

1984

 

2. Rudnick, R.L., Ashwal, L.D. and Henry, D.J. (1984) Fluid inclusions in high-grade gneisses of the Kapuskasing structural zone, Ontario: metamorphic fluids and uplift/erosion path. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 87: 399-406.

 

1983

 

1. Rudnick, R.L. (1983) Geochemistry and tectonic affinities of a Proterozoic bimodal igneous suite, west Texas. Geology 11: 352-355.

 



* Chaired by Don DePaolo, committee membership:  T.E, Cerling, S.R. Hemming, A.H. Knoll, F.M. Richter, L.H. Royden, R.L. Rudnick, S.C. Solomon, L. Stixrude, J.S. Trefil