Peer Reviewed Papers and Chapters -- Roberta L. Rudnick
* graduate student,
** undergraduate student.
2007
72. Teng*, F.-Z., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F., Tomascak, P.B. (2007) Lithium isotopic
composition and concentration of the deep continental crust, Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta (submitted).
71. Marks, M., Rudnick, R.L., McCammon, C., Vennemann, T. and Markl, G. (2007) Arrested kinetic
Li isotopic fractionation at the margin of the Ilmaussaq complex, South Greenland:
evidence for open-system processes during final cooling of peralkaline igneous
rock, Chem. Geol. (in review).
70. Gao, S., Rudnick, R.L.,
Xu, W.-L., Yuan, H.-L., Liu, Y.-S., Puchtel, I., Liu, X.-M., Huang, H., Wang,
X.-R. (2007) Recycling deep cratonic lithosphere and generation of intraplate
magmatism, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.
(submitted).
69. Halama, R.,
McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L.,
Bell, K. (2007) Tracking the lithium isotopic evolution of the mantle with
carbonatites, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. (in revision).
68. 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 Planet. Sci. Lett. 256:
278-293, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.035. Download
67. Aulbach, S., Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F. (2007) Li-Sr-Nd isotope signatures of the plume and cratonic lithospheric mantle beneath the margin of the rifted Tanzanian Craton (Labait), Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. (in press).
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 Planet. Sci. Lett. 254: 77-89. Download
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, Chem. Geology 236: 323-338. Download
64. Teng*, F.-Z., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L. and Wing, B.A. (2007) Lack of lithium isotopic fractionation during progressive metamorphic dehydration in metapelites: A case study from the Onawa contact aureole, Maine, Chem. Geology 239: 1-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.12.003 Download
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 Planet. Sci. Lett. 243:
701-710. Download
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, Am. Mineral. 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, Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta 70: 4528-4550. Download
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 Planet. Sci. Lett.232: 295-314. Download
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. Download
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. Download
57. Teng*,
F.-Z., McDonough, W.F., Rudnick, R.L., Dalpe, C., Tomascak, P.B., Chappell, B.W. and Gao, S. (2004)
Lithium isotopic composition and concentration of the upper continental crust, Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta 68: Download
4,167-4,178. Download
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. Download Supplemental files. Supplemental
data.
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. Download
54. Zack,
T., Tomascak, P.B., Rudnick, R.L.,
McDonough, W.F., Dalp, C. (2003) Extremely light Li in orogenic eclogites: the role of isotope fractionation
during dehydration in subducted oceanic crust, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 208:
279-290. Download
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, Precam. Res. 118,
267-283. Download
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, Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta 66: 4325-4346. Download
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 Planet.
Sci. Lett. 198: 307-322. Download
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, Int. 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, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65:
1499-1527. Download
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. Download
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. Download Related News &
Views
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, J. Petrol.
42: 2082-2107. Download
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, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65:
2113-2128. Download
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. Download Supplemental
data.
43. Barth*,
M.G., McDonough, W.F. and Rudnick, R.L. (2000) Tracking the budget of Nb and Ta in the continental crust, Chem.
Geol. 165: 197-214. Download
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, Chem.
Geol. 167: 405-425. Download
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, Contrib.
Mineral. Petrol. 139: 470-484. Download
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. Download
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 Planet. Sci. Lett. 181:
115-129. Download
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, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63 1203-1217. Download
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. Download
1998
33.
Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F.
and O'Connell, R.J. (1998) Thermal structure, thickness and composition of
continental lithosphere, Chem. Geol.,
Special issue: Geochemical Earth
Reference Model, 145: 399-416. Download
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
Planet. Sci. Lett. 154: 53-71. Download
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. Download
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, J. Metamorphic Geol.
15: 253-266.
1995
28. Rudnick,
R.L. (1995) Making continental
crust. Nature 378:
571-578. Download
27.
Rudnick, R.L. and Fountain, D.M.
(1995) Nature and composition of the continental crust: a lower crustal perspective. Rev. Geophysics 33:
267-309. Download
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. Download
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. Download
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 Planet. Sci. Lett. 123:
205-220. Download
22. Ireland,
T.R., Rudnick, R.L., Spetsius,
Z. (1994) Trace elements in diamond inclusions from eclogites reveal link to
Archean granites, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 128: 199-213. Download
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
Planet. Sci. Lett. 114: 463-476. Download
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. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56:
963-970. Download
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, Spec.
Pub. Geol. Soc. 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.
Chem. Geol. 83: 195-208. Download
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 Planet.
Sci. Lett. 98: 192-207. Download
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. Tectonophys.
173: 207-210. Download
1987
9.
Rudnick, R.L. and Taylor, S.R.
(1987) The composition and petrogenesis of the lower continental crust: a
xenolith study. J. Geophys.
Res. 92: 13981-14006.
8.
Rudnick, R.L. and Williams, I.S.
(1987) Dating the lower crust by ion microprobe. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 85:
145-161. Download
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. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub. 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. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50: 1099-1115. Download
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. Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta 50: 2267-2280. Download
1985
4.
Rudnick, R.L., McLennan, S.M. and
Taylor, S.R. (1985) Large ion lithophile elements in high-pressure granulite
facies terrains. Geochimica Cosmochim. Acta 49: 1645-1655. Download
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., J. Geophys. Res. 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. Contrib.
Mineral. Petrol. 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.
Other publications (text book
contributions, news items, etc.)
Rudnick,
R.L. and Nakamura, E. (2004) Preface,
Special Issue on Lithium Isotope Geochemsitry, Chem. Geol. 212: 1-4.
Download
Deines, P.,
Goldstein, S.L., Gpel, C., Oelkers, E., Rudnick, R.L., Walter, L.M. (2003) Standards for publication of
elemental and isotope ratio data in Chemical Geology, Chem. Geol. 202: 1-4. Download
Rudnick,
R.L. (2001) Origin and evolution
of the continents, In (Mathez, E., ed.) Earth: Inside and Out, The New
Press, New York, 256 pp.
Rudnick,
R.L. (2000) Women in science
conference highlights disparity, enthusiasm, Gaea XXIII, No. 4: 6-7.
Melzer, A.,
Rudnick, R.L., Zeitler, P.K.,
Levander, A., Humphreys, G., Karlstrom, K., Ekstrm, G., Carlson, R., Dixon,
T., Gurnis, M., Shearer, P., van der Hilst, R. (1999) The USArray initiative, GSA
Today 9: 8-10.
McLennan,
S.M. and Rudnick, R.L. (1992)
The Taylor Colloqium: An
introduction, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56: 871-873. Download
Rudnick,
R.L. (1990) Continental
crust: growing from below. Nature 347:
711-712.