R.L.
Rudnick -- Publications
Books
Committee
on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences1 (2008) Origin
and Evolution of Earth: Research
Questions for a Changing Planet, National Research Council, 152 p.
Edited
Books
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.
2009
81. 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, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (submitted)
80. Aulbach , S., Rudnick,
R.L. and McDonough,
W.F. (2009) 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 (submitted).
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, J. Petrol. (submitted).
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, Chem. Geol. (in press) 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 (Brey, G.P., et
al., editors), Proceedings of the 9th International Kimberlite Conference, Lithos
(in revision).
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, Contrib.
Mineral. Petrol. (in press), 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, Chem. Geol.
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 Planet. Sci. Lett.
272: 666-676, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.032.
2007
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.
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.
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.
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.
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., Dalp,
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:
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., 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, J. Petrol. 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, Geochim. Cosmochim. 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, Chem. Geol. 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, Chem. Geol. 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, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 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 Planet. Sci. Lett.
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, Geochim. Cosmochim. 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, Chem. Geol., 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 Planet.
Sci. Lett. 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, J.
Metamorphic Geol. 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. Rev. 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
Planet. Sci. Lett. 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 Planet. Sci. Lett. 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 Planet.
Sci. Lett. 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. Geochim. Cosmochim. 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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.): non-refereed
Rudnick, R.L. and Nakamura, E. (2004) Preface, Special Issue on
Lithium Isotope Geochemsitry, Chem. Geol. 212: 1-4.
Rudnick, R.L. (2003) Introduction, pp. i-iii. In The Crust (ed. R.L. Rudnick) Vol. 3,
Treatise on Geochemistry (eds. H.D. Holland and K.K. Turekian),
Elsevier-Pergamon, Oxford.
Goldstein,
S.L., Deines, P., 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.
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. (1991) The Taylor Colloquium:
an introduction, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
56: 871-873.
Rudnick, R.L. (1990) Continental crust: growing from below. News & Views, Nature 347: 711-712.
McLennan,
S.M., McCulloch, M.T. and Rudnick, R.L. (1990) Taylor Colloquium – Origin and evolution
of planetary crusts, Canberra, Australia, 1-2 October 1990, Episodes 13:
187-188
1 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