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., Grtter, H., Hfer, 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.
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
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.
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., Dalp, 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., Dalp, 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
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* 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