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Barbara A. Cohen

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2000. (Research Assistant Professor) (505) 277-1642 Email: bcohen@unm.edu

Research and Academic Interests:

Experimental geochemistry of alteration phases in meteorites and thermal modeling of meteorite parent bodies. Geochemistry and petrology of lunar rocks and meteorites. Using ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating on lunar rocks and meteorites to determine the impact history of the Moon and asteroids. Update and remodeling of the Meteorite Museum.

Listing of Recent Publications:

• Chapman, C. R., B. A. Cohen, and D. H. Grinspoon (2004) What are the real constraints on the existence and magnitude of the late heavy bombardment? Icarus, in press.
  
• Cohen, B.A., C.A. Goodrich, and K. Keil (2004) Feldspathic clasts in polymict ureilites: Stalking the missing basalts from the ureilite parent body. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, 4263-4280.
• Cohen, B.A., O.B. James, L.A. Taylor, M.A. Nazarov, and L.D. Barsukova (2004) Petrology, mineral chemistry, and oxygen isotopic composition of lunar highlands meteorite Dhofar 026. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 39, 1419-1438.
• Grier, J.A., D.A. Kring, T.D. Swindle, A.S. Rivkin, B.A. Cohen, and D.T. Britt (2004) Analyses of the chondritic meteorite Orvinio (H6): Further insight into the origins and evolution of shocked H-chondrite material. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 39, 1475-1494.
• Cahill J. T., C. Floss, M. Anand, L. A. Taylor, M. A. Nazarov, and B. A. Cohen (2004) Petrogenesis of lunar highlands meteorites: Dhofar 025, Dhofar 081, Dar al Gani 262, and Dar al Gani 400. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 39, 503-530.
  
• Ciesla, F., D. S. Lauretta, B. A. Cohen, and L. A. Hood (2003) A nebular origin for chondritic fine-grained phyllosilicates. Science 299, 549-552.
  

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