Adrian J. Brearley
Ph.D.,University of Manchester, Great Britain, 1984 (Professor of Mineralogy and Interim Department Chair, Director, Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratories)
277-4163,Email: brearley@unm.edu
Research and Academic Interests:
Mineralogy, petrology and cosmochemistry of planetary materials
Experimental studies of planetary materials
Kinetics and mechanisms of metamorphic reactions
Phase transitions in the mantle transition zone and lower mantle
Mineralogy and petrology of mantle xenoliths
Analytical techniques: transmission electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis, scanning electron microscopy, focused ion beam/SEM.
List of Related Web Links:
Adrian Brearley's Personal Web Pages
Transmission Electron Microscope Laboratory
Recent publications:
Pontoppidan, K. M. and Brearley, A.J. (2011) Dust particle size evolution. In ‘Protoplanetary Dust’ Edited by Daniel Apai and Dante Lauretta, Cambridge University Press, pp. 191-229.
Abreu, N.M and Brearley, A.J. (2010) Early solar system processes recorded in the matrices of two highly pristine CR3 carbonaceous chondrites, MET00426 and QUE99177. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 1146-1171.
Bargar, J.R., Fuller, C.C., Marcus, M.A., Brearley, A.J., Perez De la Rosa, M., Webb, S.M. and Caldwell, W.A. (2009) Structural characterization of terrestrial microbial Mn oxides from Pina Creek, AZ. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, 889-910.
Leroux, H., Rietmeijer, F.J.M., Velbel, M.A., Brearley, A.J., Jacob, D. Langenhorst, F. Bridges, J.C., Zega, T.J., Stroud, R.M., Cordier, P. Harvey, R.P., Lee, M. Gounelle, M. and Zolensky, M.E. (2008). A TEM study of thermally modified Comet 81P/Wild 2 dust particles by interactions with the aerogel matrix during the Stardust capture process. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 43, 97–120.
Chizmadia, L.J. and Brearley, A.J. (2008) Mineralogy, aqueous alteration and primitive textural characteristics of fine-grained rims in the Y791198 CM2 carbonaceous chondrite: TEM observations and comparison to ALH81002. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 7, 602-625.
Chizmadia, L.J., Xu, Y., Schwappach, C. and Brearley, A.J. (2008) Characterization of micron-sized Fe,Ni metal grains in fine-grained rims In the Y‑791198 CM2 carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for asteroidal and preaccretionary models for aqueous alteration. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1419-1438.
Hawkins, A., Selverstone, J. Brearley, A.J., Beane, R. J., Ketcham, R. and Carlson, W.D. (2007) Origin and mechanical significance of fishnet (honeycomb) garnets in high-pressure metasedimentary rocks from the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps. J. Metamorphic Geology 25, 565-583. doi:10.1111/.1525-1314.2007.00714x.
Sharp, Z.D. Barnes, J.D., Brearley, A.J., Fischer, T., Chaussidon, M. and Kamenetsky, V.S. (2007) Chlorine isotope homogeneity of the crust, mantle and carbonaceous chondrites. Nature 446, 1062-1065.
Brearley, A.J. (2006) The action of water. In ‘Meteorites and the Early Solar System II” (Eds Dante Lauretta, H.Y. McSween Jr), Arizona University Press, pp. 587-624.
Zolensky, M.E. and multiple authors (2006) Mineralogy and Petrology of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Nucleus Samples. Science 314, 1735-1739.
Brownlee, D. and multiple authors (2006) Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope. Science 314, 1711-1716.
Pfeffer, M., Rietmeijer, F.J.M. Brearley, A.J. and Fischer, T.P., (2006) Electron microbeam analysis of aerosols from the plume of Poás volcano and comparison with equilibrium plume chemistry modeling. Journal of Volcanological Research 152, 174-188.
Jones, C.L. and Brearley A.J. (2006) Experimental aqueous alteration of the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite; Insights into asteroidal aqueous alteration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 1040-1058.
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