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PUBLICATION LIST – AUGUST 2013 BOOKS Sears, D.W.G DEREK W.G. SEARS - PUBLICATION LIST – AUGUST 2013 BOOKS Sears, D.W.G. (2004) The Origin of Chondrules and Chondrites. Cambridge University Press, 240 pp. Sears, D.W.G. (1988) Thunderstones: The Meteorites of Arkansas. Univ. Arkansas Museum/Univ. Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 98 pp. Sears, D.W. (1979) The Nature and Origin of Meteorites. Oxford University Press, New York, 188 pp. REFEREED PAPERS 2013 186 Sears, Derek W. G.; Ninagawa, Kiyotaka; Singhvi, Ashok K. (2013) Luminescence studies of extraterrestrial materials: Insights into their recent radiation and thermal histories and into their metamorphic history. Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry 73, 1-37 185 Sears, Derek W. G. (2013). Oral histories in meteoritics and planetary science - XX: Dale Cruikshank. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 48, 700-711. 2012 184 Sears, Derek W. G. (2012). Oral histories in meteoritics and planetary science: A commentary. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 47, Issue 3, pp. 414-415. 183 Sears, Derek W. G. (2012). Oral histories in meteoritics and planetary science - XVI: Donald D. Bogard. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 47, Issue 3, pp. 416-433. 182 Sears, Derek W. G. (2012). Oral histories in meteoritics and planetary science - XV: John Wood. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 47, Issue 5, pp. 903-915. 181 Sears, Derek W. G. (2012). Oral histories in meteoritics and planetary science - XVII: Grenville Turner. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 47, Issue 3, pp. 434-448. 180 Sears, Derek W. G. (2012). Oral histories in meteoritics and planetary science - XVIII: Joseph Goldstein. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 47, Issue 5, pp. 916-926. 179. Sears, Derek W. G. (2012). Oral histories in meteoritics and planetary science - XIX: Klaus Keil. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Online Early 2011 178. Sears D. W. G. (2011) The thermoluminescence of meteorites: A brief 2009 perspective. Geocronometria 38, 303-313. 177 Craig J. P. and Sears D. W.G. (2011) Thermoluminescence as a Technique for Determining the Nature and History of Small Particles. Geochronometria 38, 272-281 176 Sears D. W. G., Yozzo J., and Ragland C. (2011) The natural thermoluminescence of Antarctic meteorites and their terrestrial ages and orbits: A 2010 update. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 46, 79-91. 166 Ostrowski D. R., Lacy C. H. S., Gietzen K. M., and Sears D. W. G. (2011) IRTF spectra for 17 asteroids from the C and X complexes: A discussion of continuum slopes and their relationships to C chondrites and phyllosilicates. Icarus 212, 682- 696. 2010 165 Bryson K. L., Dixon J. C. and Sears D. W. G. (2010). Evaporation effects on the formation of martian gullies. Icarus 210, 72-82. 164 Ostrowski D. R., Gietzen K., Lacy C., and Sears D. W.G. (2010) An investigation of the presence and nature of phyllosilicates on the surfaces of C asteroids by an analysis of the continuum slopes in the IR near infrared spectra. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 45, 615-637. 163 Chittenden, J. D.; Chevrier, V.; Roe, L. A.; Bryson, K.; Pilgrim, R.; Sears, D. W. G. (2010) Corrigendum to “Experimental study of the effect of wind on the stability of water ice on Mars” [Icarus 196 (2008) 477-487] Icarus 206, 791-791. 2009 162 Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M.; Llorca, J.; Rubin, A. E.; Grossman, J. N.; Sears, D. W. G.; Naranjo, M.; Bretzius, S.; Tapia, M.; Guarín Sepúlveda, M. H. (2009). The Cali meteorite fall: A new H/L ordinary chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44, 211-220. 1 2 DEREK W.G. SEARS 160 Sears, Derek W. G.; Saxton, John M.; Lyon, Ian C. (2009). Mass-independent fractionation of oxygen isotopes in the mesostasis of a chondrule from the Semarkona LL3.0 ordinary chondrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, 3948-3962. 159 Sedaghatpour, F.; Sears, D. W. G. (2009). Characterization of Antarctic micrometeorites by thermoluminescence. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44, 653-664. 158 Craig, J. P.; Sears, D. W. G. (2009). The fine-grained matrix of the Semarkona LL3.0 ordinary chondrite: An induced thermoluminescence study. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44, 643-652. 2008 157 Venechuk, E.; Franzen, M. A.; Roe, L. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2008) A sample collector for robotic sample return missions II: Radiation tests. Advances in Space Research 42, Issue 1, p. 25-28. 156 Theis K. J., Burgess R., Lyon I. C. and Sears D. W. (2008). The origin and history of ordinary chondrites: A study by iron isotope measurements of metal grains from ordinary chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, 4440-4456. 155 Franzen, M. A.; Roe, L. A.; Buffington, J. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2008) A sample collector for robotic sample return missions I: Temperature effect on collected mass. Advances in Space Research 42, Issue 1, p. 20-24. 154 Chittenden, J. D.; Chevrier, V.; Roe, L. A.; Bryson, K.; Pilgrim, R.; Sears, D. W. G. (2008) Experimental study of the effect of wind on the stability of water ice on Mars. Icarus 196, Issue 2, p. 477-487. 153 Chevrier, Vincent; Ostrowski, Daniel R.; Sears, Derek W. G. (2008) Experimental study of the sublimation of ice through an unconsolidated clay layer: Implications for the stability of ice on Mars and the possible diurnal variations in atmospheric water. Icarus 196, Issue 2, p. 459-476. 152 Bryson, Kathryn L.; Chevrier, Vincent; Sears, Derek W. G.; Ulrich, Richard (2008) Stability of ice on Mars and the water vapor diurnal cycle: Experimental study of the sublimation of ice through a fine-grained basaltic regolith. Icarus 196, Issue 2, p. 446-458. 151 Azouggagh-McBride, S.; Roe, L. A.; Franzen, M. A.; Buffington, J. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2008) A sample collector for robotic sample return missions III: Impact survivability studies. Advances in Space Research 42, Issue 1, p. 29-33. 2007 150 Chevrier, V., Sears D. W. G., Chittenden J. D., Roe L. A., Ulrich R., Bryson K., Billingsley L., Hanley J. (2007) Sublimation rate of ice under simulated Mars conditions and the effect of layers of mock regolith JSC Mars-1. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L02203, doi:10.1029/2006GL028401 2006 149 Moore S. R. and Sears D. W. G. (2006) On laboratory simulation and the effect of small temperature oscillations about the freezing point and ice formation on the evaporation rate of water on Mars. Astrobiology 6, 644-650. 2005 147 Kracher, Alfred; Sears, Derek W. G. (2005) Space weathering and the low sulfur abundance of Eros. Icarus, Volume 174, Issue 1, p. 36-45. 146 Sears, Derek W. G.; Moore, Shauntae R. (2005) On laboratory simulation and the evaporation rate of water on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 16, CiteID L16202 145 Sears, Derek W. G.; Chittenden, Julie D. (2005) On laboratory simulation and the temperature dependence of the evaporation rate of brine on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 23, CiteID L23203 2004 144 Sears D.W.G., Moore S.R., Nichols S., Kareev M., Benoit P.H. (2004) Mission operations in microgravity, regolith and dust. In Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids. (Eds. Michael J. S. Belton, Thomas H. Morgan, Nalin H. Samarasinha, Donald K. Yeomans). pp. 337-352. 143 Sears, Derek; Allen, Carl; Britt, Dan; Brownlee, Don; Franzen, Melissa; Gefert, Leon; Gorovan, Stephen; Pieters, Carle; Preble, Jeffrey; Scheeres, Dan; Scott, Ed (2004) The Hera mission: multiple near-earth asteroid sample return. Advances in Space Research, Volume 34, Issue 11, p. 2270-2275. 142 Sears, D. W. G.; Allen, C. C.; Bell, M. S.; Bogard, D.; Britt, D.; Brownlee, D. E.; Chapman, C.; Clark, B. C.; Dissley, R.; Franzen, M. A.; Goldstein, J.; Nishiizumi, K.; Nyquist, L.; Pieters, C. M.; Scheeres, D.; Scott, E. R. D.; Treiman, A. (2004) The Hera near-Earth asteroid sample return mission: science requirements of the sample collector. Advances in Space Research, Volume 34, Issue 11, p. 2276-2280. PUBLICATION LIST 3 141 Akridge, D. G.; Akridge, J. M. C.; Batchelor, J. D.; Benoit, P. H.; Brewer, J.; DeHart, J. M.; Keck, B. D.; Jie, Lu; Meier, A.; Penrose, M.; Schneider, D. M.; Sears, D. W. G.; Symes, S. J. K.; Yanhong, Zhang (2004) Photomosaics of the cathodoluminescence of 60 sections of meteorites and lunar samples. Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 109, Issue E7, CiteID E07S03 2003 140 Schneider, D.M., Benoit, P.H., Kracher A., and Sears D.W.G. (2003) Metal size distributions in EH and EL chondrites. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, Issue 8, pp. 2-1, Cite ID 1420, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016672. 139 Moore S. R., Franzen M., Benoit P. H., Sears D. W. G., Holley A., Myers M., Godsey R., and Czlapinsky J. (2003) The origin of chondrites: Metal-silicate separation experiments under microgravity conditions - II. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, Issue 10, pp. 29-1, Cite ID 1522, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016860. 138 McKeever, S.W.S., Banerjee D., Blair M., Clifford S.M., Clowdsley M.S., Kim S.S., Lamothe M., Lepper K., Leuschen M., McKeever K.J., Prather M., Rowland A., Reust D., Sears D.W.G., Wilson J.W. (2003) Concepts and approaches to in situ luminescence dating of martian sediments. Radiat. Meas. 37, 527-534. 137 Franzen M. A., Nichols S., Bogdon K., White C., Godsey R., Napieralski N., Benoit P. H., and Sears D. W. G. (2003) The origin of chondrites: Metal silicate separation experiments under microgravity conditions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, Issue 14, pp. SSC 7-1, Cite ID 1780, DOI 10.1029/2003GL017659. 2002 136. Sykes, M. V.; Asphaug, E.; Bell, J. F.; Binzel, R. P.; Bottke, W.; Bus, S. J.; Cellino, A.; Clark, P.; Davis, D. R.; de Sanctis, M. C.; Durda, D. D.; Emery, J.; Fevig, R. A.; Fink, U.; Granahan, J.; Harris, A. W.; Hartmann, W. K.; Jedicke, R.; Kelley, M.; Larson, S.
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