Molly C. McCanta
Lunar and Planetary Institute
3600 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77058
(281) 486-2118
McCanta@lpi.usra.edu

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Papers

McCanta M.C., Dyar M.D., Rutherford M.J., and Delaney J.S. (2004) Iron partitioning between basalt and clinopyroxene as a function of oxygen fugacity. Amer. Mineral. 89, 1685–1693.

McCanta M.C., Rutherford M.J., and Jones J.H. (2004) An experimental study of rare earth element partitioning between a shergottite melt and pigeonite: implications for the oxygen fugacity of the Martian interior. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 1943–1952.

McCanta M.C., Dyar M.D., and Delaney J.S. (2004) Fe³⁺-in-clinopyroxene oxybarometry: effects of Na on iron partitioning behavior. EOS 85.

McCanta M.C. and Rutherford M.J. (2004) The calibration of the pyroxene Eu-oxybarometer for the Martian meteorites. In Oxygen in the Terrestrial Planets workshop, p.45. LPI Contribution No.1203, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

McCanta M.C., Rutherford M.J., Dyar M.D., and Delaney J.S. (2004) The relationship between clinopyroxene Fe³⁺ content and oxygen fugacity. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract 1165 (CD-ROM).

McCanta M.C. and Rutherford M.J. (2003) Magma ascent rates determined using multiple petrographic methods: a comparison of decompression-induced amphibole and plagioclase reactions and crystal size distribution. EOS 84, F2038.

McCanta M.C., Rutherford M.J., Dyar M.D., and Delaney J.S. (2003) Fe³⁺/ S Fe ratios in pigeonite as a function of f_O2: a preliminary investigation. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV, Abstract 1361 (CD-ROM).

McCanta M.C. and Rutherford M.J. (2002) Oxygen fugacity recorded in pigeonite: indications of a heterogeneous Martian magma source region? In Unmixing the SNCs workshop, Abstract 6013.

McCanta M.C., Rutherford M.J., and Musselwhite D.S. (2002) An experimental study of REE partitioning between a dry shergottite melt and pigeonite as a function of f_O2; implications for the Martian interior. Met. Planet. Sci. 37, A97.

McCanta M. C., Rutherford M. J., and Jones J.H. (2002) An experimental study of Eu/Gd partitioning between a shergottite melt and pigeonite: implications for the oxygen fugacity of the Martian interior. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII, Abstract 1942 (CD-ROM).

McCanta M. C. and Rutherford M. J. (2001) Black Butte dacitic dome, CA: A study of ascent rates using amphibole and plagioclase reactions and crystal size distribution. EOS 82 F1299.

McCanta M. C. and Rutherford M. J. (2001) SNC oxygen fugacity as recorded in pyroxenes: an experimental study. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII, Abstract 1348 (CD-ROM).

McCanta M. C. and Rutherford M. J. (2000) Black Butte and Shastina dacitic domes, Mt. Shasta, CA: Preeruption magma storage conditions and transport. EOS 81, F1381.

McCanta M. C. and Rutherford M. J. (1999) Black Butte, CA Dacite Dome: Pre-eruption conditions, magma ascent, and links to Shasta. EOS 80, F1106.

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February 15, 2005