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Dr. Allan H. Treiman
Associate Director for Science
Senior Staff Scientist

Lunar and Planetary Institute
3600 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, TX 77058
E-mail: treiman(at)lpi.usra.edu
Phone: 281-486-2117
Fax: 281-486-2162

 

PLANETARY PETROLOGY

  • The Moon
    • Lunar highlands plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
    • Lunar Volatiles
  • Mars
    • Martian Meteorites
      • Aqueous alteration and Martian crustal waters.
      • Volatiles (especially water and halogens) in Martian magmas.
      • Igneous Petrogenesis
    • Martian Mineralogy
      • Co-I for the CheMin instrument on MSL 09.
  • Venus
    • Co-I on the SAGE New Frontiers mission proposal, a Venus geochemistry lander.
    • Co-I on the VERITAS Discovery mission proposal, a Venus radar / NIR orbiter.
    • Venus Geochemistry Workshop.
    • Treiman A.H. (2007) Geochemistry of Venus' surface: Current limitations as future opportunities. In "Exploring Venus as a Terrestrial Planet," AGU Monograph Series 176, 7-22. Preprint.
  • Asteroids
    • Volatiles in LAP 04840.
  • Achondrites
    • Eucrite Basalts and Cumulates.

HOT ABSTRACTS

Treiman A.H. (submitted) Real world complexities of serpentinization: Josephine peridotite, CA. Astrobiology Science Conference 2012.

Treiman A.H., and Gross J. (2012) Abundant apatite in granulite 79215: Spoor of another volatile-rich lunar fluid.Lunar Planet. Sci. 43, Abstract #1223.

Treiman A.H., and Gross J. (2012) Lunar cordierite-spinel troctolite: Igneous history and volatiles. Lunar Planet. Sci. 43, Abstract #1196.

Gross J., Treiman A.H., and Mercer C. (2012) Sinking the lunar magma ocean: Meteoritic evidence and the return of serial magmatism Lunar Planet. Sci. 43, Abstract #2306.

RECENT PAPERS
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PurpleSpinel Gross J., and Treiman A.H. (2011) Unique spinel-rich anorthositic troctolite in lunar meteorite ALHA81005: Origin and possible connection to M3 observations of the farside highlands.Journal of Geophysical Research 116. E10009, Reprint.

 

Sapas Mons Treiman A.H., and Bullock M.A. (2011) Mineral reaction buffering of Venus' atmosphere: A thermochemical constraint and implications for Venus-like planets. Icarus 217, 534-541. Reprint.

 

 

Cl Robinson K.L., Treiman A.H., and Joy K.L. (in revision) Basaltic fragments in lunar highlands meteorites: Connecting sample analyses to orbital remote sensing. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

 

Sverrefjell Treiman A.H. (in press) Eruption ages of the Sverrefjell volcano, Spitsbergen Island, Norway. Polar Science, Aug. 2011.

 

BoringGraph Treiman A.H., and Essene E.J. (2011) Chemical Composition of Magnetite in Martian Meteorite Allan Hills 84001: Thermochemistry of Phases in Fe-Mg-C-O and Equilibria Between Fe-Mg Carbonate and Magnetite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 5234-5335 Link.

 

Cl Gross J., Treiman A.H., Filiberto J., and Herd C.D.K. (2011) Primitive olivine-phyric shergottite NWA 5789: Petrography, mineral chemistry and cooling history imply a magma similar to Yamato 980459. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 46, 116-133. Link.

 

Sapas Mons Smrekar S.E., Stofan E.R., Mueller N., Treiman A., Elkins-Tanton L., and Helbert J. (2010) Evidence for recent hotspot volcanism on Venus and implications for resurfacing and weathering. Science 328, 605-608. Link.

 

mggranul Treiman A.H., Maloy A.K., and Shearer C.K. Jr. (2010) Magnesian anorthositic granulites in lunar meteorites in lunar meteorites Allan Hills 81005 and Dhofar 309: Geochemistry and global significance Meteoritics and Planetary Science 45, 163-180. Link.

 

Cl Filiberto J., Musselwhite D., Gross J., Burgess K., and Treiman A.H. (2010) Experimental petrology, crystallization history, and parental magma characteristics of olivine-phyric shergottite NWA 1068: Implications for the petrogenesis of 'enriched' olivine-phyric shergottites. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences 45, 1258-1270. Link.

 

gusevcl Filiberto J., and Treiman A.H. (2009) The effect of chlorine on the liquidus of basalt: First results, and implications for basalt genesis on Mars and Earth. Chemical Geology 263, 60-68. Preprint.

February 1, 2012