Publications on Asteroid Surface Processes

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

101.     Huang Shaoxiong and Sears D. W. G. (1996)  Metal-silicate fractionation in the surface dust layers of accreting planetesimals:  Implications for the formation of chondrites and the nature of asteroid surfaces.  J. Geophys. Res. - Planets 101, 29,373 - 29,385.

113.     Akridge D. G. and Sears D. W. G. (1998)  Regolith and megaregolith formation of H-chondrites:  Thermal constraints on the parent body. Icarus 132, 185-195.

116.     Sears D. W. G. and Akridge D. G. (1998)  Nebula or parent body alteration of chondritic material:  neither or both? Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33, 1157-1167

120      Akridge D. G. and Sears D. W. G. (1999)  The gravitational and aerodynamic sorting of meteoritic chondrules and metal:  Experimental results with implications for chondritic meteorites.  J. Geophys. Res. (Planets) 104, 11853-11864.

146.     Kracher, Alfred; Sears, Derek W. G. (2005)  Space weathering and the low sulfur abundance of Eros.  Icarus, Volume 174, Issue 1, p. 36-45.

 

Abstracts and Extended Abstracts

A128.  Huang S., Sears D.W.G. and Benoit P.H. (1994)  Formation of chondrules in a thick dynamic regolith.  Meteoritics 29, 475.

A129.  Huang S., Sears D.W.G. and Benoit P.H. (1994)  Formation of chondrites in a thick dynamic regolith.  Meteoritics 29, 531

A135.  Huang S., Sears D.W.G. and Benoit P.H. (1995)  Gas flow and fluidization in a thick dynamic regolith: a new mechanism for the formation of chondritic meteorites.  Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVI, 639-640.

A156   Sears D. W. G. and Akridge G. D. (1997)  Asteroid compositions and surface processes: Some possible new implications from meteorite studies.  Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 29, 972

A164.  Sears D. W. G. (1998)  Endogenous surface processes on asteroids, comets and meteorite parent bodies.  Lunar Planet. Sci. XXIX, CD-ROM # 1203.

A201.  Kareev M.S., Sears D.W.G., Benoit P.H., Thompson J., Jansma P., and Mattioli G. (2002) Laboratory simulation experiments and the ponds on asteroid 433 Eros.  33rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1610, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM).

A207   Sears D.W.G., Jansma P., Mattioli G., Kareev M.S., and Benoit P.H. (2002) Simulation of the formation of regolith ponds on asteroids.  European Geophysical Union Conference

A209.  Kracher, A. and Sears, D. W. G. (2003)  Simulating sulfur loss from asteroid surfaces as a result of space weathering.  EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly.  Geophys. Res. Abs. 5, Abstract # P1340. (CD-ROM).

A210.  Kracher, A.; Sears, D. W. G., Benoit, P. H.; Meier, A. J. (2003)  Eros Sulfur Deficiency: A Closer Look at Meteorite Comparisons.  .  34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1023, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM).

A212.  Benoit, P. H.; Hagedorn, N. L.; Kracher, A.; Sears, D. W. G.; White, J. (2003)  Grain Size and Density Separation on Asteroids: Comparison of Seismic Shaking and Fluidization.  34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1033, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM).

A217.  Kareev, M. S.; Sears, D. W. G.; Benoit, P. H.; Atabaev, B. G. (2003)  The Importance of Solar Wind in the Production of "Space Weathering" Features on the Moon and on Asteroids.  34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1110, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM).

A228.  Franzen, M. A.; Kracher, A.; Sears, D. W. G.; Cassidy, W.; Hapke, B. W. (2005)  Space Weathering: A Proposed Laboratory Approach to Explaining the Sulfur Depletion on Eros.  36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1461

A230.  Franzen, M. A.; Sears, D. W. G.; Hapke, B.; Kracher, A. (2005)  Space Weathering on Asteroids: A Mechanism for Sulfur Depletion on Eros? American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #37, #15.09

A232.  Haseltine, J. D.; Franzen, M. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2005)  Fluidization from Continuous Outgassing as a Cause of Ponded Craters and Particle Sorting on 433 Eros.  American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #37, #15.10

A236.  Venechuk, E. M.; Franzen, M. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2005)  Radiation Resistance of a Silicone Polymer Grease Based Regolith Collector for the HERA Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Mission.  36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1492

A239.  Franzen, M. A.; Haseltine, J. D.; Kramb, J.; Ostrowski, D. R.; Sears, D. W. G. (2006)  Fluidization as a Potential Mechanism for Formation of Polar Surface Features on Asteroid Itokowa.  37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13-17, 2006, League City, Texas, abstract no.1022

A240.  Haseltine, J. D.; Franzen, M. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2006)  Fluidization from Continuous Outgassing as a Cause of Geological Structures on 433 Eros.  37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13-17, 2006, League City, Texas, abstract no.1103

 

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