List of works - Francis M. McCubbin

A Low O/Si Ratio on the Surface of Mercury: Evidence for Silicon Smelting?

A novel technique for fluorapatite synthesis and the thermodynamic mixing behavior of F-OH apatite crystalline solutions

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 99 no. 5-6, May 2014

A petrogenetic model for the comagmatic origin of chassignites and nakhlites: Inferences from chlorine-rich minerals, petrology, and geochemistry

scholarly article

A reduced organic carbon component in martian basalts.

scientific article

A review of volatiles in the Martian interior

scholarly article

Advanced Curation of Astromaterials for Planetary Science

journal article from 'Space Science Reviews' published in 2019

Analysis of MESSENGER high-resolution images of Mercury's hollows and implications for hollow formation

Apatites in lunar KREEP basalts: The missing link to understanding the H isotope systematics of the Moon

scholarly article

Back to the Future: Linking Apollo and Artemis Generations of Lunar Explorers with Special Samples from the Moon ⬇️

magazine article from 'Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin' published in 2020

Best practices for the use of meteorite names in publications

scholarly article

COSPAR Sample Safety Assessment Framework (SSAF)

scientific article published in June 2022

Chlorine distribution and its isotopic composition in “rusty rock” 66095. Implications for volatile element enrichments of “rusty rock” and lunar soils, origin of “rusty” alteration, and volatile element behavior on the Moon

article

Chlorine on the surface of Mercury: MESSENGER gamma-ray measurements and implications for the planet’s formation and evolution

scholarly article

Chromite symplectites in Mg-suite troctolite 76535 as evidence for infiltration metasomatism of a lunar layered intrusion

scientific article published in June 2012

Chromium on Mercury: New Results From the MESSENGER X‐Ray Spectrometer and Implications for the Innermost Planet's Geochemical Evolution

scientific article published on 29 June 2023

Compositional diversity and stratification of the Martian crust: Inferences from crystallization experiments on the picrobasalt Humphrey from Gusev Crater, Mars

scholarly article

Constraints on the Abundances of Carbon and Silicon in Mercury's Core From Experiments in the Fe‐Si‐C System

scientific article published in May 2020

Decline of giant impacts on Mars by 4.48 billion years ago and an early opportunity for habitability

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Detection of structurally bound hydroxyl in fluorapatite from Apollo Mare basalt 15058,128 using TOF-SIMS

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 95 no. 8-9, August 2010

Diamondites: evidence for a distinct tectono-thermal diamond-forming event beneath the Kaapvaal craton

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars

scientific article published in July 2023

Early accretion of water and volatile elements to the inner Solar System: evidence from angrites

scientific article

Early crust building enhanced on the Moon’s nearside by mantle melting-point depression

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Early degassing of lunar urKREEP by crust-breaching impact(s)

scholarly article

Early loss, fractionation, and redistribution of chlorine in the Moon as revealed by the low-Ti lunar mare basalt suite ⬇️

scholarly article by Jeremy W. Boyce et al published October 2018 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Early solar system. Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite-like source

scientific article

Experimental investigation of F, Cl, and OH partitioning between apatite and Fe-rich basaltic melt at 1.0–1.2 GPa and 950–1000 °C

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 100 no. 8-9, August 2015

Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)

scientific article published in June 2022

Fluorine and chlorine abundances in lunar apatite: Implications for heterogeneous distributions of magmatic volatiles in the lunar interior

article by Francis M. McCubbin et al published September 2011 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of boninitic and komatiitic rocks on the mercurian surface: Insights into the mercurian mantle

scholarly article

Geologic history of Martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034: Evidence for hydrothermal activity and lithologic diversity in the Martian crust

scholarly article

Graphite in an Apollo 17 impact melt breccia

scientific article published on July 2010

Graphite in the martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 97 no. 7, June 2012

Heterogeneous distribution of H2 O in the Martian interior: Implications for the abundance of H2 O in depleted and enriched mantle sources

scholarly article

Hydrothermal jarosite and hematite in a pyroxene-hosted melt inclusion in martian meteorite Miller Range (MIL) 03346: Implications for magmatic-hydrothermal fluids on Mars

scholarly article

Hydrous melting of the martian mantle produced both depleted and enriched shergottites

scholarly article

In-situ characterization of oxalic acid breakdown at elevated P and T: Implications for organic C-O-H fluid sources in petrologic experiments

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 99 no. 11-12, November 2014

Is Mercury a volatile-rich planet?

scholarly article

MSR Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2): Planning for the curation of MSR samples in a Sample Receiving Facility

preprint posted 8 December 2021

Magmatic volatiles (H, C, N, F, S, Cl) in the lunar mantle, crust, and regolith: Abundances, distributions, processes, and reservoirs

article by Francis M. McCubbin et al published August 2015 in American Mineralogist

Multiple early-formed water reservoirs in the interior of Mars

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Multiple reservoirs of volatiles in the Moon revealed by the isotopic composition of chlorine in lunar basalts

article

Nominally hydrous magmatism on the Moon

scientific article

On the origin of fluorine-poor apatite in chondrite parent bodies

scientific article published on 3 July 2023

Organic synthesis associated with serpentinization and carbonation on early Mars

scientific article published on 14 January 2022

Organic synthesis on Mars by electrochemical reduction of CO ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Origin and abundances of H2O in the terrestrial planets, Moon, and asteroids

scientific article published in November 2019

Origin of the lunar highlands Mg-suite: An integrated petrology, geochemistry, chronology, and remote sensing perspective

scholarly article by Charles K. Shearer et al published 23 December 2014 in American Mineralogist

Petrogenesis of primitive and evolved basalts in a cooling Moon: Experimental constraints from the youngest known lunar magmas

scientific article published in July 2015

Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust

scientific article

Phosphate minerals in the H group of ordinary chondrites, and fluid activity recorded by apatite heterogeneity in the Zag H3-6 regolith breccia

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 101 no. 11, November 2016

Planning Implications Related to Sterilization-Sensitive Science Investigations Associated with Mars Sample Return (MSR)

scientific article published in June 2022

Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)

scientific article published in June 2022

Prokaryotic and Fungal Characterization of the Facilities Used to Assemble, Test, and Launch the OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Rapid post-mortem maturation of diatom silica oxygen isotope values

scientific article

Rationale and Proposed Design for a Mars Sample Return (MSR) Science Program

scientific article published in June 2022

Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic and REE studies of igneous components in the bulk matrix domain of Martian breccia Northwest Africa 7034

scientific article published in February 2016

Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: Potential geochemical analogs for Mercury

scientific article published on 19 February 2019

Science and Curation Considerations for the Design of a Mars Sample Return (MSR) Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)

scientific article published in June 2022

Silica-rich volcanism in the early solar system dated at 4.565 Ga

scientific article published in Nature Communications

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 107

scholarly article

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 109

scholarly article

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111

The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108

scientific article

The Northwest Africa 8159 martian meteorite: Expanding the martian sample suite to the early Amazonian

article

The Role of Halogens During Fluid and Magmatic Processes on Mars

article published in 2018

The Scientific Importance of Returning Airfall Dust as a Part of Mars Sample Return (MSR)

scientific article published in June 2022

The abundances of F, Cl, and H2O in eucrites: Implications for the origin of volatile depletion in the asteroid 4 Vesta

scientific article published in December 2021

The chlorine-isotopic composition of lunar KREEP from magnesian-suite troctolite 76535

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 105 no. 8, August 2020

The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites

scientific article published in 2022

The lunar apatite paradox

scientific article

The origin of water in the primitive Moon as revealed by the lunar highlands samples

scholarly article

The origin of young mare basalts inferred from lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 4734, 032, and LaPaz Icefield 02205

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

The oxidation state of sulfur in lunar apatite

article by Maryjo Brounce et al published 1 February 2019 in American Mineralogist

The potential for metal contamination during Apollo lunar sample curation

scholarly article

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return

scientific article published in March 2019

The provenance, formation, and implications of reduced carbon phases in Martian meteorites

scholarly article

The sustainability of habitability on terrestrial planets: Insights, questions, and needed measurements from Mars for understanding the evolution of Earth-like worlds

Time-Sensitive Aspects of Mars Sample Return (MSR) Science

scientific article published in June 2022

Unique meteorite from early Amazonian Mars: water-rich basaltic breccia Northwest Africa 7034.

scientific article

Volatile abundances of coexisting merrillite and apatite in the martian meteorite Shergotty: Implications for merrillite in hydrous magmas

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 99 no. 7, July 2014

Volatiles in Martian Magmas and the Interior

scientific article

X-Ray Computed Tomography of Apollo Drive Tube 73001 as Part of the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis Program

scholarly article

List of works by Francis M. McCubbin

A Low O/Si Ratio on the Surface of Mercury: Evidence for Silicon Smelting?

A novel technique for fluorapatite synthesis and the thermodynamic mixing behavior of F-OH apatite crystalline solutions

A petrogenetic model for the comagmatic origin of chassignites and nakhlites: Inferences from chlorine-rich minerals, petrology, and geochemistry

A reduced organic carbon component in martian basalts.

A review of volatiles in the Martian interior

Advanced Curation of Astromaterials for Planetary Science

Analysis of MESSENGER high-resolution images of Mercury's hollows and implications for hollow formation

Apatites in lunar KREEP basalts: The missing link to understanding the H isotope systematics of the Moon

Back to the Future: Linking Apollo and Artemis Generations of Lunar Explorers with Special Samples from the Moon ⬇️

Best practices for the use of meteorite names in publications

COSPAR Sample Safety Assessment Framework (SSAF)

Chlorine distribution and its isotopic composition in “rusty rock” 66095. Implications for volatile element enrichments of “rusty rock” and lunar soils, origin of “rusty” alteration, and volatile element behavior on the Moon

Chlorine on the surface of Mercury: MESSENGER gamma-ray measurements and implications for the planet’s formation and evolution

Chromite symplectites in Mg-suite troctolite 76535 as evidence for infiltration metasomatism of a lunar layered intrusion

Chromium on Mercury: New Results From the MESSENGER X‐Ray Spectrometer and Implications for the Innermost Planet's Geochemical Evolution

Compositional diversity and stratification of the Martian crust: Inferences from crystallization experiments on the picrobasalt Humphrey from Gusev Crater, Mars

Constraints on the Abundances of Carbon and Silicon in Mercury's Core From Experiments in the Fe‐Si‐C System

Decline of giant impacts on Mars by 4.48 billion years ago and an early opportunity for habitability

Detection of structurally bound hydroxyl in fluorapatite from Apollo Mare basalt 15058,128 using TOF-SIMS

Diamondites: evidence for a distinct tectono-thermal diamond-forming event beneath the Kaapvaal craton

Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars

Early accretion of water and volatile elements to the inner Solar System: evidence from angrites

Early crust building enhanced on the Moon’s nearside by mantle melting-point depression

Early degassing of lunar urKREEP by crust-breaching impact(s)

Early loss, fractionation, and redistribution of chlorine in the Moon as revealed by the low-Ti lunar mare basalt suite ⬇️

Early solar system. Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite-like source

Experimental investigation of F, Cl, and OH partitioning between apatite and Fe-rich basaltic melt at 1.0–1.2 GPa and 950–1000 °C

Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)

Fluorine and chlorine abundances in lunar apatite: Implications for heterogeneous distributions of magmatic volatiles in the lunar interior

Geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of boninitic and komatiitic rocks on the mercurian surface: Insights into the mercurian mantle

Geologic history of Martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034: Evidence for hydrothermal activity and lithologic diversity in the Martian crust

Graphite in an Apollo 17 impact melt breccia

Graphite in the martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001

Heterogeneous distribution of H2 O in the Martian interior: Implications for the abundance of H2 O in depleted and enriched mantle sources

Hydrothermal jarosite and hematite in a pyroxene-hosted melt inclusion in martian meteorite Miller Range (MIL) 03346: Implications for magmatic-hydrothermal fluids on Mars

Hydrous melting of the martian mantle produced both depleted and enriched shergottites

In-situ characterization of oxalic acid breakdown at elevated P and T: Implications for organic C-O-H fluid sources in petrologic experiments

Is Mercury a volatile-rich planet?

MSR Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2): Planning for the curation of MSR samples in a Sample Receiving Facility

Magmatic volatiles (H, C, N, F, S, Cl) in the lunar mantle, crust, and regolith: Abundances, distributions, processes, and reservoirs

Multiple early-formed water reservoirs in the interior of Mars

Multiple reservoirs of volatiles in the Moon revealed by the isotopic composition of chlorine in lunar basalts

Nominally hydrous magmatism on the Moon

On the origin of fluorine-poor apatite in chondrite parent bodies

Organic synthesis associated with serpentinization and carbonation on early Mars

Organic synthesis on Mars by electrochemical reduction of CO ⬇️

Origin and abundances of H2O in the terrestrial planets, Moon, and asteroids

Origin of the lunar highlands Mg-suite: An integrated petrology, geochemistry, chronology, and remote sensing perspective

Petrogenesis of primitive and evolved basalts in a cooling Moon: Experimental constraints from the youngest known lunar magmas

Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust

Phosphate minerals in the H group of ordinary chondrites, and fluid activity recorded by apatite heterogeneity in the Zag H3-6 regolith breccia

Planning Implications Related to Sterilization-Sensitive Science Investigations Associated with Mars Sample Return (MSR)

Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)

Prokaryotic and Fungal Characterization of the Facilities Used to Assemble, Test, and Launch the OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

Rapid post-mortem maturation of diatom silica oxygen isotope values

Rationale and Proposed Design for a Mars Sample Return (MSR) Science Program

Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic and REE studies of igneous components in the bulk matrix domain of Martian breccia Northwest Africa 7034

Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: Potential geochemical analogs for Mercury

Science and Curation Considerations for the Design of a Mars Sample Return (MSR) Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)

Silica-rich volcanism in the early solar system dated at 4.565 Ga

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 107

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 109

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110

The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111

The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108

The Northwest Africa 8159 martian meteorite: Expanding the martian sample suite to the early Amazonian

The Role of Halogens During Fluid and Magmatic Processes on Mars

The Scientific Importance of Returning Airfall Dust as a Part of Mars Sample Return (MSR)

The abundances of F, Cl, and H2O in eucrites: Implications for the origin of volatile depletion in the asteroid 4 Vesta

The chlorine-isotopic composition of lunar KREEP from magnesian-suite troctolite 76535

The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites

The lunar apatite paradox

The origin of water in the primitive Moon as revealed by the lunar highlands samples

The origin of young mare basalts inferred from lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 4734, 032, and LaPaz Icefield 02205

The oxidation state of sulfur in lunar apatite

The potential for metal contamination during Apollo lunar sample curation

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return

The provenance, formation, and implications of reduced carbon phases in Martian meteorites

The sustainability of habitability on terrestrial planets: Insights, questions, and needed measurements from Mars for understanding the evolution of Earth-like worlds