Education

Ph.D. Princeton University (1981)

Research Interests

Isotopic and petrologic studies of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, and their bearing on the earliest history of the solar system; experimental studies of clinopyroxene crystallization in igneous rocks; petrologic studies of volcanic rocks in ophiolite belts.

Publications

MACPHERSON G. J. (1972) Brightness variations in the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 6814; Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 84 : 392-393.

GROSSMAN L., ALLEN J.M., MACPHERSON G.J. (1980) Electron microprobe stduy of a "mysterite"-bearing inclusion from the Krymka LL-chondrite; Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 44 : 211-216.

MACPHERSON G.J. AND GROSSMAN L. (1981) A once-molten, coarse-grained, Ca-rich inclusion in Allende; Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 52: 16-24.

GROSSMAN L., OLSEN E., DAVIS A.M., TANAKA T. AND MACPHERSON G.J. (1981) The Antarctic achondrite ALHA 76005: A polymict eucrite; Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 45 : 1267-1280.

MACPHERSON G.J., GROSSMAN L., ALLEN J.M. AND BECKETT J.R. (1981) Origin of rims on coarse-grained inclusions in the Allende meteorite; Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 12th : 1079-1091. Pergamon Press.

BAR-MATTHEWS M., HUTCHEON I.D., MACPHERSON G.J. AND GROSSMAN L. (1982) A corundum-rich inclusion in the Murchison carbonaceous chondrite; Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 46 : 31-42.

MACPHERSON G.J. (1983) The Snow Mountain volcanic complex: An on-land seamount in the Franciscan terrain, California; Jour. Geology, 91 : 73-92.

MACPHERSON G.J., BAR-MATTHEWS M., TANAKA T., OLSEN E. AND GROSSMAN L. (1983) Refractory inclusions in the Murchison meteorite; Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 47 : 823-839.

MACPHERSON G.J. AND GROSSMAN L. (1984) Fluffy Type A inclusions in the Allende meteorite; Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 48 :29-46.

MACPHERSON G.J. (1984) A model for predicting the volumes of vesicles in submarine basalts; Jour. Geology, 92 : 73-82.

CLAYTON R.N., MACPHERSON G.J., HUTCHEON I.D., DAVIS A.M., GROSSMAN L., MAYEDA T.K., MOLINI-VELSKO C.,ALLEN J.M. AND EL GORESY A. (1984) Two forsterite-bearing FUN inclusions in the Allende meteorite; Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 48 : 535-548.

MACPHERSON G.J., PAQUE J.M., STOLPER E. AND GROSSMAN L. (1984) The origin and significance of reverse zoning in melilite from Allende Type B inclusions; Jour. Geology, 92 : 289-305.

MACPHERSON G.J., GROSSMAN L., HASHIMOTO A., BAR-MATTHEWS M. AND TANAKA T. (1984) Petrographic studies of refractory inclusions from the Murchison meteorite; Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 15th; Jour. Geophys. Res. Supplement, 89: C299-C312.

MACPHERSON G.J., HASHIMOTO A. AND GROSSMAN L. (1985) Accretionary rims on inclusions in the Allende meteorite; Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 49 : 2267-2279.

MACPHERSON G.J. AND PHIPPS S.P.(1985) Comment on "Geochemical evidence for the tectonic setting of the Coast Range Ophiolite: a composite island arc - oceanic crust terrane in western California" by J.W. Shervais and D. L. Kimbrough; Geology, 13 :827-828.

SCORE R., SCHWARZ C., DELANEY J.S., MACPHERSON G.J. AND MASON B. (1989) Descriptions of stony meteorites; In Field and Laboratory Investigations of Meteorites from Victoria Land and the Thiel Mountains Region, Antarctica, 1982-1983 and 1983-1984, (eds. U.B. Marvin and G.J. MacPherson), Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences v. 28, p.29-59. Smithsonian Institution Press.

MARVIN U.B. AND MACPHERSON G.J. (eds.) (1989) Field and Laboratory Investigations of Meteorites from Victoria Land and the Thiel Mountains Region, Antarctica, 1982-1983 and 1983-1984, Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences v. 28, 146 pp. Smithsonian Institution Press.

MACPHERSON G.J., WARK D. A. AND ARMSTRONG J.T. (1988) Primitive materials surviving in chondrites: Refractory inclusions. In Meteorites and the Early Solar System (J. Kerridge and M.S. Matthews, eds.), p. 746-807. Univ. of Arizona Press.

MACPHERSON G.J. AND PHIPPS S.P. (1988) Geochemistry and petrology of mafic volcanic rocks from olistostromes in the basal Great Valley Sequence, Northern California Coast Ranges. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 100: 1770-1779.

GROSSMAN, J. N., RUBIN, A. E., AND MACPHERSON, G. J. (1988) Allan Hills 85085: A unique volatile-poor carbonaceous chondrite with implications for nebular agglomeration and fractionation processes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 91: 33-54.

MACPHERSON, G.J. AND GROSSMAN, J. N. (1988) Scanning electron microscopy of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites: Characterizing pre-planetary dust from the birth of the solar system. Scanning Microscopy 3, 83-87.

MACPHERSON, G. J., CROZAZ, G., AND LUNDBERG, L. L. (1989) The evolution of a complex Type B Allende inclusion: An ion microprobe trace element study. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 2413-2427

ZUBER M., PLESCIA J., JAMES O. B. AND MACPHERSON G. J. (eds.) (1989) Planetary Geosciences 1988. NASA SP-498.

MAO X.-Y., WARD B.J., GROSSMAN L. AND MACPHERSON G.J. (1990) Chemical compositions of refractory inclusions from the Vigarano and Leoville carbonaceous chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 54, 2121-2132.

MACPHERSON G.J., PHIPPS S.P. AND GROSSMAN J.N. (1990) Diverse sources for igneous blocks from Franciscan melanges in the California Coast Ranges. Jour. Geology 98, 845-862.

DAVIS A.M., MACPHERSON G.J., CLAYTON R.N., MAYEDA T.K., SYLVESTER P., GROSSMAN L, HINTON R.W.AND LAUGHLIN J.R. (1991) Melt solidification and late-stage evaporation in the evolution of a FUN inclusion from the Vigarano C3V chondrite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 55, 621-638.

PODOSEK F.A., ZINNER E.K., MACPHERSON G.J., LUNDBERG L., BRANNON J.C. AND FAHEY A.F. (1991) Correlated study of initial 87Sr/86Sr and Al-Mg isotopic systematics and petrologic properties in a suite of refractory inclusions from the Allende meteorite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 55, 1083-1110.

SYLVESTER P.J., GROSSMAN L. AND MACPHERSON G.J. (1992) Refractory inclusions with unusual chemical compolsitions from the Vigarano carbonaceous chondrite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 56, 1343-1363.

ZUBER M., JAMES O. B., LUNINE J.I., MACPHERSON G. J. AND PHILLIPS R.J. (eds.) (1992) Planetary Geosciences 1989-1990. NASA SP-508.

LOSS R.D., LUGMAIR G. W., MACPHERSON G.J. AND DAVIS A.M. (1992) The nature of the ancient solar nebula: Clues from isotopic studies of primitive meteorites. In Zuber M., James O. B.,Lunine J.I., MacPherson G. J. and Phillips R.J. (eds.), Planetary Geosciences 1989-1990, p. 33-34. NASA SP-508.

MARVIN U.B. AND MACPHERSON G.J. (eds.) (1992) Field and Laboratory Investigations of Antarctic Meteorites Collected by United States Expeditions, 1985-1987. Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences Number 30. Smithsonian Institution Press. 116 pp.

MASON B., MACPHERSON G.J., SCORE R., MARTINEZ R., SATTERWHITE, C., SCHWARZ C., AND GOODING J.L., (1992) Descriptions of stony meteorites; In U.B. Marvin and G.J. MacPherson, eds., Field and Laboratory Investigations of Antarctic Meteorites Collected by United States Expeditions, 1985-1987. Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences Number 30, p.17-35. Smithsonian Institution Press.

MACPHERSON G.J., AND DAVIS A.M. (1993) A petrologic and ion microprobe study of a Vigarano type B2 refractory inclusion: Evolution by multiple stages of melting and alteration. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 231-243.

MACPHERSON G.J., JAROSEWICH E., AND LOWENSTEIN P. (1993) Magombdze: A new H-chondrite with light-dark structure. Meteoritics 28, 138-142.

CAILLET C., ZINNER E.K., AND MACPHERSON G.J. (1993) Petrologic and Al-Mg isotopic clues to the accretion of two refractory inclusions onto the Leoville parent body: One was hot, the other wasn't. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 4725-4743.

MACPHERSON G.J. AND DAVIS A.M. (1994) Refractory inclusions in the prototypical CM chondrite, Mighei. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58, 5599-5625.

LOSS R.D., LUGMAIR G. W., MACPHERSON G.J. AND DAVIS A.M. (1994) Isotopically distinct reservoirs in the solar nebula: Isotope anomalies in Vigarano meteorite inclusions. Astrophysical Journal 436, L193-L196.

MACPHERSON G.J., DAVIS A.M. AND ZINNER E.K. (1995) 26Al in the early solar system: A reappraisal. Meteoritics 30, 365-386. (Invited Review)

DAVIS A.M. AND MACPHERSON G.J. (1996) Thermal processing in the solar nebula: Constraints from refractory inclusions. In: Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk (R. H. Hewins, R. H. Jones, and E. R. D. Scott, eds.), p. 71-76. Cambridge University Press. 346 pp.

SWINDLE T. D., DAVIS A. M., HOHENBERG C. M., MACPHERSON G.J. AND NYQUIST L. E. (1996) Isotopic constraints on the timing of the formation of solids in the solar nebula. In: Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk (R. H. Hewins, R. H. Jones, and E. R. D. Scott, eds.), p. 77-86. Cambridge University Press. 346 pp.

RUSSELL S. S., SRINIVASAN, G., HUSS G. R., WASSERBURG G. J. AND MACPHERSON G. J. (1996) Evidence for Widespread 26Al in the Solar Nebula and Constraints for Nebula Timescales. Science 273, 757-762.

IVANOV A.V., MACPHERSON G.J., ZOLENSKY M.E., KONONKOVA N.N., AND MIGDISOVA L. F. (1996) The Kaidun meteorite: Composition and origin of inclusions in the metal of an enstatite chondrite clast. Meteoritics 31, 621-626.

MCKEEGAN K. D., LESHIN L. A., RUSSELL S. S., AND MACPHERSON G. J. (1998) Oxygen isotopic abundances in calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from ordinary chondrites: Implications for nebular heterogeneity. Science 280, 414-418.

GIARAMITA M., MACPHERSON G. J., AND PHIPPS S. P. (1998) Petrologically diverse basalts from a fossil oceanic forearc in California: The Llanada and Black Mountain remnants of the Coast Range Ophiolite. Geol. Soc. America Bull. 110, 553-571.

GUAN Y., HUSS G. R., MACPHERSON G. J., AND WASSERBURG G. J. (2000) Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from enstatite chondrites: Indigenous or foreign? Science 289, 1330-1333.

GUAN Y., MCKEEGAN K. D., AND MACPHERSON G. J. (2000) Oxygen isotopes in calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from enstatite chondrites: New evidence for a single CAI source in the solar nebula. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 181, 271-277.

RUSSELL S. S., DAVIS A. M., MACPHERSON G. J., GUAN Y., AND HUSS G. R. (2000) Refractory inclusions from the ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites MAC 87300 and MAC 88107. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 35, 1051-1066.

RUSSELL S. S., MACPHERSON G. J., LESHIN L. A., AND MCKEEGAN K. D., (2000) 16O enrichments in aluminum-rich chondrules from ordinary chondrites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 184, 57-74.

HUSS G. R., MACPHERSON G. J., WASSERBURG G. J., RUSSELL S. S., AND SRINIVASAN G. (2001) 26Al in CAIs and Al-Chondrules from Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 36, 975-997.

MCCLEESE D., GREELEY R., AND MACPHERSON G. J. (2001) Science Planning for Exploring Mars. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 01-7 (55 pp.)

BECKER H., MORGAN J. W., WALKER R. J., MACPHERSON G. J., AND GROSSMAN J. N. (2001) Rhenium-osmium systematics of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in carbonaceous chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65, 3379-3390.

IVANOVA M. A., PETAEV M. I., MACPHERSON G. J., NAZAROV M. A., TAYLOR L. A., AND WOOD J. A. (2002) The first known natural occurrence of CaAl₂O₄, in a Ca-Al-rich inclusion from the CH chondrite NWA 470. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences 37, 1337-1344.

KROT A. N., MCKEEGAN K. D., LESHIN L. A., AND MACPHERSON G. J. (2002) Existence of an ¹⁶O-rich gaseous reservoir in the solar nebula. Science 295, 1051-1054.

MACPHERSON G. J., HUSS G. R., AND A. M. DAVIS (2003) Extinct ¹⁰Be in Type A CAIs From CV Chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 3165-3179.

MACPHERSON G. J. (2004) Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in chondritic meteorites. In Meteorites, Comet And Planets (ed. A. M. Davis) Vol. 1 Treatise On Geochemistry (eds. H. D. Holland and K. K. Turekian), pp. 201-246. Elsevier–Pergamon, Oxford.

KROT A. N., MACPHERSON G. J., ULYANOV A. A. AND PETAEV M. I. (2004) Fine-grained, spinel-rich inclusions from the reduced CV chondrites Efremovka and Leoville: I. Mineralogy, petrology and bulk chemistry. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 39, 1517-1553.

MACPHERSON G. J., and HUSS G.R. (2005) Petrogenesis of Al-rich chondrules: Evidence from bulk compositions and phase equilibria. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69, 3099-3127.

RUSSELL S. S., KROT A. N., HUSS G. R., KEIL K., MACPHERSON G. J., YURIMOTO H., ITOY S. (2005) The genetic relationship between refractory inclusions and chondrules. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk (A. N. Krot, E. R. D. Scott, and B. Reipurth, eds). Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, v. 341, 317-350.

MACPHERSON G. J., SIMON S. B., DAVIS A. M., GROSSMAN L., and KROT A. N. (2005) Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions: Major unanswered questions. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk (A. N. Krot, E. R. D. Scott, and B. Reipurth, eds). Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, v. 341, 225-250.

ALÉON J., KROT A. N., MCKEEGAN K. D., MACPHERSON G. J. and ULYANOV A. A. (2005) Fine-grained, spinel-rich inclusions from the reduced CV chondrite Efremovka: II. Oxygen isotopic compositions. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 40, 1043-1058.

KROT A. N., YURIMOTO H., HUTCHEON I. D., AND MACPHERSON G. J. (2005) Relative chronology of CAI and chondrule formation: Evidence from chondrule-bearing igneous CAIs. Nature 434, 998-1001.

GUAN Y., HUSS G. R., LESHIN L. A., MACPHERSON G. J. and MCKEEGAN K. D. (2006) Oxygen isotopes and 26Al-26Mg systematics of aluminum-rich chondrules from unequilibrated enstatite chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 41, 33-47

TAYLOR S. R., PIETERS C. M. and MACPHERSON G. J. (2006) Chapter 7: Earth-Moon System, Planetary Science, and Lessons Learned. In Joliff B. et al. (eds) New Views Of The Moon From Remote Sensing And Sample Data. In: Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, v. 60, 657-704.

MACPHERSON G. J., PHIPPS S., and GIARAMITA M. J. (2006) Tectonic implications of diverse igneous blocks in Franciscan mélange: Northern California and southwestern Oregon. American Mineralogist 91, 1509-1520.

FLYNN G. J., BLEUET P., BORG J., BRADLEY J. P., BRENKER F. E., BRENNAN S., BRIDGES J., BROWNLEE D. E., BULLOCK E. S., BURGHAMMER M., CLARK B. C., DAI Z. R., DAGHLIAN C. P., DJOUADI Z., FAKRA S., FERROIR T., FLOSS C., FRANCHI I. A., GAINSFORTH Z., GALLIEN J.-P., GILLET P., GRANT P. G., GRAHAM G. A., GREEN S. F., GROSSEMY F., HECK P. R., HERZOG G. F., HOPPE P., F HÖRZ., HUTH J., IGNATYEV K., ISHII H. A., JANSSENS K., JOSWIAK D. KEARSLEY, A. T., KHODJA H., A LANZIROTTI., LEITNER J., LEMELLE L., LEROUX H., LUENING K., MACPHERSON G. J., MARHAS K. K., MARCUS M. A., MATRAJT G., NAKAMURA T., NAKAMURA-MESSENGER K., NAKANO T., NEWVILLE M., PAPANASTASSIOU D. A., PIANETTA P., RAO W., RIEKEL C., RIETMEIJER F. J. M., ROST D., SCHWANDT C. S., SEE T. H., SHEFFIELD-PARKER J., SIMIONOVICI A., SITNITSKY I., SNEAD C. J., F STADERMANN. J., STEPHAN T., STROUD R. M., SUSINI J., SUZUKI Y., SUTTON S. R., TAYLOR S., TESLICH N., TROADEC D., TSOU P., TSUCHIYAMA A., UESUGI K., VEKEMANS B., VICENZI E. P., VINCZE L., WESTPHAL A. J., WOZNIAKIEWICZ P., ZINNER E., ZOLENSKY M. E. (2006) Elemental Compositions of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Collected by Stardust. Science 314, 1731-1735

PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

1. TRONCHE E. J., HEWINS R. H., AND MACPHERSON G. J. (2007) Formation conditions of aluminum-rich chondrules. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta [in press]

2. KROT A. N., YURIMOTO H., HUTCHEON I. D., LIBOUREL G., CHAUSSIDON M., TISSANDIER L., PETAEV M. I., MACPHERSON G. J., PAQUE-HEATHER J., AND WARK D. (2007) Type C CAIs From Allende: Evidence for multistage formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta [in press]

3. STEPHAN T., ROST D., VICENZI E. P., BULLOCK E. S., MACPHERSON G. J., WESTPHAL A. J., SNEAD C. J., FLYNN G. J., SANDFORD S. A., AND ZOLENSKY M. E. (2007) TOF-SIMS analysis of cometary matter in Stardust aerogel tracks. Meteoritics and Planetary Science [in press]

4. FAGAN T.J., GUAN Y. AND MACPHERSON G.J. (2007) Al-Mg isotopic evidence for episodic alteration of Ca-Al-rich inclusions from Allende. Meteoritics and Planetary Science [in press]