Individual Publication List for Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Organized by project

Biological Influences on Weathering Coevolution of Life and Planets Co-Evolution of Planets and Biospheres: Lessons From Earth and Mars Fe Isotope Biosignatures Fractionation of Transition Metal Isotopes Impact Frustration and Subsequent Generation of Biologically Tenable Climates on Earth and Mars Mars as a Possible Habitat for Prebiotic or Biotic Activity Organic Molecules as Biosignatures Origin of Martian Soils Studies of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases on the Early Earth

Biological Influences on Weathering top

Banfield, J.F., Penn, R.L., & Zhang, H. (2000). Nanocrystal growth, reactivity, and biomineralization. [Abstract]. MicrOZcopy 2000, Canberra, Australia. Banfield, J.F., Welch, SA, Zhang, H., Ebert, T.T., & Penn, R.L. (In Press, 2000). Aggregation-based crystal growth and microstructure development in natural iron oxyhydroxide biomineralization products. Science. Barker, W.W. (2000). Phyllosilicate-exopolymer assemblages in a lithobiontic cyanobacterial mat [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union Meeting, Special Session on Astrobiology Biosignatures, Washington, DC. Barker, W.W., & Banfield, J.F. (2000). Application of a terrestrial silicate mineral weathering biosignatures model to ALH84001 [Abstract]. 37th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Chicago, IL. Barker, W.W., & Banfield, J.F. (2000). Electron microscopy of Barker, W.W., & Banfield, J.F. (2000). Electron microscopy of the intact microbe-mineral interfact [Abstract]. Life Detection Workshop, National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institute, Washington, DC. Barker, W.W., Santelli, C.M., Welch, S.A., & Banfield, J.F. (2000). Biomineralization of extracellular polymers by iron oxyhydroxides [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Labrenz, M., Bond, P.L., & Banfield, J.F. (2000). Microbial iron oxidation at neutral or low pH [Abstract]. Beitrage / AEF Commission IX, Erforschung von Leben und Legensbedingungen ausserhalb der Erde. Nesterova, M.V., Banfield, J.F., Barker, W.W., & Webb, J.M. (2000). Biomimietics: A tool of studying synthetic biosignatures [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union Meeting, Special Session on Astrobiology Biosignatures, Washington, DC.

Coevolution of Life and Planets top

Bottjer, D.J., Hagadorn, J.W., & Dornbos, S. (In Review, 2000). The Cambrian substrate revolution. GSA Today. Corsetti, F.A., & Hagadorn, J.W. (2000). The Precambrian-Cambrian transition: Death Valley, USA. Geology, 28: 299-302. Chen, J.Y., Oliveri, P., Li, C., Zhou, G., Gao, F., Hagadorn, J.W., Peterson, K.J., & Davidson, E. (2000). Precambrian animal diversity: Putative phosphatized embryos from the Doushantuo Formation of China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97: 4457-4462. Gaidos, E. (1999). Nearby solar analogs. I. Catalog and stellar characteristics. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 110: 1259. Gaidos, E. (1999). Observational constraints on late heavy bombardment rpisodes around young solar analogs. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 510: L131. Gaidos, E., Gudel, M., & Blake, G. (2000). An observational test of an alternative theory of solar evolution. Geophysical Research Letters, 27: 501. Gaidos, E., Henry, G., & Henry, S. (In Press, 2000). Spectroscopy and photometry of nearby young solar analogs. The Astronomical Journal. Gaidos, E., Nealson, K., & Kirschvink, J. (1999). Life in ice-covered oceans. Science, 284: 1631. Gaidos, E., & Nimmo, F. (In Press, 2000). Tectonics and water on Europa. Nature. Hagadorn, J.W., & Bottjer, D.J. (1999). Restriction of a characteristic late Neoproterozoic biotope: Suspect-microbial structures and trace fossils at the Vendian-Cambrian transition. Palaios, 14: 73-85. Hagadorn, J.W., & Fedo, C.W. (2000). Lower Cambrian Ediacaran fossils from the Great Basin, United States. Journal of Paleontology, 74(2): 349-350. Hagadorn, J.W., & Kirschvink, J.L. (In Preparation, 2000). Biomineralization and taphonomy of terminal Neoproterozoic Cloudina. [To be submitted to Precambrian Research]. Hagadorn, J.W., Schellenberg, S.A., & Bottjer, D.J. (In Press, 2000). Paleoecology of a large early Cambrian bioturbator. Lethaia. Hagadorn, J.W., & Waggoner, B.M. (2000). Ediacaran fossils from the Southwestern United States. Journal of Paleontology, 74: 349-359. Kirschvink, J.L., Gaidos, E., et al. (2000). Paleoproterozoic snowball Earth: Extreme climatic and geochemical global change and its biological consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97: 1400. Kirschvink, J.L., & Hagadorn, J.W. (In Press, 2000). A grand unified theory of biomineralization. In: E. Bäuerlein (Ed.), Biomineralization. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH. Thomas-Keprta, K.L., Bazylinski, D.A., et al. (In Press, 2000). Elongated prismatic magnetite Potential Martian magnetofossils. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta. Thomas-Keprta, K.L., Wentworth, S.J., et al. (1999). On the origins of magnetite in Martian meteorite ALH84001 [Abstract]. Thirtieth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Lunar and Planetary Science Institute, Houston, TX. Waggoner, B.M., & Hagadorn, J.W. (Submitted, 2000). Algae and unusual invertebrates from the Lower Cambrian of California and Nevada. Journal of Paleontology. Weiss, B.P., Kirschvink, J.L., et al. (2000). Reconciliation of magnetic and petrographic constraints on ALH84001? Panspermia lives on! [Abstract]. Thirty-First Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX. Abstract #2078. Weiss, B.P., Kirschvink, J.L., et al. (Submitted, 2000). Testing Panspermia: Evidence for a low temperature transfer of ALH84001 from Mars to Earth. Science.

Co-Evolution of Planets and Biospheres: Lessons From Earth and Mars top

Cheng, B.M., Chew E.P., Liu, C.P., Bahou, M., Lee, Y.P., Yung, Y.L., & Gerstell, M.F. (1999). Photo-induced fractionation of water isotopomers in the Martian atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 26: 3657-3660.

Fe Isotope Biosignatures top

Beard, B.L., & Johnson, C.M. (1999). The role of iron metabolizing organisms in the Fe geochemical cycle [Abstract]. Ninth Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference (p. 21-22). LPI Contributions, No. 971, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. Beard, B.L., & Johnson, C.M. (1999). High-precision iron isotope measurements of terrestrial and lunar materials. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 63: 1653-1660. Beard, B.L., Johnson, C.M., Cox, L., Sun Beard, B.L., Johnson, C.M., Cox, L., Sun, H., & Nealson, K.H. (1999). Iron-reducing bacteria produce iron isotope fractionations [Abstract]. Geological Society of America , Abstracts with Programs, 31: A276. Beard, B.L., Johnson, C.M., Cox, L., Sun, H., Nealson, K.H., & Aguilar, C. (1999). Iron isotope biosignatures. Science, 285: 1889-1892. Johnson, C.M., & Beard, B.L. (1999). Correction of instrumentally produced mass fractionation during isotopic analysis of Fe by thermal ionization mass spectrometry. International Journal of Mass Spectometry, 193: 87-99. Skulan, J.L., Johnson, C.M., & Beard, B.L. (2000). Progress in the development of an iron isotope biosignature [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Fractionation of Transition Metal Isotopes top

Anbar, A.D., Barling, J., Knab, K.A., Roe, J.E., & Nealson, K.H. (1999). Fractionation of transition metal stable isotopes: A new approach for the study of life in the geologic record [Abstract]. 1999 Gordon Research Conference: Origin of Life, Ventura, CA. Anbar, A.D., Knab, K.A., Barling, J., & Roe, J.E. (1999). Fractionation of transition metal stable isotopes: Toward the development of new biogeochemical tracers [Abstract]. 1999 Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. Anbar, A. D., Roe, J. E., Holman, E.S., Barling, J., & Nealson, K.H. (In Press, 2000). Non-biological fractionation of iron isotopes. Science. Anbar, A.D., Roe, J.E., Holman, E.S., Barling, J., & Zhang, C. (1999). Biotic & abiotic fractionations of iron isotopes [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, 1999 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Anbar, A.D., Zhang, C., Barling, J., Roe, J.E.. & Nealson, K.H. (1999). Iron isotope fractionation studies using MC-ICP-MS [Abstract]. Ninth V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Cambridge, MA. Barling, J., Ravizza, G., Tuit, C., & Anbar, A.D. (2000). Fractionation of molybdenum isotopes in Black Sea sediments [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, 2000 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Impact Frustration and Subsequent Generation of Biologically Tenable Climates on Earth and Mars top

Ahrens, T.J., Lyons, J.R., Yang, W., O'Keefe, J.D., & Gupta, S.C. (2000, April). Giant impacts on terrestrial planets can have unexpected outcomes [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Ahrens, T.J., & Persaud, P. ( Ahrens, T.J., & Persaud, P. (2000, May). Experimental determination of the chemical species of impact vaporization [Abstract]. First International Workshop on Warm Dense Matter, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Jyoti, G., Gupta, S.C., Ahrens, T.J., Kossakovski, D., & Beauchamp, J.L. (2000). Mass spectrometer calibration of cosmic dust analyzer. In: M.D. Furnish, L.C. Chhabildas, & R.S. Hixson (Eds.), Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999 (pp. 967-970). New York: American Institute of Physics.

Mars as a Possible Habitat for Prebiotic or Biotic Activity top

Gaddis, L.R., & Titus, T.N. (2000). Mapping geologic units in Valles Marineris, Mars using TES data [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Herkenhoff, K., Tanaka, K., Kolb, E., Plescia, J., & Plaut, J. (2000). Crater densities and surface ages of the Martian polar terrains [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, (p. 202), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Plescia, J., & Herkenhoff, K. (2000). Impact craters: Purveyors of fresh and subsurface material [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, (p. 207), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Plescia, J. (2000). Martian impact basins: Implications for biogenic activity [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, (p. 206), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Plescia, J. (2000). Cerberus Plains, Elysium: A possible young subsurface hydrothermal environment. [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference (p. 208), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Herkenhoff, K., Tanaka, K., Kolb, E., Plescia, J., & Plaut, J. (2000). Crater densities and surface ages of the Martian polar terrains [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

Organic Molecules as Biosignatures top

Brinton, K.L.F., McDonald, G.D., Tsapin, A.I., & Gilichinsky, D. (2000). Amino acid racemization in Siberian permafrost cores [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, (p. 263), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Brinton, K.L.F., Tsapin, A.I., McDonald, G.D., & Gilichinsky, D. (2000). Amino acid racemization in Siberian permafrost cores [Abstract]. American Chemical Society, Abstracts of Papers, 219: GEOC-45. Dorn, E., Storrie-Lombardi, M.C., McDonald, G.D., & Nealson, K.H. (2000). Multivariate statistical and neural network data analysis for biosignature detection in extraterrestrial samples [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference, (p. 246), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Glavin, D.P., Bada, J.L., Brinton, K.L.F., & McDonald, G.D. (1999). Amino acids in the Martian meteorite Nakhla. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 96: 8835-8838. McDonald, G.D., Fogel, M., & Scott, J. (2000). Fatty acids in Mono Lake water and sediment [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference (p.235), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. McDonald, G.D., Storrie-Lombardi, M.C., & Nealson, K.H. (1999). Principal component analysis for biosignature detection in extraterrestrial samples [Abstract]. American Chemical Society, Abstracts of Papers, 217: GEOC-74. Sun, H., Friedmann, E.I., McDonald, G.D., & Nealson, K.H. (2000). Organic biosignatures in Antarctic sandstone [Abstract]. First Astrobiology Science Conference (p. 276), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

Origin of Martian Soils top

Blaney, D. (1999). Where is the geochemical evidence for a warm wet Mars? [Abstract]. Fifth International Mars Conference. [CD-ROM]. Glenar, D., Bjoraker, G., Blaney , D., Joyce R.F., Espenak, F., & Young L. (2000). Near-IR imaging spectroscopy of Mars using the KPNO Cryogenic Grating Spectrometer (CRSP) [Abstract]. Thirty-First Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences.

Studies of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases on the Early Earth top

Rahn, T., Zhang, H., Wahlen, M., & Blake, G.A. (1998). Stable isotope fractionation in the ultraviolet photolysis of N2O. Geophysical Research Letters, 25: 4489. Turatti, F., Griffith, D.W., Esler, M.B., Rahn, T., Zhang, H., & Blake, G.A. (In Press, 2000). Positionally dependent 15N fractionation in the UV photolysis of N2O determined by high resolution FTIR spectroscopy. Geophysical Research Letters. Zhang, H., Wennberg, P.O., Wu, V.H., & Blake, G.A. (In Press, 2000). Fractionation of 14N15N16O and 15N14N16O during photolysis at 213 nm. Geophysical Research Letters.