ALLAN TREIMAN - LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE

Title and Role

Co-Investigator - Responsible for geologic field work and geochemical interpretations in studies of alkaline springs in ophiolite peridotite (ophiolite).

Related Experience Summary

World expert in Martian meteorites, published 10s of papers on them.
Emphasizing alteration of Martian meteorite and implications for water on Mars.
Experience in geochemical modeling of low-temperature alteration of basalt rock.
Skilled in geologic field work.

Employment History

Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1993 - present.
N.R.C. Senior Research Fellow, 1991-1992.

Education

Ph.D. in Geology, University of Michigan, 1982.
M.S. in Geology, Stanford University, 1977.
B.A. in Chemistry, magna cum laude, Pomona College, 1974.

Professional Societies

Meteoritical Society
Mineralogical Society of America
American Geophysical Union

Awards and Honors

Fellow, Meteoritical Society.

Selected Relevant Publications

Treiman A.H., Lanzirotti A., and Xirouchakis D. (2003) Ancient water on asteroid 4 Vesta: Evidence from a quartz veinlet in the Serra de Magé eucrite meteorite. Submitted to Nature. Oct. 2002

Treiman A.H. (2002) Submicron magnetite grains and carbon compounds in Martian meteorite ALH84001: Inorganic, abiotic formation by shock and thermal metamorphism. Astrobiology 2, in press.

Treiman A.H., Amundsen. H.E.F., Blake D.F., and Bunch T. (2002) Hydrothermal origin for carbonate globules in Martian meteorite ALH84001: A terrestrial analogue from Spitsbergen (Norway). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 204, 323-332.

Treiman A.H. and Wallendahl A. (1998) Hydrogen chemistry of basalt aquifers. Science 282, 2196.

Treiman A.H., Barrett R.A. and Gooding J.L. (1993) Preterrestrial aqueous alteration of the Lafayette (SNC) meteorite. Meteoritics 28, 86-97.

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