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Adrian J. Brearley is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research area spans primarily across Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the field of astro and planetary science, as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials. Their work also addresses planetary science and exploration, geological and geochemical analysis, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, and advanced MRI techniques and applications.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples, 2022, Science
  • Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent Use, Their Safety, and Practice Evolution, 2020, Kidney360
  • The Creation of True Two-Dimensional Silicon Carbide, 2021, Nanomaterials
  • Amorphous silicates in the matrix of Semarkona: The first evidence for the localized preservation of pristine matrix materials in the most unequilibrated ordinary chondrites, 2020, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Calibration of carbonate-water triple oxygen isotope fractionation: Seeing through diagenesis in ancient carbonates, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Adrian J. Brearley has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (18 publications)
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science (15 publications)
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis (6 publications)
  • Space Science Reviews (3 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (3 publications)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Adrian J. Brearley include:

  • E. Dobrică (19 collaborations)
  • José M. Cerrato (14 collaborations)
  • Angelica Benavidez (12 collaborations)
  • Tamara Howard (10 collaborations)
  • S. A. Singerling (10 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

    Don Brownlee;Peter Tsou;Jérôme Aléon;Conel M O'd Alexander

  • Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/wild 2 nucleus samples

    Michael E. Zolensky;Thomas J. Zega;Hajime Yano;Sue Wirick

  • The Action of Water

    A. J. Brearley

  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples

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  • The onset of metamorphism in ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites

    Jeffrey N. Grossman;Adrian J. Brearley

  • Matrix and fine-grained rims in the unequilibrated CO3 chondrite, ALHA77307: Origins and evidence for diverse, primitive nebular dust components

    Adrian J. Brearley

  • Chlorine isotope homogeneity of the mantle, crust and carbonaceous chondrites

    ZD Sharp;JD Barnes;AJ Brearley;M Chaussidon

  • Early solar system processes recorded in the matrices of two highly pristine CR3 carbonaceous chondrites, MET 00426 and QUE 99177

    Neyda M. Abreu;Adrian J. Brearley

  • Evolution of organic matter in Orgueil, Murchison and Renazzo during parent body aqueous alteration: In situ investigations

    Corentin Le Guillou;Sylvain Bernard;Adrian J. Brearley;Laurent Remusat

  • Relationships between organics, water and early stages of aqueous alteration in the pristine CR3.0 chondrite MET 00426

    Corentin Le Guillou;Adrian J. Brearley

  • Oxygen Isotopes of Chondritic Components

    Hisayoshi Yurimoto;Alexander N. Krot;Byeon Gak Choi;Jerome Aleon

  • Aqueous alteration of chondrules in the CM carbonaceous chondrite, Allan Hills 81002: implications for parent body alteration

    Nicolaus P Hanowski;Nicolaus P Hanowski;Adrian J Brearley

  • Bleached chondrules: Evidence for widespread aqueous processes on the parent asteroids of ordinary chondrites

    Jeffrey N. Grossman;Conel M. O'd. Alexander;Jianhua Wang;Adrian J. Brearley

  • Oxygen fugacity of martian basalts from electron microprobe oxygen and TEM-EELS analyses of Fe-Ti oxides

    Christopher D.K. Herd;James J. Papike;Adrian J. Brearley

  • Mineralogy, aqueous alteration, and primitive textural characteristics of fine-grained rims in the Y-791198 CM2 carbonaceous chondrite: TEM observations and comparison to ALHA81002

    Lysa J. Chizmadia;Adrian J. Brearley

  • Structural characterization of terrestrial microbial Mn oxides from Pinal Creek, AZ

    John R. Bargar;Christopher C. Fuller;Matthew A. Marcus;Adrian J. Brearley

  • An in situ X ray diffraction study of the kinetics of the Ni2SiO4 olivine‐spinel transformation

    D. C. Rubie;Y. Tsuchida;T. Yagi;W. Utsumi

  • The chlorine isotope composition of chondrites and Earth

    Z.D. Sharp;J.A. Mercer;R.H. Jones;A.J. Brearley

  • Timescales and settings for alteration of chondritic meteorites

    A. N. Krot;I. D. Hutcheon;A. J. Brearley;O. V. Pravdivtseva

  • Metasomatism in the Early Solar System: The Record from Chondritic Meteorites

    Adrian J. Brearley;Alexander N. Krot

  • Disordered Biopyriboles, Amphibole, and Talc in the Allende Meteorite: Products of Nebular or Parent Body Aqueous Alteration?

    Adrian J. Brearley

  • Aqueous alteration and brecciation in Bells, an unusual, saponite-bearing, CM chondrite

    Adrian J. Brearley

  • Evidence for exclusively inorganic formation of magnetite in Martian meteorite ALH84001

    D.C. Golden;D.W. Ming;R.V. Morris;A.J. Brearley

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander N. Krot
Alexander N. Krot University of Hawaii at Manoa
Rhian H. Jones
Rhian H. Jones University of Manchester
Klaus Keil
Klaus Keil University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michael E. Zolensky
Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration
David C. Rubie
David C. Rubie University of Bayreuth
Lindsay P. Keller
Lindsay P. Keller Arizona State University
Hugues Leroux
Hugues Leroux University of Lille
Jeffrey N. Grossman
Jeffrey N. Grossman United States Geological Survey
Steven B. Simon
Steven B. Simon University of New Mexico
Ian D. Hutcheon
Ian D. Hutcheon Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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