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Charles K. Shearer is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology

Charles K. Shearer's main research topics include:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Their publication record demonstrates contributions to various journals with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • American Mineralogist
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Some recent papers include:

  • Distinct oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and Moon (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • Early crust building enhanced on the Moon's nearside by mantle melting-point depression (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • The Cl isotope composition and halogen contents of Apollo-return samples (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • The formation and evolution of the Moon's crust inferred from the Sm-Nd isotopic systematics of highlands rocks (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Magmatic Evolution II: A New View of Post-Differentiation Magmatism (2023, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with fellow researchers such as:

  • S. B. Simon
  • F. M. McCubbin
  • S. A. Eckley
  • Justin I. Simon
  • R. A. Zeigler

Best Publications

  • The Constitution and Structure of the Lunar Interior

    Mark A. Wieczorek;Bradley L. Jolliff;Amir Khan;Matthew E. Pritchard

  • Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

    Charles K. Shearer;Paul C. Hess;Mark A. Wieczorek;Matt E. Pritchard

  • Lunar Magma Ocean crystallization revisited: Bulk composition, early cumulate mineralogy, and the source regions of the highlands Mg-suite

    Stephen M. Elardo;David S. Draper;Charles K. Shearer

  • Magmatic evolution of the Moon

    C. K. Shearer;J. J. Papike

  • The Chlorine Isotope Composition of the Moon and Implications for an Anhydrous Mantle

    Z. D. Sharp;C. K. Shearer;K. D. McKeegan;J. D. Barnes

  • Transcontinental Proterozoic provinces

    J. Lawford Anderson;E. Erik Bender;Raymond R. Anderson;Paul W. Bauer

  • Are discontinuous chondrite-normalized REE patterns in pegmatitic granite systems the results of monazite fractionation?

    Hisayoshi Yurimoto;E.F. Duke;J.J. Papike;C.K. Shearer

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

    Francis M. McCubbin;Erik H. Hauri;Stephen M. Elardo;Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden

  • Basaltic magmatism on the Moon: A perspective from volcanic picritic glass beads

    C.K Shearer;J.J Papike

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

    Francis M. McCubbin;Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden;Romain Tartèse;Rachel L. Klima

  • Comparative planetary mineralogy: Valence state partitioning of Cr, Fe, Ti, and V among crystallographic sites in olivine, pyroxene, and spinel from planetary basalts

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  • Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites

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  • Vanadium K edge XANES of synthetic and natural basaltic glasses and application to microscale oxygen barometry

    S.R. Sutton;J. Karner;J. Papike;J.S. Delaney

  • A review of lunar chronology revealing a preponderance of 4.34–4.37 Ga ages

    Lars E. Borg;Amy M. Gaffney;Charles K. Shearer

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

    Charles K. Shearer;Stephen M. Elardo;Noah E. Petro;Lars E. Borg

  • Tourmaline as a recorder of pegmatite evolution; Bob Ingersoll Pegmatite, Black Hills, South Dakota

    Bradley L. Jolliff;James J. Papike;Charles K. Shearer

  • Early crustal building processes on the moon: Models for the petrogenesis of the magnesian suite

    Charles K. Shearer;J.J. Papike

  • The age of the martian meteorite Northwest Africa 1195 and the differentiation history of the shergottites

    Steven J.K. Symes;Lars E. Borg;Charles K. Shearer;Anthony J. Irving

  • Prolonged KREEP magmatism on the Moon indicated by the youngest dated lunar igneous rock

    Lars E. Borg;Charles K. Shearer;Yemane Asmerom;James J. Papike

  • Heterogeneous distribution of H2O in the Martian interior: Implications for the abundance of H2O in depleted and enriched mantle sources

    Francis M. McCubbin;Jeremy W. Boyce;Poorna Srinivasan;Alison R. Santos

  • Magmatic fractionation of Hf and W: constraints on the timing of core formation and differentiation in the Moon and Mars

    K. Righter;C.K. Shearer

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

    Francis M. McCubbin;Stephen M. Elardo;Charles K. Shearer;Alexander Smirnov

  • Martian meteorite Dhofar 019: A new shergottite

    L. A. Taylor;M. A. Nazarov;M. A. Nazarov;C. K. Shearer;H. Y. McSween

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Papike
James J. Papike University of New Mexico
Lars E. Borg
Lars E. Borg Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Clive R. Neal
Clive R. Neal University of Notre Dame
Zachary D. Sharp
Zachary D. Sharp University of New Mexico
Steven B. Simon
Steven B. Simon University of New Mexico
Carl B. Agee
Carl B. Agee University of New Mexico
Christopher D. K. Herd
Christopher D. K. Herd University of Alberta
Edward S. Grew
Edward S. Grew University of Maine
Mahesh Anand
Mahesh Anand The Open University
John H. Jones
John H. Jones University of Arizona

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