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Glenn J. MacPherson is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientific work of Glenn J. MacPherson focuses on several main topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Ion-surface interactions and analysis.

MacPherson has published extensively in several journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Science Advances
  • Chemical Geology
  • Nuclear Technology

Key recent papers authored by MacPherson include:

  • The formation of Type B CAIs: Evolution from Type A CAIs, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Al-Mg isotopic study of spinel-rich fine-grained CAIs, 2020, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Northwest Africa 8418: The first CV4 chondrite, 2023, Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Frequent collaborators in MacPherson's research include:

  • Alexander N. Krot
  • K. Nagashima
  • M. A. Ivanova
  • N. T. Kita
  • R. A. Mendybaev

Glenn J. MacPherson's work reflects a consistent focus on understanding the formation and isotopic characteristics of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) in meteorites, especially in relation to early solar system processes. Recent contributions include studies on oxygen-isotope heterogeneity and isotopic analyses relevant to the evolution of solar system materials.

Best Publications

  • Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

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

  • The distribution of aluminum-26 in the early Solar System—A reappraisal

    Glenn J. MacPherson;Andrew M. Davis;Ernst K. Zinner

  • Calcium-Aluminum-rich Inclusions in Chondritic Meteorites

    G. J. MacPherson

  • Primitive material surviving in chondrites: refractory inclusions.

    Glenn J. Macpherson;D. A. Wark;John T. Armstrong

  • Elemental Compositions of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Collected by Stardust

    George J. Flynn;Pierre Bleuet;Janet Borg;John P. Bradley

  • Correlated study of initial Sr-87/Sr-86 and Al-Mg isotopic systematics and petrologic properties in a suite of refractory inclusions from the Allende meteorite

    Frank A Podosek;Ernst K Zinner;Glenn J Macpherson;Laura L Lundberg

  • Aluminum‐26 in calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions and chondrules from unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

    Gary R. Huss;Gary R. Huss;Glenn J. MacPherson;G. J. Wasserburg;Sara S. Russell;Sara S. Russell

  • “Fluffy” Type A Ca-, Al-rich inclusions in the Allende meteorite

    Glenn J Macpherson;Lawrence Grossman

  • 26Al-26Mg isotope systematics of the first solids in the early solar system

    Noriko T. Kita;Qing-Zhu Yin;Glenn J. MacPherson;Takayuki Ushikubo

  • ALH85085: a unique volatile-poor carbonaceous chondrite with possible implications for nebular fractionation processes

    Jeffrey N. Grossman;Alan E. Rubin;Glenn J. MacPherson

  • Refractory inclusions in the Murchison meteorite

    Glenn J. MacPherson;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Tsuyoshi Tanaka;Edward Olsen

  • Well-resolved variations in the formation ages for Ca-Al-rich inclusions in the early Solar System

    G.J. MacPherson;N.T. Kita;T. Ushikubo;E.S. Bullock

  • Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from enstatite chondrites: indigenous or foreign?

    Yunbin Guan;Gary R. Huss;Gary R. Huss;Glenn J. MacPherson;Gerald J. Wasserburg

  • Fine‐grained, spinel‐rich inclusions from the reduced CV chondrites Efremovka and Leoville: I. Mineralogy, petrology, and bulk chemistry

    Alexander N. Krot;Glenn J. MacPHERSON;Alexander A. Ulyanov;Michail I. Petaev

  • Existence of an 16O-rich gaseous reservoir in the solar nebula

    Alexander N. Krot;Kevin D. McKeegan;Laurie A. Leshin;Glenn J. MacPherson

  • A petrologic and ion microprobe study of a Vigarano Type B refractory inclusion: Evolution by multiple stages of alteration and melting

    Glenn J Macpherson;Andrew M Davis

  • Evidence for the extraterrestrial origin of a natural quasicrystal

    Luca Bindi;John M. Eiler;Yunbin Guan;Lincoln S. Hollister

  • Refractory inclusions in the prototypical CM chondrite, Mighei

    Glenn J. MacPherson;andrew M. Davis

  • Petrogenesis of Al-rich chondrules: Evidence from bulk compositions and phase equilibria

    Glenn J. MacPherson;Gary R. Huss

  • Natural quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry

    Luca Bindi;Nan Yao;Chaney Lin;Lincoln S. Hollister

  • Melt solidification and late-stage evaporation in the evolution of a FUN inclusion from the Vigarano C3V chondrite

    Andrew M. Davis;glenn J. Macpherson;Robert N. Clayton;Robert N. Clayton;Toshiko K. Mayeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Davis
Andrew M. Davis University of Chicago
Lawrence Grossman
Lawrence Grossman University of Chicago
Alexander N. Krot
Alexander N. Krot University of Hawaii at Manoa
Noriko T. Kita
Noriko T. Kita University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lincoln S. Hollister
Lincoln S. Hollister Princeton University
Kevin D. McKeegan
Kevin D. McKeegan University of California, Los Angeles
Paul J. Steinhardt
Paul J. Steinhardt Princeton University
Luca Bindi
Luca Bindi University of Florence
Gary R. Huss
Gary R. Huss University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sara S. Russell
Sara S. Russell Natural History Museum

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