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Gretchen Benedix

Gretchen Benedix

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
4627
World Ranking
6285
National Ranking
317

Overview

Gretchen Benedix is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has a primary research focus in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses extensive contributions in Astronomy and Astrophysics, with additional interdisciplinary involvement in Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

The principal topics addressed in their research include:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Benedix has contributed significantly across a range of scientific publications and journals. Their most frequent publication venues by number of works include:

  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Space Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Science Advances

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a core group of co-authors, highlighting ongoing research networks. Frequent collaborators include:

  • P. A. Bland
  • Anthony Lagain
  • L. V. Forman
  • Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix
  • Eleanor K. Sansom

Among the recent significant publications are:

  • Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang'e-5 (2021, Science)
  • A Global Fireball Observatory (2020, Planetary and Space Science)
  • The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Deriving Surface Ages on Mars Using Automated Crater Counting (2020, Earth and Space Science)
  • Automatic Mapping of Small Lunar Impact Craters Using LRO-NAC Images (2022, Earth and Space Science)

Best Publications

  • Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang'e-5.

    Xiaochao Che;Alexander Nemchin;Dunyi Liu;Tao Long

  • Modal mineralogy of CM2 chondrites by X-ray diffraction (PSD-XRD). Part 1: Total phyllosilicate abundance and the degree of aqueous alteration

    K.T. Howard;G.K. Benedix;G.K. Benedix;P.A. Bland;P.A. Bland;G. Cressey

  • Weathering of Chondritic Meteorites

    P. A. Bland;M. E. Zolensky;G. K. Benedix;M. A. Sephton

  • A petrologic study of the IAB iron meteorites: Constraints on the formation of the IAB‐Winonaite parent body

    G. K. Benedix;G. K. Benedix;T. J. Mccoy;K. Keil;S. G. Love

  • Modal mineralogy of CM chondrites by X-ray diffraction (PSD-XRD): Part 2. Degree, nature and settings of aqueous alteration

    K. Howard;Gretchen Benedix;Gretchen Benedix;Phil Bland;Phil Bland;Phil Bland;G. Cressey

  • Volatile fractionation in the early solar system and chondrule/matrix complementarity.

    Philip A. Bland;Olivier Alard;Gretchen K. Benedix;Gretchen K. Benedix;Anton T. Kearsley

  • Why aqueous alteration in asteroids was isochemical: High porosity ≠ high permeability

    Philip A. Bland;Philip A. Bland;Matthew D. Jackson;Robert F. Coker;Barbara A. Cohen

  • Spectra of extremely reduced assemblages: Implications for Mercury

    Thomas H. Burbine;Timothy J. McCoy;Larry R. Nittler;Gretchen K. Benedix

  • A petrologic and isotopic study of winonaites: Evidence for early partial melting, brecciation, and metamorphism

    G. K. Benedix;Timothy J. McCoy;K. Keil;D. D. Bogard

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 90, 2006 September

    Harold C. Connolly;Harold C. Connolly;Jutta Zipfel;Jeffrey N. Grossman;Luigi Folco

  • Carbonates in CM2 chondrites: constraints on alteration conditions from oxygen isotopic compositions and petrographic observations

    G.K Benedix;L.A Leshin;J Farquhar;J Farquhar;T Jackson

  • A spectroscopic study of the surfaces of Saturn's large satellites: H 2 O ice, tholins, and minor constituents

    Dale P. Cruikshank;Tobias C. Owen;Cristina Dalle Ore;Cristina Dalle Ore;Thomas R. Geballe

  • Oxygen isotope variation in primitive achondrites: The influence of primordial, asteroidal and terrestrial processes

    R.C. Greenwood;I.A. Franchi;J.M. Gibson;G.K. Benedix

  • An Anomalous Basaltic Meteorite from the Innermost Main Belt

    Philip A. Bland;Pavel Spurný;Martin C. Towner;Alex W. R. Bevan

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 93, 2008 March

    Harold C. Connolly;Harold C. Connolly;Harold C. Connolly;Caroline Smith;Gretchen Benedix;Luigi Folco

  • Iron and Stony-Iron Meteorites

    Gretchen Benedix;H. Haack;T. McCoy

  • Thermodynamic constraints on the formation conditions of winonaites and silicate-bearing IAB irons

    Gretchen K. Benedix;Dante S. Lauretta;Timothy J. McCoy

  • Record of Low-Temperature Alteration in Asteroids

    Michael E. Zolensky;Alexander N. Krot;Gretchen Benedix

  • Modal mineralogy of CV3 chondrites by X-ray diffraction (PSD-XRD)

    K.T. Howard;G.K. Benedix;G.K. Benedix;P.A. Bland;P.A. Bland;G. Cressey

  • A Global Fireball Observatory

    H.A.R. Devillepoix;M. Cupák;P.A. Bland;E.K. Sansom

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 97

    Michael K. Weisberg;Michael K. Weisberg;Caroline Smith;Caroline Smith;Gretchen Benedix;Christopher D. K. Herd

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip A. Bland
Philip A. Bland Curtin University
Timothy J. McCoy
Timothy J. McCoy National Museum of Natural History
Ian A. Franchi
Ian A. Franchi The Open University
Richard C. Greenwood
Richard C. Greenwood The Open University
Klaus Keil
Klaus Keil University of Hawaii at Manoa
Alexander A. Nemchin
Alexander A. Nemchin Curtin University
Mark Rehkämper
Mark Rehkämper Imperial College London
Harold C. Connolly
Harold C. Connolly Rowan University
Akira Yamaguchi
Akira Yamaguchi National Institute of Polar Research
Nicholas E. Timms
Nicholas E. Timms Curtin University

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