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Mary F. Horan is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States and has a primary research focus in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their body of work is concentrated within several subfields, including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research spans a range of topics, notably Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Astro and Planetary Science, and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Mary F. Horan has published extensively, with recent papers covering diverse geological and geochemical themes. These include:

  • Ultra-depleted 2.05 Ga komatiites of Finnish Lapland: Products of grainy late accretion or core-mantle interaction? (2020, Chemical Geology)
  • The komatiite testimony to ancient mantle heterogeneity (2022, Chemical Geology)
  • Tungsten-182 evidence for an ancient kimberlite source (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Early global mantle chemical and isotope heterogeneity revealed by the komatiite-basalt record: The Western Australia connection (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • History of crustal growth in Africa and the Americas from detrital zircon and Nd isotopes in glacial diamictites (2022, Precambrian Research)

The frequent collaborators contributing to their work include R. J. Walker, Igor S. Puchtel, Richard W. Carlson, Marek Locmelis, and Ikshu Gautam.

Their studies appear regularly in several publication venues, with multiple contributions to Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, Chemical Geology, and Goldschmidt Abstracts. Additional venues include the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Best Publications

  • Highly siderophile element composition of the Earth’s primitive upper mantle: Constraints from new data on peridotite massifs and xenoliths

    H. Becker;H. Becker;M.F. Horan;R.J. Walker;S. Gao

  • Highly siderophile elements in chondrites

    M.F. Horan;R.J. Walker;J.W. Morgan;J.N. Grossman

  • Comparative 187Re-187Os systematics of chondrites: Implications regarding early solar system processes

    R.J Walker;M.F Horan;J.W Morgan;H Becker

  • RE-OS ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR AN ENRICHED-MANTLE SOURCE FOR THE NORIL'SK-TYPE, ORE-BEARING INTRUSIONS, SIBERIA

    R.J Walker;J.W Morgan;M.F Horan;G.K Czamanske

  • Residual platinum-group minerals from highly depleted harzburgites of the Lherz massif (France) and their role in HSE fractionation of the mantle

    Ambre Luguet;Ambre Luguet;Steven B. Shirey;Jean-Pierre Lorand;Mary F. Horan

  • Contributors to chromium isotope variation of meteorites

    Liping Qin;Conel M. O. 'D. Alexander;Richard W. Carlson;Mary F. Horan

  • Applications of the 190Pt186Os isotope system to geochemistry and cosmochemistry

    Richard J. Walker;John W. Morgan;John W. Morgan;Ellyn S. Beary;Michael I. Smoliar

  • Chondrite Barium, Neodymium, and Samarium Isotopic Heterogeneity and Early Earth Differentiation

    Richard W. Carlson;Maud Boyet;Mary Horan

  • Osmium-187 enrichment in some plumes: evidence for core-mantle interaction?

    Richard J. Walker;John W. Morgan;Mary F. Horan

  • Strontium isotope geochemistry of groundwaters and streams affected by agriculture, Locust Grove, MD

    J.K Böhlke;M Horan

  • Heterogeneous accretion and the moderately volatile element budget of Earth.

    M. Schönbächler;M. Schönbächler;R. W. Carlson;M. F. Horan;T. D. Mock

  • 182W and 187Re-187Os Systematics of Iron Meteorites: Chronology for Melting, Differentiation, and Crystallization in Asteroids

    M.F. Horan;M.I. Smoliar;R.J. Walker

  • Rhenium and osmium isotopes in black shales and Ni-Mo-PGE-rich sulfide layers, Yukon Territory, Canada, and Hunan and Guizhou provinces, China

    M.F Horan;J.W Morgan;R.I Grauch;R.M Coveney

  • Preservation of Earth-forming events in the tungsten isotopic composition of modern flood basalts.

    Hanika Rizo;Richard J. Walker;Richard W. Carlson;Mary F. Horan

  • Siderophile elements in Earth's upper mantle and lunar breccias: Data synthesis suggests manifestations of the same late influx

    J. W. Morgan;J. W. Morgan;R. J. Walker;A. D. Brandon;A. D. Brandon;M. F. Horan

  • Re — Os isotopic constraints on the origin of volcanic rocks, Gorgona Island, Colombia: Os isotopic evidence for ancient heterogeneities in the mantle

    R. J. Walker;L. M. Echeverria;S. B. Shirey;M. F. Horan

  • Osmium and neodymium isotopic constraints on the temporal and spatial evolution of Siberian flood basalt sources

    M.F. Horan;R.J. Walker;V.A. Fedorenko;G.K. Czamanske

  • Rhenium-osmium concentration and isotope systematics in group IIAB iron meteorites

    John W. Morgan;Mary F. Horan;Richard J. Walker;Jeffrey N. Grossman

  • Pt-Re-Os systematics of group IIAB and IIIAB iron meteorites

    D.L Cook;R.J Walker;M.F Horan;J.T Wasson

  • Low Abundances of Highly Siderophile Elements in the Lunar Mantle: Evidence for Prolonged Late Accretion

    R. J. Walker;M. F. Horan;C. K. Shearer;J. J. Papike

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Walker
Richard J. Walker University of Maryland, College Park
Richard W. Carlson
Richard W. Carlson Carnegie Institution for Science
John W. Morgan
John W. Morgan University of Maryland, College Park
Maud Boyet
Maud Boyet University of Clermont Auvergne
Steven B. Shirey
Steven B. Shirey Carnegie Institution for Science
Igor S. Puchtel
Igor S. Puchtel University of Maryland, College Park
Janne Blichert-Toft
Janne Blichert-Toft École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Harry Becker
Harry Becker Freie Universität Berlin
Lars E. Borg
Lars E. Borg Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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