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Rhian H. Jones is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. They have also contributed to studies in Ecology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics covered in Rhian H. Jones's work include:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

They have published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Science Advances

Recent papers by Rhian H. Jones include:

  • The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system (2022, Science Advances)
  • The Winchcombe meteorite-A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid (2022, Meteoritics and Planetary Science)
  • Chondrule Properties and Formation Conditions (2024, Space Science Reviews)
  • Plagioclase alteration and equilibration in ordinary chondrites: Metasomatism during thermal metamorphism (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • An overview of the petrography and petrology of particles from aggregate sample from asteroid Bennu (2025, Meteoritics and Planetary Science)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • K. H. Joy
  • S. S. Russell
  • Romain Tartèse
  • N. V. Almeida
  • A. J. King

Best Publications

  • Petrology and mineralogy of Type II, FeO-rich chondrules in Semarkona (LL3.0) - Origin by closed-system fractional crystallization, with evidence for supercooling

    Rhian H Jones

  • Relict grains in chondrules: evidence for chondrule recycling.

    R. H. Jones

  • Petrology and thermal history of type IA chondrules in the Semarkona (LL3.0) chondrite

    R. H. Jones;E. R. D. Scott

  • DISENTANGLING NEBULAR AND ASTEROIDAL FEATURES OF CO3 CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE METEORITES

    Edward R.D Scott;Rhian H Jones

  • Petrology of FeO-poor, porphyritic pyroxene chondrules in the Semarkona chondrite

    Rhian H. Jones

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 88, 2004 July

    Sara S. Russell;Luigi Folco;Monica M. Grady;Michael E. Zolensky

  • Petrographic constraints on the diversity of chondrule reservoirs in the protoplanetary disk

    Rhian H. Jones

  • Chemical, Mineralogical and Isotopic Properties of Chondrules: Clues to Their Origin

    R. H. Jones;J. N. Grossman;A. E. Rubin

  • Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk

    R. H. Hewins;Rhian Jones;Ed Scott

  • Extraterrestrial apatite: Planetary geochemistry to astrobiology

    Francis M. McCubbin;Rhian H. Jones;Rhian H. Jones

  • Formation of Chondrules and CAIs: Theory VS. Observation

    R. H. Jones;T. Lee;H. C. Connolly;S. G. Love

  • The chlorine isotope composition of chondrites and Earth

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

  • FeO-rich, porphyritic pyroxene chondrules in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

    Rhian H. Jones

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 90, 2006 September

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

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 87, 2003 July

    Sara S. Russell;Jutta Zipfel;Luigi Folco;Rhian Jones

  • Chondrules: The Canonical and Non-canonical View

    Harold C. Connolly;Harold C. Connolly;Rhian H. Jones

  • Oxygen isotope heterogeneity in chondrules from the Mokoia CV3 carbonaceous chondrite

    Rhian H Jones;Laurie A Leshin;Yunbin Guan;Zachary D Sharp

  • Phosphate minerals in LL chondrites: A record of the action of fluids during metamorphism on ordinary chondrite parent bodies

    Rhian H. Jones;Francis M. McCubbin;Linda Dreeland;Yunbin Guan

  • Fe-Mn systematics of type IIA chondrules in unequilibrated CO, CR, and ordinary chondrites

    Jana Berlin;Rhian H. Jones;Adrian J. Brearley

  • On the relationship between isolated and chondrule olivine grains in the carbonaceous chondrite ALHA77307

    Rhian H. Jones

  • Meteorites: A Petrologic, Chemical and Isotopic Synthesis

    Rhian Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian J. Brearley
Adrian J. Brearley University of New Mexico
Harold C. Connolly
Harold C. Connolly Rowan University
Jeffrey N. Grossman
Jeffrey N. Grossman United States Geological Survey
Luigi Folco
Luigi Folco University of Pisa
Kevin Righter
Kevin Righter University of Arizona
Timothy J. McCoy
Timothy J. McCoy National Museum of Natural History
Monica M. Grady
Monica M. Grady The Open University
Sara S. Russell
Sara S. Russell Natural History Museum
Zachary D. Sharp
Zachary D. Sharp University of New Mexico
Joseph I. Goldstein
Joseph I. Goldstein University of Massachusetts Amherst

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