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Darren Schnare, M.S.

Department of Earth &Planetary Sciences
Planetary Geosciences Institute
408 EPS Building
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410

Phone:(865) 974-6023
E-mail : dschnare@utk.edu

	Department of Earth &Planetary Sciences Planetary Geosciences Institute 408 EPS Building University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 Phone:(865) 974-6023 E-mail : dschnare@utk.edu

Current Work

In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

Production of Iron-Silica Lunar Simulants with nano-phase Iron

Particle Size Distribution Analysis of Lunar Soils using SEM images

Research

M.S. Thesis

TITLE : "Petrogenesis of Apollo 15 Olivine-Normative and Quartz-Normative Mare Basalts"
Other Work During M.S.

Petrogenesis of LAP 02-224

Publications

Schnare D.W., Day J.M.D., Norman M.D., Taylor L.A. (2007)
A laser-ablation ICP-MS study of Apollo 15 low-titanium olivine-normative and quartz-normative mare basalts.
(In preparation)

Liu Y., Park J.S., Schnare D.W., Kihm K.D., Hill, D. and Taylor L.A. (2007)
Characterization of lunar dust for toxicological studies Part 2- morphology and physical characteristics.
Journal of Aerospace Engineering (In press)

Liu Y., Taylor L.A., Thompson J.R., Schnare D.W., and Park. J.S. (2007)
Unique properties of lunar impact glass: simulating nanophase iron in agglutinitic glass.
The American Mineralogist (In press)

Mellin M.J., Taylor L.A., Norman M.D., Patchen A.D., Schnare D.W. (2007b)
In-situ mineral trace-element analysis of dual-lithology shergottite EETA79001.
LPSC XXXVIII Abstract #2324

Mellin M.J., Taylor L.A., Norman M.D., Patchen A.D., Schnare D.W. (2007a)
Mineralogical and petrological comparisons of dual-lithology EETA79001.
LPSC XXXVIII Abstract #2179

Liu Y., Schnare D.W., Park J.S., Hill E., Eimer B., and Taylor L.A. (2007)
Shape analyses of lunar dust particles for astronaut toxicological studies.
LPSC XXXVIII Abstract #1383

Schnare D.W., Taylor L.A., Day J.M.D., Norman M.D. (2007)
Single source origin for Apollo 15 olivine- and quartz-normative basalts.
LPSC XXXVIII Abstract #1379

Schnare D.W., Taylor D.S., Day J.M.D., Norman M.D. (2006)
Origin of Apollo 15 olivine- and quartz- normative basalts.
LPSC XXXVII Abstract #2212

Schnare D.W., Taylor L.A., Day J.M.D., Norman M.D. (2006)
Petrogenesis of Apollo 15 basalts.
Southeast Geological Society of America Abstract

Day, J.M.D., Taylor L.A., Floss C., Patchen A.D., Schnare D.W., and Pearson, G. (2006)
Comparative petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of evolved,low-Ti lunar mare basalt meteorites from the La Paz Icefield, Antarctica.
Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta. Volume 70, Issue 6, 15 March 2006, Pages 1581-1600

Schnare D.W., Norman M.D., Day J.M.D., Taylor L.A. (2005)
Petrogenesis of Apollo 15 olivine- and quartz- normative basalts.
68th Annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society. Abstract #5214

Schnare, D.W., Taylor L.A., Day J.M.D., Patchen A.D. (2005)
Petrography and Mineral Characterization of Lunar Mare Basalt Meteorite LAP 02-224.
LPSC XXXVI Abstract #1428

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