• Taylor, L.A. and Anand, M., 2004, diamonds: time capsules from the Siberian Mantle, 2004, Chemie der Erde 64, 1-74.
  • Anand, M, Taylor, L.A., Nazarov, M.A., Shu, J., Mao, H.-K., and Hemley, R.J., 2004, Space weathering on airless planetary bodies: Clues from the lunar mineral hapkeite, PNAS 101: 6847-6851.
  • Misra, K.C., Anand, M., Taylor, L.A., and Sobolev, N.V., 2004, Multi-stage metasomatism of diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Siberia, Contri. Mineral. Petrol. 146, 696-714.
  • Cahill J.T., Floss C., Anand M., Taylor L.A., Nazarov M.A., and Cohen B.A., 2004, Petrogenesis of lunar highlands mneteorites: Dhofar 025, Dhofar 081; Dar al Gani 262, and Gar al Gani 400. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 39, 503-530.
  • Taylor, L.A., Promprated, P., Floss, C., Anand, M., and Sobolev, N.V., 2003, Non-syngenetic (protogenetic) mineral inclusions in large diamonds from Yakutia. J. Amer. Minealogy, 88, 912-920.
  • Taylor, L.A., Snyder, G.A., Randall K., Remley, D.A., Anand, M., Wiesli, R.A., Valley., V.W., Sobolev, N.V., 2003, Petrogenesis of Group A eclogites: Observations from the Obnazhennaya Kimberlite, Yakutia. Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 145: 424-443.
  • Anand, M., Taylor, L.A., Misra, K.C., Demidova, S.I., and Nazarov, M.A., 2003, KREEPy lunar meteorite Dhofar 287A: A new lunar mare basalt, Meteor. Planet. Sci. 38, 485-500.
  • Anand, M., Neal, C.R., Taylor, L.A., Snyder, G.A., Sano, Y., and Terada, K., 2003, Unraveling the complex origin of lunar meteorite EET 96008. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 3499-3510.
  • Wiesli, R.A., Beard, B., Taylor, L.A., and Johnson, C.M., 2003, Space weathering processes on airless bodies: Fe isotopw fractionaltion in the lunar regolith, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 216 , 457-465.
  • Demidova, S.I., Nazarov, M.A., Anand, M., and Taylor, L.A., 2003, Lunar regolith breccia Dhofar 287B: A record of lunar volcanism, Meteor. Planet. Sci. 38, 501-514.
  • Shkuratov, Y.G., Stankevich, D.G., Kaydash, V.G., Omelchenko, V.V., Pieters, C.M., Pinet, P.C., Chevrel, S.D., Daydou, Y.H., Foing, B.H., Sodnik, Z. Josset, J., Taylor, L.A., and Shevchenko, V.V., 2003, Composition of the lunar surface as will be seen from SMART-1: A simulation using Clementine data , J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. E4, p.1029-2002.
  • Malkovets, V.G., Litasov. Y.D., Travin, A.V., Litasov, K.D., and Taylor, L.A., 2003, Volcanic pipes as clues to upper mantle petrogenesis: Mesozoic Ar-Ar dating of the Minusinsk Basalts, South Siberia , International Geology Review 45, 133-142.
  • Prinya P., Taylor, L.A., and Neal, C.R., 2003, Petrochemistry of Mafic granulite xenoliths from the Chantaburi basaltic field: Implications for the nature of the lower crust beneath Thailand, International Geology Review 45, 383-406.
  • Litasov, K.D., Malkovets, V.G., Kostrovitsky, S.I., and Taylor, L.A., 2003, Petrogenesis of ilmenite-bearing symplectite xenoliths from vitim alkaline baslts and Yakutian Kimberlites, Russia, International Geology Review 45, 976-997.
  • Taylor, L.A., Nazarov, M.A., Shearer, C.K., McSween, H.Y., Jr., Neal, C.R., Badjukov, D.D., Ivanova, M.A., Barsukova, L.D., Clayton, R.N., and Mayeda, T.K., 2002, Martian meteortie Dhofar 019: A new Shergottite, Meteor. Planet. Sci. 37, 1107-1128
  • Folk, R.L. and Taylor, L.A., 2002, Nannobacterial alteration of pyroxenes in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 37, 1057-1070.
  • Spetsius, Z.V. and Taylor, L.A., 2002, Partial melting in Mantle eclogite xenoliths: Connections with diamond paragenesis, International Geology Review 44, 973-987.
  • Pieters, C.M., Stankevich, D.G., Shkuratov., and Taylor, L.A., 2002, Statistical Analysis of the links among Lunar mare soil mineralogy, chemistry, and reflectance spectra, Icarus, 155, 285-298.
  • Ruzicka, A., Snyder, G.A., and Taylor, L.A., 2002, Response to the comment by G. Freibus and H. Wänke on "Comparative geochemisry of basalts from the Moon, Earth, HED asteroid, and Mars: Implications for the origin of the Moon"(2001) Geochim, cosmochim. Acta65, 979-997, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66, 2633-2635.
  • Ivanova, M.A., Petaev, M.I., Macpherson, G.J., Nazarov, M.A., Taylor, L.A., and Wood, J.A., 2002, The first known natural occurrence of calcium monoaluminate, in a calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion from the CH chondrite Northwest Africa 470. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 37, 1337-1344.
  • Taylor, L.A., Pieters, C., Keller, L.P., Morris, R.V., McKay, D.S., Patchen, A., and Wentworth, S., 2001, The effects of space weathering on Apollo 17 mare soils: Petrographic and chemical characterization. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 36, 285-299.
  • Taylor, L.A., Pieters, C.M., Keller, L.P., Morris, R.V., and McKay, D.S., 2001, Lunar mare soils: Space weathering and the major effects of surface-correlated nanophase Fe. Jour. Geophys. Res.- Planet., 106 (E-11), 27985-28000.
  • Cohen, B.A., G. A. Snyder, C. M. Hall, L. A. Taylor, and M. A. Nazarov, 2001, 40Ar-39Ar chronology and petrogenesis along the Eastern limb of the Moon from Luna 16, 20, and 24 samples. Meteor. Planet. Sci., 36, 1345-1366.
  • Wiesli, R.A., Taylor, L.A., Vally, J.W., Tromsdorff, V., and Kurosawa, M., 2001, Geochemistry of eclogites and metapelites from Trescolmen, Central Alps, as observed from major and trace elements and oxygen isotopes. International Geology Review 43, 95-119.
  • Wiechert, U., Halliday, A.N., Lee, D-C., Snyder, G.A., Taylor, L.A., and Rumble, D., 2001, Oxygen Isotopes and the Moon-forming giant impact. Sience 294, 345-348
  • Noble, S.K., Pieters, C.M., Taylor, L.A., Morris, R.V., Allen, C.C., McKay, D.S., and Keller, L.P., 2001, The optical properties of the finest fraction of lunar soil: Implications for space weathering. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 36, 31-42.
  • Ruzicka A., Snyder G.A. and Taylor L.A., 2001, Comparative geochemistry of basalts from the Moon, Earth, HED asteroid, and Mars: Implications for the origin of the Moon. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65, 979-997.
  • Snyder G.A., D.-C. Lee, A.M. Ruzicka, M. Prinz, L.A. Taylor, and A.N. Halliday , 2001, Hf-W, Sm-Nd, and Rb-Sr isotopic studies of silicate inclusions in IIE irons: Evidence of late impact fractionation and mixing of silicate on iron meteorite parent bodies. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 186 (2), 124-137.
  • Taylor, L.A., Keller, R.A., Snyder, G.A., Wang, W., Carlson, W.D., Hauri, E.H., McCandless, T., Kim, K.-R., Sobolev, N.V., and Bezborodov, S.M., 2000, Diamonds and their mineral inclusions and what they tell us: A detailed "pull-apart" of a diamondiferous eclogite. Inter. Geol. Review 42, No. 12, 959-983.
  • Taylor, L.A., Pieters, C., Keller, L.P., Morris, R.V., McKay, D.S., Patchen, A., and Wentworth, S., 2000, Space weathering of lunar mare soils: New understanding of the effects of reflectance spectroscopy. Space 2000, Amer. Soc. Civil Engr., 703-711.
  • Sano, Y., Terada, K., Takeno, S., Taylor, L.A., and McSween, H.Y., Jr., 2000, Ion microprobe U-Th-Pb dating of Shergotty phosphates. Meteoritics & Planet. Sci. 35, 341-346
  • Ruzicka A., Snyder G.A. and Taylor L.A., 2000, Geochemical and isotopic evidence bearing on the origin of large, igneous-textured inclusions in ordinary chondrites. Antarctic Meteorite Research, NIPR, No.13, 19-38.
  • Ruzicka A., Snyder G.A. and Taylor L.A., 2000, Crystal-bearing lunar spherules: Impact-melting of the Moon's crust and implications for the origin of meteoritic chondrules. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 35, 173-192
  • Simakov, S. and Taylor, L.A., 2000, Geobarometry for Mantle Eclogites: Solubility of Ca-Tschermaks in Clinopyroxene, International Geology Review 42, 534-544.
  • Pieters, C.M., Taylor, L.A., Noble, S.K., Keller, L.P., Hapke, B., Morris, R.V., Allen, C.C., McKay, D.S., and Wentworth, S., 2000, Space Weathering on Airless Bodies: Resolving a Mystery with Lunar Samples, Meteor. Planet. Sci. 35, 1101-1107
  • Snyder, G.A., Borg, L.E., Nyquist, L.E., and Taylor, L.A., 2000, Chronology and isotopic constraints on lunar evelution. In The Origin of the Earth and Moon, Univ. of Ariz. Press, 361-395.
  • Greenwood J.P., Riciputi L.R., McSween H.Y. Jr. and Taylor L.A., 2000, Modified sulfur isotopic compositions of sulfides in the nakhlites and Chassigny. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 64, 1121-1132
  • Pieters, C.M., Taylor, L.A., Noble, S.K., Keller, L.P., Hapke, B., Morris, R.V., Allen, C.C., McKay, D.S., and Wentworth, S., 2000, Space weathering on airless bodies: Resolving a mystery with lunar samples. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 35, 1101-1107.
  • Taylor, L.A., and Kulcinski, G.L., 1999, Helium-3 on the Moon for Fusion Energy: The Persian Gulf of the 21st Century. Solar System Research 33, 338-345.
  • Sobolev, V.N., C.A. McCammon, L.A. Taylor, G.A. Snyder, and N.V. Sobolev, 1999, Precise Mössbauer milliprobe determination of ferric iron in rock-forming minerals and limitations of electron microprobe. Amer. Mineral 84., 78-85.
  • Sobolev, V.N., Taylor, L.A., Snyder, G.A., Jerde, E.A., Neal, C.R., and Sobolev, N.V., 1999, Quantifying the effects of metasomatism in mantle xenoliths: constraints from secondary chemistry and mineralogy in Udachnaya eclogites, Yakutia, Int'l. Geol. Rev. 41, 391-416.
  • Sobolev, N.V., Sobolev, V.N., Snyder, G.A., Yefimova, and Taylor, L.A., 1999, Significance of eclogitic and related parageneses of natural diamonds. In Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry, The Lawrence A. Taylor 60th Birthday Volume, Geol. Soc. Amer., 15-26.
  • Keller, R.A., L.A. Taylor, G.A. Snyder, V.N. Sobolev, W.D. Carlson, S.M. Bezborodov, and N.V. Sobolev, 1999, Detailed pull-apart of a diamondiferous eclogite xenolith: Implications for mantle processes during diamond genesis. Proc. 7th Int'l Kimberlite Conf., Vol. 1, Ed. Gurney, Gurney, Pascoe, & Richardson, National Printers, So. Afr., 397-412.
  • Mitchell, J.N., Snyder, G.A., and Taylor, L.A., 1999, Mineral-chemical and isotopic variations in Apollo 16 Impact-melt breccias. In Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry, The Lawrence A. Taylor 60th Birthday Volume, Geol. Soc. Amer., 173-193.
  • Ruzicka, A., L.R. Riciputi, J. Greenwood, L.A. Taylor, G.A. Snyder, R.A. Keller, G.P. Bulanova, and H.J. Millidge, 1999, Petrogenesis of mantle-derived sulfide inclusions in Yakutian diamonds: Chemical and Isotopic disequilibrium during quenching from high temperatures, Proc. 7th Int'l Kimberlite Conf., Vol. 2, Editors Gurney, Gurney, Pascoe, & Richardson, National Printers, So. Afr.,741-749.
  • Ryabchikov, I.D., Sharkov, E.V., Snyder, G.A., and Taylor, L.A., 1999, The Upper Mantle: Direct Samples of the Mantle. Chapter 2.2 In Advanced Mineralogy, Volume 3, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 58p.
  • Sobolev, V.N., Taylor, L.A., Snyder, G.A., Jerde, E.A., Neal, C.R., and Sobolev, N.V., 1999, Quantifying the effects of metasomatism of mantle xenoliths: Constraints from secondary chemistry and mineralogy in Udachnaya eclogites, Yakutia. Int'l. Geol. Rev. 41, 391-416.
  • Ruzicka, A., Snyder, G.A., and Taylor, L.A., 1999, Giant impact and fission hypotheses for the origin of the Moon: A critical review of some geochemical evidence. In Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry, The Lawrence A. Taylor 60th Birthday Volume, Geol. Soc. Amer., 121-134.
  • Sharkov, E.V., Snyder, G.A., Taylor, L.A., and Zinger, T.F., 1999, An early proterozoic large igneous province in the eastern Baltic shield: Evidence from the mafic drusite complex, Belomorian Mobile Belt, Russia. In Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry, The Lawrence A. Taylor 60th Birthday Volume, Geol. Soc. Amer., 53-73.
  • Promprated, P., Taylor, L.A., and Snyder, G.A., 1999, Petrochemistry of the Mantle beneath Thailand: Evidence from peridotite xenoliths. Int'l Geol. Rev. 41, 506-530.
  • Neal, C.R., and Taylor, L.A., 1999, Exploring the complexities of the Serenitatis Basin: Breccia clasts from Apollo 17. In Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry, The Lawrence A. Taylor 60th Birthday Volume, Geol. Soc. Amer., 155-172.

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