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Aranda-Gomez, J.J., Henry, CD., Luhr, J.F., and McDowell, 

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 Mexico: A transect across the Sierra Madre Occidental 

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Dickinson T.L. and McCoy T. J. (1997) Experimental REE 

 partitioning in oldhamite: Implications for the igneous 

 origin of aubritic oldhamite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 

 32, 395-412- 



Fritsch, S., Post, J.E. and Navrotsky, A. (1997) Energetics of 

 stable and metastable low temperature manganese dioxides 

 and oxyhydroxides. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. In press. 



Haynes, J.T. and Melson, W.G. (1997). SEM and EMX study 

 of titaniferous minerals in the Ordovician and Deicke 

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Luhr, J. F. and Melson, W.G. (1997). Mineral and Glass 

 compositions in the June 15, 1991 pumices: evidence for 

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Luhr, J.F. (1997) Extensional tectonics and diverse primitive 

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Luhr, J.F. and Aranda-Gomez, J.J. (1997) Mexican peridotite 

 xenoliths and tectonic terranes: Correlations among vent 

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Luhr, J.F. and Delgado-Granados, H. (1997) Aerial 



examination of volcanoes along the front of the western 

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McCoy T.J. and Ehlmann A.J. (1997) Monnig collection 

 meteorites from Forestburg, Davy, Harrison Township and 

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McCoy T.J., Ehlmann A.J. and Moore C.B. (1997) The Leedey, 

 Oklahoma, chondrite: Fall, petrology, chemistry and an 

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McCoy T.J., Keil K., Clayton R.N., Mayeda T.K., Bogard 

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 and isotopic study of lodranites: Evidence for early 

 formation as partial melt residues from heterogeneous 

 precursors. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 623—637. 



McCoy T.J., Keil K., Muenow D.W. and Wilson L. (1997) 

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 acapulcoite-lodranite parent body. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 

 61, 639-650. 



Melson, W.G., Post, J., Wise, M., Sorensen, S., Fiske, D., 

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 Diamonds To Diamonds: A Tour Of The New Geology, 

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Post J. E. (1997) The National Gem Collection 



Russell S.S., McCoy T.J., Jarosewich E. and Ash R.D. (1997) 

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Snell H. M., Snell H. L., Davis-Merlen G., Simkin T, and 

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Sorensen S. S., Grossman J. N., and Perfit M. R. (1997) 

 Phengite-hosted LILE enrichment in eclogite and related 

 rocks: implications for fluid-mediated mass transfer in 

 subduction zones and arc magma genesis;Journal of 

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Baker, R., and Dimichele, W. A. "Biomass Allocation in Late 

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 (2)d996):i27-i32. 



Behrensmeyer, A. K. " Learning from Fossils: the Role of 

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Benson, R. H, and Hayek, L. C. "An Application of Spectral 

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Buzas, M. A., and Hayek, L. C. "Biodiversity Resolution: an 

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Cheetham, A. H., and Jackson, J. B. C. "Speciation, 

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