Alexei Fedkin, Research Associate, Department of the Geophysical Sciences

Recent papers:

Fedkin A.V. and Grossman L. (2004) The fayalite content of chondritic olivine: Obstacle to understanding the condensation of rocky material. (Submitted to Meteorites and the Early Solar System II).

Fedkin A.V. and Grossman L. (2004) Nebular formation of fayalitic olivine: ineffectiveness of dust enrichment. LPSC XXXV, A1823.

Grossman L. and Fedkin A.V. (2003) CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 liquids: Chemical and isotopic effects of Mg and Si evaporation in a closed system of closed composition. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 67, no. 21, pp. 4205-4221.

Fedkin A. V. and Grossman L. (2003) Effect of fractional crystallization on δ²⁵Mg of evaporation residues of CMAS liquids. In: “Evolution of Solar System Materials: A New Perspective from Antarctic Meteorites”, pp. 25-26.

Grossman L. and Fedkin A. V. (2003) Elemental abundance constraints on condensation of Allende matrix olivine. In: “Evolution of Solar System Materials: A New Perspective from Antarctic Meteorites”, pp. 31-32.

Fedkin A. V. and Grossman L. (2003) Deviation from Rayleigh isotope fractionation during Mg evaporation into Mg-containing ambient gas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Suppl., Vol. 67, no.18S, A91.

Grossman L. and Fedkin A.V. (2003) Nebular oxidation of iron. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Suppl., Vol. 67, no.18S, A125.

Fedkin A.V. and Grossman L. (2003) Magnesium and silicon isotopic composition recorded during simultaneous crystallization and evaporation of CMAS droplets into ambient solar gas. LPSC XXXIV, A1803.

Fedkin A.V., Grossman L. and Simon S.B. (2002) Evaporation of CAI liquids into solar gas. Meteoritics Planet. Sci. 37, A45.