Peer-Reviewed Articles
83. Sears, D.W.G., Lu Jie, Benoit, P.H., DeHart, J.M. and
Lofgren, G.E. (1992) A
compositional classification scheme for meteoritic chondrules. Nature 357, 207-210.
94. Sears D.W.G., Huang S. and Benoit P.H. (1995) Chondrule formation, metamorphism,
brecciation, an important new primary chondrule group, and the classification
of chondrules. Earth Planet.
Sci. Lett. 131, 27-39.
102. Huang Shaoxiong, Lu Jie, Prinz M., Weisberg M.K.,
Benoit P.H., Sears D.W.G. (1996)
Chondrules: Their diversity
and the role of open-system processes during their formation. Icarus 122, 316-346.
103. Sears D.W.G., Huang S. and Benoit P.H. (1996) Open-system behavior during chondrule
formation. In "Chondrules and
the Protoplanetary Disk", (eds. Hewins, R., Jones R. H. and Scott E. R.
D.), pp. 221-231. Cambridge
University P.
108. Huang Shaoxiong, Yanghong Zhang and Sears D.W.G.
(1997) Formation and metamorphism
of group A5 chondrules in ordinary chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 4689-4704.
118. Sears D. W. G., Lyon I., Saxton J. and Turner G.
(1998) The oxygen isotope
properties of olivines in chondrules in ordinary chondrites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33,
1029-1032.
119. Symes S. J. K., Sears D. W. G., Taunton A., Akridge
D. G., Yanghong Zhang and Benoit P. H. (1998) The crystalline lunar spherules: Their formation and implications for the origin of
meteoritic chondrules. Meteorit.
Planet. Sci. 33, 13-29.
133. Schneider, D. M., Symes, S. J. K., Benoit, P. H., Sears,
D. W. G. (2002) Properties of
chondrules in EL3 chondrites, comparison with EH3 chondrites, and the implications
for the formation of enstatite chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science
37 1401-1416.
Abstracts and Extended
Abstracts
A100. Matsumani
S., Ninagawa K., Yamamoto I., Kohata M., Wada T., Yamashita Y., Lu J., Sears
D.W.G. and Nishimura H.
(1992) Thermoluminescence
and compositional zoning in the mesostasis of a Semarkona group A chondrule
asnd new insights into the chondrule forming process. Meteoritics 27, 256-257.
A102. Huang
S., Benoit P.H. and Sears D.W.G. (1993)
The group A3 chondrules of Krymka: further evidence for major
evaporative loss during the formation of chondrules. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXIV, 681-682.
A104. Sears
D.W.G., Huang S. and Benoit P.H. (1993)
The compositional classification of chondrules and the petrologic type
of an especially primitive H chondrite.
Meteoritics 28, 434-435.
A108. Huang S., Benoit P.H. and Sears D.W.G. (1993a) The group A3 chondrules of Krymka:
further evidence for major evaporative loss during the formation of
chondrules. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXIV,
681-682.
A122. Huang S., Benoit P.H. and Sears D.W.G.
(1994a) Group A5 chondrules in
ordinary chondrites: Their
formation and metamorphism. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXV, 573-574.
A123. Sears
D.W.G. and Lipschutz M.E. (1994)
Evaporation and recondensation during chondrule formation. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXV,
1229-1230.
A137. Sears
D. W. G., Huang S. and Benoit P. H. (1995) The formation of chondrules. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVI, 1263-1264.
A138. Sears
D.W.G., Huang S. and Benoit P.H. (1995)
Chondrules from the Earth and Moon: A review. Meteoritics
30, 577.
A144. Sears
D. W. G., Huang S., Akridge G. and Benoit P. H. (1996) Glassy spherules in suevite from the
Ries Crater, Germany, with implications for the formation of meteoritic
chondrules. Lunar Planet. Sci.
XXVII, 1165-1166.
A145. Sears
D. W. G., Symes S,. Taunton A., Huang S., Akridge G. and Benoit P. H.
(1996) The lunar devitrified glass
spherules: Implications for the
origin of meteoritic chondrules. Lunar
Planet. Sci. XXVII, 1167-1168.
A151. Schneider
D. M., Taunton A., Benoit P. H. and Sears D. W. G. (1997) A comparison of the compositions of
chondrules in the EH and EL chondrites and discussion of some
implications. Lunar Planet.
Sci. XXVIII, 1257-1258.
A157. Akridge
G. and Sears D. W. G. (1998)
Chondrule and metal size-sorting in asteroidal regoliths: Experimental results with implications
for chondritic meteorites. Lunar
Planet. Sci. XXIX, CD-ROM # 1198.
A123 Sears D. W. G. (1998) The origins of chondrules and chondrites. Antarctic Meteorites XXIII (Papers
presented at the twenty-third symposium of antarctic meteorites), 134-138.
A170. Benoit,
P. H., Symes S. W. S. and Sears D. W. G. (1999). Chondrule Size Distributions: What does it Mean? Lunar Planet. Sci. XXX,
CD-ROM #1053.
A173. Sears
D. W. G., Lyon I. C., Saxton J. M., Symes S., and Turner G. (1999) Oxygen isotope heterogeneity in the
mesostasis of a Semarkona group A1 chondrules. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXX,
CD-ROM #1406.
A177. Lyon
I. C., Saxton J. M., Sears D. W. G., Symes S. and Turner G. (1999) Possible mass-dependent oxygen-isotopic
fractionation in the mesostasis of a Semarkona group A1 chondrule. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 34,
A76-A77.
A18. Sears, D.W.G., Sparks, M.H. and Rubin, A.E.
(1983) Chemical and physical
studies of type 3 ordinary chondrites - III. Chondrules from the Dhajala H3.8
chondrite. Meteoritics, 18, 394.
A56. DeHart, J.M., Sears, D.W.G.
and Lofgren G. E. (1988a) Sodium
enriched luminescent chondrule mesostasis rims in the unequilibrated ordinary
chondrites. Meteoritics, 23, 265.
A63. Sears, D.W.G., Lu, J., Guimon, R.K., Morse, A.D.,
Hutchison, R., Alexander, C.O., Wright, I.P. and Pillinger, C.T. (1988) The thermoluminescence properties of chondrules
from three low petrologic type ordinary chondrites. Meteoritics, 23, 30.
A64. Sears, D.W.G., Morse, A.D., Hutchison, R., Guimon,
R.K., Alexander, C.O., Wright, I.P. and Pillinger, C. (1988) Alteration history of chondrules in the
Semarkona ordinary chondrite. Lunar
Planet. Sci. XIX, 1051-1052.
A76. Lu Jie, Sears D.W.G., Keck B.D., Prinz M., Grossman
J.N. and Clayton R.N. (1990) Semarkona type I chondrules compared
with similar chondrules in other classes.
Lunar Planet. Sci. XXI, 720-721.
A89. Sears D.W.G., Lu Jie and Benoit P.H. (1991) Volatile loss during chondrule
formation. Meteoritics, 26,
394.
A99. Lu J., Sears D.W.G., Benoit P.H., Prinz M. and
Weisberg M.K. (1992) The four
primitive chondrule groups and the formation of chondrules. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXIII,
813-814.