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PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
(Abstracts excepted)
- Ahrens, T. J., and S. Katz, An ultrasonic interferometer for high-pressure research, J.
Geophys. Res., 67, 2935-2944, 1962.
- Ahrens, T. J., and S. Katz, Ultrasonic observation of the calcite-aragonite transition, J.
Geophys. Res., 68, 529-537, 1963.
- Katz, S., and T. J. Ahrens, Ultrasonic measurements of elastic properties of small
specimens at high pressure, in High Pressure Measurement, edited by A. A.
Giardini and E. C. Lloyd, pp. 246-261, 1963.
- Woeber, A. F., S. Katz, and T. J. Ahrens, Elasticity of selected rocks and minerals,
Geophysics, 28, 658-663, 1963.
- Ahrens, T. J., and J. V. G. Gregson, Shock compression of crustal rocks: data for quartz,
calcite, and plagioclase rocks, J. Geophys. Res., 69, 4839-4874, 1964.
- Ahrens, T. J., High-pressure electrical behavior and equation of state of magnesium,
oxide from shock wave measurements,, J. Appl. Phys., 37, 2532-2541, 1966.
- Ahrens, T. J., and G. E. Duvall, Stress relaxation behind elastic shock waves in rocks, J.
Geophys. Res., 71, 4349-4360, 1966.
- Ahrens, T. J., and M. H. Ruderman, Immersed-foil method for measuring shock wave
profiles in solids, J. Appl. Phys., 37, 4758-4765, 1966.
- Rosenberg, J. T., and T. J. Ahrens, Measuring release adiabats of solids using shock-
wave techniques, Am. Soc. Mech. Engineers, 66-WA/PT-7, 1-9 p., 1966.
- Ahrens, T. J., and Y. Syono, Calculated mineral reactions in the earth's mantle, J.
Geophys. Res., 72, [4181-4188], 1967.
- Cowperthwaite, M., and T. J. Ahrens, Thermodynamics of the adiabatic expansion of a
mixture of two phases, Am. Jour. Physics, 35, 951-955, 1967.
- Ahrens, T. J., W. H. Gust, and E. B. Royce, Material strength effect in the shock
compression of alumina, J. Appl. Phys., 39, 4610-4616, 1968 [Seismo#593].
- Ahrens, T. J., and R. K. Linde, Response of brittle solids to shock compression, in
Behavior of Dense Media under High Dynamic Pressures, edited by J. Berger, pp.
325-336, Gordon & Breach, New York, 1968.
- Ahrens, T. J., and J. T. Rosenberg, Shock metamorphism: Experiments on quartz and
plagioclase, in Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials, edited by B. M.
French and N. M. Short, pp. 59-81, Mono Book Corp., Baltimore, 1968 [Seismo#622].
- Ahrens, T. J., Book Review of "Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials" by B. M.
French and N. M. Short, American Scientist, 57, 274A, 1969.
- Ahrens, T. J., D. L. Anderson, and A. E. Ringwood, Equation of state and crystal
structures of high-pressure phases of shocked silicates and oxides, Rev. Geophys.,
7, 667-707, 1969 [Seismo#631].
- Ahrens, T. J., and C. F. Petersen, Shock wave data and the study of the earth, in The
Application of Modern Physics to the Earth and Planetary Interiors, edited by S.
K. Runcorn, pp. 449-461, Wiley-Interscience, London, 1969 [Seismo#618].
- Ahrens, T. J., C. F. Peterson, and J. T. Rosenberg, Shock compression of feldspars, J.
Geophys. Res., 74, 2727-2746, 1969 [Seismo#600].
- Ahrens, T. J., and H. A. W. Spetzler, Calibration of an image-converter streak camera,
Rev. Sci. Instruments, 40, 354-355, 1969.
- Gaffney, E. S., and T. J. Ahrens, Heat of formation of , J. Chem. Physics, 51, 1088-
1091, 1969 [Seismo#624].
- Hörz, F., and T. J. Ahrens, Deformation in experimentally shocked biotite, Am. Jour. Sci.,
267, 1213-1229, 1969 [Seismo#635].
- Thomson, K. C., T. J. Ahrens, and M. N. Toksöz, Dynamic photoelastic studies of P and
S wave propagation in prestressed media, Geophysics, 34, 696-712, 1969 [Seismo#629].
- Ahrens, T. J., R. L. Fleischer, P. B. Price, and R. T. Woods, Erasure of fission tracks in
glasses and silicates by shock waves, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 8, 420-426,
1970 [Seismo#662].
- Ahrens, T. J., T. Takahashi, and G. F. Davies, A proposed equation of state of stishovite,
J. Geophys. Res., 75, 310-316, 1970 [Seismo#637].
- Gaffney, E. S., and T. J. Ahrens, Stability of mantle minerals from lattice calcuations and
shock wave data, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 3, 205-212, 1970.
- Kovach, R. L., and T. J. Ahrens, Explosive seismic sources for the moon, Geophysics, 35,
33-44, 1970 [Seismo#650].
- Ahrens, T.J., Shock wave equations of state of minerals, in Mantle and Core in Planetary
Physics, edited by L. Corso, pp. 157-187, Academic Press, New York, 1971. [Seismo#718].
- Ahrens, T. J., C. F. Allen, and R. L. Kovach, Explosive gas blast: The expansion of
detonation products in vacuum, J. Appl. Phys., 42, 815-829, 1971 [Seismo#673].
- Ahrens, T. J., and E. S. Gaffney, Dynamic compression of enstatite, J. Geophys. Res., 76,
5504-5513, 1971 [Seismo#700].
- Ahrens, T. J., J. L. Lower, and P. L. Lagus, Equation of state of forsterite, J. Geophys.
Res., 76, 518-528, 1971 [Seismo#670].
- Ahrens, T. J., and T. Takahashi, Static and dynamic compression of earth materials, Am.
Geophys. Union Trans., 52, 147-153, 1971 [Seismo#678].
- Gibbons, R. V., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock metamorphism of silicate glasses, J. Geophys.
Res., 76, 5489-5498, 1971 [Seismo#697].
- Toksöz, M. N., K. C. Thomson, and T. J. Ahrens, Generation of seismic waves by
explosions in prestressed media, Seismo. Soc. Am. Bull., 61, 1589-1623, 1971 [Seismo#741].
- Ahrens, T. J., The mineralogic distribution of iron in the upper mantle, Phys. Earth
Planetary Interiors, 5, 267-281, 1972 [Seismo#736].
- Ahrens, T. J., Shock melting and vaporization of metals, J. Appl. Phys., 43, 2443-2445,
1972 [Seismo#724].
- Ahrens, T. J., The state of mantle minerals, Tectonophysics, 13, 189-219, 1972 [Seismo#732].
- Ahrens, T. J., and E. K. Graham, A shock-induced phase change in iron-silicate garnet,
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 14, 87-90, 1972 [Seismo#716].
- Ahrens, T. J., and J. D. O'Keefe, Shock melting and vaporization of lunar rocks and
minerals, The Moon, 4, 214-249, 1972 [Seismo#722].
- Ahrens, T. J., and L. Thomsen, Application of the fourth-order anharmonic theory to
prediction of equations of state at high compressions and temperatures, Phys.
Earth Planet. Interiors, 5, 282-294, 1972 [Seismo#737].
- Ahrens, T. J., Petrologic properties of the upper 670 km of the earth's mantle:
Geophysical implications, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 7, 167-186, 1973 [Seismo#765].
- Ahrens, T. J., and H.-P. Liu, A shock-induced phase change in orthoclase, J. Geophys.
Res., 78, 1274-1278, 1973 [Seismo#755].
- Ahrens, T. J., J. D. O'Keefe, and R. V. Gibbons, Shock compression of a recrystallized
anorthositic rock from Apollo 15, 4th Lunar Sci. Conf, Suppl. 4, Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta, 3, 2575-2590, 1973 [Seismo#788].
- Davies, G. F., and T. J. Ahrens, Measurement of elastic velocities of MgO under shock
compression to 500 kilobars, J. Geophys. Res., 78, 7596-7601, 1973 [Seismo#780].
- Gaffney, E. S., and T. J. Ahrens, Optical absorption spectra of ruby and periclase at high
shock pressures, J. Geophys. Res., 78, 5942-5953, 1973 [Seismo#772].
- Graham, E. K., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock wave compression of iron-silicate garnet, J.
Geophys. Res., 78, 375-392, 1973 [Seismo#750].
- King, D. A., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock compression of iron sulphide and the possible sulfur
content of the earth's core, Nature Physical Science, 243, 82-84, 1973 [Seismo#790].
- Kleeman, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock-induced transition of quartz to stishovite, J.
Geophys. Res., 78, 5954-5960, 1973 [Seismo#771].
- Lagus, P. L., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock wave measurements on solid hydrogen and argon,
J. Chem. Phys., 59, 3517-3522, 1973 [Seismo#781].
- Ahrens, T. J., A journey to the center of the earth - solid state physics at Caltech,
Engineering and Science, 28, 22-25, 1974.
- Ahrens, T. J., and D. M. Cole, Shock compression and adiabatic release of lunar fines
from Apollo 17, Proc. 5th Lunar Science Conf., Suppl. 5, Geochim. et
Cosmochim. Acta, 3, 2333-2345, 1974 [Seismo#818].
- Gibbons, R. V., T. J. Ahrens, and G. R. Rossman, A spectrographic interpretation of the
shock-produced color change in rhodonite ): The shock-induced
reduction of to , Am. Mineralogist,
59, 177-182, 1974 [Seismo#789].
- Ahrens, T. J., Compaction by impact of unconsolidated lunar fines, The Moon, 14, 291-
299, 1975 [Seismo#844].
- Ahrens, T. J., Equations of state of the earth, Rev. Geophys. Space Physics, 13, 335-372,
1975 [Seismo#836].
- Ahrens, T. J., and G. Schubert, Rapid formation of eclogite in a slightly wet mantle,
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 27, 90-94, 1975 [Seismo#830].
- Ahrens, T. J., and G. L. Schubert, Gabbro-eclogite reaction rate and its geophysical
significance, Rev. Geophys. and Space Physics, 13, 383-400, 1975 [Seismo#853].
- Gibbons, R. V., T. J. Ahrens, and G. R. Rossman, Spectra of shock-affected rhodonite: A
reply, Am. Mineralogist, 13, 942-943, 1975 [Seismo#837].
- Lagus, P. L., T. J. Ahrens, S. L. Giles, and J. A. Westphal, Solidified gas samples for
shock wave experimentation, Cryogenics, 15, 246-248, 1975 [Seismo#831a].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock effects from a large impact on the moon, in Proc.
6th Lunar Sci. Conf., pp. 2831-2844, Pergamon Press, 1975 [Seismo#848].
- Snee, L., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock-induced deformation features in terrestrial peridot and
lunar dunite, in 6th Lunar Sci. Conf., vol. 1, pp. 833-842, Pergamon Press,
Houston, TX, 1975 [Seismo#846].
- Ahrens, T. J., F. D. Tsay, and D. H. Live, Shock-induced fine-grained recrystallization of
olivine: Evidence against subsolidus reduction of , Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf, 7,
1143-1156, 1976 [Seismo#887].
- Ahrens, T. J., and F. Wooten, Electrical conductivity induced in insulators by pulsed
radiation, I.E.E.E., Trans. on Nuclear Science, NS-23, 1268-1272, 1976 [Seismo#917].
- Bless, S. J., and T. J. Ahrens, Measurement of release wave speed in shock compressed
polycrystalline alumina and aluminum, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 1935-1942,
1976 [Seismo#854].
- Jeanloz, R., and T. J. Ahrens, Alkali mobility in shocked basalt, Proc. Lunar Science
Conf., 7th, 1623-1632, 1976 [Seismo#889].
- King, D. L., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock compression of ilmenite, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 931-
935, 1976 [Seismo#852].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Impact ejecta on the moon, Proc. Lunar Science Conf.,
7th, 3007-3025, 1976 [Seismo#895].
- Ahrens, T. J., Impact processes, Geotimes, 22, 24-26, 1977.
- Ahrens, T. J., I. Jackson, and R. Jeanloz, Shock compression and adiabatic release of a
titaniferous mare basalt, Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf., 8th, 3437-3455, 1977 [Seismo#935].
- Ahrens, T. J., and J. D. O'Keefe, Equation of state and impact-induced shock-wave
attenuation on the Moon, in Impact and Explosion Cratering, edited by D. J.
Roddy, et al., pp. 639-656, Pergamon, New York, 1977 [Seismo#939].
- Bless, S. J., and T. J. Ahrens, Measurements of the longitudinal modulus of Pierre Clay
Shale at varying strain rates, Geophysics, 42, 34-40, 1977 [Seismo#891].
- Gibbons, R. V., and T. J. Ahrens, Effects of shock pressure on calcic plagioclase, Phys.
and Chemistry of Minerals, 1, 95-108, 1977 [Seismo#898].
- Jeanloz, R., and T. J. Ahrens, Pyroxenes and olivines: Structural implications of shock-
wave data for high pressure phases, in High-Pressure Research: Applications to
Geophysics, edited by M. H. Manghnani and S. Akimoto, pp. 439-462, Academic,
San Diego, Calif., 1977 [Seismo#920].
- Jeanloz, R., T. J. Ahrens, J. S. Lally, G. L. Nord Jr., J. M. Christie, and A. H. Heuer,
Shock-produced olivine glass: First observation, Science, 197, 457-459,
1977 [Seismo#918].
- Meier, L. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Longitudinal elastic velocities in MgO to 360 kbar, J.
Geophys. Res., 82, 2523-2528, 1977 [Seismo#905].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Meteorite impact ejecta: Dependence on mass and
energy lost on planetary escape velocity, Science, 198, 1249-1251, 1977 [Seismo#958].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Impact-induced energy partitioning, melting, and
vaporization on terrestrial planets, Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf., 8th, Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 8, 3357-3374, 1977 [Seismo#934].
- Ahrens, T. J., and J. D. O'Keefe, Energy and mass distributions of impact ejecta blankets
on the moon and Mercury, in Proc. Lunar and Planet. Sci. Conf. 9th, pp. 3787-
3802, Pergamon Press, 1978 [Seismo#1004].
- Jeanloz, R., and T. J. Ahrens, The equation of state of a lunar anorthosite: 60025, in
Lunar and Planet. Sci. Conf. 9th, pp. 2789-2803, Pergamon Press, Houston, TX,
1978 [Seismo#1005].
- Lyzenga, G. A., and T. J. Ahrens, The relation between the shock-induced free surface
velocity and the post-shock specific volume of solids, J. Appl. Phys., 49, 201-204,
1978 [Seismo#932].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Impact flows and crater scaling on the Moon, Phys.
Earth Planet. Inter., 16, 341-351, 1978 [Seismo#957].
- Ahrens, T. J., Geophysics, in Science Year, pp. 289-291, Field Enterprise Educational
Corp., 1979.
- Ahrens, T. J., Equations of state of iron sulfide and constraints on the sulfur content of
the Earth, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 985-998, 1979 [Seismo#997].
- Croft, S. K., S. W. Kieffer, and T. J. Ahrens, Low-velocity impact craters in ice and ice-
saturated sand with implications for Martian crater count ages, J. Geophys. Res.,
84, 8023-8032, 1979 [Seismo#1052].
- Goto, T., T. J. Ahrens, and G. R. Rossman, Absorption spectra of in under
shock compression, Phys. Chem. of Minerals, 4, 253-264, 1979 [Seismo#1019].
- Goto, T., G. R. Rossman, and T. J. Ahrens, Absorption spectroscopy in solids under
shock compression, in 6th AIRAPT, Int'l High Pressure Conference, High Pressure
Science and Technology, vol. II, edited by K. D. Timmerhaus and M. S. Barber,
pp. 895-904, Plenum Press, 1979.
- Jackson, I., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock-wave compression of single crystal forsterite, J.
Geophys. Res., 84, 3039-3048, 1979 [Seismo#1013].
- Jackson, I., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock-wave compression of vitreous and rutile-type :
A comparative study, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 20, 60-70, 1979 [Seismo#1029].
- Jakosky, B. M., and T. J. Ahrens, The history of an atmosphere of impact origin, in Lunar
and Planet. Science Conf. 10th, pp. 2727-2740, Pergamon Press, 1979 [Seismo#1053].
- Jeanloz, R., and T. J. Ahrens, Release adiabat measurements on minerals: The effect of
viscosity, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 7545-7548, 1979 [Seismo#1044].
- Jeanloz, R., T. J. Ahrens, H. K. Mao, and P. M. Bell, B1-B2 transition in calcium oxide
from shock-wave and diamond-cell experiments, Science, 206, 829-830,
1979 [Seismo#1066].
- Lange, M., and T. J. Ahrens, Impact melting early in lunar history, in Proc. Lunar Planet.
Sci. Conf., 10, pp. 2707-2726, Pergamon Press, 1979 [Seismo#1051].
- Lyzenga, G. A., and T. J. Ahrens, A multiwavelength optical pyrometer for shock
compression experiments, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 50, 1421-1424, 1979 [Seismo#1033].
- Raikes, S. A., and T. J. Ahrens, Post-shock temperature in minerals, Geophys. J. Roy.
astr. Soc., 58, 717-747, 1979 [Seismo#1020].
- Raikes, S. A., and T. J. Ahrens, Measurements of post-shock temperatures in aluminum
and stainless steel, in 6th AIRAPT, Int'l High Pressure Conference,, High Pressure
Science and Technology, vol. II, edited by K. D. Timmerhaus and M. S. Barber,
pp. 889-894, Plenum Press, 1979.
- Ahrens, T. J., Geophysics- Progress in Plate Tectonics, in Science Year, The World Book
Science Annual, pp. 289-291, 1980.
- Ahrens, T. J., Shock wave data and the composition of the earth's core, in 7th Int'l
AIRAPT- High Pressure Conference, High Pressure Science and Technology, 2,
edited by B. Vodar and P. Marteau, pp. 1080-1086, Pergamon Press, 1980.
- Ahrens, T. J., Dynamic compression of earth materials, Science, 207, 1035-1041,
1980 [Seismo#1058].
- Ahrens, T. J., and J. P. Watt, Dynamic properties of mare basalts: Relation of equations
of state to petrology, in Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf., vol. XI, pp. 2059-2074,
Pergamon Press, Houston, TX, 1980 [Seismo#1103].
- Boslough, M. B., R. J. Weldon, and T. J. Ahrens, Impact-induced water loss from
serpentine, nontronite, and kernite, in Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf., vol. XI, pp. 2145-
2158, Pergamon Press, Houston, TX, 1980 [Seismo#1104].
- Gaffney, E. S., and T. J. Ahrens, Identification of ice VI on the Hugoniot of ice Ih,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 7, 407-409, 1980 [Seismo#1071].
- Goto, T., T. J. Ahrens, G. R. Rossman, and Y. Syono, Absorption spectrum of shock-
compressed -bearing MgO and the radiative conductivity of the lower
mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 22, 277-288, 1980 [Seismo#1075].
- Jeanloz, R., and T. J. Ahrens, Equations of state of FeO and CaO, Geophys. J. R. astron.
Soc., 62, 505-528, 1980 [Seismo#1083].
- Jeanloz, R., and T. J. Ahrens, Anorthite, thermal equation of state to high pressures,
Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 62, 529-549, 1980 [Seismo#1082].
- Lyzenga, G. A., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock temperature measurements in and
SiO2 at high pressures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 7, 141-144, 1980 [Seismo#1059].
- Mashimo, T., K. Kondo, A. Sawaoka, Y. Syono, H. Takai, and T. J. Ahrens, Electrical
conductivity measurements of fayalite under shock compression up to 550 kbar, J.
Geophys. Res., 85, 1876-1881, 1980 [Seismo#1080].
- Raikes, S. A., and T. J. Ahrens, Geophysics, in Encyclopedia of Physics, edited by R. G.
Lerner and G. L. Trigg, pp. 356-359, Addison-Wesley, 1980.
- Somerville, M., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock compression of and the question of
potassium in the core, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 7016-7024, 1980 [Seismo#1096].
- Vizgirda, J., T. J. Ahrens, and F.-D. Tsay, Shock-induced effects in calcite from Cactus
Crater, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 44, 1059-1069, 1980 [Seismo#1076].
- Ahrens, T. J., Carbon dioxide within Venus and the Earth, Adv. Space Res., Cospar, 1,
177-187, 1981 [Seismo#1112].
- Cohn, S. N., and T. J. Ahrens, Dynamic tensile strength of lunar rock types, J. Geophys.
Res., 86, 1794-1802, 1981 [Seismo#1105].
- Kondo, K., A. Sawaoka, and T. J. Ahrens, Electrical measurements on fused quartz under
shock compression, J. Appl. Phys., 52, 5084-5089, 1981 [Seismo#1125].
- Lange, M., and T. J. Ahrens, Fragmentation of ice by low velocity impact, in Proc. Lunar
and Planet. Sci. Conf., vol. 12th, pp. 1667-1687, Pergamon Press, Houston, TX,
1981 [Seismo#1154].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Impact cratering: The effect of crustal strength and
planetary gravity, Revs. of Geophys. Space Phys., 19, 1-12, 1981 [Seismo#1122].
- Solomon, S. C., T. J. Ahrens, P. Cassen, A. T. Hsui, J. W. Minear, R. T. Reynolds, N. H.
Sleep, D. W. Strangway, and D. L. Turcotte, Thermal histories of the terrestrial
planets, in Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets, pp. 1129-1234,
Pergamon Press, 1981.
- Vassiliou, M. S., and T. J. Ahrens, Hugoniot equation of state of periclase to 200 GPa,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 8, 729-732, 1981 [Seismo#1119].
- Vizgirda, J., and T. J. Ahrens, Structural study of Cactus Crater, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci.,
12B, 1623-1639, 1981 [Seismo#1148].
- Ahrens, T. J., Constraints on core composition from shock-wave data, Phil. Trans. R.
Soc. Lond., 306, 37-47, 1982 [Seismo#1178].
- Ahrens, T. J., G. A. Lyzenga, and A. C. Mitchell, Temperatures induced by shock waves
in minerals, in High Pressure Research in Geophysics, vol. 12, edited by S.
Akimoto and M. H. Manghnani, pp. 579-594, Center for Academic Publications,
Japan, 1982 [Seismo#1170].
- Boslough, M. B., and T. J. Ahrens, A method of determining points on the principal
isentropes of molecular liquids, edited by W. J. Nellis, et al., pp. 236-240, Shock
Waves in Condensed Matter, Amer. Inst. Phys., 1982.
- Boslough, M. B., T. J. Ahrens, J. Vizgirda, R. H. Becker, and S. Epstein, Shock-induced
devolatilization of calcite, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 61, 166-170, 1982 [Seismo#1181].
- Kondo, K., T. J. Ahrens, and A. Sawaoka, Electrical and optical measurements on fused
quartz under shock compression, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter - 1981,
vol. 78, edited by W. J. Nellis, et al., pp. 299-303, Menlo Park, 1982 [Seismo#1179].
- Lange, M. A., and T. J. Ahrens, The evolution of an impact-generated atmosphere,
Icarus, 51, 96-120, 1982 [Seismo#1177].
- Lange, M. A., and T. J. Ahrens, Impact-induced dehydration of serpentine and the
evolution of planetary atmospheres, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 13th, Part 1, J.
Geophys. Res., Suppl., 87, A451-A456, 1982 [Seismo#1184].
- Lyzenga, G. A., and T. J. Ahrens, One-dimensional isentropic compression, in Shock
Waves in Condensed Matter, edited by W. J. Nellis, et al., pp. 231-235, American
Institute of Physics, 1982.
- Lyzenga, G. A., T. J. Ahrens, W. J. Nellis, and A. C. Mitchell, The temperature of shock-
compressed water, J. Chem. Phys., 76, 6282-6286, 1982 [Seismo#1165].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Impact mechanics of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction
bolide, Nature, 298, 123-127, 1982 [Seismo#1167].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, The interaction of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction
bolide with the atmosphere, ocean, and solid earth, in Geological Implications of
Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth, edited by L. T. Silver and P.
H. Schultz, pp. 103-120, Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 190, 1982 [Seismo#1187].
- O'Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens, Cometary and meteorite swarm impact on planetary
surfaces, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 6668-6680, 1982 [Seismo#1176].
- Vassiliou, M. S., and T. J. Ahrens, The equation of state of to 200 GPa,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 127-130, 1982 [Seismo#1145].
- Vassiliou, M. S., and T. J. Ahrens, Limited aperture light source streak photography, Rev.
Sci. Instrum., 53, 108-109, 1982 [Seismo#1141].
- Vizgirda, J., and T. J. Ahrens, Shock compression of aragonite and implication for
equation of state of carbonates, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 4747-4758, 1982 [Seismo#1163].
- Watt, J. P., and T. J. Ahrens, The role of iron partitioning in mantle composition,
evolution, and scale of convection, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 5631-5644, 1982 [Seismo#1164].
- Weldon, R. J., W. M. Thomas, M. B. Boslough, and T. J. Ahrens, Shock-induced color
changes in nontronite: Implications for the Martian fines, J. Geophys. Res., 87,
10,102-10,114, 1982 [Seismo#1188].
- Ahrens, T. J., D. Kostka, P. Kasiraj, T. Vreeland Jr., A. W. Hare, F. D. Lemkey, and E.
R. Thompson, Shock compaction of ferrous alloy powders, in Rapid Solidification
Processing of Principles and Technologies, III, edited by R. Mehrabian, pp. 672-
677, National Bureau of Standards, 1983.
- Ahrens, T. J., and J. D. O'Keefe, Impact of an asteroid or comet in the ocean and
extinction of terrestrial life, Proc. Lunar & Planet Sci. Conf. XIII, Part 2, J.
Geophys. Res. Suppl., 88, A799-A806, 1983 [Seismo#1193].
- Kondo, K.-I., and T. J. Ahrens, Heterogenous shock-induced thermal radiation in
minerals, Phys. Chem. Minerals, 9, 173-181, 1983 [Seismo#1211].
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temperature of stainless steel and a high pressure-high temperature constraints on
thermal diffusivity of , in High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993,
edited by S. C. Schmidt, et al., pp. 963-966, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York,
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resonance analysis of shock damage, J. Geophys. Res., 99, [No. E3], 5621-5638,
1994 [Seismo#1681].
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oxides, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 721-724, 1994 [Seismo#1686].
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partitioning, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 122, 71-88, 1994 [Seismo#1689].
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interplanetary particles, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 65 (6), 1839-1846, 1994 [Seismo#1754].
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in the outer core and mantle silicates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 153-156, 1994 [Seismo#1673].
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Pressure Science and Technology - 1993, edited by S. C. Schmidt, et al., pp. 835-
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isentropic release of rhyolite, in High Pressure Science & Technology - 1993,
edited by S. C. Schmidt, et al., pp. 1115-1118, Amer. Inst. of Phys., New York,
1994 [Seismo#1706].
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post-stishovite phase, in Proceedings
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asteroids Gaspra and Ida in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-1995,
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physics in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-1995, edited by S. C. Schmidt
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in Proceedings of the 14th US Army Symposium on Solids
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tensile fracture in augite-peridotite, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1995,
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in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-1995, edited by S. C. Schmidt and W. C.
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Ahrens, GSA Today, 6, 14-15, 1996 [Seismo#1843].
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in Shock Waves, Proceedings of the 20th ISSW, eds. B. Sturtevant, J. Shepherd, H.
Hornung, 1455-1460. New Jersey: World Scientific, 1997 [Seismo#1850].
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impact mechanics, in Shock Wave, Proc. of the 20th ISSW, ed. B. Sturtevant, J.
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of griceite and corundum, in Shock Waves, Proc. of the 20th ISSW, eds. B. Sturtevant,
J. Shepherd, H. Hornung, 1401-1406. New Jersey: World Scientific, 1997 [Seismo#1848].
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and plumes-comparison of numerical analysis with observations.
Icarus, 125:2, 317-330, 1997 [Seismo#1859].
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Nature, 386, 154-156, 1997 [Seismo#1860].
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and the core-mantle boundary of the Earth, Science, 275:5306, 1623-1625, 1997 [Seismo#1862].
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J. Geophys. Res., 102, B3, 5243-5250, 1997 [Seismo#1858].
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on Jupiter, Icarus, 126, 138-147, 1997 [Seismo#1863].
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the modeling of comminution in brittle solids, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 2,
99-116, 1997 [Seismo#1868].
- Chen, G. Q., and T. J. Ahrens. Erosion of terrestrial planet atmosphere by surface
motion after a large impact, Physics of the Earth and Planetary
Interiors, 100, nos. 1-4, 21-26, 1997 [Seismo#1870].
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impact cratering - Obituary, Nature, 389, 132, 1997 [Seismo#1879].
- Duffy, T. S. and T. J. Ahrens, Dynamic compression of an Fe-Cr-Ni alloy to 80 GPA.
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240 GPa for metal shock temperature measurements, in Properties of Earth and Planetary
Materials at High Pressure and Temperature - Geophysical Monograph, vol. 101,
edited by M. H. Manghnani and T. Yagi, pp. 335-343, American
Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C., 1998 [Seismo#1895].
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in Shock Compression of Condensed
Matter - 1997, edited by S. C. Schmidt, et al., pp. 115-118, AIP Press,
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in Biographical Memoirs, vol. 74, pp. 1-24, National Academy of Sciences
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effects of the K/T bolide, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 156, 125-140, 1998 [Seismo#1899].
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iron, in Shock
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in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-1997, edited by S. C. Schmidt, et al., pp.
859-862, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 1998 [Seismo#1953].
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of gamma and liquid iron, in: High-Pressure Materials Research, vol. 499, edited by R. M.
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63-71, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Warrendale, PA, 1998 [Seismo#1922].
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Pepin, R. O. and T. J. Ahrens, Award: Barringer Medal Citation for Thomas J. Ahrens, Meteoritics
and Planetary Science, 33, A5-A6, 1998 [Seismo#1902].
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planetary atmospheres: Some surprising results. Icarus, 138, 224-240, 1999 [Seismo#1943].
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Mass spectrometer calibration of high velocity impact ionization based
cosmic dust analyzer, Intl. J. Impact Engng. 23, 401-408, 1999 [Seismo#1964].
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stratigraphy and rings ot the impact conditions, J. Geophys. Res.,
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Chen, G. Q., T. J. Ahrens, W. Yang, and J. K. Knowles. Effect of irreversible
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spectrometer calibration of cosmic dust analyzer. In Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999,
edited by M. D. Furnish, et al., pp. 967-970, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 2000 [Seismo#1976].
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edited by M. D. Furnish et al., pp. 1039-1042, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 2000 [Seismo#1973].
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(CaCO3): Implication for shock induced decomposition.
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edited by M. D. Furnish et al., pp. 1263-1266, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 2000 [Seismo#1977].
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edited by M. D. Furnish et al., pp. 275-278, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 2000 [Seismo#1975].
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anhydrite CaSO4 and calcite CaCO3.
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edited by M. D. Furnish et al., pp. 1259-1262, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 2000 [Seismo#1974].
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Condensed Matter - 1999, edited by M. D. Furnish et al., pp. 1243-1246, AIP
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attenuation in GeO2, US Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics (15th: 1999-Myrtle
Beach, SC), edited by Kailasam Iyer and Shun-chin Chou, pp. 551-567 (compact disc),
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Ball, A. J., S. Gadomski, M. Banaszkiewicz, T. Spohn, T. J. Ahrens, M. Whyndham, and J. C. Zarnecki,
An instrument for in-situ comet nucleus surface density profile measurement by gamma ray
attenuation,
Planet. Space Sci., Planet. Space Sci. 49, 961-976, 2001 [Seismo#2033].
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Gupta, S. C., T. J. Ahrens, and W. Yang, Shock-induced vaporization of anhydrite and global
cooling from the K/T impact, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 188, 399-412, 2001 [Seismo#2023].
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O'Keefe, J. D., S. T. Stewart, M. E. Lainhart, and T. J. Ahrens, Damage and
rock-volatile mixture effects on impact crater formation, Intl. J. Impact Engng.,
26, 543-553, 2001 [Seismo#2048].
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Tyburczy, J. A., X. Xu, T. J. Ahrens, and S. Epstein, Shock-induced devolatilization and isotopic
fractionation of H anc C from Murchison meteorite: some implications for planetary accretion,
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 192, 23-30, 2001 [Seismo#2045].
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Xia, K.and T. J. Ahrens, Impact-induced damage beneath craters, Geophys. Res.
Lett. 28, 3525-3527, 2001 [Seismo#2041].
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Liu, C. and T. J. Ahrens, Wave generation from explosions in rock cavities,
Pure Appl. Geophys., 158, 1909-1949, 2001 [Seismo#2037].
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Ahrens, T. J., Citation for H. Jay Melosh for 2001 G. K. Gilbert Award of
the Division of the Planetary Geology of the GSA, GSA Today, 12, 29-30, 2002 [Seismo#2050].
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Austin, D. E., T. J. Ahrens, and J. L. Beauchamp, Dustbuster: a compact
impact-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer for in situ analysis of cosmic dust,
Rev. Sci. Instrum., 73, 185-189, 2002 [Seismo#2046].
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Liu, C. and T. J. Ahrens, Effect of phase change on shock
wave attenuation in , J. Appl. Phys., 91, 9136-9146, 2002 [Seismo#2054].
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Ahrens, T. J., K. G. Holland, G. Q. Chen, Phase diagram of iron, revised-core temperatures,
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Akins, J. A. and T. J. Ahrens, Dynamic compression of :
A new interpretation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2002GL014806, 2002 [Seismo#2080].
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Luo, S.-N., J. L. Mosenfelder, P. D. Asimow, and T. J. Ahrens, Stishovite and its
implications in Geophysics: New
results from shock-wave experiments and theoretical modeling,
Physics-Uspekhi 45, 435-439, 2002 (in Russian: Uspekhi Fiz. Nauk,
172, 475-480) [Seismo#2079].
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Ahrens, T. J., K. Xia, and D. Coker, Depth of cracking beneath impact craters: New
constraint for impact velocity, in Shock-Compression of Condensed Matter - 2001,
edited by M. D. Furnish,
N. N. Thadhani, and Y. Horie, pp. 1393-1396, American Institute of Physics,
New York, 2002 [Seismo#2060].
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Luo, S.-N., J. L. Mosenfelder, P. D. Asimow, and T. J. Ahrens, Direct shock wave
loading of stishovite to 235 GPa: Implications for
perovskite stability relative to oxide assemblage
at lower mantle conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2002GL015627,
36-1 to 36-4, 2002 [Seismo#2094].
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Luo, S.-N., T. Çagin, A. Strachan, W. A. Goddard III, and T. J. Ahrens, Molecular dynamics modeling
of stishovite,
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 202, 147-157, 2002 [Seismo#2078].
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Lyons, J. R., T. J. Ahrens, Terrestrial acidification at the K/T boundary, in High-Pressure
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Gupta, S. C., S. G. Love, and T. J. Ahrens, Shock temperature in
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201, 1-12, 2002 [Seismo#2073].
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Chen, G. Q., T. J. Ahrens, and E. M.Stolper, Shock wave equation of state of molten
and solid fayalite, Physics of the Earth and
Planetary Interiors, 134, 35-52, 2002 [Seismo#2087].
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Luo, S.-N. and T. J. Ahrens, Superheating systematics of crystalline solids,
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Ahrens, T. J., S. C. Gupta, G. Jyoti, and J. L. Beauchamp,
Mass spectrometer calibration of Cosmic Dust Analyzer,
J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, 108, No. E2, 5007, doi:10.1029/2002JE001912,
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Shen, A. H., T. J. Ahrens, and J. D. O'Keefe, Shock wave
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Stewart, S. T. and T. J. Ahrens, Shock Hugoniot of ice,
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PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION AND/OR IN PRESS
Ni, S. and T. J. Ahrens, Giant impact-induced blow-off of primordial atmosphere,
Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.
Gupta, S. C., T. J. Ahrens, and W. Yang, Shock-induced vaporization
of calcite and its implication for greenhouse warming at K/T boundary.
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. (in revision).
Stewart, S. T., J. D. O'Keefe, and T. J. Ahrens, Impact processing
and redistribution of near-surface water on Mars, Nature (in revision).
Austin, D. E., H. L. K. Manning, C. L. Bailey, J. E. Farnsworth, R. L. Grimm,
T. J. Ahrens, and J. L. Beauchamp,
Hypervelocity microparticle impact studies using a novel cosmic dust
mass spectrometer,
J. Geophys. Res. - Planets (in press).
Srama, R., T. J. Ahrens, N. Altobelli, S. Auer, J. G. Bradley, M. Burton, V. V.
Dikarev, H. Fechtig, M. Görlich, M. Grande, A. Graps, E. Grün,
O. Havnes, S. Helfert, M. Horanyi, E. Igenbergs,
E. K. Jessberger, T. V. Johnson, S. Kempf, A. V. Krivov,
H. Krüger, G. Moragas-Klostermeyer, P. Lamy, M. Landgraf,
D. Linkert, G. Linkert, F. Lura, J. A. M. McDonnell, D. Möhlmann,
G. E. Morfill, M. Müller, G. Schäfer, G. Schlotzhauer,
G. H. Schwehm, F. Spahn, M. Stübig, J. Svestka,
V. Tschernjawski, A. J. Tuzzolino, R. Wäsch, H. A. Zook,
The Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyzer, Space Sci. Rev. (submitted).
O'Keefe, J. D. and T. J. Ahrens, Planetary impact:
Maps and scaling for the strength and gravity regimes, Intl. J. Impact
Engng. (submitted).
Luo, S.-N., T. J. Ahrens, and P. D. Asimow, Polymorphism, superheating
and amorphization of silica upon shock wave loading and
release, J. Geophys. Res. (to be submitted).
Luo, S.-N. and T. J. Ahrens, Shock-induced superheating and melting
curves of geophysically important minerals, Elsevier Science (accepted).
Luo, S.-N., T. J. Ahrens, T. Çagin, A. Strachan,
W. A. Goddard, III., and D. C. Swift, Maximum superheating and undercooling:
Systematics, molecular dynamics simulations and dynamic experiments,
Phys. Rev. B, 2003 (submitted).
Ni, S. and T. J. Ahrens, Surface motion of a fluid planet
induced by impacts, Geophys. J. Int., 2003 (submitted).
Ahrens, T. J., A. H. Shen, and S. Ni, Giant impact induced atmospheric blow-off,
13th APS Topical Conference on Shock-Compression of Condensed Matter,
edited by Michael D. Furnish, 2003 (submitted).
Luo, S.-N., O. Tschauner, P. D. Asimow, and T. J. Ahrens, A new dense silica phase: a possible link
between tetrahedrally and octahedrally coordinated silica, Amer. Mineral. (submitted).
Luo, S.-N., T. J. Ahrens, and D. C. Swift, Melting at the limit of superheating,
13th APS Topical Conference on Shock-Compression of Condensed Matter,
edited by Michael D. Furnish, 2003 (submitted).