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Last Updated September 1, 2009

1) Early Solar System Evolution

  • Contributors to chromium isotope variation of meteorites, L. Qin, C.M. O’D. Alexander, R.W. Carlson, M.F. Horan and T. Yokoyama, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, in revision, Sept. 2009.
  • Old Sm-Nd ages for cumulate eucrites and redetermination of the solar system initial 146Sm/144Sm ratio, M. Boyet, R.W. Carlson and M. Horan, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., in revision, Sept. 2009.
  • Silver isotope variations in chondrites: volatile depletion and the initial 107Pd abundance of the solar system, M. Schonbachler, R.W. Carlson, M.F. Horan, T.D. Mock and E.H. Hauri, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, 5330-5341, 2008.
  • Osmium isotope evidence for uniform distribution of s- and r-process components in the early solar system, T. Yokoyama, V.K. Rai, C.M.O’D. Alexander, R.S. Lewis, R.W. Carlson, S.B. Shirey, M.H. Thiemens and R.J. Walker, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 259,567-580, 2007.
  • Chondrite barium, neodymium and samarium nucleosynthetic heterogeneity: Implications for early earth differentiation, R.W. Carlson, M. Boyet and M. Horan, Science 316, 1175-1178, 2007.
  • Time scales of planetesimal differentiation in the early solar system, M. Wadhwa, G. Srinivasan and R.W. Carlson, Meteorites and the Early Solar System II, submitted, Sept., 2004.
  • The early evolution of the inner solar system: A meteoritic perspective, C.M.O'D. Alexander, A.P. Boss and R.W. Carlson, Science 293, 64-68, 2001.
  • Extending the 107 Pd- 107 Ag Chronometer to Low Pd/Ag Meteorites with the MC-ICPMS, R.W. Carlson and E.H. Hauri, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65, 1839-1848, 2001.
  • Timescales for planetesimal formation and differentiation based on extinct and extant radioisotopes, R.W. Carlson and G.W. Lugmair, in Origin of the Earth and Moon, ed. K. Righter and R. Canup, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 25-44, 2000.
  • Assessment of the Pb-Pb and U-Pb chronometry of the early solar system, F. Tera and R.W. Carlson, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63, 1877-1889, 1999.
  • Radiometric ages of basaltic achondrites and their relation to the early history of the solar system, F. Tera, R.W. Carlson and N.Z. Boctor, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 1713-1731, 1997.

1) Early Earth and Moon

  • Response on comment on “Neodymium-142 evidence for Hadean mafic crust”, J. O’Neil, R.W. Carlson, D. Francis, R.K. Stevenson, Science 325, 267-b, 2009.
  • Short-lived radionuclides as monitors of early crust-mantle differentiation on the terrestrial planets, R.W. Carlson and M. Boyet, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. 279, 147-156, 2009.
  • Neodymium-142 evidence for Hadean mafic crust, J. O’Neil, R.W. Carlson, D. Francis, and R.K. Stevenson, Science 321, 1828-1831, 2008.
  • Composition of Earth’s interior: the importance of early events, R.W. Carlson and M. Boyet, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A 366, 4077-4103, 2008.
  • A new geochemical model for the Earth’s mantle inferred from 146Sm-142Nd systematics, M. Boyet and R.W. Carlson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 250, 254-268, 2006.
  • A highly depleted moon or a non-magma ocean origin for the lunar crust?, M. Boyet and R.W. Carlson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 262, 505-516, 2007.
  • 142Nd evidence for early (>4.53 billion year) global differentiation of the silicate earth, M. Boyet and R.W. Carlson, Science 309, 576-581, 2005.
  • The age of ferroan anorthosite 60025: Oldest crust on a young Moon?, R. W. Carlson and G. W. Lugmair, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 90, 119-130, 1988.
  • Sm-Nd age of lherzolite 67667: Implications for the processes involved in lunar crustal formation, R. W. Carlson and G. W. Lugmair, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 56, 1-8, l98l.
  • Time and duration of lunar highlands crust formation, R. W. Carlson and G. W. Lugmair, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 52, 227-238, l981.
  • Sm-Nd constraints on early lunar differentiation and the evolution of KREEP, R. W. Carlson and G. W. Lugmair, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 45, 123-132, l979.
  • The Sm-Nd history of KREEP, G. W. Lugmair and R. W. Carlson, Proc. Lunar and Planet. Sci. Conf. 9th, 689-704, l978.

2) Mantle Geochemistry

  • Residual platinum-group minerals from highly depleted harzburgites of the Lherz massif (France) and their role in HSE fractionation in the mantle, A. Luguet, S.B. Shirey, J.-P. Lorand, M.F. Horan and R.W. Carlson, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 71, 3082-3097, 2007.
  • Re-Os isotope constraints on subcontinental lithospheric mantle evolution of southern South America, M. Schilling, R.W. Carlson, R.V. Conceicao, C. Dantas, G.W. Bertotto and E. Koester, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 268, 89-101, 2008.
  • Fe-rich dunite xenoliths from South African kimberlites: Cumulates from Karoo flood basalts, T. Rehfeldt, D.E. Jacob, R.W. Carlson and S.F. Foley, J. Pet. 48, 1387-1409, 2007.
  • Nd, Sr and Os isotope systematics in young, fertile spinel peridotite xenoliths from northern Queensland, Australia: A unique view of depleted MORB mantle?, M.R. Handler, V.C. Bennett and R.W. Carlson, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69, 5747-5763, 2005.
  • A subduction wedge origin for Paleoarchean peridotitic diamonds and harzburgites from the Panda kimberlite, Slave Craton: evidence from Re-Os isotope systematics, K.J. Westerlund, S.B. Shirey, S.H. Richardson, R.W. Carlson. J.J. Gurney, and J.W. Harris, Contrib. Min. Pet. 152, 275-294, doi 10.1007/s00410-006-0101-8, 2006.
  • Physical, chemical and chronological characteristics of continental mantle, R.W. Carlson, D.G. Pearson, D.E. James, Rev. Geophys. 43, doi:10.1029/2004RG000156,2005.
  • Slab-derived osmium and isotopic disequilibrium in garnet pyroxenites from a Paleozoic convergent plate margin (lower Austria), H. Becker, R.W. Carlson and S.B. Shirey, Chem. Geol. 208, 141-156, 2004.
  • Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 2: Geochemistry of the Mantle and Core, R.W. Carlson ed., Elsevier, 586pp., 2003.
  • Evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Northern Canada: A Re-Os isotope and PGE study of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites and a comparison to Slave craton lithospheric mantle, G.J. Irvine, D.G. Pearson, B.A. Kjarsgaard, R.W. Carlson, M.G. Kopylova, G.Dreibus, Lithos 71, 461-488, 2003.
  • Re-Os and U-Pb geochronological constraints on the eclogite-tonalite connection in the Archean Man Shield, West Africa. M.G. Barth, R.L. Rudnick, R.W. Carlson, I. Horn, W.F. McDonough, Prec. Res. 118, 267-283, 2002
  • Re-Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China craton, S. Gao, R.L. Rudnick, R.W. Carlson, W.F. McDonough and Y.-S. Liu, Earth Planet. Sci Lett. 198, 307-322, 2002.
  • The development of lithospheric keels beneath the earliest continents: time constraints using PGE and Re-Os isotope systematics, D.G. Pearson, G.J. Irvine, R.W. Carlson, M.G. Kopylova and D.A. Ionov, in Fowler, C.M.R. (ed.), The Early Earth: Physical, Chemical and Biological Development, Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub. 199, p 65-90, 2002.
  • Effects of melt percolation on the Re-Os systematics of peridotites from a Paleozoic convergent plate margin, H. Becker, S.B. Shirey and R.W. Carlson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 188, 107-121, 2001.
  • Dating and paragenetic distinction of diamonds using the Re-Os isotope system: application to some Siberian diamonds, D.G. Pearson, S.B. Shirey, G.P. Bulanova, R.W. Carlson and H.J. Milledge, in Gurney, J.J., Gurney, J.L., Pascoe, M.D., and Richardson, S.H., eds., Proc. 7th Int. Kimberlite Conf., Volume 2: Cape Town, Red Roof Design, p. 637-643, 1999.
  • Trace element fractionation during dehydration of eclogites from high-pressure terranes and the implications for element fluxes in subduction zones, H. Becker, K.P. Jochum and R.W. Carlson, Chem. Geol. 163, 65-99, 2000.
  • Re-Os isotope measurements of single sulfide inclusions in a Siberian diamond and its nitrogen aggregation systematics, D.G. Pearson, S.B. Shirey, G.P. Bulanova, R.W. Carlson and H.J. Milledge, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63, 703-711, 1999
  • Isotopic inferences on the chemical structure of the mantle, R.W. Carlson, J. Geodynamics 20, 365-386, 1995.
  • Isotopic inferences on the chemical structure of the upper mantle, R.W. Carlson, in Invited Lectures of the International Symposium on the Physics and Chemistry of the Upper Mantle. Sao Paulo, 99-116, 1994.
  • Archaean Re-Os age for Siberian eclogites and constraints on Archaean tectonics, D.G. Pearson, G.A. Snyder, S.B. Shirey, L.A. Taylor, R.W. Carlson, and N.V. Sobolev, Nature 374, 711-713, 1995.
  • Re-Os, Sm-Nd & Rb-Sr isotope evidence for thick Archaean lithospheric mantle beneath the Siberia craton modified by multi-stage metasomatism. D.G. Pearson, S.B. Shirey, R.W. Carlson, F.R. Boyd, N.P. Pokhilenko and N. Shimizu, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 959-977, 1995.
  • Mechanisms of Earth differentiation: Consequences for the chemical structure of the mantle. R.W. Carlson, Rev. Geophys. 32, 337-361, 1994.
  • The large-scale structure of convection in the Earth's mantle, P. Olson, P. G. Silver and R. W. Carlson, Nature 344, 209-215, 1990.
  • Deep slabs, geochemical heterogeneity and the large-scale structure of mantle convection: Investigation of an enduring paradox, P. Silver, R. W. Carlson, and P. Olsen, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 16, 477-541, 1988.
  • Geochemical evolution of the crust and mantle, R. W. Carlson, Rev. Geophys. 25, 1011-1020, 1987.
  • Geochemistry of the subcontinental mantle, R. W. Carlson, Yearbook of Science and Technology, S. Parker, ed., McGraw-Hill, 1987.
  • Mantle structure and dynamics: A Carnegie Institution workshop, P. G. Silver, R. W. Carlson, P. Bell, and P. Olsen, EOS 66, 1193-1198, 1985.
  • Episodic mantle differentiation: Nd and Sr isotopic evidence, H.-G. Stosch, R. W. Carlson and G. W. Lugmair, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 47, 263-27l, 1980.
  • Equilibrated Nd - unequilibrated Sr isotopes in mantle xenoliths, E. Jagoutz, R. W. Carlson, and G. W. Lugmair, Nature 286, 708-710, l980.

3) Magmas as Tracers of Crust and Mantle Processes

  • A comparison of Siberian meimechites and kimberlites: Implications for the source of high-Mg alkalic magmas and flood basalts, R.W. Carlson, G. Czamanske, V. Fedorenko and I. Ilupin, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems 7, 11, doi:10.1029/2006GC001342, 2006.
  • Chemical and isotopic relationships between peridotite xenoliths and mafic-ultrapotassic rocks from southern Brazil, R.W. Carlson, A.L.N. Araujo, T.C. Junqueira-Brod, J.C. Gaspar, J.A. Brod, I.A. Petrinovic, M.H.B.M. Hollanda, M.M. Pimentel and S. Sichel, Chem. Geol. 242, 418-437, 2007.
  • Remelting of recently depleted mantle within the Hawaiian plume inferred from the 226Ra-230Th-238U disequilibria of Pu’u O-o eruption lavas, A.J. Pietruszka, E.H. Hauri, R.W. Carlson and M.O. Garcia, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 244, 155-169, 2006.
  • Chemical and isotopic (Os, Pb, Nd and Sr) of Neogene to Quaternary calc-alkalic, shoshonitic and ultrapotassic mafic rocks from the Italian peninsula: inferences on the nature of their mantle sources, S. Conticelli, R.W. Carlson, E. Widom and G. Serri, Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 418, eds. L. Beccaluva, G. Bianchini and M. Wilson, 171-203, 2007.
  • Time scales of formation of zoned magma chambers: U-series disequilibria in the Fogo A and 1563 A.D. trachyte deposits, D.C. Snyder, E. Widom, A.J. Pietruzska and R.W. Carlson, Chem. Geol. 239, 138-155, 2007.
  • Hafnium isotope and trace element constraints on the nature of mantle heterogeneity beneath the central Southwest Indian Ridge (13 o E to 47 o E), P.E. Janney, A.P. le Roux, and R.W. Carlson, J. Petrol., submitted, July 2004.
  • The role of open system processes in the development of silicic magma chambers: A chemical and isotopic investigation of the Fogo A trachyte deposit, Sao Miguel, Azores, D.C. Snyder, E.W. Widom, A.J. Pietruszka and R.W. Carlson, J. Petrol. 45, 723-738, 2004.Nd-Sr-Hf isotope systematics of kimberlites and megacrysts: Constraints on their source components, G.M. Nowell, D.G. Pearson, P.D. Kempton, S.R. Noble, R.W. Carlson, C.B. Smith, D.R. Bell and R.E. Zartmann, J. Pet. 45, 1583-1612, 2004.
  • Re-Os and Sm-Nd isotope and trace element constraints on the origin of the chromite deposit of the Ipueira-Medrado Sill, Bahia, Brazil, J.C. Marques, C.F. Ferreira Filho, R.W. Carlson, M.M. Pimentel, J. Petrol. 44, 659-678, 2003.
  • A chemical and multi-isotopic study of olivine melilitites and associated rocks from the Western Cape, South Africa: implications for the sources of group 1 kimberlites and constraints on the origin of the HIMU component in Africa, P.E. Janney, A.P. leRoex, R.W. Carlson and K.S. Viljoen, J. Petrol. 43, 2339-2370, 2003.
  • Unusual coexistence of subduction-related and intraplate-type magmatism: Sr, Nd and Pb isotope and trace element data from the magmatism of the San Pedro - Ceboruco graben, Nayarit, Mexico, C.M. Petrone, L. Francalanci, R.W. Carlson, L. Ferrari and S. Conticelli, Chem. Geol. 193, 1-24, 2003.
  • Petrology of kamafugites and kimberlites from the Alto Paranaiba Alkaline Province, Minas Gerais, Brazil, A.L.N. Araujo, R.W. Carlson, J.C. Gaspar and L.A. Bizzi, Contrib. Miner. Petrol . 142, 163-177, 2001.
  • Mafic sources for mantle derived magmas: Os and Hf isotopic evidence from potassic magmas of the Colorado Plateau, R.W. Carlson and G.M. Nowell, G-cubed , paper# 2000GC000128, 2001.
  • Torfajokull:   a radiogenic end-member of the Iceland Pb-isotopic array, O. Stecher, R.W. Carlson and B. Gunnarsson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 165, 117-127, 1999.
  • Th-Sr-Nd-Pb isotope and trace element evidence for the origin of the Sao Miguel, Azores, enriched mantle source, E. Widom, R.W. Carlson, J.B. Gill and H.-U. Schmincke, Chem. Geol . 140, 49-68, 1997.Chemical and Os isotopic study of Cretaceous potassic rocks from southern Brazil, R.W. Carlson, S. Esperanca and D.P. Svisero, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol . 125, 393-405, 1996.
  • Major, trace element and isotopic compositions of Vietnamese basalts: Interaction of hydrous EM1-rich asthenosphere with thinned Eurasian lithosphere, H. Nguyen, M. Flower, R.W. Carlson, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60, 4329-4351, 1996.
  • Os isotopic variation in basalts from Haleakala volcano, Maui, Hawaii:   A record of magmatic processes in oceanic mantle and crust.   C.E. Martin, R.W. Carlson, S.B. Shirey, C.-Y. Chen and F.A. Frey, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 128, 287-301, 1995.
  • The petrology and geochemistry of coastal dikes from Sao Paulo State, Brazil: Implications for variable lithospheric contributions to alkaline magmas from the western margin of the South Atlantic, G.M. Garda, J.H.D. Schorscher, S. Esperanca and R.W. Carlson, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 67, supl. 1 , 1995.
  • Re-Os and Sm-Nd isotopic evidence for the petrogenesis of the Stillwater Complex, Montana.   D.D. Lambert, R.J. Walker, J.W. Morgan, S.B. Shirey, R.W. Carlson, M.L Zientek, B.R. Lipin, M.S. Koski and R.L. Cooper, J. Petrol. 35, 1717-1753, 1994.
  • East Mariana Basin tholeiites: Jurassic ocean crust or Cretaceous rift basalts related to the Ontong Java plume?   P.R. Castillo, M. Pringle and R.W. Carlson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 123, 139-154, 1994.
  • Isotopic study of basaltic dikes in the Nain Complex:   Evidence for enriched mantle sources, R. W. Carlson, R.A. Wiebe and R.I. Kalamarides, Canadian J. Earth Sci. 30, 1141-1146, 1993.
  • Temporal changes in the sources of flood basalts:   Isotopic and trace element evidence from the Keweenawan Mamainse Point Formation, Ontario, S.B. Shirey, K.W. Klewin, J. Berg and R.W. Carlson, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta   58, 4475-4490, 1994.
  • Magmatism in the South China Basin: I. Isotopic and trace element evidence for an endogenous Dupal mantle component, K. Tu, M. F. J. Flower, R. W. Carlson,   G. Xie, C.-Y. Chen and M. Zhang, Chem. Geol. 97, 47-63, 1992.
  • Evidence from Re-Os isotopes for plume-lithosphere mixing in Karoo flood basalt genesis, R.M. Ellam, R. W. Carlson and S.B. Shirey, Nature   359, 718-721, 1992.
  • Physical and chemical evidence on the cause and source characteristics of flood basalt volcanism, R. W. Carlson, Australian J. Earth Sci. 38, 525-544, 1991.
  • Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic compositions of Hainan basalts (South China):   Implications for a sub-continental lithosphere Dupal source, K. Tu, M. F. J. Flower, R. W. Carlson, M. Zhang and G. Xie, Geology 19, 567-569, 1991.
  • Origin of Nauru Basin igneous complex: Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic and REE constraints, P. R. Castillo, R. W. Carlson and R. Batiza, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 103, 200-213, 1991.
  • Rhenium-Osmium and Samarium-Neodymium isotopic systematics of the Stillwater Complex, D. D. Lambert, J. W. Morgan, R. J. Walker, S. B. Shirey, R. W. Carlson, M. L. Zientek and M. S. Koski,   Science 244, 1169-1174, 1989.
  • Hydrothermal Mn-deposits of the Franciscan Assemblage: II. Isotope and trace element geochemistry, and implications for hydrothermal convection at spreading centers, M. S. Chyi, D. A. Crerar, R. W. Carlson, and R. F. Stallard, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 71, 31-45, 1984.
  • Nd-Sr systematics of the Setouchi volcanic rocks, southwest Japan: A clue to the origin of orogenic andesite, K. Ishizaka and R. W. Carlson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 64, 327-340, 1983.
  • Differential Sm-Nd evolution in oceanic basalts,   R. W.Carlson, J. D. Macdougall and G. W. Lugmair,   Geophys. Res. Lett. 5, 229-232, l978.

4) History of the Archean Kaapvaal Lithosphere

  • Extremely depleted lithospheric mantle and diamonds beneath the southern Zimbabwe Craton, C.B. Smith, D.G. Pearson, G.P. Bulanova, A.D. Beard, R.W. Carlson, K. Sims, L. Chimuka, E. Muchemwa, and N. Wittig, Lithos, on-line 16 June 2009.
  • Contrasting types of metasomatism in dunite, wehrlite and websterite xenoliths from Kimberley, South Africa, T. Rehfeldt, S.F. Foley, D.E. Jacob, R.W. Carlson and D. Lowry, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, 5722-5756, 2008.
  • The origin and evolution of the Kaapvaal Cratonic lithospheric mantle, N.S.C. Simon, R.W. Carlson, D.G. Pearson and G.R. Davies, J. Pet. 48, 3, 589-625, 2007.
  • Silica and volatile-element metasomatism of Archean mantle: a xenolith-scale example from the Kaapvaal Craton, D.R. Bell, M. Gregoire, T.L. Grove, N. Chatterjee, R.W. Carlson, P.R. Buseck, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 150, 251-267, 2005
  • A Tale of Two Cratons: The Slave-Kaapvaal Workshop, A.Jones, R.W. Carlson and H. Grutter, eds., Elsevier, 592pp., 2004.
  • Nd-Sr-Hf isotope systematics of kimberlites and megacrysts: Constraints on their source components, G.M. Nowell, D.G. Pearson, P.D. Kempton, S.R. Noble, R.W. Carlson, C.B. Smith, D.R. Bell and R.E. Zartmann, J. Pet. 45, 1583-1612, 2004.
  • Age of the Eastern Kaapvaal Mantle: Re-Os data for peridotite xenoliths from the Monastery kimberlite, R.W. Carlson and R. O. Moore, South African J. Geology 107, 81-90, 2004.
  • A metasomatic origin for late Archean eclogitic diamonds: implications from internal morphology of Klipspringer diamonds and Re-Os and S isotope characteristics of their sulfide inclusions, K.J. Westerlund, J.J. Gurney, R.W. Carlson and S.B. Shirey, South African J. Geology 107, 119-130, 2004.
  • Platinum group elements and Re/Os data from the Vredefort basement: clues to the assembly of the Kaapvaal Craton, R Hart, M Andreoli, L Ashwal, R Carlson, M de Wit, I McDonald, D Moser, M Tredoux, South African J. Geology 107, 173-184, 2004.
  • Earth's most depleted komatiites: hydrous melting and the Archaean Kaapvaal mantle keel, A.H. Wilson, S.B. Shirey and R.W. Carlson, Nature 423, 858-861, 2003.
  • Nickel-rich nodules from the Morokweng impact melt sheet, South Africa: possible fragments of a palaeometeorite.R.J. Hart, M. Cloete, I. McDonald, R.W. Carlson, M.A.G. Andreoli, M. Tredoux, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 198, 49-62, 2002.
  • Continent growth, preservation and modification: A case study of southern Africa, R.W. Carlson, F.R. Boyd, S.B. Shirey, P.E. Janney, T.L. Grove, S.A. Bowring, M.D. Schmitz, J.C. Dann, D.G. Pearson, D.R. Bell, J.J. Gurney, S.H. Richardson, M. Tredoux, A.H. Menzies, R.J. Hart, A.H. Wilson, D. Moser, GSAToday 10, 1-6, 2000.
  • Ultramafic rocks at the center of the Vredefort structure: further evidence for the crust-on-edge model, M. Tredoux, R.J. Hart, R.W. Carlson and S.B. Shirey, Geology 27, 923-926, 1999.
  • A multielement geochronology study of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Significance of the robust and reset ages, S.B. Mukasa, A.H. Wilson and R.W. Carlson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 164, 353-369, 1998.
  • Anatomy of an Archean craton: A program for interdisciplinary studies of the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa, R.W. Carlson, T.L. Grove, M.J. de Wit and J.J. Gurney, EOS   77, 273&277, 1996.
  • A Sm-Nd and Pb isotope study of Archaean greenstone belts in the southern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, A. H. Wilson and R. W. Carlson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 96, 89-105, 1989.
  • Os, Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope systematics of southern African peridotite xenoliths:   Implications for the chemical evolution of subcontinental mantle, R. J. Walker, R. W. Carlson, S. B. Shirey, and F. R. Boyd, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 1583-1595, 1989.
  • Sm-Nd age and isotopic systematics of the bimodal suite, ancient gneiss complex, Swaziland, R. W. Carlson, D. R. Hunter, and F. Barker, Nature 305, 701-704, 1983.

5) Western US Crust and Mantle Evolution

  • Geological and geophysical perspectives on the magmatic and tectonic development: High Lava Plains and northwest Basin and Range, A. Meigs, K. Scarberry, A. Grunder, R.W. Carlson, M. Ford, M.J. Fouch, T.L. Grove, W.H. Hart, M. Iademarco, B. Jordan, J. Milliard, M. Streck, D. Trench, and R. Weldon, GSA Field Guide, in press, August, 2009.
  • 3D seismic velocity structure of the northwestern United States, J.B. Roth, M.J. Fouch, D.E. James, and R.W. Carlson, Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L15304, doi:10.1029/2008GL034669, 2008.
  • NAVDAT: A geochemical database for western North American volcanic and intrusive rocks. D. Walker, R. Black, A. Glazner, L. Farmer, R. Carlson and J. Grossman, Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Publ., K. Sinha and C. Baru, eds., GSA Bull., submitted.
  • Dating crust - mantle separation: Re-Os isotopic study of mafic xenoliths from central Arizona, S. Esperança, R.W. Carlson, S.B. Shirey and D.Smith, Geology 25, 651-654, 1997.
  • Radiogenic Os in primitive basalts from the northwestern U.S.A.: implications for petrogenesis, W.K. Hart, R.W. Carlson and S.B. Shirey, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 150, 103-116, 1997.
  • Reply to a critical comment by C.M. Johnson on "Lower crustal evolution under central Arizona:   Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic and geochemical evidence from the mafic xenoliths of Camp Creek, S. Esperança, R. W. Carlson and S. B. Shirey, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 99, 406-409, 1990.
  • Tectonomagmatism of the Wyoming Province, D. H. Eggler, J. K. Meen, F. Welt, F. O. Dudas, K. P. Furlong, M. E. McCallum, and R. W. Carlson, in Colorado Volcanism , J. Drexler and E. E. Larson ed., Colorado School of Mines Quarterly 83, 25-40, 1988.
  • Petrogenesis of the Pueblo Mountains Basalt, southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada, William K. Hart, Richard W. Carlson, and Stephanie A. Mosher, GSA Spec. Paper 239, eds. S. Reidel and P.R. Hooper, 367-378, 1989.
  • Lower crustal evolution under central Arizona: Isotopic and geochemical evidence from the mafic xenoliths of Camp Creek, S. Esperança,   R. W. Carlson, and S. B. Shirey, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 90, 26-40, 1988.
  • Crustal genesis on the Oregon Plateau, R. W. Carlson and W. K. Hart, J. Geophys. Res. 92, 6191-6206, 1987.
  • Regional mid-Proterozoic enrichment of the subcontinental mantle source of igneous rocks from central Montana, F. O. Dudas, R. W. Carlson, and D. H. Eggler, Geology 15, 22-25, 1987.
  • Flood basalt volcanism in the northwestern U.S., R. W. Carlson and W. K. Hart, in Continental Flood Basalts, J. D. Macdougall, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 35-61, 1988.
  • Tectonic controls on magma genesis and evolution in the northwestern United States, W. K. Hart and R. W. Carlson,   J. Volcan. Geotherm. Res. 32, 119-135, 1987.
  • Distribution and geochronology of Steens Mountain type basalts from the northwestern Great Basin, W. K. Hart and R. W. Carlson, Isochron West 43, 5-10, 1985.
  • Late Cenozoic volcanic geology of the Jordan Valley - Owyhee River region, southeastern Oregon, W. K. Hart, S. A. Mertzman, and R. W. Carlson, Field Guidebook for the 1985 GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, 1985.
  • Isotopic constraints on Columbia River flood basalt genesis and the nature of the subcontinental mantle, R. W. Carlson, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 48, 2357-2372, 1984.
  • K-Ar ages of late Cenozoic basalts from southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northern Nevada, W. K. Hart and R. W. Carlson, Isochron West 38, 23-25, 1983.
  • Comment on "Implications of oxygen-isotope data and trace-element modeling for a large-scale mixing model for the Columbia River basalts," by D. O. Nelson; R. W. Carlson, Geology 11, 735-736, 1983.
  • Reply to a critical comment by D. J. DePaolo on   "Columbia River volcanism: the question of mantle heterogeneity or crustal contamination", R. W. Carlson, G. W. Lugmair, and J. D. Macdougall, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 47, 845-846, 1983.
  • Tectonic influence on magma composition of Cenozoic basalts from the Columbia Plateau and northwestern Great Basin, U.S.A., R. W. Carlson, in: Explosive Volcanism: Inception, Evolution, and Hazards, ed. F. R. Boyd, National Research Council, 23-33, l983
  • Columbia River volcanism: The question of mantle heterogeneity or crustal contamination, R. W. Carlson, G. W. Lugmair, and J. D. Macdougall, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 45, 2483-2499, 1981.
  • Crustal influence in the generation of continental flood basalts, R. W. Carlson, G. W. Lugmair, and J. D. Macdougall, Nature 289, 160-162, l981.

6) Isotopic Techniques and Reviews

  • (U-Th)/He dating of kimberlites: A case study from north-eastern Kansas, T.J. Blackburn, D.F. Stockli, R.W. Carlson, P. Berendsen, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 275, 111-120, 2008.
  • Applications of PGE radiometric systems in geo- and cosmochemistry, R.W. Carlson, S.B. Shirey and M. Schonbachler, Elements 4, 239-245, 2008.
  • High precision Ag isotope measurements in geologic materials by multiple collector ICPMS: an evaluation of dry- versus wet-plasma, M. Schonbachler, R.W. Carlson, M.F. Horan, T. Mock and E.H. Hauri, Int. J. Mass Spec. 261, 183-191, 2007.
  • Application of the Pt-Re-Os isotopic systems in igneous geochemistry and geochronology, R.W. Carlson, Lithos in press, 2004.
  • High precision iron isotope measurements of meteoritic material by cold plasma ICP-MS, K. Kehm, E.H. Hauri, C.M.O'D. Alexander, R.W. Carlson, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 2879-2891, 2003, DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00080-2.
  • Precise and accurate measurement of 226Ra-230Th-238U disequilibria in volcanic rocks using plasma ionization multicollector mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS), A.J. Pietruszka, R.W. Carlson and E.H. Hauri, Chem. Geol. 188, 171-191, 2002.
  • Matrix-dependent isotope mass fractionation in the ICP-MS, R.W. Carlson, E.H. Hauri, and C.M.O'D. Alexander, in Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry: the New Millenium; J.G. Holland and S.D. Tanner, eds., The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 288-297, 2001.
  • Accurate and precise determination of Li isotopic compositions by multi-collector sector ICP-MS, P.B. Tomascak, R.W. Carlson and S.B. Shirey, Chem. Geol . 158, 145-154, 1999.

7) Paleoecology and Archeology

  • Alexandria, Egypt, before Alexander the Great: A multidisciplinary approach yields rich discoveries, J-D. Stanley, R.W. Carlson, G. Van Beek, T.F. Jorstad, and E.A. Landau, GSA Today 17, #8, doi: 10.1130/GSAT01708A.1, 2007.
  • Isotopic tracking of change in diet and habitat use in African elephants, P.L. Koch, J. Heisinger. C. Moss, R. W. Carlson, M.L. Fogel, A.K Behrensmeyer, Science   267,1340-1343, 1995.
  • Tracking mammoths and mastodons: reconstruction of migratory behavior using strontium isotope ratios, K.A. Hoppe, P.L. Koch, R.W. Carlson and S.D. Webb, Geology 27, 439-442, 1999.

8) Commentary - e.g. News and Views

  • Os remembers, R.W. Carlson, Science 296, 475-476, 2002.
  • A conduit to the core, R.W. Carlson, Nature 394, 11-12, 1998.
  • Do continents part passively, or do they need a shove? R.W. Carlson, Science 278, 240-241, 1997.
  • Where has all the old crust gone?   R.W. Carlson, Nature 379, 581-582, 1996.
  • Continental mantle: A crustal life preserver, R.W. Carlson, Nature 376, 116-117, 1995.
  • How the Earth's mantle could lie about its age.   R.W. Carlson, Nature 362, 701-702, 1993.
  • Magma composition:   A matter of give and take, R.W. Carlson, Nature   359, 16-17, 1992.
  • Flood basalts:   Melting a wet source, R. W. Carlson, Nature 358, 20-21, 1992.
  • The endmember stew, R. W. Carlson, Nature 348, 17-18, 1990.
  • A layer-cake or plum pudding mantle?   R. W. Carlson, Nature 334, 380-381, 1988.
  • Magma oceanography and the early evolution of the earth, R. W. Carlson, Nature 305, 390, 1983.