Macpherson, Glenn

Senior Scientist and Curator of Meteorites

Origin of the solar system using geochemical studies of meteorites and comets; origin of the continental margin of North America using geochemical studies of ancient volcanic rocks.

Background And Education

Education And Training

B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz
Ph.D., Princeton University

Research And Grants

Investigator On

Isotopic, Petrologic, and Trace Element Studies of Primitive Solar System Material awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Using Time-of-Flight SIMS analysis to assess the cleanliness of Genesis Collector Materials awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Marin‐Carbonne, Johanna, McKeegan, Kevin D., Davis, Andrew M., MacPherson, Glenn J., Mendybaev, Ruslan A., and Richter, Frank M. 2023. "In situ oxygen, magnesium, and silicon isotopic compositions of the FUN inclusion Vigarano 1623‐5." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 58, (4) 546–571. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13971. 2023
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Nagashima, K., Krot, A. N., Kuehner, S. M., Irving, A. J., Ziegler, K., Mallozzi, L., Corrigan, Catherine M., and Pitt, D. 2023. "Northwest Africa 8418: The first CV4 chondrite." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 58, (1) 135–157. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13943. 2023
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Beckett, J., Kita, N. T., Nagashima, K., Krot, A. N., Fournelle, J., Kööp, L., Hertwig, A. T., Rose, T. R., and Davis, A. M. 2023. "SIMS relative sensitivity factors for Al/Mg in synthetic and Madagascar hibonite." Chemical Geology, 617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121272. 2023
- Krot, Alexander N., Nagashima, Kazuhide, MacPherson, Glenn J., and Ulyanov, Alexander A. 2022. "On the nature of oxygen-isotope heterogeneity of igneous calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in cv carbonaceous chondrites." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 332 327–354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.013. 2022
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Krot, A. N., Kita, N. T., Bullock, E. S., Nagashima, K., Ushikubo, T., and Ivanova, M. A. 2022. "The formation of Type B CAIs: Evolution from Type A CAIs." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 321 343–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.12.033. 2022
- Bekaert, David V., Auro, Maureen, Shollenberger, Quinn R., Liu, Ming-Chang, Marschall, Horst, Burton, Kevin W., Jacobsen, Benjamin, Brennecka, Gregory A., MacPherson, Glenn J., von Mutius, Richard, Sarafian, Adam, and Nielsen, Sune G. 2021. "Fossil records of early solar irradiation and cosmolocation of the CAI factory: A reappraisal." Science Advances, 7, (40). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg8329. 2021
- Ivanova, Marina A., Mendybaev, Ruslan A., Shornikov, Sergei I., Lorenz, Cyril A., and MacPherson, Glenn J. 2021. "Modeling the evaporation of CAI-like melts, and constraining the origin of CH-CB CAIs." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 296 97–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.12.023. 2021
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Krot, Alexander N., and Nagashima, Kazuhide. 2020. "Al-Mg isotopic study of spinel-rich fine-grained CAIs." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 55, (11) 2519–2538. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13589. 2020
- Andronicos, C. L., Bindi, L., Distler, V. V., Hollister, L. S., Lin, C., MacPherson, G. J., Steinhardt, P. J., and Yudovskaya, M. 2018. "Comment on "Composition and origin of holotype Al-Cu-Zn minerals in relation to quasicrystals in the Khatyrka meteorite" by M. Ivanova et al. (2017)." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 53, (11) 2430–2440. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13125. 2018
- MacPherson, G. J., Defouilloy, C., and Kita, N. T. 2018. "High-precision Al-Mg isotopic systematics in USNM 3898 - The benchmark "ALL" for initial 87Sr/86Sr in the earliest Solar System." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 491 238–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.03.039. 2018
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Nagashima, Kazuhide, Krot, Alexander N., Doyle, Patricia M., and Ivanova, Marina A. 2017. "⁵³Mn-⁵³Cr Chronology of Ca-Fe Silicates in CV3 Chondrites." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 201 260–274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.032. 2017
- Lin, Chaney, Hollister, Lincoln S., MacPherson, Glenn J., Bindi, Luca, Ma, Chi, Andronicos, Christopher L., and Steinhardt, Paul J. 2017. "Evidence of cross-cutting and redox reaction in Khatyrka meteorite reveals metallic-Al minerals formed in outer space." Scientific Reports, 7, (1) 1637. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01445-5. 2017
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Bullock, Emma S., Tenner, T. J., Nakashima, D., Kita, N. T., Ivanova, M. A., Krot, A. N., Petaev, M. I., and Jacobsen, S. B. 2017. "High Precision Al-Mg Systematics of Forsterite-Bearing Type B CAIs from CV3 Chondrites." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 201 65–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.12.006. 2017
- Williams, C. D., Ushikubo, T., Bullock, Emma S., Janney, P. E., Hines, R. R., Kita, N. T., Hervig, R. L., MacPherson, Glenn J., Mendybaev, R. A., Richter, F. M., and Wadhwa, M. 2017. "Thermal and chemical evolution in the early Solar System as recorded by FUN CAIs: Part I - Petrology, mineral chemistry, and isotopic composition of Allende FUN CAI CMS-1." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 201 25–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.053. 2017
- Ivanova, Marina A., Lorenz, Cyril A., Krot, Alexander N., and MacPherson, Glenn J. 2015. "A compound Ca-, Al-rich inclusion from CV3 chondrite Northwest Africa 3118: Implications for understanding processes during CAI formation." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50, (9) 1512–1528. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12489. 2015
- Bindi, Luca, Yao, Nan, Lin, Chaney, Hollister, Lincoln S., Andronicos, Christopher L., Distler, Vadim V., Eddy, Michael P., Kostin, Alexander, Kryachko, Valery, MacPherson, Glenn J., Steinhardt, William M., Yudovskaya, Marina, and Steinhardt, Paul J. 2015. "Decagonite, Al₇₁Ni₂₄Fe₅, a quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry from the Khatyrka CV₃ carbonaceous chondrite." American Mineralogist, 100, (10) 2340–2343. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2015-5423. 2015
- Bindi, Luca, Yao, Nan, Lin, Chaney, Hollister, Lincoln S., Andronicos, Christopher L., Distler, Vadim V., Eddy, Michael P., Kostin, Alexander, Kryachko, Valery, MacPherson, Glenn J., Steinhardt, William M., Yudovskaya, Marina, and Steinhardt, Paul J. 2015. "Natural quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry." Scientific Reports, 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09111. 2015
- Hollister, Lincoln S., Bindi, Luca, Yao, Nan, Poirier, Gerald R., Andronicos, Christopher L., MacPherson, Glenn J., Lin, Chaney, Distler, Vadim V., Eddy, Michael P., Kostin, Alexander, Kryachko, Valery, Steinhardt, William M., Yudovskaya, Marina, Eiler, John M., Guan, Yunbin, Clarke, Jamil J., and Steinhardt, Paul J. 2014. "Impact-induced shock and the formation of natural quasicrystals in the early solar system." Nature Communications, 5 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5040. 2014
- Bindi, Luca, Yao, Nan, Lin, Chaney, Hollister, Lincoln S., MacPherson, Glenn J., Poirier, Gerald R., Andronicos, Christopher L., Distler, Vadim V., Eddy, Michael P., Kostin, Alexander, Kryachko, Valery, Steinhardt, William M., and Yudovskaya, Marina. 2014. "Steinhardtite, a new body-centered-cubic allotropic form of aluminum from the Khatyrka CV₃ carbonaceous chondrite." American Mineralogist, 99, (11-12) 2433–2436. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2014-5108. 2014
- MacPherson, Glenn J. and Krot, Alexander N. 2014. "The formation of Ca-, Fe-rich silicates in reduced and oxidized CV chondrites: The roles of impact-modified porosity and permeability, and heterogeneous distribution of water ices." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49, (7) 1250–1270. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12316. 2014
- Kita, Noriko T., Yin, Qing-Zhu, MacPherson, Glenn J., Ushikubo, Takayuki, Jacobsen, Benjamin, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Kurahashi, Erika, Krot, Alexander N., and Jacobsen, Stein B. 2013. "²⁶Al-²⁶Mg isotope systematics of the first solids in the early solar system." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48, (8) 1383–1400. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12141. 2013
- Kita, Noriko T., Welten, Kees C., Valley, John W., Spicuzza, Michael J., Nakashima, Daisuke, Tenner, Travis J., Ushikubo, Takayuki, MacPherson, Glenn J., Welzenbach, Linda, Heck, Philipp R., Davis, Andrew M., Meier, Matthias M. M., Wieler, Rainer, Caffee, Marc W., Laubenstein, Matthias, and Nishiizumi, Kunihiko. 2013. "Fall, classification, and exposure history of the Mifflin L5 chondrite." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48, (4) 641–655. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12077. 2013
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Andronicos, Christopher L., Bindi, Luca, Distler, Vadim V., Eddy, Michael P., Eiler, John M., Guan, Yunbin, Hollister, Lincoln S., Kostin, Alexander, Kryachko, Valery, Steinhardt, William M., Yudovskaya, Marina, and Steinhardt, Paul J. 2013. "Khatyrka, a new CV3 find from the Koryak Mountains, Eastern Russia." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48, (8) 1499–1514. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12170. 2013
- Bullock, Emma S., Knight, Kim B., Richter, Frank M., Kita, Noriko T., Ushikubo, Takayuki, MacPherson, Glenn J., Davis, Andrew M., and Mendybaev, Ruslan A. 2013. "Mg and Si isotopic fractionation patterns in types B1 and B2 CAIs: Implications for formation under different nebular conditions." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48, (8) 1440–1458. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12158. 2013
- Ivanova, Marina A., Krot, Alexander N., Nagashima, Kazuhide, and MacPherson, Glenn J. 2012. "Compound ultrarefractory CAI-bearing inclusions from CV3 carbonaceous chondrites." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 47, (12) 2107–2127. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12031. 2012
- Bindi, Luca, Eiler, John M., Guan, Yunbin, Hollister, Lincoln S., MacPherson, Glenn J., Steinhardt, Paul J., and Yao, Nan. 2012. "Evidence for the extraterrestrial origin of a natural quasicrystal." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109, (5) 1396–1401. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1111115109. 2012
- Bullock, Emma S., MacPherson, Glenn J., Nagashima, Kazuhide, Krot, Alexander N., Petaev, Michail I., Jacobsen, Stein B., and Ulyanov, Alexander A. 2012. "Forsterite-bearing type B refractory inclusions from CV3 chondrites: From aggregates to volatilized melt droplets." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 47, (12) 2128–2147. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01396.x. 2012
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Kita, N. T., Ushikubo, T., Bullock, Emma S., and Davis, A. M. 2012. "Well-resolved variations in the formation ages for Ca–Al-rich inclusions in the early Solar System." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331-332 43–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.010. 2012
- MacPherson, Glenn J. and Boss, Alan. 2011. "Cosmochemical evidence for astrophysical processes during the formation of our solar system." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, (48) 19152–19158. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1110051108. 2011
- MacPherson, Glenn J. and Thiemens, Mark H. 2011. "Cosmochemistry: Understanding the Solar System through analysis of extraterrestrial materials." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, (48) 19130–19134. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1111493108. 2011
- Matzel, J. E. P., Ishii, H. A., Joswiak, D., Hutcheon, I. D., Bradley, J. P., Brownlee, D., Weber, P. K., Teslich, N., Matrajt, G., McKeegan, K. D., and MacPherson, Glenn J. 2010. "Constraints on the Formation Age of Cometary Material from the NASA Stardust Mission." Science, 328, (5977) 483–486. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1184741. 2010
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Bullock, Emma S., Janney, P. E., Kita, N. T., Ushikubo, T., Davis, A. M., Wadhwa, M., and Krot, A. N. 2010. "Early solar nebula condensates with canonical, not supracanonical, Initial Al-26/Al-27 ratios." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 711, (2) L117–L121. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/711/2/L117. 2010
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Mittlefehldt, David W., Lipschutz, Michael E., Clayton, Robert N., Bullock, Emma S., Ivanov, Andrei V., Mayeda, Toshiko K., and Wang, Ming-Sheng. 2009. "The Kaidun chondrite breccia: Petrology, oxygen isotopes, and trace element abundances." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, (18) 5493–5511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.012. 2009
- Cosarinsky, M., Leshin, L. A., MacPherson, Glenn J., Guan, Y. B., and Krot, A. N. 2008. "Chemical and oxygen isotopic compositions of accretionary rim and matrix olivine in CV chondrites: Constraints on the evolution of nebular dust." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, (7) 1887–1913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.12.025. 2008
- Krot, A. N., Chaussidon, M., Yurimoto, H., Sakamoto, N., Nagashima, K., Hutcheon, I. D., and MacPherson, Glenn J. 2008. "Oxygen isotopic compositions of Allende Type CCAIs: Evidence for isotopic exchange during nebular melting and asteroidal metamorphism." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, (10) 2534–2555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2008.02.011. 2008
- Stephan, T., Rost, D., Vicenzi, Edward P., Bullock, Emma S., MacPherson, Glenn J., Westphal, A. J., Snead, C. J., Flynn, G. J., Sandford, S. A., and Zolensky, M. E. 2008. "TOF-SIMS analysis of cometary matter in Stardust aerogel tracks." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 43, (1-2) 233–246. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00619.x. 2008
- Fagan, Tim, Guan, Y., and MacPherson, Glenn J. 2007. "Al-Mg isotopic evidence for episodic alteration of Ca-Al-rich inclusions from Allende." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 42, (7-8) 1221–1240. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00570.x. 2007
- Tronche, E. J., Hewins, R. H., and MacPherson, Glenn J. 2007. "Formation conditions of aluminum-rich chondrules." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, (13) 3361–3381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.037. 2007
- Krot, A. N., Yurimoto, H., Hutcheon, I. D., Chaussidon, M., MacPherson, Glenn J., and Paque, J. 2007. "Remelting of refractory inclusions in the chondrule-forming regions: Evidence from chondrule-bearing type C calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from Allende." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 42, (7-8) 1197–1219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00569.x. 2007
- Krot, A. N., Yurimoto, H., Hutcheon, I. D., Libourel, G., Chaussidon, M., Tissandier, L., Petaev, Michail I., MacPherson, Glenn J., Paque-Heather, J., and Wark, D. 2007. "Type C Ca, Al-rich inclusions From Allende: Evidence for multistage formation." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, (17) 4332–4364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.040. 2007
Chapter
- MacPherson, Glenn J. 2008. "Introduction." In Oxygen in the Solar System. 1–3. Chantilly, Virginia: Mineraology Society of America. In Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry; 68. 2008

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Book
- MacPherson, Glenn J., Mittlefehldt, D. W., and Jones, J. J. , editors. 2008. Oxygen In The Solar System. Chantilly, VA: Mineralogical Society of America. 2008

Macpherson, Glenn

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