Publications

Everett K Gibson’s Significant Publications

Moore C. B., Gibson E. K., Jr., Lewis C. F., Larimer J. W. and Nichiporuk W.: Total Carbon and Nitrogen Abundances in Apollo 11 Lunar Samples and Selected Achondrites and Basalts. Proc. of the Apollo 11 Lunar Sci. Conf., A. A. Levinson, ed., Pergamon Press, NY, 1375-1382 (1970).

Gibson E. K., Jr. and Moore G. W.: Volatile Rich Soil from North Ray Crater at the Apollo 16 Site. Science 179, 69-71 (1973).

Gibson E. K., Jr.: Production of Simple Molecules on the Surface of Mercury. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 15, 303-312 (1977).

Bogard D. D. and Gibson E. K., Jr.: Comments on the Origin and Relative Abundances of C, N, and the Noble Gases on Earth, Mars, and in Meteorites. Nature 271, 150-153 (1978).

Gibson E.K. Jr.: Volatiles in interplanetary dust particles: A Review. Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 97, No. E3, 3865-3875 (1992).

Karlsson H.R., Clayton R.N. and Gibson E.K. Jr.: Water in SNC meteorites: Evidence for a Martian Hydrosphere. Science 255, 1409-1411 (1992).

Romanek C.S., Grady M.M., Wright I.P., Mittlefehldt D.W., Socki R.A., Pillinger C.T., Gibson E.K. Jr.: Record of fluid-rock interactions on Mars from the meteorite ALH84001. Nature 372, 655-657, (1994).

McKay D.S., Gibson E.K. Jr., Thomas-Kerpta K.L., Vali H., Romanek C.S., Clemett S.J., Chillier X.D.F., Maechling C.R. and Zare R.N., Search for past life on Mars: Possible relic biogenic activity in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Science 273, 924-930 (1996).

Valley J.W., Eiler J.M., Graham C.M., Gibson E.K., Romanek C.S. and Stolper E.M., Low-temperature carbonate concretions in Martian meteorite, ALH84001: Evidence from stable isotopes and mineralogy. Science 275, 1633-1638 (1997).

Gibson E.K. Jr., McKay D.S., Thomas-Keprta K., and Romanek C.S., The case for relic life on Mars.
Scientific American 277, 58-65 Dec. (1997).

Romanek C.S., Perry E.C., Trieman A.H., Socki R.A., Jones J.H. and Gibson E.K. Jr., Oxygen isotopic record of silicate alteration in Shergotty, Nakhla, Chassigny and Lafayette meteorites. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences 33, 775-784 (1998).

Zolensky M.E., Bodnar R.J., Gibson E.K. Jr., Nyquist L.E., Reese Y. Shih C-.Y. and Wiesmann H., Asteroidal water within fluid inclusion-bearing halite in an H5 chondrite, Monahans (1998). Science 285, 1377-1379 (1999).

Gibson E.K. Jr., McKay D.S., Thomas-Keprta K.L., Wentworth S.J., Westall F., Steele A., Romanek C.S., Bell M.S. and Toporski J. Life on Mars: Evaluation of the evidence within Martian meteorites ALH84001, Nakhla and Shergotty. Precambrian Research 106, 1/2 pp. 15-34 (2001).

Thomas-Keprta K.L., Clemett S.J., McKay D.S., Gibson E.K., and Wentworth S.J.,. Origin of magnetite nanocrystals in martian meteorite ALH84001. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73, 6631-6677, (2009).

Oehler D.Z., Robert F., Walter M.R., Sugitani K., Meibom A., Mostefaoui S, and Gibson E.K., Diversity in the Archaean Biosphere: New insights fron NanoSIMS. Astrobiology Vol. 10, Number 4, pgs. 413-424 (2010).

Wright I.P., Sheridan S., Morse A.D., Barber S.J., Merrifield J.A., Waugh L.J., Howe C.F., Gibson E.K. and Pillinger C.T., L-VRAP-A lunar volatile resources analysis package for lunar exploration. Planetary and Space Sciences Vol. 74, pp 254-263 (2012).

White L.M., McKay D.S., Gibson E.K., Thomas-Keprta K.L. and Clemett S.J., Putative Indigenous carbon-bearing alteration features in Martian meteorite Yamato 000593. Astrobiology 14, 12 pgs (2014).

Thomas-Keprta K.L., Clemett S.J., Messenger S., Ross D.K., Le L., Rahman Z., McKay D.S., Gibson E.K. Jr., Gonzalez C. and Peabody W., Organic matter on the Earth’s Moon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 134, 1-15 (2014).

Righter K., Abell P., Agresti D., Berger E.L., Burton A.S., Delaney J.S., Fries M.D., Gibson E.K., Harrington R., Herzog G.F., Keller L.P., Locke D., Lindsay F., McCoy T.J., Morris R.V., Nagao K., Nakamura-Messenger K., Niles P.B., Nyquist L., Park J., Oebg Z.X., Shih C.-Y., Simon J.I., Swisher III C.C., Tappa M.J., Tjurrin B., and Zeigler R.A., Mineralogy, petrology, chronology, and exposure history of the Chelyabinsk meteorite and parent body, Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences 50, 1790-1819 (2015).

Elsila J.E., Callahan M.P., Dworkin J.P., Flavinm D.P., McLain H.L., Noble S.K. and Gibson E.K. Jr., “The origin of amino acids in lunar regolith samples. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta. 172, 357-369 (2016).

White L.M., McKay D.S., Gibson E.K., Thomas-Keprta K.L. and Clemett S.J., Putative Indigenous carbon-bearing alteration
features in Martian meteorite Yamato 000593.  Astrobiology 14, 170-181 (2014).

Gibson E.K., Thomas-Keprta K.L., Clemett S.J. and Morris-Smith P., Tribute to David S. McKay, 1936-2013.  Astrobiology
DOI: 10.1089/ast. 2013.8425.  June 2013. Vol. 13, pp. 1-4.

Thomas-Keprta K.L., Clemett S.J., Messenger S., Ross D.K., Le L., Rahman Z., McKay D.S., Gibson E.K. Jr., Gonzalez C. and
Peabody W.,  Organic matter on the Earth’s Moon.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta  134, 1-15 (2014).

Righter K., Abell P., Agresti D., Berger E.L., Burton A.S., Delaney J.S., Fries M.D., Gibson E.K., Harrington R., Herzog G.F.,
Keller L.P., Locke D., Lindsay F., McCoy T.J., Morris R.V., Nagao K., Nakamura-Messenger K., Niles P.B., Nyquist L., Park J., Oebg Z.X., Shih C.-Y., Simon J.I.,
Swisher III C.C., Tappa M.J., Tjurrin B., and Zeigler R.A., Mineralogy, petrology,
chronology, and exposure history of the Chelyabinsk meteorite and parent body, Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences
50, 1790-1819 (2015).

Elsila J.E., Callahan M.P., Dworkin J.P., Flavinm D.P., McLain H.L., Noble S.K. and Gibson E.K. Jr., “The origin of amino
acids in lunar regolith samples.  Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta. 172, 357-369 (2016)

Bishop J.L., Yesilbas M., Hinman N.W., Burton Z.F.M., Englert P.A.J, Toner j.D., McEwen A.S., Gulick V.C., Gibson E.K., and
Koebert C.,  Martian subsurface cryosalt expansion and collapse as trigger for landslides.  Science Advances 7, 1-13,
3 Feburary 2021.

Foerder Andrew B., Englert P.A.J., Bishop J.L., Koeberl C., Zachary F., Burton M., Patel S., and Gibson E.K.,  , Don Juan Basin, Antarctica: A Chemically-Altering
Environment with Martian Analog Potential.  Submitted to:  American Mineralogist  (in review) (2022).

Zachary F.M. Burton, Janice L. Bishop, Peter A.J. Eglert, Anna Szynkiewicz, Christian Koeberl Przemyslaw Dera, Warren McKenzie and Everett K. Gibson, A Shallow salt
pond analog for aqueous alteration on ancient Mars: Spectroscopy, mineralogy, and geochemistry of sediments from Antarctica’s Dry Valleys.  American Mineralogist
108, 1017-1031, June 2023.