Mr Brandon Mahan ~ Lecturer, Geochemistry

Teaching

• EA2404: From Icehouse to Greenhouse (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• EA5046: Earth and Environmental Geochemistry (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• EA5404: From Icehouse to Greenhouse (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• EV1005: Environmental Processes and Global Change (Level 1; CNS & TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Geochemistry (0402)
• Astronomical and Space Sciences (0201)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)

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Journal Articles

• Amsellem E, Moynier F, Mahan B and Beck P (2020) Timing of thermal metamorphism in CM chondrites: implications for Ryugu and Bennu future sample return. Icarus, 339, Article: 113593, DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113593.
• Mahan B, Chung R, Pountney D, Moynier F and Turner S (in press) Isotope metallomics approaches for medical research. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, .
• Mahan B, Wu F, Dosseto A, Chung R, Schaefer B and Turner S (2020) SpinChem™: rapid element purification from biological and geological matrices via centrifugation for MC-ICP-MS isotope analyses – a case study with Zn. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 35, pp. 863-872, DOI:10.1039/C9JA00361D.
• Charnoz S, Pignatale F, Hyodo R, Mahan B, Chaussidon M, Siebert J and Moynier F (2019) Planetesimal formation in an evolving protoplanetary disk with a dead zone. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 627, Article: A50, DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201833216.
• Mahan B, Moynier F, Jørgensen A, Habekost M and Siebert J (2018) Examining the homeostatic distribution of metals and Zn isotopes in Göttingen minipigs. Metallomics, 10, pp. 1264-1281, DOI:10.1039/C8MT00179K.
• Mahan B, Siebert J, Blanchard I, Badro J, Kubik E, Sossi P and Moynier F (2018) Investigating earth’s formation history through copper and sulfur metal-silicate partitioning during core-mantle differentiation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123 (10), pp. 8349-8363, DOI:10.1029/2018JB015991.
• Mahan B, Moynier F, Siebert J, Gueguen B, Agranier A, Pringle E, Bollard J, Connelly J and Bizzarro M (2018) Volatile element evolution of chondrules through time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (34), pp. 8547-8552, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1807263115.
• Mahan B, Siebert J, Blanchard I, Borensztajn S, Badro J and Moynier F (2018) Constraining compositional proxies for Earth’s accretion and core formation through high pressure and high temperature Zn and S metal-silicate partitioning. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 235, pp. 21-40, DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2018.04.032.
• Mahan B, Moynier F, Beck P, Pringle E and Siebert J (2018) A history of violence: insights into post-accretionary heating in carbonaceous chondrites from volatile element abundances, Zn isotopes and water contents. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 220, pp. 19-35, DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.027.
• Siebert J, Sossi P, Blanchard I, Mahan B, Badro J and Moynier F (2018) Chondritic Mn/Na ratio and limited post-nebular volatile loss of the Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 485, pp. 130-139, DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.12.042.
• Mahan B, Siebert J, Pringle E and Moynier F (2017) Elemental partitioning and isotopic fractionation of Zn between metal and silicate and geochemical estimation of the S content of the Earth’s core. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 196, pp. 252-270, DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.013.

Other research outputs

• Mahan B, Siebert J, Badro J, Borensztajn S and Moynier F (2019) Reply to comment by Jennings et al. on “Investigating earth's formation history through copper and sulfur metal‐silicate partitioning during core‐mantle differentiation”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124 (12), pp. 12845-12853, DOI:10.1029/2019JB017599.

Advisory Accreditation:

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Revealing the Enigmatic Alkaline Volcanism of the Rukwa Rift through Weather Resistant Minerals and their Inclusions (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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