Geoffrey Blake
California Institute of Technology
Current Projects
- Serial Measurements of the Volatile Composition of Comet D/2012 S1 (ISON) between 1.2 and 0.34 AU from the Sun — 2015 NAI
- NNX15AT33A Origin and Evolution of Organics and Water in Planetary Systems — 2015 NAI
- NNX09AH63A Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems — 2014 NAI
- The Variability of Carbon Monoxide Abundances Among Oort Cloud Comets — 2014 NAI
- NNX09AH63A Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems — 2013 NAI
- Infrared Detections of Hypervolatiles in Distant Comets - Implications for Chemical Taxonomy — 2013 NAI
- Progress Report From G. Blake - CIT — 2012 NAI
- Observations of the Water and Organic Content of Protoplanetary Disks and Comets — 2011 NAI
- Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems — 2009 NAI
- Origin and Evolution of Organics — 2008 NAI
- Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems — 2007 NAI
- Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems — 2006 NAI
- Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems — 2005 NAI
- Investigation of the Evolution of Molecular Complexity in the Star-Forming Cores of Molecular Clouds — 2004 NAI
- Laboratory/Observational Studies of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases on the Early Earth — 2003 NAI
- Laboratory/Observational Studies of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases on the Early Earth — 2002 NAI
- Studies of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases on the Early Earth — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
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Publications
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Braakman, R., Belloche, A., Blake, G. A., & Menten, K. M. (2010). SEARCH FOR INTERSTELLAR METHOXYACETONITRILE AND CYANOETHANOL: INSIGHTS INTO COUPLING OF CYANO- TO METHANOL AND AMMONIA CHEMISTRY. The Astrophysical Journal, 724(2), 994–1005. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/724/2/994
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Fike, D. A., Finke, N., Zha, J., Blake, G., Hoehler, T. M., & Orphan, V. J. (2009). The effect of sulfate concentration on (sub)millimeter-scale sulfide δ34S in hypersaline cyanobacterial mats over the diurnal cycle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(20), 6187–6204. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.07.006
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Hartogh, P., Lis, D. C., Bockelée-Morvan, D., De Val-Borro, M., Biver, N., Küppers, M., … Blake, G. A. (2011). Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2. Nature, 478(7368), 218–220. doi:10.1038/nature10519
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Hogerheijde, M. R., Bergin, E. A., Brinch, C., Cleeves, L. I., Fogel, J. K. J., Blake, G. A., … Van Dishoeck, E. F. (2011). Detection of the Water Reservoir in a Forming Planetary System. Science, 334(6054), 338–340. doi:10.1126/science.1208931
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Hogerheijde, M. R., Qi, C., De Pater, I., Blake, G. A., Friedel, D. N., Forster, J. R., … Wright, M. C. H. (2009). SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATIONS OF COMET C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) WITH THE BERKELEY-ILLINOIS-MARYLAND ASSOCIATION AND OWENS VALLEY RADIO OBSERVATORY INTERFEROMETERS: HCN AND CH 3 OH. The Astronomical Journal, 137(6), 4837–4845. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4837
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Mandell, A. M., Bast, J., Van Dishoeck, E. F., Blake, G. A., Salyk, C., Mumma, M. J., & Villanueva, G. (2012). FIRST DETECTION OF NEAR-INFRARED LINE EMISSION FROM ORGANICS IN YOUNG CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS. The Astrophysical Journal, 747(2), 92. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/747/2/92
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Mandell, A. M., Deming, L. D., Blake, G. A., Knutson, H. A., Mumma, M. J., Villanueva, G. L., & Salyk, C. (2011). NON-DETECTION OFL-BAND LINE EMISSION FROM THE EXOPLANET HD189733b. The Astrophysical Journal, 728(1), 18. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/728/1/18
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Mumma, M. J., Bonev, B. P., Villanueva, G. L., Paganini, L., DiSanti, M. A., Gibb, E. L., … Magee-Sauer, K. (2011). TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ASPECTS OF GAS RELEASE DURING THE 2010 APPARITION OF COMET 103P/HARTLEY 2. The Astrophysical Journal, 734(1), L7. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/734/1/l7
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Salyk, C., Blake, G. A., Boogert, A. C. A., & Brown, J. M. (2009). HIGH-RESOLUTION 5 μm SPECTROSCOPY OF TRANSITIONAL DISKS. The Astrophysical Journal, 699(1), 330–347. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/699/1/330
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Salyk, C., Pontoppidan, K. M., Blake, G. A., Najita, J. R., & Carr, J. S. (2011). A SPITZER SURVEY OF MID-INFRARED MOLECULAR EMISSION FROM PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. II. CORRELATIONS AND LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS. The Astrophysical Journal, 731(2), 130. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/731/2/130
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Villanueva, G. L., Mumma, M. J., DiSanti, M. A., Bonev, B. P., Gibb, E. L., Magee-Sauer, K., … Salyk, C. (2011). The molecular composition of Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini): Evidence of a peculiar outgassing and a rich chemistry. Icarus, 216(1), 227–240. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.024
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Villanueva, G. L., Mumma, M. J., DiSanti, M. A., Bonev, B. P., Paganini, L., & Blake, G. A. (2012). A multi-instrument study of Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) at 2.1AU (pre-perihelion) from the Sun. Icarus, 220(1), 291–295. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.03.027
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- Pontoppidan, K.M., Blake, G.A., Van Dishoeck, E.F., Smette, A., Ireland, M.I. & Borwn, J. (2008). Spectro-astromeetric Imaging f Molecular Gas within Protoplanetary Disk Gaps. Ap.J, 684. See Project
- Qi, C., Wilner, D.J., Blake, G.A. & Hogerheijde, M.R. (2008). Resolving the Chemistry in the Disk of TW Hydrae I. Deuterated Species. Ap.J, 681. See Project
- Salyk, C., Pontoppidan, K.M., Blake, G.A., Lahuis, F., Van Dishoeck, E.F. & Evans, N.J. (2008). H 2 O and OH Gas in the Terestrial Planet-Forming Zones of Protoplanetary Disks. Ap. J Letters, 676. See Project
- Xu, L-H., Fisher, J., Lees, R.M., Shi, H.Y., Hougen, J.T., Pearson, J.C., Drouin, B.J., Blake, G.A. & Braakman, R. (2008). Torsion-Rotation Global Analysis of the Frist Three Torsional States. J. Mol. Spec, 251. See Project
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Discipline
Chemistry