James Lyons
University of California, Los Angeles
Current Projects
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2014 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks - Kasting Group — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2012 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2012 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2011 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2011 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2010 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2010 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2009 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2009 NAI
- Extrasolar Planetary Systems and the Potential for Terrestrial Planets — 2006 NAI
- The Astrochemistry of Protoplanetary Systems and the Meteorite rRecord - Part of the Extrasolar Planetary Systems Project — 2005 NAI
- Geochemical Production of Methane on Mars — 2005 NAI
- Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotope Effects-Part of the Geobiology and Geochemistry of Early Earth Project — 2005 NAI
- Significance of Photochemistry in Determining the Inorganic and Organic Chemistry of Protoplanetary Materials — 2004 NAI
- Photodissociation Experiments Elucidating the Mechanism of Anomalous Sulfur Isotope Fractionation — 2004 NAI
- Geobiology and Geochemistry of Early Earth — 2003 NAI
- Geobiology and Geochemistry of Early Earth and Mars — 2002 NAI
- Evolution of Earth's Early Life — 2002 NAI
- Exploration for Life in the Solar System — 2002 NAI
- Impact Frustration and Subsequent Generation of Biologically Tenable Climates on Earth and Mars — 2001 NAI
- Astrobiology at UCLA: An Intergrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education — 2001 NAI
- Impact Frustration and Subsequent Generation of Biologically Tenable Climates on Earth and Mars — 2000 NAI
- Astrobiology at UCLA: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Lyons, J. R. (2009). Atmospherically-derived mass-independent sulfur isotope signatures, and incorporation into sediments. Chemical Geology, 267(3-4), 164–174. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.027
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Lyons, J. R., Bergin, E. A., Ciesla, F. J., Davis, A. M., Desch, S. J., Hashizume, K., & Lee, J-E. (2009). Timescales for the evolution of oxygen isotope compositions in the solar nebula. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(17), 4998–5017. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.041
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Lyons, J. R., Lewis, R. S., & Clayton, R. N. (2009). Comment on “Experimental Test of Self-Shielding in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of CO”. Science, 324(5934), 1516–1516. doi:10.1126/science.1167717
See Project - Boney, E., Lyons, J.R. & Marcus, R.A. (2010). Self-shielding of the E(1)-X(0) band of CO in a hot solar nebula. LPSC. The Woodlands, TX. See Project
- Lyons, J.R. (2009). Evaluating SO2 photolysis as the source of Archean sulfur MIF. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13): A807-A807. See Project
- Lyons, J.R. (2010). CO self-shielding yields oxygen with a δ17O/δ18O ratio of unity. Meteoritical Society meeting. New York City, NY. See Project
- Lyons, J.R. (2010). N2 self-shielding in the solar nebula: An update. Meteoritical Society meeting. New York City, NY. See Project
- Lyons, J.R., Stark, G. & Heays, A.N. (2010). Assessment of CO photodissociation experiments by model simulations and spectroscopic measurements. LPSC. The Woodlands, TX. See Project
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Phone:
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Fax:
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Email:
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Discipline
Atmospheric Chemistry