Dustin Trail
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Current Projects
- Project 5: The Environment of the Early Earth — 2014 NAI
- Project 6: The Environment of the Early Earth — 2013 NAI
- Project 6: The Environment of the Early Earth — 2012 NAI
- Project 6: The Environment of the Early Earth — 2011 NAI
- Project 6: The Environment of the Early Earth — 2010 NAI
- Project 6: The Environment of the Early Earth — 2009 NAI
- Re-Tracing Steps Towards a Habitable World: The Biogeochemical Evolution of Sulfur on the Early Earth. — 2007 NAI
- Re-Tracing Steps Towards a Habitable World: The Biogeochemical Evolution of Sulfur on the Early Earth. — 2006 NAI
- Re-Tracing Steps Towards a Habitable World: The Biogeochemical Evolution of Sulfur on the Early Earth. — 2005 NAI
- Re-Tracing Steps Towards a Habitable World: The Biogeochemical Evolution of Sulfur on the Early Earth. — 2004 NAI
- Biogeochemistry of the Early Earth — 2003 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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Trail, D., Bruce Watson, E., & Tailby, N. D. (2012). Ce and Eu anomalies in zircon as proxies for the oxidation state of magmas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 97, 70–87. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.032
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Trail, D., Thomas, J. B., & Watson, E. B. (2010). The incorporation of hydroxyl into zircon. American Mineralogist, 96(1), 60–67. doi:10.2138/am.2011.3506
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Trail, D., Watson, E. B., & Tailby, N. D. (2011). The oxidation state of Hadean magmas and implications for early Earth’s atmosphere. Nature, 480(7375), 79–82. doi:10.1038/nature10655
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- Mojzsis, S.J., Cates, N.L., Maier, A.C., Hopkins, M., Trail, D., Guitreau, M., Abramov, O. & Bleeker, W. (2011). The ca. 4.2-3.7 Ga History of the Acasta Gneiss Complex (Northwest Territories, Canada). Goldschmidt Conference. See Project
- Tailby, N., Trail, D., Cates, N.L., Mojzsis, S.J., Bell, E.A., Harrison, T.M. & Watson, E.B. (2011). Direct measurement of Ce3+/Ce4+ and Eu2+/Eu3+ in Hadean zircons by XANES. Goldschmidt Conference. See Project
- Tailby, N., Trail, D., Cates, N.L., Mojzsis, S.J., Bell, E.A., Harrison, T.M. & Watson, E.B. (2011, In Preparation). Direct measurement of Ce and Eu valence in Hadean zircons by XANES. See Project
- Trail, D., Watson, E.B. & And Tailby, N.D. (In Preparation). Ce and Eu anomalies in zircon as proxies for the oxidation state of magmas. See Project
- Trail, D., Watson, E.B. & Tailby, N. (2010). Melt composition and oxygen fugacity influence on Ce and Eu anomalies in zircon. GSA 2010. Denver, Colorado USA. See Project
- Trail, D., Watson, E.B. & Tailby, N. (2010). New experimental constraints for Hadean zircon source melts from Ce and Eu anomalies in zircon. American Geophysical Union. See Project
- Trail, D., Watson, E.B. & Tailby, N. (2010). New experimental constraints for Hadean zircon source melts from Ce and Eu anomalies in zircon. AGU 2010. San Francisco, California, USA. See Project
- Trail, D., Watson, E.B. & Tailby, N. (2011). The oxidation state of Hadean melts and implications for the composition of Earth’s early atmosphere. Goldschmidt Conference. See Project
- Watson, E.B., Mueller, T., Trail, D., Van Orman, J.A. & Papineau, D. (2011). C Diffusion in Fe: isotope effects and other complexities. American Geophysical Union. See Project
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Email:
traild@rpi.edu