Bradley L. Jolliff

Research Professor
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1987

Geology, Petrology, and Geochemistry of the Earth, Moon, and Mars

Dr. Jolliff is active in three main areas of research: petrology and geochemistry of lunar rocks and terrestrial analogs; geology and geochemistry of the Moon using remotely-sensed data; and the use of laser Raman spectroscopy for planetary on-surface analysis of minerals and rocks.

Lunar rocks and soils collected by the Apollo astronauts and chunks of rock blasted off the surface of the Moon and delivered to Earth as meteorites continue to yield new information. Dr. Jolliff uses a combination of optical petrography, microbeam analysis methods (electron microprobe, ion microprobe, and laser Raman spectroscopy), and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to investigate lunar samples. The main focus in this area is to use the compositional information recorded within mineral grains, coupled with rock textures and compositions, to learn about the formation and history of lunar rocks and the igneous and impact evolution of the Moon's crust. A favorite place to look for new and interesting types of lunar rocks is in the soils scooped up by the Apollo astronauts. These contain thousands of small rock fragments in the 2 to 10 mm size range, which in many cases represent well the textural relationships of their larger rock counterparts. Recent studies in this area have investigated individual samples or groups of samples to determine how they formed, whether by crystallization from an internally generated magma or melted rock from a large impact event.

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A recent project involved the analysis by ion microprobe of the silicate minerals in a small fragment of a plutonic rock that contains evidence of silicate liquid immiscibility. This small rock, known by its lunar sample number, 14161,7373, has among the highest rare-element concentrations of any known lunar rock. This sample was first identified during a survey using Instrumental neutron activation analysis of soil particles from Apollo 14. The tiny rock was then sliced and made into a polished thin section for microbeam analysis. Investigation of this sample revealed that it formed initially in a magma chamber about a kilometer deep from magma whose composition was similar to KREEP basalt. Before it was fully solidified, the parent mineral-melt system was mobilized, possibly as an intrusive dike or by impact processes, to near the surface, where it finished crystallizing rapidly. The cooling history is recorded in the exsolution features of pyroxene in this particular sample, as in other pyroxene-bearing igneous lunar rocks. This fascinating rock contains exsolved augite and pigeonite, plagioclase, apatite and whitlockite (a phosphate mineral, also known as merrillite, that in lunar rocks has high concentrations of rare-earth elements), zircon, troilite, and granophyric intergrowths of silica and K-feldspar. The latter occur in an egg-shaped grain and in several rounded to tear-drop shapes that indicate an origin by silicate-melt immiscibility during a late stage of melt solidification. The geochemical characteristics of this and several related samples show that lunar granite forms by this kind of late-stage melt separation coupled with differentiation of the melt by the crystallization of whitlockite.

Another recent project was to use the Apollo landing sites and what is known about their soil compositions and variations to help validate and calibrate remotely sensed information from the Clementine and Lunar Prospector missions. One project used the Apollo 17 landing site sample stations shown in the image below as ground truth for Clementine UVVIS multispectral data. Some twenty individual sample stations can be resolved in the Clementine UVVIS images and the measured soil compositions of samples from those stations were used to provide an empirical correlation to FeO and TiO₂ concentrations derived from the spectral data.

The results are shown for FeO in the figures above. At the Apollo 17 site, the regolith compositions span a broad range from those very rich in mare basalt to those containing noritic to anorthositic components of the highland massifs, making it an ideal site for calibration. A similar calibration was done for TiO₂. The multispectral data, once calibrated, can be used to investigate surrounding regions in terms of the rock types and compositions known from the samples. Jolliff and Mark Robinson (Northwestern University) have used the calibrated data coupled with high-resolution lunar topography (and corrected for the photometric effects associated with slopes) to investigate the makeup and stratigraphy of the massifs and the nearby Sculptured Hills and to better understand ancient, high-elevation volcanic plains that were likely in place prior to the Serenitatis basin-forming event.

Geologic sketch map of the Apollo 17 region with a rock unit classification overlay based on compositions of FeO and TiO₂ derived from Clementine data.

The Apollo 12 site was investigated using Clementine UVVIS data and Lunar Prospector thorium data. This site lies within the Procellarum region, which was shown by Lunar Prospector data to be an enormous Th "hotspot." The regolith samples from the Apollo 12 site are nearly half composed of non-volcanic materials, even though the site is on a mare plain. This is not surprising given that crater rays from Copernicus cross the site. However, careful analysis of the soil compositions and of the remotely sensed data show that Copernicus is likely not the only or even the main source of non-volcanic material. Other possible sources include non-volcanic formations underlying the basalts, mixed vertically by impact processes, with perhaps significant contributions by craters such as Lansberg and Reinhold, which were formed during the time interval when the basalts were erupting. These results provided the motivation to open a new investigation into the rock components of the Apollo12 regolith.

Other work includes involvement with FIDO rover testing, using automated rover-mounted instrumentation to investigate rock diversity and geologic setting, and connecting in-situ and local observations to remotely sensed orbital data. May 2000 FIDO testing demonstrated integration of rover-mounted imaging, near-field infrared point spectrometry, microscopic imaging, and coupling of ground-based observations to remotely sensed AVIRIS data.

Another Earth-based project involved field work with Prof. Arvidson and the Washington University Hewlett students in August 2000 near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The group studied the hydrology of a high-altitude, perched body of water, Lake Waiau, and the drainage basin that supplies it. Alteration associated with volcanic cones was studied as part of an effort to correlate features to remotely obtained multispectral data. Isotopic analyses of samples of water from the lake and high-altitude precipitation, coupled with results of evaporation pan experiments on site, are being used to help constrain the hydrologic cycle of the lake. Water loss is primarily by evaporation in this generally cold and dry environment, with rare replenishment by precipitation and watershed runoff.

See a description of some of Brad's recent work at Planetary Science Research Discoveries (by G. Jeffrey Taylor, University of Hawai'i).

Floss C., Crozaz G., Jolliff B., Benedix G., and Colton S. (2008) Evolution of the winonaite parent body: Clues from silicate mineral trace element distributions. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 43, 657-674.

Hughes J. M., Jolliff B. L., and Rakovan J. (2008) The crystal chemistry of whitlockite and merrillite and the dehydrogenation of whitlockite to merrillite. American Mineralogist, 93, 1300-1305.

Knoll A. H., B. L. Jolliff, W. H. Farrand, J. F. Bell III, B. C. Clark, R Gellert, M. P. Golombek, J. P. Grotzinger, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, S. M. McLennan, R. V. Morris, S. W. Squyres, R. Sullivan, N. J. Tosca, A. Yen, and Z. Learner (2008) Veneers, rinds, and fracture fills: Relatively late alteration of sedimentary rocks at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E06S16, doi:10.1029/2007JE002949.

Kramer, G. Y., B. L. Jolliff, and C. R. Neal (2008) Distinguishing high-alumina mare basalts using Clementine UVVIS and Lunar Prospector GRS data: Mare Moscoviense and Mare Nectaris, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E01002, doi:10.1029/2006JE002860.

Kramer, G. Y., B. L. Jolliff, and C. R. Neal (2008) Searching for high alumina mare basalts using Clementine UVVIS and Lunar Prospector GRS data: Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Imbrium, Icarus, 198, 7-18.

Schröder, C., D.S. Rodionov, T .J. McCoy, B. L. Jolliff, R. Gellert, L. R. Nittler, W. H. Farrand, J. R. Johnson, S. W. Ruff, J. W. Ashley, D. W. Mittlefehldt, K. E. Herkenhoff, I. Fleischer, A. F. S. Haldemann, G. Klingelhöfer, D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, P. A. de Souza Jr., S. W. Squyres, C. Weitz, A. S. Yen, J. Zipfel, and T. Economou (2008) Meteorites on Mars observed with the Mars Exploration Rovers. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E06S22, doi:10.1029/2007JE002990.

Farrand, W. H., J. F. Bell III, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Jolliff, A.H. Knoll, S. M. McLennan, S. W. Squyres, W. M. Calvin, J. P. Grotzinger, R. V. Morris, J. Soderblom, S. D. Thompson, W. A. Watters, and A. S. Yen (2007) Visible and near-infrared multispectral analysis of rocks at Meridiani Planum, Mars, by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, E06S02, doi:10.1029/2006JE002773.

Guinness, E. A., R. E. Arvidson, B. L. Jolliff, K. D. Seelos, F. P. Seelos, D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, and T. G. Graff (2007) Hyperspectral reflectance mapping of cinder cones at the summit of Mauna Kea and implications for equivalent observations on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, E08S11, doi:10.1029/2006JE002822.

Floss C., Jolliff B. L., Benedix G.K., Stadermann F. J., and Reid J. (2007) Hammadah al Hamra 193: The first amphibole-bearing winonaite. American Mineralogist, 92, 460-467.

Barra F., Swindle T. D., Korotev R. L., Jolliff B. L., Zeigler R. A., and Olson E. (2006) ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating on Apollo 12 regolith: Implications on the age of Copernicus and the source of non-mare materials. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 6016-6031.

Grotzinger, J., J. Bell., III, K. Herkenhoff, J. Johnson, A. Knoll, E. McCartney, S. McLennan, J. Metz, J. Moore, S. Squyres, R. Sullivan, O. Ahronson, R. Arvidson, B. Jolliff, M. Golombek, K. Lewis, T. Parker, J. Soderblom (2006) Sedimentary textures formed by aqueous processes, Erebus crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars. Geology, 34, 1085–1088.

Hughes J. M., B. L. Jolliff, and M. E. Gunter (2006) The atomic arrangement of merrillite from the Fra Mauro Formation, Apollo 14 lunar mission: The first structure of merrillite from the Moon. American Mineralogist 91, 1547-1552.

Jolliff B. L., S. M. McLennan, and the Athena Science Team (2006) Evidence for water at Meridiani. Elements 2, 163-167.

Jolliff B. L. J. M. Hughes, J. J. Freeman., and R. A. Zeigler (2006) Crystal chemistry of lunar merrillite and comparison to other meteoritic and planetary suites of whitlockite and merrillite. American Mineralogist 91, 1583-1595 (2006).

Jolliff B. L., Wieczorek M. A., Shearer C. K., and Neal C. R., eds. (2006) New Views of the Moon, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Vol. 60. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC. 721 pp.

Korotev R. L., Zeigler R. A., and Jolliff B. L. (2006) Feldspathic lunar meteorites Pecora Escarpment 02007 and Dhofar 489: Contamination of the surface of the lunar highlands by post-basin impacts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 5935-5956.

Kuebler, K. E., B. L. Jolliff, A. Wang, and L. A. Haskin (2006) Extracting olivine (Fo-Fa) compositions from Raman spectral peak positions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 6201-6222.

Wang, A., J. J. Freeman, B. L. Jolliff, and I-M. Chou (2006) A systematic Raman spectroscopic study of hydration states of magnesium sulfates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 6118-6135.

Wang A., L. A. Haskin, S. W. Squyres, B. L. Jolliff, L. Crumpler, R. Gellert, C. Schröder, K. Herkenhoff, J. Hurowitz, N. J. Tosca, W. H. Farrand, Robert Anderson, and A. T. Knudson (2006) Sulfate deposition in subsurface regolith in Gusev crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, doi 10.1029/2005JE002513.

Wang A., R. L. Korotev, L. A. Haskin, B. L. Jolliff, L. Crumpler, W. H. Farrand, K. Herkenhoff, P. de Souza Jr., A. Kusack, J. Hurowitz, and N. J. Tosca (2006) Evidence of phyllosilicates in Wooly Patch, an altered rock encountered at West Spur, Columbia Hills, by the Spirit Rover in Gusev crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, doi 10.1029/2005JE002516.

Weitz, C. M., R. C. Anderson, J. F. Bell, III, W. H. Farrand, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Jolliff, R. V. Morris, S. W. Squyres, R. J. Sullivan (2006) Soil grain analyses at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111 (E12):doi:10.1029/2005JE002541.

Wieczorek M. A., B. L. Jolliff, A. Khan, M. E. Pritchard, B. P. Weiss, J. G. Williams, L. L. Hood, K. Righter, C. R. Neal, C. K. Shearer, I. S. McCallum, S. Tompkins, B. R. Hawke, C. Patterson, J. J. Gillis, and B. Bussey (2006) Chapter 3. The constitution and structure of the lunar interior. In New Views of the Moon, p 221-364. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Volume 60 (Jolliff, B. L. M. A. Wieczorek, C. K. Shearer, and C. R. Neal, eds.). Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC (2006).

Yen, A. S., D. W. Mittlefehldt, S. M. McLennan, R. Gellert, J. F. I. Bell, H. Y. J. McSween, D. W. Ming, T. J. McCoy, R. V. Morris, M. Golombek, T. Economou, M. B. Madsen, T. Wdowiak, B. C. Clark, B. L. Jolliff, C. Schröder, J. Brückner, J. Zipfel, and S. W. Squyres (2006) Nickel on Mars: Constraints on meteoritic material at the surface. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, E12S11.

Zeigler R. A., Korotev R. L., Jolliff B. L., L Haskin. A., and Floss C. (2006) The geochemistry and provenance of Apollo 16 mafic glasses. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 6050-6067.

Zeigler R. A., Korotev R. L., Haskin L. A., Jolliff B. L., and Gillis J. J. (2006) Petrology and geochemistry of five new Apollo 16 mare basalts and evidence for post-basin deposition of basaltic material at the site. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41, 263-284.

Clark B. C., R.V. Morris, S. M. McLennan, R. Gellert, B. Jolliff, A. Knoll, S. W. Squyres, T. K. Lowenstein, D. W. Ming, N. J. Tosca, A. Yen, P. R. Christensen, S. Gorevan, J. Brückner, W. Calvin, G. Dreibus, W. Farrand, G. Klingelhöfer, H. Wänke, J. Zipfel, J. Bell, J. Grotzinger, H.Y. McSween, R. Rieder (2005) Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240, 73-94.

Grotzinger J., J. F. Bell III, W. Calvin, B. C. Clark, D. Fike, M. Golombek, R. Greeley, K. E. Herkenhoff, B. Jolliff, A. H. Knoll, M. Malin, S. M. McLennan , T. Parker, L. Soderblom, J.N. Sohl-Dickstein, R. Sullivan, S. W. Squyres, N. J. Tosca, W. Watters (2005) Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a dry to wet eolian depositional system, Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240, 11-72.

Haskin L. A., A. Wang, B. L. Jolliff, H. Y. McSween, B. C. Clark, D. J. Des Marais, S. M. McLennan, N. J. Tosca, J. A. Hurowitz, J. D. Farmer, A. Yen, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, G. Klingelhöfer, C. Schröder, P. A. de Souza Jr., D. W. Ming, R. Gellert, J. Zipfel, J. Brückner, J. F. Bell III, K. Herkenhoff, P. R. Christensen, S. Ruff, D. Blaney, S. Gorevan, N. A. Cabrol, L. Crumpler, J. Grant, and L. Soderblom (2005) Water alteration of rocks and soils on Mars at the Spirit Rover Site in Gusev Crater, Mars. Nature, 436, 66-69.

McLennan S. M., J. F. Bell III, W. M. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, P. A. de Souza, J. Farmer, W. H. Farrand, D. A. Fike, R. Gellert, A. Ghosh, T. D. Glotch, J. P. Grotzinger, B. Hahn, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. A. Hurowitz, J. R. Johnson, S. S. Johnson, B. Jolliff, G. Klingelhöfer, A. H. Knoll, Z. Learner, M. C. Malin, H. Y. McSween Jr., J. Pocock, S. W. Ruff, L. A. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, N. J. Tosca, W. A. Watters, M. B. Wyatt, A. Yen (2005) Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240, 95-121.

Yen A. S., R. Gellert, C. Schröder, R. V. Morris, J. F. Bell III, A. T. Knudson, B. C. Clark, D. W. Ming, J. A. Crisp, R. E. Arvidson, D. Blaney, J. Brückner, P. R. Christensen, D. J. DesMarais, P. A. de Souza Jr., T. E. Economou, A. Ghosh, B. C. Hahn, K. E. Herkenhoff, L. A. Haskin, J. A. Hurowitz, B. L. Jolliff, J. R. Johnson, G. Klingelhöfer, M. B. Madsen, S M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, L. Richter , R. Rieder, D. Rodionov, L. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, N. J. Tosca, A. Wang, M. Wyatt, J. Zipfel (2005) An Integrated View of the Chemistry and Mineralogy of Martian Soils. Nature, 436, 49-54.

Zeigler R. A., R. L. Korotev, B. L. Jolliff, L. A. Haskin (2005) Petrology and geochemistry of the LaPaz Icefield basaltic lunar meteorite and source-crater pairing with Northwest Africa 032. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 40, 1073-1102.

Wang A., K. E. Kuebler, B. L. Jolliff, and L. A. Haskin (2004) Mineralogy of a martian meteorite as determined by Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 504-514.

Wang A., K. E. Kuebler, B. L. Jolliff, and L. A. Haskin (2004) Raman spectroscopy of Fe-Ti-Cr-oxides, case study: Martian meteorite EETA79001, American Mineralogist, 89, 665-680.

McSween H. Y., R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell III, D. Blaney, N. A. Cabrol, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, J. A. Crisp, L. S. Crumpler, D. J. Des Marais, J. D. Farmer, R. Gellert, A. Ghosh, S. Gorevan, T. Graff, J. Grant, L. A. Haskin, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Jolliff, G. Klingelhoefer, A. T. Knudson, S. McLennan, K. A. Milam, J. E., Moersch, R. V. Morris, R. Rieder, S. W. Ruff, P. A. de Souza Jr., S. W. Squyres, H. Wänke, A. Wang, M. B. Wyatt, A. Yen, and J. Zipfel (2004) Basaltic rocks analyzed by the Spirit rover in Gusev Crater, Science 305, 842-845.

Hofmeister A., P. A. Giesting, B. Wopenka, G. D. Gwanmesia, and B. L. Jolliff (2004) Vibrational spectroscopy of pyrope-majorite garnets: Structural implications, American Mineralogist, 89, 132–146.

Giesting P. A., A. M. Hofmeister, B. Wopenka, G. D. Gwanmesia, and B. L. Jolliff (2004) Thermal conductivity and thermodynamics of majoritic garnets: Implications for the transition zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 218, 45-56.

Gillis J. J., R. L. Korotev, and B. L. Jolliff (2004) Lunar surface geochemistry: Global concentrations of Th, K, and FeO as derived from lunar prospector and Clementine data. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 3791-3805. erratum

Ehlmann B. L., R. E. Arvidson, B. L. Jolliff, S. S. Johnson, B. Ebel, N. Lovenduski, J. Morris, J. A. Byers, N. Snider, R. E. Criss (2005) Hydrologic and Isotopic Modeling of Alpine Lake Waiau, Mauna Kea, Hawai’i. Pacific Science, 59, 1–15.

Soderblom L. A., R. C. Anderson, R. E. Arvidson, J F. Bell III, N. A. Cabrol, W. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, T. Economou, B. L. Ehlmann, W. H. Farrand, D. Fike, R. Gellert, T. D. Glotch, M. P. Golombek, R. Greeley, J. P. Grotzinger, K. E. Herkenhoff , D. J. Jerolmack, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Jolliff, G. Klingelhöfer, A. H. Knoll, earner, R. Li, M. C. Malin, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, J.W. Rice Jr. , L. Richter, R. Rieder, D. Rodionov, C. Schröder, F. P. Seelos IV, J. M. Soderblom, S.W. Squyres, R. Sullivan, W. Watters, C. Weitz, M. B. Wyatt, A. Yen, J. Zipfel (2004) The unique martian soils of Eagle Crater and Meridiani Planum. Science, 306, 1723–1726.

Herkenhoff K. E., S. W. Squyres, R. Arvidson, D. S. Bass, J. F. Bell III, P. Bertelsen, B. L. Ehlmann, W. Farrand, L. Gaddis, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, A. G. Hayes, S. F. Hviid, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, K. M. Kinsch, A. H. Knoll, M B. Madsen, J. N. Maki, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, J. W. Rice Jr., L. Richter, M. Sims, P. H. Smith, L. A. Soderblom, N. Spanovich, R. Sullivan, S. Thompson, T. Wdowiak, C. Weitz, and P. Whelley (2004) Evidence from Opportunity’s microscopic imager for water on Meridiani Planum. Science, 306, 1727–1730.

Gillis J. J., B. L. Jolliff, and R. E. Elphic (2003) A revised algorithm for calculating TiO2 from Clementine UVVIS data: A synthesis of rock, soil, and remotely sensed TiO2 concentrations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, No. E2, DOI 10.1029/2001JE001515.

Korotev R. L., B. L. Jolliff, R. A. Zeigler, and L. A. Haskin (2003) Compositional constraints on the launch pairing of three brecciated lunar meteorites of basaltic composition, Antarctic Meteorite Research, 16, 152–175.

Jolliff B. L., R. L. Korotev, R. A. Zeigler, and C. Floss (2003) Northwest Africa 773: Lunar mare breccia with a shallow-formed Olivine-cumulate component, very-low-Ti (VLT) heritage, and a KREEP connection. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67, 4857–4879.

Korotev R. L., B. L. Jolliff, R. A. Zeigler, J. J. Gillis, and L. A. Haskin (2003) Feldspathic lunar meteorites and their implications for compositional remote sensing of the lunar surface and the composition of the lunar crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67, 4895–4923.

Kitts B. K., F. A. Podosek, R. H. Nichols, Jr., J. C. Brannon, J. Ramezani, R. L. Korotev and B. L. Jolliff (2003) Isotopic composition of surface-correlated chromium in Apollo 16 lunar soils, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67, 4881-4893.

Fagan T. J., G. J. Taylor, K. Keil, T. E. Bunch, J. H. Wittke, R. L. Korotev, B. L. Jolliff , J. J. Gillis, L. A. Haskin, E. Jarosewich, R. N. Clayton, T. K. Mayeda, V. A. Fernandes, R. Burgess, G. Turner, O. Eugster, and S. Lorenzetti (2002) Northwest Africa 032: Product of lunar volcanism, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 37, 371–394.

Arvidson R. E., S. W. Squyres, E. T. Baumgartner, P. S. Schenker, C. S. Niebur, K. W. Larsen, F. P. Seelos IV, N. O. Snider, and B. L. Jolliff (2002) FIDO prototype Mars rover field trials, Black Rock Summit, Nevada, as test of the ability of robotic mobility systems to conduct field science, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, No. E11, DOI 10.1029/2000JE001464, FIDO 2-1–2-17.

Jolliff B., A. Knoll, R. V. Morris, J. Moersch, H. McSween, M. Gilmore, R. Arvidson, R. Greeley, K. Herkenhoff, and S. Squyres (2002) Remotely-sensed geology from lander-based to orbital perspectives: Results of FIDO rover May 2000 field tests, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, No. E11, DOI 10.1029/2000JE001470, FIDO 7-1–7-17.

Moersch J., B. Jolliff, , H. Y. McSween R. V. Morris, M. S. Gilmore, R. E. Arvidson, and S. W. Squyres (2002) Synthesis of overhead and ground-based infrared spectroscopy at the 2000 FIDO Mars rover field tests, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, No. E11, DOI 10.1029/2001JE001524, FIDO 6-1–6-10.

Robinson M. S., and B. L. Jolliff (2002) Apollo 17 Landing Site: Topography, photometric corrections, and heterogeneity of the surrounding highland massifs, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, No. E11, DOI 10.1029/2001JE001614, 20-1–20-30.

Wang A., B. L. Jolliff, L. A. Haskin, K. E. Kuebler, and K. M. Viskupic (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy. American Mineralogist, 86, 790–806.

Pieters C. M., J. W. Head III, L. Gaddis, B. Jolliff, and M. Duke (2001) Rock types of South Pole – Aitken Basin and extent of basaltic volcanism, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 28,001–28,022.

Jolliff B. L., J. J. Gillis, L. A. Haskin, R. L. Korotev, and M. A. Wieczorek (2000) Major lunar crustal terranes: Surface expressions and crust-mantle origins. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 4197–4216.

Lucey P. G., D. T. Blewett, and B. L. Jolliff (2000) Lunar iron and titanium abundance algorithms based on final processing of Clementine UVVIS images. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 20,297–20,305.

Haskin L. A, J. J. Gillis, R. L. Korotev, and B. L. Jolliff (2000) The materials of the lunar Procellarum KREEP Terrane: A synthesis of data from geomorphological mapping, remote sensing, and sample analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 20,403–20,415.

Jolliff B. L., L. R. Gaddis, G. Ryder, C. R. Neal, C. K. Shearer, R. C. Elphic, J. R. Johnson, L. P. Keller, R. L. Korotev, D. J. Lawrence, P. G. Lucey, J. J. Papike, C. M. Pieters, P. D. Spudis, and L. A. Taylor (2000) New views of the Moon: Improved understanding through data integration. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81, 349–355.

Larsen K., R. E. Arvidson, B. L. Jolliff, and B. E. Clark (2000) Correspondence and least squares analyses of soil and rock compositions for the Viking Lander 1 and Pathfinder landing sites. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 29,207–29,221.

Jolliff, B. L. (1999) Clementine UVVIS multispectral data and the Apollo 17 landing site: What can we tell and how well? Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 14,123–14,148.

Jolliff, B. L., C. Floss, I. S. McCallum, and J. M. Schwartz (1999) Geochemistry, petrology, and cooling history of 14161,7373: A plutonic lunar sample with textural evidence of granitic-fraction separation by silicate-liquid immiscibility. American Mineralogist, 84, 821–837.

Jolliff, B. L. and G. Ryder, eds. (1998) Workshop on New Views of the Moon: Integrated Remotely Sensed, Geophysical, and Sample Datasets. LPI Contribution No. 958, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. 87 pp.

Jolliff, B. L. (1998) Large-scale separation of K-frac and REEP-frac in the source regions of Apollo impact-melt breccias and a revised estimate of the KREEP composition. International Geology Review, 10, 916–935.

Jolliff, B. L., K. M. Rockow, and R. L. Korotev (1998) Geochemistry and petrology of lunar meteorite Queen Alexandra Range 94281, a mixed mare and highland regolith breccia, with special emphasis on very-low-Ti mafic components. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 33, 581–601.

Blewett, D. T., P. G. Lucey, B. R. Hawke, and B. L. Jolliff (1997) Clementine images of the lunar sample–return stations: Refinement of FeO and TiO2 mapping techniques. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 16,319–16,325.

Korotev, R. L., B. L. Jolliff, and K. M. Rockow (1996) Lunar meteorite Queen Alexandra Range 93069 and the iron concentration of the lunar highlands surface. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 31, 909–924.

Wopenka, B., B. L. Jolliff, E. Zinner, and D. T. Kremser (1996) Trace-element zoning and incipient metamictization in a lunar zircon: Application of three different microprobe techniques. American Mineralogist, 81, 902–912.

Korotev, R. L., K. M. Rockow, B. L. Jolliff, L. A. Haskin, P. McCarville and L. J. Crossey (1996) Geochemical comparison of four cores from the Manson Impact Structure. Geolgical Society of America Special Paper 302, 275–316.

Jolliff, B. L., K. M. Rockow, R. L. Korotev, and L. A. Haskin (1996) Lithologic distribution and geologic history of the Apollo 17 site: The record in soils and small rock particles from the highland massifs. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 31, 116–145.

Wang, A., B. L. Jolliff, and L. A. Haskin (1995) Raman spectroscopy as a method for mineral identification on lunar robotic exploration missions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 21,189–21,199.

Korotev, R. L., L. A. Haskin, and B. L. Jolliff (1995) A simulated geochemical rover mission to the Taurus Littrow valley of the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 14,403–14,420.

Jolliff, B. L. and L. A. Haskin (1995) Cogenetic rock fragments from a lunar soil: Evidence of a ferroan noritic–anorthosite pluton on the Moon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 59, 2345–2374.

Jolliff, B. L., K. M. Rockow, R. L. Korotev, L. A. Haskin, P. McCarville, and L. J. Crossey (1994) Geochemical study of cores from the Manson Impact Structure. In Proceedings of the VIIth International Symposium on the Observation of the Continental Crust through Drilling, pp. 215–218, April 25–30, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jolliff, B. L., L. A. Haskin, R. O. Colson, and M. Wadhwa (1993) Partitioning in REE-saturating minerals: Theory, experiment, and modelling of whitlockite, apatite, and evolution of lunar residual magmas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57, 4069–4094.

Jolliff, B. L., R. L. Korotev, and L. A. Haskin (1991) A ferroan region of the lunar highlands crust as recorded in meteorites MAC88104 and MAC88105. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 55, 3051–3071.

Jolliff, B. L., R. L. Korotev, and L. A. Haskin (1991) Geochemistry of 2–4 mm particles from Apollo 14 soil (14161) and implications regarding igneous components and soil-forming processes. Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 21st, 193–219.

Jolliff, B. L. (1991) Fragments of quartz monzodiorite and felsite in Apollo 14 soil particles. Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 21st, 101–118.

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