Frédéric Moynier
Washington University
Campus Box 1169
1 Brookings Dr
Saint Louis MO 63130-4899
Research Interests
Isotope Geochemistry
Professor Moynier measures the isotopic compositions of terrestrial, lunar and meteoritic materials to understand 1) the chronology of the first million years of the Solar System, 2) the physical and chemical processes which have modified these materials, and 3) the nucleosynthesis and the stellar environments at the birth of our Solar System. To reach this goal, he uses high precision mass spectrometry associated with chemical purifications in ultra-clean chemistry lab.
Publications
Paniello, R., Moynier, F., Beck, P., Barrat, JA., Podosek, F., Pichat, S. 2012. Zinc isotopes in HEDs: clues to the formation of 4-Vesta, and the unique composition of Pecora Escarpment 82502. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, in press.
Wang, K., Moynier, F., Dauphas, N., Barrat, J.A., Craddock, P., Sio, C. Iron isotope fractionation in planetary crusts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, in press.
Beck, P. Barrat, JA, Grisolle, F;, Quirico, E., Schimdt, B., Moynier, F., Gillet, P., Beck, C. 2011. NIR spectral trends of HED meteorites: Can we discriminate between the magmatic evolution, mechanical mixing and observation geometry effects?. Icarus, 216, 560-571.
Pons, ML, Quitte, G., Fujii, T., Rosing, M., Reynard, B., Moynier, F., Douchet, C., Albarede F. . A niche for early life in early archean serpentine mud volcanoes at Isua, Greenland. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science.
Fujii, T, Moynier, F. Pons, ML Albarede, A. The origin of Zn isotope fractionation in sulfides.2011. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 7632-7643.
Moynier, F., Blichert-Toft, J., Wang, K., Herzog, G., and Albarede F. 2011. Elusive 60Fe in the early solar system. Astrophysical Journal, 741, Issue 2, article id. 71.
Wang, K., Moynier, F., Podosek, F., and Foriel, J. 2011. 58Fe and 54Cr in early Solar System materials. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 739, Issue 2, article id. L5..
Weinstein, C., Moynier, F., Wang, K., Paniello, R., Foriel, J., Catalano J. G., and Pichat, S. In press. Isotopic fractionation of Cu in plants. Chemical Geology.
Jourdan, F., Moynier, F., Koeberl, C., Eroglu, S. 2011. 40Ar/39Ar age of the Lonar crater and consequence for the geochronology of planetary impacts. Geology 39, 671-674.
Zinner, E., Moynier, F., and Stroud, R., In press. Laboratory Technology and Cosmochemistry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Moynier F., Paniello, R., Beck, P., Gounelle, F., Podosek, F., Albarède, F., and Zanda, B. 2011. Nature of volatile depletion and genetic relationships in enstatite chondrites and aubrites inferred from Zn isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 297-307.
Moynier F., Yin Q. Z., and Schauble E. In press. Isotopic evidence of Cr partionioning into Earth's core. Science.
Fujii, T., Moynier, F., Agranier, A., Ponzevera, E., and Abe, M. In press. Nuclear field shift effect of lead in chemeical exchange reaction using a crown ether. Radiochimica Acta.
Fujii, T., Moynier, F., Agranier, A., Ponzevera, E., and Abe, M. In press. Isotope fractionation of palladium in chemical exchange reaction. Radiochimica Acta.
Fujii, T., Moynier, F., Dauphas, N., Abe, M., 2011. Theoritical and experimental investigation of Ni isotopic fractionation in species relevant to modern and ancient oceans. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 469-482.
Moynier, F., Agranier, A., Hezel, D., and Bouvier, A. in press. Sr stable isotope composition of Earth, the Moon, Mars, Vesta and meteorites; Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Moynier F., Paniello, R., Gounelle, M., Albarède, F., Beck, P., Podosek, F., and Zanda, B. (in press) Nature of volatile depletion and genetic relationships in enstatite chondrites and aubrites inferred from Zn isotopes. 2010. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Moynier F., Beck, P., Yin, Q. Z., Ferroir, T., Barrat, J.A., Paniello, R., Telouk, P., and Gillet. P. (In press) Volatilization induced by impacts recorded in Zn isotope composition of ureilites. Chemical Geology.
Moynier, F., Simon, J., Podosek, F., Meyer, B., Brannon, J., and DePaolo, D. (2010) Ca isotope effects in Orgueil leachates and the implications for the carrier phases of 54Cr anomalies. Astrophysical Journal Letters 718, L7-L13 .
Blichert-Toft, J, Moynier F., Lee CT, Albarède, F. (in press) Old Pb-Pb age for IVA iron meteorites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Moynier, F., Yin, QZ, Irisawa, K., Boyet, M., Jacobsen, B., and Rosing, M. In press, A coupled 182W-142Nd constraint for early Earth differentiation. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, 10,810-10,814.
Fujii T., Moynier F., Telouk P., and Abe M. (2010) Experimental and theoretical investigation of isotope fractionation of zinc between aqua, chloro, and macrocyclic complexes. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 14:2543-2552.
Balter, V., Zazzo, A., Moloney, A., Moynier, F., Schmidt, O. and Albarède, F. (2010). Bodily variability of zinc natural isotope abundances in sheep, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 24:605-12.
Moynier, F., Koeberl, C., Beck, P., Jourdan, F. and Telouk, P. 2010. Isotopic fractionation of Cu in tektites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 799807.
Moynier, F., Fujii, T. and Albarède, F. 2009. Nuclear field shift effect as a possible cause of Te isotopic anomalies in the early Solar System-an alternative explanation of Fehr et al. (2006 and 2009). Meteoritics and Planetary Science 44, 1735-1742.
Moynier F., Dauphas N., and Podosek F. A. 2009. Search for 70Zn anomalies in meteorites. Astrophysical Journal Letters 700, L92-L95.
Fujii T., Moynier F., and Albarede F. (2009) The nuclear field shift effect in chemical exchange reactions. Chemical Geology 267 139-156.
Fujii T., Moynier F. and Albaède F. (2009) Isotope fractionation of cadmium in chemical exchange reaction using solvent. Chemical Geology 267, 157-163.
Moynier, F., Pichat, S., Pons, M.-L., Fike, D.A., Balter, V., & Albarède, F. 2009. Isotopic fractionation and transport mechanisms of Zn in plants, Chemical Geology 267: 125-130.
Herzog G., Moynier F., Albarède F., and Berezhnoy A. 2009. Isotopic and elemental abundances of copper and zinc in lunar basalts, glasses, and soils, a terrestrial basalt, Pele's hair, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, 5884-5904.
Moynier, F., Koeberl, C., Quitte, G., and Telouk, P. 2009. A tungsten isotope approach to search for meteoritic components in terrestrial rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 286, 35-40.
Simon J., DePaolo D., and Moynier F. 2009. Calcium isotope composition of meteorites, Earth, and Mars, Astrophysical Journal 702, 707-715.
Moynier, F., Beck, P., Jourdan, F., Yin, QZ, Reimold, UW, and Koeberl C., 2009, Isotopic fractionation of Zn in tektites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277, 482-489.
Moynier F.,Fujii T. and Telouk P., 2009, Mass-independent isotopic fractionation of tin in chemical exchange reaction using a crown ether, Analytica et Chimica Acta 632, 634-639.
Jacobsen B., Yin, Q. Z., Moynier F., Amelin, Y., Krot S., Nagashima K., Hutcheon I., and Palme H. S. 2008. Al-Mg and Pb-Pb systematics in Allende CAIs: Canonical solar initial 27Al/26Al ratio reinstated. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 278: 353-364
Moynier F., Yin Q.Z. and Jacobsen B. 2007. Dating the first stage of planet formation. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 671, L181-L183.
Moynier F., Fujii T., Telouk P and Albaède F. 2008. Isotope separation of Te in chemical exchange system with Dyclohexano-18-crown-ether-6. Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Technology. Suppl. 5. 10-14.
Fujii T., Moynier F., Yin, QZ, and Yamana H. 2008. Mass-independent isotope fractionation in the chemical exchange reaction of chromium (III) using a crown ether. Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Technology. Suppl. 5. 6-9
Bosch D., Blichert-Toft J., Moynier F., Nelson B. K., and Albarède F. 2008. Pb, Hf and Nd isotope compositions of the two Reunion volcanoes (Indian Ocean): a tale of two small-scale mantle "blobs"? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 265, 748-768.
Bouvier A., Blichert-Toft J., Moynier F., Vervoort J. and Albarède F. 2007. New Pb-Pb ages relevant to the accretion and cooling history of chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71, 1583-1604.
Yin Q.-Z., Jacobsen B., Moynier F. and Hutcheon I. D. 2007. Toward consistent chronology in the early Solar System: High resolution 53Mn-53Cr Chronometry for Chondrules. Astrophysical Journal Letters 662, L43-L46.
Moynier F., Blichert-Toft J., Luck J.M., Telouk P. and Albarède F. 2007. Comparative stable isotope geochemistry of Ni, Cu, Zn, and Fe in chondrites and iron meteorites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71, 4365-4379.
Fujii T., Moynier F. and Albarède F. 2006. Nuclear field vs nucleosynthetic effects as cause of isotopic anomalies in the early Solar System. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 247, 1-9.
Moynier F., Bouvier A., Blichert-Toft J., Telouk P., Gasperini D., and Albarède F. 2006. Eu isotopic variations in Allende CAI and the nature of mass-dependent fractionation in the solar nebula. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 4287-4294.
Moynier F., Albarède, F and Herzog G. Isotopic fractionation of Zn, Cu and Fe in lunar materials. 2006. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 6103-6117
Fujii T., Moynier F. and Albarède F. 2006. Mass-Independent Isotope Fractionation of Molybdenum and Ruthenium and the Origin of Isotopic Anomalies in Murchison. The Astrophysical Journal 647, 1506-1516.
Fujii T., Moynier F. and Albarède F. 2006. Isotope Fractionation of Iron(III) in Chemical Exchange Reaction Using Solvent Extraction Technique with a Crown Ether. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110, 11,108-11,112.
Courses
The Solar System, Mass Spectrometry, Meteorites