A wealth of information about low-temperature and near-surface planetary processes can be derived from measured abundances and spatial distributions of radiogenic and cosmogenic noble gas nuclides in terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials. 

My current research centers on the use of noble gases and their relatively simple physical behavior to constrain timescales, rates and temperatures associated with orogenic processes and chemical weathering.  Of particular interest to me is then relating this information to the greater planetary physical environment in search of causality and pattern.  Toward this end requires developing a detailed understanding of the fundamental physics which relates geological or planetary conditions to the chemical observations which can be made on a natural material today. 

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