Richard Hervig

About

Richard Hervig is a Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Iowa in 1975 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1979. Following his doctoral studies, Hervig spent a year conducting research on nuclear waste disposal at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State. He then joined Arizona State University as a postdoctoral researcher working with Alex Navrotsky, focusing on the thermodynamic properties of various silicate glasses. Subsequently, he transitioned to a research position in Peter Williams' secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) laboratory, where he applied SIMS techniques to address problems in geochemistry and cosmochemistry. Hervig was promoted to full professor in 2004 within the Department of Geology, which is now part of the School of Earth and Space Exploration.

Research topics

• Geochemistry
• Geology
• Chemistry
• Astrobiology
• Physics
• Optics
• Nuclear physics
• Materials science
• Mineralogy
• Astrophysics

Selected publications

• Diffusion anisotropy of Ti in zircon and implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2021 · 35 citations

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• A deuterium-poor water reservoir in the asteroid 4 Vesta and the inner solar system

  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2021 · 27 citations

  Recent investigations of meteorites thought to originate from the asteroid 4 Vesta have suggested an early accretion of water on rocky bodies in the inner Solar System from a carbonaceous chondrite-like source. However, these studies have been based on the hydrogen isotope compositions (δD) of late-crystallizing apatite grains in eucrites that likely do not record the primary magmatic composition. We have determined the δD and Hsub2/subO concentrations in some of the earliest-formed silicates (c…

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• Uniform initial 10Be/9Be inferred from refractory inclusions in CV3, CO3, CR2, and CH/CB chondrites

  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2022 · 22 citations

  Short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) once present in the solar nebula can be used as probes of the formation environment of our Solar System within the Milky Way Galaxy. The first-formed solids in the Solar System, calcium-, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) in meteorites, record the one-time existence of SLRs such as 10Be and 26Al in the solar nebula. We measured the 10Be–10B isotope systematics in 29 CAIs from several CV3, CO3, CR2, and CH/CB chondrites and show that all except for a FUN CAI record…

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• Cooperative formation of porous silica and peptides on the prebiotic Earth

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020-12-29 · 12 citations

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  Modern technology has perfected the synthesis of catalysts such as zeolites and mesoporous silicas using organic structure directing agents (SDA) and their industrial use to catalyze a large variety of organic reactions within their pores. We suggest that early in prebiotic evolution, synergistic interplay arose between organic species in aqueous solution and silica formed from rocks by dynamic dissolution-recrystallization. The natural organics, for example, amino acids, small peptides, and fat…

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• Rhyolitic and basaltic reference materials for TC/EA analysis: Investigation of water extraction and D/H ratios

  Chemical Geology · 2021-08-16 · 11 citations

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Recent grants

• Community Facility Support: The Arizona State University SIMS Laboratories

  NSF · $1.6M · 2018–2026

• Facility Support: The Arizona State University SIMS Laboratories

  NSF · $970k · 2010–2015

• Facility Support: The Arizona State University Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) Laboratories

  NSF · $710k · 2007–2011

Frequent coauthors

• M. Wadhwa

  Arizona State University

  27 shared

• Lynda B. Williams

  Arizona State University

  26 shared

• A. J. G. Jurewicz

  Dartmouth College

  21 shared

• K. D. Rieck

  New Mexico Consortium

  21 shared

• J. V. Smith

  18 shared

• David R. Bell

  Scotland's Rural College

  14 shared

• Paul Bremner

  13 shared

• J. B. Lowenstern

  12 shared

Education

• Ph.D.

  University of Chicago

  1979

• B.S.

  University of Iowa

  1975

Similar researchers at Arizona State University

• Greg Asnerh-157
• Philip Christensenh-130
• Alexandra Navrotskyh-105