Nachiketa Rai

1. Rai, N., Downes, H., Smith, C. (2020). Ureilite meteorites provide a new model of early planetesimal formation and destruction. Geochemical Perspectives Letters.14, 20–25.

2. Rai N, Perrillat J-P, Mezouar M., Petitgirard S, Colin A, van Westrenen W. (2019) In-situ viscometry of lunar magmas at high pressure and high temperature. Frontiers in Earth Science 7, 94.

3. Behera, A.K., Chakrapani, G.J., Kumar, S., Rai,N. (2019). Identification of seawater intrusion signatures through geochemical evolution of groundwater: a case study based on coastal region of the Mahanadi delta, Bay of Bengal, India. Natural Hazards 97 (3), 1209-1230.

4. Knibbe, J.S., Luginbühl, S.M., Stoevelaar, R., van der Plas, W., van Harlingen, D.M., Rai, N., Steenstra, E.S., van de Geer, R., van Westrenen, W. (2018). Calibration of a multi-anvil high-pressure apparatus to simulate planetary interior conditions. EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation 5 (1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-018-0047-z

5. Maurya, A.S., Rai, S.P., Joshi, N., Dutt, K.S., Rai, N. (2018) Snowmelt runoff and groundwater discharge in Himalayan rivers: a case study of the Satluj River, NW India. Environmental Earth Sciences 77 (694)

6. Steenstra, E. S., Lin, Y., Dankers, D., Rai, N., Berndt, J., Matveev, S., & van Westrenen, W. (2017). The lunar core can be a major reservoir for volatile elements S, Se, Te and Sb. Scientific Reports (Nature), 7, 14552.

7. Steenstra, E.S., Sitabi, A.B., Lin, Y.H., Rai, N., Knibbe, J.S., Berndt, J., Matveev, S., van Westrenen, W. (2017). The effect of melt composition on metal-silicate partitioning of siderophile elements and constraints on core formation in the angrite parent body. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 212, 62-83.

8. Steenstra, E.S., Lin, Y.H., Rai, N., Jansen, M., van Westrenen, W. (2017) Carbon as the dominant light element in the lunar core. American Mineralogist 102 (1), 92-97.

9. Steenstra E, Kinbbe, J, Rai N and van Westrenen, W. (2016) Core formation in Vesta: constraints from metal-silicate partitioning of siderophile elements. Geochim Cosmochim AC, 177, 48-61.

10. Steenstra E, Rai N and van Westrenen, W. (2016) New geochemical models of core formation in the Moon from metal–silicate partitioning of 15 siderophile elements. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 441, 1-9.

11. Rai N and van Westrenen, W. (2014) Constraints on the formation of a lunar core from the metal‐silicate partitioning of siderophile elements. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 388, 343-352.

12. Rai N, Ghosh, S., Walle, M., van Westrenen, W (2013) Quantifying the effect of solid phase composition and structure on solid-liquid partitioning of siderophile and chalcophile elements in the iron-sulfur system. Chemical Geology, 357, 85-94.

13. Rai N and van Westrenen, W (2013) Core-mantle differentiation in Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118, 1195–1203 DOI: 10.1002/jgre.20093.

14. Sanloup C, Drewitt J, Dalladay-Simpson P, Morton D, Rai N, van Westrenen W, Konopkova Z & Morgenroth W (2013) Structural Change in Molten Basalt at Deep Mantle P-T Conditions. Nature, 503, No. 7474, 07.11.2013, p. 104-107.

15. van Kan Parker M, Sanloup C, Sator N, Guilot B, Tronche EJ, Perrillat J‐P, Mezouar M, Rai N, van Westrenen W (2012) Neutral buoyancy of titanium‐rich melts in the deep lunar interior. Nature Geoscience doi:10.1038/ngeo1402.

16. van Kan Parker M, Sanloup C, Tronche EJ, Perrillat J‐P, Mezouar M, Rai N, van Westrenen W (2010) Calibration of a diamond capsule cell assembly for in situ determination of liquid properties in the Paris‐Edinburgh press. High Pressure Research 30, 332‐341.

17. Rai N, Walter M.J. and Hawkesworth C.J. (2007) Metal silicate partitioning of Ge, Mo, Ga and P: Constraints on core formation, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (15), A817

18. Rai N, Walter M.J. and Hawkesworth C.J. (2006) Effect of silicate melt composition and fO2 on metal ‐ silicate partitioning of Si, Nb, Ta and V, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 70, Issue 18, 1, A514.