Cameron Floyd

Email: c.floyd.1@research.gla.ac.uk

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cameron-Floyd 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nGpXvp8AAAAJ&hl=en 

 

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5986-491X

Research title: Space weathering of carbonaceous asteroids

Research Summary

My research is fouced on the study of carbonaceous CM chondrites (a class of meteorite) to try to understand the formation and evolution of their parent asteroids. 

I use 2D imaging techniques such as, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectrocopy (EDS) alongside 3D techniques such as, x-ray computed tomography (XCT) to investigate chondrules, the primary consituents of the chondritic meteorites. Through improving our understanding of these objects and their characteristics I hope to better understand the deformation processes occuring on the parent asteroid and the CM chondrites may be linked to other chondritic meteorites. 

Publications

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Number of items: 13.

2023

Floyd, C. and Lee, M. R. (2023) CM Chondrite Chondrules and Their Relationship to Petrologic Subtype. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 Aug 2023.

Jenkins, L. E., King, A.J., Lee, M. R. , Daly, L. , Ignatyev, K., Floyd, C. J. and Martin, P.-E. M.C. (2023) The Formation of a Carlosturanite-Like Phase During Thermal Decomposition of Serpentine in C-Complex Asteroids. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 August 2023.

Lee, M. , Floyd, C. and Griffin, S. (2023) Olivine-Plagioclase Xenoliths in Multiple CM Carbonaceous Chondrites. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 Aug 2023.

Lee, M. , Greer, J. , Daly, L. , Floyd, C. and Griffin, S. (2023) Micrometeorite Space Weathering of Cold Bokkeveld (CM2). 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 August 2023.

Lee, M. R. , Floyd, C. , Martin, P.-E. , Zhao, X., Franchi, I. A., Jenkins, L. and Griffin, S. (2023) Extended time scales of carbonaceous chondrite aqueous alteration evidenced by a xenolith in LaPaz Icefield 02239 (CM2). Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 58(5), pp. 672-687. (doi: 10.1111/maps.13978)

Floyd, C. J. , Macente, A. , Daly, L. and Lee, M. R. (2023) Unravelling Petrofabrics in the Brecciated CM Chondrite Cold Bokkeveld. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 13-17 March 2023.

Jenkins, L. E., Lee, M. R. , Daly, L. , King, A. J., Floyd, C. J. , Martin, P.-E. , Almeida, N. V. and Genge, M. J. (2023) Winchcombe: an example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondrite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, (doi: 10.1111/maps.13949) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Suttle, M.D. et al. (2022) The Winchcombe meteorite—a regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, (doi: 10.1111/maps.13938) (Early Online Publication)

King, A. J. et al. (2022) The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system. Science Advances, 8(46), eabq3925. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3925) (PMID:36383648) (PMCID:PMC9668287)

O'Brien, A. C., Pickersgill, A. , Daly, L. , Jenkins, L., Floyd, C. , Martin, P.-E. , Hallis, L. J. , King, A. and Lee, M. (2022) The Winchcombe Meteorite: one year on. Astronomy and Geophysics, 63(1), 1.21-1.23. (doi: 10.1093/astrogeo/atac009)

2021

Lee, M. , Daly, L. , Floyd, C. and Martin, P.-E. (2021) CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and their terrestrial alteration. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 56(1), pp. 34-48. (doi: 10.1111/maps.13607)

2020

Lindgren, P. et al. (2020) Signatures of the post-hydration heating of highly aqueously altered CM carbonaceous chondrites and implications for interpreting asteroid sample returns. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 289, pp. 69-92. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.08.021)

2019

Fitzer, S. C. , Plancq, J. , Floyd, C. , Kemp, F. M. and Toney, J. L. (2019) Increased pCO2 changes the lipid production in important aquacultural feedstock algae Isochrysis galbana, but not in Tetraselmis suecica. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 4(4), pp. 142-148. (doi: 10.1016/j.aaf.2019.02.008)

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Number of items: 13.

Articles

Lee, M. R. , Floyd, C. , Martin, P.-E. , Zhao, X., Franchi, I. A., Jenkins, L. and Griffin, S. (2023) Extended time scales of carbonaceous chondrite aqueous alteration evidenced by a xenolith in LaPaz Icefield 02239 (CM2). Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 58(5), pp. 672-687. (doi: 10.1111/maps.13978)

Jenkins, L. E., Lee, M. R. , Daly, L. , King, A. J., Floyd, C. J. , Martin, P.-E. , Almeida, N. V. and Genge, M. J. (2023) Winchcombe: an example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondrite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, (doi: 10.1111/maps.13949) (Early Online Publication)

Suttle, M.D. et al. (2022) The Winchcombe meteorite—a regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, (doi: 10.1111/maps.13938) (Early Online Publication)

King, A. J. et al. (2022) The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system. Science Advances, 8(46), eabq3925. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3925) (PMID:36383648) (PMCID:PMC9668287)

O'Brien, A. C., Pickersgill, A. , Daly, L. , Jenkins, L., Floyd, C. , Martin, P.-E. , Hallis, L. J. , King, A. and Lee, M. (2022) The Winchcombe Meteorite: one year on. Astronomy and Geophysics, 63(1), 1.21-1.23. (doi: 10.1093/astrogeo/atac009)

Lee, M. , Daly, L. , Floyd, C. and Martin, P.-E. (2021) CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and their terrestrial alteration. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 56(1), pp. 34-48. (doi: 10.1111/maps.13607)

Lindgren, P. et al. (2020) Signatures of the post-hydration heating of highly aqueously altered CM carbonaceous chondrites and implications for interpreting asteroid sample returns. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 289, pp. 69-92. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.08.021)

Fitzer, S. C. , Plancq, J. , Floyd, C. , Kemp, F. M. and Toney, J. L. (2019) Increased pCO2 changes the lipid production in important aquacultural feedstock algae Isochrysis galbana, but not in Tetraselmis suecica. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 4(4), pp. 142-148. (doi: 10.1016/j.aaf.2019.02.008)

Conference or Workshop Item

Floyd, C. and Lee, M. R. (2023) CM Chondrite Chondrules and Their Relationship to Petrologic Subtype. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 Aug 2023.

Jenkins, L. E., King, A.J., Lee, M. R. , Daly, L. , Ignatyev, K., Floyd, C. J. and Martin, P.-E. M.C. (2023) The Formation of a Carlosturanite-Like Phase During Thermal Decomposition of Serpentine in C-Complex Asteroids. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 August 2023.

Lee, M. , Floyd, C. and Griffin, S. (2023) Olivine-Plagioclase Xenoliths in Multiple CM Carbonaceous Chondrites. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 Aug 2023.

Lee, M. , Greer, J. , Daly, L. , Floyd, C. and Griffin, S. (2023) Micrometeorite Space Weathering of Cold Bokkeveld (CM2). 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 13-18 August 2023.

Floyd, C. J. , Macente, A. , Daly, L. and Lee, M. R. (2023) Unravelling Petrofabrics in the Brecciated CM Chondrite Cold Bokkeveld. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 13-17 March 2023.

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Supervisors

Grants

$1800 O. Richard Norton Fund - Meteoritical Society Travel Award (86th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting - Los Angeles)

£400 SAGES Small Grants Scheme

$1250 Lunar and Planetary Institue (LPI) Career Development Award

£1000 SAGES Small Grants Scheme- XCT of Aguas Zarcas Meteorite

$450 O. Richard Norton Fund - Meteoritical Society Travel Award (85th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting - Glasgow)

£300 PGR Small Funding - Thin Sectioning of Murchison and Aguas Zarcas 

 

Conference

International Conference Presentations

86th Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (Los Angeles - USA) 

84th Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (Chicago - USA)

52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Houston - USA)

 

Teaching

Earth Science Level 1 Lab Leader

Earth Science Level 2 Lab Leader