Sytle Antao

Professor

+1 (403) 220-3083

Earth Sciences 532

antao@ucalgary.ca

Website:

http://ucalgary.ca/mineralogy-crystallography

Selected Publications

Zaman, M., Schubert, M., and Antao, S.M. (2012): Elevated radionuclide concentrations in heavy mineral-rich beach sands in the Cox’s Bazar region, Bangladesh, and related possible radiological effects. Isotopes in Environmental & Health Studies, 48, 512-525.

Antao, S.M. (2012): Structural trends for celestite (SrSO₄), anglesite (PbSO₄), and barite (BaSO₄): confirmation of expected variations within the SO₄ groups. American Mineralogist, 97, 661-665.

Antao, S.M. (2012): The crystal structure of a biogenic aragonite from the nacre of an ammonite shell. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Advances, 2, 526-530.

Skinner, L.B., Benmore, C.J., Antao, S.M., et al. (2012): Structural changes in vitreous GeSe₄ under pressure. Journal of Physical Chemistry, C 116, 2212-2217.

Antao, S.M. (2011): Crystal-structure analysis of four mineral samples of anhydrite, CaSO₄, using synchrotron high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction data. Powder Diffraction, 26, 326-330.

Antao, S.M. et al. (2010): Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction data. Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1225-1236.

Ehm, L., Michel, F.M., Antao, S.M., et al. (2009): Structural changes in nanocrystalline mackinawite (FeS) at high pressure. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 42, 15-21.

Antao, S.M. et al. (2009): In situ study of the R-3c→R-3m orientational disorder in calcite, CaCO₃. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 36, 159-169.

Antao, S.M. et al. (2008): State-of-the-art high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction (HRPXRD) illustrated with Rietveld structure refinement of quartz, sodalite, tremolite, and meionite. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1501-1509.

Antao, S.M. et al. (2008): The R-3c→R-3m transition in nitratine, NaNO₃, and implications for calcite, CaCO₃. Physics and Chemistry of minerals, 35, 545-557.

Wang, J., Toby, B.H., Lee, P.L., Ribaud, L., Antao, S.M. et al. (2008): A dedicated powder diffraction beamline at the advanced photon source: commissioning and early operational results. Review of Scientific Instruments, 79, 085105.

Lee, P.L., Shu, D., Ramanathan, M., Preissner, C., Wang, J., Beno, M.A., Von Dreele, R.B., Ribaud, L., Kurtz, C., Antao, S.M. et al. (2008): A twelve-analyzer detector system for high-resolution powder diffraction. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 15, 427-432.

Moyer, Jr. R. O., Antao, S.M. et al. (2008): Neutron Powder Diffraction and Solid State Deuterium NMR Studies of Ca₂RuD₆ and the stability of transition metal hexahydride salts. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 460, 138-141.

Antao, S.M. et al. (2008): Network rigidity in GeSe₂ glass at high pressure. Physical Review Letters, 100, 115501.