This collection is comprised of the professional papers of Michael J. Drake. The bulk of the material relates to his career as a researcher and professor in geochemistry, planetary sciences, and meteoritics at the University of Arizona. The majority of this collection predates 1994 when Dr. Drake became the director of the Lunar Planetary Laboratory and head of the Department of Planetary Sciences.
Collection Number:
MS 511
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
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Fax: 520-621-9733
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Biographical Note
Michael J. Drake was born on July 8, 1946 in Bristol, England. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology at Victoria University of Manchester, England, 1967 and earned his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Oregon in 1972. Dr. Drake was a post-doctoral research associate at the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1972-1973. In 1973 he joined the University of Arizona faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Planetary Sciences. He served as the associate director of Lunar Planetary Laboratory from 1978 through 1980 and became an associate professor of Planetary Sciences in 1978. In 1986 and 1987, Drake served as the Associate Dean of Science, and in 1994 he became the head of the Department of Planetary Sciences and the Director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He served in that capacity until his death in 2011.
Michael J. Drake was a leader in the field of extraterrestrial geology. He studied lunar rock samples, meteors and the moons of Saturn. His assisted with establishment of the University of Arizona Electron Microprobe Laboratory in 1974. He helped map the surface of Mars and was part of a NASA team that detected the presence of ice below the Martian surface in 2002.
Dr. Drake contributed to important space projects that gained international awareness for Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the University of Arizona. These projects included the Cassini mission to explore Saturn, the Gamma-Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey Orbiter, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Phoenix Mars Lander.
Drake was the principal investigator for one of the most ambitious University of Arizona projects ever, OSIRIS-REx, the $800 million NASA mission designed to retrieve a sample of the near earth asteroid Bennu and return it to Earth. OSIRIS-REx is due to launch in 2016. It was the largest grant or contract the UA had ever received to date. The project was approved by NASA after 2 years of challenging work by Drake and only months before his death.
Dr. Michael J. Drake was a Regents Professor, the highest of faculty ranks reserved for full professors with exceptional achievements that have brought them national or international recognition.
Scope and Content Note
This collection is comprised of the professional papers of Michael J. Drake. Almost all of the materials relate to his career as a researcher and a professor in geochemistry and planetary sciences at the University of Arizona. The bulk of the papers date from 1973 to 1986 before he became the director of the Lunar Planetary Laboratory and head of the Department of Planetary Sciences in 1994. The largest series is the publications which is divided into four subseries; presentations, articles, books chapters, and general. Other items in the collection are his personal files, correspondences, proposals and grants, professional services, and a subject file.
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Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Drake, Michael J., 1946-2011
Corporate Name(s)
Mars Odyssey Orbiter.
OSIRIS-REX mission.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
University of Arizona--Department of Planetary Science--History.
University of Arizona--Lunar and Planetary Laboratory--History.
This series is arranged chronologically by year. It contains Dr. Drake's United States Visa application, his final thesis presentation along with the copy of the abstract, correspondence relating to his appointment to the Department Planetary Sciences faculty, a personal log, information regarding his 6 month sabbatical in 1981 at the University of Oxford, letters relating to Drake’s interest in the job of director of the School of Geophysical Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology 1981-1982.
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Visa, 1972
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Ph.D. Thesis final oral presentation and copy of abstract, September 1972
This series contains professional and organizational correspondence including both incoming and outgoing mail. The series is divided into two subseries; the first is arranged by years and the second is arranged by title of the organization.
This series is arranged alphabetical by organization. The series is divided into four subseries: Department of Energy (DOE); NASA; National Science Foundation (NSF); Other Organizations..
Partitioning of Radwaste Elements among Synroc minerals and related phases(not funded,) 1983
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Systematic experimental investigations of the partitioning of radwaste elements among minerals proposed for ceramic and synthetic roc immobilization (not funded,) 1981
Bi-national Science Foundation-Geochemical Evolution of the Lower Crust beneath Northern Israel, 1980
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Ira Kay Memorial Grant-Monte Carlo simulation of transport phenomena in silicate materials, 1983
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National Association of Science (NAS). A Vax computer and computer network communication system, 1985
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Research Corporation-Geochemical consequences of equilibrium and fractionation during nebula condensation, planetary accretion, and subsequent large scale differentiation
(not funded,) 1973
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U.S. Forest Service- Seam proposal, 1972-1974
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Systematic Experimental Investigation of the Partitioning of Radwaste among Mineral proposed for Ceramic and Synthetic Rock Immobilization, 1986
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University of Arizona Foundation. Proposal to create 2 new laboratories for Geochemical and Nuclear Sciences, 1973
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University of Arizona. Survey of interest in the use of Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM)/Electron Microprobe, 1973
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W.M. Keck Foundation-Equipment for the development of combined SEM-EDS-IA Facility, 1987-1988
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W.M. Keck Foundation-Electron Microprobe/Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometer, 1989-1992
This series is arranged chronologically and documents Dr. Drake’s writing career. It’s divided into four subseries; presentations, articles, book chapters.
53rd Meeting of American Geophysical Union ( AGU), Washington D.C.,- notes only, no paper, April 17-21, 1972
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NATO Advanced Study Institute -Plagise feldspar – silicate liquid equilibria: trace element distribution and the calculation of temperatures and oxygen fugacites of terrestrial and lunar samples, July 11-20, 1972
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International Conference on Distribution and Partition of Trace Elements and Origin of Volcanic Rocks - The experimentally determined Equilibrium distribution of SR, BA, Y, EU2+, and other REE between Plagioclase feldspar and coexisting magmatic silicate liquid. October 2-4,1972
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AGU Fall Meeting - Geochemistry of Petrologically-Characterized Lithic Fragments from Apollo 16, December 10-14, 1973
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Fourth Annual Lunar Science Conference, March 5-8, 1973 Europium Anomaly: A Model for Prediction.
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Fifth Lunar Science Conference March 18-22, 1974
The Infrared reflectance spectra of Eucrites, Shergottites and Vesta.
metro genesis on the Eucrite/Diogenite parent body as inferred from modeling cumulate formation
Modeling of the Two Stage Evolution of REE Abundance Patterns in High-Ti Mare Basalt Liquids.
Apollo 17 soil survey and Comparisons among non-Mare lithic fragments from Apollo and Luna 20 soils.
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International Symposium on Geothermometry and Geobarometry, Plagioclase thermometry and barometry in igneous systems October 5-10, 1975
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Sixth Lunar Science Conference, March 17-21, 1975
The Crystallization of Plagioclase Feldspar from Silicate Melt and Preliminary report on the Petrology.
Preliminary Report on the Petrology and Geochemistry of Lithic fragments from the Apollo 15 deep drill-core.
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Meteortical Society 38th Annual Meeting - Lunar Anorthosite Paradox in the light of mineral/melt Equilibria July 28th-August 1st, 1975
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The Conference on Origins of Mare Basalts - Modeling the two stage evolution of REE abundance patterns in high TI mare Basalt liquids and Mare Basalt Ree Evolution., November 17-19, 1975
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Seventh Lunar Science Conference - March 15-19, 1976
Evolution of REE Abundances in High-Ti Mare Basalts: Problems with Total Melting and Equilibrium Partial Melting and a Possible Solution with Fractional Partial Melting
Critical review of models for the evolution of high-ti mare basalts
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NATO Advanced Study Institute - Plagioclase – Melt Equilibria, September 17-27, 1976
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Meteoritical Society 39th Annual Meeting - Geochemical Evolution of Eucrites: Composition of Eucrite parent body, October 18-21, 1976
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AAS Division for Planetary Science 8th Annual Meeting - Possible Bulk Composition of Vesta: Evidence from Eucrites, January 19-22, 1977
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Eighth Lunar Science Conference - Thermal History of Lunar Magma Ocean, March 14-18, 1977
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Meteoritical Society 40th Annual Meeting - Metal Fractionation Patterns in the Bencubbin Meteorite: Possible evidence for fractional crystallization a parent body core,
March 25-29, 1977
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AAS Division for Planetary Sciences 9th Annual Meeting - Determination of the Bulk Composition of Terrestrial Planetary Bodies Utilizing Geochemical and Cosmo Chemical Methods: A Selective Review,
October 26-30, 1977
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Conference on Luna 24, December 1-3, 1977
Magma types at the Luna 24 Site in Mare Crisium and the Luna 24 Landing Site from Kilometers to Micrometers.
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Ninth Lunar Science Conference, December 1-3, 1977
Magma types at the Luna 24 Site in Mare Crisium,
Mare Crisium and the Luna 24 Landing Site from Kilometers to Micrometers
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Ninth Lunar Science Conference, August 14-17, 1978
Geophysical and Geochemical Evolution of the Lunar Magma Ocean.
The Case for at least three VLT Mare Magma types in the Luna 24 drill core.
Experimental Investigations of Trace Element Fractionation in Iron Meteorites and Pyroxene/Melt Equilibria: An update,.
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Meteoritical Society 41st Annual Meeting,
Experimental investigations of trace element fractionation in Iron Meteorites. August 14-17, 1978
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AAS Division for Planetary Sciences 10th Annual Meeting - Geochemical Evidence for possible core in the Eucrite Parent Body
, October 30-November 3, 1978
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AGU Fall Meeting - Henry’s Law Behavior of NI in an Olivine/Melt system
, December 4-8, 1978
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Asteroids - Differentiation in Asteroidal-sized Bodies, March 6-10, 1979
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10th Lunar and Planetary Science Conferenc,e March 19-23, 1979
Metal depletion in the Eucrites: Evidence for a Core or for a Heterogeneous Mantle in the Eucrite Parent Body
Predicting Major Element Mineral/Melt Equilibria.
Predicting Major Element Mineral/Melt Equilibria.
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AGU Spring Meeting, May 28-June 1, 1979,
Henry’s Law Behavior of NI in two Olivine/Melt systems and of SM in a Plagioclase/Melt System.
Lunar Magma Ocean: Evolution, and Implications for possible Ancient Crusts of the Terrestrial planets-Invited Interview.
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Gordon Research Conference - Crystal Liquid Equilibria, August 20-24, 1979
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Meteoritical Society 42nd Meeting - Metal content of the Eucrite parent body: Implications of Tungsten metal-Silicate
partitioning experiments, September 3-7, 1979
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Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust - On early global melting of the terrestrial planets(no abstract or paper,)
November 14-16, 1979.
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11th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 17-21, 1980
The Infrared reflectance spectra of Eucrites, Shergottites and Vesta.
etro genesis on the Eucrite/Diogenite parent body as inferred from modeling cumulate formation.
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Meteoritcal Society 43rd Annual Meeting - Formation of a Lunar Magma Ocean by Partial Melting,
September 2-6, 1980
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AAS Division of for Planetary Sciences - Argon and Nitrogen Systematics in Venus, Earth and Mars: Cosmo Chemical Implications.
, October 14-17, 1980
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12th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 16-20, 1981
On the Differentiation of the Terrestrial Planets.
Partitioning of Sm between Hibonite and Corundum and Silicate Melt.
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NATO Advanced Study Institute - Differentiation of the Terrestrial Planets, March 23-April 3, 1981
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Meteoritical Society 44th Annual Meeting, August 17-21, 1981
Experimental Trace Element Partition Applied to Iron Meteorites.
Constraints on the Origin of the Moon and the Metal content of the Eucrite parent body deduced from the Partition Behavior Tungsten.
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Meeting of the Early Crustal Genesis Project(working meeting), November 13-17, 1981
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13th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, 1982
Partitioning of Phosphorus between Metal and Silicate: Implications for the Moon and Eucrite Parent Body.
Experimental Approach to Early Planetary Differentiation,
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14th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 1983
Geochemical constraints on the Origin of the Moon.
Experiential determination of the portioning of Gallium between Metal and Silicate: Electron and Ion probability study.
Meteorite from the Lunar Terrae: Preliminary petrology of ALHA 81005,9.
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Meteoritical Society 46th Annual Meeting - Partitioning of Ree between metal and volatile/refractory element fractionation
(no paper or abstract). September 3-9, 1983,
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15th Lunar and Planetary Conference, March 12-16, 1984
The SNC/Mars Connection: Geochemical Inconsistencies.
Basaltic Volcanism on the Eurcrite Parent Body: Geochemistry and Mineral Chemistry of LHA80102.
Basaltic Volcanism on the Eurcrite Parent Body: Petrology and Phase Equilibria of ALHA80102.
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Conference on the Origin of the Moon - Origin of the Moon: Constraints from Volatile Elements,, October 12-16, 1984
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LPI Workshop on the Early Earth: The Interval from Accretion to the Older Achaean - A Model for Core formation in the Early Earth,
April 23-25, 1984
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Meteoritical Society 47th Annual Meeting, July 30-August 2, 1984
Meteorites from Mars: Proofs, Problems and Paradoxes.
Investigations concerning the Magmatic Iron Meteorites, Static vs. Dynamic Experiments.
Core Formation in the Shergottite Parent Body (SPB).
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17th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 1986
Core formation in the Shergottite Parent Body and comparison with the Earth.
Siderophile elements in planetary mantles and the origin of the moon
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18th Lunar and Planetary Science ConferenceFormation of the Moon and Terrestrial Planets: Constraints from V, Cr, and Mn Abundance in planetary mantles and from new planets, 1987
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Conference on the Composition of the Terrestrial Planets,Experimental Partitioning of Siderophile, Elements amongst Lithophile Phases: Preliminary results using Pixe Micro probe Analysis,
September 5-6, 1988
Synthetic rare earth Silicate glass standards for electron microprobe analysis, 1981-1982
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A Unified approach to a problem: Petrological and geochemical studies of lithic fragments from Apollo 15 soils, circa 1973(1)
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A Unified approach to a problem: Petrological and geochemical studies of lithic fragments from Apollo 15 soils, circa 1973(2)
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Descartes mountains and Caley plains compositions and provenance, 1973
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The Oxidation state of europium as an indicator of oxygen fugacity, 1974
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Evolution of major mineral compositions and trace element abundances during fractional crystallization of a model lunar composition, 1975
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Plagioclase – melt equilibria,, 1976
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Equivalence of equations describing trace element distribution during equilibrium partial melting, circa 1976
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Composition and evolution of the eucrite parent body: evidence from rare earth elements, 1976-1977
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Quantitative micro autoradiography by x-ray emission micro-analysis, 1977
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Petrology and geochemistry of lithic fragments separated from the Apollo 15 deep drill core, 1977
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Depth of lunar magma ocean, 1977
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Quench temperatures of Moore County and other eucrites: Residence time on eucrites parent body, 1978
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“Henry’s Law” behavior of Sm in a natural plagioclase/melt system: Importance of experience procedure, 1978
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The Meteorite-asteroid connection: The Infrared spectra of eucrites, shergotties, and vesta, 1980
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Partitioning Ni between Olivine and Silicate Melt: The “Henry’s Law Problem” Reexamined, 1980 (1)
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Partitioning Ni between Olivine and Silicate Melt: The “Henry’s Law Problem” Reexamined, 1980 (2)
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Experimental investigations of trace element fractionation in Iron Meteorites,I and II, 1978-1982
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Evolution of earth and life, circa 1981-1982
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Petrogenesis on the Basaltic Achondrite Parent Body as inferred from modeling Cumulate Eucrite and Diogenite Formation, 1982
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Lunar Meteorite, ALHA 81005, 1983
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Origin of lunar terrae meteorite ALHA 81005: Clues from the presence of a very low titanium mare basalt clast, 1983
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Origins of the Moon, 1984 1983
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Geochemical constraints on the Origin of the Moon, 1983
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Geochemical Constraints on Formation of the Earth, 1985-1986
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The Case for Planetary Sample Return Missions: Origin of the Solar System, 1986
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Core formation in the Earth and Shergottite Parent Body (SPB): Chemical Evidence from Basalts, 1986
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Constraints on the Origin of the Moon (authors reply and critical comment, 1986
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Core formation and Earth's late Accretionary History (Drake and Jones reply to Morgan,) 1986
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Experimental investigations of trace element fractionation in Iron Meteorites, III: Elemental partitioning in the system FE-NI-S-P, 1986
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Crystal/melt partitioning of Ga, Ge, 1987
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Partitioning of rare earth elements between Hibonite and melt and implications for nebular condensation of the rare earth elements,, 1988
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Origin of the earth's moon constraints from alkali volatile trace elements, 1988
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The Light Elements in the Earth's Core, circa 1988-1989
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V, Cr, Mn in the earth moon, EPB and SPB and the origin of the moon: Experimental studies, 1989
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Geochemical constraints on early thermal history of the Earth, 1989
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Solubility and partitioning of Ar in Anorthite, Diopside, Forsterite, Spinel ,and Synthetic Basaltic liquids, 1989
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Oxygen isotopes and the accretion of the terrestrial planets(unpublished,) 1991
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Rb and Cs in the earth and moon, 1992
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Metal silicate thermochemistry at high temperature, 1992
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Noble gas evidence of an aqueous reservoir near the surface of Mars more recently than 1.3, 1992
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MG-perovskite/silicate melt and garnet/silicate melt partition coefficients in the system Ca0-Mg)-Si02 at high temperatures and pressures, circa 1993
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Experiments on Ru Rh, and Pd compatibility in Fe – oxides crystallizing from Silicate melt, circa 1993
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Europium anomaly in plagioclase feldspar: Experimental results and semi-quantitative model, 1993
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High –pressure and high-temperature experiments on core-mantle segregation in the accreting earth, 1994
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Element partitioning between mg-perovskite magnesiowustite and silicate melt at conditions of the earth’s mantle, 1994
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Fractional Martian atmosphere in the naklites, 1994
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Ion microprobe study of plagioclase-basalt partition experiments at natural concentration levels of trace elements, 1996
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Uranium in the lunar crust: Implications for lunar origin and evolution, 1996-1998
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Siderophile geochemistry of Ga, Ge, and Sn: Cationic states in silicate melts and the effect of composition in iron-nickel alloys, 1998
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What’s is the earth made of? 2001
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: Experimental study of solubility and partitioning behavior of platinum up to 14 GPa and 1950 C: Implications for accretion and core formation in the earth, 2003
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Vanadium, Cr, Si, and the Mg/Si and the Mg/Si ratio in the earth and mars, 2004
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Origin of water in the terrestrial planets,, 2005
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Partition of Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, Eu 2+, Eu 3+, and other REE between plagioclase feldspar and magmatic liquid: An Experimental study, undated
Eleven negative rolls and approximately forty seven negative flat strips, some of the negatives are labeled and dated but there are a few with no information, circa 1977-1980
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OSIRIS-REx, Critical Design Review (CDR) poster and sticker, 2014
