Dr. David S. Draper
Senior Scientist III, Manager, High Pressure Laboratory
Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-1607
Fax: 505-277-3577
Email: david /at/ draper /dot/ name
B. Sc. Humboldt State University, Arcata CA, 1985
Ph.D. University of Oregon, Eugene, 1991
Research interests: Igneous petrology, with emphasis on experimental investigations of processes of formation of terrestrial and extraterrestrial basaltic magmas and of terrestrial mantle xenoliths. Areas of major concentration include experimental constraints on formation of martian and lunar primitive basalts, subduction- and rift-related magmas, very low-degree silicate melts as mantle metasomatic agents, and systematics of garnet-liquid trace element partitioning.
Recent Publications
van Westrenen, W., and Draper, D. S. (2007) Quantifying garnet-melt trace element partitioning using lattice-strain theory: New crystal-chemical and thermodynamic constraints. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 154:717-730. Click for PDF reprint
Draper, D. S., and van Westrenen, W. (2007) Quantifying garnet-melt trace element partitioning using lattice-strain theory: Assessment of statistically significant controls and a new predictive model. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 154:731-746. Click for PDF reprint
Download the Excel spreadsheet of the garnet predictive model from the above two papers here.
Mills, N. M., Agee, C. B., and Draper, D. S. (2007) Metal-silicate partitioning of cesium: Implications for core formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71:4066-4081. Click for PDF reprint
Dwarzski, R. E., Draper, D. S., Shearer, C. K., and Agee, C. B. (2006) Experimental insights on crystal chemistry of high-Ti garnets from garnet-melt partitioning of rare-earth and high-field-strength elements. American Mineralogist, 91:1536-1546. Click for PDF reprint
Draper, D. S., du Frane, S. A., Shearer, Jr., C. K., Dwarzski, R. E., and Agee, C. B. (2006) High-pressure phase equilibria and element partitioning experiments on Apollo 15 green C picritic glass: Implications for the role of garnet in the deep lunar interior. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70:2400-2416. Click for PDF reprint