Dr. James J. Papike
Research Professor
Director Emeritus
Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-1646
Fax: 505-277-3577
Email: jpapike /at/ unm /dot/ edu
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1964
My present planetary research concentrates in three main areas; 1) Planetary materials and processes, 2) Crystal-chemistry of Mars-Earth Sulfates; Recorders of near surface processes, and 3) Comparative planetary mineralogy. My major tools are microbeam instruments for high spatial resolution: SIMS, EMP, SEM, and TEM. I am also involved in NASA activities including missions to Mars and joint-chair of the LPI and NASA/ Cosmochemistry "Oxygen in the Solar System" initiative.
Recent Publications
Karner, J. M., Papike, J. J., Shearer, C. K., McKay, G. A., Le, L., and Burger, P. V. (2007) Valence state partitioning of Cr and V between pyroxene-melt: Estimates of oxygen fugacity for martian basalt QUE94201. American Mineralogist, 92:1238-1241. Click for PDF reprint
Papike, J. J., Burger, P. V., Karner, J. M., Shearer, C. K., and Lueth V. W. (2007) Terrestrial analogs of martian jarosites: Major, minor, element systematics and Na-K zoning in selected samples. American Mineralogist, 92:444-447. Click for PDF reprint
Papike J. J., Karner J. M., Spilde M. N., and Shearer, C. K. (2006) Terrestrial analogs of martian sulfates: Major and minor element systematics of alunite-jarosite from Goldfield, Nevada. American Mineralogist, 91:1197-1200. Click for PDF reprint
Karner, J. M., Papike, J. J., and Shearer, C. K. (2006) Comparative planetary mineralogy: Pyroxene major- and minor-element chemistry and partitioning of vanadium between pyroxene and melt in planetary basalts. American Mineralogist, 91:1574-1582. Click for PDF reprint
Shearer, C. K., Papike, J. J., and Karner J. M. (2006) Pyroxene europium valence oxybarometer: Effects of pyroxene composition, melt composition, and crystallization kinetics. American Mineralogist, 91:1565-1573. Click for PDF reprint