Dr. David C. Rubie

Research Professor

Institute of Meteoritics

MSC03 2050

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Phone: 505-277-1644

Fax: 505-277-3577

Email: drubie /at/ unm /dot/ edu

Ph.D. University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, 1972

Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK, 1973

B.Sc. University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 1967

Research interests: Experimental mineralogy and mineral physics at high pressures; Kinetics and mechanisms of mineral reactions; Mechanisms of solid-state deformation; Dynamics of subduction and the origin of deep earthquakes; Mechanisms of core formation and early differentiation of the Earth

Recent Publications

Liebske, C. Schmickler, B., Terasaki, H., Poe, B. T., Suzuki, A., Funakoshi, K., Ando, R., and Rubie, D. C. (2005) Viscosity of peridotite liquid up to 13 GPa: Implications for magma ocean viscosities. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240:589-604.

Holzapfel, C., Rubie, D. C., Frost, D. J., and Langenhorst, F. (2005) Fe-Mg interdiffusion in (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ perovskite and lower mantle reequilibration. Science 309:1707-1710.

Frost, D. J., Liebske, C., Langenhorst, F., McCammon, C. A., Tronnes, R. G., and Rubie, D. C. (2004) Experimental evidence for the existence of iron-rich metal in the Earth's lower mantle. Nature 428:409-412.

Rubie, D. C., Gessmann, C. K., and Frost, D. J. (2004) Partitioning of oxygen during core formation on the Earth and Mars. Nature 429:58-61.

Rubie, D. C., Melosh, H. J., Reid, J. E., Liebske, C., and Righter, K. (2003) Mechanisms of metal-silicate equilibration in the terrestrial magma ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 205:239-255.