William Minarik publications
Publications in Refereed Journals:
Cox, G.M., Roots, C.F., Halverson, G.P., Minarik, W.G., Macdonald, F.A., and Hubert-Theou, L. (2013) Mount Harper Volcanic Complex, Ogilvie Mountains: A far-flung occurrence of the Franklin Igneous Event? In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2012, K.E. MacFarlane, M.G. Nordling, and P.J. Sack (eds.) Yukon Geological Survey, 19-36. download pdf
Wilcock, J., Goff, F., Minarik, W.G. and Stix, J. (2012) Magmatic recharge during formation of Valles caldera, New Mexico: evidence from quartz compositional zoning and geothermometry. Journal of Petrology. doi:10.1093/petrology/egs078 download pdf
Corgne, A, Armstrong, L.S., Keshav, S., Fei, Y., McDonough, W.F., Minarik, W. G., Moreno, K. (2012) Trace element partitioning between majoritic garnet and silicate melt at 10-17 GPa: Implications for deep mantle processes. Lithos 148: 128-141 download pdf
Francis, Don, William Minarik, Yuliana Proenza, Lang Shi (2010) An overview of the Canadian Cordilleran lithospheric mantle, Lithoprobe Ñ parameters, processes, and the evolution of a continent. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 47(4): 353-368, doi:10.1139/E09-072
Campbell, Michelle E., Jonathan B. Hanson, William G. Minarik, John Stix (2009) Thermal History of the Bandelier Magmatic System: Evidence for Magmatic Injection and Recharge at 1.61 Ma as Revealed by Cathodoluminescence and Titanium Geothermometry Journal of Geology 117(5): 469-485 download pdf
Antoniou, J., Zukor, D. J., Mwale, F., Minarik, W., Petit, A., and Huk, O. L., 2008. Metal ion levels in the blood of patients after hip resurfacing: A comparison between twenty-eight and thirty-six-millimeter-head metal-on-metal prostheses. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume 90A: 142-148 download pdf
Francis, D. and W. Minarik (2008) Aluminum-dependent trace element partitioning in clinopyroxene. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 156:(4) 439-451 download pdf
Clarke, S. J., C. A. Hollmann, Z. Zhang, D. Suffern, S. E. Bradforth, N. M. Dimitrijevic, W. G. Minarik, J. L. Nadeau (2006) Photophysics of dopamine-modified quantumdots and effects on biological systems. Nature Materials 5: (5) 409-417 download pdf
Wheeler K. T., Walker D., Fei Y. W., Minarik W. G., and McDonough W. F.(2006) Experimental partitioning of uranium between liquid iron sulfide and liquid silicate: Implications for radioactivity in the Earth's core. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 70:(6) 1537-1547 download pdf
van Westrenen W., Li J., Fei Y. W., Frank M. R., Hellwig H., Komabayashi T., Mibe K., Minarik W. G., Van Orman J. A., Watson H. C., Funakoshi K., and Schmidt M. W. (2005) Thermoelastic properties of (Mg0.64Fe0.36)O ferropericlase based on in situ X-ray diffraction to 26.7 GPa and 2173 K. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 151: (1-2) 163-176 download pdf
Fei, Y., Van Orman, J., Li, J., van Westrenen, W., Sanloup, C., Minarik, W., Hirose, K., Komabayashi, T., Walter, M., and Funakoshi, K. (2004) Experimentally determined postspinel transformation boundary in Mg2SiO4 using MgO as an internal pressure standard and its geophysical implications. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 109:(B2) #B02305, DOI: 10.1029/2003jb002562 download pdf
Fei Y., Li J., Hirose K., Minarik W., Van Orman J., Sanloup C., van Westrenen W., Komabayashi T., and Funakoshi K. (2004) A critical evaluation of pressure scales at high temperatures by in-situ X-ray diffraction measurements. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 143-144: : 515-526 download pdf
Rushmer, T., Minarik, W. G. & Taylor, G. J. (2000) Physical Processes of Core Formation. In: Righter, K. and Canup, R. M. (ed) Origin of the Earth and Moon University of Arizona Press/LPI, pp. 227-243
Minarik, W. G. (1998) Complications to Carbonatite Mobility from Immiscible Melts Journal of Petrology 39: 1965-1973 download pdf
Richter F. M., Liang Y. and Minarik W. G. (1998) Multicomponent diffusion and convection in molten MgO-Al2O3-SiO2. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 62:1985-1991 download pdf
Minarik W. G., Ryerson F. J. and Watson E. B. (1996) Textural entrapment of core-forming melts. Science 272: 530-533
Minarik W. G. and Watson E. B. (1995) Interconnectivity of Carbonate Melt at Low Melt Fraction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 133: 423-437
Skulski T., Minarik W. and Watson E. B. (1994) High-pressure experimental trace element partitioning between clinopyroxene and basaltic melts. Chemical Geology 117: 127-147
Ayers J. C., Brenan J. M., Watson E. B., Wark D. A. and Minarik W. G. (1992) A new capsule technique for hydrothermal experiments using the piston cylinder apparatus. American Mineralogist 77: 1080-1086
Other publications
Minarik B. (2003) News and Views: The Core of Planet Formation. Nature 422: 126-128 download pdf