David Fike
Graduate Student in Geobiology (Geochemistry)

Department of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave., 54-812
Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: (617) 335-6372
E-Mail: dfike@mit.edu

Fike, D. A. & Grotzinger, J. P. 2007. "A paired sulfate-pyrite &delta³⁴S approach to understanding the evolution of Ediacaran-Cambrian sulfur cycling", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, (in review) [pdf available upon request].

Maloof, A.C., Kopp, R.E., Grotzinger, J.P., Fike, D.A.,, Bosak, T., Vali, H., Poussart, P.M., Weiss, B.P., & Kirschvink, J.L. 2007. "Sedimentary iron cycling and the origin and preservation of magnetization in platform carbonate muds, Andros Island, Bahamas", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 259 (3-4): 581 - 598.

Fike, D. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Pratt, L. M, Summons, R. E.. 2006. "Oxidation of the Ediacaran Ocean", Nature, 444: 744 - 747. [pdf] [supplementary material]

Jerolmack D. J., Mohrig, D., Grotzinger, J. P., Fike, D. A., Watters, W. A. 2006. "Spatial grain size sorting in eolian ripples and estimation of wind conditions on planetary surfaces: Application to Meridiani Planum, Mars", Journal of Geophysical Research, 111: E03S90. [pdf]

Grotzinger, J. P., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F., Calvin, W., Clark, B. C., Fike, D. A., et al. 2005. "Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a dry to wet eolian depositional system, Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240(1): 11-72. [pdf]

McLennan, S. M., Bell, J. F., Calvin, W. M., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C. et al. 2005. "Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240(1): 95-121. [pdf]

Sullivan, R., Banfield, D., Bell, J. F., Calvin, W., Fike, D. A., Golombek, M., et al. 2005. "Aeolian processes at the Mars Exploration Rover Meridiani Planum landing site", Nature, 436(7047): 58-61. [pdf]

Soderblom, L. A., Anderson, R. C., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F., Cabrol, N. A., et al. 2004 "Soils of eagle crater and Meridiani Planum at the Opportunity Rover landing site", Science, 306 (5702): 1723 - 1726. [pdf]

Fike, D. A., Cockell, C., Lee, P., Pearce, D. 2003. "Heterotrophic Microbial Colonization of Impact-Shocked Rocks from the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic", International Journal of Astrobiology, 1(4): 311-323.

Cabrol, N., Grin, E., Carr, M., Sutter, B., Moore, J., et al. 2003. "Exploring Gusev Crater with Spirit: Review of science objectives and testable hypotheses", Journal Geophysical Research, 108 (E12): 8076 - 8097. [pdf]