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D-Index
64
Citations
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1480
National Ranking
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Dave Craw publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dave Craw sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 394 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Dave Craw D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dave Craw sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Dave Craw is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and has an extensive research portfolio in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on geophysical and geochemical processes, frequently addressing environmental issues related to mining and metal extraction.

Within their main fields of study, Craw has contributed notably to the subfields of Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science.

The main research topics they have explored include:

  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Craw's frequent coauthors reflect collaborative work in these areas and include:

  • Cathy Rufaut
  • Jonathan M. Waters
  • Marshall C. Palmer
  • Dhana Pillai
  • James M. Scott

Their scholarly output appears in several notable scientific publication venues, with a significant number of articles published in the following journals:

  • New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Mine Water and the Environment
  • Minerals
  • Applied Geochemistry

Recent publications by Dave Craw highlight their ongoing engagement with environmental geochemistry and mineral deposit studies. Selected papers include:

  • River Capture and Freshwater Biological Evolution: A Review of Galaxiid Fish Vicariance, 2020, Diversity
  • Evaluation of the contributions of gold derived from hypogene, supergene and surficial processes in the formation of placer gold deposits, 2021, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • The genomic footprint of coastal earthquake uplift, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Chemical evolution and evaporation of shallow groundwaters discharging from a gold mine, southern New Zealand, 2020, Applied Geochemistry
  • Fluid volatile composition associated with orogenic gold mineralization, Otago Schist, New Zealand: Implications of H2 and C2H6 for fluid evolution and gold source, 2021, Ore Geology Reviews

Best Publications

  • Sources of Metals and Fluids in Orogenic Gold Deposits: Insights from the Otago and Alpine Schists, New Zealand

    Iain K. Pitcairn;Damon A. H. Teagle;Dave Craw;Gema R. Olivo

  • The Dun Mountain ophiolite belt, New Zealand, its tectonic setting, constitution, and origin, with special reference to the southern portion

    D. S. Coombs;C. A. Landis;R. J. Norris;J. M. Sinton

  • Climatic and tectonic controls on chemical weathering in the New Zealand Southern Alps

    Andrew D Jacobson;Joel D Blum;C.Page Chamberlain;Dave Craw

  • Crustal reworking at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan: Metamorphic consequences of thermal-mechanical coupling facilitated by erosion

    Peter K. Zeitler;Peter O. Koons;Michael P. Bishop;C. Page Chamberlain

  • Geological Dates and Molecular Rates: Fish DNA Sheds Light on Time Dependency

    Christopher P. Burridge;Dave Craw;David Fletcher;Jonathan M. Waters

  • Environmental mobility of antimony around mesothermal stibnite deposits, New South Wales, Australia and southern New Zealand

    Paul Ashley;D Craw;Benjamin P Graham;DA Chappell

  • Goodbye Gondwana? New Zealand biogeography, geology, and the problem of circularity.

    Jonathan M. Waters;Dave Craw

  • Antimony distribution and environmental mobility at an historic antimony smelter site, New Zealand.

    Nathaniel Wilson;Dave Craw;Keith A. Hunter

  • Environmental arsenopyrite stability and dissolution: theory, experiment, and field observations

    D. Craw;D. Falconer;J.H. Youngson

  • GENES MEET GEOLOGY: FISH PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERN REFLECTS ANCIENT, RATHER THAN MODERN, DRAINAGE CONNECTIONS

    Jonathan M. Waters;Dave Craw;John H. Youngson;Graham P. Wallis

  • Topographic development of the Southern Alps recorded by the isotopic composition of authigenic clay minerals, South Island, New Zealand

    C.P Chamberlain;M.A Poage;D Craw;R.C Reynolds

  • River capture, range expansion, and cladogenesis: the genetic signature of freshwater vicariance.

    C. P. Burridge;D. Craw;J. M. Waters

  • Mechanical links between erosion and metamorphism in Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya

    P. O. Koons;P. K. Zeitler;C. P. Chamberlain;D. Craw

  • Geochemistry of late metamorphic hydrothermal alteration and graphitisation of host rock, Macraes gold mine, Otago Schist, New Zealand

    D Craw

  • Influence of exhumation on the structural evolution of transpressional plate boundaries: An example from the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    Peter O. Koons;Richard J. Norris;Dave Craw;Alan F. Cooper

  • Infrared spectroscopic characterisation of arsenate (V) ion adsorption from mine waters, Macraes mine, New Zealand

    Alisa J. Roddick-Lanzilotta;A.James McQuillan;Dave Craw

  • Metabasalts as sources of metals in orogenic gold deposits

    Iain K. Pitcairn;Dave Craw;Damon A. H. Teagle

  • Incursion of meteoric waters into the ductile regime in an active orogen

    Catriona D. Menzies;Damon A.H. Teagle;Dave Craw;Simon C. Cox

  • STABLE ISOTOPIC AND FLUID INCLUSION EVIDENCE FOR METEORIC FLUID PENETRATION INTO AN ACTIVE MOUNTAIN BELT - ALPINE SCHIST, NEW-ZEALAND

    G. R. T. Jenkin;D. Craw;A. E. Fallick

  • Gold mineralization without quartz veins in a ductile-brittle shear zone, Macraes Mine, Otago Schist, New Zealand

    D. Craw;S. J. Windle;P. V. Angus

  • Metamorphogenic Au‐W veins and regional tectonics: Mineralisation throughout the uplift history of the Haast Schist, New Zealand

    D. Craw;R.J. Norris

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan M. Waters
Jonathan M. Waters University of Otago
Christopher P. Burridge
Christopher P. Burridge University of Tasmania
Damon A. H. Teagle
Damon A. H. Teagle University of Southampton
Richard J. Norris
Richard J. Norris University of Otago
Gordon Southam
Gordon Southam University of Queensland
Graham P. Wallis
Graham P. Wallis University of Otago
Andrew D. Jacobson
Andrew D. Jacobson Northwestern University
Keith A. Hunter
Keith A. Hunter University of Otago
Kliti Grice
Kliti Grice Curtin University
A. James McQuillan
A. James McQuillan University of Otago

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