Crustal processes at spreading centers

Initial reports of the deep sea drilling project

1971 • 4,048 citations

Submarine Thermal Springs on the Galápagos Rift

1979 • 1,809 citations

The heat flow through oceanic and continental crust and the heat loss of the Earth

1980 • 1,183 citations

Ridge crest hydrothermal activity and the balances of the major and minor elements in the ocean: The Galapagos data

1979 • 953 citations

An oxygen isotope profile in a section of Cretaceous oceanic crust, Samail Ophiolite, Oman: Evidence for δ¹⁸O buffering of the oceans by deep (>5 km) seawater‐hydrothermal circulation at mid‐ocean ridges

1981 • 883 citations

East Pacific Rise: Hot Springs and Geophysical Experiments

1980 • 760 citations

Mid-Ocean Ridges: Fine Scale Tectonic, Volcanic and Hydrothermal Processes Within the Plate Boundary Zone

1982 • 653 citations

Samail Ophiolite plutonic suite: Field relations, phase variation, cryptic variation and layering, and a model of a spreading ridge magma chamber

1981 • 525 citations

Hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts by seawater

1978 • 516 citations

Metabasalts, axial hot springs, and the structure of hydrothermal systems at mid-ocean ridges

1983 • 425 citations

Formation of oceanic crust: Some thermal constraints

1975 • 410 citations

Tectonic setting for ophiolite obduction in Oman

1981 • 407 citations

Hydrothermal Circulation and Geochemical Flux at Mid-Ocean Ridges

1976 • 394 citations

Oceans and continents: Similarities and differences in the mechanisms of heat loss

1981 • 377 citations

Tectonic evolution of the Cocos-Nazca spreading center

1977 • 371 citations

Upper crustal structure as a function of plate age

1976 • 364 citations

A Major Helium-3 Source at 15°S on the East Pacific Rise

1981 • 361 citations

Massive deep-sea sulphide ore deposits discovered on the East Pacific Rise

1979 • 345 citations

Hot spring deposits on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N: preliminary description of mineralogy and genesis

1981 • 328 citations

Hydrothermal petroleum in mineralized mounds at the seabed of Guaymas Basin

1982 • 322 citations

On the formation of metal-rich deposits at ridge crests

1979 • 321 citations

Compositional variations of young basalts in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rift valley near lat 36°49′N

1977 • 316 citations

Propagating rifts on midocean ridges

1980 • 315 citations

Northern East Pacific Rise: Magnetic anomaly and bathymetric framework

1982 • 314 citations

The mechanisms of heat transfer through the floor of the Indian Ocean

1977 • 303 citations

The Dynamic Environment of the Ocean Floor

1982 • 298 citations

Uranium‐lead isotopic ages of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman, with applications to Tethyan ocean ridge tectonics

1981 • 298 citations

A new class of “pseudofaults” and their bearing on plate tectonics: A propagating rift model

1977 • 285 citations

Cross section through the peridotite in the Samail Ophiolite, southeastern Oman Mountains

1981 • 284 citations

Detailed near-bottom geophysical study of the Gorda Rise

1973 • 282 citations

Hydrothermal heat flux of the “black smoker” vents on the East Pacific Rise

1980 • 260 citations

Necking of the lithosphere and the mechanics of slowly accreting plate boundaries

1978 • 260 citations

Morphology and tectonics of the inner rift valley at lat 36°50′N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1977 • 257 citations

Magma mixing at mid-ocean ridges: Evidence from basalts drilled near 22° N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1979 • 255 citations

Tectonic pattern of the Azores spreading centre and triple junction

1980 • 245 citations

Northern East Pacific Rise: Evolution from 25 m.y. B.P. to the present

1982 • 235 citations

The East Pacific Rise near 21°N, 13°N and 20°S: inferences for along-strike variability of axial processes of the Mid-Ocean Ridge

1983 • 231 citations

Vertical tectonism in oceanic fracture zones

1978 • 230 citations

Excess 3He and 4He in Galapagos submarine hydrothermal waters

1978 • 229 citations

Petrology and porosity of an oceanic crustal site: Results from wave form modeling of seismic refraction data

1980 • 225 citations

The Galapagos Rift at 86° W: 3. Sheet flows, collapse pits, and lava lakes of the Rift Valley

1979 • 225 citations

Deep-tow studies of the structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge crest near lat 37°N

1977 • 221 citations

Geologic section through the Samail Ophiolite and associated rocks along a Muscat‐Ibra Transect, southeastern Oman Mountains

1981 • 211 citations

Rare‐earth element geochemistry of the Samail Ophiolite near Ibra, Oman

1981 • 209 citations

Structural geomorphology of a fast-spreading rise crest: The East Pacific Rise near 3�25?S

1977 • 198 citations

Magma migration beneath an ocean ridge

1979 • 195 citations

DSDP Hole 504B, the first reference section over 1 km through Layer 2 of the oceanic crust

1982 • 189 citations

Shear deformation zones along major transform faults and subducting slabs

1978 • 186 citations

Post-Eocene Plate Tectonics of the Eastern Pacific

2011 • 184 citations

Geology and seismic structure of the northern section of the Oman ophiolite

1981 • 183 citations

The crustal structure of the kane fracture zone from seismic refraction studies

1980 • 182 citations

Hydrofracturing stress measurements in the Iceland Research Drilling Project drill hole at Reydarfjordur, Iceland

1982 • 180 citations

Compositional variation in normal MORB from 22°–25°N: Mid‐Atlantic Ridge and Kane Fracture Zone

1981 • 177 citations

Near-bottom magnetic anomalies, asymmetric spreading, oblique spreading, and tectonics of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near lat 37°N

1977 • 170 citations

Metamorphism at the base of the Samail Ophiolite, southeastern Oman Mountains

1981 • 169 citations

Serpentinization faults and their role in the tectonics of slow spreading ridges

1981 • 166 citations

Controls on low-stress hydro-fracture dilatancy in thrust, wrench and normal fault terrains

1981 • 166 citations

Structure of the East Pacific Rise from an Ocean Bottom Seismometer Survey

1976 • 166 citations

Geometry of plate accretion

1977 • 165 citations

The volcanic‐tectonic cycle of the FAMOUS and AMAR Valleys, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge (36°47′N): Evidence from basalt glass and phenocryst compositional variations for a steady state magma chamber beneath the valley midsections, AMAR 3

1984 • 165 citations

Sonar studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Kurchatov Fracture Zone

1977 • 164 citations

Three‐dimensional modeling of a magnetic reversal boundary from inversion of deep‐tow measurements

1980 • 161 citations

Mixing characteristics and compositional differences in mantle‐derived melts beneath spreading axes: Evidence from cyclically layered rocks in the ophiolite of North Oman

1981 • 159 citations

An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans: 2. Midocean ridge crests

1979 • 158 citations

Topography and tectonics at the intersections of fracture zones with central rifts

1970 • 156 citations

Inferred geologic settings and differentiation in basalts from the Deep-Sea Drilling Project

1976 • 154 citations

A model for the process of formation of the upper oceanic crust

1977 • 154 citations

Formation of Magnetic Anomaly Pattern of Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1967 • 154 citations

Plate kinematic implications of Atlantic equatorial fracture zone trends

1978 • 153 citations

Formation of magnetic anomaly patterns by dyke injection

1968 • 153 citations

Electromagnetic active source sounding near the East Pacific Rise

1981 • 153 citations

Plumes, subaxial pipe flow, and topography along the Mid-Oceanic Ridge

1976 • 150 citations

Fragmentation of the Farallon Plate by Pivoting Subduction

1978 • 148 citations

An Analysis of Near-Bottom Magnetic Anomalies: Sea-Floor Spreading and the Magnetized Layer

1975 • 148 citations

In situ electrical resistivity and bulk porosity of the oceanic crust Costa Rica Rift

1982 • 146 citations

Crustal structure of the Mid-Atlantic ridge crest at 37 N

1976 • 143 citations

Magnetic study of basalts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, lat 37°N

1977 • 142 citations

Source mechanism of volcanic tremor

1982 • 140 citations

East Pacific rise at 21°N: The volcanic, tectonic, and hydrothermal processes of the central axis

1981 • 135 citations

An active spreading center collides with a subduction zone: A geophysical survey of the Chile Margin triple junction

1981 • 135 citations

A fluid-dynamical model of differentiation and layering in magma chambers

1980 • 135 citations

A continuum model of crustal generation in Iceland - kinematic aspects

1980 • 135 citations

Permeability, underpressures, and convection in the oceanic crust near the Costa Rica Rift, eastern equatorial Pacific

1982 • 134 citations

Geological evidence for the geographical pattern of mantle return flow and the driving mechanism of plate tectonics

1982 • 131 citations

Mineral chemistry of ultramafic cumulates from the North Arm Mountain Massif of the Bay of Islands ophiolite: Evidence for high‐pressure crystal fractionation of oceanic basalts

1982 • 131 citations

Dynamics of a passive spreading center

1976 • 127 citations

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 37 and 45� N: some geophysical and petrological constraints

1978 • 127 citations

Zero-offset fracture zones

1980 • 124 citations

Criteria for recognition of hydrothermal mineral deposits in oceanic crust

1978 • 124 citations

The memory of the accreting plate boundary and the continuity of fracture zones

1982 • 122 citations

An explanation for the orthogonality of ocean ridges and transform faults

1975 • 122 citations

Thermal origin of the Hawaiian swell: Heat flow evidence and thermal models

1982 • 121 citations

Magnetic properties of dredged oceanic gabbros and the source of marine magnetic anomalies

1978 • 120 citations

Inversion of magnetic anomalies and sea-floor spreading in the Cayman Trough

1978 • 118 citations

Topography and tectonics of Mid‐Oceanic Ridge axes

1979 • 118 citations

The Galapagos Rift at 86°W: 2. Volcanism, structure, and evolution of the Rift Valley

1979 • 116 citations

The Juan de Fuca Ridge—Hot Spot—Propagating Rift System: New tectonic, geochemical, and magnetic data

1981 • 115 citations

An Age-Dependent, Two-Layer Model for Marine Magnetic Anomalies

2011 • 115 citations

Circulation in Fractures, Hot Springs, and Convective Heat Transport on Mid-ocean Ridge Crests

1975 • 114 citations

The biostratigraphy of sediments in the volcanic unit of the Samail Ophiolite

1981 • 113 citations

Gravity and Magnetic Investigations in the Guiana Basin, Western Equatorial Atlantic

1973 • 113 citations

Mantle flow at oceanic spreading centers: Models derived from ophiolites

1982 • 113 citations

The pulse-probe method of conductivity measurement

1979 • 112 citations

Egress of hot water from midocean ridge hydrothermal systems: Some thermal constraints

1978 • 111 citations

The hydrothermal mounds of the Galapagos Rift: Observations with DSRV Alvin and detailed heat flow studies

1979 • 111 citations

Hydrothermal manganese in the Galapagos Rift

1977 • 110 citations

Propagating rift explanation for the tectonic evolution of the northeast Pacific—the pseudomovie

1982 • 106 citations

Constraints imposed by the shape of marine magnetic anomalies on the magnetic source

1976 • 106 citations

The geology of the oceanographer fracture zone: A model for fracture zones

1976 • 103 citations

Qualitative models of spreading-center processes, including hydrothermal penetration

1977 • 102 citations

Structure of the sheeted dike complex of the Samail Ophiolite near Ibra, Oman

1981 • 101 citations

Evolution of oceanic crust: 1. A physical model of the East Pacific Rise crest derived from seismic refraction data

1976 • 100 citations

Evidence for and consequences of thermal rejuvenation

1982 • 99 citations

Mantle helium in hydrothermal plumes in the Galapagos Rift

1977 • 99 citations

Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 45

1979 • 99 citations

A Comparison of Travel-Time Inversions

1976 • 98 citations

Hydrothermal convection at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges

1979 • 98 citations

Qualitative models of spreading-center processes, including hydrothermal penetration: reply

1978 • 96 citations

Propagation of an accreting plate boundary: a discussion of new aeromagnetic data in the Gulf of Tadjurah and southern Afar

1980 • 94 citations

First manned submersible dives on the East Pacific Rise at 21�N (project RITA): General results

1981 • 92 citations

A laboratory model of a replenished magma chamber

1981 • 92 citations

Geologic Investigations in the Cayman Trough: Evidence for Thin Oceanic Crust along the Mid-Cayman Rise

1981 • 90 citations

K‐Ar ages of metamorphic rocks at the base of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

1981 • 90 citations

The crustal structure of the Reykjanes Ridge at 59 30'N

1980 • 90 citations

Replenished magma chambers: effects of compositional zonation and input rates

1982 • 89 citations

Global magmatic episodes: New evidence and implications for the steady-state mid-oceanic ridge

1979 • 88 citations

Microearthquakes on the Galapagos Spreading Centre and the Seismicity of Fast-Spreading Ridges

1974 • 87 citations

Crustal structure and isostatic compensation near the Kane fracture zone from topography and gravity measurements--I. Spectral analysis approach

1982 • 87 citations

Secondary mineralization and hydrothermal alteration in the Reydarfjordur drill core, eastern Iceland

1982 • 86 citations

A detailed study of the Cobb Offset of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Evolution of a propagating rift

1983 • 86 citations

A comparison of travel time inversions for marine refraction profiles

1976 • 85 citations

Deep tow studies of the Tamayo transform fault

1979 • 85 citations

Tectonic rotations in extensional regimes and their paleomagnetic consequences for oceanic basalts

1981 • 85 citations

Black smokers fuelled by freezing magma

1982 • 85 citations

Hydrothermal mounds and young ocean crust of the Galapagos: Preliminary Deep Sea Drilling results, Leg 70

1981 • 84 citations

Investigation of a Vine‐Matthews Magnetic Lineation from a submersible: The source and character of marine magnetic anomalies

1983 • 84 citations

Reinterpretation of seismic reflection data over the East Pacific Rise

1982 • 83 citations

On measuring the electrical conductivity of the oceanic crust by a modified magnetometric resistivity method

1981 • 82 citations

TAG Hydrothermal Field: Mid-Atlantic Ridge crest at latitude 26°N

1980 • 81 citations

Seismic constraints on the crustal structure within the Vema Fracture Zone

1982 • 81 citations

A low velocity zone underlying a fast-spreading rise crest

1975 • 81 citations

The Galapagos Spreading Center at 86°W: A detailed geothermal field study

1981 • 80 citations

Magma chamber and mantle reflections – East Pacific Rise

1980 • 80 citations

The Galapagos Rift at 86°W: 5. Variations in volcanism, structure, and hydrothermal activity along a 30‐kilometer segment of the Rift Valley

1982 • 80 citations

Introduction to the Oman Ophiolite Special Issue

1981 • 80 citations

Asymmetric sea-floor spreading and a nontransform axis offset: The East Pacific Rise 20°S survey area

1978 • 79 citations

Magnetization of the oceanic crust

1976 • 79 citations

The Evolution of the Indian Ocean

1973 • 79 citations

Lead isotopic studies of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

1981 • 78 citations

Basaltic pillars in collapsed lava-pools on the deep ocean-floor

1979 • 77 citations

The first decade of Gloria

1981 • 77 citations

Evolution of oceanic crust: 2. Constraints, implications, and inferences

1976 • 77 citations

Volcanic rocks and processes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rift valley near 36 � 49? N

1976 • 75 citations

Compositional variation in a steady-state zoned magma chamber: Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 36°50′N

1979 • 74 citations

Tectonic fabric and hydrothermal activity of Mid-Atlantic Ridge crest (lat 26°N)

1976 • 74 citations

Deep Crustal Drilling in the North Atlantic Ocean

1979 • 74 citations

Near-Bottom Reconnaissance of a Fast-Slipping Transform Fault Zone at the Pacific-Nazca Plate Boundary

1978 • 73 citations

Axial depth anomalies from 10 to 50° north along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: correlation with other mantle properties

1981 • 72 citations

Oscillatory spreading explanation of anomalously old uplifted crust near oceanic transforms

1982 • 71 citations

Heat Flow and Hydrothermal Circulation

1980 • 70 citations

Heat flow at the spreading centers of the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California

1979 • 70 citations

Crustal structure near the Arctic Mid‐Ocean Ridge

1982 • 69 citations

Upper crustal velocity structure in the ROSE area of the East Pacific Rise

1982 • 69 citations

Material properties for mantle convection consistent with observed surface fields

1980 • 69 citations

Volcanics and structure of the famous Narrowgate Rift: evidence for cyclic evolution: AMAR 1

1981 • 69 citations

Are spreading centers perpendicular to their transform faults?

1977 • 68 citations

Microearthquakes in the Black Smoker Hydrothermal Field, East Pacific Rise at 21°N

1982 • 68 citations

Evolution of rifted ocean ridges

1978 • 68 citations

The correction for the travel time effects of seafloor topography in the interpretation of marine seismic data

1982 • 67 citations

Evidence for heterogenes primary MORB and mantle sources, NW Indian Ocean

1980 • 66 citations

Analysis and implications of the sequence of ridge jumps that eliminated the Surveyor Transform Fault

1975 • 66 citations

Physiography and structure of the inner floor of the FAMOUS rift valley: Observations with a deep-towed instrument package

1977 • 65 citations

Mid-Atlantic Ridge: zero-age geochemical variations between Azores and 22°N

1980 • 64 citations

Thermal conduction across fracture zones and the gravitational edge effect

1976 • 64 citations

Constraints on the structure of the East Pacific Rise from seismic refraction data

1982 • 64 citations

Seismic properties, density, and composition of the Icelandic crust near Reydarfjördur

1982 • 64 citations

Delineation of the main extrusion zone of the East Pacific Rise at lat 21°N

1976 • 64 citations

Copper-iron sulfide mineralizations from the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1976 • 64 citations

Seismicity and earthquake focal mechanisms along the Mid-Atlantic plate boundary between Iceland and the Azores

1979 • 62 citations

The Galapagos Rift at 86° W: 4. Structure and morphology of hydrothermal fields and their relationship to the volcanic and tectonic processes of the Rift Valley

1980 • 62 citations

Thermal evolution of the oceanic crust; its dependence on spreading rate and effect on crustal structure

1980 • 62 citations

Periodicities in volcanism and longitudinal magma flow on the East Pacific Rise at 23°N

1979 • 61 citations

Tectonic evolution of the FAMOUS area of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, lat 35°50′ to 37°20′N

1977 • 60 citations

Seismic evidence for a narrow zone of partial melting underlying the East Pacific Rise at 21°N

1977 • 60 citations

Rate of palagonitization and manganese coating on basaltic rocks from the Rift Valley in the Atlantic Ocean near 36°50′N

1975 • 60 citations

"Active" and "passive" hydrothermal systems in the oceanic crust: Predicted physical conditions

1982 • 60 citations

Intensity and direction of magnetization in oceanic basalts

1977 • 60 citations

Thermal implications for the evolution of the spitsbergen transform fault

1982 • 59 citations

Fine structure of the lower oceanic crust on the Cocos Plate

1979 • 59 citations

Regional shape and tectonics of the equatorial East Pacific Rise

1977 • 59 citations

Modeling the oceanic magnetic source layer

1979 • 59 citations

Axial Intrusion Zone beneath the Median Valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 37°N Detected by Explosion Seismology

2007 • 58 citations

Tectonics of the Nazca-Pacific divergent plate boundary

1981 • 56 citations

Structural behavior of fracture zones symmetric and asymmetric about a spreading axis: Mid-Atlantic Ridge (latitude 23°N to 27°N)

1980 • 56 citations

Ocean-bottom seismograph observations on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near lat 37°N

1977 • 55 citations

Magnetism of the oceanic crust: Evidence from ophiolite complexes

1980 • 55 citations

Magnetic signatures of hydrothermal alteration and volcanogenic mineral deposits in oceanic crust

1978 • 54 citations

The Galapagos axial magnetic anomaly: Evidence for the Emperor Event within the Brunhes and for a two‐layer magnetic source

1981 • 54 citations

Source characterization of two Reykjanes Ridge earthquakes: Surface waves and moment tensors; P waveforms and nonorthogonal nodal planes

1981 • 53 citations

The nature and shape of the sources of marine magnetic anomalies

1977 • 53 citations

Hydrothermal activity and crestal structure of the East Pacific Rise at 21°N

1977 • 53 citations

Gravity profiles across the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

1981 • 53 citations

An analysis of geoid anomalies across the Mendocino Fracture Zone: Implications for thermal models of the lithosphere

1981 • 53 citations

Contrasted abyssal basalt liquidus trends: evidence for mantle major element heterogeneity

1982 • 51 citations

Magnetotelluric experiment over the ROSE area

1982 • 51 citations

Sr isotopic tracer study of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

1981 • 50 citations

Heat flow in the central Gulf of California

1979 • 50 citations

Heat transfer through the sediments of the Mounds Hydrothermal Area, Galapagos Spreading Center at 86°W

1983 • 49 citations

Thermal structure and kinematics of mid‐oceanic ridge axis, some implications to basaltic volcanism

1978 • 49 citations

Effect of Axial Magma Chambers Beneath Spreading Centers on the Compositions of Basaltic Rocks

1980 • 49 citations

The history of ridge-crest offset at the Falkland--Agulhas Fracture Zone from a small-circle geophysical profile

1979 • 48 citations

Rivera Ocean Seismic Experiment (ROSE) overview

1982 • 47 citations

Structure and evolution of the Easter plate

1981 • 47 citations

Detailed heat flow measurements over the Juan de Fuca Ridge System

1980 • 47 citations

Magnetic properties of the Bay of Islands ophiolite suite and implications for the magnetization of oceanic crust

1984 • 47 citations

Faulting within the median valley

1977 • 47 citations

Lithosphere response to externally and internally derived stresses: a viscoelastic stress guide with amplification

1982 • 47 citations

Geophysical measurements in the region of the Explorer ridge off western Canada

1978 • 46 citations

Major problems regarding the magnetization of oceanic crustal layer 2

1976 • 46 citations

Microearthquakes on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N and the Rivera Fracture Zone

1982 • 46 citations

Excess3He in the deep water over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 26°N: evidence of hydrothermal activity

1980 • 44 citations

Seismic refraction on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 37°N

1974 • 44 citations

The Crest of the East Pacific Rise

1981 • 44 citations

The interrelation between variations in magnetic anomaly amplitudes and basalt magnetization and chemistry along the Southeast Indian Ridge

1980 • 44 citations

Constraints from the Famous area concerning the structure of the oceanic section

1979 • 43 citations

Eastern Pacific spreading rate fluctuation and its relation to Pacific area volcanic episodes

1979 • 43 citations

Topographic forcing of supercritical convection in a porous medium such as the oceanic crust

1981 • 43 citations

A seismic experiment at the axis of the East Pacific Rise

1980 • 43 citations

Bounding the thickness of the oceanic magnetized layer

1977 • 42 citations

Intermediate wavelength magnetic anomalies over ocean basins

1981 • 42 citations

The validity of the geological interpretations of marine magnetic anomalies

1977 • 41 citations

Crustal genesis in Iceland: Geophysical constraints on crustal thickening with age

1981 • 40 citations

Oceanic crustal structure--Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 45 N

1979 • 40 citations

The Galapagos Rift at 86°W: 1. Regional morphological and structural analysis

1979 • 40 citations

Seafloor spreading centers : hydrothermal systems

1980 • 40 citations

The evolution of ocean-floor basaltic magmas

1979 • 40 citations

Structure of Vema Fracture Zone

1980 • 39 citations

The Reykjanes Ridge crest and the transition between its rifted and non-rifted regions

1979 • 39 citations

Magma genesis and crustal spreading in the northern neovolcanic zone of Iceland: telluric-magnetotelluric constraints

1981 • 39 citations

Geology of a submarine hydrothermal field, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, 26°n latitude

1979 • 38 citations

Paleomagnetism of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman: 2. The Wadi Kadir gabbro section

1982 • 37 citations

Simple Models of Diffuse Extension and the Pre-Seafloor Spreading Development of the Continental Margin of the North-Eastern Gulf of Aden

1981 • 37 citations

The variability in seismic structure of layer 2 near the East Pacific Rise at 12°N

1982 • 36 citations

Evidence for large-scale rotations at spreading centers from the Josephine ophiolite

1982 • 35 citations

Statistical averaging of marine magnetic anomalies and the aging of oceanic crust

1983 • 35 citations

A comparison of the magnetic properties of synthetic titanomaghemites and some oceanic basalts

1981 • 35 citations

The natural magnetization of a 3‐kilometer section of Icelandic crust

1982 • 34 citations

Estimation of depth to magnetic source using maximum entropy power spectra, with application to the Peru-Chile Trench

1981 • 34 citations

Evolution of Ocean Crust Seismic Velocities

1978 • 34 citations

18O/16O variations in deep-sea carbonate shells from the Rise hydrothermal field

1980 • 33 citations

Thermal minima along the axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1979 • 33 citations

The Galapagos Rift at 86°W: Morphological wave forms; Evidence for a propagating rift

1979 • 33 citations

Seismicity at intersections of spreading centers and transform faults

1981 • 33 citations

Topographic and geologic evolution of fracture zones

1979 • 32 citations

Dispersion of very long‐period rayleigh waves along the East Pacific Rise: Evidence for S wave velocity anomalies to 450 km depth

1982 • 32 citations

Ophiolites, synthetic seismograms, and ocean crustal structure: 1. Comparison of ocean bottom seismometer data and synthetic seismograms for the Bay of Islands ophiolite

1982 • 32 citations

Geophysical evidence for the absence of a crustal magma chamber under the northern Juan de Fuca Ridge: A contrast with ROSE results

1982 • 31 citations

Marine magnetic anomalies

1979 • 28 citations

A heat flow survey at anomaly 13 on the Reykjanes Ridge: A critical test of the relation between heat flow and age

1979 • 28 citations

The Iceland Research Drilling Project: Synthesis of results and implications for the nature of Icelandic and oceanic crust

1982 • 28 citations

Paleomagnetism of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman: 1. the sheeted dike complex at Ibra

1982 • 28 citations

Reversal transition widths and fast-spreading centers

1977 • 28 citations

Constraints on the structure of the East Pacific Rise from gravity

1982 • 27 citations

A direct test of the Vine-Matthews hypothesis

1978 • 27 citations

Sulfide precipitates at 21°N on the East Pacific Rise: ²²⁶Ra, ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po

1980 • 27 citations

A geochemical model of mid-ocean ridge magma chambers

1982 • 26 citations

Ultrasonic borehole televiewer investigation of oceanic crustal layer 2A, Costa Rica Rift

1982 • 26 citations

Petrogenesis and secondary alteration of upper layer 2 basalts of the Nazca plate

1981 • 26 citations

Heat flow on the western flank of the East Pacific Rise at 21°N

1983 • 26 citations

Lithology and structure of the volcanic sequence in eastern Iceland

1982 • 26 citations

A seismic study of the rift zone in Northern Iceland

1980 • 26 citations

Seismicity and crustal structure in the Orozco Fracture Zone: Project Rose Phase II

1982 • 25 citations

Hydrothermal quartz vug from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1980 • 25 citations

Paleomagnetism and Some Magnetic Properties of Basalts from the Bermuda Triangle

1980 • 25 citations

Minimal upper mantle temperature variations consistent with observed heat flow and plate velocities

1983 • 25 citations

Shallow inclinations of remanent magnetism in Deep-Sea Drilling Project igneous cores: Geomagnetic field behavior or postemplacement effects?

1977 • 25 citations

On the interpretation of near-bottom water temperature anomalies

1976 • 24 citations

Implications of metal dispersion from submarine hydrothermal systems for mineral exploration on mid-ocean ridges and in island arcs

1976 • 24 citations

Paleobathymetry of the crest of spreading ridges related to the age of ocean basins

1977 • 24 citations

Ophiolites, synthetic seismograms, and oceanic crustal structure: 2. A comparison of synthetic seismograms of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman, and the ROSE refraction data from the East Pacific Rise

1982 • 24 citations

Local axial migration and spreading rate variations, East Pacific Rise, 31°S

1977 • 23 citations

Fossil spreading center and faults within the Panama Fracture Zone

1979 • 23 citations

A simple thermal-mechanical model for mid-ocean ridge topographic variation

1981 • 23 citations

Geoid anomalies over cooling lithosphere: source for a third kernel of upper mantle thermal parameters and thus an inversion

1982 • 23 citations

Hydrothermal activity at mid-ocean ridge axes

1981 • 23 citations

The oblique intersection of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with Charlie-Gibbs transform fault

1979 • 22 citations

Sedimentation on new ocean crust: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 37°N

1981 • 22 citations

Isostasy, magma chambers, and plate driving forces on the East Pacific Rise

1981 • 22 citations

The Kane fracture zone in the western Central Atlantic Ocean

1976 • 22 citations

The Iceland Research Drilling Project

1982 • 22 citations

An alternative explanation for intermediate‐wavelength magnetic anomalies

1981 • 22 citations

Reconstructed seismic velocity structure of the Lewis Hills Massif and implications for oceanic fracture zones

1982 • 21 citations

On the quality of marine magnetic anomaly sources and sea-floor topography

1982 • 21 citations

Propagating rifts in seafloor spreading patterns

1981 • 21 citations

Basalts and related rocks from deep-sea drilling sites in the Central and Eastern Indian Ocean

1978 • 21 citations

Evolution of the East Pacific Rise between 3°S and 13°S since the Middle Miocene

1978 • 21 citations

The relationship of source parameters of ridge-crest and transform earthquakes to the thermal structure of oceanic lithosphere

1979 • 21 citations

Magnetic properties of three segments of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge at 37°N: Famous, Narrowgate, and Amar: AMAR 2

1983 • 21 citations

The Physical State of the Upper Levels of Cretaceous Oceanic Crust from the Results of Logging, Laboratory Studies, and the Oblique Seismic Experiment at Deep Sea Drilling Project Sites 417 and 418

1980 • 20 citations

Fracture analysis near the mid-ocean plate boundary, Reykjavik-Hvalfjördur area, Iceland

1981 • 20 citations

Migration of a pattern of plate motion

1974 • 20 citations

Geophysical surveys on the East Pacific Rise -- Galapagos Rise system

1978 • 20 citations

Fault mechanisms and sub-crustal seismic velocities on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1980 • 19 citations

Lithospheric model with thick oceanic crust at the continental boundary: A mechanism for shallow spreading ridges in young oceans

1979 • 19 citations

On the likelihood of mixed polarity in oceanic basement drill cores

1979 • 18 citations

Near bottom water temperature anomalies: Mid‐Atlantic Ridge Crest at latitude 26°N

1978 • 18 citations

Thermal conductivity and temperature structure of the Reydarfjordur borehole

1982 • 17 citations

Teleseismic P‐wave delay times in a major oceanic fracture zone

1979 • 17 citations

Large-scale oblique features in an active transform fault, the Wilkes fracture zone near 9°S on the East Pacific Rise

1981 • 17 citations

Constraints on crustal structure in eastern Iceland based on extremal inversions of refraction data

1982 • 16 citations

Variation in young oceanic crust and upper mantle structure

1982 • 16 citations

Evidence for spreading–center jumps from fine-scale bathymetry and magnetic anomalies near the Galapagos Islands

1979 • 16 citations

Mid-Atlantic Ridge crest topography between 12° and 15°N

1979 • 16 citations

Deep-water temperatures in the FAMOUS area

1977 • 16 citations

Microcrack studies of basalts from the Iceland Research Drilling Project

1982 • 15 citations

On long‐term thickening of the oceanic crust

1981 • 15 citations

‘Gloria’ Side‐Scan Sonar in the East Pacific

1981 • 15 citations

The biology of hydrothermal vents; a short summary of recent findings

1982 • 15 citations

The central North Atlantic Ocean basin and continental margins : geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and resources, including the trans-Atlantic geotraverse (TAG)

1980 • 15 citations

Mechanics of low-angle normal faulting: An example from Roosevelt Hot Springs geothermal area, Utah

1982 • 14 citations

Microearthquake activity on the Orozco Fracture Zone: Preliminary results from Project ROSE

1981 • 14 citations

Comparison Between Galapagos and Gorda Spreading Centers

1981 • 13 citations

The gravity signatures of isostatic, thermally-expanded ridge crests

1979 • 13 citations

Crustal structure in areas of active crustal accretion

1979 • 12 citations

Episodic rifting and volcanism at Krafla in north Iceland: Radon (222) emission from fumaroles near Leirhnjukur

1981 • 11 citations

Definition of the plate boundary along the East Pacific Rise off Mexico

1980 • 11 citations

Preliminary description of massive sulfide samples from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge

1982 • 10 citations

Massive Enriched Polymetallic Sulfides of the Ocean Floor - A New Commercial Source for Strategic Minerals?

1982 • 10 citations

Amplitude constraints in linear inversions of seismic data

1982 • 10 citations

Hydrothermal stress drops and convective patterns at three mid-ocean spreading centers

1979 • 9 citations

Seismicity and structure of the Orozco transform fault from ocean bottom seismic observations

1982 • 9 citations

Petrologic character of the Atlantic crust from DSDP and IPOD drill sites

1979 • 9 citations

Heat flow on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

1978 • 8 citations

On inclined features in the Iceland Research Drilling Project core

1982 • 8 citations

Hydrothermal Alteration of Basalts and Sediments at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 456, Mariana Trough

1982 • 8 citations

New heat flow observations on the Reykjanes Ridge

1980 • 7 citations

1974—The year of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge

1975 • 7 citations

Random crustal magnetization and its effect on coherence of short-wavelength marine magnetic anomalies

1979 • 6 citations

Gravity compensation in the mantle beneath the neovolcanic zone of Iceland

1981 • 5 citations

Paleobathymetry of the crest of spreading ridges related to the age of ocean basins — comment

1977 • 4 citations

Electrochemistry and the geochemist

1980 • 4 citations

Submersible Observations at the Hole 332B Area

1977 • 3 citations

Qualitative models of spreading-center processes, including hydrothermal penetration: discussion

1978 • 3 citations

Geologic investigations in the Cayman Trough and the nature of the plutonic foundation of the oceanic crust

1981 • 3 citations

Preface

1979 • 1 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations