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List of works by Michael R. Perfit

143Nd/144Nd,87Sr/86Sr and trace element constraints on the petrogenesis of Aleutian island arc magmas

A Sea-Floor Spreading Event Captured by Seismometers

scientific article published in Science

Ancient lithospheric source for Quaternary lavas in Hispaniola

Arc lavas on both sides of a trench: Slab window effects at the Solomon Islands triple junction, SW Pacific

Axial Summit Trough

article published in 2015

Chemical Variations in the 1998, 2011, and 2015 Lava Flows From Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Cooling During Ascent, Lateral Transport, and Flow

scholarly article by David A. Clague et al published September 2018 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Controls on magmatism in an island arc environment: study of lavas and sub-arc xenoliths from the Tabar–Lihir–Tanga–Feni island chain, Papua New Guinea

scientific article

Crustal origin for coupled 'ultra-depleted' and 'plagioclase' signatures in MORB olivine-hosted melt inclusions: evidence from the Siqueiros Transform Fault, East Pacific Rise

scientific article published in February 2003

Crystal growth during dike injection of MOR basaltic melts: evidence from preservation of local Sr disequilibria in plagioclase

scientific article

Erratum: Evidence from rare gases for magma-chamber degassing of highly evolved mid-ocean-ridge basalt

scientific article published in Nature

Evidence from rare gases for magma-chamber degassing of highly evolved mid-ocean-ridge basalt

scientific article published in Nature

Extreme Heterogeneity in Mid‐Ocean Ridge Mantle Revealed in Lavas From the 8°20′N Near‐Axis Seamount Chain

scientific article published in January 2021

Geologic, Petrologic and Geochemical Relationships between Magmatism and Massive Sulfide Mineralization along the Eastern Galapagos Spreading Center

scientific article

Geology of the northern Cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Recent lava flows, sea-floor spreading, and the formation of megaplumes

scholarly article by R. W. Embley published in January 1991

High-precision Pb isotope measurements reveal magma recharge as a mechanism for ore deposit formation: Examples from Lihir Island and Conical seamount, Papua New Guinea

scholarly article

Incorporation of seawater into mid-ocean ridge lava flows during emplacement

Interaction of sea water and lava during submarine eruptions at mid-ocean ridges.

scientific article published on November 2003

Lava Geochemistry as a Probe into Crustal Formation at the East Pacific Rise

scientific article published in March 2012

Mineralogy and Composition of the Oceanic Mantle

scholarly article

Molten rocks in motion

scientific article published in Nature

New insights into mid-ocean ridge volcanic processes from the 2005–2006 eruption of the East Pacific Rise, 9°46′N–9°56′N

scholarly article

Off-axis volcanism at the East Pacific Rise detected by uranium-series dating of basalts

scientific article published in Nature

Optimization of mixed Pb–Tl solutions for high precision isotopic analyses by MC-ICP-MS

Paleointensity applications to timing and extent of eruptive activity, 9°-10°N East Pacific Rise

scholarly article

Perspective on the Genesis of E-MORB from Chemical and Isotopic Heterogeneity at 9–10°N East Pacific Rise

scholarly article

Petrochemistry of the Sorol and Ayu Troughs: implications for crustal accretion at the northern and western boundaries of the Caroline plate

scientific article published in 1979

Petrology and geochemistry of mafic rocks from the Cayman Trench: Evidence for spreading

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Rapid cooling rates at an active mid-ocean ridge from zircon thermochronology

scholarly article

Reconciling geochemical and geophysical observations of magma supply and melt distribution at the 9°N overlapping spreading center, East Pacific Rise

scholarly article

Role of fO2 on fluid saturation in oceanic basalt (reply)

Seafloor photo-geology and sonar terrain modeling at the 9°N overlapping spreading center, East Pacific Rise

Significance of widespread low effusion rate eruptions over the past two million years for delivery of magma to the overlapping spreading centers at 9°N East Pacific Rise

scholarly article

Small-scale heterogeneities in depleted mantle sources: near-ridge seamount lava geochemistry and implications for mid-ocean-ridge magmatic processes

scientific article published in Nature

Stratigraphic and Petrochemical Data Support Subduction Polarity Reversal of the Cretaceous Caribbean Island Arc

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

Submarine Fernandina: Magmatism at the leading edge of the Galápagos hot spot

Submarine Lava Types

article published in 2016

Submarine Lava Types

The Cleft revealed: Geologic, magnetic, and morphologic evidence for construction of upper oceanic crust along the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge

The East Pacific Rise Between 9°N and 10°N: Twenty-Five Years of Integrated, Multidisciplinary Oceanic Spreading Center Studies

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The mantle source of thermal plumes: Trace and minor elements in olivine and major oxides of primitive liquids (and why the olivine compositions don't matter)

scientific article published in August 2018

Using submarine lava pillars to record mid-ocean ridge eruption dynamics

Vapour undersaturation in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile content of Earth's upper mantle

scientific article

Volcanic Eruptions in the Deep Sea

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Water contents of clinopyroxenes from sub-arc mantle peridotites

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