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List of works by Mark D. Behn

A community benchmark for subduction zone modeling

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A continuum mechanics model for normal faulting using a strain-rate softening rheology: implications for thermal and rheological controls on continental and oceanic rifting

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A three-dimensional gravity model of the southern contact of the Sebago pluton, Maine

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Archean crustal compositions promote full mantle convection

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Aseismic transient slip on the Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Automated analysis of electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectra of natural organic matter

scientific article published in July 2006

Cellular convection in a chamber with a warm surface raft

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Chalcophile behavior of thallium during MORB melting and implications for the sulfur content of the mantle

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Compositional dependence of lower crustal viscosity

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Constraints on lithosphere net rotation and asthenospheric viscosity from global mantle flow models and seismic anisotropy

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Constraints on the composition of the Aleutian arc lower crust from VP/VS

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Continental Lower Crust

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Controls on Mid-ocean Ridge Normal Fault Seismicity Across Spreading Rates From Rate-and-State Friction Models

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Controls on melt migration and extraction at the ultraslow Southwest Indian Ridge 10°–16°E

scientific article published in 2011

Correlated geophysical, geochemical, and volcanological manifestations of plume-ridge interaction along the Galápagos Spreading Center

Corrigendum: Greenland supraglacial lake drainages triggered by hydrologically induced basal slip

scientific article published in Nature

Deep pooling of low degree melts and volatile fluxes at the 85°E segment of the Gakkel Ridge: Evidence from olivine-hosted melt inclusions and glasses

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Detection of upper mantle flow associated with the African Superplume

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Diapirs as the source of the sediment signature in arc lavas

Differentiation of the continental crust by relamination

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Effect of the Galápagos hotspot on seafloor volcanism along the Galápagos Spreading Center (90.9–97.6°W)

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Effects of Hydrothermal Cooling and Magma Injection on Mid-Ocean Ridge Temperature Structure, Deformation, and Axial Morphology

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Effects of heterogeneous hydration in the incoming plate, slab rehydration, and mantle wedge hydration on slab-derived H 2 O flux in subduction zones

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Effects of variable magma supply on mid-ocean ridge eruptions: Constraints from mapped lava flow fields along the Galápagos Spreading Center

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Erratum: “Cellular convection in a chamber with a warm surface raft” [Phys. Fluids 23, 104103 (2011)]

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Evidence for weak oceanic transform faults

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Focusing of upward fluid migration beneath volcanic arcs: Effect of mineral grain size variation in the mantle wedge

Formation of lower continental crust by relamination of buoyant arc lavas and plutons

Foundering of lower island-arc crust as an explanation for the origin of the continental Moho

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Fracture propagation to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet during supraglacial lake drainage.

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Frictional behavior of oceanic transform faults and its influence on earthquake characteristics

scholarly article by Yajing Liu et al published April 2012 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Global mantle flow and the development of seismic anisotropy: Differences between the oceanic and continental upper mantle

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Grain-size distribution in the mantle wedge of subduction zones

scientific article published in 2011

Grain-size dynamics beneath mid-ocean ridges: Implications for permeability and melt extraction

scientific article published on 26 March 2015

Greenland Ice Sheet flow response to runoff variability

scholarly article by Laura A. Stevens et al published 12 November 2016 in Geophysical Research Letters

Greenland supraglacial lake drainages triggered by hydrologically induced basal slip.

scientific article published in June 2015

High <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He in central Panama reveals a distal connection to the Galápagos plume

scientific article published on 01 November 2021

Implications of grain size evolution on the seismic structure of the oceanic upper mantle

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Inferring crustal viscosity from seismic velocity: Application to the lower crust of Southern California

scholarly article by William J. Shinevar et al published July 2018 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Intermittent plate tectonics?

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Limits to future expansion of surface-melt-enhanced ice flow into the interior of western Greenland

scholarly article by Kristin Poinar et al published 24 March 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters

Magmatic Focusing to Mid-Ocean Ridges: The Role of Grain-Size Variability and Non-Newtonian Viscosity

scholarly article by Andrew J. Turner et al published December 2017 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Magmatic and tectonic extension at mid-ocean ridges: 1. Controls on fault characteristics

Magmatic and tectonic extension at mid-ocean ridges: 2. Origin of axial morphology

Magmatic and tectonic extension at the Chile Ridge: Evidence for mantle controls on ridge segmentation

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Mantle flow and melting underneath oblique and ultraslow mid-ocean ridges

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Mechanism for normal faulting in the subducting plate at the Mariana Trench

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Mechanisms of normal fault development at mid-ocean ridges

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MeltMigrator: A MATLAB-based software for modeling three-dimensional melt migration and crustal thickness variations at mid-ocean ridges following a rules-based approach

Melting systematics in mid-ocean ridge basalts: Application of a plagioclase-spinel melting model to global variations in major element chemistry and crustal thickness

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Mid-ocean ridge jumps associated with hotspot magmatism

Modes of extensional faulting controlled by surface processes

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Morphology and segmentation of the western Galápagos Spreading Center, 90.5°-98°W: Plume-ridge interaction at an intermediate spreading ridge

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New Opportunities to Study Earthquake Precursors

scientific article published on 8 July 2020

Origins of Major Element, Trace Element, and Isotope Garnet Signatures in Mid‐Ocean Ridge Basalts

Post-entrapment modification of volatiles and oxygen fugacity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions

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Predicting Rates and Distribution of Carbonate Melting in Oceanic Upper Mantle: Implications for Seismic Structure and Global Carbon Cycling

scholarly article by Fiona Clerc et al published 28 July 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

Pronounced zonation of seismic anisotropy in the Western Hellenic subduction zone and its geodynamic significance

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Rapid rotation of normal faults due to flexural stresses: An explanation for the global distribution of normal fault dips

Reconstruction of the Talkeetna intraoceanic arc of Alaska through thermobarometry

scholarly article by Bradley R. Hacker et al published 7 March 2008 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Relationship Between Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Speed and Modeled Effective Pressure

scholarly article by Laura A. Stevens et al published September 2018 in Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface

Response to Comment on "Sensitivity of seafloor bathymetry to climate-driven fluctuations in mid-ocean ridge magma supply"

scientific article published in Science

Response to Comment on "Sensitivity of seafloor bathymetry to climate-driven fluctuations in mid-ocean ridge magma supply".

scientific article published in July 2016

Role of melt supply in oceanic detachment faulting and formation of megamullions

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Seafloor expression of oceanic detachment faulting reflects gradients in mid-ocean ridge magma supply

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Segmentation in gravity and magnetic anomalies along the U.S. East Coast passive margin: Implications for incipient structure of the oceanic lithosphere

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Seismicity on the western Greenland Ice Sheet: Surface fracture in the vicinity of active moulins

scholarly article by Joshua D. Carmichael et al published June 2015 in Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface

Sensitivity of seafloor bathymetry to climate-driven fluctuations in mid-ocean ridge magma supply

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Spreading rate dependence of gravity anomalies along oceanic transform faults

scientific article published in July 2007

Spreading rate-dependent variations in crystallization along the global mid-ocean ridge system

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Stability of arc lower crust: Insights from the Talkeetna arc section, south central Alaska, and the seismic structure of modern arcs

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The continental drift convection cell

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The role of elasticity in simulating long-term tectonic extension

The structure of oceanic core complexes controlled by the depth distribution of magma emplacement

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Thermal segmentation of mid-ocean ridge-transform faults

scholarly article by Monica Wolfson-Schwehr et al published September 2017 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Thermal structure of oceanic transform faults

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Thermal-mechanical behavior of oceanic transform faults: Implications for the spatial distribution of seismicity

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Timescales for the growth of sediment diapirs in subduction zones

Transform versus non-transform offsets controlled by offset length and the variation in magmatic accretion within the offset zone

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

Trench-parallel anisotropy produced by foundering of arc lower crust

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Using short-term postseismic displacements to infer the ambient deformation conditions of the upper mantle

scientific article published in 2012

Variations in earthquake rupture properties along the Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise

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