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- Bachelors Geophysics Stanford University
- Masters Geophysics Stanford University
- PhD Geophysics Stanford University
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- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets (2001) (525)
- Numerical modelling of the geodynamo: a systematic parameter study (1999) (277)
- Numerical modeling of the geodynamo: Mechanisms of field generation and equilibration (1999) (273)
- Mantle plumes control magnetic reversal frequency (1991) (269)
- A benchmark comparison for mantle convection codes (1989) (267)
- An experimental study of subduction and slab migration (1987) (265)
- Deep Slabs, Geochemical Heterogeneity, and the Large-Scale Structure of Mantle Convection: Investigation of an Enduring Paradox (1988) (261)
- Dipole moment scaling for convection-driven planetary dynamos (2005) (232)
- Thermochemical flows couple the Earth's inner core growth to mantle heterogeneity (2008) (230)
- Is the inner core of the Earth pure iron? (1987) (187)
- Mantle plumes link magnetic superchrons to phanerozoic mass depletion events (2007) (183)
- A laboratory model of subduction zone anisotropy (1998) (165)
- The time-averaged magnetic field in numerical dynamos with non-uniform boundary heat flow (2002) (160)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Contents (2001) (149)
- Plume formation in the D″-layer and the roughness of the core–mantle boundary (1987) (147)
- Chaotic thermal convection in a rapidly rotating spherical shell: consequences for flow in the outer core (1994) (142)
- Experiments on Rayleigh–Bénard convection, magnetoconvection and rotating magnetoconvection in liquid gallium (2001) (138)
- Changes in earth’s dipole (2006) (134)
- Laboratory experiments on the structure of subducted lithosphere (1995) (130)
- Experiments on precessing flows in the Earth's liquid core (1995) (125)
- Mixing of passive heterogeneities by mantle convection (1984) (122)
- A polar vortex in the Earth's core (1999) (119)
- Geodynamo reversal frequency and heterogeneous core–mantle boundary heat flow (2010) (113)
- A boundary layer model for mantle convection with surface plates (1980) (108)
- Solitary wave propagation in a fluid conduit within a viscous matrix (1986) (105)
- Experiments on the interaction of thermal convection and compositional layering at the base of the mantle (1991) (104)
- Strong zonal winds from thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell (2001) (103)
- Plume formation and lithosphere erosion - A comparison of laboratory and numerical experiments (1988) (102)
- Superplumes or plume clusters (2004) (101)
- A dynamo model interpretation of geomagnetic field structures (1998) (100)
- Secular variation in numerical geodynamo models with lateral variations of boundary heat flow (2003) (99)
- Experiments on convection in Earth’s core tangent cylinder (2003) (98)
- Turbulent metal–silicate mixing, fragmentation, and equilibration in magma oceans (2014) (97)
- The large-scale structure of convection in the Earth's mantle (1990) (94)
- Formation of seafloor swells by mantle plumes (1986) (93)
- Structure of axisymmetric mantle plumes (1993) (91)
- Thermal convection with non-Newtonian plates (1992) (88)
- Creeping plumes (1985) (86)
- A detailed study of the polarity reversal mechanism in a numerical dynamo model (2004) (81)
- The depth of mantle convection (1979) (79)
- Experiments on turbulent metal-silicate mixing in a magma ocean (2011) (79)
- Time-average and time-dependent parts of core flow (2006) (74)
- Controls on geomagnetic reversals and core evolution by mantle convection in the Phanerozoic (2013) (72)
- Helical core flow from geomagnetic secular variation (2004) (70)
- Performance benchmarks for a next generation numerical dynamo model (2016) (69)
- The proximity of hotspots to convergent and divergent plate boundaries (1989) (68)
- An experimental approach to thermal convection in a two‐layered mantle (1984) (66)
- The New Core Paradox (2013) (65)
- Mechanics of inner core super-rotation (1996) (62)
- Entrainment from a bed of particles by thermal convection (1993) (62)
- Magnetoconvection and thermal coupling of the Earth's core and mantle (1996) (60)
- The transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional planforms in infinite-Prandtl-number thermal convection (1990) (58)
- Time-dependent large aspect-ratio thermal convection in the earth's mantle (1989) (57)
- A benchmark comparison of numerical methods for infinite Prandtl number thermal convection in two-dimensional Cartesian geometry (1990) (56)
- Planforms in Thermal Convection With Internal Heat Sources at Large Rayleigh and Prandtl Numbers (1990) (56)
- A dynamo cascade interpretation of the geomagnetic dipole decrease (2009) (54)
- Magnetoconvection in a rotating spherical shell: structure of flow in the outer core (1995) (53)
- Convective mixing and the fine structure of mantle heterogeneity (1984) (53)
- Effects of buoyancy and rotation on the polarity reversal frequency of gravitationally driven numerical dynamos (2009) (52)
- Laboratory experiments on high Rayleigh number thermal convection in a rapidly rotating hemispherical shell (2000) (51)
- The signature of inner-core nucleation on the geodynamo (2015) (51)
- BANDED CONVECTION IN ROTATING FLUID SPHERES AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE JOVIAN ATMOSPHERE (1996) (51)
- Rotating thermal convection experiments in a hemispherical shell with heterogeneous boundary heat flux: Implications for the Earth's core (2002) (50)
- Optimal dynamos in the cores of terrestrial exoplanets: Magnetic field generation and detectability (2011) (50)
- Thermochemical plumes and mantle phase transitions (1982) (50)
- Complex polarity reversals in a geodynamo model (2011) (49)
- Core merging and stratification following giant impact (2016) (49)
- Three‐Dimensional Convection Planforms With Internal Heat Generation (1990) (48)
- Chapter 10 Buoyancy-Driven Fracture and Magma Transport through the Lithosphere: Models and Experiments (1994) (48)
- On the equipartition of kinetic energy in plate tectonics (1991) (47)
- Control of inner core rotation by electromagnetic, gravitational and mechanical torques (2000) (47)
- Evolution of crystal-settling in magma-chamber convection (1988) (47)
- Superchron cycles driven by variable core heat flow (2011) (45)
- Mantle convection with spherical effects (1981) (44)
- Dipole collapse and reversal precursors in a numerical dynamo (2009) (43)
- Core Evolution Driven by Mantle Global Circulation (2015) (43)
- Solitary waves in mantle plumes (1989) (43)
- Convection with internal heat sources and thermal turbulence in the Earth's mantle (1994) (43)
- Gravitational dynamos and the low-frequency geomagnetic secular variation (2007) (42)
- Polarity reversals in geodynamo models with core evolution (2009) (41)
- Highly supercritical thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell: Centrifugal vs. radial gravity (1993) (41)
- Geomagnetic polarity reversals, transition field structure, and convection in the outer core (1990) (40)
- From superchrons to secular variation: A broadband dynamo frequency spectrum for the geomagnetic dipole (2010) (40)
- Geomagnetic polarity reversals in a turbulent core (1983) (39)
- Geomagnetic dipole tilt changes induced by core flow (2008) (38)
- Giant impact stratification of the Martian core (2009) (37)
- Eccentricity of the geomagnetic dipole caused by lopsided inner core growth (2012) (36)
- Dynamo tests for stratification below the core-mantle boundary (2017) (36)
- Mantle superplumes induce geomagnetic superchrons (2015) (35)
- Mantle control of the geodynamo: Consequences of top‐down regulation (2015) (33)
- Giant impacts, core stratification, and failure of the Martian dynamo (2010) (32)
- Tests of core flow imaging methods with numerical dynamos (2007) (32)
- Experiments on the fragmentation of a buoyant liquid volume in another liquid (2014) (32)
- Anomalous rotation of the inner core and the toroidal magnetic field (1998) (31)
- Variation of ocean sediment thickness with crustal age (2016) (31)
- Geophysics: The disappearing dipole (2002) (30)
- Nebular atmosphere to magma ocean: A model for volatile capture during Earth accretion (2019) (29)
- Probing the geodynamo. (2005) (29)
- Lower mantle superplume growth excites geomagnetic reversals (2015) (28)
- Diffusive magnetic images of upwelling patterns in the core (2002) (27)
- A seismodynamical model of lithosphere deformation: Development of continental and oceanic rift networks (1996) (25)
- Experimental crystallization of gallium: ultrasonic measurements of elastic anisotropy and implications for the inner core (2002) (25)
- The influence of toroidal magnetic field on thermal convection in the core (1995) (24)
- Linking lowermost mantle structure, core-mantle boundary heat flux and mantle plume formation (2018) (24)
- Laboratory experiments on the dynamics of the core (2011) (23)
- A simple physical model for the terrestrial dynamo (1981) (23)
- Experiments on highly supercritical thermal convection in a rapidly rotating hemispherical shell (2003) (23)
- Magnetic reversal frequency scaling in dynamos with thermochemical convection (2014) (22)
- A comparison of heat transfer laws for mantle convection at very high Rayleigh numbers (1987) (22)
- Outer Core Stratification From the High Latitude Structure of the Geomagnetic Field (2018) (21)
- A simple model for mantle-driven flow at the top of Earth’s core (2008) (21)
- Hydrogen and helium ingassing during terrestrial planet accretion (2018) (20)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Preface (2001) (19)
- Core Dynamics: An Introduction and Overview (2015) (19)
- Towards more realistic core-mantle boundary heat flux patterns: a source of diversity in planetary dynamos (2015) (19)
- Quantifying melt production and degassing rate at mid‐ocean ridges from global mantle convection models with plate motion history (2016) (19)
- Dynamo waves and palaeomagnetic secular variation (1987) (18)
- A Statistical Boundary Layer Model for the Mantle D (2009) (18)
- An analysis of paleomagnetic secular variation in the Holocene (1989) (18)
- Experimental Dynamos and the Dynamics of Planetary Cores (2013) (17)
- Nonrandom geomagnetic reversal times and geodynamo evolution (2014) (17)
- Can heterogeneous core–mantle electromagnetic coupling control geomagnetic reversals? (1999) (17)
- Experiments on metal–silicate plumes and core formation (2008) (17)
- Electromagnetic core‐mantle coupling and paleomagnetic reversal paths (1996) (16)
- Thermal interaction of the core and mantle (2003) (16)
- Studies of the Earth's Deep Interior: Goals and Trends (1990) (14)
- Experiments on Core Dynamics (2007) (14)
- Mechanics of flood basalt magmatism. (1994) (13)
- Historic and paleomagnetic secular variation and the Earth's core dynamo process (1987) (12)
- Dynamo models with permanent dipole fields and secular variation (1991) (12)
- Mantle structure and dynamics (1985) (12)
- Dynamo action in a stably stratified core (1984) (11)
- Drifting mantle hotspots (1987) (11)
- Experiments on Joule heating and the dissipation of energy in the Earth's core (1996) (11)
- F-layer formation in the outer core with asymmetric inner core growth (2014) (11)
- Chapter 1 Mechanics of Flood Basalt Magmatism (1994) (10)
- Geophysics: Probing Earth's dynamo (1997) (10)
- Geochemistry: Mantle heterogeneity and convection (1983) (10)
- Heat partitioning in metal-silicate plumes during Earth differentiation (2011) (10)
- Laboratory experiments on rain-driven convection: Implications for planetary dynamos (2017) (9)
- The geodynamo’s unique longevity (2013) (9)
- Toroidal flow in the outer core and the thermal regime below the core-mantle boundary (1989) (9)
- The spectrum of subtidal variability in Chesapeake Bay circulation (1986) (8)
- Iron diapirs entrain silicates to the core and initiate thermochemical plumes (2018) (8)
- Turbulent heat exchange between water and ice at an evolving ice–water interface (2015) (8)
- OESbathy version 1.0: a method for reconstructing ocean bathymetry with generalized continental shelf-slope-rise structures (2015) (8)
- Geomagnetic dipole moment collapse by convective mixing in the core (2009) (8)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Nature of Convection in the Mantle (2001) (6)
- 8.01 – Overview (2007) (6)
- Fate of subducted lithosphere (1988) (5)
- Erratum to “Experiments on convection in Earth’s core tangent cylinder”: [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 212 (2003) 119–134] (2003) (4)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Viscosity of the Mantle (2001) (4)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Calculations of Convection in Two Dimensions (2001) (3)
- Correction [ to “The depth of mantle convection”] (1979) (3)
- Primordial Helium‐3 Exchange Between Earth's Core and Mantle (2022) (3)
- Convection-driven planetary dynamos (2006) (3)
- Mantle Convection and Plumes (2003) (2)
- The spatial distribution of coronae on Venus (1992) (2)
- Evidence for Wave Propagation in the Holocene Palaeomagnetic Field (1989) (2)
- Scaling laws for perturbations in the ocean–atmosphere system following large CO 2 emissions (2015) (1)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes (2001) (1)
- High pressure-temperature phase equilibrium studies on Martian basalts: Implications for the failure of plate tectonics on Mars (2022) (1)
- True dipole wander (2018) (1)
- OESbathy version 1.0: A method for reconstructing ocean (2015) (1)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Numerical Models of Three-dimensional Convection (2001) (1)
- Numerical modeling of the geodynamo' of field generation and equilibration Mechanisms (1999) (1)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Historical Background (2001) (1)
- A Dynamo Mechanism for Rapid Decrease of the Geomagnetic Dipole Moment (2004) (1)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Structure and Composition of the Mantle (2001) (1)
- Geophysics: Tectonics in the Earth's core (2009) (1)
- Convection in the Interiors of Solid Planets and Moons (2001) (1)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Plate Tectonics (2001) (0)
- Book Review of Geodynamics (2nd Edition) by Donald L. Turcotte and Jerry Schubert, Cambridge University Press, 2002, XIII+456 pp., US$ 110.00, £75.00, hardback (ISBN 0-521-66186-2), US$ 45.00, £29.95, paperback (ISBN 0-521-66624-4) (2003) (0)
- Thermochemical evolution of the core constrained by mantle global circulation (2013) (0)
- Forced convective melting at an evolving ice-water interface (2015) (0)
- Lower Mantle Superplume Growth Stimulates Geomagnetic Reversals (2014) (0)
- Global Ocean Sedimentation Patterns: Plate Tectonic History Versus Climate Change (2014) (0)
- Geomagnetic superchrons and time variations in the cooling rate of the core (2015) (0)
- Pebble Accretion Mechanism on building the Earth (2022) (0)
- Tharsis Formation by Chemical Plume Due to Giant Impact Event (2014) (0)
- How the planet's poles keep trading places. (2018) (0)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Basic Equations (2001) (0)
- Fluid flow and dynamo action driven by differential rotation in a spherical shell (2011) (0)
- Sherman Statistic Reveals Non-Random Behavior in the Phanerozoic Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (2012) (0)
- How the planet’s poles keep trading places (2018) (0)
- Heat and Helium in the Mantle and Core from Earth's Primitive Nebular Atmosphere (2019) (0)
- Course 3 Planetary magnetism (2008) (0)
- Nebular Atmosphere to Magma Ocean: Early Mantle Acquisition of Hydrogen and Helium (2018) (0)
- Nebular ingassing as the primary source of water and light noble gases to Earth (2019) (0)
- Are the Equatorial Highlands on Venus formed by mantle plume diapirs (1991) (0)
- Sea floor swells and mantle plumes (1985) (0)
- New Theory of the Earth (2008) (0)
- Mantle convection modulates core evolution and geomagnetic reversals (2012) (0)
- Supplementary material to "Dynamos, Domains, and Paleomagnetic Poles" (2011) (0)
- 11 Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes (2006) (0)
- Fluid Mechanics of the Geodynamo (2009) (0)
- Owen Martin Phillips. 30 December 1930 — 13 October 2010 (2012) (0)
- Dipole Field Collapse in a Reversing Dynamo Model (2003) (0)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Approximate Solutions (2001) (0)
- Treatise on Geophysics : Volume 8 Core Dynamics Ed. 2 (2015) (0)
- Differentiation and delivery of an enriched deep mantle reservoir during iron descent to the core. (2015) (0)
- Laboratory experiments on core merging after a giant impact (2014) (0)
- Superplumes from the deep mantle (1992) (0)
- Internal waves and hydromagnetic induction in the earth's core (1977) (0)
- Thermal and chemical diffusion within conduits of sinking metal-silicate plumes during core formation events. (2008) (0)
- Owen Martin Phillips (1930–2010) (2011) (0)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Linear Stability (2001) (0)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Thermal History of the Earth (2001) (0)
- Fluid Mechanics of the Earth's Core (2000) (0)
- A Model for Earth's Mantle Dynamic History for The Last 500 Ma and Its Implications for Continental Vertical Motions and Geomagnetism (2012) (0)
- The depth of mantle convection. [earth models] (1979) (0)
- Atmospheric Ingassing and Outgassing During Terrestrial Planet Accretion: Implications for Water, Helium-3, and Mantle Oxidation (2018) (0)
- 100 and 50 years ago (1997) (0)
- Iron diapirs entrain silicates to the core and initiate thermochemical plumes (2018) (0)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Appendix: Table of Variables (2001) (0)
- Quantifying global melt flux and degassing rate from global mantle convection models with plate motion history (2015) (0)
- Fluid dynamics experiments on impact-induced metal dispersion during Earth's accretion (2015) (0)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: References (2001) (0)
- [S4-P01] Global Geomagnetic Secular Variation on Millennial to Million Year Time Scales (2018) (0)
- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Mantle Temperatures and Thermodynamic Properties (2001) (0)
- From Magma Oceans to Plates: A Habitability Transition in the Earth's Early History (2014) (0)
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