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Magma Transport and Associated Deformation

This page is under construction, but here are the relevant publications:

Pritchard, M.E., Rubin, A.M., 2007, and Wolfe, C.J., Do flexural stresses explain the mantle fault zone beneath Kilauea volcano?, Geophys. J. Int., 168, 419-430, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03169.x

Ziv, A., and Rubin, A.M., 2000, Stability of dike intrusion along preexisting fractures, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 5947-5961, doi: 10.1029/1999JB900410.

Fialko, Y.A., and Rubin, A.M., 1999, What controls the along-strike slopes of volcanic rift zones?, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 20,007-20,020.

Fialko, Y. A., and Rubin, A.M., 1999, Thermal and mechanical aspects of magma emplacement in giant dike swarms, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 23,033-23.049, doi: 10.1029/199JB900213.

Rubin, A.M., 1998 Dike ascent in partially molten rock, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 20,901-20,919, doi: 10.1029/98JB01349.

Rubin, A.M., D. Gillard, and J.-L. Got, 1998, A reinterpretation of seismicity associated with the 1983 dike intrusion at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,003-10,015, doi: 10.1029/97JB03513.

Rubin, A.M., and D. Gillard, 1998, Dike-induced earthquakes:  Theoretical considerations, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,017-10,030, doi: 10.1029/97JB03514

Fialko, Y.A., and Rubin, A.M., 1998, Thermodynamics of lateral dike propagation: Implications for crustal accretion at slow spreading mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2501-2514, doi: 10.1029/97JB03105.

Gillard, D., A.M. Rubin, and P. Okubo, 1996, Highly concentrated seismicity caused by deformation of Kilauea’s deep magma system, Nature, 384, 343-346, doi: 10.1038/384343a0.

Rubin, A.M., 1995, Propagation of magma-filled cracks:  Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 23, 287-336, doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.23.050195.001443.

Rubin, A.M., 1995, Getting granite dikes out of the source region:  J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5911-5929.

Rubin, A.M., 1993, Tensile fracture of rock at high confining pressure:  Implications for dike propagation:  J. Geophys. Res., 98, 15,919-15,935.

Rubin, A.M., 1993, On the thermal viability of dikes leaving magma chambers:  Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 257-260.

Rubin, A.M.,1993, Dikes vs. diapirs in viscoelastic rock:  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 19, 641-659, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(93)90069-L.

Rubin, A.M., 1992, Dike-induced faulting and graben subsidence in volcanic rift zones:  J. Geophys. Res., 97, 1839-1858.

Jackson, M.D., Endo, E.T., Delaney, P.T., Arnadottir, T., and Rubin, A.M., 1992, Ground ruptures of the 1974 and 1983 Kaoiki earthquakes, Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii:  J. Geophys. Res., 97, 8775-8796.

Rubin, A.M., 1990, A comparison of rift-zone tectonics in Iceland and Hawaii:  Bull. Volcanol., 52, 302-319.

Rubin, A.M., and Pollard, D.D., 1988, Dike-induced faulting in rift zones of Iceland and Afar:  Geology, 16, 413-417.

Rubin, A.M., and Pollard, D.D., 1987, origins of blade-like dikes in volcanic rift zones.  In R. W. Decker, T. L. Wright, and P. H. Stauffer, eds., Volcanism in Hawaii, USGS Professional Paper 1350, pp. 1449-1470.