G. Ito’s Publications
(publications by *graduate student and †post-docs)
2013
†Gallego, A., G. Ito, R. A. Dunn (2013) Investigating seismic anisotropy beneath the Reykjanes Ridge using models of mantle flow, crystallographic evolution, and surface wave propagation, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., doi:10.10002/ggge.20204. (URL) (Supplement)
†Ballmer, M. D., G. Ito, C. J. Wolfe, S. C. Solomon (2013), Double layering of a thermochemical plume in the upper mantle beneath Hawaii, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 376, 155-164 (PDF).
Ito, G., M. O. Garcia, J. R. Smith, B. Taylor, A. Flinders, B. Jicha, S. Yamasaki, D. Weis, L. Swinnard, C. Blay (2013), A low-relief shield volcano origin for the South Kaua‘i Swell, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., doi: 10.1002/ggge.20159 (URL) (Supplement)
Flinders, A. F., G. Ito, M. O. Garcia, J. M.
Sinton, J. Kauahikaua, B. Taylor (2013), Intrusive
dike complexes, cumulate cores, and the extrusive growth of Hawaiian volcanoes,
40 (13), 3367-3373, doi:10.1002/grl.50633. (URL, See also Research
Spotlight, in AGU-EOS Sept. 10, 2013)
*Bianco, T. A., G. Ito, J. van Hunen, J. J. Mahoney, M. D. Ballmer (2013) Geochemical variations at ridge-centered hotspots caused by variable melting of a veined mantle plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 371-372, 171-201 (PDF)
2012
Garcia, M. O., D. Hanano,
A. Flinders, D. Weis, G. Ito, M. D. Kurz (2012)
Age, geology, geophysics, and geochemistry of Mahukona
Volcano, Hawai`i, Bull. Volcanol. doi:10.1007/s00445-012-0602-4
(PDF)
Fu, Y. V., A. Li, G. Ito, S.-H. Hung (2012) Waveform modeling of shear wave splitting from anisotropic models of Iceland, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 12, 6, Q12001, doi:10.1029/2012GC004369 (PDF)
2011
*Bianco, T. A., G. Ito, J. van Hunen, M. D. Ballmer, J. J. Mahoney (2011) Geochemical variations at intraplate hot spots caused by viable melting of a veined mantle plume, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 12, 7, Q0AC13, doi:10.1029/20111GC003658 (PDF)
†Ballmer, M., G. Ito, J. van Hunen, P. J. Tackley (2011) Spatial and temporal variability in Hawaiian hotspot volcansim induced by small-scale convection, Nature Geosc., doi:10.1038/NGEO1187 (PDF)
*Mittelstaedt, E. G. Ito, and J. van Hunen (2011) Repeat ridge jumps associated with plume-ridge interaction, melt transport and ridge migration, J. Geophys. Res.116, B01102, doi:10.1029/2010JB007604 (PDF)
2010
Greene A. R., M. O. Garcia, D. Weis, G. Ito, M. Kuga, J. Robinson, S. Yamasaki, (2010) Low-productivity Hawaiian volcanism between Kaua`I and O`ahu: Constraints on source composition and lithology, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 11, 23, Q0AC08, doi:10.1029/2010GC003233 (PDF)
*Flinders, A., G.
Ito, M. O. Garcia (2010), Gravity anomalies of the Northern Hawaiian
Islands: Implications on the shield
evolutions of Kauai and Niihau, J. Geophys. Res. 115, B08412, doi:10.1029/2009JB006877.
(PDF)
†Ingle,
S., G. Ito, J. J. Mahoney, W. Chazey III, J. Sinton, M. Rotella,
D. M. Christie (2010) Mechanisms of geochemical and geophysical variations
along the western Galapagos Spreading Center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys.
Q04003, doi:10.1029/2009GC002694. (PDF)
†Ballmer,
M. D., G. Ito, J. van Hunen, P. J. Tackley (2010)
Small-scale sublithospheric convection reconciles
geochemistry and geochronology of 'Superplume' volcanism
in the western and south Pacific,
Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett.,
290, 224-232. (PDF)
2009
Ballmer, M. D., J. van Hunen, G. Ito, T. A. Bianco, P. J. Tackley (2009) Intraplate volcanism with complex age-distance patterns: A case for small-scale sublithospheric convection, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 10, Q06015, doi:10.1029/2009GC002386. (PDF)
Ito, G., and R. Dunn (2009), Mid-ocean ridges: Mantle convection and formation of the lithosphere, Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 4030-4044, doi:10.1016/B978-012374473-9.00654-8, (PDF).
2008
Garcia, M, G. Ito, D. Weis, D. Geist, L. Swinnard, T. Bianco, A Flinders, B. Taylor, B. Appelgate, C. Blay, D. Hanano, I. Nobre Silva, T. Naumann, C. Maerschalk, K. Harpp, B. Christensen, L. Sciaroni, T. Tagami, and S. Yamasaki (2008), Widespread secondary volcanism near Northern Hawaiian Islands, Eos, 89 (52), 542-543. (PDF)
*Blacic,
T. , G. Ito,
A. K. Shah, J. P. Canales (2008), J. Lin, Axial high topography and partial
melt in the crust and mantle beneath the
*Bianco, T. A., G. Ito, J. van Hunen, M. D. Ballmer (2008), J. J. Mahoney, Geochemical variation at the Hawaiian hotspot caused by upper mantle dynamics and melting of a heterogeneous plume, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys,.9, Q11003, doi:10.1029/2008GC002111. (PDF)
Ito, G. and M. D. Behn (2008), Magmatic and tectonic extension at mid-ocean ridges: 2. Origin of axial morphology, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 9, Q08O10, doi:10.1029/2008GC001965. (PDF)
Behn, M. D. and G. Ito (2008), Magmatic and tectonic extension at mid-ocean ridges: 1. Controls on fault characteristics, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 9, Q09O12, doi:10.1029/2008GC001970. (PDF)
*Mittelstaedt, E., G. Ito, and M. Behn (2008), Mid-ocean ridge jumps associated with hotspot magmatism, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 266, 256-270. (PDF)
Mjelde, R.
A. J. Breivik, T. Raum, E. Mittelstaedt, G. Ito,
J. I. Faleide (2008), Magmatic and tectonic evolution
of the North Atlantic, J. Geol. Soc., 165, 32-42. (PDF)
2007
Ballmer, M., J. van Hunen, G. Ito, P. J. Tackley, T. A. Bianco (2007), Non-hotspot volcano chains originating from small-scale sublithospheric convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23310, doi:10.1029/2007GL031636. (PDF)
Ito,
G., and P. E. van Keken (2007), Hot spots and
melting anomalies, in Mantle Dynamics, edited by D. Bercovici, Elsevier, Treatise in Geophysics, 7, 371-435. (PDF)
2006
Ito,
G., and J. J. Mahoney (2006), Melting
a high 3He/4He source in a heterogeneous mantle, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,
7, Q05010, doi:10.1029/2005GC001158. (PDF)
2005
*Bianco, T. A., G. Ito, J. M. Becker, M. O. Garcia (2005), Secondary Hawaiian volcanism formed by flexural arch decompression, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 6, Q08009, doi:10.1029/2005GC000945. (PDF)
*Mittelstaedt, E. and G. Ito (2005), Plume-ridge interaction, lithospheric stresses, and the origin of near-ridge volcanic lineaments, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 6, Q06002, doi:10.1029/2004GC000860. (PDF)
Ito, G. and J. J. Mahoney (2005), Flow and melting of a heterogeneous mantle: 2. Implications for a chemically non-layered mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 230, 47-63. (PDF)
Ito,
G. and J. J. Mahoney (2005), Flow and melting of a heterogeneous mantle: 1.
Method and importance to the geochemistry of ocean island and mid-ocean ridge
basalts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 230,
29-46. (PDF)
2004
*Blacic, T.M., G. Ito, J.P. Canales, R. Detrick, and J. Sinton (2004), Constructing the crust of the Galapagos Spreading Center 91.3° - 95.5° W: Correlation of seismic layer 2A with axial magma lens and topographic characteristics, J. Geophys. Res.,109 (B10310), doi:10.1029/2004JB003066. (PDF)
*Cushman, B.J., J.M. Sinton, G. Ito, and J.E. Dixon (2003), Glass
compositions, plume-ridge interaction, and hydrous melting along the Galapagos
Spreading Center, 90°30'W to 98°W, Geochem.
Geophys. Geosys., 5,
Q089E17, doi:10.1029/2004GC000709, 2004. (PDF)
2003
Ito, G., J. Lin, and D. Graham (2003), Observational and theoretical studies of the dynamics of mantle plume mid-ocean ridge interaction, Rev. Geophys., 41(4), 1017, doi:10.1029/2002RG000117. (PDF)
Sinton, J., R. Detrick, J. P. Canales,
G. Ito, and M. Behn
(2003), Morphology and segmentation of the western Galapagos Spreading Center,
90.5°- 98°W: Plume-ridge interaction at an intermediate spreading ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,
4(12), 8515, doi:10.1029/2003GC000609. (PDF)
2002
Ito, G. and S.J. Martel (2002), Focusing of magma in the upper mantle through dike interaction, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B10),2223,doi:10.1029/2001JB000251. (PDF)
Canales, J. P., G. Ito, R. S. Detrick, J. Sinton (2002), Crustal thickness along the western Galapagos Spreading Center and the compensation of the Galapagos hotspot swell, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 203, 311-327. (PDF)
Detrick, R. S. J. M. Sinton, G. Ito, J. P. Canales, M. Behn, T. Blacic, B. Cushman, J.
E. Dixon, D. W. Graham, and J. J. Mahoney (2002), Correlated geophysical,
geochemical, and volcanological manifestations of
plume-ridge interaction along the
2001
Ito, G., Origin of V-Shaped Reykjanes Ridges from a Pulsing and Dehydrating Mantle Plume, Nature, 411, 681-684, 2001. (PDF)
*Muller, J., G. Ito, and S. J. Martel, Effects of
volcano loading on dike propagation in an elastic half-space, J. Geophys. Res., 106,
11,101-11,113, 2001. (PDF)
2000
Ito, G. and A. Taira, Compensation of the Ontong Java Plateau by Surface and Subsurface Loading, J. Geophys. Res.,105, 11,171-11,183, 2000. (PDF)
*Caplan-Auerbach, J., F. Duennebier, and G. Ito, Guyot heights and oceanic paleodepth, in press, J. Geophys. Res, 105, 2679-2698, 2000. (PDF)
Marquart,
G., H. Schmeling, G. Ito, B. Schott, Conditions for Plumes to Penetrate the Mantle
Phase Boundaries, J. Geophys. Res, 105, 5679-5693, 2000. (PDF)
1995-1999
Ito,
G., Y. Shen, G. Hirth, and C. Wolfe, Mantle flow,
melting and dehydration of the
Ito, G. and P. Clift, Subsidence and growth of Pacific Cretaceous plateaus, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 161, 85-100, 1998. (PDF)
Ito, G., J. Lin, and C. W. Gable, Interaction between mantle plumes and migrating midocean ridges: Implications for the Galapagos plume-ridge system, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15,403-15,417, 1997. (PDF)
Ito,
G., J. Lin, and C. W. Gable, Dynamics of mantle flow and melting at a
ridge-centered hotspot:
Kincaid, C., G. Ito, and C. W., Gable, Laboratory investigation of the interaction of off-axis mantle plumes and spreading centres, Nature, 376, 758-761, 1995.
Ito, G. and J. Lin, Oceanic spreading center-hot spot interactions: Constraints from along-isochron bathymetric and gravity anomalies, Geology, 23, 657-660, 1995. (PDF)
Ito, G., M. McNutt, and R. Gibson, Crustal structure of the Tuamotu Plateau, 15S, and implications for its origin, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 8097-8114, 1995. (PDF)
Ito, G. and J. Lin, Mantle temperature anomalies along the present and paleoaxes of the Galapagos spreading center as inferred from gravity analyses, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 3733-3745, 1995. (PDF)
McNutt, M. K., E. L. Winterer, W. W. Sager, J. H. Natland, and G. Ito, The Darwin Rise: A Cretaceous superswell?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1101-1104, 1990. (PDF)