G. Ito’s Publications

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, 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 Western Galapagos Spreading Center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys,.9, Q12005, doi:10.1029/2008GC002100. (PDF)

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 98W: 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 Galapagos Spreading Center , Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, 3(10),8501,doi:10.1029/2002GC000350. (PDF)

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)

G. Marquart, 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 Iceland mantle plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 165, 81-96, 1999. (PDF)

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: Iceland and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Earth Planet.Sci. Lett., 144, 53-74, 1996. (PDF)

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)