RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

• Ingle, S., G. Ito, J. J. Mahoney, W. Chazey, III, J. Sinton, M. Rotella, and D. M. Christie, Mechanisms of geochemical and geophysical variations along the Galápagos Spreading Center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q04003, doi:10.1029/2009GC002694, 2010.  [pdf]
  
• van der Zander, I., J. M. Sinton, and J. J. Mahoney, Late shield-stage silicic magmatism at Wai‘anae Volclano: evidence for hydrous crustal melting in Hawaiian volcanoes, J. Petrol., doi:10.1093/petrology/egp094, 2010.  [pdf]
  
• Rotella, M. D., J. M. Sinton, J. J. Mahoney, and W. Chazey III, Geochemical evidence for low magma supply and inactive propagation at the Galapagos 93.25°W overlapping spreading center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q09005, doi:10.1029/2009GC002445, 2009.  [pdf]
  
• Eason, D. E., and J. M. Sinton, Lava shields and fissure eruptions of the Western Volcanic Zone, Iceland, evidence for magma chambers and crustal interaction, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 186, 331-348, 2009. [pdf]
  
• Rubin, K. H., J. M. Sinton, and J. Maclennan, Magmatic filtering of mantle compositions at mid-ocean ridge volcanoes, Nature Geoscience 2, doi:10.1038/NGEE0504, 2009. [pdf]
  
• Bergmains, E. C., J. Sinton, and K. H. Rubin, Recent eruptive history and magma reservoir dynamics on the southern East Pacific Rise at 17°30'S, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 12, Q12O06, doi:10.1029/2007GC001742, 2007.  [article link] [pdf]
  
• Rubin, K. H., and J. M. Sinton, Inferences on mid-ocean ridge thermal and magmatic structure from MORB compositions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 260, 257-276, 2007. [pdf]
  
• Sherrod, D. R., J. M. Sinton, S. E. Watkins, and K. M. Brunt, Geologic Map of the State of Hawai‘i, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Report, 2007-1089, 2007. [link]
• Geshi, N., S. Umino, H. Kumugai, J. M. Sinton, S. M. White, K. Kisimoto, and T. W. C. Hilde, Discrete plumbing systems and heterogeneous magma sources of a 24 km3 off-axis lava field on the western flank of the East Pacific Rise, 14°S, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 258, 61-72, 2007.  [pdf]
  
• Eason, D, and J. Sinton, Origin of high-Al N-MORB by fractional crystallization in the upper mantle beneath the Galápagos Spreading Center, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 252, 423-436, 2006.  [pdf]
  
• Hall, L. S., J. M. Mahoney, J. M. Sinton, and R. A. Duncan, Spatial and temporal distribution of a C-like asthenospheric component in the Rano Rahi seamount field, East Pacific Rise, 15°-19°S, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q03009, doi:10.1029/2005GC00094, 2006.  [article  link]  [pdf]
  
• Sinton, J. M., K. Grönvold, and K. Sćmundsson, Postglacial eruptive history of the Western Volcanic Zone, Iceland, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6, Q12009, doi: 10.1029/2005GC001021, 2005. [article link] [pdf]
  
• Bowles, J., J. Gee, D. Kent, E. Bergmanis, and J. Sinton, Cooling rate effects on paleointensity estimates in submarine basaltic glass and implications for dating young flows, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,10.1029/2004GC000900, 2005.  [article link]  [pdf]
  
• Kurz, M. D., M. Moreira, J. Curtice, D. E. Lott III, J. J. Mahoney, and J. M. Sinton, Correlated helium, neon and melt production on the super-fast spreading East Pacific Rise near 17°S, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 232, 125-142, 2005.  [pdf]
  
• Blacic, T. M., G. Ito, J. P. Canales, R. S. Detrick, and J. Sinton, Constructing the crust along the Galápagos spreading center 91.3°-95.5°W: correlation of seismic layer 2A with axial magma lens and topographic characteristics, J. Geophys. Res., 109,  doi:10.1029/2004JB003066, 2004.  [pdf]
  
• Hart, S. R., M. Coetzee, R. K. Workman, J. Blusztajn, K. T. M. Johnson, J. M. Sinton, B. Steinberger, and J. W. Hawkins, Genesis of the  seamount province: age, geochemical fingerprint and tectonics, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 227, 37-56, 2004.  [pdf]
  
• Cushman, B., J. Sinton, G. Ito, and J. E. Dixon, Glass compositions, plume-ridge interaction, and hydrous melting along the Galápagos Spreading Center, 90.5° to 98°W, Geophys. Geochem., Geosys., 10.1029/2004GC000709, 2004.  [article link]  [pdf]
  
• Shaw, A. M., D. R. Hilton, C. G. Macpherson, and J. M. Sinton, The CO2-He-Ar-H2O systematics of the Manus back-arc basin: resolving source composition from degassing and contamination effects, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 68, 1837-1856, 2004.  [pdf]
  
• Behn, M. D., J. M. Sinton and R. S. Detrick, Effect of the Galápagos hotspot on seafloor volcanism along the Galápagos Spreading Center,  Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 217, 331-347, 2004.  [pdf]
  
• Sinton, J. M., R. S. Detrick, J. P. Canales, G. Ito, and M. Behn, Morphology and segmentation of the western Galápagos Spreading Center, 90.5-98°W: plume-ridge interaction at an intermediate spreading ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 10.1029/2003GC000609, 2003.  [article  link]  [pdf]
  
• Shah, A. K., M-H. Cormier, W. Ryan, W. Jin, J. Carlut, E. Bergmanis and J. Sinton, Near-bottom magnetic anomaly maps at the axis of the southern East Pacific Rise suggest episodic extrusion at a superfast spreading ridge, J. Geophys. Res.  108, 10.1029/2001JB000564, 2003.  [pdf]
  
• Carbotte, S. M., W. B. F. Ryan, W. Jin, M-H. Cormier, E. Bergmanis, J. Sinton, and S.White, Subsidence of the axis of the EPR revealed through application of a fault restoration technique, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys, 10.1029/2002GC000337, 2003.  [article link]  [pdf]
  
• Sinton, J. M., L. L. Ford, B. Chappell, and M. T. McCulloch, Magma genesis and mantle heterogeneity in the Manus back-arc basin, Papua New Guinea, J. Petrol., 44, 159-195, 2003.  [pdf]
  
• White, S. M., K. C. Macdonald, and J. M. Sinton, Volcanic mound fields and lava flow fields on the East Pacific Rise, 16°-19°S: Low effusion rate eruptions at overlapping spreading centers for the last 1 Myr, J. Geophys. Res., 10.1029/2001JB000483, 2002.  [pdf]
  
• Detrick, R. S., J. Sinton, G. Ito, J. P. Canales, M. Behn, T. Blacic, B. Cushman, J. E. Dixon, D. W. Graham, and J. Mahoney, Correlated geophysical, geochemical and volcanological manifestations of plume-ridge interaction along the Galápagos spreading center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 1029/2002GC000350, 2002.  [article link]  [pdf]
  
• Canales, J. P., G. Ito, R. S. Detrick and J. Sinton, Crustal thickness along the western Galápagos spreading center and the compensation of the Galápagos hotspot swell, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 203, 311-327, 2002.  [pdf]
  
• Sinton, J. M., E. Bergmanis, K. Rubin, R. Batiza, T. K. P. Gregg, K. Grönvold, K. Macdonald, and S. White, Volcanic eruptions on mid-ocean ridges: New evidence from the superfast-spreading East Pacific Rise, 17°-19° S, J. Geophys. Res., 107, B6, 10.1029/2000JB000090, 2002.  [pdf]
  
• Shaw, A.M., D. R. Hilton, C. G. Macpherson, and J. M. Sinton, Nucleogenic neon in high 3He/4He lavas from the Manus back-arc basin: a new perspective on He-Ne decoupling, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 194, 53-66, 2002.  [pdf]
  
• Rubin, K. H., M. D. Smith, E. C. Bergmanis, M. R. Perfit, J. M. Sinton, and R. Batiza, Magmatic history and volcanological insights from individual lava flows erupted on the seafloor, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 188, 349-367, 2001.  [pdf]
  
• Bergmanis, E.C., J. M. Sinton and F. A. Trusdell, Rejuvenated volcanism along the southwest rift zone, East Maui, Hawaii, Bull. Volcanol., 62, 239-255, 2000.  [pdf]
  

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