KENNETH RUBIN

PUBLICATIONS

Summary: This document lists various type of publications, including peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, popular press books, presentations at national/international meetings, and WWW html documents see my pubs list and citation stats at ResearcherID (or roll your mouse over the icon at left - scripts must be active in your browser to view) you can also download a list of just my scientific journals as a pdf document

word cloud depiction of Ken's peer reviewed publications list made with "wordle" (larger words appear more often in the list)"

Popular Press and World-Wide Web:

[2008]
Ken Rubin,. Section entitled "Fire", in Michael Allaby, Robert Coenraads, Stephen Hutchinson, Karen McGhee, John O'Byrne and Ken Rubin "Encyclopedia of Earth", Univ. of California Press. pp608

[2007]
Ken Rubin, "Volcanoes and Earthquakes" Five Mile Press, Victoria, Australia, 2007, 64pp

[ongoing]
I have authored or co-authored over 350 html documents for distribution on the World-Wide Web since 1995, including:

The Hawaii Center for Vocanology site, Ask-An-Earth-Scientist © , Three past versions of the UH Department of Geology and Geophysics site, the UH Isotope Laboratory suite of pages, and prior versions of the home page and upper level pages of the UH School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology site.

[2012]
KH Rubin, SA Soule, WW Chadwick, DJ Fornari, DS Clague, RW. Embley, ET Baker, MR Perfit, DW Caress, RP Dziak (2012) Volcanic Eruptions in the Deep Sea, Oceanography, 25(1), 142–157, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.12. •

ET Baker, WW Chadwick, JP Cowen, RP Dziak, KH Rubin, DJ Fornari (2012) Hydrothermal discharge during submarine eruptions: The importance of detection, response, and new technology, Oceanography, 25(1), 128–141, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.11. •

Colman, A, Sinton, JM, White, SM, McClinton, JT, Bowles, JA, Rubin, KH, Behn, MD, Cushman, B, Eason, DE, Gregg, TKP, Grönvold, K, Hidalgo, S, Howell, J, Neill, O, Russo, C (2012) Effects of variable magma supply on mid-ocean ridge eruptions: Constraints from mapped lava flow fields along the Galápagos Spreading Center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q08014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004163 •

D.J. Fornari, K.L. Von Damm, and 15 others (alphabetically) (2012) The East Pacific Rise Between 9° and 10°N: Twenty-Five Years of Integrated, Multidisciplinary Oceanic Spreading Center Studies. Oceanography, 25(1), 18–43, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.02. •

[2011]
J Resing, KH Rubin, R Embley, J Lupton, E Baker, R Dziak, T Baumberger, M Lilley, J Huber, T Shank, D Butterfield, D Clague, N Keller, S Merle, N Buck, P Michael, S.A Soule, D Caress, S Walker, R Davis, J Cowen, A-L Reysenbach, H Thomas (2011) Active Submarine Eruption of Boninite in the north-eastern Lau Basin, Nature Geoscience, 4, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1275 •

E Baker, J Lupton, J Resing, T Baumberger, M Lilley, S Walker, K Rubin (2011) Unique event plumes from a 2008 eruption on the Northeast Lau Spreading Center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Article Number: Q0AF02, DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003725 •

KH Rubin and DJ Fornari (2011) Multidisciplinary Collaborations in Mid-Ocean Ridge Research, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. U., 92 No.16, 141-142. DOI: 10.1029/2011E0170002 •

AK Schmitt, MR Perfit, KH Rubin, DF Stockli, MC Smith, LA Cotsonika, GF Zellmer, WI Ridley, OM Lovera (2011) Rapid cooling rates at an active mid-ocean ridge from zircon thermochronology, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 302, 349-358, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.022 •

GF Zellmer, KH Rubin, P Dulski, Y Iizuka, SL Goldstein, MR Perfit (2011) Crystal growth during dike injection of MOR basaltic melts: evidence from preservation of local Sr disequilibria in plagioclase Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 161, 153-173, doi: 10.1007/s00410-010-0518-y •

[2010]
AR Goss, MR Perfit, WI Ridley, KH Rubin, GD Kamenov, SA Soule, A Fundis, and DJ Fornari (2010), Geochemistry of lavas from the 2005–2006 eruption at the East Pacific Rise, 9°46'N–9°56'N: Implications for ridge crest plumbing and decadal changes in magma chamber compositions, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q05T09, doi:10.1029/2009GC002977. •

[2009]
KH Rubin, JM Sinton, J. Maclennan, E. Hellebrand (2009) Magmatic filtering of mantle compositions at mid-ocean ridge volcanoes, Nature Geoscience, 2, 321-328 doi:10.1038/ngeo504. •

CJ Russo, KH Rubin, DW Graham (2009) Mantle melting and magma supply to the Southeast Indian Ridge: the roles of lithology and melting conditions from U-series disequilibria, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 278, 55-66, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.016. •

KH Rubin, GF Zellmer (2009) Reply to Comment on “On the recent bimodal magmatic processes and their rates in the Torfajökull –Veidivötn area, Iceland” by K.M. Cooper Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.. 281, 115–123 DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.008. •

[2008]
GF Zellmer, KH Rubin, K Grönvold, Z Jurado-Chichay (2008) On the recent bimodal magmatic processes and their rates in the Torfajökull-Veidivötn area, Iceland Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 269, 387-397, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.026. •

[2007]
KH Rubin and JM Sinton (2007), Inferences on mid-ocean ridge thermal and magmatic structure from MORB compositions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 26, 257–276, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.035. •

EC Bergmanis, J Sinton, KH Rubin (2007) Recent Eruptive History and Magma Reservoir Dynamics on the Southern East Pacific Rise at 17.5°S, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q12O06, doi:10.1029/2007GC001742 •

S.A. Soule, D.J. Fornari, M.R. Perfit and K.H. Rubin (2007), New insights into mid-ocean ridge volcanic processes from the 2005-06 eruption of the East Pacific Rise, 9° 46'-56'N, Geology, 35 (12), 1079–1082, doi: 10.1130/G23924A.1. •

RP Dziak, DR Bohnenstiehl, JP Cowen, ET Baker, KH Rubin, JH Haxel, MJ, Fowler (2007) Rapid dike emplacement leads to dramatic hydrothermal plume release during seafloor spreading events, Geology, 35, 579-582, doi: 10.1130/G23476A.1 •

[2006]
M Tolstoy, J P Cowen, E T Baker, DJ Fornari, KH Rubin, TM Shank, F Waldhauser, DR Bohnenstiehl, DW Forsyth, RC Holmes, B Love, MR Perfit, RT Weekly, SA Soule, B. Glazer (2006) A Seafloor Spreading Event Captured by Seismometers, Science, 314, 1920-1922. •

RW Embley, WW Chadwick, Jr., ET Baker, DA Butterfield, JA Resing, CEJ de Ronde, V Tunniclife, JE Lupton, KS Juniper, KH Rubin, RJ Stern, GT Lebon, K Nakamura, SG Merle, JR Hein, DP Wiens, & Y. Tamura (2006) Long-Term Eruptive Activity at a Submarine Arc Volcano, Nature, 441, 494-497 doi:10.1038/nature04762. •

DW Graham, J Blichert-Toft, CJ Russo, KH Rubin & F Albarède (2006) Cryptic Striations in the Upper Mantle Revealed by Hafnium Isotopes in Southeast Indian Ridge Basalts, Nature, 440, 199-202, doi:10.1038/nature04582. •

[2005]
KH Rubin, I. van der Zander, MC Smith and EC Bergmanis (2005) Minimum speed limit for ocean ridge magmatism from ²¹⁰Pb^-226Ra-²³⁰Th disequilibria, Nature, 437, 534-538, doi:10.1038/nature03993.•

KH Rubin & I van der Zander (2005) Obtaining High-Resolution Chronologies of Submarine Lava Eruptions: Better Dating Through Radiochemistry, Ridge 2000 Events, 3 (Spring 2005), 28-30

[2002]
J Sinton, E Bergmanis, KH Rubin, R Batiza, TKP Gregg, K Grönvold, K Macdonald, and S White (2002) Volcanic eruptions on mid-ocean ridges: New evidence from the superfast-spreading East Pacific Rise, 17°-19°S, J. Geophys. Res..107, (p ECV3-1 to 3-19) doi:10.1029/2000JB000090 • •

[2001]
Rubin, KH, Smith, MC, Bergmanis, EC, Perfit, MR, Sinton, JM and Batiza R (2001) Magmatic history and volcanological insights from individual lava flows erupted on the sea floor. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 188, 349-367. • •

Rubin. KH (2001) Analysis of ²³²Th/²³⁰Th in Volcanic Rocks: A Comparison of Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry and other Methodologies. Chemical Geology, 175, 723-750. • •

Pietruszka, AJ, Rubin, KH and Garcia, MO (2001) ²²⁶Ra-²³⁰Th-²³⁸U disequilibria of historical Kilauea lavas (1790-1982) and the dynamics of mantle melting within the hawaiian plume. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , 186, 15-31. • •

[2000]
Rubin, KH, Fletcher, CH, and Sherman, CE (2000) Fossiliferous Lana'i deposits formed by multiple events rather than a single giant tsunami, Nature, 408, 657-681. • •

Johnson, KTM, Graham, DW, Rubin, KH, Nicolaysen, K, Scheirer, DS, Forsyth, DW Baker, ET, Douglas-Priebe, LM (2000) Boomerang Seamount: The active expression of the Amsterdam-St. Paul Hotspot, Southeast Indian Ridge. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 183, 245-259. •

[1999]
Sherman, CE, Fletcher, CH, Rubin, KH (1999) Marine and meteoric diagenesis of Pleistocene carbonates from a nearshore submarine terrace, Oahu, Hawaii, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69, 69 1083-1097. • •

[1998]
Rubin, KH Smith, MC Perfit, MR Christie, DM, Sacks, LF (1998) Geochronology and Geochemistry of lavas from the 1996 North Gorda Ridge eruption, Deep Sea Research, 45, 2751-2599. • •

Garcia, M, Rubin, KH, Norman, MD, Rhodes, JM, Graham, DW, Muenow, D, Spencer, K (1998) Petrology and geochronology of basalt breccia from the 1996 earthquake swarm of Loihi Seamount, Hawaii: Magmatic history of its 1996 eruption. Bull. Volcanol. 59, 577-592. • •

[1997]
Rubin, KH (1997) Degassing of Metals and Metalloids from Erupting Seamount and Mid-Ocean Ridge Volcanoes: Observations and Predictions, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 61, 3525-3542. • •

Loihi Science Team (Duennebeir et al.), Rapid response to the submarine activity at Loihi Volcano, Hawaii. EOS, 78, 229-233. (full text on-line)

[1994]
Rubin, KH, Macdougall. JD, and Perfit, MR (1994) ²¹⁰Po -²¹⁰Pb dating of recent volcanic eruptions on the sea floor, Nature, 368, 841-844. • •

[1993]
Ken Rubin and John Mahoney, (1993) What's on the plume channel? Nature (News and Views), 362, 109-110. •

[1992]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1992) Th-Sr isotopic relationships in MORB Earth Planet. Science Lett., 114, 149-158. •

[1991]
K.H. Rubin (1991) Timing, extent and sources of marine volcanism through U-series disequilibrium, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, San Diego, pp. 168.

[1990]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1990) A radioactive decay technique for dating neovolcanic MORB, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 101, 313-322. •

[1989]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1989) Submarine magma degassing and explosive magmatism at Macdonald (Tamarii) seamount, Nature, 341, 50-52. •

K.H. Rubin, G.E. Wheller, M.O. Tanzer, J.D. Macdougall, R. Varne and R.C. Finkel, (1989) ²³⁸U decay series systematics of young lavas from Batur volcano, Sunda Arc, J. Volcan. Geother. Res., 38, 215-226. •

[1988]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1988) ²²⁶Ra excesses in mid-ocean-ridge basalts and mantle melting, Nature 335, 158-161. •

[1986]
Schrauzer G.N., Schlemper E.O., Liu N.N., Wang Q.G., Rubin K., Zhang X.M., Long X.P., Chin C.S. (1986) Studies Of Molybdenum Compounds .5. Diethyl(2,2'-Bipyridyl)Dioxomolybdenum(Vi) and Other Higher Dialkyl Derivatives of Dioxomolybdenum(Vi), Organometallics 5 2452-2456. (this includes results of my undergraduate research project)

Rubin, KH, Embley, RW, Arculus, RJ, Pyle, DG, Russo, CJ (2011) Rapid Magmatic Rates Implied by Widespread Contemporaneous Magmatism in the NE Lau Basin, Abstract V52C-08, Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif.

Rubin, K.H. (2011) Do erupted mafic lavas accurately reflect mantle magmatic timescales? Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), Prague, Czech Republic

Rubin,K.H. Maclennan, J, Sinton, J, Hellebrand E (2011) Local and regional magmatic modulators to mantle signatures in erupted mid-ocean ridge lavas, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), Prague, Czech Republic

Rubin, KH Embley, RW, Clague, DA, Resing, J, Michael, PJ, Keller, NS, Baker ET (2009) Lavas from Active Boninite and Very Recent Basalt Eruptions at Two Submarine NE Lau Basin Sites, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # V43I-05

Rubin, KH, Tolstoy, M, Fornari, D J, Dziak, R P, Soule, S A, Waldhauser, F, Von Damm, K L (2008) Integrating Radiometric, Geophysical and Thermal Signals of Volcanic Unrest and Eruption in 2005-06 at 9 deg 50'N EPR, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # B23F-07

Rubin, KH, Sinton, J M Bergmanis, E C (2008) Temporal and Spatial Variations in Volcanic Accretion Over the Past Few 100 Years on the EPR Axis at Superfast Spreading rates at 17 to 18 deg S, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # V43I-07

Rubin, KH, Zellmer GF, Pyle, D, Morán-zenteno, D, , Jurado-Chichay, Z, Rowland, S (2008) Mapping lava compositions in a monogenetic lava flow field to constrain magma accumulation timing and geometry: example from Volcan El Jorullo, Mexico, IAVCEI Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug 2008.

Perfit, MR, Schmitt, AK, Ridley, WI, Rubin, KH, Valley, JW (2007) Petrogenesis of dacites from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge, Goldschmidt Conf. Abstracts, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 72, Number 12S. p A736

Rubin, KH, Jurado-Chichay, Z, Zellmer, G, Moran-Zenteno, D, Pyle, D, Rowland, S (2007)The Complicated Life of a Little Monogenetic Volcano in Mexico: Volcan El Jorullo, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V31H-08

Rubin, KH, Jurado-Chichay, Z, Zellmer GF, Morán-zenteno, D, Pyle, D, Feineman, MD, Rowland, S (2007) Not so Simple Monogenetic Volcanism at Volcan El Jorullo, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract V51A-05

K.H. Rubin, KH, van der Zander, I Zierenberg, RA, Voight, JR, McClain, J, Von Damm, K (2005) Age and composition of a Young Basaltic Flow at 10° 45' N EPR, NSF Ridge2000 Planning and Progress Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 2005

Sherman, C.E. Fletcher, C.H. Rubin, K.H. Simmons, K.R., Adey, W.H. (2005) Age and facies of submerged Late Pleistocene reefs, Oahu, Hawaii: Implications for stage 7 and late stage 5 sea levels, 2005 Caribbean Geology Conference, San Juan, PR

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