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Schouten, Hans Emeritus, Geology & Geophysics

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Scientist Emeritus, Geology & Geophysics , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2010 -

High resolution analysis of marine magnetic anomalies and their bearing on plate motions, reorganization of plate motions, evolution of accreting boundaries and fracture zones, the nature of the seafloor spreading magnetic anomaly source layer and its emplacement. The statistical relationship between magnetics, gravity and bathymetry in the oceans. Detailed reconstruction of the North Atlantic history of seafloor spreading. Stochastic processes of sea floor formation. Ridge crest processes. Microplate tectonics. Virtual ocean crust simulations.

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- Tectonic structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 16°30?N. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 17:3993-4010. 2016
- Tectonic evolution of 200 km of Mid-Atlantic Ridge over 10 million years: Interplay of volcanism and faulting. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 16:2303-2321. 2015
- Development and evolution of detachment faulting along 50 km of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 16.5°N. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 15:4692-4711. 2014
- Sedimentation rates test models of oceanic detachment faulting. Geophysical Research Letters. 41:7080-7088. 2014
- Tectonic versus magmatic extension in the presence of core complexes at slow-spreading ridges from a visualization of faulted seafloor topography. Geology. 38:615-618. 2010
- Arc–continent collision and the formation of continental crust: a new geochemical and isotopic record from the Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society. 166:485-500. 2009
- Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere.. Nature Nature. 455:790-794. 2008
- Fault rotation and core complex formation: Significant processes in seafloor formation at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 13°-15°N). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 9:n/a-n/a. 2008
- Interplay between faults and lava flows in construction of the upper oceanic crust: The East Pacific Rise crest 9°25?-9°58?N. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 8:n/a-n/a. 2007
- Counter-rotating microplates at the Galapagos triple junction.. Nature Nature. 433:855-858. 2005
- An ultraslow-spreading class of ocean ridge.. Nature Nature. 426:405-412. 2003
- A near-bottom magnetic survey of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge axis at 26°N: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the TAG segment. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 108. 2003
- Near-bottom magnetic survey of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge axis, 24°-24°40?N: Implications for crustal accretion at slow spreading ridges. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 101:22051-22069. 1996
- Edge-driven microplate kinematics. Journal of Geophysical Research. 98:6689-6701. 1993
- Reduced crustal magnetization beneath the active sulfide mound, TAG hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 26°N. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 115:101-115. 1993
- Iberian plate kinematics: a jumping plate boundary between Eurasia and Africa. Nature Nature. 344:756-759. 1990
- Florida: A Jurassic transform plate boundary. Journal of Geophysical Research. 89:7753-7772. 1984
- On the quality of marine magnetic anomaly sources and sea-floor topography. Geophysical Journal International. 70:245-259. 1982
- Geometry of transform zones. Nature Nature. 288:470-473. 1980
- Zero-offset fracture zones. Geology. 8:175-175. 1980
- PLATE CONVERGENCE AND ACCRETION IN TAIWAN-LUZON REGION. AAPG bulletin. 62:1645-1672. 1978