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Lin, Jian Senior Scientist, Geology & Geophysics

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Senior Scientist, Geology & Geophysics , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2004 -

Computational geodynamics and marine geophysics; earthquake mechanics and processes; structural and thermal evolution of oceanic lithosphere; oceanic crust accretion; upper mantle thermal regime and melting; oceanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges; tectonics of rifted margins; fault mechanics.

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- Stratification of dissolved organic matter in the upper 2000?m water column at the Mariana Trench.. Science of the Total Environment. 668:1222-1231. 2019
- An isotopically distinct Zealandia–Antarctic mantle domain in the Southern Ocean. Nature Geoscience. 12:206-214. 2019
- Modeling of normal faulting in the subducting plates of the Tonga, Japan, Izu-Bonin and Mariana Trenches: implications for near-trench plate weakening. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 37:53-60. 2018
- Rapid transition from continental breakup to igneous oceanic crust in the South China Sea. Nature Geoscience. 11:782-789. 2018
- Elasto-plastic deformation and plate weakening due to normal faulting in the subducting plate along the Mariana Trench. Tectonophysics. 734-735:59-68. 2018
- Tectonomicrobiology: A new paradigm for geobiological research. Science in China. Series D, Earth sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences. 61:494-498. 2018
- Intra- and intertrench variations in flexural bending of the Manila, Mariana and global trenches: implications on plate weakening in controlling trench dynamics. Geophysical Journal International. 212:1429-1449. 2018
- Frictional properties of the South China Sea oceanic basalt and implications for strength of the Manila subduction seismogenic zone. Marine Geology. 394:16-29. 2017
- Microseisms Generated by Super Typhoon Megi in the Western Pacific Ocean 2017
- The role of rifting in the development of the continental margins of the southwest subbasin, South China Sea: Insights from an OBS experiment. Marine Geophysical Researches. 38:105-123. 2017
- Deformation and faulting of subduction overriding plate caused by a subducted seamount. Geophysical Research Letters. 43:8936-8944. 2016
- Stress adjustment revealed by seismicity and earthquake focal mechanisms in northeast China before and after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Tectonophysics. 666:23-32. 2016
- Mechanism for normal faulting in the subducting plate at the Mariana Trench. Geophysical Research Letters. 42:4309-4317. 2015
- International collaboration and science in China: a Western perspective. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW. 2:241-245. 2015
- Spatial and temporal variations in crustal production at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 25°N-27°30?N and 0-27?Ma. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 120:2119-2142. 2015
- Seismic stratigraphy of the central South China Sea basin and implications for neotectonics. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 120:1377-1399. 2015
- Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 15:4958-4983. 2014
- Variations in oceanic plate bending along the Mariana trench. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 401:206-214. 2014
- Post-seismic viscoelastic deformation and stress transfer after the 1960 M9.5 Valdivia, Chile earthquake: effects on the 2010 M8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake. Geophysical Journal International. 197:697-704. 2014
- The March 11, 2011 T?hoku M9.0 earthquake-induced tsunami and coastal inundation along the Japanese coast: A model assessment. Progress in Oceanography. 123:84-104. 2014
- Magmatism and tectonic processes in Area A hydrothermal vent on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Science in China. Series D, Earth sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences. 56:2186-2197. 2013
- Thermal evolution of the North Atlantic lithosphere: New constraints from magnetic anomaly inversion with a fractal magnetization model. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14:5078-5105. 2013
- Initial spread of <sup>137</sup>Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant over the Japan continental shelf: a study using a high-resolution, global-coastal nested ocean model. Biogeosciences. 10:5439-5449. 2013
- Geometrical effects of a subducted seamount on stopping megathrust ruptures. Geophysical Research Letters. 40:2011-2016. 2013
- Modeling Propagation of 2011 Honshu Tsunami. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics. 7:507-518. 2013
- Effects of subducted seamounts on megathrust earthquake nucleation and rupture propagation. Geophysical Research Letters. 39:n/a-n/a. 2012
- First active hydrothermal vents on an ultraslow-spreading center: Southwest Indian Ridge. Geology. 40:47-50. 2012
- Controls on melt migration and extraction at the ultraslow Southwest Indian Ridge 10°–16°E. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 116. 2011
- Mineralogical and geochemical features of sulfide chimneys from the 49°39?E hydrothermal field on the Southwest Indian Ridge and their geological inferences. Chinese Science Bulletin. 56:2828-2838. 2011
- Interactions between hotspots and the Southwest Indian Ridge during the last 90 Ma: Implications on the formation of oceanic plateaus and intra-plate seamounts. Science in China. Series D, Earth sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences. 54:1177-1188. 2011
- Using the 2011 M w 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake to test the Coulomb stress triggering hypothesis and to calculate faults brought closer to failure. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Earth, Planets and Space. 63:725-730. 2011
- Widespread seismicity excitation throughout central Japan following the 2011 M=9.0 Tohoku earthquake and its interpretation by Coulomb stress transfer. Geophysical Research Letters. 38:n/a-n/a. 2011
- Stress transfer among en echelon and opposing thrusts and tear faults: Triggering caused by the 2003Mw= 6.9 Zemmouri, Algeria, earthquake. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 116. 2011
- Crustal thickness anomalies in the North Atlantic Ocean basin from gravity analysis. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12:n/a-n/a. 2011
- Managing tsunamis through early warning systems: A multidisciplinary approach. Ocean & Coastal Management. 54:189-199. 2011
- A reduced crustal magnetization zone near the first observed active hydrothermal vent field on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Geophysical Research Letters. 37:n/a-n/a. 2010
- Deep-sea mining of seafloor massive sulfides. Marine Policy. 34:728-732. 2010
- Melt generation, crystallization, and extraction beneath segmented oceanic transform faults. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 114. 2009
- Far field tsunami simulations of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: Implications for tsunami hazard to the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean. Marine Geology. 264:109-122. 2009
- Axial high topography and partial melt in the crust and mantle beneath the western Galápagos Spreading Center. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 9:n/a-n/a. 2008
- Hydrothermal plume anomalies along the Central Indian Ridge. Chinese Science Bulletin. 53:2527-2535. 2008
- Stress interactions between normal faults and adjacent strike-slip faults of 1997 Jiashi earthquake swarm. Science in China. Series D, Earth sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences. 51:431-440. 2008
- Role of melt supply in oceanic detachment faulting and formation of megamullions. Geology. 36:455-455. 2008
- Spreading rate dependence of gravity anomalies along oceanic transform faults.. Nature Nature. 448:183-187. 2007
- Ridge-Hotspot Interactions: What Mid-Ocean Ridges Tell Us About Deep Earth Processes. Oceanography. 20:102-115. 2007
- Segmentation of transform systems on the East Pacific Rise: Implications for earthquake processes at fast-slipping oceanic transform faults. Geology. 34:289-289. 2006
- Spatio-temporal evolution of strain accumulation derived from multi-scale observations of Late Jurassic rifting in the northern North Sea: A critical test of models for lithospheric extension. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 234:401-419. 2005
- Time variation in igneous volume flux of the Hawaii-Emperor hot spot seamount chain. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 109. 2004
- High sensitivity of ocean ridge thermal structure to changes in magma supply: the Galápagos Spreading Center. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 221:263-273. 2004
- Preliminary Report on the 22 December 2003, M 6.5 San Simeon, California Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters. 75:155-172. 2004
- Stress triggering in thrust and subduction earthquakes and stress interaction between the southern San Andreas and nearby thrust and strike-slip faults. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 109. 2004
- Stress interaction between subduction earthquakes and forearc strike-slip faults: Modeling and application to the northern Caribbean plate boundary. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 109. 2004
- An ultraslow-spreading class of ocean ridge.. Nature Nature. 426:405-412. 2003
- Plume-transform interactions at ultra-slow spreading ridges: Implications for the Southwest Indian Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4:n/a-n/a. 2003
- Crustal Evolution of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone in the last 5 Ma. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4. 2003
- Low 3He/4He ratios in basalt glasses from the western Southwest Indian Ridge (10°-24°E). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 206:509-528. 2003
- Observational and theoretical studies of the dynamics of mantle plume–mid-ocean ridge interaction. Reviews of Geophysics. 41. 2003
- Evidence for weak oceanic transform faults. Geophysical Research Letters. 29. 2002
- Three-dimensional passive flow and temperature structure beneath oceanic ridge–ridge–ridge triple junctions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 204:115-132. 2002
- A continuum mechanics model for normal faulting using a strain-rate softening rheology: implications for thermal and rheological controls on continental and oceanic rifting. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 202:725-740. 2002
- Evidence of low flexural rigidity and low viscosity lower continental crust during continental break-up in the South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 19:951-970. 2002
- Mechanisms of normal fault development at mid-ocean ridges. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 107. 2002
- Accelerated stress buildup on the southern San Andreas fault and surrounding regions caused by Mojave Desert earthquakes. Geology. 30:571-571. 2002
- Crustal thickness of V-shaped ridges south of the Azores: Interaction of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (36°-39°N) and the Azores hot spot. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 106:21719-21735. 2001
- Three-dimensional normal faulting models of the Valles Marineris, Mars, and geodynamic implications 2001
- Crustal evolution over the last 2 m.y. at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge OH-1 segment, 35°N. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 106:13269-13285. 2001
- Delayed triggering of the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake by viscoelastic stress transfer.. Nature Nature. 411:180-183. 2001
- Evidence from gravity anomalies for interactions of the Marion and Bouvet hotspots with the Southwest Indian Ridge: effects of transform offsets. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 187:283-300. 2001
- Segmentation in gravity and magnetic anomalies along the U.S. East Coast passive margin: Implications for incipient structure of the oceanic lithosphere. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 105:25769-25790. 2000
- Crustal thickness and structure along three contrasting spreading segments of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 33.5°-35°N. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 105:8205-8226. 2000
- Crustal and upper mantle seismic structure beneath the rift mountains and across a nontransform offset at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (35°N). JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 105:2699-2719. 2000
- Forces driving ridge propagation. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 104:22845-22858. 1999
- Mechanisms for the formation of ridge-axis topography atslow-spreading ridges: a lithospheric-plate flexural model. Geophysical Journal International. 136:8-18. 1999
- Time-dependent changes in failure stress following thrust earthquakes. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 103:24393-24409. 1998
- Megamullions and mullion structure defining oceanic metamorphic core complexes on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 103:9857-9866. 1998
- Tectonic modification of axial crustal structure: Evidence from spectral analyses of residual gravity and bathymetry of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge flanks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 154:279-293. 1998
- Interaction of mantle plumes and migrating mid-ocean ridges: Implications for the Galápagos plume-ridge system. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 102:15403-15417. 1997
- Segmentation and crustal structure of the western Mid-Atlantic Ridge flank, 25°25?-27°10?N and 0-29 m.y.. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 102:10203-10223. 1997
- Fast rift propagation at a slow-spreading ridge. Geology. 25:639-639. 1997
- Structure and stability of non-transform discontinuities on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 24 degrees N and 30 degrees N. Marine Geophysical Researches. 19:339-362. 1997
- Gravity anomalies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Kane Fracture Zone. Geophysical Research Letters. 23:3431-3434. 1996
- Dynamics of mantle flow and melting at a ridge-centered hotspot: Iceland and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 144:53-74. 1996
- Models of ocean ridge lithospheric deformation: Dependence on crustal thickness, spreading rate, and segmentation. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 101:17977-17993. 1996
- Three-dimensional models of deformation near strike-slip faults. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 101:16205-16220. 1996
- A gravity current model of cooling mantle plume heads with temperature-dependent buoyancy and viscosity. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 101:3291-3309. 1996
- Quantitative analysis of abyssal hills in the Atlantic Ocean: A correlation between inferred crustal thickness and extensional faulting. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 100:22509-22522. 1995
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge volcanism from deep-towed side-scan sonar images, 25 °–29 °N. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 67:233-262. 1995
- Thermal structure of the mantle beneath the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Inferences from the spatial variation of dredged basalt glass compositions. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 100:10057-10076. 1995
- Morphology and crustal structure of a small transform fault along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The Atlantis Fracture Zone. Marine Geophysical Researches. 17:275-300. 1995
- Ridge offsets, normal faulting, and gravity anomalies of slow spreading ridges. Journal of Geophysical Research. 100:6163-6177. 1995
- Three-dimensional modeling of pull-apart basins: Implications for the tectonics of the Dead Sea Basin. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 100:6295-6312. 1995
- Mantle temperature anomalies along the past and paleoaxes of the Galápagos spreading center as inferred from gravity analyses. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 100:3733-3745. 1995
- Long-term survival of the axial valley morphology at abandoned slow-spreading centers. Geology. 23:971-971. 1995
- Oceanic spreading center–hotspot interactions: Constraints from along-isochron bathymetric and gravity anomalies. Geology. 23:657-657. 1995
- Stress triggering of the 1994 m = 6.7 northridge, california, earthquake by its predecessors.. Science Science. 265:1432-1435. 1994
- A geological model for the structure of ridge segments in slow spreading ocean crust. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 99:11937-11958. 1994
- STATIC STRESS CHANGES AND THE TRIGGERING OF EARTHQUAKES. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 84:935-953. 1994
- Causes and consequences of variations in faulting style at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research. 98:21839-21851. 1993
- Segmentation and morphotectonic variations along a slow-spreading center: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (2400? N? 3040? N). Marine Geophysical Researches. 15:153-200. 1993
- Change in failure stress on the southern san andreas fault system caused by the 1992 magnitude = 7.4 landers earthquake.. Science Science. 258:1328-1332. 1992
- The spreading rate dependence of three-dimensional mid-ocean ridge gravity structure. Geophysical Research Letters. 19:13-16. 1992
- A finite amplitude necking model of rifting in brittle lithosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research. 95:4909-4909. 1990
- Evidence from gravity data for focusedmagmatic accretionalong the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Nature Nature. 344:627-632. 1990
- Asymmetric crustal structure of the ultraslow-spreading Mohns Ridge. International Geology Review. 1-17.
- Deep Seismic Structure Across the Southernmost Mariana Trench: Implications for Arc Rifting and Plate Hydration
- Exploring volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain building under the Atlantic Ocean. OCEANUS. 39:23-23.
- THE SEGMENTED MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE. OCEANUS. 34:11-18.
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- Long-Term evolution of non-transform discontinuities at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 24°N - 27°30?N 2018