Submitted
Blackman, D. K., B. Ildefonse, B. E. John, Y. Ohara, D. J. Miller, and IODP 304-305 Science Party, Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 30°N, JGR, submitted 1/10
Schouten, H., D. K. Smith, J. Cann & J. Escartín, Estimating tectonic vs magmatic extension in the presence of core complexes at slow spreading ridges from a visualization based on bathymetry, Geology, Submitted 10/09.
Cannat, M., F. Fontaine & J. Escartín, Serpentinization at slow-spreading ridges: Extent and associated hydrogene and methane fluxes, AGU Geophysical Monograph.
Seher, T., S. C. Singh, W. C. Crawford & J. Escartín, Upper crustal velocity structure beneath the central Lucky Strike Segment from seismic refraction measurements, G-cubed.
Cannat, M. L. Lavier, D. Sauter & J. Escartín, Oceanic corrugated surfaces and the strength of the axial lithosphere at slow spreading ridges, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 288, 174-183, 2009. [pdf]
Soule, A. S., J. Escartín, & D. Fornari, A record of eruption and intrusion at a fast-spreading ridge axis: the axial summit trough of the East Pacific Rise 9˚-10˚N, Geochem, Geophys., Geosys., 10(10), QT10T07, doi:10.1029/2008GC002354, 2009. [pdf]
*Dusunur, D., J. Escartín, C. Combier, T. Seher, W. Crawford, M. Cannat, S. C. Singh, L. M. Matias, and J. M. Miranda, Seismological constraints on the thermal structure along the Lucky Strike segment (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and interaction of tectonic and magmatic processes around the magma chamber, Marine Geophys. Res., 30(2), 105-120, DOI: 0.1007/s11001-009-9071-3, 2009. [pdf]
Escartín, J., R. GarcĂa, O. Delaunoy, J. Ferrer, N. Gracias, A. Elibol, X. Cufi, L. Neumann, D. J. Fornari, S. Humphris, and J. Renard, Globally-aligned photo mosaic of the Lucky Strike hydrothermal Vent Field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37°18.5'N): release of geo-referenced data, mosaic construction and viewing software, Geochem, Geophys. Geosys., 9(12), Q12009, doi:10.1029/2008GC002204. [pdf]
Michibayashi, K., T. Hirose, T. Nozaka, Y. Harigane, J. Escartín, , H. Delius, M. Linek & Y. Ohara, Hydration due to high-T brittle failure within in situ oceanic crust, 30°N, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 275, 346-354, 2008. [pdf]
Fedenczuk, T., P. Fryer, J. Escartín, & A. J. L. Harris, Automatic quantification of gradient defined features, IEEE Oceans 2008, 499-502, 2008.
Escartín, J., D. K. Smith, J. R. Cann, H. Schouten, C. H. Langmuir, & S. Escrig,
Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading
oceanic lithosphere, Nature, 455, 790-794, doi:10.1038/nature07333,
2008. [pdf]
*Fontaine, F., M. Cannat & J. Escartín,
Hydrothermal circulation at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges: the role
of along-axis variations in axial lithospheric thickness, Geology, 36, 10, doi: 10.1130/G24885A.1, 2008. [pdf]
Combier, V. S. SIngh, M. Cannat & J. Escartín, Mechanical decoupling and thermal structure at the East Pacific Ridge axis 9°N: Constraints from axial magma chamber geometry and seafloor structures, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett, 19-28, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.046, 2008. [pdf]
Escartín, J., M. Andreani, J., G. Hirth & B. Evans, Relationships between the microstructural evolution and the rheology of talc at elevated pressures and temperatures, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 268, 463-475, 2008. [pdf]
Smith,
D. K.,J. Escartín,
H.
Schouten & J. Cann, Fault rotation and core complex formation:
Significant processes in seafloor formation at slow
spresading mid-ocean ridges, Geochem, Geophys., Geosys., 9, Q03003, doi:10.1029/2007GC001699, 2008. [pdf]
McCaig, A., B. Cliff, J. Escartín,
& C. J. MacLeod, Oceanic detachment faults focus copious
quantities of black smoker fluids, Geology, 5: 935-938,
doi:10.1130/G23657A.1, 2007. [pdf]
Adam, C., V. Vidal and J. Escartín,
80 Myr history of buoyancy and volcanic fluxes along the trails of the
Walvis and St. Helena's hotspots (South Atlantic), EPSL, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 3-4, 432-442,
doi:10.1016/j.epsl2007/07.00, 2007. [pdf]
Schmitt, D. R., Z. Han, V. A. Kravchinsky & J. Escartín, Seismic and magnetic anisotropy of serpentinized ophiolite: Implications on oceanic spreading rate dependent anisotropy, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 261, 590-601, 510.1016/j.epsl.2007.1007.1024, 2007. [pdf]
Ildefonse, B., D. K. Blackman, B. E. Johnson, Y. Ohara, D. J. Miller, C. J. MacLeod and IODP Expeditions 304/305 Science Party Oceanic core complexes and crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges, Geology, 35, 623-625, doi:10.1130/G23531A.1, 2007. [pdf]
Escartín, J., S. A. Soule, D. J. Fornari, M. Tivey, H. Schouten and M. Perfit, Interactions between faults and lava flows along the East Pacific Rise crest (9°10'-50'N): implications for upper oceanic crust construction,Geochem, Geophys., Geosys., 8, Q06005, doi:10.1029/2006GC001399, 2007. [pdf]
Andreani, M., A. Boulier, C. MĂ©vel and J. Escartín, Dynamic control on serpentinite crystallization in veins: constraints on hydration processes in oceanic peridotites, Geochem, Geophys., Geosys, 8, Q02012, doi:10.1029/2006GC001373, 2007. [pdf]
Juniper, K., J. Escartín,
M. Cannat, Monitoring and observatories: Multi-disciplinary,
time-series observations at mid-ocean ridges, J.
Oceanog., 20, 128-137, 2007. [pdf]
Boschi, Ch., G. Fruh-Green and J. Escartín,
Occurrence and significance of serpentinite-hosted, talc-rich fault
rocks in modern oceanic settings and ophiolite complexes, Ofioliti,
31, 141-150, 2006. [pdf]
Singh, S. W.
Crawford, H. Carton, T. Seher, V. Combier, M. Cannat, J. P. Canales, D.
Dusunur, J. Escartín,
J. M. Miranda, Discovery of axial magma chamber reflection and faults
beneath the Lucky Strike volcano and hydrothermal vents at the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Nature, 442, 1029-1032, 2006. [pdf]
Smith, D. K., J.
Cann, J. Escartín, Widespread active
detachment faulting and core complex formation near 13°N at the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Nature, 442, 440-443, 2006. [pdf]
Lucazeau,
F., A. Bonneville, J. Escartín,
R. P. von Herzen, P. Gouze, M. Cannat, V. Vidal and C. Adam, Heat-flow
variations on a slowly accreting ridge: constraints on the hydrothermal
and conductive cooling for the Lucky Strike segment (Mid Atlantic
Ridge, 37°N), Geophys. Geochem. Geosys., 7(7), , Q07011,
doi:10.1029/2005GC001178, 2006. [pdf]
Cannat, M.,
D. Sauter, V. Mendel, E. Ruellan, K. Okino, J. Escartín, V. Combier, M.
Baala, Modes of seafloor generation at a melt-poor
ultra-slow-spreading ridge, Geology, 7, 605-608,
doi:10.1130/G22486A.1, 2006. [pdf]
Blackman, D.K., Ildefonse, B., John, B.E., Ohara, Y.,
Miller, D.J., MacLeod, C.J., and the Expedition
304/305 Scientists,
Proc. IODP, 304/305: College Station TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling
Program Management International, Inc.), 2006.
doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.304305.2006
Escartín, J.,The
Oceanic Lithosphere, in Geodynamics and Geochemistry, Ed:. J.
lastovicka, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Section
6.16.3.2, UNESCO-EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, [http://www.eolss.net], 2004.
Searle,
R. C. & J. Escartín,
J.,The rheology of the oceanic lithosphere and the morphology of
mid-ocean ridges, in "Mid Ocean Ridges: hydrothermal interactions
between the lithosphere and the oceans" AGU Monograph n.
165, Eds.: C. German, J. Lin, and L. Parson, 63-94, 2004. [pdf]
Escartín, J., C.
Mével, C. J. MacLeod, and A. M.
McCaig, Constraints on
deformation conditions and the origin of oceanic detachments: the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge core complex at 15°45’N, Geophys.
Geochim. Geosys., 4 (8),
1067,
doi:10.1029/2001GC000278,2003. [pdf]
Escartín, J., D. K. Smith & M. Cannat, Parallel bands of
seismicity at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 12-14°N, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 30, 12, 1620, doi:10.1029/2003GL017226, 2003.
[pdf]
Smith,
D. K., J. Escartín,
M. Cannat, M. Tolstoy, C. G. Fox, D. R.
Bohnenstiehl, S. Bazin, Spatial
and temporal distribution of seismicity along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, J.
Geophys. Res., 108(B3), 10.1029/2002JB001964, 2003. [pdf]
| MacLeod,
C. J.,
J. Escartín,
D. Banerji, G.
J. Banks, M. Gleeson, D. H. B.
Irving, R. M. Lilly, A. M. McCaig, Y. Niu, D. K. Smith,
Direct evidence for
oceanic detachment faulting at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 15°45'N, Geology,
30, 10, 879-882, 2002. [pdf] MacLeod, C. J., J. Escartín, D. Banerji, G. J. Banks, M. Gleeson, D. H. B. Irving, R. M. Lilly, A. M. McCaig, Y. Niu, D. K. Smith, Direct evidence for oceanic detachment faulting at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 15°45'N; Reply, Geology, DOI 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)31<e15:R>2.0.CO;2, 2003. (published on-line) [pdf - together with Spencer's comment] (Geology Cover
Nov. 2002, with BGS Drill)
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Escartín, J., G. Hirth, and B. Evans, Strength and mode of deformation of partially serpentinized peridotites: implications for the rheology and tectonics of oceanic lithosphere, Geology, 29, 11, 1023-1026, 2001. [pdf]
Escartín, J., M. Cannat, G. Pouliquen, A. Rabain and J. Lin, Constraints on the interaction between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Azores hotspot from bathymetry and gravity (36-39N), J. Geophys. Res., 106, 21719-21736, 2001. [pdf]
Rabain, A., M. Cannat, J. Escartín, G. Pouliquen, C. Deplus & C. Rommeveaux-Jestin, Focused volcanism and the growth of a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (35°N), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 185, 211-224, 2001. [pdf]
Canales, J. P., J. A. Collins, J. Escartín, and R.S. Detrick , Seismic structure across the rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 23°20'N (MARK area): Implications for crustal accretion processes at slow spreading ridges, J. Geophys. Res.,105, B12, 28411-28426, 2000. [pdf]
Allerton, S., R. C. Searle & J. Escartín, Evidence for asymmetric accretion at a slow-spreading ridge segment,Geology, 28, 2, 179-182, 2000. [pdf]
Cannat, M., A. Briais, C. Deplus, J. Escartín, J. Georgen, J. Lin, S. Mercouriev, C. Meyzen, M. Muller, G. Pouliquen, A. Rabain and P. Da Silva , Mid-Atlantic Ridge-Azores hotspot interactions: Along-axis migrationof a hotspot-derived event of enhanced magmatism 10 to 4 Ma ago. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 173, 257-269, 1999.[pdf]
Escartín, J. and M. Cannat, Ultramafic exposures and the gravity
signature of the lithosphere near the Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zones
(Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 14-16deg. N), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 171,
411-424, 1999. [pdf]
Escartín, J., P. A. Cowie, R. C. Searle, S. Allerton,
N. C. Mitchell, C. J. MacLeod and P. Slootweg, Quantifying Tectonic
and Magmatic Strain at a
Slow-Spreading Ridge Segment (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29°N), J.
Geophys. Res., 105, B5, 10421-10427, 1999. [pdf]
South- and North looking sonar maps & link to full resolution pdf
files:


Escartín, J. and J. Lin, Tectonic modification of axial crustal structure: Evidence from spectral analyses of gravity and bathymetry of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge flanks (25.5-27.5°.N), Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 154 , 279-293, 1998. [pdf]
Hirth, G., J. Escartín, and J. Lin , The rheology of the lower oceanic crust: implications for lithospheric deformation at mid-ocean ridges, in: Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean ridges, Eds. Buck et al., AGU Monograph, 291-303, 1998.
Mitchell, N. C., S. Allerton, and J. Escartín, Estimating Sedimentation on young oceanic floor at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29° N, Marine Geology, 148, 1-8, 1998. [pdf]
Searle, R.C., P. A. Cowie, N.C. Mitchell, S. Allerton, C. J. McLeod, J. Escartín, , S.M. Russell, P.A. Slootweg and T. Tanaka , Fault structure and detailed evolution of a slow-spreading segment: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 29°N, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 154 , 167-183, 1997. [pdf]
Escartín, J., G. Hirth, and B. Evans, Effects of serpentinization on the lithospheric strength and the style of normal faulting at slow-spreading ridges, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 151 (3-4), 181-190, 1997. [pdf]
Escartín, J., G. Hirth, and B. Evans , Non dilatant brittle deformation of serpentinites: Implications for Mohr-Coulomb theory and the strength of faults, J. Geophy. Res., 102, 2897-2913, 1997. [pdf]
Cann, J. R., D. K. Blackman, D. K., Smith, E. McAllister, B. Jassen, S. Mello, E. Avgerinos, A. R. Pascoe & J. Escartín, Corrugated slip surfaces at ridge-transform intersections of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Nature, 385 , 329-332, 1997. [pdf]
Teide Group (C. Palomo, J. Acosta, J. L. Sanz, P. Herranz, A. Munoz, E. Uchupi and J. Escartín, Morphometric interpretation of the northwest and southeast slopes of Tenerife, Canary Islands, J. Geophy. Res., 102, 20325-20342, 1997. [pdf]
Escartín, J., Ridge Segmentation, Tectonic Evolution and rheology of Slow-Spreading Oceanic Crust, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT/WHOI 97-01, 232 p., 1996. [pdf]
Escartín, J. and J. Lin, Ridge offsets, normal faulting, and gravity anomalies of slow spreading ridges, J. Geophy. Res., 100, 6136-6177, 1995 .[pdf]
Escartín, J. and D. Aubrey, Flow structure and dispersion within algal mats, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sci., 40, 451-472, 1995.[pdf]
Fontaine, F., M. Cannat, J. Escartin, Some
Consequences of Along-Axis Variability in the Thermal (and Permeable)
Structures of MOR on the Dynamics of Hydrothermal Activity, Ridge2000 Events, 16-19, 2008.
Gaill, F., V. Ballu, M. Cannat, W. Crawford, J. Dyment, J. Escartin et al., Cruise MoMARDREAM-Naut and other MOMAR experiments at Rainbow and Lucky Strike in Summer 2007, InterRidge Newsletter, 16, 15-16, 2007.
Blackman, D.K., Ildefonse, B., John, B.E., Ohara, Y.,
Miller, D.J., MacLeod, C.J., and the Expedition
304/305 Scientists,
2006. Proc. IODP, 304/305: College Station TX (Integrated Ocean
Drilling Program Management International, Inc.).
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304/305 Scientists,
2006. Expedition 304/305 summary. In Blackman, D.K., Ildefonse, B.,
John, B.E., Ohara, Y., Miller, D.J., MacLeod, C.J., and the Expedition
304/305 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 304/305: College Station TX
(Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.).
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304/305 Scientists,
2006. Methods. In Blackman, D.K., Ildefonse, B., John, B.E., Ohara,
Y., Miller, D.J., MacLeod, C.J., and the Expedition 304/305 Scientists,
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2006. Site U1309. In Blackman, D.K., Ildefonse, B., John, B.E.,
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2006. Site U1311. In Blackman, D.K., Ildefonse, B., John, B.E.,
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Smith, D. K. & J. Escartin 2005, A Unique Strip of Seismicity on the Western Flank of the Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge 13°-14.5°N. R/V Knorr Leg 182, June 2005 (Cruise Report).
IODP Expetidions 304 and 305 Scientists, IODP Expeditions 304 and 305: Oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif (Progress report), Scientific Drilling, 1, 28-31, doi: 10.2204/iodp.sd.1.05.2005, 2005. http://www.iodp.org/docman/doc_download/538/
Barriga, F., A. Colaço, J. Escartin E. Hooft, S. Humphris, N. Le Bris, C. Lee, N. Lourenço, and F. Wenzhofer, Long-termo monitoring of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – Proceedings of the III MOMAR Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, 7-9 April 2005, 82 pp. http://195.37.14.189/public_html/SCIENCE/Science_reports/ReportPDFs/MOMAR_rept_finalMay05.pdf
Expedition Scientific Party, 2005. Oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif—oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: drilling into the footwall and hanging wall of a tectonic exposure of deep, young oceanic lithosphere to study deformation, alteration, and melt generation. IODP Prel. Rept., 304. http://iodp.tamu.edu/publications/PR/304PR/304PR.PDF.
Blackman, D.K., Ildefonse, B., John, B.E., MacLeod, C.J., Ohara, Y., Miller, D.J., and the Expedition 304/305 Project Team, 2004. Oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif—oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: drilling into the footwall and hanging wall of a tectonic exposure of deep, young oceanic lithosphere to study deformation, alteration, and melt generation. IODP Sci. Prosp., 304/305. http://iodp.tamu.edu/publications/SP/304305SP/304305SP.PDF.
Escartín, J., R. S. Santos, E. GrĂ cia, J. J. Dañobeitia (convenors), Long term monitoring of deep ocean hydrothermal systems, Report of the ESF-LESC Exploratory Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 October 2003. [pdf]
LuckyFlux Science Party, Taking the temperature of the Lucky Strike area, InterRidge News, 12(2), 27-30, 2003. - [pdf]
Santos,
R. S., J. Escartín,
A. Colaço & A. Adamcewska, Towards planning of seafloor
observatory programs for the MAR region observatory programs for the
MAR region. Proceedings of the II MoMAR Workshop,
Arquipiélago
– Life and Marine
Science, Appendix, 3, XII+64 pp., 2002. - [pdf]
see also the MOMAR pages
and documents in there
GrĂ cia, E. & J. Escartín, Crustal accretion at mid-ocean ridges and Back-Arcks: insights from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and the Bransfield Basin and nord Fiji Basin ridges, Contributions to Science , 1(2), 1-30, 2000. [pdf]
Mitchell, N. C., J. Escartín & S. Allerton, Large-offset normal faults at slow and intermediate spreading ridges, EOS Trans. AGU, 79, 129, 1998.
Escartín, J., A. P. Slootweg, C. G. Flewellen, I. A. Rouse, R. C. Searle, N. C. Mitchell, P. A. Cowie, S., Allerton, C. J. Macleod, S. M. Russell, and T. Tanaka , The first TOBI swath bathymetry, Bridge Newsletter, 11, 28-29, 1996.
Escartín, J and J. Lin, Morfoestructura de la dorsal Medio-Atlantica entre 24 deg. N y 30 deg.N (Morphostructure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 24N and 30N), Acta Geologica Hispanica , 27 , 33-49, 1992. [pdf]
Canals, M., J. Acosta, E. Gracia, J. Escartín, and ORCA group , Caracterizacion de la region de enlace entre la cuenca de Bransfield y la Dorsal Sur de Scotia (Antartida) (Characterization of the linking region between the Bransfield basin and the South Scotia Ridge). Acta Geologica Hispanica, 27, 89-110, 1992. [pdf]