Roger’s Publications
2010
 
Choi, E. and W. R. Buck (2010) Constraints on mantle viscosity beneath spreading centers.         Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L16302, doi:10.1029/2010GL043681. Click here to download
 
Bialas, R, W. R. Buck and R. Qin (2010) How Much Magma is required to rift a continent? Earth and Planet Sci. Lett., 292, 68-78, 2010. Click here to download
 
2009
 
Buck, W. R., C. Small, and W. B. F. Ryan (2009), Constraints on asthenospheric flow from the depths of oceanic spreading centers: The East Pacific Rise and the Australian-Antarctic Discordance, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q09007, doi:10.1029/2009GC002373, 2009. Click here to download
 
2008
 
Nagel, T. J, W. B. F. Ryan, A. Malinverno and W. R. Buck (2008)  Pacific trench motions controlled by the asymmetric plate configuration, Tectonics, 27 doi: 10.1029/2007 TC002183. Click here to download
 
Qin, R. and W. R. Buck (2008) Why meter-wide dikes at spreading centers? Earth and Planet Sci. Lett. 265,, Pages 466-474 (doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.044). Click here to download  
 
Tucholke, B. E. M. D. Behn, W. R. Buck, J. Lin (2008) The role of melt supply in detachment faulting and the formation of megamullions, Geology, 35, 455-458 doi: 10.1130/G24639A.1.
 
2007
 
Buck, W. R. (2007) The Dynamics of Continental Break-up and Extension, in The Treatise on Geophysics, G. Schubert series editor, Volume 6 – Crustal and Lithosphere Dynamics, A. B. Watts editor. Click here to download
 
Bialas, R., W. R., Buck, Studinger and P. Fitzgerald (2007) Plateau Collapse Model for the Transantarctic Mountains / West Antarctic Rift System: Insights from Numerical Experiments, Geology, 35; 8, Pages 687-690. Click here to download
 
Nagel, TJ and Buck, WR (2007) Control of rheological stratification on rifting geometry: a symmetric model resolving the upper plate paradox. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) DOI 10.1007/s00531-007-0195-x. Click here to download
 
2006
 
Nagel, TJ and Buck, WR (2006) Channel flow and the development of parallel-dipping normal faults. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111 B08407, doi:10.1029/2005JB004000. Click here to download
 
Buck, W. R., P. Einarsson and B. Brandsdottir (2006) Tectonic stress and magma chamber size as controls on dike propagation: Constraints from the 1974-1989 Krafla rifting Episode, J. Geophys. Res. 111; B12, B12404. Click here to download
 
Shah, A. and W. R. Buck (2006) The rise and fall of axial highs during ridge jumps, J. Geophys. Res.,111, B08101, doi:1029/2005JB003657. Click here to download
 
2005
 
Buck, W. R., L.L. Lavier and A. N. Poliakov (2005) Modes of faulting at mid-ocean ridges, Nature 434, 719-723. Click here to download
 
Qin, R. and W. R. Buck (2005) Effect of lithospheric geometry on rift valley relief, J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003411.
 
E. Bonatti, D. Brunelli, W. R.  Buck and A. Cipriani, P. Fabretti, V. Ferrante, L. Gasperini and M. Ligi (2005) Flexural uplift of a lithospheric slab near the Vema transform (Central Atlantic): Timing and mechanisms, Earth Planet. Sci. Letts, 240, 642-655
 
2004
 
Nagel, T and W. R. Buck (2004) A symmetric alternative to asymmetric rifting models, Geology: Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 937–940. Click here to download
 
Buck, W. R. (2004) Consequences of Asthenospheric Variability on Continental Rifting,  in Rheology and Deformation of the lithosphere at comntinental margins, editors G.D. Karner, B. Taylor, N.W. Driscolland D.L. Kohlstedt,  Columbia University Press, pages 1-31.
 
Studinger, M, R. E. Bell, W. R. Buck,  G. D. Karner, D. D. Blankenship  (2004) Sub-ice geology inland of the Transantarctic Mountains in light of new aerogeophysical data,  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 220,391-408.
 
 
2003
 
Shah, A. and W. R. Buck (2003) Plate bending stresses at axial highs, and implications
for faulting behavior, Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., vol. 211, 343-356
 
Buck, W.R., L. L. Lavier and A Babeyko, (2003) A numerical model of lithospheric extension producing fault bounded basins and ranges,  GSA Internatianal Book Series, Vol. 7, George Thompson, The Lithosphere of North America and its Geophysical Characterization, editors S. L. Klemperer and Gary Ernst, 177-190.  
*(also published in International Geology Review. 45; 8, Pages 712-723. 2003.)
 
2002
 
Lavier, L. and W. R. Buck (2002) Half graben versus large-offset low-angle normal fault: The importance of keeping cool during normal faulting,  J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JB000513.
 
2001
 
Shah, A. and W. R. Buck (2001) Causes for axial high topography at mid-ocean ridges and the role of crustal thermal structure J. Geophys.  Res.,106 , 30,865 –30,880. Click here to download
 
Cochran, A. and W. R. Buck (2001) Near axis subsidence rates, hydrothermal circulation and the thermal structure of mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res.,106 , 19,233-19,258.
 
Buck, W. R. and L. Lavier (2001), A tale of two kinds of normal fault: The importance of strain weakening in fault development, in Non-Volcanic Rifting of Continental Margins: A Comparison of Evidence from Land and Sea, Wilson, R.C.L, Whitmarsh, R.B., Taylor, B. and Froitzheim, N. (eds.). Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Pub. 187, 289-303.
 
 Buck, W. R.(2001) Can flow of dense cumulate through mushy upper  gabbros produce lower gabbros at fast spreading ridges, GSA Spec. Paper 349, Ophiolites and Ocean Crust: New Insights from Field Studies and Ocean Drilling, eds.: Y. Dilek, E. Moores, D. Elthon and A. Nicolas, 121-128.
 
2000
 
Lavier, L., W. R. Buck and A.N. B. Poliakov (2000), Factors controlling normal
faulting in ideal elastic-plastic layers,  J. Geophys. Res., 105, 23,431-23,442. Click here to download
 
1999
 
Buck, W. R., L. Lavier and A.N. B. Poliakov (1999), How to make a rift wide, Phil.
 Trans. Roy. Soc., Lond. A., 357, 671-693. Click here to download
 
Lavier, L., W. R. Buck and A.N. B. Poliakov  (1999), A self-consistent model for the evolution of large offset low-angle normal faults,  Geology, 21, 1127-1130.
 
1998
 
Buck, W. R. and A.N. B. Poliakov (1998), Abyssal hills formed by stretching oceanic lithosphere, Nature, 392, 272-275.
 
Hopper, J., and Buck, W. R. (1998) Styles of extensional deoupling, Geology , 26, 699-702.
 
Poliakov, A. N. B. and W. R. Buck (1998) Mechanics of stretching elastic-plastic-viscous layers: Applications to slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges, AGU monograph: Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, eds.: W.R. Buck, P. T. Delaney, J. A. Karson and Y. Lagabrielle.
 
1997
 
Buck, W. R., S. Carbotte, and C. Z. Mutter (1997), Controls on extrusion at mid-ocean ridges, Geology, 25, 935-938.
 
Buck, W. R. (1997) Bending thin lithosphere causes localized “snapping” and not distributed “crunching”: Implication for abyssal hill formation, Geophys. Res. Letts., 24, 2,531- 2,534. 1996
 
1996
 
Hopper, J., and W. R. Buck (1996) Effects of lower crustal flow on continental extension and passive margin formation, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20,175-20,194. Click here to download
 
Pockalny, R.A., P. Gente, and  R. Buck (1996) Oceanic transverse ridges: A flexural response to fracture-zone-normal extension, Geology, 24, 71-74. Click here to download
 
1994
 
Su, W., C. Z. Mutter, J. Mutter, and W. R. Buck (1994) Some theoretical predictions on the
relationships among spreading rate, mantle temperature and crustal thickness, J. Geophys.
 Res, 99, 3215-3227. Click here to download
 
Buck, W. R. and D. Soukoutis (1994) Analogue model of gravitational collapse and surface
 extension during continental convergence, Nature, 369,737-740. Click here to download
 
1993
 
Su, W. and W. R. Buck (1993) Buoyancy effects on mantle flow under mid-ocean ridges,
J. Geophys. Res., 98, 12,191-12,205. Click here to download
 
Buck, W.R. (1993) Effect of Lithospheric thickness on the formation of high- and low-angle
normal faults, Geology, 21, 933-936. Click here to download
 
Hopper, J. R. and W. R. Buck (1993) The initiation of rifting at constant tectonic force: the role of  diffusion creep, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 16,213,-16,221. Click here to download
 
1992
 
Buck, W. R. (1992) Global Decoupling of crust and mantle: Implications for topography, GBOID and mantle viscosity on Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 2111-2114. Click here to download
 
Bell, R. E. and W. R. Buck (1992) Crustal control of ridge segmentation inferred from
 observations of the Reykjanes Ridge, Nature, 357, 583-586. Click here to download
 
1991
 
Crane, K., E. Sundvor, R. Buck and F. Martinez (1991),  Rifting in the Northern Norwegian-
 Greenland Sea: Thermal tests of asymmetric spreading, J. Geophys Res., 96, 14,529-14,539. Click here to download
 
Buck, W.R. (1991) Modes of Continental Extension, J. Geophys Res., 96, 20,161-20,178.
 
1990
 
Buck, W. R. (1990) A comment on "Origin of regional rooted low-angle normal faults:A
 mechanical model and its tectonic implications" by An Yin, Tectonics, 9, 545-546. Click here to download
 
1989
 
Buck, W.R. and W. Su (1989), Effects of a mantle viscosity breakdown under mid-ocean ridges, Geophys. Res. Lett, 16,641-644. Click here to download
 
Omar, G. I., M. S. Steckler and W. R. Buck (1989) Fission track analysis of basement apatites at the Gulf of Suez rift: Evidence for synchroneity of uplift and subsidence, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 94, 316-328. Click here to download
 
1988
 
Buck, W.R. (1988) Flexural rotation of normal faults, Tectonics, 7, 959-974.Click here to download
 
Buck, W.R. Martinez, F., M.S. Steckler and J.R. Cochran (1988) Thermal consequences of
 extension: Pure and Simple,Tectonics, 7, 213-234. Click here to download
 
Mutter, J.C.,W.R. Buck  and C.A. Zehnder(1988) Convective partial melting 1: A model for the formation of thick basaltic sequences during the initiation of spreading,  J. Geophys Res., 93, 1031-1048.
 
1987
 
Buck, W.R. (1987) Analysis of the cooling of a variable viscosity fluid with application to the earth, Geophys. J.R. astr. Soc., 89, 549-577.
 
1986
 
Buck, W.R. (1986) Small-scale convection induced by passive rifting: the cause for uplift of rift shoulders, Earth and Planet Sci. Lett., 77, 362-372. Click here to download
 
Buck, W.R. and E.M. Parmentier (1986) Convection beneath young oceanic lithosphere: Implications for thermal structure and gravity, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 1961-1974. Click here to download
1983
 
Buck, W.R. and M.N. Toksoz (1983) Thermal effects of continental collisions: Thickening a variable viscosity lithosphere, Tectonophysics, 100, 53-69. Click here to download
 
1981
 
Toksoz, M.N., W.R. Buck and H. Hsui (1981) Crustal evolution and thermal state of Tibet, In D.S. Liu (editor) Geological and ecological studies of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.  Gordon and Breach, New York, 847-858. Click here to download
 
Wood, J.A., D.L. Anderson, W.R. Buck, W.M. Kaula, E. Anders, G.J. Consolmagno, J.R. Morgan, A.F. Ringwood, E. Stolper, and H. Wanke (1981) Chapter 4 "Geophysical and cosmochemical constraints on the properties of the mantles of the terrestrial planets", in Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets, Pergamon Press, New York, 1286pp. Click here to download
 
1980
 
Buck, W.R. and M.N. Toksoz (1980) The bulk composition of the moon based on geophysical constraints, Proc. Lunar and Planet. Sci. Conf. XI, 2043-2058. Click here to download
 
 
 
 
 
 
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