Ken C. Macdonald

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

earthquake and tectonic studies(98), Geological and Geochemical Analysis(90), Geological and Geophysical Studies(42), High-pressure geophysics and materials(41), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(36)

Publications166 total

1984-85 UA Softball Teams NCAA II Runner-Ups
2020
1971-1972 Basketball Team--Four Years to Greatness
2020
Mid-Ocean Ridge Tectonics, Volcanism, and Geomorphology
Elsevier eBooks·2018· 3 cited
1, SC, 1991. Mid-ocean ridges: discontinuities, segments and giant cracks
eScholarship (California Digital Library)·2015Open Access
Overlapping Spreading Center System at 12054, N on the East Pacific Rise, Marine Geographical Researches 9
eScholarship (California Digital Library)·2015Open Access
Tectonic and magmatic processes on the East Pacific Rise
Geological Society of America eBooks·2015· 29 cited
Teaching on the High Seas: How Field Research Enhances Teaching at All Levels
Innovations in science education and technology·2013· 1 cited
The Transnational Life of Cheese
2013
Linkages Between Faulting, Volcanism, Hydrothermal Activity and Segmentation on Fast Spreading Centers
Geophysical monograph·2011· 116 cited
Mantle skewness and ridge segmentation
Nature·2009· 8 cited
Significance of widespread low effusion rate eruptions over the past two million years for delivery of magma to the overlapping spreading centers at 9°N East Pacific Rise
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2009· 20 cited
High‐resolution surveys along the hot spot–affected Gálapagos Spreading Center: 3. Black smoker discoveries and the implications for geological controls on hydrothermal activity
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems·2008· 30 cited
Tall Volcanic Edifices on MOR Spreading Boundaries-Characteristics and Causes
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2008
High‐resolution surveys along the hot spot–affected Galápagos Spreading Center: 2. Influence of magma supply on volcanic morphology
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems·2008· 33 cited
High‐resolution surveys along the hot spot–affected Galápagos Spreading Center: 1. Distribution of hydrothermal activity
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems·2008· 70 citedOpen Access
Threats and Promises
Index on Censorship·2008
Implications for Magma Supply to Overlapping Spreading Centers at 9N East Pacific Rise from Widespread Low Effusion Rate Eruptions for the Past 2 M.Y.
AGUFM·2007
Influence of ridge migration and proximity to hot spots on the morphology of slow‐ and intermediate‐spreading centers
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems·2007· 5 cited
Visual Observations and Geologic Settings of the Newly-Discovered Black Smoker Vent Sites Across the Galapagos Ridge-Hotspot Intersection
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2006
Hydrothermal Plume Mapping Along the Hotspot-affected Galapagos Spreading Center Finds High-Temperature Vent Sites are Anomalously Scarce
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2006· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Paul Fox(16), Rachel M. Haymon(10), S. M. Carbotte(7), Jean‐Christophe Sempéré(7), Bruce P. Luyendyk(5), Stephen P. Miller(5), S. M. White(5), F. N. Spiess(4), Daniel J. Fornari(4), Daniel S. Scheirer(4), Tanya Atwater(2), William R. Normark(2), John A. Orcutt(2), Laura Jean Perram(2), M. F. Eisen(2), Marie‐Hélène Cormier(2), Alexander Shor(2), Margo H. Edwards(2), Dawn J. Wright(2), John M. Sinton(2)