Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Marcia McNutt, President and CEO
Publications

McNutt, M.K. and R.L. Parker (1978). Isostasy in Australia and the evolution of the compensation mechanism, Science, 199: 773-775.

McNutt, M.K. and H.W. Menard (1978). Lithospheric flexure and uplifted atolls. Journal of Geophysical Research, 83: 1206-1212.

Shih, J.S.F., T. Atwater, and M.K. McNutt (1978). A near-bottom geophysical traverse of the Reykjanes Ridge. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 39: 75-83.

McNutt, M.K. (1978). Continental and Oceanic Isostasy, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, California.

McNutt, M.K. and H.W. Menard (1979). Reply to comments on 'Lithospheric flexure and uplifted atolls' by R.D. Jarrard and D.L. Turner. Journal of Geophysical Research, 84: 5695-5697.

McNutt, M.K. (1979). Compensation of oceanic topography: An application of the response function technique to the Surveyor area. Journal of Geophysical Research, 84: 7589-7598.

McNutt, M.K. and H.W. Menard (1979). Reply to comments on 'Lithospheric flexure and uplifted atolls' by H.T. Stearns. Journal of Geophysical Research, 84: 7698.

Parker, R.L. and M.K. McNutt (1980). Statistics for the one-norm misfit measure.Journal of Geophysical Research, 85: 4429-4430.

McNutt, M.K. (1980). Implications of regional gravity for state of stress in the earth's crust and upper mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research, 85: 6377-6397.

McNutt, M.K. and Thomas Heaton (1981). An evaluation of the seismic window theory for earthquake prediction. California Geology, 34: 12-16.

McNutt, M.K. and Rodey Batiza (1981). Paleomagnetism of Northern Cocos seamounts: Constraints on absolute plate motion. Geology, 9: 148-154.

Rundle, John and M.K. McNutt (1981). Southern California uplift: Is it or isn't it? EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 62: 97-98 (refereed journal article).

Chase, C.G. and M.K. McNutt (1982). The geoid: effect of compensated topography and uncompensated trenches. Geophysical Research Letters, 9 29-32.

McNutt, M.K. and H.W. Menard (1982). Constraints on yield strength in the oceanic lithosphere derived from observations of flexure. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 71: 363-395.

Menard, H.W. and M.K. McNutt (1982). Evidence for and consequences of thermal rejuvenation of the lithosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 87: 8570-8580.

Dixon, T.H., M. Naraghi, M.K. McNutt and S.M. Smith (1983). Bathymetric prediction from SEASAT altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 88 1563-1571.

McNutt, M.K. (1983). Influence of plate subduction on isostatic compensation in northern California. Tectonics, 2: 399-415.

McNutt, M.K. (1984). Reply to comments on "Nasal surgery and airflow". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 73: 700-701.

McNutt, M.K. (1984). Lithospheric flexure and thermal anomalies. Journal of Geophysical Research, 89: 11, 180-11, 194.

Committee on Geodesy (1985). Geodesy: A Look to the Future, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C..

McNutt, M.K. (1986). Nonuniform magnetization of seamounts: a least-squares approach. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91: 3686-3700.

Sheffels, B. and M.K. McNutt (1986). The role of subsurface loads and regional compensation in the isostatic balance of the Transverse Ranges, California: Evidence for intracontinental subduction. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91: 6419-6431.

McNutt, M.K. and L. Shure (1986). Estimating the compensation depth of the Hawaiian swell with linear filters. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91: 13915-13923.

Fischer, K., M.K. McNutt, and L. Shure (1986). Thermal and mechanical constraints on the lithosphere beneath the Marquesas swell. Nature, 322: 733-736.

McNutt, M.K. and L. Royden (1987). Extremal bounds on geotherms in eroding mountain belts from metamorphic pressure-temperature conditions. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 88: 81-95.

Kogan, M.G. and M.K. McNutt (1987). Isostasy in the USSR I: Admittance data, in The Composition, Structure, and Dynamics of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere System, K. Fuchs and C. Froidevaux, eds., Geodynamics Series, AGU, vol. 16.

McNutt, M.K. and M.G. Kogan (1987). Isostasy in the USSR II: Interpretation of admittance data, in The Composition, Structure, and Dynamics of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere System, K. Fuchs and C. Froidevaux, eds., Geodynamics Series, AGU, vol. 16.

McNutt, M.K. (1987). Lithospheric stress and deformation. Reviews of Geophysics, 25: 1245-1253.

McNutt, M.K. and K.M. Fisher (1987). The South Pacific superswell, in Seamounts, Islands, and Atolls, B. Keating, P. Fryer, R. Batiza, and G.W. Boehlert, eds., Geophysical Monograph #43, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C..

McNutt, M.K. (1987). Temperature beneath midplate swells: the inverse problem, in Seamounts, Islands, and Atolls, B. Keating, P. Fryer, R. Batiza, and G.W. Boehlert, eds., Geophysical Monograph #43, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C..

McNutt, M.K. (1988). Thermal and mechanical properties of the Cape Verde Rise. Journal of Geophysical Research, 93: 2784-2794.

McNutt, M.K., M. Diament, and M.G. Kogan (1988). Variations in elastic plate thickness at continental thrust belts. Journal of Geophysical Research, 93: 8825-8838.

McNutt, M.K. (1988). If only we had better gravity data..., Special Report of the Committee on Geodesy, National Research Council, May.

Kruse, Sarah, and M. McNutt (1988). Compensation of Paleozoic orogens: a comparison of the Urals to the Appalachians. Tectonophysics, 154: 1-17.

McNutt, M.K. (1988). Isostasy, in Encyclopedia of Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics, C. Seyfert, ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.

McNutt, M., K. Fischer, S. Kruse, and J. Natland (1989). The origin of the Marquesas Fracture Zone Ridge and its implications for the nature of hot spots. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 91: 381-393.

Sheehan, Anne, and M. McNutt (1989). Constraints on the thermal structure of the Bermuda Rise from geoid height and depth anomalies, Earth Planetary Science Letters, 93: 377-391.

Filmer, Paul, and M. McNutt (1989). Geoid anomalies over the Canary islands group. Marine Geophysical Research, 11: 77-87.

McNutt, M.K. (1989). Gravity and Isostasy. Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, D.E. James, ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.

McNutt, M.K. and A.V. Judge (1990). The superswell and mantle dynamics beneath the South Pacific. Science, 248: 969-975.

McNutt, M.K. (1990). Deep causes of hot spots. Nature, 346: 701-702.

McNutt, M.K., E.W. Winterer, W. Sager, J. Natland, and G. Ito (1990). The Darwin Rise: A Cretaceous superswell? Geophysical Research Letters, 17: 1101-1104.

Ruppel, Carolyn, and M. McNutt (1990). Regional compensation of the Greater Caucasus Mountains based on an analysis of Bouguer gravity data. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 98: 360-379.

Wolfe, Cecily and M.K. McNutt (1991). Compensation of Cretaceous seamounts of the Darwin Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96: 2363-2374.

Kruse, Sarah, M.K. McNutt, J. Phipps-Morgan, L. Royden, and B. Wernicke (1991). Lithospheric extension near Lake Mead, Nevada: a model for ductile flow in the lower crust. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96: 4435-4456.

Judge, Anne, and M. K. McNutt (1991). The relationship between plate dip and elastic plate thickness: A study of the Peru-Chile Trench. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96: 16,625-16,639.

McNutt, M.K. (1991). Lithospheric Plates. Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, W.A. Nierenberg, Ed., Academic Press, San Diego, California.

Christeson, Gail C. and M. K. McNutt (1992). Geophysical constraints on the state of stress along the Marquesas Fracture Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97: 4425-4438.

Bonneville, A. and M.K. McNutt (1992). Shear strength of the great Pacific fracture zones as derived from shipboard bathymetry and gravity. Geophysical Research Letters, 19: 2023-2026.

Kogan, M.G. and M.K. McNutt (1993). Gravity field over northern Eurasia and variations in the strength of the upper mantle. Science, 259: 473-479.

Ruppel, Carolyn, M.G. Kogan, and M.K. McNutt (1993). Implications of new gravity data for Baikal Rift zone structure. Geophysical Research Letters, 20: 1635-1638.

Winterer, E.L., J.H. Natland, R. Van Waasbergen, R.A. Duncan, M.K. McNutt, C.J. Wolfe, I. Premoli-Silva, W.W. Sager, and W.V. Sliter (1993). Cretaceous guyots in the northwest Pacific: An overview of their geology and geophysics, in Mesozoic Pacific: Geology, Tectonics, and Volcanism, Geophysical Monogram Series, vol. 77, edited by M. Pringle, pp. 307-334, AGU, Washington, D.C..

Filmer, Paul E., M.K. McNutt, and Cecily J. Wolfe (1993). Elastic thickness of the lithosphere in the Marquesas Islands and Society Islands. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98: 19,565-19,578.

Wolfe, Cecily J., Marcia K. McNutt, and Robert S. Detrick (1994). The Marquesas archipelagic apron: Seismic stratigraphy and implications for volcano growth, mass wasting, and crustal underplating. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99: 13,591-13,608.

Waschbusch, Paula J. and Marcia K. McNutt (1994). Yellowstone: A continental midplate (hot spot) swell. Geophysical Research Letters, 21: 1703-1706.

Filmer, P. E., M.K. McNutt, H. Webb, and D. Dixon (1994). Volcanism and archipelagic aprons in the Marquesas and Hawaiian Islands. Marine Geophysical Research, 16: 385-406.

Makedonskii, E.L., G. Balmino, V. Galazin, M.G. Kogan, and M.K. McNutt (1994). Gravity field over the former Soviet Union mapped. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 75: 463-464.

Jin, Yu, Marcia McNutt, and Yongshen Zhou (1994). Evidence from gravity and topography for folding of Tibet. Nature, 371: 669-674.

Kuykendall, Martha, Sarah Kruse, and Marcia McNutt (1994). The effects of changes in plate motions on the shape of the Marquesas Fracture Zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 21: 2845-2848.

Caress, D.W., M.K. McNutt, R.S. Detrick, and J.C. Mutter (1995). Seismic imaging of hotspot-related crustal underplating beneath the Marquesas Islands. Nature, 373: 600-603.

Ito, G., M.K. McNutt, and R.L. Gibson (1995). Crustal structure of the Tuamotu Plateau, 15°S and implications for its origin. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100: 8097-8114.

McNutt, M.K. (1995). Marine geodynamics: depth-age revisited. Reviews of Geophysics, U.S. National Report Supplement, 413-418.

Jordahl, Kelsey, Marcia McNutt, Helen Webb, Sarah Kruse, and Martha Kuykendall (1995). Why there are no earthquakes on the Marquesas Fracture Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100: 24,431-24,447.

McNutt, Marcia K. and Leigh H. Royden (1995). The building of Tibet. The Explorers' Journal, 73: 10-17.

Haggerty, J., I. Premoli Silva, F. Rack, and M.K. McNutt (Eds.) (1995). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 144, College Station, Texas.

Jin, Yu, Marcia McNutt, and Yongshen Zhou (1996). Mapping the descent of Indian and Eurasian plates beneath the Tibetan plateau from gravity anomalies. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101: 11275-11290.

McNutt, M. K., L. Sichoix, and A. Bonneville (1996). Modal depths from shipboard bathymetry: There IS a South Pacific Superswell. Geophysical Research Letters, 23: 3397-3400.

McNutt, M. K. and A. Bonneville (1996). Mapping the seafloor from space. Endeavour, 20: 157-161.

McNutt, M. K., D. Caress, J. Reynolds, and K. Jordahl (1997). Failure of plume theory to explain multiple episodes of stress-triggered volcanism in the Austral Islands. Nature, 389: 479-482.

McNutt, M. K. (1998). Superswells. Reviews of Geophysics, 36: 211-244.

Jordahl, K.A., M. K. McNutt, and H. Zorn (1998). Pacific-Farallon relative motion 42-59 determined from magnetic and tectonic data from the southern Austral Islands. Geophysical Research Letters, 25: 2869-2872.

Sichoix, L. A. Bonneville, and M. McNutt (1998). Analysis of modal depths and re-examination of the swells and the Superswell in the South Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103: 27,123-27,133.

McNutt, M. K. (1999). Achievements in marine geology and geophysics, in Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 51-64.

McNutt, M. K. (1999). The future of marine geology and geophysics: a summary, in Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 172-183.

Kogan, M. G. and M. K. McNutt (1999). Viscosity of the upper mantle: continent versus ocean differences, in revision for Journal of Geophysical Research.

McNutt, M. K. (1999). Earth and Environmental Science, in Frontiers of the Mind of the Twenty-first Century, Library of Congress.

McNutt, M. K. and Alain Bonneville (2000). Chemical origin for the Marquesas swell. Geochemical Geophysical Geosystems, 19999GC000028.

Brady, R., B. Wernicke, M. McNutt, J. Mutter, and G. Correa (2000). Results of the Basin and Range Geoscientific Experiments (BARGE): A marine-style seismic reflection survey across the eastern boundary of the central Basin and Range Province. Geochemical Geophysical Geosystems, 1: 2000.

Harris, R. N., R. P. Von Herzen, M. K. McNutt, Grant Garven, and Kelsey Jordahl (2000). Submarine hydrogeology of the Hawaiian archipelagic apron, Part 1, Heat flow patterns north of Oahu and Maro Reef. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105: 21,371-21,385.

Harris, R. N., Grant Garven, Jennifer Georgen, M. K. McNutt, and R. P. Von Herzen, (2000). Submarine hydrogeology of the Hawaiian archipelagic apron, Part 1, Numerical simulations of flow. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105: 21,353-21,369.

McNutt, M. K. and R. D. Ballard (2001). Two case studies of collaborations between aquariums and research institutions in exploration and education. Marine Technology Society Journal, 35: 76-85.

McNutt, M. K. (2001). Engineering the ocean, in The Invisible Future: The Seamless Integration of Technology in Everyday Life, P. Deming, ed., p. 27-42, McGraw-Hill.

McNutt, M. K. (2002). Heat flow variations over Hawaiian swell controlled by near-surface processes, not plume properties, in Hawaiian Volcanoes: Deep Underwater Perspectives, E. Takahashi, ed., AGU Monograph 128, Washington, D.C..

McNutt, M. K. (2002). Ocean exploration. Oceanography, 15: 112-121.

Jiang, Xiaodian, Yu Jin, and M. K. McNutt (2004). Lithospheric deformation beneath the Altyn Tagh and West Kunlun faults from recent gravity surveys. Journal of Geophysical Research,109: B05406, doi:10.1029/2003JB002444.

Jordahl, Kelsey, D. Caress, M. McNutt, and A. Bonneville (2004). Seafloor topography and morphology of the Superswell region. The Pacific Ocean Hot Spots, R. Hekinian, P. Stoffers, and J.-L. Cheminee, Eds., Springer-Verlag, pp. 9-28.

Jordahl, Kelsey, M. McNutt, and D. Caress (2004). Multiple episodes of volcanism in the Southern Austal Islands: Flexural constraints from bathymetry, seismic reflection, and gravity data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, B06103, doi:10.1029/2003JB002885.

Harris, Robert and M. K. McNutt, Heat Flow on Hot Spot Swells: Evidence for Fluid Flow, GSA Today, in press, 2006.

McNutt, M.K. and D. Caress, Hotspots and hotspot swells, Treatise of Geophysics, Volume 3: Seismology and Structure of the Earth, B. Romanowics and A. Dziewonski, Eds., in prep. 2006.

Harris, R.N. and M. McNutt (2007). Heat flow on hot spot swells: Evidence for fluid flow. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112: doi: 10.1029/2006JB004299.

 

Last updated: Jul. 08, 2008