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Allen McNamara's Publications
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| 28. | McNamara, A.K., E.J. Garnero, and S. Rost, Tracking Deep Mantle Reservoirs with Ultra-Low Velocity Zones, submitted. | |
| 27 | Bull, A.L., A.K. McNamara, T.W. Becker, and J. Ritsema, Global Scale Models of the Mantle Flow Field Predicted by Synthetic Tomography Models, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, in revision. | |
| 26 | Schmerr, N., E.J. Garnero, and A.K. McNamara, Deep mantle plumes and convective upwelling beneath the Pacific Ocean, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in review. | |
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| 25 | Lassak, T.M., A.K. McNamara, E.J. Garnero, and S. Zhong, Core-Mantle Boundary Topography as a Possible Constraint on Lower Mantle Chemistry and Dynamics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press. | |
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2009
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| 24 | Zhang, N., S. Zhong, and A.K. McNamara, Supercontinent formation from stochastic collision and mantle convection models, Gondwana Research, 15, 267-275 2009. | download pdf |
| 23 | Bull, A.L., A.K. McNamara, and J. Ritsema, Synthetic tomography of Plume Clusters and Thermochemical Piles, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278, 152-162, 2009. | download pdf |
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2008
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| 22 | Zhong, S., A.K. McNamara, E. Tan, L. Moresi, and M. Gurnis, A benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell using CitcomS, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9, Q10017, doi:10.1029/2008GC002048, 2008. | download pdf |
| 21 | Garnero, E.J., and A.K. McNamara, Structure and Dynamics of Earth's Lower Mantle, Science, 320, 626-628, 2008. | download pdf |
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2007
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| 20 | Merkel, S., A.K. McNamara, A. Kubo, S. Speziale, L. Miyagi, Y. Meng, T.S. Duffy, and H.-R. Wenk, Deformation of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 post-perovskite and modeling of D'' anisotropy, Science, 316, 1729-1732, 2007. | download pdf |
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| 19 | Lassak, T.M., A.K. McNamara, and S. Zhong, Influence of thermochemical piles on topography at the Earth's core-mantle boundary, Earth and Planetary Science Letters , 261, 443-455, 2007. | download pdf |
| 18 | Garnero, E.J., T. Lay, and A.K. McNamara, Implications of lower mantle structural heterogeneity for existence and nature of whole mantle plumes, in Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes, editors: G.R. Foulger and D.M. Jurdy, GSA Special Paper 430, 2007. | download preprint |
| 17 | Ritsema, J., A.K. McNamara, and Abigail L. Bull, Tomographic filtering of geodynamical models, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters , 112, B01303, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004566, 2007. | download pdf |
| 16 | Garnero, E.J., M.S. Thorne, A.K. McNamara, and S. Rost, Fine-scale ultra-low velocity zone layering at the core-mantle boundary and superplumes, in Superplumes: Beyond Plate Tectonics , editors: Yuen, D.A., S. Maruyama, S.-I. Karato, B.F. Windley, XIV, 569 p., Springer, 2007. | pdf not available |
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2006
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| 15 | Wenk, H.R., S. Speziale, A.K. McNamara, and E.J. Garnero, Modeling anisotropy development in the lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters , 245,302-314,2006. | download pdf |
| 14 | Ford, S.R., E.J. Garnero, and A.K. McNamara, A strong lateral shear velocity gradient and anisotropy heterogeneity in the lowermost mantle beneath the southern Pacific, Journal of Geophysical Research , 111, B3, B03306, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003574, 2006. | download pdf |
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2005
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| 13 | McNamara, A.K., and S. Zhong, Thermochemical Structures Beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean, Nature , 437, p1136-1139, 2005. | download pdf |
| 12 | McNamara, A.K., and S. Zhong, Degree-One Mantle Convection: Dependence on internal heating and temperature-dependent rheology, Geophysical Research Letters , 32, L01301, doi:10.1029/2004GL021082, 2005 | download pdf |
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2004
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| 11 | McNamara, A.K., and S. Zhong, Thermochemical structures within a spherical mantle: Superplumes or Piles?, Journal of Geophysical Research , 109, B07402, doi:10.1029/2003JB002847, 2004. | download pdf |
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| 10 | McNamara, A.K, and S. Zhong, The influence of thermochemical convection on the fixity of mantle plumes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters , 222, 485-500, 2004. | download pdf |
| 9 | Podolefsky, N.S, S. Zhong, and A.K. McNamara, The anisotropic and rheological structure of the oceanic upper mantle from a simple model of plate shear, Geophysical Journal International , 158, 287-296, 2004. | download pdf |
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2003
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| 8 | McNamara, A.K., P.E. van Keken, and S. Karato, Lattice-Preferred Orientation near the core-mantle boundary; a likely mechanism to produce seismic anisotropy, Journal of Geophysical Research , B5 ETG 3-1 to 3-14, 2003. | download pdf |
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2002
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| 7 | McNamara, A.K., Geodynamical Modeling of Mantle Convection to Investigate Mantle Layering and the Cause of Lower Mantle Anisotropy, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan , 2002. | pdf not available |
| 6 | McNamara, A.K., P.E. van Keken, and S. Karato, Development of anisotropic structure by solid-state convection in the Earth's lower mantle, Nature , v 416, 310-314, 2002. | download pdf |
| 5 | Mac Niocail, C., van der Pluijm, B.A., Van der Voo, R., and McNamara, A.K., West African proximity of Avalon in the latest Precambrian; Reply to Discussion by Murphy et al., Geological Society of America Bulletin , v 114, 1051-1052, 2002. | download pdf |
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2001
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| 4 | McNamara, A.K., S. Karato, and P.E. van Keken, Localization of dislocation creep in the lower mantle: Implications for the origin of seismic anisotropy, Earth and Planetary Science Letters , v 191, 85-99, 2001 | download pdf |
| 3 | McNamara, A.K., C. Mac Niocaill, B.A. van der Pluijm, and R. Van der Voo, West African proximity of Avalon in the Latest Precambrian, Geological Society of America Bulletin , v 113, 1161-1170, 2001. | download pdf |
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2000
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| 2 | McNamara, A.K. and P.E. van Keken, Cooling of the Earth: A parameterized convection study of whole vs. layered models, Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems (http://www.g-cubed.org), 2000. | download pdf |
| 1 | Ruff, L.J. and A.K. McNamara, Rupture process of the August 17,1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake: Comparison with other large strike-slip earthquakes, in The 1999 Izmit and Duzce Earthquakes: preliminary results, edited by Aykut Barka, 2000 | pdf not available |
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