Kenneth Rubin-Publications

KENNETH RUBIN

PUBLICATIONS

Summary: This document list's various type of publications, including peer-reviewed articles, popular press books, presentations at national/international meetings, and WWW html documents

Popular Press and World-Wide Web:

[2008]
Ken Rubin,. Section entitled "Fire", in Michael Allaby, Robert Coenraads, Stephen Hutchinson, Karen McGhee, John O'Byrne and Ken Rubin "Encyclopedia of Earth", Univ. of California Press. pp608

[2007]
Ken Rubin, "Volcanoes and Earthquakes" Five Mile Press, Victoria, Australia, 2007, 64pp

[ongoing]
I have authored or co-authored over 350 html documents for distribution on the World-Wide Web since 1995, including:

The Hawaii Center for Vocanology suite of pages.
The UH School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology home page and related pages.
The Ask-An-Earth-Scientist © suite of pages.
The UH Department of Geology and Geophysics suite of pages.
The Kenchron suite of pages.
The UH Isotope Laboratory suite of pages.

Research Articles:
I'm happy to send you an • electronic or • hardcopy reprint

[2009]
KH Rubin, JM Sinton, J. Maclennan, E. Hellebrand (2009) Magmatic filtering of mantle compositions at mid-ocean ridge volcanoes, Nature Geoscience, 2, 321-328 doi:10.1038/ngeo504. •

CJ Russo, KH Rubin, DW Graham (2009) Mantle melting and magma supply to the Southeast Indian Ridge: the roles of lithology and melting conditions from U-series disequilibria, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 278, 55-66, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.016. •

KH Rubin, GF Zellmer (2009) Reply to Comment on “On the recent bimodal magmatic processes and their rates in the Torfajökull –Veidivötn area, Iceland” by K.M. Cooper Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.. 281, 115–123 DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.008. •

[2008]
GF Zellmer, KH Rubin, K Grönvold, Z Jurado-Chichay (2008) On the recent bimodal magmatic processes and their rates in the Torfajökull-Veidivötn area, Iceland Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 269, 387-397, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.026. •

[2007]
KH Rubin and JM Sinton (2007), Inferences on mid-ocean ridge thermal and magmatic structure from MORB compositions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 26, 257–276, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.035. •

EC Bergmanis, J Sinton, KH Rubin (2007) Recent Eruptive History and Magma Reservoir Dynamics on the Southern East Pacific Rise at 17.5°S, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q12O06, doi:10.1029/2007GC001742 •

S.A. Soule, D.J. Fornari, M.R. Perfit and K.H. Rubin (2007), New insights into mid-ocean ridge volcanic processes from the 2005-06 eruption of the East Pacific Rise, 9° 46'-56'N, Geology, 35 (12), 1079–1082, doi: 10.1130/G23924A.1. •

RP Dziak, DR Bohnenstiehl, JP Cowen, ET Baker, KH Rubin, JH Haxel, MJ, Fowler (2007) Rapid dike emplacement leads to dramatic hydrothermal plume release during seafloor spreading events, Geology, 35, 579-582, doi: 10.1130/G23476A.1 •

[2006]
M Tolstoy, J P Cowen, E T Baker, DJ Fornari, KH Rubin, TM Shank, F Waldhauser, DR Bohnenstiehl, DW Forsyth, RC Holmes, B Love, MR Perfit, RT Weekly, SA Soule, B. Glazer (2006) A Seafloor Spreading Event Captured by Seismometers, Science, 314, 1920-1922. •

RW Embley, WW Chadwick, Jr., ET Baker, DA Butterfield, JA Resing, CEJ de Ronde, V Tunniclife, JE Lupton, KS Juniper, KH Rubin, RJ Stern, GT Lebon, K Nakamura, SG Merle, JR Hein, DP Wiens, & Y. Tamura (2006) Long-Term Eruptive Activity at a Submarine Arc Volcano, Nature, 441, 494-497 doi:10.1038/nature04762. •

DW Graham, J Blichert-Toft, CJ Russo, KH Rubin & F Albarède (2006) Cryptic Striations in the Upper Mantle Revealed by Hafnium Isotopes in Southeast Indian Ridge Basalts, Nature, 440, 199-202, doi:10.1038/nature04582. •

[2005]
KH Rubin, I. van der Zander, MC Smith and EC Bergmanis (2005) Minimum speed limit for ocean ridge magmatism from ²¹⁰Pb^-226Ra-²³⁰Th disequilibria, Nature, 437, 534-538, doi:10.1038/nature03993.•

KH Rubin & I van der Zander (2005) Obtaining High-Resolution Chronologies of Submarine Lava Eruptions: Better Dating Through Radiochemistry, Ridge 2000 Events, 3 (Spring 2005), 28-30

[2002]
J Sinton, E Bergmanis, KH Rubin, R Batiza, TKP Gregg, K Grönvold, K Macdonald, and S White (2002) Volcanic eruptions on mid-ocean ridges: New evidence from the superfast-spreading East Pacific Rise, 17°-19°S, J. Geophys. Res..107, (p ECV3-1 to 3-19) doi:10.1029/2000JB000090 • •

[2001]
Rubin, KH, Smith, MC, Bergmanis, EC, Perfit, MR, Sinton, JM and Batiza R (2001) Magmatic history and volcanological insights from individual lava flows erupted on the sea floor. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 188, 349-367. • •

Rubin. KH (2001) Analysis of ²³²Th/²³⁰Th in Volcanic Rocks: A Comparison of Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry and other Methodologies. Chemical Geology, 175, 723-750. • •

Pietruszka, AJ, Rubin, KH and Garcia, MO (2001) ²²⁶Ra-²³⁰Th-²³⁸U disequilibria of historical Kilauea lavas (1790-1982) and the dynamics of mantle melting within the hawaiian plume. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , 186, 15-31. • •

[2000]
Rubin, KH, Fletcher, CH, and Sherman, CE (2000) Fossiliferous Lana'i deposits formed by multiple events rather than a single giant tsunami, Nature, 408, 657-681. • •

Johnson, KTM, Graham, DW, Rubin, KH, Nicolaysen, K, Scheirer, DS, Forsyth, DW Baker, ET, Douglas-Priebe, LM (2000) Boomerang Seamount: The active expression of the Amsterdam-St. Paul Hotspot, Southeast Indian Ridge. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 183, 245-259. •

[1999]
Sherman, CE, Fletcher, CH, Rubin, KH (1999) Marine and meteoric diagenesis of Pleistocene carbonates from a nearshore submarine terrace, Oahu, Hawaii, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69, 69 1083-1097. • •

[1998]
Rubin, KH Smith, MC Perfit, MR Christie, DM, Sacks, LF (1998) Geochronology and Geochemistry of lavas from the 1996 North Gorda Ridge eruption, Deep Sea Research, 45, 2751-2599. • •

Garcia, M, Rubin, KH, Norman, MD, Rhodes, JM, Graham, DW, Muenow, D, Spencer, K (1998) Petrology and geochronology of basalt breccia from the 1996 earthquake swarm of Loihi Seamount, Hawaii: Magmatic history of its 1996 eruption. Bull. Volcanol. 59, 577-592. • •

[1997]
Rubin, KH (1997) Degassing of Metals and Metalloids from Erupting Seamount and Mid-Ocean Ridge Volcanoes: Observations and Predictions, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 61, 3525-3542. • •

Loihi Science Team, Rapid response to the submarine activity at Loihi Volcano, Hawaii. EOS, 78, 229-233. (full text on-line)

[1994]
Rubin, KH, Macdougall. JD, and Perfit, MR (1994) ²¹⁰Po -²¹⁰Pb dating of recent volcanic eruptions on the sea floor, Nature, 368, 841-844. • •

[1993]
Ken Rubin and John Mahoney, (1993) What's on the plume channel? Nature (News and Views), 362, 109-110. •

[1992]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1992) Th-Sr isotopic relationships in MORB Earth Planet. Science Lett., 114, 149-158. •

[1991]
K.H. Rubin (1991) Timing, extent and sources of marine volcanism through U-series disequilibrium, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, San Diego, pp. 168.

[1990]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1990) A radioactive decay technique for dating neovolcanic MORB, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 101, 313-322. •

[1989]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1989) Submarine magma degassing and explosive magmatism at Macdonald (Tamarii) seamount, Nature, 341, 50-52. •

K.H. Rubin, G.E. Wheller, M.O. Tanzer, J.D. Macdougall, R. Varne and R.C. Finkel, (1989) ²³⁸U decay series systematics of young lavas from Batur volcano, Sunda Arc, J. Volcan. Geother. Res., 38, 215-226. •

[1988]
K.H. Rubin and J.D. Macdougall, (1988) ²²⁶Ra excesses in mid-ocean-ridge basalts and mantle melting, Nature 335, 158-161. •

[1986]
Schrauzer G.N., Schlemper E.O., Liu N.N., Wang Q.G., Rubin K., Zhang X.M., Long X.P., Chin C.S. (1986) Studies Of Molybdenum Compounds .5. Diethyl(2,2'-Bipyridyl)Dioxomolybdenum(Vi) and Other Higher Dialkyl Derivatives of Dioxomolybdenum(Vi), Organometallics 5 2452-2456. (this includes results of my undergraduate research project)

Recent Abstracts of Meeting Presentations (2005-2008):
73 total since 1987

Rubin, KH, Tolstoy, M, Fornari, D J, Dziak, R P, Soule, S A, Waldhauser, F, Von Damm, K L (2008) Integrating Radiometric, Geophysical and Thermal Signals of Volcanic Unrest and Eruption in 2005-06 at 9 deg 50'N EPR, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # B23F-07

Rubin, KH, Sinton, J M Bergmanis, E C (2008) Temporal and Spatial Variations in Volcanic Accretion Over the Past Few 100 Years on the EPR Axis at Superfast Spreading rates at 17 to 18 deg S, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # V43I-07

White, S, Soule, SA, Tolstoy, M, Waldhauser, F, Rubin, K (2008) Volcanic Eruptions of the EPR and Ridge Axis Segmentation: An Interdisciplinary View, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # B21A-0329

Goss, AR Perfit, MR, Kamenov, GD, Rubin, KH, Fundis, AT, Soule, SA Fornari, D J(2008) Geochemical Characterization of Axial and Off-axis Lavas From the 2005-06 Eruption Along the East Pacific Rise (9deg 46-56' N): Implications for AMC Composition Over Decadal Time Scales and Mantle Heterogeneity Along Fast Spreading Centers, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # B21A-0330

Rubin, K, Perfit, M, Sinton, J, Soule, A, Fornari, D, Smith, M (2008) Pre- & syn-eruptive conditions of individual submarine rift zone eruptions at ocean ridges: detailed geological, chronological & geochemical mapping, IAVCEI Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug 2008.

Rubin, KH, Zellmer GF, Pyle, D, Morán-zenteno, D, , Jurado-Chichay, Z, Rowland, S (2008) Mapping lava compositions in a monogenetic lava flow field to constrain magma accumulation timing and geometry: example from Volcan El Jorullo, Mexico, IAVCEI Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug 2008.

Rubin, KH, Sinton, JM (2008) The ridge filter: How melt supply and magma chambers modulate mantle compositions in MORB, Goldschmidt Conf. Abstracts, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 72, Number 12S. p A810

Zellmer, GF, Rubin, KH, Grönvold, K, Jurado-Chichay, Z (2008) Recent bimodal magmatic processes and their rates in the Torfajökull-Veidivötn area, SE Iceland, Goldschmidt Conf. Abstracts, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 72, Number 12S. p A1073.

C.J. Russo, CJ, Rubin, KH, Graham D.W. (2008) Melting of an enriched lithology on the SE Indian Ridge and possibly other ridges from Pb-Th-U isotopes, Goldschmidt Conf. Abstracts, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 72, Number 12S. p A814

Perfit, MR, Schmitt, AK, Ridley, WI, Rubin, KH, Valley, JW (2007) Petrogenesis of dacites from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge, Goldschmidt Conf. Abstracts, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 72, Number 12S. p A736

Rubin, KH, Jurado-Chichay, Z, Zellmer, G, Moran-Zenteno, D, Pyle, D, Rowland, S (2007)The Complicated Life of a Little Monogenetic Volcano in Mexico: Volcan El Jorullo, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V31H-08

Feineman, M D, Johnson, E, Wallace, P, Kobayashi, Moriguti, T, Nakamura, E, Rubin, K (2007), Lithium in melt inclusions records crustal assimilation at Volcan Jorullo, Mexico, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V41D-0793

Rubin, K H, Soule, S A, Perfit, M R, Fornari, D J,Ridley, W.I. The Volcanic History of a Recent Effusive Sea Floor Eruption: Timing, Distribution and Composition of Lavas from the 2005-2006 Eruption of the East Pacific Rise, 9 46-56N, abstracts of the IUGG Congress, 2007 Perugia, Italy

Rubin, KH, Jurado-Chichay, Z, Zellmer GF, Morán-zenteno, D, Pyle, D, Feineman, MD, Rowland, S (2007) Not so Simple Monogenetic Volcanism at Volcan El Jorullo, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract V51A-05

Rubin, K H, Perfit, M R, Fornari, D J, Soule, S A, Tolstoy, M, Waldhauser, F and the Knorr, New Horizon - NH06, and Atlantis - AT15-6 Science parties (2006) Geochronology and Composition of the 2005-06 Volcanic Eruptions of the East Pacific Rise, 9°46'-56'N, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V23B-0602

Rubin, K H, Zellmer, G, Jurado-Chichay, Z, Morán-Zenteno, D. Pyle, D. (2006) The subduction component at Volcan El Jorullo: young but subdued, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract # T11B-0443

Russo, C J, Rubin, K H, Graham, D W (2006) Source heterogeneity and conditions of melting along the Southeast Indian Ridge: A U-series disequilibria perspective, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V23E-0701

Fornari, D J, Soule, S A, Rubin, K H, Perfit, M R, Shank, T M, Tivey M, Cowen, J P, Von Damm, K L (2006) Variability in eruptive vents and lava morphology of the 2005-2006 EPR eruptions near 9° 50’N, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V23B-0603

Soule, S A, Fornari, D J, Rubin, K H, Perfit, M R, Tivey M, Shank, T M, Tolstoy, M, Waldhauser, F, Cowen, J P, Von Damm, K L (2006) Extent and dynamics of the 2005-06 volcanic eruptions of the East Pacific Rise, 9°46'-56'N, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V23B-0601

Perfit, M R Smith, M C, Schmitt, A K, Rubin, K H (2006) Silicic Magma Evolution at Mid-Ocean Ridges: Insights from the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V51E-1716

M. Tolstoy, J. P. Cowen, E. T. Baker, D.J. Fornari, K.H. Rubin, T.M. Shank, F. Waldhauser, D.R. Bohnenstiehl, D.W. Forsyth, R.C. Holmes, B. Love, M.R. Perfit, R.T. Weekly, S.A. Soule, Science Party R/V New Horizon, Science Party R/V Knorr (2006) Forecasting and characterizing the recent eruption at 9°50'N on the East Pacific Rise using Ocean Bottom Seismometers, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V13C-01

Ferrini, VL, Soule, SA, Fornari, DJ, Von Damm, KL, Perfit, MR, Rubin, KH (2006) Small-Scale Bathymetric Changes Associated with 2005-2006 Eruptions at the East Pacific Rise Near 9° 50’N, Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V23B-0604

Shank, T M, Govenar, B, Buckman, K, Fornari, D J, Soule, S A, Luther, G W, Lutz, R A, Vetriani, C, Tolstoy, M, Rubin, K H, Cowen, J P, Von Damm, K L (2006) Initial Biological, Chemical, and Geological Observations After the 2005-6 Volcanic Eruption on the East Pacific Rise Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #V13C-04

C.E. Sherman, C.H. Fletcher, K.H. Rubin, K.R. Simmons, W.H. Adey (2005) Age and facies of submerged Late Pleistocene reefs, Oahu, Hawaii: Implications for stage 7 and late stage 5 sea levels, 2005 Caribbean Geology Conference, San Juan, PR

van der Zander, I, Rubin, KH , Zierenberg, RA (2005) A Geochemical Comparison of 2 Recent EPR Eruptions North and South of the Clipperton Fracture Zone, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract V51A-03

K.H. Rubin, KH, van der Zander, I Zierenberg, RA, Voight, JR, McClain, J, Von Damm, K (2005) Age and composition of a Young Basaltic Flow at 10° 45' N EPR, NSF Ridge2000 Planning and Progress Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 2005

Rubin, KH, van der Zander, I, Smith, MC, Bergmanis, E. ²¹⁰Pb-²²⁶Ra-²³⁰Th disequilibria in very young Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts, 2005 Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts.

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