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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Barbara E. John is affiliated with the University of Wyoming in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with a focus on specialized subfields including Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, and Atmospheric Science.

The research work covers a variety of topics, notably:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Barbara E. John has contributed to multiple research papers published in a range of scientific venues. Some of their recent papers include:

  • "A long section of serpentinized depleted mantle peridotite", 2024, Science
  • "Geochemistry of serpentinized and multiphase altered Atlantis Massif peridotites (IODP Expedition 357): Petrogenesis and discrimination of melt-rock vs. fluid-rock processes", 2021, Chemical Geology
  • "Three-dimensional magnetic stripes require slow cooling in fast-spread lower ocean crust", 2021, Nature
  • "Tectonic termination of oceanic detachment faults, with constraints on tectonic uplift and mass wasting related erosion rates", 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Magnetic Structure of Fast-Spread Oceanic Crust at Pito Deep", 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Barbara E. John include:

  • Marguerite Godard
  • J. S. Gee
  • Takehiro Hirose
  • M. J. Cheadle
  • Natsue Abe

Barbara E. John's publications have appeared in several venues repeatedly, with a notable number of works in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science
  • Chemical Geology

Their contributions have been recognized with an award as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Trace element chemistry of zircons from oceanic crust: A method for distinguishing detrital zircon provenance

    Craig B. Grimes;Barbara E. John;P.B. Kelemen;F.K. Mazdab

  • “Fingerprinting” tectono-magmatic provenance using trace elements in igneous zircon

    C. B. Grimes;J. L. Wooden;M. J. Cheadle;B. E. John

  • A long in situ section of the lower ocean crust: results of {ODP} Leg 176 drilling at the Southwest Indian Ridge

    Henry J.B. Dick;James H. Natland;Jeffrey C. Alt;Wolfgang Bach

  • Oceanic core complexes and crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges

    B. Ildefonse;D.K. Blackman;B.E. John;Y. Ohara

  • On the occurrence, trace element geochemistry, and crystallization history of zircon from in situ ocean lithosphere

    Craig B. Grimes;Craig B. Grimes;Barbara E. John;Michael J. Cheadle;Frank K. Mazdab

  • Crustal extension along a rooted system of imbricate low-angle faults: Colorado River extensional corridor, California and Arizona

    Keith A. Howard;Barbara E. John

  • Geology of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30° N): Implications for the evolution of an ultramafic oceanic core complex

    Donna K. Blackman;Jeffrey A. Karson;Deborah S. Kelley;Johnson R. Cann

  • Protracted construction of gabbroic crust at a slow spreading ridge: Constraints from 206Pb/238U zircon ages from Atlantis Massif and IODP Hole U1309D (30°N, MAR)

    Craig B. Grimes;Barbara E. John;Michael J. Cheadle;Joseph L. Wooden

  • Geometry and evolution of a mid-crustal extensional fault system: Chemehuevi Mountains, southeastern California

    Barbara E. John

  • Strain localization on an oceanic detachment fault system, Atlantis Massif, 30°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Timothy Schroeder;Barbara E. John

  • Structural and thermal constraints on the initiation angle of detachment faulting in the southern Basin and Range: The Chemehuevi Mountains case study

    Barbara E. John;David A. Foster

  • Quantifying tectonic exhumation in an extensional orogen with thermochronology: examples from the southern Basin and Range Province

    David A. Foster;Barbara E. John

  • Geologic implications of seawater circulation through peridotite exposed at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges

    Timothy Schroeder;Barbara John;B. Ronald Frost

  • Tectonic structure, evolution, and the nature of oceanic core complexes and their detachment fault zones (13°20′N and 13°30′N, Mid Atlantic Ridge)

    J. Escartín;C. Mével;Sven Petersen;D. Bonnemains

  • Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust

    Kathryn M. Gillis;Jonathan E. Snow;Adam Klaus;Natsue Abe

  • Uniformly mantle-like δ18O in zircons from oceanic plagiogranites and gabbros

    Craig B. Grimes;Craig B. Grimes;Takayuki Ushikubo;Barbara E. John;John W. Valley

  • Emplacement-related deformation of granitoid magmas, southern Adamello Massif, Italy

    Barbara E. John;Jonathan D. Blundy

  • Footwall rotation in an oceanic core complex quantified using reoriented Integrated Ocean Drilling Program core samples

    A. Morris;J. S. Gee;N. Pressling;B. E. John

  • Geomorphology and sequence stratigraphy due to slow and rapid base-level changes in an experimental subsiding basin (XES 96-1)

    Paul L. Heller;Chris Paola;In-Gul Hwang;Barbara John

  • Determining the cooling history of in situ lower oceanic crust—Atlantis Bank, SW Indian Ridge

    Barbara E John;David A Foster;John M Murphy;Michael J Cheadle

  • Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 30°N

    D. K. Blackman;B. Ildefonse;B. E. John;Y. Ohara

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Cheadle
Michael J. Cheadle University of Wyoming
Benoit Ildefonse
Benoit Ildefonse University of Montpellier
Jeffrey S. Gee
Jeffrey S. Gee University of California, San Diego
Christopher J. MacLeod
Christopher J. MacLeod Cardiff University
Marguerite Godard
Marguerite Godard University of Montpellier
Donna K. Blackman
Donna K. Blackman University of California, San Diego
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín École Normale Supérieure
Jonathan E. Snow
Jonathan E. Snow Louisiana State University
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
Georges Ceuleneer
Georges Ceuleneer Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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