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Brian Taylor is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States, focusing on research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly contributions span various subfields including Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics centered on geological and geophysical studies, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. Additional areas include geological formations and processes, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and underwater acoustics research.

Brian Taylor's recent publications demonstrate active research engagement, with papers appearing between 2021 and 2025. Notable papers include:

  • "Ridge jump reorientation of the South China Sea revealed by high-resolution magnetic data" (2021, Terra Nova)
  • "Tectonics of the Papua-Woodlark Region" (2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • "A Detailed Reconstruction of the Woodlark Basin" (2024, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • "Oceanic Plateau and Spreading Ridge Subduction Accompanying Arc Reversal in the Solomon Islands" (2024, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • "Reappraisal of the Continental Rifting and Seafloor Spreading That Formed the South China Sea" (2025, Geosciences)

The main venues where Taylor publishes include:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geosciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Terra Nova
  • Basin Research

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Elizabeth Benyshek
  • A. M. Goodliffe
  • Fernando Martínez
  • Qingsheng Guan
  • Tao Zhang

Brian Taylor's research integrates multidisciplinary approaches to investigating tectonic and geological processes, with particular geographic focus on regions such as the South China Sea, the Papua-Woodlark area, and the Solomon Islands. Their work contributes to understanding seafloor spreading, arc reversal, and oceanic plateau dynamics through geological and geophysical analysis.

Best Publications

  • Origin and History of the South China Sea Basin

    Brian Taylor;Dennis E. Hayes

  • The tectonic evolution of the South China Basin

    Brian Taylor;Dennis E. Hayes

  • Back-arc basin basalt systematics

    Brian Taylor;Fernando Martinez

  • Geodetic observations of very rapid convergence and back-arc extension at the Tonga arc

    Michael Bevis;F. W. Taylor;B. E. Schutz;Jacques Recy

  • Early Arc Volcanism and the Ophiolite Problem: A Perspective from Drilling in the Western Pacific

    Sherman H. Bloomer;Brian Taylor;Christopher J. Macleod;Robert J. Stern

  • The single largest oceanic plateau: Ontong Java–Manihiki–Hikurangi

    Brian Taylor

  • Rifting and the Volcanic-Tectonic Evolution of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc

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  • On the evolution of marginal basins

    B. Taylor;G. D. Karner

  • Across-arc geochemical trends in the Izu-Bonin arc: Contributions from the subducting slab

    Alfred Hochstaedter;Jim Gill;Robert Peters;Phil Broughton

  • Bismarck Sea: Evolution of a back-arc basin

    Brian Taylor

  • Backarc basins : tectonics and magmatism

    Brian Taylor

  • Seismotectonics of New Guinea: A model for arc reversal following arc-continent collision

    Patricia Cooper;Brian Taylor

  • How continents break up : Insights from Papua New Guinea

    Brian Taylor;Andrew M. Goodliffe;Fernando Martinez

  • 1. Consequences of Asthenospheric Variability on Continental Rifting

    W. Roger Buck;Garry D. Karner;Brian Taylor;Neal W. Driscoll

  • Active margins and marginal basins of the western Pacific

    Brian Taylor;James P. Natland

  • Sea-floor spreading in the Lau back-arc basin

    Brian Taylor;Kirsten Zellmer;Fernando Martinez;Andrew Goodliffe

  • Continental rifting and initial sea-floor spreading in the Woodlark basin

    Brian Taylor;Andrew Goodliffe;Fernando Martinez;Richard Hey

  • The opening of the Woodlark Basin, subduction of the Woodlark spreading system, and the evolution of Northern Melanesia since mid-pliocene time

    Jeffrey K. Weissel;Brian Taylor;Garry D. Karner

  • Volcanism in the Sumisu Rift, I. Major element, volatile, and stable isotope geochemistry

    Alfred G. Hochstaedter;James B. Gill;Minoru Kusakabe;Sally Newman

  • A three‐plate kinematic model for Lau Basin opening

    Kirsten E. Zellmer;Brian Taylor

  • Non-Volcanic Rifting of Continental Margins: A Comparison of Evidence from Land and Sea

    R. C. L. Wilson;R. B. Whitmarsh;B. Taylor;N. Froitzheim

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Martinez
Fernando Martinez University of Hawaii at Manoa
Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kantaro Fujioka
Kantaro Fujioka Kanagawa University
Paul Wessel
Paul Wessel University of Hawaii at Manoa
Patricia Fryer
Patricia Fryer University of Hawaii at Manoa
James B. Gill
James B. Gill University of California, Santa Cruz
Garry D. Karner
Garry D. Karner ExxonMobil (United States)
John C. Mutter
John C. Mutter Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Rex N. Taylor
Rex N. Taylor University of Southampton
George Ferentinos
George Ferentinos University of Patras

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