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D-Index
72
Citations
18859
World Ranking
852
National Ranking
404

Best Publications

  • A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Dana R. Yoerger

  • An off-axis hydrothermal vent field near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 30° N

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Donna K. Blackman;Gretchen L. Früh-Green

  • Microbial population structures in the deep marine biosphere.

    Julie A. Huber;David B. Mark Welch;Hilary G. Morrison;Susan M. Huse

  • A semi-distributed ntegrated itrogen model for multiple source assessment in tchments (INCA): Part I — model structure and process equations

    Paul G Whitehead;E. J. Wilson;D Butterfield

  • 30,000 Years of Hydrothermal Activity at the Lost City Vent Field

    Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Deborah S. Kelley;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Jeffrey A. Karson

  • A nitrogen model for European catchments: INCA, new model structure and equations

    A. J. Wade;P. Durand;Véronique Beaujouan;W. W. Wessel

  • Integrated modelling of climate change impacts on water resources and quality in a lowland catchment: River Kennet, UK

    R. L. Wilby;Paul Whitehead;A. J. Wade;D. Butterfield

  • Elevated concentrations of formate, acetate and dissolved organic carbon found at the Lost City hydrothermal field

    Susan Q. Lang;David A. Butterfield;Mitch Schulte;Deborah S. Kelley

  • Anomalous CH 4 and NH 4 + concentrations at an unsedimented mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal system

    M. D. Lilley;D. A. Butterfield;E. J. Olson;J. E. Lupton

  • Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from Axial Seamount hydrothermal emissions study vent field, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Subseafloor boiling and subsequent fluid‐rock interaction

    David A. Butterfield;Gary J. Massoth;Russell E. McDuff;John E. Lupton

  • Seafloor eruptions and evolution of hydrothermal fluid chemistry

    D. A. Butterfield;I. R. Jonasson;G. J. Massoth;R. A. Feely

  • Fluids from aging ocean crust that support microbial life.

    James P. Cowen;Stephen J. Giovannoni;Fabien Kenig;H. Paul Johnson

  • Gradients in the composition of hydrothermal fluids from the Endeavour segment vent field: Phase separation and brine loss

    David A. Butterfield;Russell E. McDuff;Michael J. Mottl;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Magmatic events can produce rapid changes in hydrothermal vent chemistry

    Marvin D. Lilley;David A. Butterfield;David A. Butterfield;John E. Lupton;Eric J. Olson

  • Temporal changes in archaeal diversity and chemistry in a mid-ocean ridge subseafloor habitat.

    Julie A. Huber;David A. Butterfield;John A. Baross

  • A semi-distributed integrated flow and nitrogen model for multiple source assessment in catchments (INCA): Part II — application to large river basins in south Wales and eastern England

    P.G Whitehead;E.J Wilson;D Butterfield;K Seed

  • Submarine hydrothermal activity and gold-rich mineralization at Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand

    Cornel E. J. de Ronde;Gary J. Massoth;David A. Butterfield;Bruce W. Christenson

  • Formation and evolution of carbonate chimneys at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field

    Kristin A. Ludwig;Deborah S. Kelley;David A. Butterfield;Bruce K. Nelson

  • Bacterial diversity in a subseafloor habitat following a deep-sea volcanic eruption

    Julie A Huber;David A Butterfield;John A Baross

  • Phylogenetic Diversity of Nitrogenase (nifH) Genes in Deep-Sea and Hydrothermal Vent Environments of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

    Mausmi P. Mehta;David A. Butterfield;John A. Baross

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Lupton
John E. Lupton Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Marvin D. Lilley
Marvin D. Lilley University of Washington
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
William W. Chadwick
William W. Chadwick Oregon State University
Joseph A. Resing
Joseph A. Resing University of Washington
Gary J. Massoth
Gary J. Massoth Mass-Ex3 Consulting LLC
Robert W. Embley
Robert W. Embley Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Julie A. Huber
Julie A. Huber Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Verena Tunnicliffe
Verena Tunnicliffe University of Victoria
Mark D. Hannington
Mark D. Hannington University of Ottawa

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