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  • 1994 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David A. Clague is affiliated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics, which accounts for the majority of their scholarly output. Additional areas of study include Atmospheric Science, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and geological formations and processes.

Research publications by David A. Clague have appeared frequently in several venues. The most common publication outlet is Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, where they have contributed multiple papers. Other notable venues include Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Journal of Petrology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by David A. Clague include:

  • Allopatric and Sympatric Drivers of Speciation in Alviniconcha Hydrothermal Vent Snails, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Hydrothermal Chimney Distribution on the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Quantification of Eruption Dynamics on the North Rift at Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Architecture and tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Pescadero Basin Complex, southern Gulf of California: Analysis of high-resolution bathymetry data and seismic reflection profiles, 2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • A New Method for Fault-Scarp Detection Using Linear Discriminant Analysis in High-Resolution Bathymetry Data From the Alarcón Rise and Pescadero Basin, 2021, Tectonics

Frequent collaborators include J. B. Paduan, David W. Caress, Robert A. Zierenberg, Ronald M. Spelz, and Raquel Negrete-Aranda. These coauthors have multiple shared publications with Clague, reflecting ongoing collaboration in related research areas.

David A. Clague has been recognized with the Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) award in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Prodigious submarine landslides on the Hawaiian Ridge

    James G. Moore;David A. Clague;R.T. Holcomb;Peter W. Lipman

  • Petrology and Trace Element Geochemistry of the Honolulu Volcanics, Oahu: Implications for the Oceanic Mantle below Hawaii

    David A. Clague;Frederick A. Frey

  • How old is the Hawaiian biota? Geology and phylogeny suggest recent divergence

    Jonathan P. Price;David A. Clague

  • 50-Ma initiation of Hawaiian-Emperor bend records major change in Pacific plate motion.

    Warren D. Sharp;David A. Clague

  • Helium isotopic variations in volcanic rocks from Loihi Seamount and the Island of Hawaii

    Mark D. Kurz;William J. Jenkins;Stanley R. Hart;David Clague

  • Tertiary Pacific Plate Motion Deduced from the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain

    David A. Clague;Richard D. Jarrard

  • Possible solar noble-gas component in Hawaiian basalts

    Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall;Desmond B. Patterson;Anthony Doulgeris

  • Volcano growth and evolution of the island of Hawaii

    James G. Moore;David A. Clague

  • Volatiles in Basaltic Glasses from Loihi Seamount, Hawaii: Evidence for a Relatively Dry Plume Component

    Jacqueline Eaby Dixon;David A. Clague

  • The nature of pristine noble gases in mantle plumes

    Mario Trieloff;Joachim Kunz;David A. Clague;Darrell Harrison

  • Pacific Plate Motion Recorded by Linear Volcanic Chains

    Robert A. Duncan;David A. Clague

  • Volatiles in Alkalic Basalts form the North Arch Volcanic Field, Hawaii: Extensive Degassing of Deep Submarine-erupted Alkalic Series Lavas

    Jacqueline E. Dixon;David A. Clague;Paul Wallace;Robert Poreda

  • The isotope systematics of a juvenile intraplate volcano: Pb, Nd, and Sr isotope ratios of basalts from Loihi Seamount, Hawaii

    H. Staudigel;A. Zindler;S.R. Hart;T. Leslie

  • Degassing history of water, sulfur, and carbon in submarine lavas from Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

    Jacqueline Eaby Dixon;David A. Clague;Edward M. Stolper

  • Petrology of Submarine Lavas from Kilauea's Puna Ridge, Hawaii

    David A. Clague;James G. Moore;Jacqueline Eaby Dixon;Walter B. Friesen

  • Noble gases in submarine pillow basalt glasses from Loihi and Kilauea, Hawaii: A solar component in the Earth

    Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall;Desmond B Patterson;Anthony Doulgeris

  • Diverse basalt types from Loihi seamount, Hawaii

    James G. Moore;D. A. Clague;W. R. Normark

  • Geochemistry of diverse basalt types from Loihi Seamount, Hawaii: petrogenetic implications

    Frederick A. Frey;David A. Clague

  • Implications of Pacific Island and seamount ages for the origin of volcanic chains

    Richard D. Jarrard;David A. Clague

  • Geochemistry of tholeiitic and alkalic lavas from the Koolau Range, Oahu, Hawaii: Implications for Hawaiian volcanism

    Michael F. Roden;Frederick A. Frey;David A. Clague

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Caress
David W. Caress Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
James G. Moore
James G. Moore United States Geological Survey
Jody M. Webster
Jody M. Webster University of Sydney
Brian Cousens
Brian Cousens Carleton University
William W. Chadwick
William W. Chadwick Oregon State University
James R. Hein
James R. Hein United States Geological Survey
Michael O. Garcia
Michael O. Garcia University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert W. Embley
Robert W. Embley Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Juan C. Braga
Juan C. Braga University of Granada

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