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Overview

Fernando Martinez is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their academic contributions primarily focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on geophysics. The research portfolio includes work in several subfields such as Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Geology, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics covered in their research involve high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, geological and geophysical studies, underwater acoustics research, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Mantle melting, lithospheric strength and transform fault stability: Insights from the North Atlantic," 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Peridotites with back-arc basin affinity exposed at the southwestern tip of the Mariana forearc," 2022, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • "Diffuse spreading, a newly recognized mode of crustal accretion in the southern Mariana Trough backarc basin," 2021, Geosphere
  • "Kinematics of the Reykjanes Ridge: Influence of the Iceland Hotspot on Plate Boundary Evolution," 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Statistical Assessment of Extreme Storm Events on the Brazilian Continental Shelf from 1940 to 2022," 2024, Journal of Coastal Research

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as CHEST Journal, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Progress in Earth and Planetary Science.

Fernando Martinez's frequent collaborators include R. N. Hey, Ármann Höskuldsson, Mark Dransfield, Yasuhiko Ohara, and Daníel Þórhallsson. These collaborations suggest an active engagement in multidisciplinary and international research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Back-arc basin basalt systematics

    Brian Taylor;Fernando Martinez

  • Thermal consequences of lithospheric extension: Pure and simple

    W. Roger Buck;Fernando Martinez;Michael S. Steckler;James R. Cochran

  • How continents break up : Insights from Papua New Guinea

    Brian Taylor;Andrew M. Goodliffe;Fernando Martinez

  • 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

  • Evidence from the northern Red Sea on the transition from continental to oceanic rifting

    James R Cochran;Fernando Martinez

  • Structure and tectonics of the northern Red Sea: catching a continental margin between rifting and drifting

    Fernando Martinez;James R. Cochran

  • Mantle wedge control on back-arc crustal accretion.

    Fernando Martinez;Brian Taylor

  • Backarc spreading, rifting, and microplate rotation, between transform faults in the Manus Basin

    Fernando Martinez;Brian Taylor

  • Opposing trends in crustal thickness and spreading rate along the back-arc Eastern Lau Spreading Center: Implications for controls on ridge morphology, faulting, and hydrothermal activity

    Fernando Martinez;Brian Taylor;Edward T. Baker;Joseph A. Resing

  • A serpentinite-hosted ecosystem in the Southern Mariana Forearc

    Yasuhiko Ohara;Mark K. Reagan;Katsunori Fujikura;Hiromi Watanabe

  • How many vent fields? New estimates of vent field populations on ocean ridges from precise mapping of hydrothermal discharge locations

    Edward T. Baker;Edward T. Baker;Joseph A. Resing;Joseph A. Resing;Rachel M. Haymon;Verena Tunnicliffe

  • Evolution of backarc rifting: Mariana Trough, 20°–24°N

    Fernando Martínez;Patricia Fryer;Nancy A. Baker;Toshitsugu Yamazaki

  • Why is the Challenger Deep so deep

    Patricia Fryer;Nathan Becker;Bruce Appelgate;Fernando Martinez

  • Metamorphic core complex formation by density inversion and lower-crust extrusion

    Fernando Martinez;Andrew M. Goodliffe;Brian Taylor

  • Geophysical characteristics of the southern Mariana Trough, 11°50'N-13°40'N

    Fernando Martínez;Patricia Fryer;Nathan Becker

  • Conrad Deep: a new northern Red Sea deep. Origin and implications for continental rifting

    James R. Cochran;Fernando Martinez;Michael S. Steckler;Michael A. Hobart

  • Plate boundary reorganization at a large-offset, rapidly propagating rift

    R. N. Hey;P. D. Johnson;F. Martinez;J. Korenaga

  • Rifting in the Northern Norwegian-Greenland Sea' Thermal Tests of Asymmetric Spreading

    Kathleen Crane;Eirik Sundvor;Roger Buck;Fernando Martinez

  • Controls on back-arc crustal accretion: insights from the Lau, Manus and Mariana basins

    Fernando Martinez;Brian Taylor

  • Initiation of transform faults at rifted continental margins

    Brian Taylor;Andrew Goodliffe;Fernando Martinez

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Hey
Richard Hey University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor University of Hawaii at Manoa
Katherine A. Kelley
Katherine A. Kelley University of Rhode Island
Ármann Höskuldsson
Ármann Höskuldsson University of Iceland
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Patricia Fryer
Patricia Fryer University of Hawaii at Manoa
Teruaki Ishii
Teruaki Ishii Shizuoka University
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi Nagoya University
Joseph A. Resing
Joseph A. Resing University of Washington

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