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Overview

H. Paul Johnson is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics of their work cover earthquake and tectonic studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismic waves and analysis, and geological formations and processes.

Johnson's recent published papers include the following:

  • Distribution of Methane Plumes on Cascadia Margin and Implications for the Landward Limit of Methane Hydrate Stability, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Slow Slip Detectability in Seafloor Pressure Records Offshore Alaska, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • The Finicky Nature of Earthquake Shaking-Triggered Submarine Sediment Slope Failures and Sediment Gravity Flows, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • New Zealand Hikurangi Margin temperature and pressure loggers - data sets., 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Zealand Hikurangi Margin temperature and pressure loggers - data sets., 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors in Johnson's work include Joan Gomberg, Susan Hautala, S. G. Merle, R. W. Embley, and Tze Kin Lau. This collaborative network reflects a breadth of expertise in geophysical and environmental studies.

Johnson has published mainly in venues such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Frontiers in Earth Science, indicating active engagement with both established scientific journals and open research repositories.

Best Publications

  • Fluids from aging ocean crust that support microbial life.

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

  • Entrainment and vertical transport of deep-ocean water by buoyant hydrothermal plumes

    J. E. Lupton;J. R. Delaney;H. P. Johnson;M. K. Tivey

  • Stability of Anhysteretic Remanent Magnetization in Fine and Coarse Magnetite and Maghemite Particles

    H. P. Johnson;William Lowrie;Dennis V. Kent

  • Fluxes of fluid and heat from the oceanic crustal reservoir

    H.Paul Johnson;Matthew J. Pruis

  • Microbial life in ridge flank crustal fluids.

    Julie A. Huber;H. Paul Johnson;David A. Butterfield;John A. Baross

  • Dissolved Organic Carbon in Ridge-Axis and Ridge-Flank Hydrothermal Systems

    Susan Q. Lang;David A. Butterfield;Marvin D. Lilley;H. Paul Johnson

  • Earthquake-induced changes in a hydrothermal system on the Juan de Fuca mid-ocean ridge

    H. Paul Johnson;Michael Hutnak;Robert P. Dziak;Christopher G. Fox

  • Magnetic study of basalts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, lat 37°N

    H. Paul Johnson;Tanya Atwater

  • The geological interpretation of side-scan sonar

    H. Paul Johnson;Maryann Helferty

  • Overview of SAX99: environmental considerations

    M.D. Richardson;K.B. Briggs;L.D. Bibee;P.A. Jumars

  • The Juan de Fuca Ridge—Hot Spot—Propagating Rift System: New tectonic, geochemical, and magnetic data

    John R. Delaney;H. Paul Johnson;Jill L. Karsten

  • Crustal magnetization reveals subsurface structure of Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vent fields

    Maurice A. Tivey;H. Paul Johnson

  • A detailed rock magnetic and opaque mineralogy study of the basalts from the Nazca Plate

    H. Paul Johnson;James M. Hall

  • On modeling the thermal evolution of the oceanic upper mantle: An assessment of the cooling plate model

    Richard L. Carlson;H. Paul Johnson

  • Hydrothermal vents of Explorer Ridge, northeast Pacific

    Verena Tunnicliffe;Mona Botros;Maureen E. De Burgh;Alain Dinet

  • Low‐temperature oxidation of a titanomagnetite and the implications for paleomagnetism

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  • A detailed study of the Cobb Offset of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Evolution of a propagating rift

    H. Paul Johnson;Jill L. Karsten;John R. Delaney;Earl E. Davis

  • The central anomaly magnetic high: Implications for ocean crust construction and evolution

    Maurice A. Tivey;H. Paul Johnson

  • Variations in oceanic crustal magnetization: Systematic changes in the last 160 million years

    H. Paul Johnson;Janet E. Pariso

  • Geomagnetic polarity reversal model of deep-tow profiles from the Pacific Jurassic Quiet Zone

    William W. Sager;Chester J. Weiss;Maurice A. Tivey;H. Paul Johnson

  • Rethinking turbidite paleoseismology along the Cascadia subduction zone

    Brian F. Atwater;Bobb Carson;Gary B. Griggs;H. Paul Johnson

  • Variation of sea floor depth with age: A test of models based on drilling results

    H. Paul Johnson;Richard L. Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice A. Tivey
Maurice A. Tivey Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Verena Tunnicliffe
Verena Tunnicliffe University of Victoria
Robert N. Harris
Robert N. Harris Oregon State University
John R. Delaney
John R. Delaney University of Washington
Robert W. Embley
Robert W. Embley Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
David A. Butterfield
David A. Butterfield University of Washington
Robert P. Dziak
Robert P. Dziak Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
William W. Sager
William W. Sager University of Houston
Douglas E. Hammond
Douglas E. Hammond University of Southern California
Charles R. Fisher
Charles R. Fisher Pennsylvania State University

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