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Overview

John F. Casey is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research spans various topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Surgery, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research contributions have centered around key topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Offshore Engineering and Technologies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

John F. Casey has published extensively, with a record of 17 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Gondwana Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Geoscience Frontiers

The scientist's recent papers illustrate ongoing research activities. Notable recent works include:

  • "Recycled arc mantle recovered from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A new concordia age for the 'forearc' Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Western Newfoundland utilizing spatially-resolved LA-ICP-MS U-Pb analyses of zircon," 2020, Gondwana Research
  • "Mid-Ordovician subduction, obduction, and eduction in western Newfoundland; an eclogite problem," 2021, South African Journal of Geology
  • "Synchronous formation of the 'forearc' Bay of Islands ophiolite and its basal high-temperature metamorphic sole constrained by U-Pb zircon ages," 2023, Geoscience Frontiers
  • "New U-Pb zircon ages of plagiogranites from the Coastal Complex ophiolite and Twillingate batholith, Newfoundland: Evidence for the oldest and overlapping silicic magmatism in the nascent Cambrian peri-Laurentia forearc and arc terranes," 2022, Gondwana Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • H. J. Dick
  • Weiyao Yan
  • Eiichi Kikawa
  • P. B. Kelemen
  • Natsue Abe

Best Publications

  • Chemistry of hot springs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    A. C. Campbell;M. R. Palmer;G. P. Klinkhammer;T. S. Bowers

  • Along-axis variations in seafloor spreading in the MARK area

    J. A. Karson;G. Thompson;S. E. Humphris;J. M. Edmond

  • Life cycle of oceanic core complexes

    Christopher John MacLeod;R. C. Searle;B. J. Murton;J. F. Casey

  • Initiation of subduction zones along transform and accreting plate boundaries, triple-junction evolution, and forearc spreading centres—implications for ophiolitic geology and obduction

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  • Ultramafic and gabbroic exposures at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: geological mapping in the 15°N region

    Mathilde Cannat;Yves Lagabrielle;Henri Bougault;Jack Casey

  • Gulf of Mexico tectonic history: Hotspot tracks, crustal boundaries, and early salt distribution

    Dale E. Bird;Kevin Burke;Stuart A. Hall;John F. Casey

  • Mineral chemistry of ultramafic cumulates from the North Arm Mountain Massif of the Bay of Islands ophiolite: Evidence for high‐pressure crystal fractionation of oceanic basalts

    D. Elthon;J. F. Casey;S. Komor

  • Recent volcanism in the Siqueiros transform fault: picritic basalts and implications for MORB magma genesis

    Michael R. Perfit;D. J. Fornari;W. I. Ridley;P. D. Kirk

  • Rapid enhancement of chemical weathering recorded by extremely light seawater lithium isotopes at the Permian–Triassic boundary

    He Sun;Yilin Xiao;Yongjun Gao;Guijie Zhang

  • Crustal Evolution of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone in the last 5 Ma

    Toshiya Fujiwara;Jian Lin;Takeshi Matsumoto;Peter B. Kelemen

  • An Ultramafic Lift at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Successive Stages of Magmatism in Serpentinized Peridotites from the 15°N Region

    Mathilde Cannat;John F. Casey

  • Magma chamber profiles from the Bay of Islands ophiolite complex

    J. F. Casey;J. F. Casey;J. A. Karson

  • Comparison of major- and trace-element geochemistry of abyssal peridotites and mafic plutonic rocks with basalts from the MARK region of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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  • The geochemistry of postkinematic mafic dike swarms and subophiolitic metabasites, Pozanti-Karsanti ophiolite, Turkey: Evidence for ridge subduction

    Jennifer N. Lytwyn;John F. Casey

  • Mapping of Muslim Bagh ophiolite complex (Pakistan) using new remote sensing, and field data

    Shuhab D. Khan;Khalid Mahmood;John F. Casey

  • The geology of the Oceanographer Transform: The ridge-transform intersection

    J. A. Karson;P. J. Fox;H. Sloan;K. T. Crane

  • The sole of an ophiolite: the Ordovician Bay of Islands Complex, Newfoundland

    John F. Dewey;John F. Dewey;John F. Casey

  • Lithium isotope fractionation during incongruent melting: Constraints from post-collisional leucogranite and residual enclaves from Bengbu Uplift, China

    He Sun;Yongjun Gao;Yilin Xiao;Hai-ou Gu

  • Geologic and seismic velocity structure of the crust/mantle transition in the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex

    J. A. Karson;J. A. Collins;J. F. Casey

  • The geology of the Oceanographer Transform: The transform domain

    P. J. Fox;R. H. Moody;Jeffrey Alan Karson;E. Bonatti

  • Geochemical characteristics of accreted material beneath the Pozanti-Karsanti ophiolite, Turkey: Intra-oceanic detachment, assembly and obduction

    A. Polat;J.F. Casey;R. Kerrich

  • Seafloor spreading magnetic anomalies in the Venezuelan Basin

    N. Ghosh;S. A. Hall;J. F. Casey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Karson
Jeffrey A. Karson Syracuse University
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke University of Houston
John F. Dewey
John F. Dewey University of Oxford
Roger C. Searle
Roger C. Searle Durham University
Bramley J. Murton
Bramley J. Murton National Oceanography Centre
Christopher J. MacLeod
Christopher J. MacLeod Cardiff University
Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University
Jeffrey S. Gee
Jeffrey S. Gee University of California, San Diego
Ali Polat
Ali Polat University of Windsor
Dale S. Sawyer
Dale S. Sawyer Rice University

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