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66
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13442
World Ranking
1345
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602

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Ken C. Macdonald is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their academic profile includes multiple distinctions recognizing contributions to science and academia.

The scientist has been honored with several fellowships throughout their career. These include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007, and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1995.

The availability of detailed information such as recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields of study, subfields, and main research topics is limited or not present in the current data.

Ken C. Macdonald's profile demonstrates recognition by prominent American scientific organizations, reflecting active involvement in the broader scientific community.

Best Publications

  • East Pacific Rise: Hot Springs and Geophysical Experiments

    F. N. Spiess;Ken C. Macdonald;T. Atwater;R. Ballard

  • Mid-Ocean Ridges: Fine Scale Tectonic, Volcanic and Hydrothermal Processes Within the Plate Boundary Zone

    Ken C. Macdonald

  • A new view of the mid-ocean ridge from the behaviour of ridge-axis discontinuities

    Ken C. Macdonald;P. J. Fox;L. J. Perram;M. F. Eisen

  • Hydrothermal vent distribution along the East Pacific Rise crest (9°09′–54′N) and its relationship to magmatic and tectonic processes on fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges

    Rachel M. Haymon;Daniel J. Fornari;Margo H. Edwards;Suzanne Carbotte

  • East Pacific Rise from Siqueiros to Orozco Fracture Zones: Along-strike continuity of axial neovolcanic zone and structure and evolution of overlapping spreading centers

    Ken Macdonald;Jean-Christophe Sempere;P. J. Fox

  • Mid-ocean ridges: discontinuities, segments and giant cracks.

    Ken C. Macdonald;Daniel S. Scheirer;Suzanne M. Carbotte

  • Hydrothermal heat flux of the “black smoker” vents on the East Pacific Rise

    Ken C. Macdonald;Keir Becker;F.N. Spiess;R.D. Ballard

  • Overlapping spreading centres: new accretion geometry on the East Pacific Rise

    Ken C. Macdonald;P. J. Fox

  • Magmatic processes at superfast spreading mid‐ocean ridges: Glass compositional variations along the East Pacific Rise 13°–23°S

    John M. Sinton;Suzanne M. Smaglik;John J. Mahoney;Ken C. Macdonald

  • East Pacific Rise 8°–10°30′N: Evolution of ridge segments and discontinuities from SeaMARC II and three‐dimensional magnetic studies

    Suzanne Carbotte;Ken Macdonald

  • Deep-tow studies of the structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge crest near lat 37°N

    Ken C. Macdonald;Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • Volcanic growth faults and the origin of Pacific abyssal hills

    Ken C. Macdonald;P. J. Fox;P. J. Fox;Russ T. Alexander;Robert Pockalny

  • The axial summit graben and cross-sectional shape of the East Pacific Rise as indicators of axial magma chambers and recent volcanic eruptions

    Ken C. Macdonald;P.J. Fox

  • Volcanic eruptions on mid‐ocean ridges: New evidence from the superfast spreading East Pacific Rise, 17°–19°S

    John Sinton;Eric Bergmanis;Ken Rubin;Rodey Batiza;Rodey Batiza

  • Variation in cross-sectional area of the axial ridge along the East Pacific Rise: Evidence for the magmatic budget of a fast spreading center

    Daniel S. Scheirer;Ken C. Macdonald

  • Three‐dimensional modeling of a magnetic reversal boundary from inversion of deep‐tow measurements

    K. C. Macdonald;S. P. Miller;S. P. Huestis;F. N. Spiess

  • Near-bottom magnetic anomalies, asymmetric spreading, oblique spreading, and tectonics of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near lat 37°N

    Ken C. Macdonald

  • Second-order ridge axis discontinuities in the South Atlantic: morphology, structure, and evolution

    N. R. Grindlay;P. J. Fox;K. C. MacDonald

  • Comparison of seafloor tectonic fabric at intermediate, fast, and super fast spreading ridges: Influence of spreading rate, plate motions, and ridge segmentation on fault patterns

    Suzanne M. Carbotte;Ken C. Macdonald

  • The crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Models for crustal generation processes and tectonics

    Ken C. Macdonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Fox
Paul J. Fox Montana State University
Rachel M. Haymon
Rachel M. Haymon University of California, Santa Barbara
Suzanne M. Carbotte
Suzanne M. Carbotte Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Bruce P. Luyendyk
Bruce P. Luyendyk University of California, Santa Barbara
Marie-Helene Cormier
Marie-Helene Cormier University of Rhode Island
Donald W. Forsyth
Donald W. Forsyth Brown University
John A. Orcutt
John A. Orcutt University of California, San Diego
Joseph A. Resing
Joseph A. Resing University of Washington
Daniel J. Fornari
Daniel J. Fornari Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John M. Sinton
John M. Sinton University of Hawaii at Manoa

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