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Michael B. Underwood is affiliated with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work emphasizes subfields such as Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has contributed to topics including Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Recent publications by Michael B. Underwood include:

  • "Slow slip source characterized by lithological and geometric heterogeneity," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Heterogeneous Sediment Input at the Nankai Trough Subduction Zone: Implications for Shallow Slow Earthquake Localization," 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Wound imaging software and digital platform to assist review of surgical wounds using patient smartphones: The development and evaluation of artificial intelligence (WISDOM AI study)," 2024, PLoS ONE
  • "Composition of fine-grained sediment in the Hikurangi Trough: Evidence for intermingling among axial gravity flows, transverse gravity flows and margin-parallel ocean currents," 2022, Sedimentology
  • ""Don't think about a pink elephant": collaboratively exploring the notion of desistance using the CoNavigator participatory tool," 2025, Journal of Criminal Psychology

Frequent collaborators of Michael B. Underwood include:

  • Gregory F. Moore
  • Harold Tobin
  • Toshiya Kanamatsu
  • D. M. Saffer
  • Gaku Kimura

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Science Advances
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

    Gregory F. Moore;Asahiko Taira;Adam Klaus;Luann Becker

  • Origin and evolution of a splay fault in the Nankai accretionary wedge

    Michael Strasser;Gregory F. Moore;Gregory F. Moore;Gaku Kimura;Gaku Kimura;Yujin Kitamura

  • Compositional and fluid pressure controls on the state of stress on the Nankai subduction thrust: A weak plate boundary

    K.M. Brown;A. Kopf;M.B. Underwood;J.L. Weinberger

  • Sediment deformation and hydrogeology of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Synthesis of shipboard results of ODP Leg 131

    A. Taira;I. Hill;J. Firth;U. Berner

  • Abnormal fluid pressures and fault-zone dilation in the Barbados accretionary prism: Evidence from logging while drilling

    J. C. Moore;T. H. Shipley;D. Goldberg;Y. Ogawa

  • Sedimentary facies associations within subduction complexes

    Michael B. Underwood;Steven B. Bachman

  • Slow slip source characterized by lithological and geometric heterogeneity

    Philip M. Barnes;Laura M. Wallace;Demian M. Saffer;Rebecca E. Bell

  • Slumping and mass transport deposition in the Nankai fore arc: Evidence from IODP drilling and 3‐D reflection seismic data

    Michael Strasser;Gregory F. Moore;Gaku Kimura;Achim J. Kopf

  • Diagenesis, sediment strength, and pore collapse in sediment approaching the Nankai Trough subduction zone

    Glenn A. Spinelli;Peter S. Mozley;Harold J. Tobin;Michael B. Underwood

  • 3. Sediment Inputs to Subduction Zones Why Lithostratigraphy and Clay Mineralogy Matter

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  • Long-timescale variation in bulk and clay mineral composition of Indian continental margin sediments in the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Andaman Sea

    Stephen C. Phillips;Joel E. Johnson;Michael B. Underwood;Junhua Guo

  • Evaluation of factors controlling smectite transformation and fluid production in subduction zones: Application to the Nankai Trough

    Demian M. Saffer;Michael B. Underwood;Alexander W. McKiernan

  • Upslope flow of turbidity currents: A comparison among field observations, theory, and laboratory models

    Maureen T. Muck;Michael B. Underwood

  • Evolution of tectono-sedimentary systems in the Kumano Basin, Nankai Trough forearc

    G.F. Moore;B.B. Boston;M. Strasser;M.B. Underwood

  • A comparison among organic and inorganic indicators of diagenesis and low-temperature metamorphism, Tertiary Shimanto Belt, Shikoku, Japan

    Michael B. Underwood;Matthew M. Laughland;Sin Mok Kang

  • Open-ocean to trench turbidity-current flow in the Nankai Trough: Flow collapse and reflection

    Kevin T. Pickering;Michael B. Underwood;Asahiko Taira

  • Sediment Geochemistry, Clay Mineralogy, and Diagenesis: A Synthesis of Data from Leg 131, Nankai Trough

    M.B. Underwood;K. Pickering;J.M. Gieskes;M. Kastner

  • 6. CLAY MINERALOGY OF MUDSTONES FROM THE NANKAI TROUGH REFERENCE SITES 1173 AND 1177 AND FRONTAL ACCRETIONARY PRISM SITE 1174

    Nankai Trough;Joan F. Steurer;Michael B. Underwood;J.F. Steurer

  • Character of sediments entering the Costa Rica subduction zone: Implications for partitioning of water along the plate interface

    Glenn A. Spinelli;Michael B. Underwood

  • Hydrogeologic responses to three‐dimensional temperature variability, Costa Rica subduction margin

    Glenn A. Spinelli;Demian M. Saffer;Michael B. Underwood

  • Abundance of smectite and the location of a plate-boundary fault, Barbados accretionary prism

    Xinhua Deng;Michael B. Underwood

  • Expedition 322 summary

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Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Demian M. Saffer
Demian M. Saffer The University of Texas at Austin
Steffen Kutterolf
Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University
Kevin T. Pickering
Kevin T. Pickering University College London
Asahiko Taira
Asahiko Taira Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Elizabeth J. Screaton
Elizabeth J. Screaton University of Florida
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
Gaku Kimura
Gaku Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Timothy Byrne
Timothy Byrne University of Connecticut
Robert N. Harris
Robert N. Harris Oregon State University

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