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Patricia Fryer is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research intersects multiple fields including environmental chemistry, astronomy and astrophysics, ocean engineering, geophysics, and molecular biology. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into complex geological and geochemical processes.

The scientist's recent publication record features work primarily focused on marine and subduction zone geological phenomena. Notable papers include:

  • "Mariana serpentinite mud volcanism exhumes subducted seamount materials: implications for the origin of life" (2020) published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Temporal and spatial mineralogical changes in clasts from Mariana serpentinite mud volcanoes: Cooling of the hot forearc-mantle at subduction initiation" (2021) published in Lithos
  • "Discovery of novel structures at 10.7 km depth in the Mariana Trench may reveal chemolithoautotrophic microbial communities" (2020) published in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • "Diffuse spreading, a newly recognized mode of crustal accretion in the southern Mariana Trough backarc basin" (2021) published in Geosphere
  • "Episodicity of structural flow in an active subduction system, new insights from mud volcano's carbonate veins - Scientific Ocean drilling expedition IODP 366" (2021) published in Marine Geology

Their work covers specific topics such as methane hydrates and related phenomena, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, solar and space plasma dynamics, geophysics and gravity measurements, astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, as well as earthquake and tectonic studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Katsuyoshi Michibayashi, Yuji Ichiyama, C.L. Moyer, C.G. Wheat, and Walter Kurz, all of whom have coauthored multiple publications alongside Fryer.

The scholar's research outputs are published in various venues, with significant contributions appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Lithos
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Best Publications

  • Geochemical mapping of the Mariana arc‐basin system: Implications for the nature and distribution of subduction components

    Julian A. Pearce;Robert J. Stern;Sherman H. Bloomer;Patty Fryer

  • Fore-arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana system

    Mark K. Reagan;Osamu Ishizuka;Robert J. Stern;Katherine A. Kelley

  • Early Arc Volcanism and the Ophiolite Problem: A Perspective from Drilling in the Western Pacific

    Sherman H. Bloomer;Brian Taylor;Christopher J. Macleod;Robert J. Stern

  • Seamounts, Islands, and Atolls

    Barbara H. Keating;Patricia Fryer;Rodey Batiza;George W. Boehlert

  • Enriched back-arc basin basalts from the northern Mariana Trough: implications for the magmatic evolution of back-arc basins

    Robert J. Stern;Ping Nan Lin;Julie D. Morris;Michael C. Jackson

  • Origin and emplacement of Mariana forearc seamounts

    P. Fryer;E. L. Ambos;D. M. Hussong

  • Mariana blueschist mud volcanism: Implications for conditions within the subduction zone

    P. Fryer;C. G. Wheat;M. J. Mottl

  • Evolution of the Mariana Convergent Plate Margin System

    Patricia Fryer

  • Volcanism in the Sumisu Rift, I. Major element, volatile, and stable isotope geochemistry

    Alfred G. Hochstaedter;James B. Gill;Minoru Kusakabe;Sally Newman

  • Onset and Progression of Serpentinization and Magnetite Formation in Olivine-rich Troctolite from IODP Hole U1309D

    J. S. Beard;B. R. Frost;P. Fryer;A. Mccaig

  • Blueschist metamorphism in an active subduction zone

    Hliokazu Maekawa;Masaya Shozul;Masaya Shozul;Teruaki. Ishll;Patricia B. Fryer

  • Shallow slab fluid release across and along the Mariana arc-basin system: Insights from geochemistry of serpentinized peridotites from the Mariana fore arc

    Ivan P. Savov;Jeffrey G. Ryan;Massimo D'Antonio;Patricia Fryer

  • Mariana Trough lavas from 18°N: Implications for the origin of back arc basin basalts

    John M. Sinton;Patricia Fryer

  • Petrology and geochemistry of lavas from the Sumisu and Torishima backarc rifts

    Patricia Fryer;Brian Taylor;Charles H. Langmuir;Alfred G. Hochstaedter

  • Chemistry of springs across the Mariana forearc shows progressive devolatilization of the subducting plate

    Michael J. Mottl;C. Geoffrey Wheat;Patricia Fryer;Jim Gharib

  • Deep‐slab fluids fuel extremophilic Archaea on a Mariana forearc serpentinite mud volcano: Ocean Drilling Program Leg 195

    Michael J. Mottl;Stephen C. Komor;Patricia Fryer;Craig L. Moyer

  • Submersible- and lander-observed community patterns in the Mariana and New Britain trenches: Influence of productivity and depth on epibenthic and scavenging communities

    Natalya D. Gallo;James Cameron;Kevin Hardy;Patricia Fryer

  • Serpentinite Mud Volcanism: Observations, Processes, and Implications

    Patricia Fryer

  • Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Recovered from a Transect across the Mariana Trough, Arc, Fore-Arc, and Trench, Sites 453 through 461, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 60

    D.A. Wood;N.G. Marsh;J. Tarney;J.-L. Joron

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

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

  • Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 30°N

    D. K. Blackman;B. Ildefonse;B. E. John;Y. Ohara

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian A. Pearce
Julian A. Pearce Cardiff University
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi Nagoya University
Michael J. Mottl
Michael J. Mottl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
Jeffrey G. Ryan
Jeffrey G. Ryan University of South Florida
Sherman H. Bloomer
Sherman H. Bloomer Oregon State University
Bramley J. Murton
Bramley J. Murton National Oceanography Centre
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor University of Hawaii at Manoa
Teruaki Ishii
Teruaki Ishii Shizuoka University
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams Texas A&M University

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