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W. Roger Buck is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. Additional areas of work include Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering, with some contributions to Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Paleontology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies

W. Roger Buck has contributed publications to several journals and venues with frequency in the following:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among the recent papers, the following have been authored or co-authored by this researcher:

  • "Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Global Trends of Axial Relief and Faulting at Plate Spreading Centers Imply Discrete Magmatic Events," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Intrusions induce global warming before continental flood basalt volcanism," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "Flexural Control of Basal Crevasse Opening Under Ice Shelves," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The role of fresh water in driving ice shelf crevassing, rifting and calving," 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent collaborators in research include Xiaochuan Tian, Zhonglan Liu, Jorge Sanhueza, Gonzalo Yáñez, and Jaime Araya Vargas, indicating ongoing partnerships on various scientific topics.

Best Publications

  • Modes of continental lithospheric extension

    W. Roger Buck

  • Flexural rotation of normal faults

    W. Roger Buck

  • Modes of faulting at mid-ocean ridges

    W. Roger Buck;Luc L. Lavier;Luc L. Lavier;Alexei N. B. Poliakov

  • Continental and oceanic core complexes

    Donna L. Whitney;Christian Teyssier;Patrice Rey;W. Roger Buck

  • Convective partial melting: 1. A model for the formation of thick basaltic sequences during the initiation of spreading

    John C. Mutter;W. Roger Buck;Carolyn M. Zehnder

  • Thermal consequences of lithospheric extension: Pure and simple

    W. Roger Buck;Fernando Martinez;Michael S. Steckler;James R. Cochran

  • Small scale convection induced by passive rifting: the cause for uplift of rift shoulders

    W. Roger Buck

  • Role of melt supply in oceanic detachment faulting and formation of megamullions

    Brian E. Tucholke;Mark D. Behn;W. Roger Buck;Jian Lin

  • Self-consistent rolling-hinge model for the evolution of large-offset low-angle normal faults

    Luc L. Lavier;W. Roger Buck;Alexei N. B. Poliakov

  • Tectonic stress and magma chamber size as controls on dike propagation : Constraints from the 1975-1984 Krafla rifting episode

    W. Roger Buck;Páll Einarsson;Bryndís Brandsdóttir

  • The role of magma in the development of the Afro-Arabian Rift System

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  • Factors controlling normal fault offset in an ideal brittle layer

    Luc L. Lavier;W. Roger Buck;Alexei N. B. Poliakov

  • 1. Consequences of Asthenospheric Variability on Continental Rifting

    W. Roger Buck;Garry D. Karner;Brian Taylor;Neal W. Driscoll

  • Faulting and magmatism at mid-ocean ridges

    W. Roger Buck;Paul T. Delaney;Jeffrey A. Karson;Yves Lagabrielle

  • Convection beneath young oceanic lithosphere: Implications for thermal structure and gravity

    W. Roger Buck;E. M. Parmentier

  • How much magma is required to rift a continent

    Robert W. Bialas;W. Roger Buck;Ran Qin

  • Focused mantle upwelling below mid‐ocean ridges due to feedback between viscosity and melting

    W. Roger Buck;Wusi Su

  • September 2005 mega‐dike emplacement in the Manda‐Harraro nascent oceanic rift (Afar depression)

    Atalay Ayele;Atalay Ayele;Derek Keir;Cynthia Ebinger;Tim J. Wright

  • Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during continental rupture: seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift

    C.J. Ebinger;C.J. Ebinger;D. Keir;D. Keir;A. Ayele;E. Calais

  • Sub-ice geology inland of the Transantarctic Mountains in light of new aerogeophysical data

    Michael Studinger;Robin E. Bell;W.Roger Buck;Garry D. Karner

  • Effect of lithospheric thickness on the formation of high- and low-angle normal faults

    W. Roger Buck

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc L. Lavier
Luc L. Lavier The University of Texas at Austin
Robin E. Bell
Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mark D. Behn
Mark D. Behn Boston College
John R. Hopper
John R. Hopper Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Michael S. Steckler
Michael S. Steckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
James R. Cochran
James R. Cochran Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Tim J. Wright
Tim J. Wright University of Leeds
Paul G. Fitzgerald
Paul G. Fitzgerald Syracuse University
John C. Mutter
John C. Mutter Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
William B. F. Ryan
William B. F. Ryan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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