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William W. Chadwick is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Anthropology.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range within Earth sciences, particularly focusing on earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geology and paleoclimatology research, methane hydrates and related phenomena, marine biology, and ecology research.

Key recent publications by William W. Chadwick include:

  • Geodetic Monitoring at Axial Seamount Since Its 2015 Eruption Reveals a Waning Magma Supply and Tightly Linked Rates of Deformation and Seismicity (2021), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Triggering of eruptions at Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • Revised Magmatic Source Models for the 2015 Eruption at Axial Seamount Including Estimates of Fault-Induced Deformation (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Changing Brine Inputs Into Hydrothermal Fluids: Southern Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2020), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • From basalt to biosphere: Early non-vent community succession on the erupting Vailulu'u deep seamount (2023), published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors with whom William W. Chadwick has collaborated include:

  • S. L. Nooner
  • David W. Caress
  • Jeffrey W. Beeson
  • C.G. Wheat
  • Robert A. Zierenberg

William W. Chadwick has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most common publication outlets for their work are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Magmatism at Mid‐Ocean Ridges: Constraints from Volcanological and Geochemical Investigations

    Michael R. Perfit;William W. Chadwick

  • Volcanic and hydrothermal processes associated with a recent phase of seafloor spreading at the northern Cleft segment: Juan de Fuca Ridge

    R. W. Embley;W. W. Chadwick

  • Mechanical modeling of circumferential and radial dike intrusion on Galapagos volcanoes

    W.W. Chadwick;J.H. Dieterich

  • The pattern of circumferential and radial eruptive fissures on the volcanoes of Fernandina and Isabela islands, Galapagos

    William W Chadwick;Keith A Howard

  • Survival of mussels in extremely acidic waters on a submarine volcano.

    Verena Tunnicliffe;Kimberley T. A. Davies;Kimberley T. A. Davies;David A. Butterfield;Robert W. Embley

  • Initial results of the rapid response to the 1993 CoAxial event: Relationships between hydrothermal and volcanic processes

    Robert W. Embley;William W. Chadwick;Ian R. Jonasson;David A. Butterfield

  • Direct video and hydrophone observations of submarine explosive eruptions at NW Rota-1 volcano, Mariana arc

    W. W. Chadwick;K. V. Cashman;R. W. Embley;H. Matsumoto

  • Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano

    Robert W. Embley;William W. Chadwick;William W. Chadwick;Edward T. Baker;David A. Butterfield;David A. Butterfield

  • Submarine venting of liquid carbon dioxide on a Mariana Arc volcano

    John Lupton;David Butterfield;Marvin Lilley;Leigh Evans

  • 1998 eruption of axial volcano: Multibeam anomalies and sea‐floor observations

    R. W. Embley;W. W. Chadwick;D. Clague;D. Stakes

  • Growth of the lava dome at Mount St. Helens, Washington, (USA), 1981–1983

    D. A. Swanson;D. Dzurisin;R. T. Holcomb;E. Y. Iwatsubo

  • Evidence for volcanic eruption on the southern Juan de Fuca ridge between 1981 and 1987

    William W. Chadwick;Robert W. Embley;Christopher G. Fox

  • Seafloor deformation and forecasts of the April 2011 eruption at Axial Seamount

    William W. Chadwick;Scott L. Nooner;David A. Butterfield;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Volcanic Eruptions in the Deep Sea

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Samuel A. Soule;William W. Chadwick;Daniel J. Fornari

  • Geology of the northern Cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Recent lava flows, sea-floor spreading, and the formation of megaplumes

    R. W. Embley;W. Chadwick;M. R. Perfit;E. T. Baker

  • Repeat bathymetric surveys at 1-metre resolution of lava flows erupted at Axial Seamount in April 2011

    David W. Caress;David A. Clague;Jennifer B. Paduan;Julie F. Martin

  • Lava flows from a mid‐1980s submarine eruption on the Cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge

    William W. Chadwick;Robert W. Embley

  • A volcano bursting at the seams: Inflation, faulting, and eruption at Sierra Negra volcano, Galápagos

    William W. Chadwick;Dennis J. Geist;Sigurjon Jonsson;Michael P. Poland

  • Vertical deformation monitoring at Axial Seamount since its 1998 eruption using deep-sea pressure sensors

    William W. Chadwick;Scott L. Nooner;Mark A. Zumberge;Robert W. Embley

  • Volcanic inflation measured in the caldera of Axial Seamount: Implications for magma supply and future eruptions

    Scott L. Nooner;William W. Chadwick

  • Offshore geology of Mauna Loa and adjacent areas, Hawaii

    James G. Moore;William W Jr Chadwick

  • SeaBeam depth changes associated with recent lava flows, Coaxial Segment, Juan De Fuca Ridge: Evidence for multiple eruptions between 1981–1993

    William W. Chadwick;Robert W. Embley;Christopher G. Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Embley
Robert W. Embley Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
David A. Butterfield
David A. Butterfield University of Washington
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Joseph A. Resing
Joseph A. Resing University of Washington
Robert P. Dziak
Robert P. Dziak Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
John E. Lupton
John E. Lupton Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Christopher G. Fox
Christopher G. Fox National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David A. Clague
David A. Clague Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
David W. Caress
David W. Caress Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Dennis Geist
Dennis Geist University of Idaho

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