Peer-reviewed publications

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(19) Delescluse, M., L.G.J. Montési, and N. Chamot-Rooke, 2008Fault reactivation and selective abandonment in the oceanic lithosphere, submitted to Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035066

(18) Schouten, H., D.K. Smith, L.G.J. Montési, W. Zhu, and E.M. Klein, 2008. Cracking of lithosphere North of the Galapagos triple junction, Geology 36(5), 339-342, DOI: 10.1130/G24431A.1. Link to article

(17) Montési, L.G.J., and M.D. Behn, 2007. Mantle flow and melting underneath Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L24307, doi:10.1029/2007GL031067. Link to article

(16) Zhu W., L.G.J. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, 2007. A micromechanics model of stress-induced anisotropic permeability reduction during compactive cataclastic flow, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B10207, doi:10.1029/2006JB004456. Link to article

(15) Gregg, P., J. Lin, M.D. Behn, and L.G.J. Montési, 2007. Spreading rate dependence of the gravity structure of oceanic transform faults. Nature, 448, 183-187, doi: 10.1038/nature05962. Link too article

(14) Montési, L.G.J., 2007. A constitutive model for layer development in shear zones near the brittle-ductile transition. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08307, doi:10.1029/2007GL029250. Link to article

(13) Montési, L.G.J., G. Di Toro, F.J. Simons, S. Akber-Knutsen, T.W. Becker, M. Billen, and J.B. Kellogg, 2006. Young Scientists Focus on the Dynamics of the lithosphere, EOS Trans. AGU 87 (42), p.482, doi:10.1029/2006ES001627. Link to article

(12) Deschamps, A., T. Fujiwara, M. Asada, L.G.J. Montési, and P. Gente, 2005. Volcanism and faulting in the axial valley of the slow spreading center of the Mariana back-arc basin from Wadatsumi side-scan sonar images. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 6, (5) doi:10.1029/2004GC000881. Link to article

(11) Montési, L.G.J., 2004. Postseismic deformation and the strength of ductile shear zones. Earth, Planets, Space. 56, 1135-1142. Link to article

(10) Montési, L.G.J., 2004. Controls of shear zone rheology and tectonic loading on postseismic creep. J. Geophys. Res., 109, B10404, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002925. Link to article

(9) Montési, L.G.J., and G. Hirth, 2003. Grain size evolution and the rheology of ductile shear zones: From laboratory experiments to postseismic creep. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 211, 97-110. Link to article

(8) Montési, L.G.J., and M.T. Zuber, 2003. Clues to the lithospheric structure of Mars from the spacing of wrinkle ridges. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 5048, doi: 10.1029/2002JE001974. Link to article

(7) Montési, L.G.J., and M.T. Zuber, 2003. Spacing of faults at the Scale of the Lithosphere and Localization Instability 2: Application to the Central Indian Basin. J. Geophys. Res., 108, B2, 2111, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001924. Link to article

(6) Montési, L.G.J., and M.T. Zuber, 2003. Spacing of faults at the Scale of the Lithosphere and Localization Instability 1: Theory. J. Geophys. Res., 108, B2, 2110, doi:10. 1029/2002JB001923. Link to article

(5) Zhu, W., L.G.J. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, 2002. Effects of stress on the anisotropic development of permeability during mechanical compaction of porous sandstones, in Deformation Mechanisms, Current status and future perspectives. Geological Society Special Publication, 200. S. de Meer, M. Drury, H. de Bresser, and G. Pennock (eds.). Geological Society, London, p.119-136.

(4) Zhu, W., D.K. Smith, and L.G.J. Montési, 2002. Effects of regional slope on viscous flows: A preliminary study of lava terrace emplacement at submarine rift zones. J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 119, 145-159. Link to article

(3) Montési, L.G.J., and M.T. Zuber, 2002. A unified description of localization for application to large-scale tectonics. J. Geophys. Res., 107, B3, 10.1029/2001JB000465. Link to article

(2) Montési, L.G.J., 2001. Concentric dike swarms on the flanks of Pavonis Mons: Implications for the evolution of Martian shield volcanoes and mantle plumes, in Mantle Plumes: Their Identification Through Time. Geol. Soc. of America Special Paper, 352. R. E. Ernst and K. L. Buchan (eds.), p. 165-181. Request reprint

(1) Zhu, W., L. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, 1997. Shear-enhanced compaction and permeability reduction: Triaxial extension tests on porous sandstone. Mech. Mat., 25, 199-214. Link to article

Non-peer-reviewed Publications

L.G.J. Montési, Volcanism at the Slowest Spreading Ocean Ridges, Summer 2007 Annual report of the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Available online at http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12895#3.

P. Olson, B. Aagaard, W. Bangerth, O. Ghattas, L. Kellogg, L. Montési, J. Tromp, and S. Zhong. The path to Peta-scale computing in geodynamics, a report by the Science Steering Committee Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG). Published online on December 12, 2006 at http://geodynamics.org/cig/proposalsndocs/documents/Path2PetascaleComputing.pdf

M. Spiegelman and L.G.J. Montési, Report to the CIG from the 2006 Magma Migration Workshop. Published online on September 01, 2006, at http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/workinggroups/magma/workarea/report-magma06.

L.G.J. Montési, Modeling platform for 3D melt migration in plate boundaries, proposal to CIG (Computational Infrastructure in Geosciences). Published online on June 30, 2005, at http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/proposalsndocs/proposals/Montesi_melt_6-30-05.pdf.