Publications (+ manuscripts in review)


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Published peer-reviewed papers are available below for download. For manuscripts in review - email me for pdfs: ducea@geo.arizona.edu

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Manuscripts in review (or in final stages of preparation)

46). Ducea, M.N., and Kidder, S., Igniting a magmatic flare-up, the Salinian arc, California, Journal of Petrology.

45). Zeng, L., Ducea, M.N., and Saleeby, J.B., Partial melting of pelitic sources and the origin of leucogranite dikes in the Isabella pendant, Sierra Nevada, California, Journal of Petrology.

44) Ducea, M.N., Laccoliths and the origin of some Colorado Plateau swells, Geology.

43). Ducea, M.N., Kayzar, T., Stair, K., and Wetmore, P.W., High precision 87Sr/86Sr Analyses Using Multi-Collector ICP-MS And TIMS; A Comparative Study; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

42). Barton, M.D.,Ducea, MN, and Rollog, M., Temporal and spatial isotopic patterns in Cordilleran arcsand implications for tectonics, Geology.

2006

41). Cecil, M.R., Ducea, M.N., Reiners, P.W., and Chase, C.G., Cenozoic exhumation of the northern Sierra Nevada, from (U-Th)/He thermochronology, Geological Society of America Bulletin, in press, click here to download manuscript .

40). Wagner, L.S., Beck, S., Zandt, G., and Ducea, M.N., Depleted lithosphere, cold trapped asthenosphere, and frozen melt puddles above the flat slab in central Chile and Argentina, Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, in press, 2006, click here to download manuscript.

39). Kidder, S., and Ducea, M.N., High temperatures in the schist of the Sierra de Salinas, California: Heat sources and implications of sediment underplating during shallow subduction initiation, Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, 241, 422-437, 2006, click here to download paper.

38). Ducea, M.N., Gehrels, G.E., Shoemaker, S., Ruiz, J., and V.A. Valencia, Comments on a discussion of Geologic evolution of the Xolapa Complex, southern Mexico; Geological Society of America Bulletin, 118 (5), 764-768, 2006, click here to download.

2005

37). Zeng, L., Ducea, M.N., and Saleeby, J., The formation of leucosome with pronounced negative Ce anomalies from metasediment partial melting;Implications for Ce anomalies in oceanic island arc lavas, Acta Petrologica and Mineralogica, 24(5), 426-430, 2005, click here to download article.

36) Brady, R.J., Ducea, M.N., Kidder S. and J. Saleeby. The distribution of radiogenic heat production as a function of depth in the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California.  Lithos , 86 (3-4), 229-244, 2006. Click here to download article.

35). Valencia, V. A., Ruiz, J., Barra, F., Gehrels, G.E., Ducea, M.N., Titley, S., and L. Ochoa-Landin, U-Pb zircon and Re-Os molybdenite geochronology from La Caridad porphyry copper deposit; Insights from the duration of magmatism and mineralozation in the Nacozari district, Sonora, Mexico, Mineralium Deposita, v. 40, 10 p, 2005. Click here to download article.

34). Hacker, B., Luffi, P., Lutkov, P., Minaev, V., Ratschbacher, L.,  Patino-Douce, A., Ducea, M., McWilliams, M. and J. Metcalf. Near-ultrahigh pressure processing of subducted continental crust: Miocene crustal xenoliths from the Pamirs, Journal of Petrology, v. 46, 1661-1687, 2005. Click here to download article.

33). Zeng, L., Saleeby, J., and Ducea, M.N., Non-modal crustal anatexis during the formation of migmatites, southern Sierra Nevada, California, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 150(4), 386-402, 2005, click here to download article.

32) Ducea, M.N., Saleeby, J., Morrison, J., and V.A. Valencia. Subducted carbonates and their role in the metasomatism of mantle wedges: An example from California, American Mineralogist v. 90, pages 864-870, 2005. Click here to download article.

31). Dickinson, W.R., Ducea, M.N., Rosenberg, L., Greene H.G., Graham, S., Clark, J., Weber, G.E., Kidder, S., Ernst, W.G., Tectonic relations and net dextral slip, late Neogene San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, coastal California, GSA Special Paper, v.391,43 pages, 2005, click here to download book.

30) Barbeau, D.L., M.N. Ducea, G.E. Gehrels, S. Kidder, and J.B. Saleeby. The origin of Salinia: New evidence from U-Pb detrital-zircon geochronology of basement and cover rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin,v. 117, 466-481, 2005. Click here to download article.

29) Root, D.B., Hacker, B.R., Gans, P.B., Ducea, M.N., Eide, E.A. and J.L. Monsenfelder. Discrete ultrahigh-pressure domains in the Wester Gneiss Region, Norway: implications for formation and exhumation, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 23; pages 45-61, 2005. Click here to download article.

2004

28) Zandt, G., Gilbert H., Owens, T.J., Ducea, M.N., Saleeby, J. and C.H. Jones. Active foundering of a continental arc root beneath the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Nature, v. 431; pages 41-46, 2004. Click here to download article.

27) Ducea, M.N., Gehrels, G.E., Shoemaker, S., Ruiz, J. and V.A. Valencia, Geological evolution of the Xolapa Complex, Southern Mexico. Evidence from U-Pb zircon geochronology. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 116; no. 7/8; pages 1016-1025, 2004. Click here to download article.

26) Ducea, M.N.,Valencia,V.A., Shoemaker, S., Reiners, P.W., DeCelles , P.G., Fernanda Campa, M., Moran-Zenteno, D., and J. Ruiz. Rates Of sediment recycling beneath the Acapulco Trench: Constraints from (U-Th)/He thermochronology. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, doi:10.1029/2004JB003112, 2004. Click here to download article.

2003

25) Medaris, G., M. Ducea, E. Ghent, and V. Iancu. Conditions and timing of high-pressure variscan metamorphism in the South Carpathians, Romania. Lithos, v. 70; pages 141-161, 2003. Click here to download article.

24) Ducea, M.N., Lutkov, V., Minaev, V.T., Hacker, B., Ratschbacher, L., Luffi, P., Schwab, M., Gehrels, G.E., McWilliams, M., Vervoort, J. and J. Metcalf. Building the Pamirs: The view from the underside. Geology,v. 31(10); pages 849-852, 2003. Click here to download article.

23). Ganguly, J., Cheng, W., and Duceam M.N., Time scales of metamorphic processes: records in diffusion modification of mineral compositions and ages; Geochimicaet Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (18), 116, 2003.

22) Ducea, MN, House, M. and S. Kidder. Late cenozoic denudation and uplift rates in the Santa Lucia Mountains, California. Geology, 2003, v. 31(2); pages 139-142, 2003. Click here to download article.

21) Saleeby, J, M. Ducea, and D. Clemens-Knott, Production and loss of high-density batholithic root-southern Sierra Nevada, California. Tectonics, 22, 6, doi:10.1029/2002TC001374, 2003. Click Here to download article.

20) Ducea, M., S. Kidder, G. Zandt, Arc composition at mid-crustal depths: Insights from the Coast Ridge Belt, Santa Lucia Mountains, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(13), 1703, doi 10.1029/2002GL016297, 2003. Click here to download article.

19) Kidder, S., M. Ducea, G. Gehrels, P.J. Patchett, J. Vervoort, Tectonic And Magmatic Development Of The Salinian Coast Ridge Belt, California. Tetonics, v. 22, doi:10.1029/2002TC001409, 2003. Click Here to download article.

18) Park, S.K., MN Ducea, Can in situ measurements of mantle electrical conductivity be used to infer properties of partial melts?, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B5), 2270, doi:10.1029/2002JB001899, 2003. Click Here to download article.

17) Ducea, MN, J. Ganguly, E. Rosenberg, P.J. Patchett, W. Cheng, C. Isachsen, C., Sm-Nd Dating of Spatially Controlled Domains of Garnet Single Crystals: A new Method of High Temperature Thermochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 213, 31-42, 2003. Click Here to download article.

16) Sen, G., H.J. Yang, M. Ducea, M., Anomalous Isotopes and Trace Element Zoning in Plagioclase Peridotite Xenoliths of Oahu (Hawaii): Implications for the Hawaiian Plume. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 207, 23-38, 2003. Click Here to download article.

pre-2003

15) Shoemaker, S., M. Ducea, P.W. Reiners, J.L. Garver, and M.F.Campa, Cenozoic plate tectonic history of southwestern Mexico; constraints from low temperature thermochronology. Geotemas, 4, 137-138, 2002.

14) Ducea, M., Constraints on the bulk composition and root foundering rates of continental arcs; A California arc perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(B11), 2304, doi:10.1029/2001JB000643, 2002. Click Here to download article.

13) Ducea, M., G. Sen, J. Eiler, and J. Fimbres, Melt depletion and subsequent metasomatism in the shallow mantle beneath Koolau volcano, Oahu (Hawaii) Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi 10.1029/2001GC000184, 2002. Click Here to download article.

12) Ducea, MN, The California arc: thick granitic batholiths, eclogitic residues,lithospheric-scale thrusting, and magmatic flare-ups, Geological Society of America Today, 11, 4-10, 2001. Click Here to download article.

11) Ducea, MN, and S. Park, Enhanced mantle conductivity from sulfide minerals, Geophysical Research Letters 27(16) , 2405-2408, 2000. Click Here to download article.

10) Ducea, MN, 1.57-Ga Magmatism in the South Carpathians: Implications for the Pre-Alpine Basement and Evolution of the Mantle under the European Continent: A Discussion. Journal of Geology, 107, 733-736, 1999. Click Here to download article.

9) Ducea, M. N., B.I.A. McInnes and P.J. Wyllie, Experimental determination of compositional dependence of hydrous silicate melts on sulfate solubility, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 33-43, 1999.

8) Ducea, MN, A petrologic investigation at deep-crustal and upper-mantle xenolith from the Sierra Nevada, California; constraints on lithospheric composition beneath continental arcs and the origin of Cordilleran batholiths: Ph.D. thesis, California Institute of Technology, 359 p., 1998.

7) Ducea, MN and J.B. Saleeby, A case of delamination of the deep batholithic crust beneath the Sierra Nevada, California, in Ernst, W.G. & Nelson, C.A.(eds.), Integrated Earth and Environmental Evolution of the Southwestern United States, Geological Society of America Special Volume, Bellwether, Columbia, MD, 273-288, 1998.

6) Ducea MN and J.B. Saleeby, Crustal Recycling Beneath Continental Arcs: Silica-rich glass inclusions in ultramafic xenoliths from the Sierra Nevada, California, Earth Planetary Sciences Letters, 156, 101-116, 1998. Click Here to download article.

5) Ducea, MN, and J.B. Saleeby, The age and origin of a thick mafic-ultramafic root from beneath the Sierra Nevada batholith, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 133, 169-185, 1998. Click Here to download article.

4) Ducea MN, and Saleeby J.B.,1996, Buoyancy sources for a large unrooted mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, California: Evidence from xenolith thermobarometry, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 8229-8241, 1996.Click here to download article.

3) Wernicke, B., R. Clayton, M. Ducea, C.H. Jones, S. Park, S. Ruppert, J. Saleeby, J.K. Snow, L. Squires, M. Fliedner, G. Jiracek, R. Keller, S. Klemperer, J. Luetgert, P. Malin, K. Miller, W. Mooney, H. Oliver, and R. Phinney, Origin of high mountains in the continents: The southern Sierra Nevada, Science, 271(5246), 190-193, 1996.

2) Park, SK, C.H. Jones, S.D. Ruppert, R.W.Clayton, MN Ducea, and B. Wernicke, Project combines seismic and magnetotelluric surveying to address the Sierran Root question, Eos, 76(30), 297-298, 1995.

1) Ducea, MN, B.I.A. McInnes, and P.J. Wyllie, Sulfur variations in glasses from volcanic rocks: effect of melt composition on sulfur solubility, International Geology Review, 36(8), 703-714, 1994.

Last updated October 15 , 2005 .
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