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James W. Hawkins

Researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Publications -  42
Citations -  4091

James W. Hawkins is an academic researcher from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The author has contributed to research in topics: Basalt & Oceanic crust. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 42 publications receiving 3926 citations. Previous affiliations of James W. Hawkins include University of California, San Diego.

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

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the initial phases of volcanism in these subduction zones developed nearly synchronously in the middle to late Eocene over a zone up to 300 km wide and thousands of kilometers long.
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Evolution of intra-oceanic arc-trench systems

TL;DR: The Izu-Bonin, Mariana, Tonga, Yap and Palau trench-arc systems are examples of different stages in a dynamic process which starts when subduction begins along old fracture zone traces as mentioned in this paper.
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Petrology of the axial ridge of the Mariana Trough backarc spreading center

TL;DR: The axial ridge of the Mariana Trough backarc basin, between 17°40′N and 18°30′N rises as much as 1 km above the floor of a 10-15 km wide rift valley as discussed by the authors.
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Petrology and geochemistry of boninite series volcanic rocks from the Mariana trench

TL;DR: Boninite series volcanic rocks have been recovered from three dredge hauls on the inner slope of the Mariana Trench as discussed by the authors, including olivine boninites, boninite andesites and dacites, which are characterized by very low abundances of high-field strength cations and heavy-rare-earth elements.