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Parnell-Turner, R., J. P. Canales, M. Marjanović, H. R. Svadlenak, E. C. Anderson, J. H. Dorsett, V. V. Ingale, M. A. Morris, J. Preine, D. J. Fornari, T. Barreyre, J. M. McDermott, and V. Preston (in revision). Differential bathymetry reveals magnitude of the 2025 East Pacific Rise submarine volcanic eruption.
Wozniak, A. S., S. R. Shah Walter, S. Wagner, M. Yucel, T. Barreyre, G. W. Luther III, J. Hubbard, V. V. Ingale, S. D. Katz, S. M. McNichol, R. Parnell-Turner, V. Preston, R. Sanger, M. Schaller, A. Skarke, D. J. Fornari, F. E. Agblemanyo, N. Alimli, K. R. Block, D. M. Christopher, H. Cura, Y. N. Demir, B. Freiberg, V. Nowak, T. Ouyang, S. Reynolds, S. Tuzun, A. Wentzel, and L. J. Wood (in revision). Direct observation of a mid-ocean ridge eruption and its immediate effects on the deep ocean.
Lee-Takada, S., S. Iwasaki, K. Kimoto, R. Horiuchi, A. Maeda, B. Karatsolis, M. Sinnesael, A. Briais, L. LeVay, R. Parnell-Turner, and N. Harada (in revision). A 3.6-Million-Year Record of Carbonate Preservation in the High-Latitude North Atlantic.
*Morris, M., R. Parnell-Turner, A. Sawa, D. McNamara, and A. Briais (in revision). Advection-mediated Heat Flow on the Flanks of Reykjanes Ridge from IODP Expedition 395 Sites.
*Gong, Z. K., R. Parnell-Turner, E. C. Anderson, V. V. Ingale, D. J. Fornari, T. Barreyre, J. M. McDermott, J.-N. Wu, J. Babcock, and M. Rapa (in revision). Diking and Cracking Recorded by Microseismicity and Vent Fluid Temperatures at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N.
Peng, D., D. R. Stegman, J. M. D. Day, R. Parnell-Turner, L. Liu, and Y. Wang (in revision). Intraplate Indian Ocean magmatism and the Toba super-volcano produced by the Capricorn plume
Fan, W., Ingale, V. V., and R. Parnell-Turner (in review). Tidal modulation of microseismicity increases with seismic coupling on oceanic transform faults.
Published
[48] *Morris, M., R. Parnell-Turner, K. Hochmuth, D. McNamara, A. Briais, L. LeVay, A. Di Chiara, T. Dunkley Jones, B. Karatsolis, P. Pearson, M. Sinnesael, and the IODP Expedition 395 Scientists (2026). Middle Miocene Intensification of the Deep Western Boundary Current Offshore Eastern Greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 692, 120244, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120244
[47] *Ingale, V. V., J. S. Gee, and R. Parnell-Turner (2026). Platform-corrected analyses of near-bottom magnetic data acquired by autonomous underwater vehicles. Geophysical Journal International 246, 1–17 https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggag279 [pdf]
[46] *Svadlenak, H., R. Parnell-Turner, and M. A. Morris (2026). A Global Evaluation of Lithology-Dependent Marine Sediment Compaction Parameters and their Uncertainties. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012739
[45] Pearman, C., C-Y. Tien, N. J. White, J. Maclennan, B. Murton, S. Gibson, J. Day, R. Parnell-Turner, and IODP Expedition 395 Science Party (2026). Collapse and Resurgence of the Iceland Mantle Plume. Nature Communications 17, 4104 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71618-2
[44] *Morris, M. A., H. Feightner, A. Hangsterfer, and R. Parnell-Turner (2026), Project Mohole results enhanced with modern XRF core scanning and imaging. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012706
[43] *Wu, J.-N., R. Parnell-Turner, D. J. Fornari, T. Barreyre, and J. M. McDermott (2025). Quantifying widespread hydrothermal chimneys on the East Pacific Rise flanks between 9°45'-57’N. Science Advances doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adv078 [pdf]
[42] Barreyre. T., J.-A. Olive, D. J. Fornari, J. M. McDermott, R. Parnell-Turner, K. Moutard, J.-N. Wu, and M. Marjanović (2025). Hydrothermal vent temperatures track magmatic inflation and forecast eruptions at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50'N. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2510245122 [pdf]
[41] *Ingale, V. V., G. Tepp, R. Dziak, and R. Parnell-Turner (2025). Detection and Analysis of Aleutian Arc Seismicity (2022-2023) Using an Autonomous Hydrophone Array. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26, e2025GC012320. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012320 [pdf]
[40] DiChiara, A., S. Satolli, S. Friedman, D. Dwyer, G. Acton, T. Dunkley Jones, B. Karatsolis, P. Pearson, T. Suzuki, S. Modestou, S. OConnell, H. Ibrahim, C. Jasper, D. LeBlanc, S. Lee, T. Thulasi, D. Eason, M. Sinnesael, K. Hochmuth, A. Briais, R. Parnell-Turner, L. LeVay, and Expedition 395 Science Party (2025). Geomagnetic Excursions Revealed in North Atlantic IODP Expedition 395C Sites U1555 and U1563. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012220
[39] Sinnesael, M., B. Karatsolis , P. Pearson, A. Briais, S. Hemming, L. LeVay, IODP Expedition 395 Scientists, and R. Parnell-Turner (2025). Onset of strong Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water 3.6 million years ago. Nature Communications 16 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59265-5 [pdf]
[38] *Ingale, V. V., R. Parnell-Turner, W. Fan, P. J. Talling, and J. Neasham (2025). Hydroacoustic signals recorded by CTBTO network suggest a possible submarine landslide in Trou Sans Fond Canyon, offshore Ivory Coast, March 2024. Seismological Research Letters. https://doi: 10.1785/0220240448 [pdf]
[37] Parnell-Turner, R., Briais, A., LeVay, L.J., and the Expedition 395 Scientists (2025). Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 395: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.2025
[36] Keohane, I., J.-N. Wu, S. White, and R. Parnell-Turner (2025). Indications of Abundant Off-axis Activity at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’ N, Using a Machine Learning “Chimney Identification Tool”. Computers and Geosciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2025.105874
[35] *Anderson, E., R. Parnell-Turner, R. A. Sohn, and W. Fan (2025). Deformation on Rainbow Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Illuminated with Microearthquakes detected by Machine Learning. Geophysical Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111285 [pdf]
[34] Parnell-Turner, R. (2024). Earthquake Seismicity Reveals the Location and Significance of the Shona Mantle Plume in the south Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109738 [pdf]
[33] Parnell-Turner, R., Briais, A., LeVay, L., and the Expedition 395 Scientists (2024). Expedition 395 Preliminary Report: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.395.2024 [pdf]
[32] Marjanović, M., J. Chen, J. Escartín, R. Parnell-Turner, and J.-N. Wu (2024). Magma-induced tectonics at the East Pacific Rise 9º50’N: Evidence from high-resolution characterization of seafloor and subseafloor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.2401440121 [pdf]
[31] Tucholke, B., R. Parnell-Turner, and D. K. Smith (2023). The Global Spectrum of Seafloor Morphology on Mid-Ocean Ridge Flanks Related to Magma Supply. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. doi:10.1029/2023JB027367 [pdf]
[30] Gong, J., W. Fan, and R. Parnell-Turner (2023). Machine Learning-Based New Earthquake Catalog Illuminates On-Fault and Off-Fault Seismicity Patterns at the Discovery Transform Fault, East Pacific Rise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2023GC011043 [pdf]
[29] *Berrios-Rivera, N., J. S. Gee, R. Parnell-Turner, S. Maher, J.-N. Wu, D. J. Fornari, M. Tivey, M. Marjanović, T. Barreyre, and J. M. McDermott (2023). Significance of short-wavelength magnetic anomaly low along the East Pacific Rise axis, 9°50'N, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2023GC010875 [pdf]
[28] *Wu, J.-N., R. Parnell-Turner, D. J. Fornari, N. Berrios-Rivera, T. Barreyre, and J. M. McDermott (2023). The Role of On- and off-Axis Faults and Fissures during Eruption Cycles and Crustal Accretion at 9°50’N, East Pacific Rise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2022GC010794 [pdf]
[27] Zheng, T., J. Lin, H. Schouten, D. K. Smith, E. Klein, and R. Parnell-Turner (2023). Gravity Anomalies and Implications for Shallow Mantle Processes of the Western Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center, Geophysical Research Letters, doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102133 [pdf]
[26] *Fabbrizzi, A., R. Parnell-Turner, P. M. Gregg, D. J. Fornari, M. R. Perfit, V. D. Wanless, and M. Anderson (2022). Relative Timing of Off-axis Volcanism from Sediment Thickness Estimates on the 8°20’N Seamount Chain, East Pacific Rise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010335 [pdf]
[25] Parnell-Turner, R., D. K. Smith, and R. P. Dziak (2022). Hydroacoustic Monitoring of Seafloor Spreading and Transform Faulting in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024008
[24] McDermott, J. M., R. Parnell-Turner, T. Barreyre , S. Herrera, C. Downing, N. Pittoors, K. Pehr, S. A. Vohsen, W. S. Dowd, J-N. Wu, M. Marjanović, and D. J. Fornari (2022). Discovery of Active Off-Axis Hydrothermal Vents at 9°54’N East Pacific Rise, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [pdf]
[23] Parnell-Turner, R., Briais, A., LeVay, L.J., and the Expedition 395 Scientists (2022). Expedition 395C Preliminary Report: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate: Crustal Objectives. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.395C.2022 [pdf]
[22] *Wu, J.-N., R. Parnell-Turner, D. J. Fornari, G. Kurras, N. Berrios-Rivera, T. Barreyre, and J. M. McDermott (2022). Extent and Volume of Lava Flows erupted at 9°50’N, East Pacific Rise in 2005–2006, Using Repeat Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Surveys, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2021GC010213 [pdf]
[21] Barreyre, T., R. Parnell-Turner, J.-N. Wu, and D. J. Fornari (2022). Tracking crustal permeability and hydrothermal response during seafloor eruptions at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N, Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021GL095459 [pdf]
[20] Gong, J., W. Fan, and R. Parnell-Turner (2022). Microseismicity indicates atypical small-scale plate rotation at the Quebrada transform fault system, East Pacific Rise, Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021GL097000 [pdf]
[19] Parnell-Turner, R., Sohn, R.A., Peirce, C., Reston, T.J., Macleod, C.J., Searle, R.C. and Simaõ, N.M (2021). Seismicity trends and detachment fault structure at 13°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Geology, doi:10.1130/G48420.1. [pdf]
[18] *de Melo, G. W. S., Parnell-Turner, R., Dziak, R. P., Smith, D. K., Maia, M., do Nascimento, A., and Royer, J.-Y (2021). Uppermost mantle velocity beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and transform faults in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doi:10.1785/0120200248
[17] Parnell-Turner, R., A. Briais, and L. LeVay (2020). Expedition 395 Scientific Prospectus: Mantle Dynamics, Paleoceanography and Climate Evolution in the North Atlantic Ocean, International Ocean Discovery Program, doi:10.14379/iodp.sp.395.2020. [pdf]
[16] Urann, B. M., H. J. B. Dick, R. Parnell-Turner, and J. F. Casey (2020). Recycled arc mantle recovered from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Nature. Communications. 11, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17604-8. [pdf]
[15] Parnell-Turner, R., S. J. Sim, and J.-A. Olive (2020). Time-dependent crustal accretion on the Southeast Indian Ridge revealed by Malaysia Airlines MH370 search, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2020GL087349. [pdf]
[14] Smith, D. K., H. Schouten, R. Parnell-Turner, E. M. Klein, J. Cann, C. Dunham, G. Alodia, I. Blasco, B. Wernette, D. Zawadzki, E. Latypova, S. Afshar, and S. Curry (2020). The Evolution of Seafloor Spreading Behind the Tip of the Westward Propagating Cocos‐Nazca Spreading Center, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2020GC008957. [pdf]
[13] Hoggard, M. J., R. Parnell-Turner, and N. J. White (2020). Hotspots and Mantle Plumes Revisited: Reconciling the Mantle Heat Transfer Discrepancy, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116317. [pdf]
[12] Olive, J.-A., Parnell-Turner, R., J. Escartín, D. K. Smith and S. Petersen (2019). Controls on the seafloor exposure of detachment fault surfaces, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.001. [pdf]
[11] Parnell-Turner, R., E. Mittelstaedt, M. D. Kurz, M. Jones, S. A. Soule, F. Klein, V. D. Wanless. and D. Fornari (2018). The Final Stages of Slip and Volcanism on an Oceanic Detachment Fault, 13°48’N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2018GC007536. [pdf]
[10] Parnell-Turner, R., J. Escartín, J.-A. Olive, D. K. Smith and S. Petersen (2018). Genesis of corrugated fault surfaces by strain localization recorded at oceanic detachments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.034. [pdf]
[9] Parnell-Turner, R., Sohn, R.A., Peirce, C., Reston, T.J., Macleod, C.J., Searle, R.C. and Simaõ, N.M (2017). Oceanic Detachment Faults Generate Compression in Extension, Geology, doi:10.1130/G39232.1 [pdf]
[8] Craig, T. J. and R. Parnell-Turner (2017). Depth-varying Seismogenesis on an Oceanic Detachment Fault at 13°20'N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.020. [pdf]
[7] Parnell-Turner, R., N. J. White, T. J. Henstock, S. M. Jones, J. Maclennan and B. J. Murton (2017). Causes and Consequences of Diachronous V-Shaped Ridges in the North Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, doi:10.1002/2017JB014225. [pdf]
[6] Parnell-Turner, R., H. Schouten and D. K. Smith (2016). Tectonic Structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 16°30'N, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi: 10.1002/2016GC006514.
[5] Parnell-Turner, R., White, N.J., McCave, I. N., Henstock, T.J., Murton, B. J., and Jones, S.M (2015). Architecture of North Atlantic contourite drifts controlled by the Iceland mantle plume, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 3414-3435, doi: 10.1002/2015GC005947.
[4] Parnell-Turner, R., N. J. White, T. J. Henstock, B. J. Murton, J. Maclennan and S. M. Jones (2014). A continuous 55-million-year record of transient mantle plume activity beneath Iceland, Nature Geoscience, 7, 914-919. [pdf]
[3] Parnell-Turner, R., J. R. Cann, D. K. Smith, H. Schouten, D. Yoerger, C. Palmiotto, A. Zheleznov, and H. Bai (2014). Sedimentation Rates Test Models of Oceanic Detachment Faulting, Geophysical Research Letters, 41(20) 7080-7088.
[2] Smith, D. K, H. Schouten, H. Dick, J. Cann, V. Salters, H. Marschall, F. Ji, D. Yoerger, A. Sanflippo, R. Parnell-Turner, C. Palmiotto , A. Zheleznov, H. Bai, W. Junkin, B. Urann, S. Dick, M. Sulanowska, P. Lemmond, and S. Curry (2014). Development and evolution of detachment faulting along 50 km of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 16.5°N, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1002/2014GC005563. [pdf]
[1] Parnell-Turner, R., White, N.J., Maclennan, J., Henstock, T.J., Jones, S.M. and Murton, B.J. (2013). Crustal manifestations of a hot transient pulse at 60°N beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 363, 109-120. [pdf]
Parnell-Turner, R., J. P. Canales, M. Marjanović, H. R. Svadlenak, E. C. Anderson, J. H. Dorsett, V. V. Ingale, M. A. Morris, J. Preine, D. J. Fornari, T. Barreyre, J. M. McDermott, and V. Preston (in revision). Differential bathymetry reveals magnitude of the 2025 East Pacific Rise submarine volcanic eruption.
Wozniak, A. S., S. R. Shah Walter, S. Wagner, M. Yucel, T. Barreyre, G. W. Luther III, J. Hubbard, V. V. Ingale, S. D. Katz, S. M. McNichol, R. Parnell-Turner, V. Preston, R. Sanger, M. Schaller, A. Skarke, D. J. Fornari, F. E. Agblemanyo, N. Alimli, K. R. Block, D. M. Christopher, H. Cura, Y. N. Demir, B. Freiberg, V. Nowak, T. Ouyang, S. Reynolds, S. Tuzun, A. Wentzel, and L. J. Wood (in revision). Direct observation of a mid-ocean ridge eruption and its immediate effects on the deep ocean.
Lee-Takada, S., S. Iwasaki, K. Kimoto, R. Horiuchi, A. Maeda, B. Karatsolis, M. Sinnesael, A. Briais, L. LeVay, R. Parnell-Turner, and N. Harada (in revision). A 3.6-Million-Year Record of Carbonate Preservation in the High-Latitude North Atlantic.
*Morris, M., R. Parnell-Turner, A. Sawa, D. McNamara, and A. Briais (in revision). Advection-mediated Heat Flow on the Flanks of Reykjanes Ridge from IODP Expedition 395 Sites.
*Gong, Z. K., R. Parnell-Turner, E. C. Anderson, V. V. Ingale, D. J. Fornari, T. Barreyre, J. M. McDermott, J.-N. Wu, J. Babcock, and M. Rapa (in revision). Diking and Cracking Recorded by Microseismicity and Vent Fluid Temperatures at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N.
Peng, D., D. R. Stegman, J. M. D. Day, R. Parnell-Turner, L. Liu, and Y. Wang (in revision). Intraplate Indian Ocean magmatism and the Toba super-volcano produced by the Capricorn plume
Fan, W., Ingale, V. V., and R. Parnell-Turner (in review). Tidal modulation of microseismicity increases with seismic coupling on oceanic transform faults.
Published
[48] *Morris, M., R. Parnell-Turner, K. Hochmuth, D. McNamara, A. Briais, L. LeVay, A. Di Chiara, T. Dunkley Jones, B. Karatsolis, P. Pearson, M. Sinnesael, and the IODP Expedition 395 Scientists (2026). Middle Miocene Intensification of the Deep Western Boundary Current Offshore Eastern Greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 692, 120244, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120244
[47] *Ingale, V. V., J. S. Gee, and R. Parnell-Turner (2026). Platform-corrected analyses of near-bottom magnetic data acquired by autonomous underwater vehicles. Geophysical Journal International 246, 1–17 https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggag279 [pdf]
[46] *Svadlenak, H., R. Parnell-Turner, and M. A. Morris (2026). A Global Evaluation of Lithology-Dependent Marine Sediment Compaction Parameters and their Uncertainties. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012739
[45] Pearman, C., C-Y. Tien, N. J. White, J. Maclennan, B. Murton, S. Gibson, J. Day, R. Parnell-Turner, and IODP Expedition 395 Science Party (2026). Collapse and Resurgence of the Iceland Mantle Plume. Nature Communications 17, 4104 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71618-2
[44] *Morris, M. A., H. Feightner, A. Hangsterfer, and R. Parnell-Turner (2026), Project Mohole results enhanced with modern XRF core scanning and imaging. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012706
[43] *Wu, J.-N., R. Parnell-Turner, D. J. Fornari, T. Barreyre, and J. M. McDermott (2025). Quantifying widespread hydrothermal chimneys on the East Pacific Rise flanks between 9°45'-57’N. Science Advances doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adv078 [pdf]
[42] Barreyre. T., J.-A. Olive, D. J. Fornari, J. M. McDermott, R. Parnell-Turner, K. Moutard, J.-N. Wu, and M. Marjanović (2025). Hydrothermal vent temperatures track magmatic inflation and forecast eruptions at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50'N. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2510245122 [pdf]
[41] *Ingale, V. V., G. Tepp, R. Dziak, and R. Parnell-Turner (2025). Detection and Analysis of Aleutian Arc Seismicity (2022-2023) Using an Autonomous Hydrophone Array. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26, e2025GC012320. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012320 [pdf]
[40] DiChiara, A., S. Satolli, S. Friedman, D. Dwyer, G. Acton, T. Dunkley Jones, B. Karatsolis, P. Pearson, T. Suzuki, S. Modestou, S. OConnell, H. Ibrahim, C. Jasper, D. LeBlanc, S. Lee, T. Thulasi, D. Eason, M. Sinnesael, K. Hochmuth, A. Briais, R. Parnell-Turner, L. LeVay, and Expedition 395 Science Party (2025). Geomagnetic Excursions Revealed in North Atlantic IODP Expedition 395C Sites U1555 and U1563. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012220
[39] Sinnesael, M., B. Karatsolis , P. Pearson, A. Briais, S. Hemming, L. LeVay, IODP Expedition 395 Scientists, and R. Parnell-Turner (2025). Onset of strong Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water 3.6 million years ago. Nature Communications 16 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59265-5 [pdf]
[38] *Ingale, V. V., R. Parnell-Turner, W. Fan, P. J. Talling, and J. Neasham (2025). Hydroacoustic signals recorded by CTBTO network suggest a possible submarine landslide in Trou Sans Fond Canyon, offshore Ivory Coast, March 2024. Seismological Research Letters. https://doi: 10.1785/0220240448 [pdf]
[37] Parnell-Turner, R., Briais, A., LeVay, L.J., and the Expedition 395 Scientists (2025). Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 395: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.395.2025
[36] Keohane, I., J.-N. Wu, S. White, and R. Parnell-Turner (2025). Indications of Abundant Off-axis Activity at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’ N, Using a Machine Learning “Chimney Identification Tool”. Computers and Geosciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2025.105874
[35] *Anderson, E., R. Parnell-Turner, R. A. Sohn, and W. Fan (2025). Deformation on Rainbow Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Illuminated with Microearthquakes detected by Machine Learning. Geophysical Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111285 [pdf]
[34] Parnell-Turner, R. (2024). Earthquake Seismicity Reveals the Location and Significance of the Shona Mantle Plume in the south Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109738 [pdf]
[33] Parnell-Turner, R., Briais, A., LeVay, L., and the Expedition 395 Scientists (2024). Expedition 395 Preliminary Report: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.395.2024 [pdf]
[32] Marjanović, M., J. Chen, J. Escartín, R. Parnell-Turner, and J.-N. Wu (2024). Magma-induced tectonics at the East Pacific Rise 9º50’N: Evidence from high-resolution characterization of seafloor and subseafloor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.2401440121 [pdf]
[31] Tucholke, B., R. Parnell-Turner, and D. K. Smith (2023). The Global Spectrum of Seafloor Morphology on Mid-Ocean Ridge Flanks Related to Magma Supply. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. doi:10.1029/2023JB027367 [pdf]
[30] Gong, J., W. Fan, and R. Parnell-Turner (2023). Machine Learning-Based New Earthquake Catalog Illuminates On-Fault and Off-Fault Seismicity Patterns at the Discovery Transform Fault, East Pacific Rise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2023GC011043 [pdf]
[29] *Berrios-Rivera, N., J. S. Gee, R. Parnell-Turner, S. Maher, J.-N. Wu, D. J. Fornari, M. Tivey, M. Marjanović, T. Barreyre, and J. M. McDermott (2023). Significance of short-wavelength magnetic anomaly low along the East Pacific Rise axis, 9°50'N, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2023GC010875 [pdf]
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[27] Zheng, T., J. Lin, H. Schouten, D. K. Smith, E. Klein, and R. Parnell-Turner (2023). Gravity Anomalies and Implications for Shallow Mantle Processes of the Western Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center, Geophysical Research Letters, doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102133 [pdf]
[26] *Fabbrizzi, A., R. Parnell-Turner, P. M. Gregg, D. J. Fornari, M. R. Perfit, V. D. Wanless, and M. Anderson (2022). Relative Timing of Off-axis Volcanism from Sediment Thickness Estimates on the 8°20’N Seamount Chain, East Pacific Rise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010335 [pdf]
[25] Parnell-Turner, R., D. K. Smith, and R. P. Dziak (2022). Hydroacoustic Monitoring of Seafloor Spreading and Transform Faulting in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024008
[24] McDermott, J. M., R. Parnell-Turner, T. Barreyre , S. Herrera, C. Downing, N. Pittoors, K. Pehr, S. A. Vohsen, W. S. Dowd, J-N. Wu, M. Marjanović, and D. J. Fornari (2022). Discovery of Active Off-Axis Hydrothermal Vents at 9°54’N East Pacific Rise, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [pdf]
[23] Parnell-Turner, R., Briais, A., LeVay, L.J., and the Expedition 395 Scientists (2022). Expedition 395C Preliminary Report: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate: Crustal Objectives. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.395C.2022 [pdf]
[22] *Wu, J.-N., R. Parnell-Turner, D. J. Fornari, G. Kurras, N. Berrios-Rivera, T. Barreyre, and J. M. McDermott (2022). Extent and Volume of Lava Flows erupted at 9°50’N, East Pacific Rise in 2005–2006, Using Repeat Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Surveys, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2021GC010213 [pdf]
[21] Barreyre, T., R. Parnell-Turner, J.-N. Wu, and D. J. Fornari (2022). Tracking crustal permeability and hydrothermal response during seafloor eruptions at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N, Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021GL095459 [pdf]
[20] Gong, J., W. Fan, and R. Parnell-Turner (2022). Microseismicity indicates atypical small-scale plate rotation at the Quebrada transform fault system, East Pacific Rise, Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021GL097000 [pdf]
[19] Parnell-Turner, R., Sohn, R.A., Peirce, C., Reston, T.J., Macleod, C.J., Searle, R.C. and Simaõ, N.M (2021). Seismicity trends and detachment fault structure at 13°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Geology, doi:10.1130/G48420.1. [pdf]
[18] *de Melo, G. W. S., Parnell-Turner, R., Dziak, R. P., Smith, D. K., Maia, M., do Nascimento, A., and Royer, J.-Y (2021). Uppermost mantle velocity beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and transform faults in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doi:10.1785/0120200248
[17] Parnell-Turner, R., A. Briais, and L. LeVay (2020). Expedition 395 Scientific Prospectus: Mantle Dynamics, Paleoceanography and Climate Evolution in the North Atlantic Ocean, International Ocean Discovery Program, doi:10.14379/iodp.sp.395.2020. [pdf]
[16] Urann, B. M., H. J. B. Dick, R. Parnell-Turner, and J. F. Casey (2020). Recycled arc mantle recovered from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Nature. Communications. 11, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17604-8. [pdf]
[15] Parnell-Turner, R., S. J. Sim, and J.-A. Olive (2020). Time-dependent crustal accretion on the Southeast Indian Ridge revealed by Malaysia Airlines MH370 search, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2020GL087349. [pdf]
[14] Smith, D. K., H. Schouten, R. Parnell-Turner, E. M. Klein, J. Cann, C. Dunham, G. Alodia, I. Blasco, B. Wernette, D. Zawadzki, E. Latypova, S. Afshar, and S. Curry (2020). The Evolution of Seafloor Spreading Behind the Tip of the Westward Propagating Cocos‐Nazca Spreading Center, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2020GC008957. [pdf]
[13] Hoggard, M. J., R. Parnell-Turner, and N. J. White (2020). Hotspots and Mantle Plumes Revisited: Reconciling the Mantle Heat Transfer Discrepancy, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116317. [pdf]
[12] Olive, J.-A., Parnell-Turner, R., J. Escartín, D. K. Smith and S. Petersen (2019). Controls on the seafloor exposure of detachment fault surfaces, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.001. [pdf]
[11] Parnell-Turner, R., E. Mittelstaedt, M. D. Kurz, M. Jones, S. A. Soule, F. Klein, V. D. Wanless. and D. Fornari (2018). The Final Stages of Slip and Volcanism on an Oceanic Detachment Fault, 13°48’N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2018GC007536. [pdf]
[10] Parnell-Turner, R., J. Escartín, J.-A. Olive, D. K. Smith and S. Petersen (2018). Genesis of corrugated fault surfaces by strain localization recorded at oceanic detachments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.034. [pdf]
[9] Parnell-Turner, R., Sohn, R.A., Peirce, C., Reston, T.J., Macleod, C.J., Searle, R.C. and Simaõ, N.M (2017). Oceanic Detachment Faults Generate Compression in Extension, Geology, doi:10.1130/G39232.1 [pdf]
[8] Craig, T. J. and R. Parnell-Turner (2017). Depth-varying Seismogenesis on an Oceanic Detachment Fault at 13°20'N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.020. [pdf]
[7] Parnell-Turner, R., N. J. White, T. J. Henstock, S. M. Jones, J. Maclennan and B. J. Murton (2017). Causes and Consequences of Diachronous V-Shaped Ridges in the North Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, doi:10.1002/2017JB014225. [pdf]
[6] Parnell-Turner, R., H. Schouten and D. K. Smith (2016). Tectonic Structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 16°30'N, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi: 10.1002/2016GC006514.
[5] Parnell-Turner, R., White, N.J., McCave, I. N., Henstock, T.J., Murton, B. J., and Jones, S.M (2015). Architecture of North Atlantic contourite drifts controlled by the Iceland mantle plume, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 3414-3435, doi: 10.1002/2015GC005947.
[4] Parnell-Turner, R., N. J. White, T. J. Henstock, B. J. Murton, J. Maclennan and S. M. Jones (2014). A continuous 55-million-year record of transient mantle plume activity beneath Iceland, Nature Geoscience, 7, 914-919. [pdf]
[3] Parnell-Turner, R., J. R. Cann, D. K. Smith, H. Schouten, D. Yoerger, C. Palmiotto, A. Zheleznov, and H. Bai (2014). Sedimentation Rates Test Models of Oceanic Detachment Faulting, Geophysical Research Letters, 41(20) 7080-7088.
[2] Smith, D. K, H. Schouten, H. Dick, J. Cann, V. Salters, H. Marschall, F. Ji, D. Yoerger, A. Sanflippo, R. Parnell-Turner, C. Palmiotto , A. Zheleznov, H. Bai, W. Junkin, B. Urann, S. Dick, M. Sulanowska, P. Lemmond, and S. Curry (2014). Development and evolution of detachment faulting along 50 km of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 16.5°N, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1002/2014GC005563. [pdf]
[1] Parnell-Turner, R., White, N.J., Maclennan, J., Henstock, T.J., Jones, S.M. and Murton, B.J. (2013). Crustal manifestations of a hot transient pulse at 60°N beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 363, 109-120. [pdf]
