Publications

(** Collaboration with undergraduate student advisee) 
(* Collaboration with graduate student advisee)
(+ Collaboration with postdoctoral advisee)

Manuscripts in Progress:

  1. Korenaga, J., "Core cooling and the thermal history of Earth: A critical appraisal," in preparation.
  2. Korenaga, J., "Initiation and evolution of plate tectonics on Earth: Theories and observations," in preparation.
  3. Yamamoto, J., J. Korenaga, N. Hirano, and H. Kagi, "Anomalous geotherm from petit-spot xenoliths and the nature of lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary," submitted.
  4. *Wirth, E. A., and J. Korenaga, "Small-scale convection in the subduction zone mantle wedge," submitted.
  5. **O'Rourke, J. G., and J. Korenaga, "Terrestrial planet evolution in the stagnant-lid regime: Size effects and the formation of self-destabilizing crust," submitted.
  6. **Padhi, C. M., J. Korenaga, and M. Ozima, "Thermal evolution of Earth with xenon degassing: A self-consistent approach," submitted.
  7. Korenaga, J., and W. W. Sager, "Seismic tomography of Shatsky Rise by adaptive importance sampling," submitted.
  8. *Chu, X., and J. Korenaga, "Olivine rheology, shear stress, and grain growth in the lithospheric mantle: Geological constraints from the Kaapvaal craton," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., in press.
  9. Korenaga, J., "Plate tectonics and planetary habitability: Current status and future challenges," Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., in press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

  1. Korenaga, J., "Thermal evolution with a hydrating mantle and the initiation of plate tectonics in the early Earth," J. Geophys. Res., 116, B12403, doi:10.1029/2011JB008410, 2011. [reprint-PDF]
  2. Katayama, I., and J. Korenaga, "Is the African cratonic lithosphere wet or dry?", in Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphere, edited by L. Beccaluva, G. Bianchini, and M. Wilson, GSA Special Papers v. 478, p.249-256, 2011. [reprint-PDF]
  3. **Rose, I. R., and J. Korenaga, "Mantle rheology and the scaling of bending dissipation in plate tectonics," J. Geophys. Res., 116, B06404, doi:10.1029/2010JB008004, 2011. [reprint-PDF]
  4. Korenaga, J., "Velocity-depth ambiguity and the seismic structure of large igneous provinces: A case study from the Ontong Java Plateau," Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1022-1036, 2011. [reprint-PDF]
  5. Korenaga, J., "On the likelihood of plate tectonics on super-Earths: Does size matter?" ApJ, 725, L43-46, 2010. [reprint-PDF]
  6. Korenaga, J., "Scaling of plate-tectonic convection with pseudoplastic rheology," J. Geophys. Res., 115, B11405, doi:10.1029/2010JB007670, 2010. [reprint-PDF]
  7. **Fraeman, A. A., and J. Korenaga, "The influence of mantle melting on the evolution of Mars," Icarus, 210, 43-57, 2010. [reprint-PDF]
  8. +Kito, T., and J. Korenaga, "Cross-correlation weighted migration: Toward high-resolution mapping of mantle heterogeneities," Geophys. J. Int., 181, 1109-1127, 2010. [reprint-PDF]
  9. Herzberg, C., K. Condie, and J. Korenaga, "Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 292, 79-88, 2010. [reprint-PDF]
  10. Korenaga, J., "How does small-scale convection manifest in surface heat flux?" Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 287, 329-332, 2009. [reprint-PDF]
  11. Korenaga, J., "A method to estimate the composition of the bulk silicate Earth in the presence of a hidden geochemical reservoir," Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 73, 6952-6964, 2009. [reprint-PDF]
  12. Korenaga, J., "Scaling of stagnant-lid convection with Arrhenius rheology and the effects of mantle melting," Geophys. J. Int., 179, 154-170, 2009. [reprint-PDF]
  13. Korenaga, J., "Plate tectonics, flood basalts, and the evolution of Earth's oceans," Terra Nova, 20, 419-439, 2008. [reprint-PDF]
  14. Korenaga, J., "Reply to comment on "Effective thermal expansivity of Maxwellian oceanic lithosphere"," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 275, 403, 2008. [reprint-PDF]
  15. Korenaga, J., "Urey ratio and the structure and evolution of Earth's mantle," Rev. Geophys., 46, RG2007, doi:10.1029/2007RG000241, 2008. [reprint-PDF]
  16. Korenaga, J., "Comment on "Intermittent plate tectonics?"," Science, 320, 1291a, 2008. [reprint-PDF]
  17. Korenaga, T., and J. Korenaga, "Subsidence of normal oceanic lithosphere, apparent thermal expansivity, and seafloor flattening," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 268, 41-51, 2008. [reprint-PDF] [GMT-formatted grid files for the distance and correlation maps]
  18. Korenaga, J., and S. Karato, "A new analysis of experimental data on olivine rheology," J. Geophys. Res., 113, B02403, doi:10.1029/2007JB005100, 2008. [reprint-PDF]
  19. Korenaga, J., "Thermal cracking and the deep hydration of oceanic lithosphere: A key to the generation of plate tectonics?" J. Geophys. Res.,112, B05408, doi:10.1029/2006JB004502, 2007. [reprint-PDF]
  20. Korenaga, J., "Eustasy, supercontinental insulation, and the temporal variability of terrestrial heat flux," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 257, 350-358, 2007. [reprint-PDF][See discussion by David Stevenson at Nature's Journal Club]
  21. Korenaga, J., "Effective thermal expansivity of Maxwellian oceanic lithosphere," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 257, 343-349, 2007. [reprint-PDF]
  22. *Lyubetskaya, T., and J. Korenaga, "Chemical composition of Earth's primitive mantle and its variance, 2, Implications for global geodynamics," J. Geophys. Res., 112(B3), B03212, doi:10.1029/2005JB004224, 2007. [reprint-PDF]
  23. *Lyubetskaya, T., and J. Korenaga, "Chemical composition of Earth's primitive mantle and its variance, 1, Method and results," J. Geophys. Res., 112(B3), B03211, doi:10.1029/2005JB004223, 2007. [reprint-PDF]
  24. Korenaga, J., "Archean geodynamics and the thermal evolution of Earth,"in Archean Geodynamics and Environments, edited by K. Benn, J.-C. Mareschal, and K. Condie, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 164, p.7-32, 2006. [reprint-PDF]
  25. Korenaga, J., "Why did not the Ontong Java Plateau form subaerially?"Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 234, 385-399, 2005. [reprint-PDF]
  26. Korenaga, J., "Firm mantle plumes and the nature of the core-mantle boundary region," Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 232, 29-37, 2005. [reprint-PDF]
  27. Korenaga, J., "Mantle mixing and continental breakup magmatism," Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 218, 463-473, 2004. [reprint-PDF]
  28. Korenaga, J., and T. H. Jordan, "Physics of multiscale convection in Earth's mantle: Evolution of sublithospheric convection," J. Geophys. Res., 109(B1), B01405, doi:10.1029/2003JB002464, 2004. [reprint-PDF]
  29. Korenaga, J., and T. H. Jordan, "Linear stability analysis of Richter rolls,"Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(22), 2157, doi:10.1029/2003GL018337, 2003. [reprint-PDF]
  30. Korenaga, J., and T. H. Jordan, "Physics of multiscale convection in Earth's mantle: Onset of sublithospheric convection," J. Geophys. Res., 108(B7), 2333, doi:10.1029/2002JB001760, 2003. [reprint-PDF]
  31. Hopper, J. R., T. Dalh-Jensen, W. S. Holbrook, H. C. Larsen, D. Lizarralde, J. Korenaga, G. M. Kent, and P. B. Kelemen, "Structure of the SE Greenland margin from seismic reflection and refraction data: Implications for nascent spreading center subsidence and asymmetric crustal accretion during North Atlantic opening," J. Geophys. Res., 108(B5), 2269, doi:10.1029/2002JB001996, 2003. [reprint-PDF]
  32. Korenaga, J., "Energetics of mantle convection and the fate of fossil heat,"Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(8), 1437, doi:10.1029/2002GL016179, 2003. [reprint-PDF]
  33. Korenaga, J., and T. H. Jordan, "On `steady-state' heat flow and the rheology of oceanic mantle," Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(22), 2056, doi:10.1029/2002GL016085, 2002. [reprint-PDF]
  34. Korenaga, J., and T. H. Jordan, "Onset of convection with temperature- and depth-dependent viscosity," Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(19), 1923, doi:10.1029/2002GL015672, 2002. [reprint-PDF]
  35. Korenaga, J., P. B. Kelemen, and W. S. Holbrook, "Methods for resolving the origin of large igneous provinces from crustal seismology," J. Geophys. Res., 107(B9), 2178, doi:10.1029/2001JB001030, 2002. [reprint-PDF]
  36. Korenaga, J., and T. H. Jordan, "On the state of sublithospheric upper mantle beneath a supercontinent," Geophys. J. Int., 149, 179-189, 2002. [reprint-PDF]
  37. Korenaga, J., and T. H. Jordan, "Effects of vertical boundaries on infinite Prandtl number thermal convection," Geophys. J. Int., 147, 639-659, 2001. [reprint-PDF]
  38. Holbrook, W. S., H. C. Larsen, J. Korenaga, T. Dahl-Jensen, I. D. Reid, P. B. Kelemen, J. R. Hopper, G. M. Kent, D. Lizarralde, S. Bernstein, and R. S. Detrick,"Mantle thermal structure and melting processes during continental breakup in the North Atlantic," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 190, 251-266, 2001. [reprint-PDF]
  39. Korenaga, J., W. S. Holbrook, R. S. Detrick, and P. B. Kelemen "Gravity anomalies and crustal structure across the Southeast Greenland margin,"J. Geophys. Res., 106, 8853-8870, 2001. [reprint-PDF]
  40. Korenaga, J., and P. B. Kelemen, "Major element heterogeneity in the mantle source of the North Atlantic igneous province," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 184, 251-268, 2000. [reprint-PDF]
  41. Korenaga, J., W. S. Holbrook, G. M. Kent, P. B. Kelemen, R. S. Detrick, H.-C. Larsen, J. R. Hopper, and T. Dahl-Jensen, "Crustal structure of the Southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography," J. Geophys. Res., 105, 21,591-21,614, 2000. [reprint-PDF]
  42. Simons, F. J., M. T. Zuber, and J. Korenaga, "Isostatic response of the Australian lithosphere: Estimation of effective elastic thickness and anisotropy using multitaper spectral analysis," J. Geophys. Res., 105, 19,163-19,184, 2000. [reprint-PDF] 
  43. Korenaga, J., and P. B. Kelemen, "Melt migration through the oceanic lower crust: A constraint from melt percolation modeling with finite solid diffusion," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 156, 1-11, 1998. [reprint-PDF]
  44. Korenaga, J., and P. B. Kelemen, "Origin of gabbro sills in the Moho transition zone of the Oman ophiolite: Implications for magma transport in the oceanic lower crust," J. Geophys. Res., 102, 27,729-27,749, 1997. [reprint-PDF]
  45. Korenaga, J., W. S. Holbrook, S. C. Singh, and T. A. Minshull, "Natural gas hydrates on the southeast U.S. margin: Constraints from full waveform and travel time inversions of wide-angle seismic data," J. Geophys. Res.,102, 15,345-15,365, 1997. [reprint-PDF]
  46. Korenaga, J., and R. N. Hey, "Recent dueling propagation history at the fastest spreading center, East Pacific Rise, 26° - 32° S," J. Geophys. Res.,101, 18,023-18,041, 1996. [reprint-PDF]
  47. Hey, R. N., P. D. Johnson, F. Martinez, J. Korenaga, M. L. Somers, Q. J. Huggett, T. P. LeBas, R. I. Rusby, and D. F. Naar, "Plate boundary reorganization at a large-offset rapidly propagating rift," Nature, 378, 167-170, 1995. [reprint-PDF]
  48. Korenaga, J., "Comprehensive analysis of marine magnetic vector anomalies," J. Geophys. Res., 100, 365-378, 1995. [reprint-PDF]

Miscellaneous:

  1. Korenaga, J., "Clairvoyant geoneutrinos" (News & Views), Nature Geosci., 4, 581-582, 2011. [reprint-PDF]
  2. Korenaga, J., and W. W. Sager, "Geophysical constraints on mechanisms of ocean plateau formation from Shatsky Rise, Northwest Pacific," Cruise Report MGL 1004, 2010. [reprint-PDF]
  3. Burch, J. L., J. Goldstein, D. Rubie, D. J. Frost, T. H. Jordan, and J. Korenaga,"Frost, Goldstein, and Korenaga Awarded 2006 James B. Macelwane Medal," Eos, 88, 43-45, 2007. [reprint-PDF]

Books:

  1. Ozima, M, J. Korenaga, and Q.-Z. Yin, "The Earth: Its Birth and Growth," 2nd ed., Cambridge, 2012.