Publications

2021

Chadwick, Jr., W. W., W. S. D. Wilcock, S. L. Nooner, J. W. Beeson, A. M. Sawyer, T.-K. Lau (2021). Geodetic monitoring at Axial Seamount since its 2015 eruption reveals short-term deflation events during long-term reinglation, a waning magma supply, and tightly lined rates of deformation and seismicity, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., in review. ESSOAr Version

Wilcock, W. S. D. and R. S. Hilmo (2021), A method for tracking blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) with a widely spaced network of ocean bottom seismometers. PLOS One, in review.

Wilcock, W. S. D., D. A. Manalang, E. K. Fredrickson, M. J. Harrington, G. Cram, J. Tilley, J. Burnett, D. Martin, T. Kobayashi & J. M. Paros (2021) A Thirty-Month Seafloor Test of the A-0-A Method for Calibrating Pressure Gauges. Front. Earth Sci. 8, 600671. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.600671. Link to Article

Wilcock, W. S. D. (2021). Illuminating tremors in the deep, Science, 271, 882-884.  Link to Article

2020

Waldhauser, F., W. S. D. Wilcock, M. Tolstoy, C. Baillard, Y. J. Tan & D. P. Schaff (2020). Precision seismic monitoring and analysis at Axial Seamount using a real‐time double‐difference system. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018796. doi: 10.1029/2019JB018796. Preprint

Almendros, J., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. Soule, T. Teixidó, Luis Vizcaíno, O. Ardanez, J. L. Granja, Bruña, D. Martín-Jiménez, X. Yuan, B. Heit, M C Schmidt-Aursch,W. Geissler, R. Dziak, F. Carrión, A. Ontiveros, R. Abella, E. Carmona, J. F. Agüí-Fernández, N. Sánchez, I. Serrano, R. Davoli, Z. Krauss & M. Kidiwela (2020), BRAVOSEIS: Geophysical investigation of rifting and volcanism in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, J. South. Am. Earth Sci., 104, 102834. PDF File

Pritchard, M. E., R. M. Allen, T. W. Becker, M. D. Behn, E. E. Brodsky, R. Bürgmann, C. Ebinger, J. T. Freymueller, M. Gerstenberger, B. Haines, Y. Kaneko, S. D. Jacobsen, N. Lindsey, J. J. McGuire, M. Page, S. Ruiz, M. Tolstoy; L. Wallace; W. R. Walter, W. Wilcock & H. Vincent (2020). New Opportunities to Study Earthquake Precursors, Seismol. Res. Lett., 91 (5): 2444–2447, doi: 10.1785/0220200089. Link to PDF File

Hilmo, R. S., & W. S. D. Wilcock (2020). Physical sources of high‐frequency seismic noise on Cascadia Initiative ocean bottom seismometers. Geochem. Geophy. Geosyst., 21, e2020GC009085. doi: 10.1029/2020GC009085. PDF File

2019

Fredrickson, E. K., Wilcock, W. S. D., Schmidt, D. A., MacCready, P., Roland, E., A. L. Kurapov, M. A. Zumberge & G. S. Sasagawa (2019). Optimizing sensor configurations for the detection of slow‐slip earthquakes in seafloor pressure records, using the Cascadia Subduction Zone as a case study. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 124, 13504-13531. doi: 10.1029/2019JB018053. PDF File

Baillard, C., W. S. D. Wilcock, A. F. Arnulf, M. Tolstoy & F. Waldhauser (2019). A joint inversion for three‐dimensional P and S wave velocity structure and earthquake locations beneath axial seamount. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 124, 12997– 13020. doi:10.1029/2019JB017970. PDF File

Kim, E., D. R. Toomey, E. E. E. Hooft, W. S. D. Wilcock, R. T. Weekly, S.-M. Lee & Y. Kim (2019). Upper crustal Vp/Vs ratios at the Endeavour segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, from joint inversion of P and S traveltimes: Implications for hydrothermal circulation. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 20, 208– 229. doi: 10.1029/2018GC007921. PDF File

Arnoux, G. M., D. R. Toomey, E. E. E. Hooft & W. S. D. Wilcock (2019). Seismic imaging and physical properties of the Endeavour segment: Evidence that skew between mantle and crustal magmatic systems governs spreading center processes. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 20, 1319– 1339, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007978. PDF File

Tan, Y. J., F. Waldhauser, M. Tolstoy & W. S. D. Wilcock (2019). Axial Seamount: Periodic tidal loading reveals stress dependence of the earthquake size distribution (b value). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.512, 39-45. arXiv Version

Xu, G., W. W. Chadwick Jr., W. S. D. Wilcock, K. G. Bemis, J. Delaney (2018), Observation and Modeling of Hydrothermal Response to the 2015 Eruption at Axial Seamount, Northeast Pacific, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 19(8), 2780-2797. PDF File

2018

Arnulf, A.F., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent & W. S. D Wilcock (2018). Structure, seismicity and accretionary processes at the hotspot-influenced Axial Seamount on the Juan de Fuca ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 123 (6), 4618-4646. PDF File

Levy S., D.R Bohnenstheil, P. Sprinkle, M.S. Boettcher, W.S.D. Wilcock, M. Tolstoy & F. Waldhauser (2018). The mechanics of fault re-activation surrounding the 2015 eruption of Axial Seamount, Geology, 46(5) 447-450. Preprint

Tréhu, A.M., W. S. D. Wilcock, R. Hilmo, P. Bodin, J. Connolly, E. Roland & J. Braunmiller (2018). The role of the Ocean Observatories Initiative in monitoring the offshore earthquake activity of the Cascadia subduction zone. Oceanography 31(1), 104-113. Article On-line

Wilcock, W.S.D., R.P. Dziak, M. Tolstoy,
W.W. Chadwick Jr., S.L. Nooner, D.R. Bohnenstiehl, J. Caplan-Auerbach, F. Waldhauser, A.F. Arnulf,
C. Baillard, T.-K. Lau, J.H. Haxel, Y.J. Tan, C. Garcia, S. Levy, & M.E. Mann (2018). The recent volcanic history of Axial Seamount: Geophysical insights into past eruption dynamics with an eye toward enhanced observations of future eruptions. Oceanography 31(1), 114-123. Article On-line

Tolstoy, M., W.S.D. Wilcock, Y.J. Tan & F. Waldhauser, (2018) A tale of two eruptions: How data from Axial Seamount led to a discovery on the East Pacific Rise. Oceanography 31(1), 124-125. Article On-line

Wilcock, W. S. D., D. A. Manalang, M. J. Harrington, E. K. Fredrickson, G. Cram, J. Tilley, J. Burnett, D. Martin, T. Kobayashi and J. M. Paros (2018) New approaches to in situ calibration of seafloor geodetic measurements, OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Monterey Kobe, Japan, pp. 1-8, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/855917. PDF File

LeVeque, R. J., P. Bodin, G. Cram, B. W. Crowell, F. I González, M. Harrington, D. Manalang, D. Melgar, D. A. Schmidt, J. E. Vidale, C. J. Vogl & W. S. D. Wilcock (2018) Developing a Warning System for Inbound Tsunamis from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston SC, pp. 1-10, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8604709. PDF File

2017

Weirathmueller, M. J., W. S. D. Wilcock, R. S. Hilmo, Estimating range to a vocalizing fin whale using the timing and amplitude of multipath arrivals: Applications for ocean bottom seismometer data in the northeast Pacific, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 142, 2101-2120, 2017. PDF File

Weirathmueller, M. J., K. M. Stafford, W. S. D. Wilcock, R. S. Hilmo, R. A. Dziak, A. M. Tréhu, Spatial and temporal trends in fin whale vocalizations recorded in the NE Pacific Ocean between 2003-2013. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0186127, 2017. PDF File

Ibáñez, J. M., A. Díaz-Moreno, J. Prudencio, D. Zandomeneghi, W. Wilcock, A. Barclay, J. Almendros, C. Benitez, A. García-Yeguas and G. Alguacil, A multi-parametric geophysical data base at Deception Island (Antarctica) obtained in the TOMO-DEC experiment, Sci. Data 4:170128 doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.128, 2017. PDF File

Arnoux, G. M., D. R. Toomey, E. E. E. Hooft, W. S. D. Wilcock, J. Morgan, M. Warner, and B. P. VanderBeek, Seismic evidence that black smoker heat flux is influenced by localized magma replenishment and associated increases in crustal permeability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 1687–1695, doi:10.1002/2016GL071990, 2017. PDF File

Abadi S. H., M. Tolstoy, W. S. D. Wilcock, Estimating the location of baleen whale calls using dual streamers to support mitigation procedures in seismic reflection surveys. PLoS ONE 12(2), e0171115. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171115, 2017. PDF File

2016

Wilcock, W. S. D., M. Tolstoy, F. Waldhauser, C. Garcia, Y. J. Tan, D. R. Bohnenstiehl, J. Caplan-Auerbach, R. P. Dziak, A. Arnulf, M. E. Mann, Seismic constraints on caldera dynamics from the 2015 Axial Seamount eruption, Science, 354, 1395-1399, 2016. Link to Full Text or Link to Reprint

Tan, Y. J., M. Tolstoy, F. Waldhauser, W. S. D Wilcock, Dynamics of a seafloor-spreading episode at the East Pacific Rise, Nature, 540, 261-265, 2016. Link to Article

VanderBeek, B. P., D. R. Toomey, E. E. E. Hooft and W. S. D. Wilcock, Segmentation of mid-ocean ridges attributed to oblique mantle divergence, Nature Geosci., 9, 636-642, 2016. Link to Article

Gomberg, J., P. Bodin , J. Bourgeois, S. Cashman, D. Cowan, K. Creager, B. Crowell, A. Duvall, A. Frankel, F. Gonzalez, H. Houston, P. Johnson, H. Kelsey, U. Miller, E. Roland, D. Schmidt, L. Staisch, J. Vidale, W. Wilcock, and E. Wirth, Planning for a subduction zone observatory, Eos, 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO052635, 2016.  Article On-line

Soule, D., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. R. Toomey, E. E. E. Hooft and R. T. Weekly, Near-axis crustal structure and thickness of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5688-5695, 2016. PDF File

Wilcock, W. S. D., D. A. Schmidt, J. E. Vidale, M. J. Harrington, P. Bodin, G. S. Cram, J. R. Delaney, F. I. Gonzalez, D. S. Kelley, R. J. LeVeque, D. A. Manalang, C. McGuire, E. C. Roland, M. W. Stoermer, J. W. Tilley, C. J. Vogl, Designing an offshore geophysical network in the Pacific Northwest for earthquake and tsunami early warning and hazard research, OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, Monterey, CA, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761291, 2016.

2015

Morgan, J., M. Warner, G. Arnoux, G., E. Hooft, D. Toomey, B. Vanderbeek and W. Wilcock, 2015, Next-Generation Seismic Experiments Part II: Wide-Angle, Multi-Azimuth, 3-D, Full-Waveform Inversion of sparse field data, Geophys. J. Int., 204, 1232-1363, 2015. PDF File

Abadi, S. H., Wilcock, W. S., Tolstoy, M., Crone, T. J., and Carbotte, S. M., Sound source localization technique using a seismic streamer and its extension for whale localization during seismic surveys.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.138(6), 3951-3963, 2015. PDF File

2014

Toomey, D.R., R.M. Allen, A.H. Barclay, S.W. Bell, P.D. Bromirski, R.L. Carlson, X. Chen, J.A. Collins, R.P. Dziak, B. Evers, D.W. Forsyth, P. Gerstoft, E.E.E. Hooft, D. Livelybrooks, J.A. Lodewyk, D.S. Luther, J.J. McGuire, S.Y. Schwartz, M. Tolstoy, A.M. Tréhu, M. Weirathmueller, and W.S.D. Wilcock. The Cascadia Initiative: A sea change in seismological studies of subduction zones. Oceanography 27(2), 138–150, 2014. Article On-line

Weekly, R. T., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. R. Toomey, E. E. E. Hooft, and E. Kim, Upper crustal seismic structure of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge from travel time tomography: Implications for oceanic crustal accretion, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 15, doi: 10.1002/2013GC005159, 2014. PDF File.

Bowman, D. C. and W. S. D. Wilcock, Unusual signals recorded by ocean bottom seismometers on the caldera floor of Deception Island volcano, Antarctica, Antarctic Sci., 26, 267-275, doi:10.1017/S0954102013000758, 2014. PDF File

Wilcock, W. S. D., K. M. Stafford, R. K. Andrew and R. I. Odom, Sounds in the ocean at 1-100 Hz, Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci., 6, 117-140, 2014. PDF File

2013

Weekly, R. T., W. S. D. Wilcock, E. E. E. Hooft, D. R. Toomey and P. R. McGill, Termination of a decadal-scale ridge-spreading event observed using a seafloor seismic network on the Endeavour segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 14, doi:10.1002/ggge.20105, 2013. PDF File

Soule, D. C., and W. S. D. Wilcock (2012), Analysis of fin whale tracks using vocalizations recorded by a seismic network at the Endeavour Segment of Juan de Fuca Ridge, N. E. Pacific Ocean J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 133, 1751-1761, 2013. PDF File

Weirathmueller, M., W. S. D. Wilcock and D. Soule, Source Levels of fin whale vocalizations measured in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, submitted J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 133, 741-749, 2013. PDF File

2012

Wilcock, W. S. D., Tracking fin whales in the northeast Pacific Ocean with a seafloor seismic network, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 132, 2408-2419, 2012. PDF File

Kelley, D. S, S.M. Carbotte, D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, J.R. Delaney, J.B. Gill, H. Hadaway, J.F. Holden, E.E.E. Hooft, J.P. Kellogg, M.D. Lilley, M. Stoermer, D. Toomey, R. Weekly and W.S.D. Wilcock, Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: One of the Most Remarkable Places on Earth, Oceanography 25, 44–61, 2012. Article On-line

2010

Hooft, E. E. E., H. Patel, W. S. D. Wilcock, K. Becker, D. Butterfield, E. Davis, R. Dziak, M. Lilley, P. McGill, D. Toomey, D. Stakes, A seismic swarm and regional hydrothermal and hydrological perturbations: the northern Endeavour segment, late February 2005,Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 11, Q12015, doi:10.1029/2010GC003264, 2010. PDF File

Crone, T. J., W. S. D. Wilcock, and R. E. McDuff, Flow rate perturbations in a black smoker hydrothermal vent in response to a mid-ocean ridge earthquake swarm, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q03012, doi:10.1029/2009GC002926, 2010. PDF File

Wilcock, W. S. D., E. E. E. Hooft, D. R. Toomey, P. R. McGill, A. H. Barclay, D. S. Stakes, and T. M. Ramirez, The role of magma injection in localizing black-smoker activity, Nature Geoscience, 2, 509-513, 2009. PDF file (also News&Views and Backstory)

2000-2009

Wilcock, W. S. D., Tidal triggering in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, Geophys. J. Int., 179, 1055-1070, 2009. PDF file

Zandomeneghi, D., A. Barclay, J. Almendros, J. M. Ibanez Godoy, W. S. D. Wilcock, T. Ben-Zvi, The crustal structure of Deception Island volcano from P-Wave seismic tomography: Tectonic and Volcanic Implications, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B06310, doi:10.1029/2008JB006119, 2009. PDF file

Fontaine, F. J., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. E. Foustoukos, and D. A. Butterfield, A Si-Cl geothermobarometer for the reaction zone of high-temperature, basaltic-hosted mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q05009, doi:10.1029/2009GC002407, 2009. PDF file

Barclay, A. H., W. S. D. Wilcock, and J. M. Ibáñez, Tectonic and volcanic influences at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Science, 21, 153-167, 2009. PDF file

Ben-Zvi, T., W. S. D. Wilcock, A. H. Barclay, D. Zandomeneghi, J. M. Ibáñez, J. Almendros and TOMODEC Working Group, The P-wave velocity structure of Deception Island, Antarctica, from two-dimensional tomography, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 180, 67-80, 2009. PDF file

Crone, T. J., R. E. McDuff, and W. S. D. Wilcock, Optical plume velocimetry: A new flow measurement technique for use in seafloor hydrothermal systems, Exp. Fluids, DOI 10.1007/s00348-008-0508-2, 2008. PDF file

Dolenc, D., B. Romanowicz, P. McGill, and W. Wilcock, Observations of infragravity waves at the ocean-bottom broadband seismic stations Endeavour (KEBB) and Explorer (KXBB),Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q05007, doi:10.1029/2008GC001942, 2008. PDF File

Wilcock, W. S. D., P. R. McGill, E. E. E. Hooft, D. R. Toomey, H. M. Patel, D. S. Stakes, A. H. Barclay, T. M. Ramirez, R. T. Weekly, The deployment of a long-term seismic network on the Juan de Fuce Ridge, paper presented at the Oceans 2007 Meeting, Vancouver, September 29-October 1, 2007. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., P. R. McGill, E. E. E. Hooft, D. R. Toomey, H. M. Patel, D. S. Stakes, A. H. Barclay, T. M. Ramirez, R. T. Weekly, The deployment of a long-term seismic network on the Juan de Fuce Ridge, paper presented at the Oceans 2007 Meeting, Vancouver, September 29-October 1, 2007. PDF file

Fontaine, F. J., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Two dimensional models of hydrothermal convection at high Rayleigh and Nusselt numbers: Implications for mid-ocean ridges, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., i8, Q07010, doi:10.1029/2007GC001601, 2007. PDF file

Fontaine, F. J., W. S. D. Wilcock, and D. A. Butterfield, Physical controls on the salinity of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal fields, Earth and Planet Sci. Lett., 257, 132-145, 2007. PDF file

Toomey, D. R., D. Jousselin, R. A. Dunn, W. S. D. Wilcock, and R. S. Detrick, Skew of mantle upwelling beneath the East Pacific Rise governs segmentation, Nature, 446, 409-414, 2007, 2007. PDF file

Van Ark, E. M., R. S. Detrick, J. P. Canales, S. M. Carbotte, A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, M. R. Nedimovic, W. S. D. Wilcock, J. B. Diebold, and J. M. Babcock, Seismic Structure of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Correlations with Seismicity and Hydrothermal Activity, J. Geophys. Res., 112(B2), B02401, doi:10.1029/2005JB004210, 2007. PDF file

Crone T. J., W. S. D. Wilcock, A. H. Barclay, J. D. Parsons, The sound generated by mid-ocean ridge black smoker hydrothermal vents. PLoS ONE 1(1): e133.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000133, 2006. PDF file

Li, Q, W. S. D. Wilcock, T. L. Pratt, C. M. Snelson, and T. M. Brocher, Seismic attenuation structure of the Seattle Basin, Washington State, from explosive-source refraction data, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 96, 553-571, 2006. PDF file

Fontaine, F. J., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Physical constraints on the formation and fate of brines in mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06102, doi:10.1029/2005JB003866, 2006. PDF file

Crone, T. J., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Modeling the Effects of Tidal Loading on Hydrothermal Discharge at Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 6 (7),Q07001, doi:10.1029/2004GC000905, 2005. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., The physical response of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems to local earthquakes, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 5, Q11009, doi:10.1029/2004GC000701, 2004. PDF file

Baross, J. A., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. S. Kelley, E. F. DeLong and S. C. Cary, The Subsurface Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges: Issues and Challenges, in The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid Ocean Ridges, edited by W. S. D. Wilcock, E. F. DeLong, D. S. Kelley, J. A. Baross and S. C. Cary, Geophysical Monograph 144, pp 1-11, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 2004.

Wilcock, W. S. D., and A. T. Fisher, Geophysical constraints on the sub-seafloor environment near mid-ocean ridges in The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid Ocean Ridges, edited by W. S. D. Wilcock, E. F. DeLong, D. S. Kelley, J. A. Baross and S. C. Cary, Geophysical Monograph 144, pp 51-74, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 2004. PDF file

Barclay, A. H., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Upper crustal seismic velocity structure and microearthquake depths at the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 5, No. 1, Q01004, doi:10.1029/2003GC 000604, 2004. PDF file

Cherkaoui, A. S. M., W. S. D. Wilcock, R. A. Dunn and D. R. Toomey, A numerical model of hydrothermal cooling and crustal accretion at a fast spreading mid-ocean ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 4(9), doi 10.1029/2001GC000215, 2003. PDF fil

Canales, J. P., R. S. Detrick, D. R. Toomey, and W. S. D. Wilcock, Segment-scale variations in the crustal structure of 150-300 kyr old fast spreading oceanic crust (East Pacific Rise, 8°15’N-10°5’N) from wide-angle seismic refraction profiles, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 766-794, 2003. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., S. A. Archer and G. M. Purdy, Microearthquakes on the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 2336, doi:10.1029/2001JB000505, 2002. PDF file

Toomey, D. R., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. W. Forsyth, J. Condor, J. Blundy, E. M. Parmentir and W. C. Hammond , Asymmetric Mantle Dynamics in the MELT Region of the East Pacific Rise, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 200, 287-295, 2002. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., K. Wang, R. D. Hyndman, A. M. Tréhu and K. C. Creager, The proposed NEPTUNE seafloor observatory on the Juan de Fuca plate: Applications to studies of intraplate earthquakes in Subduction Zone and Related Subduction Systems-Seismic Structure, Intraslab Earthquakes and Processes, edited by S. Kirby, K. Wang and S. Dunlop, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-328 and Geological Survey of Canada Open File 4350, p 163-167, 2002.

Wilcock, W. S. D., Tidal triggering of microearthquakes on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3999-4002, 2001. PDF file

Dunn, R. A, D. R. Toomey, R. S. Detrick, and W. S. D. Wilcock, Continuous mantle melt supply beneath an overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise, Science, 291, 1955-1958, 2001. PDF file

Cherkaoui, A. S. M., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Laboratory studies of high Rayleigh number circulation in an open-top Hele-Shaw cell: An analog to mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 10,983-11,000, 2001. PDF file

Almendros, J., A. H. Barclay, W. S. D. Wilcock and G. M. Purdy, Seismic anisotropy on the Juan de Fuca Ridge from observations of shear-wave splitting, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3109-3112, 2000. PDF file

Tian, T., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. R. Toomey, R. S. Detrick, Seismic heterogeneity in the upper crust near the 1991 eruption site on the East Pacific Rise, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2369-2372, 2000. PDF file

1990-1999

Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Webb, and I. Th. Bjarnason, The effect of local wind on seismic noise near 1 Hz at the MELT site and on Iceland, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 89, 1543-1557, 1999. PDF File

Cherkaoui, A. S. M., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Characteristics of high Rayleigh number two-dimensional convection in an open-top porous layer heated from below, J. Fluid Mech., 394, 241-260, 1999.

Delaney, J. R., D. S. Kelley, M. D. Lilley, D. A. Butterfield, J. A. Baross, W. S. D. Wilcock, R. W. Embley, and M. Summit, The quantum event of oceanic crustal accretion: Impacts of diking at mid-ocean ridges, Science, 281, 222-230, 1998. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., Cellular convection models of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal circulation and the temperatures of black smoker fluids, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2585-2596, 1998.PDF file

Toomey, D. R., W. S. D. Wilcock, S. C. Solomon, W. C. Hammond, and J. A. Orcutt, Mantle seismic structure beneath the MELT region of the East Pacific Rise from P and S wave tomography, Science, 280, 1224-1227, 1998. PDF file

MELT Seismic Team (D.W. Forsyth, D. S. Scheirer, S. C. Webb, L. M. Dorman, J. A. Orcutt, A. J. Harding, D. K. Blackman, J. Phipps Morgan, R. S. Detrick, Y. Shen, C. J. Wolfe, J. P. Canales, D. R. Toomey, A. F. Sheehan, S. C. Solomon, and W. S. D. Wilcock), Imaging the deep structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge: Overview of the seismological component of the MELT experiment, Science, 280, 1215-1217, 1998. PDF file

West, B. P., W. S. D. Wilcock, J.-C. Sempéré, and L. Géli, The three-dimensional structure of asthenospheric flow beneath the Southeast Indian Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 7783-7802, 1997. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., and P. C. Kauffman, Development of a seawater battery for deep water applications, J. Power Sources, 66, 71-76, 1997.

Wilcock, W. S. D., A model for the formation of transient plumes above mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 12,109-12,121, 1997. PDF file

Cherkaoui, A. S. M., W. S. D. Wilcock, and E. T. Baker, Thermal fluxes associated with the 1993 diking event on the CoAxial segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: A model for the convective cooling of the dike, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 24,887-24,902, 1997. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., and J. R. Delaney, The size of mid-ocean ridge sulfide deposits: Evidence for heat extraction from magma chambers or cracking fronts, Earth Planet Sci. Lett.., 145, 49-64, 1996. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., and A. McNabb, Analytical estimates of crustal permeability on the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 138, 83-91, 1996. PDF file

Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, and D. R. Toomey, The seismic attenuation structure of the East Pacific Rise near 9°30’N, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 24,147-24,165, 1995.

Christeson, G. L., W. S. D. Wilcock, and G. M. Purdy, The shallow attenuation structure of the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise near 9°30’N,Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 321-324, 1994.

Wilcock, W. S. D., D. R. Toomey, G. M. Purdy, and S. C. Solomon, The renavigation of Sea Beam bathymetric data between 9° and 10° on the East Pacific Rise, Mar. Geophys. Res., 15, 1-12, 1993.

Wilcock, W. S. D., M. E. Dougherty, S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, and D. R. Toomey, Seismic propagation across the East Pacific Rise: Finite-difference experiments and implications for seismic tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 19,913-19,932, 1993.

Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, D. L. DuBois, and D. R. Toomey,  Microearthquakes on and near the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 2131-2134, 1992.

Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, and D. R. Toomey, The seismic attenuation structure of a fast-spreading ridge, Science,  258, 1470-1474, 1992.

Wilcock, W. S. D., and J. A. Whitehead, The Rayleigh-Taylor instability of an embedded layer of low-viscosity fluid, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 12,193-12,200, 1991.

Wilcock, W. S. D., and D. R. Toomey, Estimating hypocentral uncertainties for marine microearthquake surveys:  A comparison of the generalized inverse and grid search methods, Mar. Geophys. Res., 13, 161-171, 1991.

Wilcock, W. S. D., G. M. Purdy, and S. C. Solomon, Microearthquake evidence for extension across the Kane transform fault, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 15,439-15,462, 1990.

Toomey, D. R., G. M. Purdy, S. C. Solomon, and W. S. D. Wilcock, The three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the East Pacific Rise near latitude 9°30’N, Nature, 347, 639-645, 1990.