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William G. Melson

Observed names: Melson, W.G., Melson, William G, Melson, William G., W MELSON, W. G. Melson, W. Melson, W.G. Melson, WILLIAM G. MELSON, William Melson

Observed institutions: Smithsonian Institution, University of California, Riverside, Dalhousie University, National Museum of Natural History, Harvard University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Carnegie Institution for Science, National Museum of Natural History, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Imperial College London, Newcastle University

OpenAlex ID: A5029856419

Chemical Diversity of Abyssal Volcanic Glass Erupted Along Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean Sea-Floor Spreading Centers

2011 · W. G. Melson, T. L. Vallier, et al. · Geophysical monograph · 249

Volcanism and metamorphism in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 22°N latitude

1968 · W. G. Melson, Geoffrey Thompson, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 241

Volcanic glass compositions of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

1983 · Paul T. Robinson, William G. Melson, et al. · Geology · 187

Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 45

1979 · W.G. Melson, P.D. Rabinowitz, et al. · U.S. Government Printing Office eBooks · 174

Petrology of a transform fault zone and adjacent ridge segments

1971 · W. G. Melson, G. Thompson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 162

Metamorphism in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 22°N latitude

1966 · William G. Melson, Tjeerd H. van Andel · Marine Geology · 145

MORB generation beneath the ultraslow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9–25°E): Major element chemistry and the importance of process versus source

2008 · Jared J. Standish, Henry J. B. Dick, et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 141

Rhyodacites, andesites, ferro-basalts and ocean tholeiites from the galapagos spreading center

1976 · Gary R. Byerly, William G. Melson, et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 133

Explosive activity associated with the growth of volcanic domes

1983 · C.G. Newhall, W.G. Melson · Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research · 121

The Petrology of Oceanic Crust across Fracture Zones in the Atlantic Ocean: Evidence of a New Kind of Sea-Floor Spreading

1972 · Geoffrey Thompson, William G. Melson · The Journal of Geology · 120

Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic and REE geochemistry of St. Paul's Rocks: the metamorphic and metasomatic development of an alkali basalt mantle source

1984 · Mary K. Roden, Stanley R. Hart, et al. · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology · 119

St. Paul’s Rocks, Equatorial Atlantic: Petrogenesis, Radiometric Ages, and Implications on Sea-Floor Spreading

1972 · W. G. Melson, S. R. Hart, et al. · Geological Society of America eBooks · 119

Nuées Ardentes of the 1968 Eruption of Mayon Volcano, Philippines

1969 · J. G. Moore, W. G. Melson · Bulletin of Volcanology · 119

The volatile content of magmas from Arenal volcano, Costa Rica

2006 · Jennifer A. Wade, Terry Plank, et al. · Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research · 108

Glassy Abyssal Basalts, Atlantic Sea Floor near St. Paul's Rocks: Petrography and Composition of Secondary Clay Minerals

1973 · WILLIAM G. MELSON, GEOFFREY THOMPSON · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 108

Boron contents of serpentinites and metabasalts in the oceanic crust: Implications for the boron cycle in the oceans

1970 · Geoffrey Thompson, William G. Melson · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 106

St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks: A High-Temperature, Mantle-Derived Intrusion

1967 · William G. Melson, Eugene Jarosewich, et al. · Science · 97

Axial processes along a segment of the East Pacific Rise, 10°–12° N

1985 · G. Thompson, W. B. Bryan, et al. · Nature · 83

Ejecta velocities, magma chamber pressure and kinetic energy associated with the 1968 eruption of arenal volcano

1971 · R. F. Fudali, W. G. Melson · Bulletin of Volcanology · 82

A data brief on the Smithsonian Abyssal Volcanic Glass Data File

2002 · William G. Melson, Timothy O'Hearn, et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 80

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Monitoring the 1980-1982 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Compositions and Abundances of Glass

1983 · William G. Melson · Science · 80

The uranium and thorium decay series nuclides in Mt. St. Helens effusives

1982 · J BENNETT, S KRISHNASWAMI, et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 78

Volume, energy and cyclicity of eruptions of Arenal volcano, Costa Rica

1973 · W. G. Melson, R. Saenz · Bulletin of Volcanology · 76

Geological and geophysical investigation of the Midcayman Rise Spreading Center: Initial results and observations

1979 · Robert Ballard, Wilfred Bryan, et al. · Maurice Ewing series · 73

Viscosity of the dome of mount St. Helens

1985 · Tsutomu Murase, Alexander R. McBirney, et al. · Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research · 72

Works count: 305

Citation count: 4,512

H-index: 40

I10-index: 63