Selected
Publications
Books and Book Chapters
Philpotts, A.R., and Ague, J.
J., 2009, Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, 2nd Ed., Cambridge
University Press, 667 p. Follow this link for more information
Ague, J. J., 2003,
Fluid flow in the deep crust, in Rudnick, R. L. editor; Holland, H. D. and Turekian, K. K., Editors-in-Chief, Treatise on Geochemisty, v. 3, The Crust: Amsterdam, Elsevier, p
195-228. PDF
Ague, J. J., 2000, Earth Forces, in Deford, D., editor, Flesh and Stone: Stony Creek and the
age of Granite: Stony Creek, Leetes Island Books, p.
8-15. This book was produced as part of an official White House Millennium
Project of local history, and received an "Award of Merit" from the
Connecticut League of History Organizations in Feb 01.
Selected Papers
Emmanuel, S., and Ague, J.J., 2009, Modeling the impact of nano-pores
on mineralization in sedimentary rocks: Water Resources Research, v. 45, W04406,
doi:10.1029/2008WR007170. PDF
Lancaster, P.J.,
Baxter, E.F., Ague, J.J., Breeding, C.M., and Owens, T.L., 2008, Synchronous
peak Barrovian metamorphism driven by syn-orogenic
magmatism and fluid flow in southern Connecticut, USA: Journal of Metamorphic
Geology, 26, p. 527-538. PDF
Carson, C.J., and
Ague, J.J., 2008, Early-Palaeozoic metasomatism of
the Archaean Napier Complex, East Antarctica:
Geological Society of London, Special Publications 2008, v. 308, p. 283-316. PDF
Ague, J.J., and
Baxter, E.F., 2007, Brief thermal pulses during mountain building recorded by Sr diffusion in apatite and multicomponent
diffusion in garnet: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 261, p. 500-516. PDF
Emmanuel, S., and
Ague, J.J., 2007, Implications of present-day abiogenic
methane fluxes for the early Archean atmosphere:
Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, L15810, doi:10.1029/2007GL030532.
PDF
Wilbur,
D.E., and Ague, J.J., 2007, Chemical disequilibrium during garnet growth: Monte
Carlo simulations of natural crystal morphologies, Reply: Geology,
doi:10.1130/G23787Y.1, p. e125. PDF
Ague, J.J., 2007,
Models of permeability contrasts in subduction zone melange:
Implications for gradients in fluid fluxes, Syros and Tinos Islands, Greece:
Chemical Geology, v. 239, p. 217-227. PDF
Wilbur, D.E., and Ague, J.J., 2006, Chemical
disequilibrium during garnet growth: Monte Carlo simulations of natural crystal
morphologies: Geology, v. 34, p. 689-692. PDF
Masters, R.L., and Ague, J.J., 2005,
Regional-scale fluid flow and element mobility in Barrow’s metamorphic
zones, Stonehaven, Scotland: Contributions to
Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 150, p. 1-18. PDF
Ague, J.J., 2005, Deep crustal metamorphism
of south-central Connecticut, in Skinner, B.J., and Philpotts,
A.R., eds., New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 97th, trip A-5,
p. 107-119.
Breeding, C. M., Ague, J. J., and Broecker, M., 2004, Fluid-metasedimentary
rock interactions in subduction zone melange:
Implications for the chemical composition of arc magmas: Geology, v. 32, p.
1041-1044. PDF
Fassoulas, C., Rahl, J. M., Ague, J. J., and Henderson, K., 2004, Patterns
and conditions of deformation in the Plattenkalk nappe, Crete, Greece: A preliminary study: Bulletin of the
Geological Society of Greece, v. XXXVI/4, p. 1626-1635.
Breeding, C. M., Ague, J. J., Grove, M., and Rupke, A. L., 2004, Isotopic and chemical alteration of
zircon by metamorphic fluids: U-Pb age
depth-profiling of zircon crystals from Barrow’s garnet zone, northeast
Scotland: American Mineralogist, v. 89, p. 1067-1077. PDF
Bolton, E. W., Rye, D. M., Ague, J. J., and Luttge, A., 2004, Modeling contact metamorphism of
siliceous dolomite via kinetic control of overall reactions, in Wanty, R. B., and Seal, R. R., II, editors, Water-Rock
Interaction (Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock
Interaction): London, Balkema (a member of Taylor and
Francis Group plc), v. 11, p. 269-272.
Ague, J. J., 2003, Fluid infiltration and
transport of major, minor, and trace elements during regional metamorphism of
carbonate rocks, Wepawaug Schist, Connecticut, USA: American Journal of
Science, v. 303, p. 753-816. PDF
Breeding, C. M., Ague, J. J., Broecker, M., and Bolton, E. W., 2003, Blueschist
preservation in a retrograded, high-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic
terrane, Tinos, Greece: Implications for fluid flow paths in subduction zones:
Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems, v. 4, 9002,
doi:10.1029/2002GC000380, 11 p. PDF
Breeding, C. M., and Ague, J. J., 2002,
Slab-derived fluids and quartz-vein formation in an accretionary prism, Otago Schist, New Zealand: Geology, v. 30, p. 499-502. PDF
Carson, C. J., Ague, J. J., and Coath, C. D., 2002, U-Pb
geochronology from Tonagh Island, East Antarctica:
implications for the timing of ultra-high temperature metamorphism of the Napier
Complex: Precambrian Research, v. 116, p. 237-263. PDF
Carson C. J., Ague J. J., Grove
M., Coath C. D., and Harrison T. M., 2002, U-Pb isotopic behaviour of zircon
during upper-amphibolite facies fluid infiltration in
the Napier Complex, east Antarctica: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.
199, p. 287-310. PDF
Ague, J. J., 2002, Gradients in fluid
composition across metacarbonate layers of the Wepawaug Schist, Connecticut,
USA: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 143, p. 38-55. PDF
Baxter, E. F., Ague, J. J., and DePaolo, D. J., 2002, Prograde
temperature-time evolution in the Barrovian type-locality constrained by Sm/Nd garnet ages from Glen Clova, Scotland: Journal of the Geological Society of
London, v. 159, p. 71-82. Note: First author
Baxter (Yale, '95) won the Journal of the Geological Society of London’s
“Young author of the Year” award for this paper in 2002. PDF
Breeding, C.M., and Ague, J.J., 2001, A role
for slab-derived fluids in the Otago Schist?: Geological Society of New Zealand Newsletter 126, p.
24-26.
Ague, J. J., Baxter, E. F., and Eckert, J.
O., Jr., 2001, High fO2 during sillimanite zone metamorphism of part
of the Barrovian type locality, Scotland: Journal of Petrology, v. 42, p.
1301-1320.
Ague, J. J., 2000, Release of CO2
from carbonate rocks during regional metamorphism of lithologically
heterogeneous crust: Geology, v. 28, p. 1123-1126. PDF
Masters, R. L., Ague, J. J., and Rye, D. M.,
2000, An oxygen and carbon isotopic study of multiple episodes of fluid flow in
the Dalradian and Highland Border Complex, Stonehaven,
Scotland: Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 157, p. 367-379. PDF
Ague, J. J., and Rye, D. M., 1999, Simple
models of CO2 release from metacarbonates
with implications for interpretation of directions and magnitudes of fluid flow
in the deep crust: Journal of Petrology, v. 40, p. 1443-1462. PDF
Ague, J. J., 1998, Simple models of coupled
fluid infiltration and redox reactions in the crust: Contributions to
Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 132, p. 180-197.
Brandon, M.T., and Ague, J.J., 1998, Regional
tilt of the Mt. Stuart batholith, Washington, determined using Al-in-hornblende
barometry: Implications for northward translation of Baja British Columbia -
Reply: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, p. 687-690.
Poggi, S. H., Skinner, H.
C. W., Ague, J. J., and Carter, D., 1998, Using scanning electron microscopy to
study mineral deposits in breast tissues: American Mineralogist, v. 83, p.
1122-1126.
Ague, J. J., Park, J., and Rye, D. M., 1998,
Regional metamorphic dehydration and seismic hazard: Geophysical Research
Letters, v. 25, p. 4221-4224. PDF
Ague, J. J., and Brandon, M. T., 1997,
Regional tilt of the Mt. Stuart batholith, Washington, determined using
Al--in--hornblende barometry: Implications for northward translation of Baja
British Columbia-Reply: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 109, p.
1225-1227.
Ague, J. J., 1997, Thermodynamic calculation
of emplacement pressures for batholithic rocks, California: Implications for
the aluminum-in-hornblende barometer: Geology, v. 25, p. 563-566. PDF
Ague, J. J., 1997, Compositional variations
in metamorphosed sediments of the Littleton Formation: American Journal of
Science, v. 297, p. 440-449.
Ague, J. J., 1997, Crustal mass transfer and
index mineral growth in Barrow's garnet zone, Northeast
Scotland: Geology, v. 25, p. 73-76. PDF
Ague, J. J. and van Haren,
J. L. M., 1996, Assessing metasomatic mass and volume
changes using the bootstrap, with application to deep-crustal hydrothermal
alteration of marble: Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 1169-1182. PDF
Van Haren, J. L.
M., Ague, J. J., and Rye, D. M., 1996, Oxygen isotope record of fluid
infiltration and mass transfer during regional metamorphism of pelitic schist,
south--central Connecticut, USA: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 60, p.
3487-3504. PDF
Ague, J. J. and Brandon, M. T., 1996,
Regional tilt of the Mt. Stuart batholith, Washington, determined using
Al-in-hornblende barometry: Implications for northward translation of Baja
British Columbia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v 108, 471-488. PDF
Ague, J. J., Carpenter, J., and Ostrom, J. H., 1995, Solution to the Hallopus
enigma?: American Journal of Science, v 295, 1-17.
Ague, J. J., 1995, Deep
crustal growth of quartz, kyanite, and garnet into large aperture, fluid-filled
fractures, north-eastern Connecticut, USA: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v
13, 299-314. PDF
Ague, J.J., 1995,
Mass transfer during Barrovian Metamorphism of Pelites, south-central
Connecticut-Reply.
American Journal of Science, v 295, 1025-1033.
Ague, J. J., 1994, Mass transfer during
Barrovian Metamorphism of Pelites, south-central Connecticut, I: Evidence for
composition and volume change: American Journal of Science, v 294, 989-1057.
Ague, J. J., 1994, Mass transfer during
Barrovian Metamorphism of Pelites, south-central Connecticut, II: Channelized fluid flow and the growth of staurolite and
kyanite: American Journal of Science, v 294, 1061- 1134.
Ague, J. J. and Brandon, M. T., 1992, Tilt and northward offset of Cordilleran batholiths resolved
using igneous barometry: Nature, v 360, 146- 149. PDF
Ague, J. J., 1991, Evidence for major mass
transfer and volume strain during regional metamorphism of pelites: Geology, v
19, 855-858.
Ague, J. J., 1990, The
distribution of Fe and Mg between biotite and amphibole in granitic rocks:
Effects of temperature, pressure, and amphibole composition: Geochemical
Journal, v 23, 279-293.
Ague, J. J. and Brimhall,
G. H., 1989, Geochemical modelling of steady-state
fluid flow and chemical reaction during supergene enrichment of porphyry copper
deposits: Economic Geology, v 84, 506-528. PDF
Brimhall, G. H., Lewis, C.
J., Ague, J. J., Dietrich, W. E., Hampel, J., Teague,
T., and Rix, P.,1988, Metal enrichment in bauxites by
deposition of chemically mature aeolian dust: Nature,
v 333, 819-824. PDF
Ague, J. J. and Brimhall,
G. H., 1988, Magmatic arc asymmetry and distribution of Anomalous plutonic
belts in the batholiths of California: Effects of assimilation, cratonal
thickness and depth of crystallization: Geological Society of America Bulletin,
v 100, 912-927. Click here
for map of depth of crystallization.
Ague, J. J. and Brimhall,
G. H., 1988, Regional variations in bulk chemistry, mineralogy and the
compositions of mafic and accessory minerals in the batholiths of California:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v 100, 891-911.
Ague, J. J. and Brimhall,
G. H., 1987, Granites in the batholiths of California: Products of local
assimilation and regional scale crustal contamination: Geology, v 15, 63-66.
Ague, J. J. and Morris, A. P., 1985,
Metamorphism of the Muellerneset Formation, St. Jonsfjorden, Svalbard: Polar Research, v. 3, p. 93-106.
