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Karato, S., 2008. Deformation of Earth Materials: An Introduction to the Rheology of Solid Earth. Cambridge University Press. [Book cover] [Errata]

2005-present

142.     Skemer, P., Katayama, I., Jiang, Z. and Karato, S., 2005. The misorientation index: Development of a new method for calculating the strength of lattice-preferred orientation, Tectonophysics, 411: 157-167. [PDF]

143.     Kneller, E.A., van Keken, P.E., Karato, S., and Park, J., 2005. B-type olivine fabric in the mantle wedge: Insights from high-resolution non-Newtonian subduction zone models, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 237: 781-797. [PDF]

144.     Matsukage, K.N., Nishihara, Y., and Karato, S., 2005. Seismological signature of chemical differentiation of Earth’s upper mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 110: 10.1029/2004JB003504. [PDF]

145.     Xu, Y., Nishihara, Y. and Karato, S., 2005. Development of a rotational Drickamer apparatus for large-strain deformation experiments at deep Earth conditions, in “Advances in High-Pressure Technology for Geophysical Applications” (eds. J. Chen, Y. Wang, T.S. Duffy, G. Shen, and L.F. Dobrzhinetskaya), Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 167-182. [PDF]

146.     Katayama, I., Karato, S., and Brandon, M., 2005. Evidence of high water content in the upper mantle inferred from deformation microstructures, Geology, 33: 623-616. [PDF]

147.     Huang, X., Xu, Y. and Karato,S., 2005. Water content in the transition zone from electrical conductivity of wadsleyite and ringwoodite, Nature, 434: 746-749. [PDF]

148.     Matsukage, K.N., Jing, Z. and Karato, S., 2005. Density of hydrous silicate melt at the conditions of Earth’s deep upper mantle, Nature, 438: 488-491. [PDF]

149.     Huang, X., Xu, Y. and Karato, S., 2006. A wet mantle conductor? (Reply), Nature, 439, E3-E4.

150.     Nishihara, Y., Shinmei, T. and Karato, S., 2006. Grain-growth kinetics in wadsleyite: Effects of chemical environment, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 154: 30-43. [PDF]

151.     Nishihara, Y., Matsukage, K.N., and Karato, S., 2006. Effects of metal protection coils on thermocouple EMF in multi-anvil high-pressure experiments, American Mineralogist, 91: 111-114. [PDF]

152.     Hirose, K., Karato, S., Cormier, V.F., Brodholt, J.P. and Yuen, D.A., 2006. Unsolved problems in the lowermost mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33: 10.1029/2006GL025691. [PDF]

153.    Karato, S., 2006. Microscopic models for the influence of hydrogen on physical and chemical properties of minerals, In “Super Plume: Beyond Plate Tectonics”, (eds. D.A. Yuen, S. Maruyama, S. Karato and P.F. Windley), Springer, 322-355.

154.     Karato, S., 2006. Influence of hydrogen-related defects on the electrical conductivity and plastic deformation of mantle minerals: A critical review, In “Earth’s Deep Water Cycle” (eds. S.D. Jacobsen and S. van der Lee), American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 113-129. [PDF]

155.     Karato, S., Bercovici, D., Leahy, G., Richard, G. and Jing, Z., 2006. Transition-zone water filter model for global material circulation: Where do we stand? In “Earth’s Deep Water Cycle” (eds. S.D. Jacobsen and S. van der Lee), American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 289-313. [PDF]

156.    Shito, A., Karato, S., Matsukage, N.K. and Nishihara, Y., 2006. Toward mapping water content from seismic tomography: Applications to subduction zone upper mantle, In “Earth’s Deep Water Cycle” (eds.. S.D. Jacobsen and S. van der Lee), American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 225-236. [PDF]

157.     Karato, S., 2006. Remote sensing of hydrogen in Earth’s mantle, In “Water in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals” (MSA volume, eds. H. Keppler and J. Smyth), American Mineralogical Society, Washington DC, 343-375. [PDF]

158.     Jung, H., Jiang, Z., Katayama, I., Hiraga, T. and Karato, S., 2006. The effects of water and stress on lattice preferred orientation in olivine, Tectonophysics, 421: 1-22. [PDF]

159.     Katayama, I. and Karato, S., 2006. Effect of temperature on the B- to C-type olivine fabric transition and implications for flow pattern in the subduction zone, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 157: 33-45. [PDF]

160.    Skemer, P., Katayama, I. and Karato, S., 2006. Deformation fabrics of the Cima di Gagnone peridotite massif, Central Alps, Switzerland: Evidence of deformation under water-rich conditions at low temperatures, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 152: 43-51. [PDF]

161.     Nolet, G., Karato, S. and Montelli, R., 2006. Plume fluxes from seismic tomography, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 248: 685-699. [PDF]

162.    Wang, D., Mookherjee, M., Xu, Y. and Karato, S., 2006. The effect of hydrogen on the electrical conductivity in olivine, Nature, 443: 977-980. [PDF]

163.    Karato, S., 2006. Comments on “Petrofabrics and seismic properties of garnet peridotites from the UHP Sulu terrane (China)" by Xu et al., Tectonophysics, 429: 287-289. [PDF]

164.    Yuen, D.A., Maruyama, S., Karato, S., and Windley, B.F., 2007. Superplume: Beyond Plate Tectonics, Springer, pp. 569.

165.    Kneller, E.A., Katayama, I., van Keken, P.E., and Karato, S., 2007. Stress, strain, and B-type olivine fabric in the fore-arc mantle: sensitivity tests using high-resolution steady-state subduction zone models, J. Geophys. Res., 112, 10.1029/2006JB004544. [PDF]

166.    Skemer, P.A. and Karato, S., 2007. Effects of solute segregation on the grain-growth of orthopyroxene: Implications for the deformation of the upper mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 164: 186-196. [PDF]

167.    Yamazaki, D. and Karato, S., 2007. Lattice preferred orientation of lower mantle materials and seismic anisotropy in the D” layer, submitted to AGU Monograph Post-Perovskite: The Last Phase Transition in the Earth’s Mantle (eds. K. Hirose, J. Brodholt, T. Lay and D.A. Yuen), 69-78. [PDF]

168.    Nishihara, Y., Shinmei, T. and Karato, S., 2008. Effect of chemical environment on the hydrogen-related defect chemistry of wadsleyite, American Mineralogist, 93: 831-843. [PDF]

169.    Katayama, I. and Karato, S., 2008. Low-temperature, high-stress deformation of olivine under water-saturated conditions, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 168: 125-133. [PDF]

170.    Katayama, I. and Karato, S., 2008. Effects of chemical composition on the rheological contrast between garnet and olivine and its geodynamical implications, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 166: 57-66. [PDF]

171.    Karato, S., H. Jung, I. Katayama and P.A. Skemer, 2008. Geodynamic significance of seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle: New insights from laboratory studies, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 36: 59-95. [PDF]

172.    Jing, Z. and Karato, S., 2008. Compositional effect on the pressure derivatives of bulk modulus of silicate melts, submitted to Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 272: 429-436. [PDF]

173.    Karato, S., 2008. Deformation of Earth Materials: Introduction to the Rheology of Solid Earth, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 463.

174.    Karato, S., 2008. Recent progress in the experimental studies on the kinetic properties in minerals, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 170: 152-155. [PDF]

175.    Karato, S. and D.J. Weidner, 2008. Laboratory studies of plastic deformation of minerals under deep mantle conditions, Elements, 4: 191-196. [PDF]

176.    Nishihara, Y., Tinker, D., Xu, Y., Jing, Z., Matsukage, K.N., and Karato, S., 2008. Plastic deformation of wadsleyite and olivine at high-pressure and high-temperature using a rotational Drickamer apparatus (RDA), Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 170: 156-169. [PDF]

177.    Korenaga, J. and Karato, S., 2008. A new analysis of experimental data of olivine rheology, J. Geophys. Res., 113, 10.1029/2007JB005100.

178.    Karato, S., 2008. Insight into the plume-upper mantle interaction inferred from the central Pacific geophysical anomalies, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 274: 234-240. [PDF]

179.    Skemer, P.A. and S. Karato, 2008. Sheared lherzolite revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 113: 10.1029/2007JB005286. [PDF]

180.    Kawazoe, T., S. Karato, K. Otsuka, K., Z. Jing, and M. Mookherjee, 2009. Shear deformation of olivine under deep upper mantle conditions using a rotational Drickamer apparatus (RDA), Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 174: 128-137. [PDF]

181.    Karato, S., 2009. Rheology of deep upper mantle and its implications for the preservation of the continental roots: A review, Tectonophysics in press. [PDF]

182.    Karato, S. and Dai, L., 2009. Comments on “Electrical conductivity of wadsleyite “ by Manthilake et al., Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 174: 19-21.

183.    Dai, L. and Karato, S., 2009. The electrical conductivity of pyrope-rich garnet at high pressure and temperature, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., in press.

184.    Dai, L. and Karato, S., 2009. The electrical conductivity of wadsleyite at high pressure and temperature, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., in press.

185.    Jing, Z. and Karato, S., 2009. The density of volatile bearing melts in the Earth’s deep mantle: the role of chemical composition, Chemical Geology, 262: 100-107. [PDF]

186.    Karato, S., 2009. Theory of radial X-ray diffraction from a polycrystalline sample undergoing plastic deformation, Physical Review B, 79: 214106. [PDF]

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