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HAWKINS, JAMES

Professor of Geology

Degrees:

  • B.A., University of Connecticut
  • M.S., University of Washington
  • Ph.D., University of Washington

Research Interests:

  • Evolution of convergent plate margins of western Pacific, and origin of back-arc basins such as Parece Vela Basin, Lau Basin, and Mariana Trough
  • Origin and emplacement of ophiolites on convergent plate margins
  • Crustal evolution, western Pacific Basin, and western North America



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Home Department:
GRD

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0220

Email: jhawkins@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/jhawkins

Publications:

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1995. Evolution of the Lau BasinÐinsights from ODP Leg 135. Active Margins and Marginal Basins of the Western Pacific, Geophysical Monograph 88, American Geophysical Union Brian Taylor and James Natland, Eds., Washington, D.C., 125-173.

1998. Early history of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc system: Evidence from Belau and the Palau Trench. Island Arc 7:559-578.

1999. Refractory magmas in back-arc basin settingsÐexperimental constraints on the petrogenesis of a Lau Basin example. Journal of Petrology 40:255-277.

2002. Geology of supra-subduction zones: Implications for the origin of ophiolites. Geological Society of America, Special Paper.

2002. Petrology of Alarcon Rise lavas, Gulf of California: Nascent intracontinental ocean crust. Journal of Geophysical Research.