Asimow PD and Wood JA (1992) Fluid outflows from Venus
impact craters: Analysis from Magellan data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97(E8):13643-13665. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD, Hirschmann MM, Ghiorso MS, O'Hara MJ, Stolper EM
(1995) The effect of pressure-induced solid-solid phase transitions on
decompression melting of the mantle. Geochimica
et Cosmochimica Acta, 59:4489-4506.
PDF reprint.
Asimow PD, Hirschmann MM, Stolper EM (1997) An analysis of
variations in isentropic melt productivity. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 355:255-281. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD (1997) A thermodynamic model of adiabatic melting
of the mantle. Ph.D. thesis, California Institute of Technology. Online Access
or PDF scan.
Hirschmann MM, Ghiorso MS, Wasylenki LE, Asimow PD, and
Stolper EM (1998) Calculations of Peridotite Partial Melting from Thermodynamic
Models of Minerals and Melts. I. Methods and comparison to experiments, Journal of Petrology, 39:1091-1115. PDF reprint (See
also part II, PDF
reprint).
Gaetani GA, Asimow PD, and Stolper EM (1998) Determination
of the Partial Molar Volume of SiO2 in Silicate Liquids at Elevated
Pressures and Temperatures: a New Experimental Approach, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62:2499-2508. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD and Ghiorso MS (1998) Algorithmic Modifications
Extending MELTS to Calculate Subsolidus Phase Relations, American Mineralogist, 83:1127-1132.
PDF reprint.
Asimow PD and Stolper EM (1999) Steady-state Mantle-Melt
Interactions in One Dimension. 1: Equilibrium transport and Melt focusing, Journal of Petrology, 40:475-494. PDF reprint.
Hirschmann MM, Asimow PD, Ghiorso MS, and Stolper EM (1999)
Calculation of Peridotite Partial Melting from Thermodynamic Models of Minerals
and Melts. III. Controls on Isobaric Melt Production and the Effect of Water on
Melt Production, Journal of Petrology,
40:831-851. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD (1999) A Model that Reconciles Major- and
Trace-element Data from Abyssal Peridotites, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 169:303-319. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD (1999) Melting the Mantle, in H. Sigurdsson,
editor, Encyclopedia of Volcanoes,
Academic Press. PDF
reprint (33 Mb file).
Asimow PD, Hirschmann MM, and Stolper EM (2001) Calculations
of Peridotite Partial Melting from Thermodynamic Models of Minerals and Melts.
IV. Adiabatic Decompression and the Compositions and Mean Properties of
Mid-ocean Ridge Basalts, Journal of Petrology,
42:963-998. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD (2002) Steady-state Mantle-Melt Interactions in
One Dimension. 2: Thermal Interactions and Irreversible Terms, Journal of Petrology, 43:1707-1724. PDF reprint.
Luo S-N, Mosenfelder JL, Asimow PD, and Ahrens TJ (2002)
Stishovite and its implications in geophysics: New results from shock-wave
experiments and theoretical modeling, Physics-Uspekhi,
45:3-7 PDF
reprint (English) or in Russian, Uspekhi
Fizicheskikh Nauk, 172:475-480. PDF reprint (Russian).
Luo S-N, Mosenfelder JL, Asimow PD, and Ahrens TJ (2002)
Direct shockwave loading of stishovite to 235 GPa: Implications for perovskite
stability relative to oxide assemblage at lower mantle conditions, Geophysical Research Letters, 29 DOI 10.1029/2002GL015627. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD and Langmuir CH (2003) The importance of water to
oceanic mantle melting regimes, Nature,
421:815-820. PDF reprint.
Su Y-J, Langmuir CH and Asimow PD (2003) PetroPlot, a
plotting and data management tool for Microsoft Excel, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4 DOI 10.1029/2002GC000323. PDF reprint and Source code and tutorial
ZIP file.
Asimow PD (2003) Earth science: A slice of history (news and
views). Nature 423:491-493 (doi:10.1038/423491a). PDF reprint.
Luo SN, Ahrens TJ and Asimow PD (2003) Polymorphism,
superheating, and amorphization of silica upon shock wave loading and release. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(B9):2421
(doi:10.1029/2002JB002317). PDF Reprint.
Donelick, R., Farley K., O’Sullivan P. & Asimow P.
(2003) Experimental evidence concerning the pressure dependence of He diffusion
and fission-track annealing kinetics in apatite, On Track: The Newsletter of the International Fission-Track Community
13(2, Issue 26):19-21. PDF reprint.
Luo SN, Tschauner O, Asimow PD and Ahrens TJ (2004) A new
dense silica polymorph: A possible link between tetrahedrally and octahedrally
coordinated silica. American Mineralogist
89(2-3):455-461. PDF reprint and a Photograph
of the new polymorph.
Asimow PD, Dixon JE and Langmuir CH (2004) A hydrous melting
and fractionation model for mid-ocean ridge basalts: Application to the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores. Geochemistry
Geophysics Geosystems 5(1):Q01E16,
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000568. PDF reprint.
Luo SN, Akins JA, Ahrens TJ and Asimow PD (2004) Optical
emission of shock compressed MgSiO3 glass enstatite, olivine, and
quartz. Journal of Geophysical Research,
109:B05205,
DOI:10.1029/2003JB002860. PDF reprint.
Cooper KM, Eiler JM, Asimow PD and Langmuir CH (2004) Oxygen
isotope evidence for the origin of enriched mantle beneath the mid-Atlantic
ridge. Earth and Planetary Science
Letters 220:297-316. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD and Longhi J (2004) The significance of multiple
saturation points in the context of polybaric near-fractional melting. Journal of Petrology 45:2349-2367. PDF reprint.
Staneff GD, Asimow PD and Caillat T (2004) Synthesis and
thermoelectric properties of Ce(Ru0.67Rh0.33)4Sb12,
in Nolas GS, Yang J & Johnson DC (Eds.), Thermoelectric Materials 2003 – Research and Applications,
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 793, pp. 101-106. Warrendale, PA: Materials Research Society. PDF reprint.
Luo S-N, Swift DC, Tierney T, Xia K, Tschauner O and Asimow
PD (2004), Time-resolved X-ray diffraction investigation of
superheating-melting behavior of crystals under ultrafast heating, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter--2003:
Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on
Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, edited by M.D. Furnish, Y.M. Gupta
and J.W. Forbes, American Institute of Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings 706:95-98. PDF reprint.
Akins JA, Luo S-N, Asimow PD and Ahrens TJ (2004)
Shock-induced melting of MgSiO3 perovskite and implications for
melts in Earth’s lowermost mantle. Geophysical
Research Letters 31:L14612,
doi:10.1029/2004GL020237. PDF reprint.
Zeng L, Saleeby JB and Asimow PD (2005) Nd isotopic disequilibrium during crustal anatexis: a record from
the Goat Ranch migmatite complex, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Geology 33:53-56, doi: 10.1130/G20831.1. PDF
reprint.
Luo S-N, Swift DC, Tierney TE IV, Paisley DL, Kyrala GA,
Johnson RP, Hauer AA, Tschauner O and Asimow PD (2004) Laser-induced shock
waves in condensed matter: Some techniques and applications. High Pressure Research, 24(4):409-422. PDF reprint.
Tschauner O, Luo S-N, Asimow PD, Ahrens TJ, Swift DC,
Tierney TE, Paisley DL and Chipera SJ (2004) Shock-synthesized glassy and solid
silica: intermediates between four and six-fold coordination. High Pressure Research, 24(4):471-479. PDF reprint.
Smith PM and Asimow PD (2005) Adiabat_1ph: a new public
front-end to the MELTS, pMELTS, and pHMELTS models, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 6(2):Q02004, doi:10.1029/2004GC000816. PDF
reprint. See also the Distribution Website.
Luo S-N, Tschauner O, Tierney TE IV, Swift DC, Chipera SJ
and Asimow PD (2005) Novel crystalline carbon cage structure synthesized
from laser-driven shock wave loading of graphite. Journal of Chemical Physics, 123,
024703. PDF
reprint.
Zeng L, Asimow PD and Saleeby JB (2005) Coupling of
anatectic reactions and dissolution of accessory phases and the Sr and Nd
isotope geochemistry of anatectic melts from a metasedimentary source. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69(14):3671-3682. PDF reprint.
Akber-Knutson S, Steinle-Neumann G and Asimow PD (2005) The
effect of Al on the sharpness of the MgSiO3 perovskite to
post-perovskite phase transition. Geophysical
Research Letters 32(14):L14303,
doi:10.1029/2005GL023192. PDF reprint.
Asimow PD, Mosenfelder JL, Stein LC and Rossman GR (2006)
Quantitative polarized infrared analysis of trace OH in populations of randomly
oriented mineral grains. American
Mineralogist 91(2-3):278-284. PDF reprint
and Software
Deposit Items.
Mosenfelder JL, Deligne NI, Asimow PD and Rossman GR (2006)
Hydrogen incorporation in olivine from 2-12 GPa. American Mineralogist 91(2-3):285-294.
PDF
reprint.
Miller SA, Asimow PD and Burnett DS (2006) Determination of
melt influence on divalent element partitioning between anorthite and CMAS
melts, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
70:4258-4774. PDF reprint.
Tschauner O, Luo S-N, Asimow PD and Ahrens TJ (2006)
Recovery of stishovite structure at ambient pressure out of shock-generated
amorphous silica. American Mineralogist
91:1857-1862. PDF reprint.
Baxter EF, Asimow PD and Farley KA (2007) Grain boundary
partitioning of Ar and He. Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta 71:434-451. PDF reprint.
Herzberg C, Asimow PD, Arndt N, Niu Y, Lesher CM, Fitton JG,
Cheadle MJ, and Saunders AD (2007) Temperatures in ambient mantle and plumes:
Constraints from basalts, picrites, and komatiites. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 8, Q02006, doi:10.1029/2006GC001390. PDF reprint and Software Deposit Item.
Mosenfelder JL, Asimow PD and Ahrens TJ (2007) Thermodynamic
properties of Mg2SiO4 liquid at ultra-high pressures from
shock measurements to 200 GPa on forsterite and wadsleyite. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, B06208, doi:10.1029/2006JB004364. PDF reprint.
Miller, S. A., Burnett, D. S., Asimow P. D., and I. Hutcheon
(2007) Experimental study of radium partitioning between anorthite and melt at
1 atm. American Mineralogist 92(8-9):1535-1538. PDF reprint.
Stolper E. M. and Asimow P. D. (2007) Insights into mantle
melting from graphical analysis of one-component systems. American Journal of Science 307(8):
1051-1139. PDF
reprint.
Kelsey, K., Stebbins J.
F., Du L.-S., Mosenfelder, J. L., Asimow P. D. and Geiger, C. (2008) Cation
order/disorder behavior and crystal chemistry of pyrope-grossular garnets: An 17O 3QMAS and 27Al MAS NMR spectroscopic
study. American Mineralogist 93(1):134-143. doi:
10.2138/am.2008.2623. PDF reprint.
Baziotis I., Mposkos E.
& Asimow P. D. (2008) Geochemistry of ultramafic rocks from the
ultra-high pressure metamorphic Kimi complex in East Rhodope (N.E. Greece):
petrological evidence from major and trace element relations and geochemical
modeling. Journal of Petrology, doi:10.1093/petrology/egn010.
PDF reprint.