Publications
Barclay, A. H., W. S. D. Wilcock, and J. M. Ibáñez, Tectonic and volcanic influences at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Science, in press, 2008. PDF file
Ben-Zvi, T., W. S. D. Wilcock, A. H. Barclay, D. Zandomeneghi, J. M. Ibáñez, J. Almendros and TOMODEC Working Group, The P-wave velocity structure of Deception Island, Antarctica, from two-dimensional tomography, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., in revision, 2008. PDF file
Crone, T. J., R. E. McDuff, and W. S. D. Wilcock, Optical plume velocimetry: A new flow measurement technique for use in seafloor hydrothermal systems, Exp. Fluids, DOI 10.1007/s00348-008-0508-2, 2008. PDF file
Dolenc, D., B. Romanowicz, P. McGill, and W. Wilcock, Observations of infragravity waves at the ocean-bottom broadband seismic stations Endeavour (KEBB) and Explorer (KXBB), Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q05007, doi:10.1029/2008GC001942, 2008. PDF File
Wilcock, W. S. D., P. R. McGill, E. E. E. Hooft, D. R. Toomey, H. M. Patel, D. S. Stakes, A. H. Barclay, T. M. Ramirez, R. T. Weekly, The deployment of a long-term seismic network on the Juan de Fuce Ridge, paper presented at the Oceans 2007 Meeting, Vancouver, September 29-October 1, 2007. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., P. R. McGill, E. E. E. Hooft, D. R. Toomey, H. M. Patel, D. S. Stakes, A. H. Barclay, T. M. Ramirez, R. T. Weekly, The deployment of a long-term seismic network on the Juan de Fuce Ridge, paper presented at the Oceans 2007 Meeting, Vancouver, September 29-October 1, 2007. PDF file
Fontaine, F. J., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Two dimensional models of hydrothermal convection at high Rayleigh and Nusselt numbers: Implications for mid-ocean ridges, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., i8, Q07010, doi:10.1029/2007GC001601, 2007. PDF file
Fontaine, F. J., W. S. D. Wilcock, and D. A. Butterfield, Physical controls on the salinity of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal fields, Earth and Planet Sci. Lett., 257, 132-145, 2007. PDF file
Toomey, D. R., D. Jousselin, R. A. Dunn, W. S. D. Wilcock, and R. S. Detrick, Skew of mantle upwelling beneath the East Pacific Rise governs segmentation, Nature, 446, 409-414, 2007, 2007. PDF file
Van Ark, E. M., R. S. Detrick, J. P. Canales, S. M. Carbotte, A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, M. R. Nedimovic, W. S. D. Wilcock, J. B. Diebold, and J. M. Babcock, Seismic Structure of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Correlations with Seismicity and Hydrothermal Activity, J. Geophys. Res., 112(B2), B02401, doi:10.1029/2005JB004210, 2007. PDF file
Crone T. J., W. S. D. Wilcock, A. H. Barclay, J. D. Parsons, The sound generated by mid-ocean ridge black smoker hydrothermal vents. PLoS ONE 1(1): e133.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000133, 2006. PDF file
Li, Q, W. S. D. Wilcock, T. L. Pratt, C. M. Snelson, and T. M. Brocher, Seismic attenuation structure of the Seattle Basin, Washington State, from explosive-source refraction data, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 96, 553-571, 2006. PDF file
Fontaine, F. J., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Physical constraints on the formation and fate of brines in mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06102, doi:10.1029/2005JB003866, 2006. PDF file
Crone, T. J., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Modeling the Effects of Tidal Loading on Hydrothermal Discharge at Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 6 (7),Q07001, doi:10.1029/2004GC000905, 2005. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., The physical response of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems to local earthquakes, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 5, Q11009, doi:10.1029/2004GC000701, 2004. PDF file
Baross, J. A., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. S. Kelley, E. F. DeLong and S. C. Cary, The Subsurface Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges: Issues and Challenges, in The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid Ocean Ridges, edited by W. S. D. Wilcock, E. F. DeLong, D. S. Kelley, J. A. Baross and S. C. Cary, Geophysical Monograph 144, pp 1-11, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 2004.
Wilcock, W. S. D., and A. T. Fisher, Geophysical constraints on the sub-seafloor environment near mid-ocean ridges in The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid Ocean Ridges, edited by W. S. D. Wilcock, E. F. DeLong, D. S. Kelley, J. A. Baross and S. C. Cary, Geophysical Monograph 144, pp 51-74, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 2004. PDF file
Barclay, A. H., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Upper crustal seismic velocity structure and microearthquake depths at the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 5, No. 1, Q01004, doi:10.1029/2003GC 000604, 2004. PDF file
Cherkaoui, A. S. M., W. S. D. Wilcock, R. A. Dunn and D. R. Toomey, A numerical model of hydrothermal cooling and crustal accretion at a fast spreading mid-ocean ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 4(9), doi 10.1029/2001GC000215, 2003. PDF fil
Canales, J. P., R. S. Detrick, D. R. Toomey, and W. S. D. Wilcock, Segment-scale variations in the crustal structure of 150-300 kyr old fast spreading oceanic crust (East Pacific Rise, 8°15'N-10°5'N) from wide-angle seismic refraction profiles, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 766-794, 2003. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., S. A. Archer and G. M. Purdy, Microearthquakes on the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 2336, doi:10.1029/2001JB000505, 2002. PDF file
Toomey, D. R., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. W. Forsyth, J. Condor, J. Blundy, E. M. Parmentir and W. C. Hammond , Asymmetric Mantle Dynamics in the MELT Region of the East Pacific Rise, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 200, 287-295, 2002. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., Tidal triggering of microearthquakes on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3999-4002, 2001. PDF file
Dunn, R. A, D. R. Toomey, R. S. Detrick, and W. S. D. Wilcock, Continuous mantle melt supply beneath an overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise, Science, 291, 1955-1958, 2001. PDF file
Cherkaoui, A. S. M., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Laboratory studies of high Rayleigh number circulation in an open-top Hele-Shaw cell: An analog to mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 10,983-11,000, 2001. PDF file
Almendros, J., A. H. Barclay, W. S. D. Wilcock and G. M. Purdy, Seismic anisotropy on the Juan de Fuca Ridge from observations of shear-wave splitting, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3109-3112, 2000. PDF file
Tian, T., W. S. D. Wilcock, D. R. Toomey, R. S. Detrick, Seismic heterogeneity in the upper crust near the 1991 eruption site on the East Pacific Rise, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2369-2372, 2000. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Webb, and I. Th. Bjarnason, The effect of local wind on seismic noise near 1 Hz at the MELT site and on Iceland, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 89, 1543-1557, 1999. PDF File
Cherkaoui, A. S. M., and W. S. D. Wilcock, Characteristics of high Rayleigh number two-dimensional convection in an open-top porous layer heated from below, J. Fluid Mech., 394, 241-260, 1999.
Delaney, J. R., D. S. Kelley, M. D. Lilley, D. A. Butterfield, J. A. Baross, W. S. D. Wilcock, R. W. Embley, and M. Summit, The quantum event of oceanic crustal accretion: Impacts of diking at mid-ocean ridges, Science, 281, 222-230, 1998. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., Cellular convection models of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal circulation and the temperatures of black smoker fluids, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2585-2596, 1998. PDF file
Toomey, D. R., W. S. D. Wilcock, S. C. Solomon, W. C. Hammond, and J. A. Orcutt, Mantle seismic structure beneath the MELT region of the East Pacific Rise from P and S wave tomography, Science, 280, 1224-1227, 1998. PDF file
MELT Seismic Team (D.W. Forsyth, D. S. Scheirer, S. C. Webb, L. M. Dorman, J. A. Orcutt, A. J. Harding, D. K. Blackman, J. Phipps Morgan, R. S. Detrick, Y. Shen, C. J. Wolfe, J. P. Canales, D. R. Toomey, A. F. Sheehan, S. C. Solomon, and W. S. D. Wilcock), Imaging the deep structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge: Overview of the seismological component of the MELT experiment, Science, 280, 1215-1217, 1998. PDF file
West, B. P., W. S. D. Wilcock, J.-C. Sempéré, and L. Géli, The three-dimensional structure of asthenospheric flow beneath the Southeast Indian Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 7783-7802, 1997. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., and P. C. Kauffman, Development of a seawater battery for deep water applications, J. Power Sources, 66, 71-76, 1997.
Wilcock, W. S. D., A model for the formation of transient plumes above mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 12,109-12,121, 1997. PDF file
Cherkaoui, A. S. M., W. S. D. Wilcock, and E. T. Baker, Thermal fluxes associated with the 1993 diking event on the CoAxial segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: A model for the convective cooling of the dike, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 24,887-24,902, 1997. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., and J. R. Delaney, The size of mid-ocean ridge sulfide deposits: Evidence for heat extraction from magma chambers or cracking fronts, Earth Planet Sci. Lett.., 145, 49-64, 1996. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., and A. McNabb, Analytical estimates of crustal permeability on the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 138, 83-91, 1996. PDF file
Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, and D. R. Toomey, The seismic attenuation structure of the East Pacific Rise near 9°30'N, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 24,147-24,165, 1995.
Christeson, G. L., W. S. D. Wilcock, and G. M. Purdy, The shallow attenuation structure of the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise near 9°30'N,Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 321-324, 1994.
Wilcock, W. S. D., D. R. Toomey, G. M. Purdy, and S. C. Solomon, The renavigation of Sea Beam bathymetric data between 9° and 10° on the East Pacific Rise, Mar. Geophys. Res., 15, 1-12, 1993.
Wilcock, W. S. D., M. E. Dougherty, S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, and D. R. Toomey, Seismic propagation across the East Pacific Rise: Finite-difference experiments and implications for seismic tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 19,913-19,932, 1993.
Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, D. L. DuBois, and D. R. Toomey, Microearthquakes on and near the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 2131-2134, 1992.
Wilcock, W. S. D., S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, and D. R. Toomey, The seismic attenuation structure of a fast-spreading ridge, Science, 258, 1470-1474, 1992.
Wilcock, W. S. D., and J. A. Whitehead, The Rayleigh-Taylor instability of an embedded layer of low-viscosity fluid, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 12,193-12,200, 1991.
Wilcock, W. S. D., and D. R. Toomey, Estimating hypocentral uncertainties for marine microearthquake surveys: A comparison of the generalized inverse and grid search methods, Mar. Geophys. Res., 13, 161-171, 1991.
Wilcock, W. S. D., G. M. Purdy, and S. C. Solomon, Microearthquake evidence for extension across the Kane transform fault, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 15,439-15,462, 1990.
Toomey, D. R., G. M. Purdy, S. C. Solomon, and W. S. D. Wilcock, The three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the East Pacific Rise near latitude 9°30'N, Nature, 347, 639-645, 1990.