Magali Billen's Publications

Publications

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Journal Articles

16. Thomas, C., and M. I. Billen, Upper Mantle Structure Along a Profile in the SW Pacific, submitted to Geophysical Journal International, April, 2008.

15. Vanco, Marek, B. Hamann, O. Kreylos, M. I. Billen, and M. Jadamec, Distance Field Computation for Geological Slab Surface Data Sets, Computing and Visualization in Science, submitted, October 2007.

14. Billen, M. I., O. Kreylos, B. Hamann, M. Jadamec, L. H. Kellogg, O. Staadt, D. Y. Sumner. A Geoscience Perspective on Immersive 3D Visualization, Computers & Geoscience, in press, 2008.

13. Billen, M. I. Modeling the Dynamics of Subducting Slabs, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science (online access), 36, 325-356, doi:10.1146/annurev.earth36.031207.124129, 2008.

12. Andrews, E. and M. I. Billen. Rheologic Controls on Slab Detachment, Tectonophysics Special Volume on Slab Detachment, in press, 2008.

11. Kellogg, L. H., G. W. Bawden, T. Bernardin, M. I. Billen, E. Cowgill, B. Hamann, M. Jademac, O. Kreylos, D. M. Manaker, J. Rundle, O. Staadt, D. Sumner, D. L. Turcotte, G. H. Weber. Interactive Visualization to Advance Earthquake Simulation, ACES Special Issue of Pure and Applied Geophysics, in press, 2008.

10. Billen, M. I. and G. Hirth. Rheologic Controls on Slab Dynamics, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), 8, Q08012, doi:101029/2007GC001597, 2007.

9. Billen, M. I., E. Cowgill, and E. Buer. Determination of Fault Friction from Reactivation of Abyssal-Hill Faults in Subduction Zones, Geology, 35(9), 819-822, doi:10.1130/G23847A, 2007.

8. Kreylos, O., G. W. Bawden, T. Bernardin, M. I. Billen, E. S. Cowgill, R. D. Gold, B. Hamann, M. Jadamec, L. H. Kellogg, O. G. Staadt and D. Y. Sumner. Enabling Scientific Workflows in Virtual Reality, in: K. Hong Wong, G. Baciu and H. Bao, eds., Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications 2006 (VRCIA 2006), ACM Press, New York, New York, pp. 155-162, 2006.

7. Billen, M. I. and G. Hirth, Newtonian versus Non-Newtonian Upper Mantle Viscosity: Implications for Subduction Initiation, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(19), L19304, doi:10.1029/2005GL023457, 2005.

6. Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, Constraints on Subducting Plate Strength within the Kermadec Trench, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B05407, doi:10.1029/2004JB003308, 2005.

5. Billen, M. I. and G. A. Houseman, Lithospheric Instability in Obliquely Convergent Margins: San Gabriel Mountains, southern California , Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(B1), B01404 10.1029/2003JB002605, 10 January 2004.

4. Billen, M. I., M. Gurnis and M. Simons, Multiscale Dynamic Models of the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone, Geophysical Journal International, 153, 359-388, 2003.

3. Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, A Comparison of Dynamic Models in the Aleutian and Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zones, Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems, 4(4), 1035, doi:10.1029/2001GC000295, 2003.

2. Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, A Low Viscosity Wedge in Subduction Zones , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 193, 227-236, 2001.

1. Billen, M. I. and J. Stock, Origin and Morphology of the Osbourn Trough, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(B6), 13481-13490, June 2000.

Other Publications

3. Billen, M. I., O. Kreylos, L. H. Kellogg, B. Hamann, O. Staadt, D. Y. Sumner, M.Jadamec, Study of 3D Visualization Software for Geo-Science Applications, KeckCAVES Tech. Report 06-01, 2006.

2. Simons, F. J., T. W. Becker, J. B. Kellogg, M. I. Billen, C.-T. A. Lee, L. G. J. Montsi, W. Panero and S. Zhong, MYRES: A Program to Unite Young Solid Earth Researchers, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(5), 48, doi:10.1029/2005EO050005, 2005.

1. Simons, F. J., T. W. Becker, J. B. Kellogg, M. I. Billen, J. Hardebeck, C.-T. A. Lee, L. G. J. Montsi, W. Panero and S. Zhong, Young Solid Earth Researchers of the World Unite, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(16), 160, doi:10.1029/2004EO160011, 2004.

Meeting Abstracts

Billen, M. I. and E. R. Andrews. Numerical Models of Subduction and Slab Detachment: Placing a Lower Bound on the Strength of Slabs. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T23-04 Invited, 2007.

Vanco, M., M. I. Billen, M. Jadamec, M. O'Banion, Reconstruction of 3D Slab Geometry from Seismicity Using Neighborhood Algebraic Surface Patch Generation and Moving Least Squares Blending. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S11B-0556, 2007.

Andrews, E. R. and M. I. Billen. Competing Effects of Ridge Proximity and Slab Strength on Slab Detachment. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T11C-0729, 2007.

Jadamec, M., M. I. Billen and O. Kreylos. Slab Geometry and Plate Boundary Deformation: 3D Numerical Models of the Plate Boundary Corner in Southern Alaska. Subduction Zone Geodynamics Conference, Montpellier, France, 2007.

Kreylos, O., G. W. Bawden, M. I. Billen, E. Cowgill, B. Hamann, M. A. Jadamec, L. H. Kellogg, O. G. Staadt and D. Y. Sumner. Interactive Immersive Visualization of Geoscience Data. Geological Society of America: Geoinformatics Conference, 2007.

Kellogg, L. H., M. Jadamec, M. I. Billen, O. Kreylos, B. Hamann and G. Bawden. Interactive Visualization of Geophysical Data and Simulations. Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2007.

Billen, M. I., E. Cowgill and E. F. Buer. Determination of Fault Friction from Reactivation of Abyssal-Hill Faults in Subduction Zones. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T11C-0450, 2006.

Jadamec, M., and M. I. Billen. Influence of Slab Geometry on Diffuse Plate Boundary Deforma- tion: 3D Numerical Models of the Plate Boundary Corner in Southern Alaska. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T23B-0491, 2006.

Kreylos, O., M. I. Billen. L. H. Kellogg, B. Hamann, D. Y. Sumner, O. Staadt, M. Jadamec. Environment-Independent 3D Visualization Software for Geo-Science Applications. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract IN31A-1310, 2006.

Andrews, E. R., and M. I. Billen. Numerical Models of the Dynamics of Slab Detachment. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T11B-0441, 2006.

Jadamec, M., M. I. Billen, and S. M. Roeske. Building a Geodynamic Model of Alaska. AGU Chapman Conference on Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, 2006.

Jadamec, M., M. I. Billen, and S. M. Roeske. Building a Geodynamic Model of Alaska. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 38(5), p. 97, 2006.

Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, Rapid Reduction in Subducting Plate Strength in the Kermadec Trench: A New Application of Admittance Analysis Using Trench- Parallel Profiles, EOS Transactions, AGU, 85(47), T31D-06, 2005.

Houseman G. A. and M. I. Billen, Is the Continental Crust Stronger or Weaker than the Mantle Lithosphere, EOS Transactions, AGU, 85(47), V14A-01, 2005.

Burkett, E. and M. I. Billen, 3D Numerical Models of the Dynamics of Slab Detachment, EOS Transactions, AGU, 85(47), T33C-0562, 2005.

Jadamec, M. and M. I. Billen, Numerical Investigations of Lithospheric Deformation and 3D Mantle Flow in the Pacific-North America Plate Boundary Corner in Southern Alaska EOS Transactions, AGU, 85(47), T33C-0557, 2005.

Hotz, I., L. Feng, B. Hamann, K. Joy, D. Manaker, M. I. Billen and L.H. Kellogg, Tensor Visualization in Geomechanics Applications, EOS Transactions, AGU, 85(47), SF13A-0709, 2005.

Billen, M. I. and G. Hirth. Deformation of Subducted Lithosphere in the Upper Mantle, 9th Inter- national Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics. Erice, Sicily, 2005.

Jadamec, M., and M. I. Billen. Lithospheric Deformation and 3D Mantle Flow in the Pacific- North American Plate Boundary Corner in Southern Alaska. 9th International Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics. Erice, Sicily, 2005.

Billen, M. I. and G. Hirth, Rheologic Controls on the the Dynamic Evolution of Slabs in the Upper Mantle, EOS Transactions, AGU, 84, T23D-03 (Invited), 2004.

Thomas, T. and M. I. Billen, Investigating Topography of Upper Mantle Discontinuities in the Southwest Pacific using a Migration Method, EOS Transactions, AGU, 84, S43B-1003, 2004.

Billen, M. I., G. Hirth, and P. B. Kelemen. Topography and Stress-State in non-Newtonian Models of Slab Dynamics. Eos Trans. AGU, , Spring Meet. Suppl., T23A-04, 2004.

Billen, M. I., G. Hirth and P. Kelemen, Slab Dynamics and non-Newtonian Rheology in the Upper Mantle, EOS Transactions, AGU, 83, T41C-0244, 2003.

Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, Dynamic Consequences of a Volatile-Rich Mantle Wedge, EOS Transactions, AGU, 83(47):F1392 (Invited), 2002.

Billen, M. I. and G. A. Houseman, Weak Zones and Lithospheric Instability in the Transverse Ranges, Southern California, EOS Transactions, AGU, 83(47):F1363, 2002.

Houseman, G. and M. I. Billen. The Interaction of Strike-slip and Convergent Deformation in the Alpine Belt of New Zealand. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract F1363, 2002.

Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, Effect of a Low Viscosity Mantle Wedge on the Stress State in Subduction Zones, European Geophysical Union XXVII, April 2002.

Billen, M. I. and G. A. Houseman The Signature of Lithospheric Instability in Topography and Gravity, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, SE31D-03, July 2002.

Houseman, G. A. and M. I. Billen. Destabilization of Lithosphere by Strike-slip Shear in the South Island of New Zealand. Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, SE31D-03, 2002.

Gurnis, M., M. I. Billen and L. Han, Dynamic Models of the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone, OHP/ION Joint Symposium, Long-Term Observations in the Oceans Abstract Volume, S21-07, 2001.

Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, The Geoid-Topography Paradox in Multiscale Dynamic Models of Subduction Zones, in Special Session, Processes Within the Subduction Factory, EOS Transactions, AGU, 82, T31F-01, 2001.

Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, Dynamic Models of the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone: Observational Controls on Viscosity Across the Mantle Wedge, EOS Transactions, AGU, 81, F1081, 2000.

Billen, M. I. and M. Gurnis, High Resolution 3-D Dynamic Models of the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone: Controls on Mantle Viscosity, AGU Abstracts, 80, F1138, 1999.

Billen, M. I. and T. H. Heaton, Dependence of Far-Field Radiated Seismic Energy on Earthquake Rupture Parameters, AGU Abstracts, 77, F519, 1996.