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Publications:

Butterfield, D., and D. Kelley (2003): Update on the Endeavour Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies site. Ridge 2000 Events, 1(1), 4, 8–10.

Butterfield, D.A. (2000): Deep ocean hydrothermal vents. In Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Academic Press, 857–875.

Butterfield, D.A., Y. Fouquet, M. Halbach, P.E. Halbach, S.E. Humphris, M.D. Lilley, V. Lüders, S. Petersen, W.E. Seyfried, Jr., M. Shimizu, and M.K. Tivey (2003): Group Report: How can we describe the fluid-mineral processes and the related energy and material fluxes? In Energy and Mass Transfer in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems, P.E. Halbach, V. Tunnicliffe, and J. Hein (eds.), Dahlem Workshop Report Volume 89, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, 183–209.

Butterfield, D.A., I.R. Jonasson, G.J. Massoth, R.A. Feely, K.K. Roe, R.E. Embley, J.F. Holden, R.E. McDuff, M.D. Lilley, and J.R. Delaney (1997): Seafloor eruptions and evolution of hydrothermal fluid chemistry. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A, 355, 369–386. [PDF Version]

Butterfield, D.A., and G.J. Massoth (1994): Geochemistry of north Cleft segment vent fluids: Temporal changes in chlorinity and their possible relation to recent volcanism. J. Geophys. Res., 99(B3), 4951–4968.

Butterfield, D.A., G.J. Massoth, R.E. McDuff, J.E. Lupton, and M.D. Lilley (1990): Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from Axial Seamount Hydrothermal Emissions Study Vent Field, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Subseafloor boiling and subsequent fluid-rock interaction. J. Geophys. Res., 95(B8), 12,895–12,921.

Butterfield, D.A., R.E. McDuff, J.M. Franklin, and C.G. Wheat (1994): Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Chapter 20 in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 139, M.J. Mottl, E.E. Davis, A.T. Fisher, and J.F. Slack (eds.), College Station, TX, 395–410.

Butterfield, D.A., R.E. McDuff, M.J. Mottl, M.D. Lilley, J.E. Lupton, and G.J. Massoth (1994): Gradients in the composition of hydrothermal fluids from the Endeavour Segment vent field: Phase separation and brine loss. J. Geophys. Res., 99(B5), 9561–9583.

Butterfield, D.A., B.K. Nelson, C.G. Wheat, M.J. Mottl, and K.K. Roe (2001): Evidence for basaltic Sr in midocean ridge-flank hydrothermal systems and implications for the global oceanic Sr isotope balance. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 65(22), 4141–4153. [PDF Version]

Butterfield, D.A., K.K. Roe, M.D. Lilley, J. Huber, J.A. Baross, R.W. Embley, and G.J. Massoth (2004): Mixing, reaction and microbial activity in sub-seafloor revealed by temporal and spatial variation in diffuse flow vents at Axial Volcano. In The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges, W.S.D. Wilcock, E.F. DeLong, D.S. Kelley, J.A. Baross, and S.C. Cary (eds.), Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 144, AGU, 269–289. [PDF Version]

Butterfield, D.A., W.E. Seyfried, Jr., and M.D. Lilley (2003): Composition and evolution of hydrothermal fluids. In Energy and Mass Transfer in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems, P.E. Halbach, V. Tunnicliffe, and J. Hein (eds.), Dahlem Workshop Report Volume 89, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, 123–161.

Carney, S.L., J.F. Flores, K.M. Orobona, D.A. Butterfield, C.R. Fisher, and S.W. Schaeffer (2007): Environmental differences in hemoglobin gene expression in the hydrothermal vent tubework, Ridgeia piscesae. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part B, 146(2), 326–337. [PDF Version]

Chadwick, W., E. Baker, D. Butterfield, P. Canales, S. Carbotte, D. Caress, D. Chadwell, R. Detrick, J. Diebold, A. Harding, J. Hildebrand, H. Jannasch, K. Johnson, G. Kent, R. Koski, J. Morton, W. Normark, M. Perfit, C. Reiss, G. Sasagawa, M. Smith, F. Spiess, D. Stakes, M.A. Tivey, S. Tucker, G. Wheat, and M. Zumberge (2001): The RIDGE seafloor observatory at the Cleft Segment: Investigation of linkages between geodetic, geophysical, geochemical, and water column processes. RIDGE Events, 11(1), February 2001, 18–24.

Cowen, J.P., S.J. Giovannoni, F. Kenig, H.P. Johnson, D.A. Butterfield, M.S. Rappe, M. Hutnak, and P. Lam (2003): Fluids from aging ocean crust that support microbial life. Science, 299, 120–123. [PDF Version]

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 (1998): The quantum event of oceanic crustal accretion: Impacts of diking at mid-ocean ridges. Science, 281(5374), 222–230. [PDF Version]

Delaney, J.R., D.S. Kelley, M.D. Lilley, D.A. Butterfield, R.E. McDuff, J.A. Baross, J.W. Deming, H.P. Johnson, and V. Robigou (1997): The Endeavour Hydrothermal System I: Cellular circulation above an active cracking front yields large sulfide structures, "fresh" vent water, and hyperthermophilic archaea. RIDGE Events, 8(2), July 1997, 11–19.

Delaney, J.R., D.S. Kelley, M.D. Lilley, D.A. Butterfield, R.E. McDuff, J.A. Baross, J.W. Deming, H.P. Johnson, and V. Robigou (1998): The Endeavour hydrothermal system I: Cellular circulation above an active cracking front yields large sulfide structures, "fresh" vent water, and hyperthermophilic archaea. RIDGE Events, 8(2), 11–19.

Embley, R.W., W.W. Chadwick, Jr., E.T. Baker, D.A. Butterfield, J.A. Resing, C.E.J. de Ronde, V. Tunnicliffe, J.E. Lupton, S.K. Juniper, K.H. Rubin, R.J. Stern, G.T. Lebon, K.-I. Nakamura, S.G. Merle, J.R. Hein, D.A. Wiens, and Y. Tamura (2006): Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano. Nature, 441(7092), 494–497. [PDF Version]

Embley, R.W., W.W. Chadwick, Jr., I.R. Jonasson, D.A. Butterfield, and E.T. Baker (1995): Initial results of a rapid response to the 1993 CoAxial event: Relationships between hydrothermal and volcanic processes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22(2), 143–146.

Embley, R.W., J.E. Lupton, G. Massoth, T. Urabe, V. Tunnicliffe, D.A. Butterfield, T. Shibata, O. Okano, M. Kinoshita, and K. Fujioka (1998): Geologic, chemical, and biologic evidence for recent volcanism at 17.5°S: East Pacific Rise. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 163, 131–147.

Früh-Green, G.L., D.S. Kelley, S.M. Bernasconi, J.A. Karson, K.A. Ludwig, D.A. Butterfield, C. Boschi, and G. Proskurowski (2003): 30,000 years of hydrothermal activity at Lost City vent field. Science, 301(5630), 495–498. [PDF Version]

Hey, R.N., G.J. Massoth, R.C. Vrijenhoek, P.A. Rona, J. Lupton, and D.A. Butterfield (2006): Hydrothermal vent geology and biology at Earth’s fastest spreading rates. Mar. Geophys. Res., 27(2), 137–153. [PDF Version]

Huber, J.A., D.A. Butterfield, and J.A. Baross (2002): Temporal changes in archaeal diversity and chemistry in a mid-ocean ridge subseafloor habitat. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 68(4), 1585–1594. [PDF Version]

Huber, J.A., D.A. Butterfield, and J.A. Baross (2003): Bacterial diversity in a subseafloor habitat following a deep-sea volcanic eruption. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 43(3), 393–409.

Huber, J.A., D.A. Butterfield, and J.A. Baross (2006): Diversity and distribution of subseafloor Thermococcales populations in diffuse hydrothermal vents at an active deep-sea volcano in the northeast Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 111, G04016, doi: 10.1029/2005JG000097. [PDF Version]

Huber, J.A., H.P. Johnson, D.A. Butterfield, and J.A. Baross (2006): Microbial life in ridge flank crustal fluids. Environ. Microbiol., 8(1), 88–99. [PDF Version]

Kadko, D., and D. Butterfield (1998): The relationship of hydrothermal fluid composition and crustal residence time to maturity of vent fields on the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 62, 1521–1534.

Kelley, D., J. Karson, D. Blackman, G. Früh-Green, D. Butterfield, M. Lilley, M. Schrenk, E. Olson, K. Roe, J. Lebon, and Shipboard Scientific Party (2001): Discovery of Lost City: An off-axis, peridotite-hosted, hydrothermal field near 30°N on the mid-Atlantic Ridge. RIDGE Events, 11(2), June 2001, 3–9.

Kelley, D.S., J.A. Karson, D.K. Blackman, G.L. Früh-Green, D.A. Butterfield, M.D. Lilley, E.J. Olson, M.O. Schrenk, K.K. Roe, G.T. Lebon, P. Rivizzigno, J. Cann, and AT3-60 Shipboard Party (2001): An off-axis hydrothermal vent field near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 30°N. Nature, 412, 145–149. [PDF Version]

Kelley, D.S., J.A. Karson, G.L. Früh-Green, D. Yoerger, T.M. Shank, D.A. Butterfield, J.M. Hayes, M.O. Schrenk, E. Olson, G. Proskurowski, M. Jakuba, A. Bradley, B. Larson, K. Ludwig, D. Glickson, K. Buckman, A.S. Bradley, B. Brazelton, K. Roe, M.J. Elend, A. Delacour, S.M. Bernasconi, M.D. Lilley, J.A. Baross, R.E. Summons, and S.P. Sylva (2005): A serpentinite-hosted ecosystem: The Lost City hydrothermal field. Science, 307(5714), 1434–1440. [PDF Version]

Lang, S.Q., D.A. Butterfield, M.D. Lilley, H.P. Johnson, and J.I. Hedges (2006): Dissolved organic carbon in ridge-axis and ridge-flank hydrothermal systems. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 70(15), 3830–3842. [PDF Version]

Lilley, M.D., D.A. Butterfield, J.E. Lupton, and E.J. Olson (2003): Magmatic events can produce rapid changes in hydrothermal vent chemistry. Nature, 422(6934), 878–881. [PDF Version]

Lilley, M.D., D.A. Butterfield, E.J. Olson, J.E. Lupton, S.A. Macko, and R.E. McDuff (1993): Anomalous CH4 and NH4+ concentrations at an unsedimented mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal system. Nature, 364, 45–47.

Ludwig, K., D.S. Kelley, D.A. Butterfield, B.K. Nelson, and G. Früh-Green (2006): Formation and evolution of carbonate chimneys at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 70(14), 3625–3645. [PDF Version]

Lupton, J., D. Butterfield, M. Lilley, L. Evans, K.-I. Nakamura, W. Chadwick, Jr., J. Resing, R. Embley, E. Olson, G. Proskurowski, E. Baker, C. de Ronde, K. Roe, R. Greene, G. Lebon, and C. Young (2006): Submarine venting of liquid carbon dioxide on a Mariana Arc volcano. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q08007, doi: 10.1029/2005GC001152. [PDF Version]

Lupton, J.E., E.T. Baker, G.J. Massoth, R.E. Thomson, B.J. Burd, D.A. Butterfield, R.W. Embley, and G.A. Cannon (1995): Variations in water-column 3He/heat ratios associated with the 1993 CoAxial event, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22(2), 155–158.

Massoth, G.J., E.T. Baker, R.A. Feely, D.A. Butterfield, R.E. Embley, J.E. Lupton, R.E. Thomson, and G.A. Cannon (1995): Observations of manganese and iron at CoAxial seafloor eruption site, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22(2), 151–154.

Massoth, G.J., E.T. Baker, J.E. Lupton, R.A. Feely, D.A. Butterfield, K.L. Von Damm, K.K. Roe, and G.T. Lebon (1994): Temporal and spatial variability of hydrothermal manganese and iron at Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 99(B3), 4905–4923.

Massoth, G.J., D.A. Butterfield, J.E. Lupton, R.E. McDuff, M.D. Lilley, and I.R. Jonasson (1989): Submarine venting of phase-separated hydrothermal fluids at Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Nature, 340(6236), 702–705.

Massoth, G.J., H.B. Milburn, S.R. Hammond, D.A. Butterfield, R.E. McDuff, and J.E. Lupton (1989): The geochemistry of submarine venting fluids at Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge: New sampling methods and a EOI Program rationale. In Global Venting, Midwater, and Benthic Ecological Processes, National Undersea Research Program Report 88-4, M.P. De Luca and I. Babb (eds.), 29–59.

Mehta, M.P., D.A. Butterfield, and J.A. Baross (2003): Phylogenetic diversity of nitrogenase (nifH) genes in deep sea and hydrothermal vent environments of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69(2), 960–970. [PDF Version]

Mortlock, R.A., P.N. Froelich, R.A. Feely, G.J. Massoth, D.A. Butterfield, and J.E. Lupton (1993): Silica and germanium in Pacific Ocean hydrothermal vents and plumes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 119, 365–378.

Nielsen, S.G., M. Rehkämper, D.A.H. Teagle, D.A. Butterfield, J.C. Alt, and A.N. Halliday (2006): Hydrothermal fluid fluxes calculated from the isotopic mass balance of thallium in the ocean crust. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 251(1–2), 120–133. [PDF Version]

Sharma, M., G.J. Wasserburg, A.W. Hofmann, and D.A. Butterfield (2000): Osmium isotopes in hydrothermal fluids from the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 179(1), 139–152. [PDF Version]

Tivey, M.K., K. Bemis, A.M. Bradley, D. Butterfield, J.R. Delaney, K. Ding, R.P. Dziak, C. Fisher, C.G. Fox, S. Hautala, D. Jackson, H.W. Jannasch, H.P. Johnson, C. Jones, S.K. Juniper, D.S. Kelley, D. Kadko, M. Lilley, R.E. McDuff, P. Rona, J. Sarrazin, A. Schultz, W.E. Seyfried, Jr., R.E. Thomson, C.G. Wheat, W.S.D. Wilcock, D. Wright, and D. Yoerger (2001): The RIDGE Endeavour Segment seafloor observatory: Recent successes and an overview of coordinated experiments for Y2K. RIDGE Events, 11(1), February 2001, 10–17.

Trefry, J.H., D.B. Butterfield, S. Metz, G.J. Massoth, R.P. Trocine, and R.A. Feely (1994): Trace metals in hydrothermal solutions from Cleft Segment on the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 99(B3), 4925–4936.

Tunnicliffe, V., R.W. Embley, J.F. Holden, D.A. Butterfield, G.J. Massoth, and S.K. Juniper (1997): Biological colonization of new hydrothermal vents following an eruption on Juan de Fuca Ridge. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I, 44(9–10), 1627–1644.

You, C.F., D.A. Butterfield, A.J. Spivack, J.M. Gieskes, T. Gamo, and A.J. Campbell (1994): Boron and halide systematics in submarine hydrothermal systems: Effects of phase separation and sedimentary contributions. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 123, 227–238.