Selected Publications
Niu, Y., & C. M. Lesher, Hydrothermal alteration of mafic metavolcanic rocks and genesis of Fe-Zn-Cu sulfide deposits, Stone Hill district, Alabama, Economic Geology, 86, 983-1001, 1991.
Niu, Y., & R. Batiza, An empirical method for calculating melt compositions produced beneath mid-ocean ridges: Application for axis and off-axis (seamounts) melting, Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, 21,753-21,777, 1991.
Niu, Y., & R. Batiza, Chemical variation trends at fast and slow spreading ridges, Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 7887-7902, 1993.
Niu, Y., G. Waggoner, J. M. Sinton & J. J. Mahoney, Mantle source heterogeneity and melting processes beneath seafloor spreading centers: The East Pacific Rise 18° - 19°S, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 27,711-27,733, 1996.
Niu, Y., Mantle melting and melt extraction processes beneath ocean ridges: Evidence from abyssal peridotites, Journal of Petrology, 38, 1047-1074, 1997.
Niu, Y., & R. Hékinian, Spreading rate dependence of the extent of mantle melting beneath ocean ridges, Nature, 385, 326-329, 1997.
Niu, Y., & R. Batiza, Trace element evidence from seamounts for recycled oceanic crust in the eastern equatorial Pacific mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 148, 471-484, 1997.
Niu, Y., K. D. Collerson, R. Batiza, I. Wendt & M. Regelous, The origin of E-type MORB at ridges far from mantle plumes: The East Pacific Rise at 11°20'N, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 7067-7087, 1999.
Niu, Y., D. Bideau, R. Hékinian & R. Batiza, Mantle compositional control on the extent of melting, crust production, gravity anomaly, ridge morphology and ridge segmentation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 186, 383-399, 2001.
Niu, Y., M. Regelous, J. I. Wendt, R. Batiza & M. J. O'Hara, Geochemistry of near-EPR seamounts: Importance of source vs. process and the origin of enriched mantle component, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 199, 327-345, 2002.
Fang, N. & Y. Niu, Late Paleozoic ultramafic lavas in Yunnan, Southwest China and their geodynamic significance, Journal of Petrology, 44, 141-158, 2003
Niu, Y. & M. J. O'Hara, The origin of ocean island basalts (OIB): A new perspective from petrology, geochemistry and mineral physics considerations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 10.1029/2002JB002048, 2003.
Niu, Y., M. J. O'Hara & J. A. Pearce, Initiation of Subduction Zones as a Consequence of Lateral Compositional Buoyancy Contrast within the Lithosphere: A Petrologic Perspective, Journal of Petrology, 44, 851-866, 2003.
Niu, Y., The origin of the 43 Ma bend along the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain: Problem and solution (Chapter 4), In Oceanic Hotspots, edited by R. Hékinian & P. Stoffers, Springer-Verlag, New York, p. 121-133, 2004.
Niu, Y. & R. Hékinian, Ridge suction drives plume-ridge interactions (Chapter 9), In Oceanic Hotspots, edited by R. Hékinian & P. Stoffers, Springer-Verlag, New York, p. 257-279, 2004.
Niu, Y., Bulk-rock major and trace element compositions of abyssal peridotites: Surprises and implications for mantle melting, melt extraction and post-melting processes beneath ocean ridges, Journal of Petrology, 45, 2423-2458, 2004.
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