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  1. The Influence of Water on the Strength of Olivine Dislocation Slip Systems

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, July 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor John Wheeler

  2. High‐resolution mapping of yield curve shape and evolution for high porosity sandstone

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, May 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor John Wheeler

  3. High-Resolution Mapping of Yield Curve Shape and Evolution for Porous Rock: The Effect of Inelastic Compaction on Porous Bassanite

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, February 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor John Wheeler

  4. The effects of stress on reactions in the Earth: Sometimes rather mean, usually normal, always important

    Article • Journal of Metamorphic Geology, January 2018, Wiley

    Professor John Wheeler

  5. Crystal plasticity as an indicator of the viscous-brittle transition in magmas

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Wheeler

  6. Quantifying the anisotropy and tortuosity of permeable pathways in clay-rich mudstones using models based on X-ray tomography

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2017, Nature

    Dr Martin Rittner, Professor John Wheeler

  7. Non-basal dislocations should be accounted for in simulating ice mass flow

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, September 2017, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  8. A 4D view on the evolution of metamorphic dehydration reactions

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Wheeler

  9. Preserved organic matter in a fossil Ocean Continent Transition in the Alps: the example of Totalp, SE Switzerland

    Article • Swiss Journal of Geosciences, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Wheeler

  10. Permeability control on transient slip weakening during gypsum dehydration: Implications for earthquakes in subduction zones

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  11. Dramatic effects of stress on metamorphic reactions: REPLY

    Article • Geology, October 2015, Geological Society of America

    Professor John Wheeler

  12. Planar microstructures in zircon from paleo-seismic zones

    Article • American Mineralogist, August 2015, GeoScienceWorld

    Professor John Wheeler

  13. Effect of local stress heterogeneities on dislocation fields: Examples from transient creep in polycrystalline ice

    Article • Acta Materialia, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  14. Temperature–time evolution of the Assynt Terrane of the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of Northwest Scotland from zircon U-Pb dating and Ti thermometry

    Article • Precambrian Research, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  15. Dramatic effects of stress on metamorphic reactions: REPLY

    Article • Geology, January 2015, Geological Society of America

    Professor John Wheeler

  16. Microstructural and Metamorphic Constraints on the Thermal Evolution of the Southern Region of the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, NW Scotland

    Article • Journal of Petrology, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor John Wheeler

  17. Dramatic effects of stress on metamorphic reactions

    Article • Geology, August 2014, Geological Society of America

    Professor John Wheeler

  18. Characterizing deformed ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline materials using transmission Kikuchi diffraction in a scanning electron microscope

    Article • Acta Materialia, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  19. Lattice distortion in a zircon population and its effects on trace element mobility and U–Th–Pb isotope systematics: examples from the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, northwest Scotland

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Wheeler

  20. Thoughts on Superplasticity in General and on its Role in Earth Deformation

    Article • Materials Science Forum, December 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor John Wheeler

  21. Fabrics produced mimetically during static metamorphism in retrogressed eclogites from the Zermatt-Saas zone, Western Italian Alps

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  22. Modelling Interface Diffusion Creep: Single Phase Insights and Two Phase Challenges

    Article • Materials Science Forum, April 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor John Wheeler

  23. Quantitative Analysis of EBSD Data in Rocks and other Crystalline Materials: Investigation of Strain Induced Recrystallisation and Growth of New Phases

    Article • Materials Science Forum, April 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor John Wheeler

  24. The Weighted Burgers Vector: A Quantity for Constraining Dislocation Densities and Types Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction on 2D Sections through Crystalline Materials

    Article • Materials Science Forum, April 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor John Wheeler

  25. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis to determine the mechanisms that operated during dynamic recrystallisation of quartz-rich rocks

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  26. Metamorphic reaction rate controlled by fluid pressure not confining pressure: implications of dehydration experiments with gypsum

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Wheeler

  27. Time-lapse misorientation maps for the analysis of electron backscatter diffraction data from evolving microstructures

    Article • Scripta Materialia, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  28. Relative strength of mafic and felsic rocks during amphibolite facies metamorphism and deformation

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  29. Earliest rock fabric formed in the Solar System preserved in a chondrule rim

    Article • Nature Geoscience, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Wheeler

  30. Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) Analysis of Bassanite Transformation Textures and Crystal Structure Produced from Experimentally Deformed and Dehydrated Gypsum

    Article • Journal of Petrology, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor John Wheeler

  31. Anisotropic rheology during grain boundary diffusion creep and its relation to grain rotation, grain boundary sliding and superplasticity

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Wheeler

  32. Modelling grain-recycling zoning during metamorphism

    Article • Journal of Metamorphic Geology, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor John Wheeler

  33. The Laxford Shear Zone: an end-Archaean terrane boundary?

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2010, Geological Society

    Professor John Wheeler

  34. The Lewisian Complex: insights into deep crustal evolution

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2010, Geological Society

    Professor John Wheeler

  35. The preservation of seismic anisotropy in the Earth's mantle during diffusion creep

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, September 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor John Wheeler

  36. Microstructure Evolution During Creep and Annealing of Minerals and Rocks

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, July 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor John Wheeler

  37. Microstructure evolution and recrystallization during creep of MgO single crystals

    Article • Acta Materialia, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  38. The weighted Burgers vector: a new quantity for constraining dislocation densities and types using electron backscatter diffraction on 2D sections through crystalline materials

    Article • Journal of Microscopy, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor John Wheeler

  39. A major high-strain zone in the Lewisian Complex in the Loch Torridon area, NW Scotland: insights into deep crustal deformation

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2007, Geological Society

    Professor John Wheeler

  40. Analysis of dynamic recrystallization and nucleation in a quartzite mylonite

    Article • Tectonophysics, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  41. Diffusion-creep modelling of fibrous pressure-shadows

    Article • Tectonophysics, October 2006, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler

  42. Eclogite-facies polyphase deformation of the Drøsdal eclogite, Western Gneiss Complex, Norway, and implications for exhumation

    Article • Tectonophysics, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor John Wheeler