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  1. The SCEC Community Rheology Model for the Southern California Lithosphere: Geological Framework, Ductile Flow Laws, and Preliminary Implications

    Article • Earth and Space Science, February 2026, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  2. Orientation of Microfeatures on Europa

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, November 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  3. The SCEC Community Rheology Model for the Southern California Lithosphere: Geological Framework, Ductile Flow Laws, and Preliminary Implications

    Article • May 2025, Wiley

    Laurent Montesi

  4. Thank You to Our 2024 Reviewers and Volunteers

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, March 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  5. Crack Development Inside and Around Lunar Lava Tubes

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, March 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  6. In Appreciation of Our 2023 Reviewers and Volunteers

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, May 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  7. Effects of Stress‐Driven Melt Segregation on Melt Orientation, Melt Connectivity and Anisotropic Permeability

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, March 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi, Dr Jessica M Warren

  8. Geometrical Relations Between Slab Dip and the Location of Volcanic Arcs and Back‐Arc Spreading Centers

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, August 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  9. An Object‐Oriented Bayesian Gravity Inversion Scheme for Inferring Density Anomalies in Planetary Interiors

    Article • Earth and Space Science, July 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  10. In Recognition of Our 2022 Peer Reviewers and Volunteers

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, May 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  11. In Recognition of Our 2021 Peer Reviewers

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, May 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  12. Corona structures as a window into volcano-tectonic activity on Venus: key insights and ways forward

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Laurent Montesi

  13. Barriers to Melt Ascent in the Lithosphere of Io With Applications to Heat Pipe Formation

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, March 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  14. Effective seismic wave velocities and attenuation in partially molten rocks

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, October 2021, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  15. Thank You to Our 2020 Peer Reviewers

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, April 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  16. The Growth of Europa's Icy Shell: Convection and Crystallization

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, April 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  17. Recommendations for Addressing Priority Io Science in the Next Decade

    Article • March 2021, American Astronomical Society

    Laurent Montesi

  18. The Science Case for Io Exploration

    Article • March 2021, American Astronomical Society

    Laurent Montesi

  19. The Venus Strategic Plan

    Article • March 2021, American Astronomical Society

    Laurent Montesi

  20. The scientific rationale for deployment of a long-lived geophysical network on the Moon

    Article • March 2021, American Astronomical Society

    Laurent Montesi

  21. Venus Corona and Tessera Explorer (VeCaTEx)

    Article • March 2021, American Astronomical Society

    Laurent Montesi

  22. Earthquake cycles and shear zones: interplay between earthquakes, aseismic fault slip, and bulk viscous deformation

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Laurent Montesi

  23. Melt Focusing Along Permeability Barriers at Subduction Zones and the Location of Volcanic Arcs

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, December 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  24. Widespread ongoing plume activity on Venus revealed by variations in the morphology of large coronae

    Article • October 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Laurent Montesi

  25. Corona structures driven by plume–lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus

    Article • Nature Geoscience, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laurent Montesi

  26. Effects of Heat‐Producing Elements on the Stability of Deep Mantle Thermochemical Piles

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, April 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  27. In Appreciation of Our 2019 Peer Reviewers

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, March 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  28. Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System (GEODES)

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Laurent Montesi

  29. Inferences of the lunar interior from a probabilistic gravity inversion approach

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Laurent Montesi

  30. Strength Variations of Southern California from Rheological and Geodynamical Approaches

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Laurent Montesi

  31. A Bayesian approach to infer interior mass anomalies from the gravity data of celestial bodies

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, December 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Laurent Montesi

  32. The dynamic life of an oceanic plate

    Article • Tectonophysics, June 2019, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  33. The Generation of Barriers to Melt Ascent in the Martian Lithosphere

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, January 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  34. The impact of a pressurized regional sea or global ocean on stresses on Enceladus

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, June 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  35. Evaluating geodynamic models for sub-slab anisotropy: Effects of olivine fabric type

    Article • Geosphere, March 2017, Geological Society of America

    Laurent Montesi

  36. MeltMigrator: A MATLAB-based software for modeling three-dimensional melt migration and crustal thickness variations at mid-ocean ridges following a rules-based approach

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, January 2017, Wiley

    Laurent Montesi

  37. Fault‐bound valley associated with the Rembrandt basin on Mercury

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  38. Along-strike variation in subducting plate velocity induced by along-strike variation in overriding plate structure: Insights from 3D numerical models

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, October 2016, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  39. Experimental evidence for melt partitioning between olivine and orthopyroxene in partially molten harzburgite

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, August 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  40. THE IMPORTANCE OF STRESSES FROM A PRESSURIZED REGIONAL SEA ON ENCELADUS

    Article • January 2016, Geological Society of America

    Laurent Montesi

  41. Estimates of olivine–basaltic melt electrical conductivity using a digital rock physics approach

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, December 2015, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  42. Slip-rate-dependent melt extraction at oceanic transform faults

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, February 2015, Wiley

    Laurent Montesi

  43. Coulomb stress transfer and modeled permanent vertical surface deformation from the August 2011, Mineral, Virginia, earthquake

    Article • January 2015, Geological Society of America

    Laurent Montesi

  44. Erratum to “Fabric development as the key for forming ductile shear zones and enabling plate tectonics” [J. Struct. Geol. 50 (2013) 254–266]

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, December 2014, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  45. Deflection of mantle flow beneath subducting slabs and the origin of subslab anisotropy

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  46. Three-dimensional flow in the subslab mantle

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, October 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  47. Strain weakening enables continental plate tectonics

    Article • Tectonophysics, September 2014, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  48. Formation of ridges on Europa above crystallizing water bodies inside the ice shell

    Article • Icarus, July 2014, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  49. Experimental quantification of permeability of partially molten mantle rock

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, February 2014, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  50. Hydration adjacent to a deeply subducting slab: The roles of nominally anhydrous minerals and migrating fluids

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, November 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  51. Solving the Mascon Mystery

    Article • Science, June 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Laurent Montesi

  52. The recent history of the Galapagos triple junction preserved on the Pacific plate

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, June 2013, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  53. Fabric development as the key for forming ductile shear zones and enabling plate tectonics

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  54. Geodynamic Models of Melt Generation and Extraction at Mid-Ocean Ridges

    Article • Oceanography, March 2012, The Oceanography Society

    Laurent Montesi

  55. Distributed deformation ahead of the Cocos-Nazca Rift at the Galapagos triple junction

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, November 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  56. Controls on melt migration and extraction at the ultraslow Southwest Indian Ridge 10°–16°E

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  57. Transient rifting north of the Galápagos Triple Junction

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, July 2011, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  58. Melt extraction pathways at segmented oceanic ridges: Application to the East Pacific Rise at the Siqueiros transform

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  59. Microtomography of Partially Molten Rocks: Three-Dimensional Melt Distribution in Mantle Peridotite

    Article • Science, April 2011, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Laurent Montesi

  60. Generation of permeability barriers during melt extraction at mid‐ocean ridges

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, December 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  61. Accommodation of lithospheric shortening on Mercury from altimetric profiles of ridges and lobate scarps measured during MESSENGER flybys 1 and 2

    Article • Icarus, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Steven A Hauck, Laurent Montesi

  62. New geophysical insight into the origin of the Denali volcanic gap

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Laurent Montesi

  63. Fault reactivation and selective abandonment in the oceanic lithosphere

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, August 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  64. Cracking of lithosphere north of the Galapagos triple junction

    Article • Geology, January 2008, Geological Society of America

    Laurent Montesi

  65. Mantle flow and melting underneath oblique and ultraslow mid-ocean ridges

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2007, Wiley

    Laurent Montesi

  66. A probabilistic damage model of stress‐induced permeability anisotropy during cataclastic flow

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  67. Spreading rate dependence of gravity anomalies along oceanic transform faults

    Article • Nature, July 2007, Nature

    Laurent Montesi

  68. A constitutive model for layer development in shear zones near the brittle‐ductile transition

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, April 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  69. Faulting and volcanism in the axial valley of the slow‐spreading center of the Mariana back arc basin from Wadatsumi side‐scan sonar images

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, May 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  70. Postseismic deformation and the strength of ductile shear zones

    Article • Earth Planets and Space, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laurent Montesi

  71. Controls of shear zone rheology and tectonic loading on postseismic creep

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  72. Clues to the lithospheric structure of Mars from wrinkle ridge sets and localization instability

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  73. Grain size evolution and the rheology of ductile shear zones: from laboratory experiments to postseismic creep

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, June 2003, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  74. Spacing of faults at the scale of the lithosphere and localization instability: 1. Theory

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  75. Spacing of faults at the scale of the lithosphere and localization instability: 2. Application to the Central Indian Basin

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  76. Effects of regional slope on viscous flows: a preliminary study of lava terrace emplacement at submarine volcanic rift zones

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, January 2003, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi

  77. A unified description of localization for application to large‐scale tectonics

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Laurent Montesi

  78. Effects of stress on the anisotropic development of permeability during mechanical compaction of porous sandstones

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2002, Geological Society

    Laurent Montesi

  79. Concentric dikes on the flanks of Pavonis Mons: Implications for the evolution of martian shield volcanoes and mantle plumes

    Article • January 2001, Geological Society of America

    Laurent Montesi

  80. Shear-enhanced compaction and permeability reduction: Triaxial extension tests on porous sandstone

    Article • Mechanics of Materials, April 1997, Elsevier

    Laurent Montesi