Selected Publications

Christensen, N.I. (1965), Compressional wave velocities in metamorphic rocks at pressures to 10 kilobars, J. Geophys. Res., 70, 6147-6164. PDF

Christensen, N.I., and M.H. Salisbury (1975), Structure and constitution of the lower oceanic crust, Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., 13, 57-86. PDF

Christensen, N.I. (1984), The magnitude, symmetry and origin of upper mantle anisotropy based on fabric analyses of ultramafic tectonites,Geophys. J.R. Astr. Soc., 76, 89-111. PDF

Christensen, N.I., and W.D. Mooney (1995), Seismic velocity structure and composition of the continental crust: A global view, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 9761-9788. PDF

Christensen, N. I. (1996), Poisson's ratio and crustal seismology, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3139-3156. PDF

Christensen, N. I. (2004), Serpentinites, peridotites, and seismology, International Geology Review, vol. 46, 795-816. PDF

Peacock, S. M., N. I. Christensen, M. G. Bostock, and P. Audet (2011), High pore pressures and porosity at 35 km depth in the Cascadia subduction zone, Geology, 470-474, doi: 10.1130/G31649.1. PDF

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