Bruce A. Buffett, Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and the College

Recent Papers

Davie, M.K. and B.A. Buffett, A steady-state model for marine hydrate formation: Constraints on methane supply from pore-water sulfate profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JB002300 (2003)

Mound, J.E. and B.A. Buffett, Interannual oscillations in length of day: Implications for the structure of the mantle and core, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JB002054 (2003)

Buffett, B.A., A comparison of subgrid-scale models for large-eddy simulations of convection in the Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int, 153, 753-765 (2003)

Zatsepina, O. and B.A. Buffett, Nucleation of gas hydrate in marine environments, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (9), doi: 10.1029/2002GL016802 (2003)

Buffett, B.A., The thermal state of Earth core, Science, 299, 1675-1677 (2003)

Davie, M.K. and B.A. Buffett, Sources of methane for marine gas hydrate: Inferences from a comparison of observations and numerical models, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 206, 5-63 (2003)

Buffett, B.A., Estimates of heat flow in the deep mantle based on the power requirements for the geodynamo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (12), doi:10.1029/2001GL014649 (2002)

Buffett, B.A. and J. Bloxham, Energetics of numerical geodynamo models, Geophys. J. Int., 149, 211-224 (2002)

Buffett, B.A., P.M. Mathews, and T.A. Herring, Modeling of nutation-precession: Effects of electromagnetic coupling, J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2000JB000056 (2002)

P.M. Mathews, T.A. Herring, and B.A. Buffett, Modeling of nutation-precession: New nutation series for nonrigid Earth and insights into the Earth’s interior, J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2001JB000390 (2002)

T.A. Herring, P.M. Mathews and B.A. Buffett, Modeling of nutation-precession: Very long baseline interferometry results, J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2001JB000165 (2002).

Zatsepina, O. and B.A. Buffett, Experimental study of the stability of CO2 hydrate, Fluid Phase Equil., 192, 85-102 (2001)

Buffett, B.A. and H.R. Wenk, Texturing of the Earth’s inner core by Maxwell stresses, Nature, 413, 60-63 (2001)

Davie, M.K. and B.A. Buffett, A numerical model for the formation of gas hydrate below the seafloor, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 497-514 (2001)

Buffett, B.A,  E.J. Garnero and R. Jeanloz, Sediments at the Top of Earth`s Core, Science, 288, 2007-2012 (2000).

Buffett, B.A. and J. Bloxham, Deformation of Earth`s Inner Core by Electromagnetic Forces, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 4001-4004 (2000).

Buffett, B.A. and G.A. Glatzmaier, Gravitational Braking of Inner-Core Rotation in Geodynamo Simulations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3125-3128 (2000).

Buffett, B.A., Earth`s Core and the Geodynamo, Science, 288, 2007-2012 (2000).

Buffett, B.A., Clathrate Hydrates, Annu. Rev.  Earth Planet. Sci., 28, 477-507 (2000).

Buffett, B.A. and O.Y. Zatsepina, Formation of gas hydrate from dissolved gas in natural  porous media, Mar. Geol., 164, 69-77 (2000).

Buffett, B.A., Dynamics of the Earth`s Core, in Earth`s Deep Interior: Mineral Physics and Tompgraphy from the Atomic to the Global Scale, Geophysical Monograph 117, 37-62, American Geophysical Union (2000).

Buffett, B.A. and O.Y. Zatsepina, Metastability of gas hydrate, Geophys. Res., 26, 2981-2984 (1999).

Buffett, B.A. and K.C. Creager, A comparison of geodetic and seismic estimates of inner-core rotation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1509-1512 (1999).

Buffett, B.A., Role reversal in geomagnetism, Nature, 401, 861-862  (1999).

Dumberry, M. and B.A. Buffett, On the validity of the geostrophic approximation for calculating changes in angular momentum in the core, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 112, 81-99, (1999).

Lister, J.R. and B.A. Buffett, Stratification of the Outer Core at the Core-Mantle Boundary, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 105, 5-19 (1998).

Zatsepina, O.Y and B.A. Buffett, Thermodynamic conditions for stability of gas hydrate in the seafloor, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24127-24139 (1998).

Buffett, B.A., Geodynamic Estimates of the Viscosity of the Earth`s Inner Core, Nature, 388, 571-573 (1997).

Zatsepina, O. and B. A. Buffett, Phase equilibrium of gas hydrate: Implications for the formation of hydrate in the deep sea floor, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1567-1570, (1997). 

Rempel, A. W. and B. A. Buffett, Formation and accumulation of gas hydrate in porous media, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 10151-10164, (1997). 

Buffett, B.A. Free oscillation in the length of day: Inferences on physical properties near the core-mantle boundary, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, Geodynamics Monograph 28, 153-165, American Geophysical Union (1997).

Buffett, B. A., A mechanism for decade fluctuations in the length of day, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3803-3806, (1996). 

Buffett, B. A., Gravitational oscillations in the length of day, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2279-2282, (1996). 

Buffett, B. A., Numerical solution of boundary-layer problems, Geophys. J. Int., 126, 291-295, (1996). 

Buffett, B.A., Effects of a heterogeneous mantle on the velocity and magnetic fields at the top of the core, Geophys. J. Int., 125, 303-317, (1996). 

Buffett, B.A, H.E. Huppert, J.R. Lister and A.W. Woods, On the thermal evolution of the Earth , J. Geophys. Res., 101, 7989-8006, (1996).