Prof. Bramley Murton

Biography

Geological and geochemical research into the evolution of oceanic crust, its interaction with the oceans and the formation of mineral deposits.

As Professor of Marine Geology, I lead the NOC Marine Mineral Research team. My expertise is in oceanic crust and the formation of mineral deposits including volcanic and tectonic processes, hydrothermal circulation and metalliferous mineralisation. I use and develop a combination of technologies including remote and autonomous underwater vehicles, sea-floor geophysics, geology, petrology and geochemistry to investigate sub-oceanic mantle melting, volcanic activity and the formation and fate of sea-floor mineral deposits.

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Committee Memberships

InterRidge: Working Gp on Sea-floor minerals

UK-gov (BEIS): Sea-floor Mining Working Group 

UK-gov (DIT): Sea-floor Mining Stakeholders Group

Projects

I currently lead a NERC Highlight Topic on the formation of sea-floor massive sulphide under ultramafic rocks (Project ULTRA); and have over a decade of experience as principal investigator on EU and UK funded project on sea-floor minerals (e.g.: Blue Mining; MarineE-tech). These projects all seek to close the gap between the demand and supply of scarce metals that are critical for the energy transition to enable a net-zero carbon future.

Roles Provided

Geological, geophysical and geochemical research into the evolution of oceanic crust, its interaction with the oceans, and the formation of sea-floor mineral deposits.

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Publications

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2025

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Sinnesael, Matthias ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0354-8250; Karatsolis, Boris-Theofanis; Pearson, Paul N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4628-9818; Briais, Anne; Hemming, Sidney R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-2303; LeVay, Leah J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3031-7079; Dunkley Jones, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-8143; Cui, Ying ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-4369; Di Chiara, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9106-9796; Dodd, Justin P.; Dwyer, Deepa; Eason, Deborah E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0563-450X; Friedman, Sarah A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-6299; Hanson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-7269; Hochmuth, Katharina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2789-2179; Ibrahim, Halima E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0067-5202; Jasper, Claire E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4630-3552; Lee-Takeda, Saran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0515-3653; LeBlanc, Danielle E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0185-2398; Lindsay, Melody R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-6831; McNamara, David D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9789-2436; Modestou, Sevasti E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9820-5551; Morris, Margaret A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2399-6552; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; OConnell, Suzanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-6219; Pasquet, Gabriel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-728X; Qian, Sheng-Ping; Rosenthal, Yair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7546-6011; Satolli, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9848-9745; Suzuki, Takuma; Thulasi, Thena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9304-8665; Wade, Bridget S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7245-8614; White, Nicholas J.; Wu, Tao; Yang, Alexandra Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5729-1588; Parnell-Turner, Ross E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0641-3634. 2025 Onset of strong Iceland-Scotland overflow water 3.6 million years ago. Nature Communications, 16 (1). 10.1038/s41467-025-59265-5

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2025

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2025

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Martin, Andrew J.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; MacLeod, Christopher J.; Jamieson, John W.; Yeo, Isobel I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3446; Petersen, Sven; McFall, Katie A.; Allerton, Simon; Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Bishop, Christian; Figueroa, Acer Jian; Lai, Szu-Ying. 2024 Deep-sea drilling of the 13°30′ N oceanic core complex: Assessing links between fluid flow, metal enrichment and seafloor massive sulfide deposit formation near Semenov-1. Lithos, 494-495, 107921. 1, pp. 10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107921

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2024

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Ferraz, Alexandre Henrique; Millo, Christian; Giannini, Paulo César Fonseca; Felipe, Thales Chamarelli; Pestilho, André Luiz Silva; Monteiro, Lena Virgínia Soares; Ulsen, Carina; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Jovane, Luigi. 2024 First geological survey and characterisation of a giant depression in carbonate strata at the Rio Grande Rise (southwestern Atlantic). Geomorphology, 465, 109406. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109406

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2024

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Milinovic, Jelena; Santos, Patrícia; Sant’Ovaia, Helena; Futuro, Aurora; Pereira, Carlos M.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Flores, Deolinda; Azenha, Manuel. 2024 Multivariate analysis applied to X-ray fluorescence to assess soil contamination pathways: case studies of mass magnetic susceptibility in soils near abandoned coal and W/Sn mines. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 46 (6). 10.1007/s10653-024-01988-3

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2024

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Srivastava, Priyeshu; J. Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Sant’Anna, Lucy Gomes; Florindo, Fabio; Hassan, Muhammad Bin; Taciro Mandacaru Guerra, Julia; de Assis Janasi, Valdecir; Jovane, Luigi. 2023 Red clays indicate sub-aerial exposure of the Rio Grande Rise during the Eocene volcanic episode. Scientific Reports, 13 (1). 10.1038/s41598-023-46273-y

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2023

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2023

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Dutrieux, Adeline Marie; Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Barriga, Fernando J. A. S.; Martins, Sofia; Milinovic, Jelena; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2023 Metal preservation and mobilization in sediments at the TAG hydrothermal field, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24 (6). 10.1029/2023GC010879

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2023

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Corrêa, Paulo Vinicius Ferraz; Jovane, Luigi; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Sumida, Paulo Yukio Gomes. 2022 Benthic megafauna habitats, community structure and environmental drivers at Rio Grande Rise (SW Atlantic). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 186, 103811. 10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103811

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2022

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Bergo, Natascha Menezes; Torres-Ballesteros, Adriana; Signori, Camila Negrão; Benites, Mariana; Jovane, Luigi; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; da Rocha, Ulisses Nunes; Pellizari, Vivian Helena. 2022 Spatial patterns of microbial diversity in Fe-Mn deposits and associated sediments in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Science of The Total Environment, 837, 155792. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155792

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2022

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Millo, Christian; Vieira do Nascimento e Silva, Matheus H.; de Mello, Renata Moura; Leckie, R. Mark; Benites, Mariana; Fonseca Giannini, Paulo C.; Boggiani, Paulo C.; Bosence, Dan; Lusty, Paul A.J.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Jovane, Luigi. 2022 Discovery of enigmatic toroidal carbonate concretions on the Rio Grande Rise (Southwestern Atlantic Ocean). Marine Geology, 443, 106665. 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106665

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2022

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Josso, Pierre; Lusty, Paul; Chenery, Simon; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2021 Controls on metal enrichment in ferromanganese crusts: temporal changes in oceanic metal flux or phosphatisation? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 308. 60-74. 10.1016/j.gca.2021.06.002

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2021

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Ortiz Kfouri, Luciana; Millo, Christian; Estela de Lima, Amanda; Silveira, Carla Semiramis; Sant’Anna, Lucy Gomes; Marino, Egidio; González, Francisco J.; Sayeg, Isaac Jamil; Hein, James R.; Jovane, Luigi; Bernardini, Simone; Lusty, Paul A.J.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2021 Growth of ferromanganese crusts on bioturbated soft substrate, Tropic Seamount, northeast Atlantic ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 175, 103586. 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103586

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2021

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Zeng, Zhigang; Li, Xiaohui; Chen, Shuai; de Jong, Jeroen; Mattielli, Nadine; Qi, Haiyan; Pearce, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-2341; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2021 Iron, copper, and zinc isotopic fractionation in seafloor basalts and hydrothermal sulfides. Marine Geology, 436, 106491. 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106491

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2021

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Milinovic, Jelena; Rodrigues, Francisco J. L.; Barriga, Fernando J. A. S.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2021 Ocean-floor sediments as a resource of rare earth elements: an overview of recently studied sites. Minerals, 11 (2), 142. 10.3390/min11020142

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2021

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Bergo, Natascha Menezes; Bendia, Amanda Gonçalves; Ferreira, Juliana Correa Neiva; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Brandini, Frederico Pereira; Pellizari, Vivian Helena. 2021 Microbial diversity of deep-sea ferromanganese crust field in the Rio Grande Rise, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Microbial Ecology. 10.1007/s00248-020-01670-y

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2021

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Josso, Pierre; Van Peer, Tim; Horstwood, Matthew S.A.; Lusty, Paul; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2021 Geochemical evidence of Milankovitch cycles in Atlantic Ocean ferromanganese crusts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 553, 116651. 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116651

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2021

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Van Dover, C.L.; Colaço, A.; Collins, P.C.; Croot, P.; Metaxas, A.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Swaddling, A.; Boschen-Rose, R.E.; Carlsson, J.; Cuyvers, L.; Fukushima, T.; Gartman, A.; Kennedy, R.; Kriete, C.; Mestre, N.C.; Molodtsova, T.; Myhrvold, A.; Pelleter, E.; Popoola, S.O.; Qian, P.-Y.; Sarrazin, J.; Sharma, R.; Suh, Y.J.; Sylvan, J.B.; Tao, C.; Tomczak, M.; Vermilye, J.. 2020 Research is needed to inform environmental management of hydrothermally inactive and extinct polymetallic sulfide (PMS) deposits. Marine Policy, 121, 104183. 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104183

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2020

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Josso, P.; Horstwood, M.S.A.; Millar, I.L.; Pashley, V.; Lusty, P.A.J.; Murton, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2020 Development of a correlated Fe‐Mn Crust stratigraphy using Pb and Nd isotopes and its application to paleoceanographic reconstruction in the Atlantic. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35 (10), e2020PA003928. 10.1029/2020PA003928

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2020

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Spearman, Jeremy; Taylor, Jonathan; Crossouard, Neil; Cooper, Alan; Turnbull, Michael; Manning, Andrew; Lee, Mark; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2020 Measurement and modelling of deep sea sediment plumes and implications for deep sea mining. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 5075. 10.1038/s41598-020-61837-y

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2020

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Zeng, Zhigang; Wang, Xiaoyuan; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Qi, Haiyan; Lehrmann, Berit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0004-7479-5780; Li, Xiaohui; Chen, Zuxing; Shu, Yunchao. 2020 Dispersion and intersection of hydrothermal plumes in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Western Pacific. Geofluids, 2020, 4260806. 1-18. 10.1155/2020/4260806

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2020

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Novella, Davide; Maclennan, John; Shorttle, Oliver; Prytulak, Julie; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2020 A multi-proxy investigation of mantle oxygen fugacity along the Reykjanes Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, 115973. 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115973

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2020

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2020

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Josso, Pierre; Parkinson, Ian; Horstwood, Matthew; Lusty, Paul; Chenery, Simon; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2019 Improving confidence in ferromanganese crust age models: a composite geochemical approach. Chemical Geology, 513. 108-119. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.03.003

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2019

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Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Lehrmann, Berit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0004-7479-5780; Dutrieux, Adeline M.; Martins, Sofia; de la Iglesia, Alba Gil; Stobbs, Iain J.; Barriga, Fernando J.A.S.; Bialas, Jörg; Dannowski, Anke; Vardy, Mark E.; North, Laurence J.; Yeo, Isobel A.L.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3446; Lusty, Paul A.J.; Petersen, Sven. 2019 Geological fate of seafloor massive sulphides at the TAG hydrothermal field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Ore Geology Reviews, 107. 903-925. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.03.005

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2019

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2019

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Jovane, Luigi; Hein, James R.; Yeo, Isobel A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3446; Benites, Mariana; Bergo, Natascha M.; Corrêa, Paulo V. F.; Couto, Daniel M.; Guimarães, Ayrton D.; Howarth, Sarah A.; Miguel, Henrique R.; Mizell, Kira L.; Moura, Denise S.; Vicentini Neto, Francisco L.; Pompeu, Mayza; Rodrigues, Ianco M. M.; Santana, Frederico R.; Serrao, Pedro F.; Silva, Tomas E.; Tura, Pedro M.; Viscarra, Carolina L.; Chuqui, Mateus G.; Pellizari, Vivian H.; Signori, Camila N.; Da Silveira, Ilson C. A.; Sumida, Paulo Y. G.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Brandini, Frederico P.. 2019 Multidisciplinary scientific cruise to the Rio Grande Rise. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00252

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2019

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Ramiro-Sánchez, Berta; González-Irusta, José Manuel; Henry, Lea-Anne; Cleland, Jason; Yeo, Isobel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3446; Xavier, Joana R.; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Sampaio, Íris; Spearman, Jeremy; Victorero-Gonzalez, Lisette; Messing, Charles G.; Kazanidis, Georgios; Roberts, J. Murray; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2019 Characterization and mapping of a deep-sea sponge ground on the Tropic Seamount (Northeast Tropical Atlantic): Implications for spatial management in the high seas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00278

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2019

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Yeo, I.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3446; Howarth, S.A.; Spearman, J.; Cooper, A.; Crossouard, N.; Taylor, J.; Turnbull, M.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2019 Distribution of and hydrographic controls on ferromanganese crusts: Tropic Seamount, Atlantic. Ore Geology Reviews, 114. 103131. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103131

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2019

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Szitkar, Florent; Dyment, Jérôme; Petersen, Sven; Bialas, Jörg; Klischies, Meike; Graber, Sebastian; Klaeschen, Dirk; Yeo, Isobel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3446; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2019 Detachment tectonics at Mid-Atlantic Ridge 26°N. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). 10.1038/s41598-019-47974-z

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2019

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Dabrowska, Alicja; Kamennaya, Nina A.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Zubkov, Mikhail V.. 2019 Impact of ferromanganese ore pollution on phytoplankton CO2 fixation in the surface ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 146. 1002-1006. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.07.062

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2019

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Canonico, Gabrielle; Buttigieg, Pier Luigi; Montes, Enrique; Muller-Karger, Frank E.; Stepien, Carol; Wright, Dawn; Benson, Abigail; Helmuth, Brian; Costello, Mark; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Saeedi, Hanieh; Newton, Jan; Appeltans, Ward; Bednaršek, Nina; Bodrossy, Levente; Best, Benjamin D.; Brandt, Angelika; Goodwin, Kelly D.; Iken, Katrin; Marques, Antonio C.; Miloslavich, Patricia; Ostrowski, Martin; Turner, Woody; Achterberg, Eric P.; Barry, Tom; Defeo, Omar; Bigatti, Gregorio; Henry, Lea-Anne; Ramiro-Sánchez, Berta; Durán, Pablo; Morato, Telmo; Roberts, J. Murray; García-Alegre, Ana; Cuadrado, Mar Sacau; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2019 Global observational needs and resources for marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00367

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2019

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Gehrmann, R. A. S.; North, L. J.; Graber, S.; Szitkar, F.; Petersen, S.; Minshull, T. A.; Murton, B. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2019 Marine mineral exploration with controlled source electromagnetics at the TAG Hydrothermal Field, 26°N Mid‐Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (11). 5808-5816. 10.1029/2019GL082928

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2019

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2018

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Benites, Mariana; Millo, Christian; Hein, James; Nath, Bejugam; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Galante, Douglas; Jovane, Luigi. 2018 Integrated geochemical and morphological data provide insights into the genesis of ferromanganese nodules. Minerals, 8 (11). 488. 10.3390/min8110488

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2018

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Dumke, Ines; Ludvigsen, Martin; Ellefmo, Steinar L.; Soreide, Fredrik; Johnsen, Geir; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2018 Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging Using a Stationary Platform in the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse Hydrothermal Field. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57 (5). 2947-2962. 10.1109/TGRS.2018.2878923

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2018

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Haroon, Amir; Hölz, Sebastian; Gehrmann, Romina A S; Attias, Eric; Jegen, Marion; Minshull, Timothy A; Murton, Bramley J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2018 Marine dipole–dipole controlled source electromagnetic and coincident-loop transient electromagnetic experiments to detect seafloor massive sulphides: effects of three-dimensional bathymetry. Geophysical Journal International, 215 (3). 2156-2171. 10.1093/gji/ggy398

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2018

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2018

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2018

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2018

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2018

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Parnell-Turner, Ross; White, Nicky; Henstock, Timothy J.; Jones, Stephen M.; Maclennan, John; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2017 Causes and consequences of diachronous V-shaped ridges in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122 (11). 8675-8708. 10.1002/2017JB014225

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2017

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Webber, Alexander P.; Roberts, Stephen; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Mills, Rachel A.; Hodgkinson, Matthew R.S.. 2017 The formation of gold-rich seafloor sulfide deposits: Evidence from the Beebe Hydrothermal Vent Field, Cayman Trough. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18 (6). 2011-2027. 10.1002/2017GC006922

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2017

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Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Rona, Peter A.. 2015 Carlsberg Ridge and Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Comparison of slow spreading centre analogues. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 121. 74-81. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.04.021

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2015

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Parnell-Turner, Ross; White, Nicholas J.; McCave, I. Nick; Henstock, Timothy J.; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Jones, Stephen M.. 2015 Architecture of North Atlantic contourite drifts modified by transient circulation of the Icelandic mantle plume. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16 (10). 3414-3435. 10.1002/2015GC005947

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2015

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Shorttle, Oliver; Moussallam, Yves; Hartley, Margaret; Maclennan, John; Edmonds, Marie; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2015 Fe-XANES analyses of Reykjanes Ridge basalts: implications for oceanic crust’s role in the solid Earth oxygen cycle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427. 272-285. 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.017

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2015

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Hodgkinson, Matthew; Webber, Alexander; Roberts, Stephen; Mills, Rachel A.; Connelly, Douglas P.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2015 Talc-dominated seafloor deposits reveal a new class of hydrothermal system. Nature Communications, 6. 10150. 10.1038/ncomms10150

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2015

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Webber, Alexander P.; Roberts, Stephen; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Hodgkinson, Matthew R.S.. 2015 Geology, sulfide geochemistry and supercritical venting at the Beebe Hydrothermal Vent Field, Cayman Trough. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16 (8). 2661-2678. 10.1002/2015GC005879

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2015

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Parnell-Turner, Ross; White, Nicky; Henstock, Tim; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Maclennan, John; Jones, Stephen M.. 2014 A continuous 55-million-year record of transient mantle plume activity beneath Iceland. Nature Geoscience, 7 (12). 914-919. 10.1038/ngeo2281

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2014

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Wynn, Russell B.; Huvenne, Veerle A.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; Le Bas, Timothy P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-782X; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Connelly, Douglas P.; Bett, Brian J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-9361; Ruhl, Henry A.; Morris, Kirsty J.; Peakall, Jeffrey; Parsons, Daniel R.; Sumner, Esther J.; Darby, Stephen E.; Dorrell, Robert M.; Hunt, James E.. 2014 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience. Marine Geology, 352. 451-468. 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.03.012

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2014

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Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2014 Using technology to explore potential resources. Sea Technology, 55 (6). p7.

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2014

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Webb, Sharon L.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Wheeler, Andrew J.. 2014 Rheology and the Fe3+–chlorine reaction in basaltic melts. Chemical Geology, 366. 24-31. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.12.006

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2014

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Jones, S.M.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Fitton, J.G.; White, N.J.; Maclennan, J.; Walters, R.L.. 2014 A joint geochemical–geophysical record of time-dependent mantle convection south of Iceland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 386. 86-97. 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.029

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2014

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Wheeler, A.J.; Murton, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Copley, J.; Lim, A.; Carlsson, J.; Collins, P.; Dorschel, B.; Green, D.; Judge, M.; Nye, V.; Benzie, J.; Antoniacomi, A.; Coughlan, M.; Morris, K.. 2013 Moytirra: Discovery of the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14 (10). 4170-4184. 10.1002/ggge.20243

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2013

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2013

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Wilson, S.C.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Taylor, R.N.. 2013 Mantle composition controls the development of an Oceanic Core Complex. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 979-995. 10.1002/ggge.20046

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2013

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Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2013 Seafloor mining: the future or just another pipe dream? Underwater Technology: The International Journal of the Society for Underwater, 31 (2). 53-54. 10.3723/ut.31.053

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2013

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Parnell-Turner, R.E.; White, N.J.; Maclennan, J.; Henstock, T.J.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Jones, S.M.. 2013 Crustal manifestations of a hot transient pulse at 60°N beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 363. 109-120. 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.030

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2013

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Connelly, Douglas P.; Copley, Jonathan T.P.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Stansfield, Kate; Tyler, Paul A.; German, Christopher R.; Van Dover, Cindy L.; Amon, Diva; Furlong, Maaten; Grindlay, Nancy; Hayman, Nicholas; Hühnerbach, Veit; Judge, Maria; Le Bas, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-782X; McPhail, Stephen; Meier, Alexandra; Nakamura, Ko-ichi; Nye, Verity; Pebody, Miles; Pedersen, Rolf B.; Plouviez, Sophie; Sands, Carla; Searle, Roger C.; Stevenson, Peter; Taws, Sarah; Wilcox, Sally. 2012 Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre. Nature Communications, 3. 620. 10.1038/ncomms1636

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2012

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Morris, Kirsty; Tyler, Paul A.; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Rogers, Alex D.. 2012 Lower bathyal and abyssal distribution of coral in the axial volcanic ridge of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 45°N. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 62. 32-39. 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.11.009

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2012

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Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Huhnerbach, Veit; Garrard, Jo. 2012 HyBIS: a new concept in versatile, 6000-m rated robotic underwater vehicles. In: Roberts, G.N.; Sutton, R., (eds.) Further Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicles. Stevenage, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 45-67, 459pp. (IET Control Engineering Series, 77).

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2012

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Book section

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Yeo, Isobel; Searle, Roger C.; Achenbach, Kay L.; Le Bas, Tim P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-782X; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2012 Eruptive hummocks: Building blocks of the upper ocean crust. Geology, 40 (1). 91-94. 10.1130/G31892.1

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2012

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Evans, A.J.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2012 The State of seafloor massive sulphide exploration in 2012: Position Paper. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 7pp. (Unpublished)

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2012

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Monograph

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Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Huhnerbach, Veit; Garrard, Jo. 2012 Exploring ultradeep hydrothermal vents in the Cayman Trough by ROV. Sea Technology, 53 (9). 9-15.

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2012

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Copley, Jon; Nye, Verity; Connelly, Douglas P.; Murton, Bramley J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Stansfield, K.; Tyler, Paul A.. 2011 Biology of newly discovered hydrothermal vent fields on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre. In: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Aberdeen, 16-30 Sep 2011. (Unpublished)

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2011

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Conference item

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2011

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Murton, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Copley, J.; Connelly, D.; et al, .. 2011 Hydrothermal vents at 5000m on the Mid-Cayman Rise: where basement lithology and depth of venting controls sulphide deposit composition. In: OCEANS 2011 MTS/IEEE KONA Conference & Exhibition. Richardson, MTS/IEEE, 4pp.

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2011

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Book section

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Searle, R.C.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Achenbach, K.; LeBas, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-782X; Tivey, M.; Yeo, I.; Cormier, M.H.; Carlut, J.; Ferreira, P.; Mallows, C.; Morris, K.; Schroth, N.; van Calsteren, P.; Waters, C.. 2010 Structure and development of an axial volcanic ridge: Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 45°N. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 299 (1-2). 228-241. 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.003

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2010

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Ding, Feng; Spiess, Volkhard; Fekete, Noemi; Murton, Bramley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Brüning, Markus; Bohrmann, Gerhard. 2010 Interaction between accretionary thrust faulting and slope sedimentation at the frontal Makran accretionary prism and its implications for hydrocarbon fluid seepage. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115 (B8). B08106. 10.1029/2008JB006246

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2010

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Article

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MacLeod, C.J.; Searle, R.C.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Casey, J.F.; Mallows, C.; Unsworth, S.C.; Achenbach, K.L.; Harris, M.. 2009 Life cycle of oceanic core complexes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 287 (3-4). 333-344. 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.016

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2009

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Barry, P.H.; Hilton, D.R.; Sano, Y.; Takahata, N.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Furi, E.; Hemond, C.; Dyment, J.. 2009 Nitrogen isotopes and plume-ridge interaction: The Central Indian Ridge and the Reykjanes Ridge (abstract of paper presented at: 19th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21-26 June 2009). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (13, Supplement). pA93.

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2009

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Article

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2009

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Article

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Dean, S.M.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Minshull, T.A.; Henstock, T.J.; White, R.S.. 2009 An integrated kinematic and geochemical model to determine lithospheric extension and mantle temperature from syn-rift volcanic compositions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278 (1-2). 26-39. 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.012

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2009

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Article

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German, C.R.; Bennett, S.A.; Connelly, D.P.; Evans, A.J.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Parson, L.M.; Prien, R.D.; Ramirez-Llodra, E.; Jakuba, M.; Shank, T.M.; Yoerger, D.R.; Baker, E.T.; Walker, S.L.; Nakamura, K.. 2008 Hydrothermal activity on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Tectonically- and volcanically-controlled venting at 4–5°S. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 273 (3-4). 332-344. 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.048

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2008

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2007

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2006

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Thirlwall, M.F.; Gee, M.A.M.; Lowry, D.; Mattey, D.P.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Taylor, R.N.. 2006 Low δ18O in the Icelandic mantle and its origins: evidence from Reykjanes Ridge and Icelandic lavas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (4). 993-1019. 10.1016/j.gca.2005.09.008

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2006

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Tindle, A.G.; Milton, J.A.; Sauter, D.. 2005 Heterogeneity in southern Central Indian Ridge MORB: Implications for ridge-hot spot interaction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 6. Q03E20. 10.1029/2004GC000798

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2005

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Thirlwall, M.F.; Gee, M.A.M.; Taylor, R.N.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2004 Mantle components in Iceland and adjacent ridges investigated using double-spike Pb isotope ratios. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (2). 361-386. 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00424-1

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2004

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2004

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Parson, L.M.; Hunter, P.M.; Miles, P.R.. 2004 Evaluation of the non-living resources of the continental shelf beyond the 200-mile limit of the world's margins. In: International Seabed Authority, (ed.) Minerals other than polymetallic nodules of the International Seabed Area, Vol. II. Proceedings of a Workshop held 26-30 June 2000, Kingston, Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica, International Seabed Authority, 667-761.

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2004

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Book section

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2003

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2003

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Ferreira, P.L.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Munha, J.. 2002 Small scale geochemical variability in the basalts from the Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Field. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (15A). p.A765.

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2002

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2002

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Font, L.; Murton, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Roberts, S.; Tindle, A.. 2002 Melt and source diversity under the ultra low spreading Southwest Indian Ridge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (15A). p.A239.

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2002

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2002

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Taylor, R.N.; Thirlwall, M.F.. 2002 Plume-ridge interaction: a geochemical perspective from the Reykjanes Ridge. Journal of Petrology, 43 (11). 1987-2012.

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2002

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German, C.R.; Connelly, D.P.; Evans, A.J.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Curewitz, D.; Okino, K.; Statham, P.J.; Parson, L.M.. 2001 Hydrothermal activity along the central Indian Ridge: ridges, hotspots and philately. EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 82 (47, Supplement). p.F663.

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2001

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Murton, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2001 Huge underwater lava lake found. NERC News, Autumn 2001. 12-13.

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2001

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Ferreira, P.; Monteiro, J.H.. 2001 Volcanism and hydrothermal venting of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: evolution of explosive seamount volcanism: evidence from 37 degrees N on the mid-atlantic ridge. In: Geological Processes on Deep-Water European Margins: International Conference and Ninth Post-Cruise Meeting of the Training-Through-Research Programme, devoted to the 10th Anniversary, Moscow-Mozhenka, Russia, 28 January-2 February 2001. Paris, France, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 70-71. (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Workshop Report, 175).

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2001

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Parson, L.M.; Hunter, P.; Miles, P.. 2001 Global Non-Living Resources on the Extended Continental Shelf: Prospects at the year 2000. Report to the International Seabed Authority, United Nations. Kingston, Jamaica, International Seabed Authority, 65pp. (International Seabed Authority Technical Study 1)

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2001

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Monograph

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Parson, L.; Murton, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Sauter, D.; Curewitz, D.; Okino, K.; German, C.; Leven, J.. 2001 Volcanic/tectonic characteristics of first and second order segments and ridge discontinuities under the hot-spot influence TOBI imagery from the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) adjacent to the Rodriguez system. EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 82 (47, Supplement). p.F1169.

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2001

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Peate, D.W.; Hawkesworth, C.J.; Van Calsteren, P.W.; Taylor, R.N.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 2001 238U-230Th constraints on mantle upwelling and plume-ridge interaction along the Reykjanes Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 187 (3/4). 259-272. 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00266-7

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2001

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Dean, S.M.; Fliedner, M.M.; Henstock, T.J.; Minshull, T.A.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; White, R.S.. 2001 Numerical modelling of rift-related magmatism and melt chemistry at passive margins (abstract of poster presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 Dec 2001). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 82 (47, Supplement). F1232.

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2001

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Ferreira, P.; Pinto, A.; Murton, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Monteiro, H.; Magalhaes, V.; Salgueiro, E.; Lopes, C.; Quartau, R.; Stepanov, A.. 2001 Hydrothermal geological materials from Lucky Strike field collected during TTR-10/leg 2, Azores, Mid Atlantic Ridge. In: Geological Processes on Deep-Water European Margins: International Conference and Ninth Post-Cruise Meeting of the Training-Through-Research Programme, devoted to the 10th Anniversary, Moscow-Mozhenka, Russia, 28 January-2 February 2001. Paris, France, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 74-76. (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Workshop Report, 175).

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2001

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2000

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2000

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Hilton, D.R.; Thirlwall, M.F.; Taylor, R.N.; Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Nichols, A.. 2000 Controls on magmatic degassing along the Reykjanes Ridge with implications for the helium paradox. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 183 (1/2). 43-50. 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00253-3

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2000

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Redbourn, L.J.. 2000 Oceanographic evidence for a transient geothermal event affecting the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (10). 1507-1510.

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2000

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Article

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191; Redbourn, L.J.; German, C.R.; Baker, E.T.. 1999 Sources and fluxes of hydrothermal heat, chemicals and biology within a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 171 (2). 301-317. 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00157-0

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1999

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 1996 RRS Charles Darwin Cruise CD95, 08 Aug-14 Sep 1995. The FLUXES I Programme (hydrothermal energy, chemical and biological fluxes at a ridge segment meso-scale). Southampton, UK, Southampton Oceanography Centre, 86pp. (Southampton Oceanography Centre Cruise Report 2)

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1996

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Monograph

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 1995 RRS Charles Darwin Cruise CD80, 01 Sep-01 Oct 1993. The PETROS Programme (PETRogenesis of Oblique Spreading). Wormley, UK, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory, 77pp. (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory Cruise Report 241)

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1995

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Monograph

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Murton, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1191. 1993 RRS Charles Darwin Cruise 76, 04 Feb - 11 Mar 1993. Geological and geochemical investigation between 27N and 30N of the Kane-Atlantis segment; the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Wormley, UK, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory, 34pp. (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory Cruise Report 236)

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1993

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Monograph