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Mitchell, E. K., Fialko, Y., & Brown, K. M. (2015). Frictional properties of gabbro at conditions corresponding to slow slip events in subduction zones. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 16(11), 4006–4020. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gc006093
Niemann, H., Linke, P., Knittel, K., MacPherson, E., Boetius, A., Bruckmann, W., Larvik, G., Wallmann, K., Schacht, U., Omoregie, E., Hilton, D., Brown, K., & Rehder, G. (2013). Methane-carbon flow into the benthic food web at cold seeps - a case study from the Costa Rica Subduction Zone. PLOS ONE, 8(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074894
Mitchell, E. K., Fialko, Y., & Brown, K. M. (2013). Temperature dependence of frictional healing of Westerly granite: Experimental observations and numerical simulations. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 14(3), 567–582. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012gc004241
Brown, K. M., & Fialko, Y. (2012). “Melt welt” mechanism of extreme weakening of gabbro at seismic slip rates. Nature, 488(7413), 638-+. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11370
Bekins, B. A., Matmon, D., Screaton, E. J., & Brown, K. M. (2011). Reanalysis of in situ permeability measurements in the Barbados decollement. Geofluids, 11(1), 57–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00310.x
Furi, E., Hilton, D. R., Tryon, M. D., Brown, K. M., McMurtry, G. M., Bruckmann, W., & Wheat, C. G. (2010). Carbon release from submarine seeps at the Costa Rica fore arc: Implications for the volatile cycle at the Central America convergent margin. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gc002810
Furi, E., Hilton, D. R., Brown, K. M., & Tryon, M. D. (2009). Helium systematics of cold seep fluids at Monterey Bay, California, USA: Temporal variations and mantle contributions. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gc002557
Barry, P. H., Hilton, D. R., Tryon, M. D., Brown, K. M., & Kulongoski, J. T. (2009). A new syringe pump apparatus for the retrieval and temporal analysis of helium in groundwaters and geothermal fluids. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gc002422
LaBonte, A. L., Brown, K. M., & Fialko, Y. (2009). Hydrologic detection and finite element modeling of a slow slip event in the Costa Rica prism toe. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 114. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008jb005806
LaBonte, A. L., Brown, K. M., & Tryon, M. D. (2007). Monitoring periodic and episodic flow events at Monterey Bay seeps using a new optical flow meter. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 112(B2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jb004410
Weinberger, J. L., & Brown, K. M. (2006). Fracture networks and hydrate distribution at Hydrate Ridge, Oregon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 245(1–2), 123–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.012
Brown, K. M., Tryon, M. D., DeShon, H. R., Dorman, L. M., & Schwartz, S. Y. (2005). Correlated transient fluid pulsing and seismic tremor in the Costa Rica subduction zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 238(1–2), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.055
Weinberger, J. L., Brown, K. M., & Long, P. E. (2005). Painting a picture of gas hydrate distribution with thermal images. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(4), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021437
Tryon, M. D., & Brown, K. M. (2004). Fluid and chemical cycling at Bush Hill: Implications for gas- and hydrate-rich environments. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004gc000778
Kopf, A., & Brown, K. M. (2003). Friction experiments on saturated sediments and their implications for the stress state of the Nankai and Barbados subduction thrusts. Marine Geology, 202(3–4), 193–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0025-3227(03)00286-x
Brown, K. M., Kopf, A., Underwood, M. B., & Weinberger, J. L. (2003). Compositional and fluid pressure controls on the state of stress on the Nankai subduction thrust: A weak plate boundary. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 214(3–4), 589–603. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(03)00388-1
Levin, L. A., Ziebis, W., Mendoza, G. F., Growney, V. A., Tryon, M. D., Brown, K. M., Mahn, C., Gieskes, J. M., & Rathburn, A. E. (2003). Spatial heterogeneity of macrofauna at northern California methane seeps: influence of sulfide concentration and fluid flow. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 265, 123–139. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps265123
Tryon, M. D., Brown, K. M., & Torres, M. E. (2002). Fluid and chemical flux in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, II: Hydrological processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 201(3–4), 541–557. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00732-X
Torres, M. E., McManus, J., Hammond, D. E., de Angelis, M. A., Heeschen, K. U., Colbert, S. L., Tryon, M. D., Brown, K. M., & Suess, E. (2002). Fluid and chemical fluxes in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, I: Hydrological provinces. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 201(3–4), 525–540. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(02)00733-1
Spinelli, G. A., Fisher, A. T., Wheat, C. G., Tryon, M. D., Brown, K. M., & Flegal, A. R. (2002). Groundwater seepage into northern San Francisco Bay: Implications for dissolved metals budgets. Water Resources Research, 38(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2001wr000827
Brown, K. M., Saffer, D. M., & Bekins, B. A. (2001). Smectite diagenesis, pore-water freshening, and fluid flow at the toe of the Nankai wedge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 194(1–2), 97–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(01)00546-5
Tryon, M., Brown, K., Dorman, L. R., & Sauter, A. (2001). A new benthic aqueous flux meter for very low to moderate discharge rates. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 48(9), 2121–2146. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0637(01)00002-4
Tryon, M. D., & Brown, K. M. (2001). Complex flow patterns through Hydrate Ridge and their impact on seep biota. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(14), 2863–2866. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000gl012566
Tryon, M. D., Brown, K. M., Torres, M. E., Trehu, A. M., McManus, J., & Collier, R. W. (1999). Measurements of transience and downward fluid flow near episodic methane gas vents, Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia. Geology, 27(12), 1075–1078. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1075:motadf>2.3.co;2
Fitts, T. G., & Brown, K. M. (1999). Stress-induced smectite dehydration: ramifications for patterns of freshening and fluid expulsion in the N-Barbados accretionary wedge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 172(1–2), 179–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(99)00168-5
Clennell, M. B., Dewhurst, D., Brown, K. M., & Westbrook, G. K. (1999). Permeability anisotropy of consolidated clays. In A. Aplin, A. Fleet, & J. Macquaker (Eds.), Muds and Mudstones: Physical and fluid flow properties (Vol. 158, pp. 2121–2146). Geological Society Special publications.
Dewhurst, D. N., Clennell, M. B., Brown, K. M., & Westbrook, G. K. (1996). Fabric and hydraulic conductivity of sheared clays. Geotechnique, 46(4), 761–768.
Brown, K. M., & Ransom, B. (1996). Porosity corrections for smectite-rich sediments: Impact on studies of compaction, fluid generation, and tectonic history. Geology, 24(9), 843–846. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0843:pcfsrs>2.3.co;2
Dewhurst, D. N., Brown, K. M., Clennell, M. B., & Westbrook, G. K. (1996). A comparison of the fabric and permeability anisotropy of consolidated and sheared silty clay. Engineering Geology, 42(4), 253–267. https://doi.org/10.1016/0013-7952(95)00089-5
Brown, K. M., Bangs, N. L., Froelich, P. N., & Kvenvolden, K. A. (1996). The nature, distribution, and origin of gas hydrate in the Chile Triple Junction region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 139(3–4), 471–483. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821x(95)00243-6
Bangs, N. L., & Brown, K. M. (1995). Regional heat flow in the vicinity of the Chile triple junction constrained by the depth of the bottom-simulating reflection. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 141, 253–258. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.141.043.1995
Brown, K. M. (1995). The variation of the hydraulic conductivity structure of an overpressured thrust zone with effective stress. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 146, Part 1, 281–289. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.146-1.218.1995
Brown, K. M., & Bangs, N. L. (1995). Thermal regime of the Chile triple junction; constraints provided by downhole temperature measurements and distribution of gas hydrate. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 141, 259–275. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.141.027.1995
Brown, K. M. (1995). Data report; Hydraulic conductivity measurements on discrete samples collected from Leg 141, Site 863. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 141, 401–405. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.141.039.1995
Brown, K. M., Bangs, N. L., Marsaglia, K., Froelich, P. N., Zheng, Y., Didyk, B. M., Prior, D. J., Rochford, E. L., Torres, M. E., Kurnosov, V. B., Lindsley-Griffin, N., Osozawa, S., & Waseda, A. (1995). A summary of ODP Leg 141 hydrogeologic, geochemical, and thermal results. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 141, 363–372. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.141.034.1995
Behrmann, J. H., Lewis, S. D., Cande, S. C., Musgrave, R., Bangs, N., Boden, P., Brown, K., Collombat, H., Didenko, A. N., Didyk, B. M., Froelich, P. N., Golovchenko, X., Forsythe, R., Kurnosov, V., Lindsleygriffin, N., Marsaglia, K., Osozawa, S., Prior, D., Sawyer, D., … Wasada, A. (1994). Tectonics and Geology of Spreading Ridge Subduction at the Chile Triple Junction - A Synthesis of Results from Leg-141 of the Ocean Drilling Program. Geologische Rundschau, 83(4), 832–852.
Brown, K. M., Bekins, B., Clennell, B., Dewhurst, D., & Westbrook, G. K. (1994). Heterogeneous Hydrofracture Development and Accretionary Fault Dynamics - Reply. Geology, 22(11), 1053–1054.
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Brown, K. M., & Moore, J. C. (1993). Anisotropic Permeability and Tortuosity in Deformed Wet Sediments - Comment. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 98(B10), 17859–17864. https://doi.org/10.1029/93jb01298
Brown, K. M., & Orange, D. L. (1993). Structural Aspects of Diapiric Melange Emplacement - The Duck Creek Diapir. Journal of Structural Geology, 15(7), 831–847. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8141(93)90179-e
Bernstein-Taylor, B. L., Brown, K. M., Silver, E. A., & Kirchoff-Stein, K. S. (1992). Basement Slivers Within the New Britain Accretionary Wedge - Implications for the Emplacement of Some Ophiolitic Slivers. Tectonics, 11(4), 753–765. https://doi.org/10.1029/91tc03093
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Brown, K. M. (1990). The Nature and Hydrogeologic Significance of Mud Diapirs and Diatremes for Accretionary Systems. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth and Planets, 95(B6), 8969–8982. https://doi.org/10.1029/JB095iB06p08969
Brown, K. M., & Behrmann, J. H. (1990). Genesis and evolution of small-scale structures in the toe of the Barbados Ridge accretionary wedge. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 110, 229–244. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.110.141.1990
Brown, K. M., Mascle, A., & Behrmann, J. H. (1990). Mechanisms of accretion and subsequent thickening in the Barbados Ridge accretionary complex; balanced cross sections across the wedge toe. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 110, 209–227. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.110.115.1990
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