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Michael McWilliams

Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences [Emeritus] at Stanford University, CSIRO, GNS …
Verified email at stanford.edu
Cited by 15974

Volcanic and structural evolution of Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: a review

CJN Wilson, BF Houghton, MO McWilliams… - Journal of volcanology …, 1995 - Elsevier
The Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in the central North Island is the main focus of young volcanism
in New Zealand. Andesitic activity started at c. 2 Ma, joined by voluminous rhyolitic (plus …

Recent advances in uterine fibroid etiology

MM McWilliams… - Seminars in reproductive …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyoma (UL), are monoclonal tumors of the
smooth muscle tissue layer (myometrium) of the uterus. Although ULs are considered benign, …

Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions

…, E LaPorte, X Liu, MR McWilliams… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
In 2011, Lake Erie experienced the largest harmful algal bloom in its recorded history, with a
peak intensity over three times greater than any previously observed bloom. Here we show …

Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history

…, A Calvert, LE Webb, JC Grimmer, MO McWilliams… - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
The Qinling orogen preserves a record of late mid-Proterozoic to Cenozoic tectonism in central
China. High-pressure metamorphism and ophiolite emplacement (Songshugou ophiolite) …

Exhumation of ultrahigh‐pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic‐Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing

…, L Webb, MO McWilliams… - Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The largest tract of ultrahigh‐pressure rocks, the Dabie‐Hong'an area of China, was exhumed
from 125 km depth by a combination of normal‐sense shear from beneath the hanging …

Standardizing the Nomenclature for Clonal Lineages of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum

…, D James, A Kanaskie, MG McWilliams… - …, 2009 - Am Phytopath Society
Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death and ramorum blight, is known
to exist as three distinct clonal lineages which can only be distinguished by performing …

Origin of IgA-secreting plasma cells in the mammary gland.

ME Roux, M McWilliams… - The Journal of …, 1977 - rupress.org
Lymphoblasts from the mesenteric lymph nodes (MN) of mice home to the mammary glands
of syngeneic recipients late in pregnancy and during lactation, and within hours of transfer …

Normal faulting in central Tibet since at least 13.5 Myr ago

…, J Glodny, L Ratschbacher, S Bi, Z Wu, MO McWilliams… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Tectonic models for the evolution of the Tibetan plateau interpret observed east–west thinning
of the upper crust to be the result of either increased potential energy of elevated crust 1 …

Exhumation of the ultrahigh‐pressure continental crust in east central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan‐Lu fault

…, BR Hacker, LE Webb, M McWilliams… - … research: Solid Earth, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The orogenic architecture of the world's largest ultrahigh‐pressure exposure, the Hong'an‐Dabie
Mountains of the Triassic Qinling‐Dabie orogenic belt, is dominated by Cretaceous …

Chronology and dynamics of a large silicic magmatic system: central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

BF Houghton, CJN Wilson, MO McWilliams… - …, 1995 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The central Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand is a region of intense Quaternary silicic
volcanism accompanying rapid extension of continental crust. At least 34 caldera-forming …