Please note: earlier papers not yet listed -- page is still under construction.

Durham, W. B., L. A. Stern, and S. H. Kirby, Rheology of water ices V and VI, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 2989-3001, 1996.




Stern, L. A., S. H. Kirby, and W. B. Durham, Peculiarities of methane clathrate hydrate formation and rheology, and the associated superheating of water ice, Science, 273, 1843-1848, 1996.




Power, W. L. and W. B. Durham, Topography of natural and artificial fractures in granitic rocks: Implications for studies of rock friction and fluid migration, Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 34, 979-989, 1997.




Durham, W. B., Laboratory Observations of the Hydraulic Behavior of a Permeable Fracture from 3800-m Depth in the KTB Pilot Hole, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 18405-18416, 1997.




Bennett, K., H.-R. Wenk, W. B. Durham, L. A. Stern, and S. H. Kirby, Preferred crystallographic orientation in the ice I -> II transformation and the flow of ice II, Phil. Mag. A, 76, 413-435, 1997.




Durham, W. B., S. H. Kirby, and L. A. Stern, Creep of water ices at planetary conditions: a compilation, J. Geophys. Res. (Planets), 102, 16293-16302, 1997.




Stern, L. A., W. B. Durham, and S. H. Kirby, Grain-size-induced weakening of H2O ices I and II and associated anisotropic recrystallization, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 5313-5325, 1997.




Walsh, J. B., S. R. Brown, and W. B. Durham, Effective media theory with spatial correlation for flow in a fracture, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 22587-22595, 1997.




Kerschhofer, L., C. Dupas, M. Liu, T. G. Sharp, W. B. Durham, and D. C. Rubie, Polymorphic transformations between olivine, wadsleyite and ringwoodite: mechanisms of intracrystalline nucleation and the role of elastic strain, Minerolog. Mag., 62, 617-638, 1998.




Stern, L. A.., D. L. Hogenboom, W. B. Durham, S. H. Kirby, and I-M. Chou, Optical cell evidence for superheated ice under gas-hydrate-forming conditions, J. Phys. Chem. B, 102, 2627-2632, 1998.




Stern, L. A., S. H. Kirby, and W. B. Durham, Polycrystalline methane hydrate: synthesis from superheated ice, and low-temperature mechanical properties, Energy and Fuels, 12, 201-211, 1998.




Durham, W. B. and D. C. Rubie, Can the multianvil apparatus really be used for high-pressure deformation experiments?, in Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials at High Pressure and Temperature, Geophysical Monograph 101, ed. by M. Manghnani and T. Yagi, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C., pp. 63-70, 1998.




Durham, W. B., S. H. Kirby, and L. A. Stern, Rheology of planetary ices, in Solar System Ices, ed. by B. Schmitt, C. de Bergh, and M. Festou, Kluwer Academic Publ.., Dordrecht, Astrophys. Space Sci. Lib. vol. 227, pp. 63-78, 1998.




Dupas-Bruzek, C., T. G. Sharp, D. C. Rubie, and W. B. Durham, Mechanisms of transformation and deformation in Mg1.8Fe0.2SiO4 olivine and wadsleyite under non-hydrostatic stress, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 108, 33-48, 1998.




Durham, W. B., L. A. Stern, and S. H. Kirby, Steady-state flow of solid CO₂, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3493-3496, 1999. [PDF]




Clifford, S. M. and 52 coauthors including W. B. Durham, The state and future of Mars polar science and exploration, Icarus, 144, 210-242, 2000.




Nye, J. F., W. B. Durham, P. M. Schenk and J. M. Moore, The instability of a South Polar Cap on Mars composed of carbon dioxide, Icarus, 144, 449-455, 2000. [PDF]




Knapp, R. B., M. L. Chiarappa, and W. B. Durham, An experimental exploration of the transport and capture of abiotic colloids in a single fracture, Water Resourc. Res., 36, 3139-3149, 2000.




S. Circone, L. A. Stern, S. H. Kirby, J. C. Pinkston, and W. B. Durham, Methane hydrate dissociation rates at 0.1 MPa and temperatures above 272 K, Gas Hydrates: Challenges for the Future, edited by G. D. Holder and P. R. Bishnoi, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, pp. 544-555, 2000.




Waite, W. F., J. C. Pinkston, L. A. Stern, M. B. Helgerud, A. Nur, and W. B. Durham, Laboratory measurements of compressional and shear wave speeds through methane hydrate, Gas Hydrates: Challenges for the Future, edited by G. D. Holder and P. R. Bishnoi, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, pp. 1003-1010, 2000.




Durham. W. B., W. L. Bourcier, and E. A. Burton, Direct observation of reactive flow in single fractures, Water Resourc. Res., 37, 1-12, 2001.




Durham, W. B., L. A. Stern, and S. H. Kirby, The rheology of ice I at low stress and elevated confining pressure, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11031-11042, 2001.




Stern, L. A., Kirby, S. H., Durham, W. B., Circone, S., and Waite, W. F., Laboratory synthesis of pure methane hydrate suitable for measurement of physical properties and decomposition behavior, in Natural Gas Hydrate in Oceanic and Permafrost Environments, edited by M.D. Max, Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 323-348, 2000. [PDF]




Stern, L. A., S. Circone, S. H. Kirby, and W. B. Durham, Anomalous preservation of pure methane hydrate at 1 atm, J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 1756-1762, 2001. [PDF]




Stern, L. A., Circone, S., Kirby, S. H., and Durham, W. B., Preservation of methane hydrate at 1 atm, Energy & Fuels, 15, p. 499-501, 2001. [PDF]




Durham, W. B. and L. A. Stern, Rheological properties of water ice Ð Applications to satellites of the outer planets (review), Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 29, 295-330, 2001. [PDF]




Durham, W. B., D. J. Weidner, S.-i. Karato, and Y. Wang, New developments in deformation experiments at high pressure (review), in Plastic Deformation of Minerals and Rocks, Reviews in Mineralogy 51, edited by S.-i. Karato and H.-R. Wenk, Mineralogical Society of America, Washington DC, pp. 21-49, 2002. [PDF]




Durham, W. B., S. H. Kirby, L. A. Stern, and W. Zhang, The strength and rheology of methane clathrate hydrate, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B4), 2182, doi:10.1029/2002JB001872, 2003. [PDF]




Durham, W. B., L. A. Stern, and S. H. Kirby, Ductile flow of methane hydrate, Can. J. Phys., 81, 373-380, 2003. [PDF]




Kim, I., W. B. Lindquist, and W. B. Durham, Fracture flow simulation using a finite difference lattice Boltzmann method, Phys. Rev.E, 67, Art. No. 046708 Part 2, 2003. [PDF]




Circone, S., L. A. Stern, S. H. Kirby, Durham, W.B., B.C. Chakoumakos, C.J. Rawn, and A.J. Rondinone, CO₂ hydrate: synthesis, composition, dissociation behavior, and a comparison to structure I CH4 hydrate. J. Phys. Chem. B., 10.1021/jp027391j, 2003. [PDF]




Wang, Y., W. B. Durham, I. C. Getting, and D. J. Weidner, The Deformation-DIA (D-DIA): A new apparatus for high-temperature triaxial deformation to pressures up to 15 GPa, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 74, 3002-3011, 2003. [PDF]




Stern, L. A., Circone, S., Kirby, S. H., and Durham, W. B., Temperature, pressure, and compositional effects on anomalous or "self" preservation of gas hydrates, Can. J. Phys., 81, 271-283, 2003. [PDF]




Rehder, G., S. H. Kirby, W. B. Durham, Stern, L.A., E. T. Peltzer, J. C. Pinkston, and P.G. Brewer, Dissolution rates of pure methane hydrate and carbon dioxide hydrate in undersaturated seawater at 1000 m depth, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 68, 285-292, 10.1016/j.gca.2003.07.001, 2004. [PDF]




Stern, L. A., S. Circone, S. H. Kirby, and W. B. Durham, Scanning electron microscopy investigations of laboratory-grown gas clathrate hydrates formed from melting ice, and comparison to natural hydrates, Am. Mineralogist, 89, 1162-1175, 2004. [PDF]




Li L., D. J. Weidner, J. Chen, M. T. Vaughan, M. Davis, and W. B. Durham, X-ray strain analysis at high pressure: Effect of plastic deformation in MgO, J. Appl. Phys., 95, 10.1063/1.1738532, 2004. [PDF]




Stern, L. A., S. H. Kirby, and W. B. Durham (2005), Scanning electron microscopy imaging of grain structure and phase distribution within gas-hydrate-bearing intervals from JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38: What can we learn from comparisons with laboratory-synthesized samples?, in Scientific Results from the eMallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Teritories, Canada, ed. by S. R. Dallimore and T. S. Collett, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585, 19 pp. [PDF]




Durham, W., L. Stern, S. Kirby, and S. Circone (2005), Rheological comparisons and structural imaging of sI and sII endmember gas hydrates and hydrate/sediment aggregates, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway. [PDF]




Durham, W. B., W. B. McKinnon, and L. A. Stern (2005), Cold compaction of water ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18202, doi:10.1029/2005GL023484. [PDF]




Durham, W. B., L. A. Stern, T. Kubo, and S. H. Kirby (2005), Flow strength of highly hydrated Mg- and Na-sulfate hydrate salts, pure and in mixtures with water ice, with application to Europa, J. Geophys. Res., 110, E12010, doi:10.1029/2005JE002475. [PDF]




Kubo, T., W. B. Durham, L. A. Stern, and S. H. Kirby (2006), Grain-size-sensitive creep in ice II, Science, 311, 1267-1269. [PDF]




McDaniel, S. M., K. A. Bennett, W. B. Durham, and E. D. Waddington (2006), In situ deformation apparatus for time-of-flight neutron diffraction: Texture development of polycrystalline ice Ih, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 77., DOI: 10.1063/1.2349603. [PDF]




Li, L., D. Weidner, P. Raterron, J. Chen, M. Vaughan, and W. Durham (2006), Deformation of olivine at mantle pressure using the D-DIA, Eur. J. Mineral., 18, 7-19. [PDF]




Mei, S., D. L. Kohlstedt, W. B. Durham, and L. Wang (2007) Experimental investigation of the creep behavior of MgO at high pressures, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, submitted. [PDF]




W. B. Durham, S. Mei, D. L. Kohlstedt, L. Wang, N. A. Dixon (2007) New measurements of activation volume in olivine under anhydrous conditions, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, submitted. [PDF]