Selected Publications:

• John A. Tarduno, Hotspots Unplugged, Scientific American, pages 88-93, January, 2008.
• John A. Tarduno, On the motion of Hawaii and other mantle plumes, Chemical Geology, 241, 234-247, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.021, 2007.
• John A. Tarduno, Rory D. Cottrell, Michael K. Watkeys, and Dorothy Bauch,Geomagnetic field strength 3.2 billion years ago recorded by single silicate crystals, Nature, 446, 657-660, doi:10.1038/nature05667, 2007.
• Pavel V. Doubrovine and John A. Tarduno, Alteration and self-reversal in oceanic basalts, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B12S30, doi:10.1029/2006JB004468, 2006.
• Pavel V. Doubrovine and John A. Tarduno, N-type magnetism at cryogenic temperatures in oceanic basalt, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, in press. 
• John A. Tarduno, Rory D. Cottrell and Alexei V. Smirnov, The Paleomagnetism of Single Silicate Crystals: Recording Geomagnetic Field Strength During Mixed Polarity Intervals, Superchrons, and Inner Core Growth, Reviews of Geophysics, 44 (1), RG1002, 10.1029/2005RG000189, 2006.  
• Deborah Vandermark, John A. Tarduno and Donald B. Brinkman, Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur Teeth from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic, 59 (1), 79-82, 2006. 
• Donald B. Brinkman and John A. Tarduno, A Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) high-latitude turtle assemblage from the Canadian Arctic, Can. J. Earth Sci., 42, 2073-2080, 2005.
• John A. Tarduno and Rory D. Cottrell, Dipole Strength and Variation of the Time-Averaged Reversing and Nonreversing Geodynamo Based on Thellier Analyses of Single Plagioclase Crystals, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11101, doi:10.1029/2005JB003970, 2005.
• Alexei A. Smirnov and John A. Tarduno, Thermochemical remanent magnetization in Precambrian rocks: Are we sure the geomagnetic field was weak?, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B06103, doi:10.1029/2004JB003445, 2005. 
• Pavel V. Doubrovine and John A. Tarduno, On the compositional field of self-reversing titanomaghemite: Constraints from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 307, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11104, doi:10.1029/2005JB003865, 2005. 
• Alexei V. Smirnov and John A. Tarduno, Secular Variation of the Late Archean Earth Proterozoic Geodynamo, Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (16), L16607, 2004.
• Pavel V. Doubrovine and John A. Tarduno, Self-reversed Magnetization Carried by Titanomaghemite in Oceanic Basalts, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222, 959-969, 2004.
• John A. Tarduno and Alexei V. Smirnov, The Paradox of Low Field Values and the Long-term history of the Geodynamo, in Timescales of the Paleomagnetic Field (J.E.T. Channell, D.V. Kent, W. Lowrie, and J.G. Meert, Editors), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 145, 2004.
• Matthew Friedman, John A. Tarduno and Donald B. Brinkman, Fossil Fishes from the High Canadian Arctic: Further Palaeobiological Evidence for Extreme Clmatic Warmth During the Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian), Cretaceous Research, 24, 615-632, 2003.
• John A. Tarduno, Robert A. Duncan, David W. Scholl, Rory D. Cottrell, Bernhard Steinberger, Thorvaldur Thordarson, Bryan C. Kerr, Clive R. Neal, Fred A. Frey, Masayuki Torii, and Claire Carvallo, The Emperor Seamounts: Southward Motion of the Hawaiian Hotspot Plume in Earth's Mantle, Science, 1064-1069, 2003.
• Alexei V. Smirnov, John A. Tarduno, and Boris N. Pisakin, Paleointensity of the Early Geodynamo (2.45 Ga) as Recorded in Karelia: A Single Crystal Approach, Geology, 31, 415-418, 2003.
• Rory D. Cottrell and John A. Tarduno, A Late Cretaceous pole for the Pacific plate: implications for apparent and true polar wander and the drift of hotspots, Tectonophysics, 362, 321-333, 2003.
• Alexei V. Smirnov and John A. Tarduno, Magnetic hysteresis monitoring of Cretaceous submarine basaltic glass during Thellier paleointensity experiments: evidence for alteration and attendant low field bias, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 206, 571-585, 2003.
• John A. Tarduno, Rory D. Cottrell, and Alexei V. Smirnov, The Cretaceous superchron geodynamo: Observations near the tangent cylinder, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99, 14020-14025, 2002.
• John A. Tarduno, Robert A. Duncan, David W. Scholl, et al., Motion of the Hawaiian Hotspot: A Paleomagnetic Test, Initial Reports, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, 197, 2002.
• Alexei V. Smirnov and John A. Tarduno, Magnetite reveals ambient field strength at low temperatures, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 83(29), 309-316, 2002.
• John A. Tarduno and Alexei V. Smirnov, Response to comment on "Stability of the Earth with respect to the spin axis for the last 130 Million Years" by P. Camps, M. Prévot, M. Daignières and P. Machetel, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 198, 533-539, 2002.
• Alexei V. Smirnov and John A. Tarduno, Magnetic field control of the low-temperature magnetic properties of stoichiometric and cation-deficient magnetite, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 194, 359-368, 2002.
• John A. Tarduno, Rory D. Cottrell, and Alexei V. Smirnov, High Geomagnetic Field Intensity During the mid-Cretaceous from Thellier Analyses of Single Plagioclase Crystals, Science, 291, 1779-1783, 2001.
• Alexei V. Smirnov and John A. Tarduno, Estimating superparamagnetism in marine sediments with the time dependency of coercivity of remanence, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 16,135-16,144, 2001.
• John A. Tarduno and Alexei V. Smirnov, Stability of the Earth with respect to the spin axis for the last 130 million years, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 184, 549-553, 2001.
• Rory D. Cottrell and John A. Tarduno, In search of high fidelity geomagnetic paleointensities: A comparison of single plagioclase crystal and whole rock Thellier-Thellier analyses, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 23,579-23,594, 2000.
• Alexei V. Smirnov and John A. Tarduno, Low-temperature magnetic properties of pelagic sediments (Ocean Drilling Program Site 805C): Tracers of maghemitization and magnetic mineral reduction, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 16,457-16,471, 2000.
• R. D. Cottrell and J. A. Tarduno, Late Cretaceous True Polar Wander: Not So Fast, Science, 288, 2283, 2000.
• Rory D. Cottrell and John A. Tarduno, Geomagnetic paleointensity derived from single plagioclase crystals, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 169, 1-5, 1999.
• J. A. Tarduno*, D. B. Brinkman, P. R. Renne, R. D. Cottrell, H. Scher, P. Castillo, Evidence for Extreme Climatic Warmth from Late Cretaceous Arctic Vertebrates, Science, v 282, 2241-2244, 1998.
• John A. Tarduno, Wenlai Tian, and Sarah L. Wilkison, Biogeochemical remanent magnetization in pelagic sediments of the western equitorial Pacific Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 25 (21), 3987-3990, 1998.
• John A. Tarduno and Rory D. Cottrell, Paleomagnetic evidence for motion of the Hawaiian hotspot during formation of the Emperor seamounts, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 153, 171-180, 1997.
• J.A. Tarduno, R.D. Cottrell and S.L. Wilkison, Magnetostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceous to Eocene Sverdrup Basin: Implications for heterochroneity, deformation and rotations in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 723-746, 1997.
• J.A. Tarduno and S.L. Wilkison, Non-steady state magnetic mineral reduction, chemical lock-in, and delayed remanence acquisition in pelagic sediments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 144, 315-326, 1996.
• J.A. Tarduno and J. Gee, Large-scale motion between Pacific and Atlantic hotspots, Nature, 378, 477-480, 1995.
• J.A. Tarduno and W.W. Sager, Polar standstill of the mid-Cretaceous Pacific plate and its geodynamic implications, Science, 269, 956-959, 1995.
• J.A. Tarduno, Superparamagnetism and reduction diagnesis in pelagic sediments: Enhancement or depletion?, Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 1337-1340, 1995.
• J.A. Tarduno, and M. Myers, A primary magnetization fingerprint from the Cretaceous Laytonville Limestone: Further evidence for rapid plate velocities, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 21691-21703, 1994.
• J.A. Tarduno, Temporal trends of magnetic dissolution in the pelagic realm: Gauging paleoproductivity?, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 123, 39-84, 1994.
• J.A., Tarduno, Magnetic susceptibility cyclicity and magnetic dissolution in Cretaceous limestones of the Southern Alps (Italy), Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1515-1518, 1992.
• J.A., Tarduno, Sliter, W.V., Kroenke, L., Leckie, M., Mayer, H., Mahoney, J.J., Musgrave, R., Storey, M. and Winterer, E.L., Rapid formation of Ontong Java Plateau by Aptian Mantle Plume Volcanism, Science, 18, 399-403, 1991.
• J.A., Tarduno, Lowrie, W., Sliter, W.V., Bralower, T.J. and Heller, F., Reversed polarity characteristic magnetizations in the Albian Contessa Section (Umbrian Apennines, Italy): Implications for the existence of a Mid-Cretaceous mixed polarity interval, Jour. Geophys. Res., 97, 241-271, 1991.
• J.A., Tarduno, Brief reversed polarity interval during the Cretaceous normal polarity Superchron, Geology, 18, 683-686, 1990
• J.A., Tarduno, Absolute inclination values from deep sea sediments: A reexamination of the Cretaceous Pacific Record, Geophy. Res. Lett., 17, 101-104, 1990.
• J.A., Tarduno, McWilliams, M. and Sleep, N., Fast instantaneous oceanic plate velocities recorded by the Cretaceous Laytonville Limestone: Paleomagnetic analysis and kinematic implications, Jour. Geophys. Res., 95(15), 503-527, 1990.
• J.A., Tarduno, Sliter, W.V., Bralower, T.J., McWilliams, M., Premoli-Silva, I. and Ogg, J.G., M-sequence reversals recorded in DSDP sediment cores from the western Mid-Pacific Mountains and Magellan Rise, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., 101, 1306-1319, 1989.
• J.A., Tarduno, McWilliams, M., Sliter, W.V., Cook, H.E., Blake, M.C., Jr. and Premoli-Silva, I., Southern Hemisphere Origin of the Cretaceous Laytonville Limestone of California, Science, 231, 1425-1428, 1986.
• J.A. Tarduno,and W. Alvarez, Paleolatitudes of franciscan limestones, Geology,741,1985.
• J.A. Tarduno, M. McWilliams, M.G. Debiche, W.V. Sliter, and M.C. Blake Jr., Franciscan Complex Calera Limestone: accreted remants of Farallon Plate oceanic plateaus, Nature, 317, 345-347,1985.

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