Stephan, T., Phillips, N.J., Tiitto, H., Perez, A., Nwakanma, M., Creaser, R., & Hollings, P.   (In Revision)  Going with the flow - Changes of vorticity control gold enrichment in Archean shear zones (Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, Superior Province, Canada), Journal of Structural Geology

Guvercin, S.E., Barbot, S., Zhang, L., Yang, Z., Platt, J.P., Seyler, C. & Phillips, N.J.   (Accepted)  Frictional stability of Pelona-Orocopia-Rand schists in hydrothermal conditions and implications for seismic hazards in Southern California, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Angombe, M.T., Rowe, C.D., Hamel, K., Bilodeau, M., & Phillips, N.J.   (Accepted)  Injection veins as evidence of co-seismic pore-pressure spikes from the Muddy Mountain thrust, southeast Nevada, USA, GSA Bulletin

Belzer, B.D., French, M.E., & Phillips, N.J.   (2025)  K-Metasomatic weakening of oceanic crust at shallow subduction depths: Evidence from the Rodeo Cove Thrust Zone, Marin Headlands, California, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 26, e2025GC012221, 1-24. (Journal Link)

Platt, J.P., Grujic, D., Phillips, N.J., Piazolo, S. & Schmidt, D.  (2024)  Geological fingerprints of deep slow earthquakes: A review of field constraints and directions for future research, Geosphere, 20, 4, 981-1004. (Journal Link)

Ji, S., Rousseau, Y., Marcotte, D. & Phillips, N.J.  (2023)  The formation of orthogonal joint systems and cuboidal blocks: New insights gained from flat-lying limestone beds in the region of Havre-Saint-Pierre (Quebec, Canada), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15, 12, 3079-3093. (Journal Link)

Phillips, N.J. & Ji, S.  (2021)  Constraining the ductile deformation mechanisms of garnet across pressure-temperature space, Journal of Structural Geology, 148, 104356, 1-11. (Journal Link)

Phillips, N.J. & Williams, R.T.  (2021)  To D or not to D? Re-evaluating particle-size distributions in natural and experimental fault rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 553, 116635, 1-8. (Journal Link)

Phillips, N.J., Motohashi, G., Ujiie, K. & Rowe, C.D.  (2020)  Evidence of localized failure along altered basaltic blocks in tectonic mélange at the updip limit of the seismogenic zone: Implications for the shallow slow earthquake source,Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, 7, 1-17. (Journal Link)

Phillips, N.J., Belzer, B., French, M.E., Rowe, C.D. & Ujiie, K.  (2020)  Frictional strengths of subduction thrust rocks in the region of shallow slow earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, 3, 1-20. (Journal Link)

Phillips, N.J., Rowe, C.D. & Ujiie, K.  (2019)  For how long are pseudotachylytes strong? Rapid alteration of basalt hosted pseudotachylytes from a shallow subduction complex,  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 518, 108-115. (Journal Link)

Phillips, N.J. & White, J.C.  (2017)  Grain size dependent strength of phyllosilicate-rich gouges in the shallow crust: Insights from the SAFOD site, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 5789-5812. (Journal Link)