Williams, R.T. & Phillips, N.J.   (2026)  Fractal dimensions can lead to spurious interpretations of fault-rock character and slip physics, Seismica , 5, 2, 1-9. (Journal Link)

Angombe, M.T., Rowe, C.D., Hamel, K., Bilodeau, M., & Phillips, N.J.   (2026)  Injection veins as evidence of co-seismic pore-pressure spikes from the Muddy Mountain thrust, southeast Nevada, USA, GSA Bulletin , 138, 4, 1127-1156. (Journal Link)

Stephan, T., Phillips, N.J., Tiitto, H., Perez, A., Nwakanma, M., Creaser, R., & Hollings, P.   (2025)  Going with the flow - Changes of vorticity control gold enrichment in Archean shear zones (Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, Superior Province, Canada), Journal of Structural Geology , 138, 4, 1127-1156. (Journal Link)

Guvercin, S.E., Barbot, S., Zhang, L., Yang, Z., Platt, J.P., Seyler, C. & Phillips, N.J.   (2025)  Frictional stability of Pelona-Orocopia-Rand schists in hydrothermal conditions and implications for seismic hazards in Southern California, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 669, 119573, 1-14. (Journal Link)

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)