Backus, G., & Rieutord, M. (2017). Completeness of inertial modes of an incompressible inviscid fluid in a corotating ellipsoid. Physical Review E, 95(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.053116

Backus, G., Parker, R. L., & Constable, C. (2005). Foundations of geomagnetism (Digitally printed 1st pbk.). Cambridge University Press.

Walker, A. D., & Backus, G. E. (1997). A six-parameter statistical model of the Earth’s magnetic field. Geophysical Journal International, 130(3), 693–700. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01863.x

Walker, A. D., & Backus, G. E. (1996). Is the non-dipole magnetic field random? Geophysical Journal International, 124(1), 315–319. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06373.x

Walker, A. D., & Backus, G. E. (1996). On the difference between the average values of B-r(2) in the Atlantic and Pacific hemispheres. Geophysical Research Letters, 23(15), 1965–1968. https://doi.org/10.1029/96gl01854

Backus, G. E. (1996). Trimming and procrastination as inversion techniques. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 98(3–4), 101–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9201(96)03183-4

Backus, G., Parker, R. L., & Constable, C. (1996). Foundations of Geomagnetism. Cambridge University Press.

Ander, M. E., Zumberge, M. A., Lautzenhiser, T., Parker, R. L., Aiken, C. L. V., Gorman, M. R., Nieto, M. M., Cooper, A. P. R., Ferguson, J. F., Fisher, E., McMechan, G. A., Sasagawa, G., Stevenson, J. M., Backus, G., Chave, A. D., Greer, J., Hammer, P., Hansen, B. L., Hildebrand, J. A., … Wirtz, J. (1989). Test of Newton’s inverse-square law in the Greenland Ice Cap. Physical Review Letters, 62(9), 985–988. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.985

Backus, G. E. (1989). Confidence Set Inference with a Prior Quadratic Bound. Geophysical Journal-Oxford, 97(1), 119–150. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb00489.x

Backus, G. E. (1988). Bayesian-Inference in Geomagnetism. Geophysical Journal-Oxford, 92(1), 125–142. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01127.x

Backus, G. E. (1988). The Field Lines of an Axisymmetric Magnetic-Field. Geophysical Journal-Oxford, 93(3), 413–417. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb03869.x

Backus, G. E. (1988). Comparing Hard and Soft Prior Bounds in Geophysical Inverse Problems. Geophysical Journal-Oxford, 94(2), 249–261. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb05899.x

Backus, G. E., Estes, R. H., Chinn, D., & Langel, R. A. (1987). Comparing the Jerk with Other Global-Models of the Geomagnetic-Field from 1960 to 1978. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth and Planets, 92(B5), 3615–3622. https://doi.org/10.1029/JB092iB05p03615

Backus, G. (1987). Isotropic Probability-Measures in Infinite-Dimensional Spaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 84(24), 8755–8757. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.84.24.8755

Backus, G. (1986). Poloidal and Toroidal Fields in Geomagnetic-Field Modeling. Reviews of Geophysics, 24(1), 75–109. https://doi.org/10.1029/RG024i001p00075

Backus, G. E., & Mouël, J.-L. L. (1986). The region on the core—mantle boundary where a geostrophic velocity field can be determined from frozen-flux magnetic data. Geophysical Journal International, 85(3), 617–628. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb04536.x

Backus, G., & Hough, S. (1985). Some Models of the Geomagnetic-Field in Western-Europe from 1960 to 1980. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 39(4), 243–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(85)90137-2

Voorhies, C. V., & Backus, G. E. (1985). Steady Flows at the Top of the Core from Geomagnetic-Field Models – the Steady Motions Theorem. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 32(2), 163–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928508208783

Joyce, T., Backus, R., Baker, K., Blackwelder, P., Brown, O., Cowles, T., Evans, R., Fryxell, G., Mountain, D., Olson, D., Schlitz, R., Schmitt, R., Smith, P., Smith, R., & Wiebe, P. (1984). Rapid Evolution of a Gulf-Stream Warm-Core Ring. Nature, 308(5962), 837–840. https://doi.org/10.1038/308837a0

Backus, G. E. (1983). Application of mantle filter theory to the magnetic jerk of 1969. Geophysical Journal International, 74(3), 713–746. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb01901.x

Backus, G. E. (1982). The Electric-Field Produced in the Mantle by the Dynamo in the Core. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 28(3), 191–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(82)90002-4

Backus, G. E. (1982). Limits of Validity of 1st-Order Perturbation-Theory for Quasi-P Velocity in Weakly Anisotropic Media – Reply. Journal of Geophysical Research, 87(NB6), 4641–4644. https://doi.org/10.1029/JB087iB06p04641

Shure, L., Parker, R. L., & Backus, G. E. (1982). Harmonic splines for geomagnetic modelling. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 28(3), 215–229. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(82)90003-6

Backus, G., Park, J., & Garbasz, D. (1981). On the relative importance of the driving forces of plate motion. Geophysical Journal International, 67(2), 415–435. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1981.tb02758.x

Backus, G. E. (1979). L2 Form of Bernsteins Inequality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 76(7), 3061–3064. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.76.7.3061

Backus, G. E. (1977). Interpreting the seismic glut moments of total degree two or less. Geophysical Journal International, 51(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb04187.x

Backus, G. E. (1977). Seismic sources with observable glut moments of spatial degree two. Geophysical Journal International, 51(1), 27–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb04188.x

Backus, G., & Mulcahy, M. (1976). Moment Tensors and other Phenomenological Descriptions of Seismic Sources—I. Continuous Displacements. Geophysical Journal International, 46(2), 341–361. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1976.tb04162.x

Backus, G., & Mulcahy, M. (1976). Moment tensors and other phenomenological descriptions of seismic sources—II. Discontinuous displacements. Geophysical Journal International, 47(2), 301–329. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1976.tb01275.x

Backus, G. E. (1975). Gross Thermodynamics of Heat Engines in Deep Interior of Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 72(4), 1555–1558. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.72.4.1555

Harbison, G. R., Smith, K. L., & Backus, R. H. (1973). Stygiomedusa-Fabulosa from North-Atlantic – Its Taxonomy, with a Note on Its Natural-History. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 53(3), 615–617.

Backus, G. (1970). A Geometrical Picture of Anisotropic Elastic Tensors. Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, 8(3), 633-. https://doi.org/10.1029/RG008i003p00633

Backus, G. (1970). Inference from Inadequate and Inaccurate Data .1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 65(1), 1-. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.65.1.1

Backus, G. (1970). Inference from Inadequate and Inaccurate Data, Iii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 67(1), 282-. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.67.1.282

Backus, G., & Gilbert, F. (1970). Uniqueness in Inversion of Inaccurate Gross Earth Data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 266(1173), 123-. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1970.0005

Backus, G., & Gilbert, F. (1969). Constructing P-Velocity Models to Fit Restricted Sets of Travel-Time Data. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 59(3), 1407-.

Backus, G., & Gilbert, F. (1968). The Resolving Power of Gross Earth Data. Geophysical Journal International, 16(2), 169–205. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1968.tb00216.x

Backus, G. E. (1968). Application of a Non-Linear Boundary-Value Problem for Laplaces Equation to Gravity and Geomagnetic Intensity Surveys. Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 21, 195-. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmam/21.2.195

Backus, G. E. (1968). Kinematics of Geomagnetic Secular Variation in a Perfectly Conducting Core. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 263(1141), 239-. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1968.0014

Gilbert, F., & Backus, G. E. (1968). Approximate Solutions to Inverse Normal Mode Problem. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 58(1), 103-.

Gilbert, F., & Backus, G. E. (1966). Propagator Matrices in Elastic Wave and Vibration Problems. Geophysics, 31(2), 326-. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1439771

Backus, G. E. (1965). Possible Forms of Seismic Anisotropy of Uppermost Mantle under Oceans. Journal of Geophysical Research, 70(14), 3429-. https://doi.org/10.1029/JZ070i014p03429

Gilbert, F., & Backus, G. (1965). Rotational Splitting of Free Oscillations of Earth 2. Reviews of Geophysics, 3(1), 1-. https://doi.org/10.1029/RG003i001p00001

Backus, G. E. (1962). Long-Wave Elastic Anisotropy Produced by Horizontal Layering. Journal of Geophysical Research, 67(11), 4427-. https://doi.org/10.1029/JZ067i011p04427

Backus, G., & Gilbert, F. (1961). Rotational Splitting of Free Oscillations of Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 47(3), 362-. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.47.3.362

Backus, G. (1960). Linearized Plasma Oscillations in Arbitrary Electron Velocity Distributions. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 1(3), 178–191. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1703651

Backus, G. (1957). The Axisymmetric Self-Excited Fluid Dynamo. Astrophysical Journal, 125(2), 500–524. https://doi.org/10.1086/146325

Backus, G. E., & Chandrasekhar, S. (1956). On Cowlings Theorem on the Impossibility of Self-Maintained Axisymmetric Homogeneous Dynamos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 42(3), 105–109. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.42.3.105