Representative Publications

Mondziel, S., Grindlay, N. R., Mann, P., Escolona, A., & Abrams, L. J., Morphology, structure and tectonic evolution of Mona Canyon (northern Mona Passage) from multibeam bathymetry, sidescan sonar and seismic reflection profiles, Tectonics/ American Geophysical Union, Vol. 29, pp 24 pages, 2010

D'Hondt, S., A. Spivack, R, Pockalny, T. Ferdelman, J. Fischer, J. Kallmeyer, L.J. Abrams, D.C. Smith, D. Graham, F. Hasiuk, J. Rogers, H. Schrum and A. Stancin, Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific gyre, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 106(28), 11651-11656, 2009.

Abrams, L.J. and H. Sigurdsson, Characterization of pyroclastic fall and flow deposits from the 1815 eruption of Tambora volcano, Indonesia using ground-penetrating radar, J. Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 161, p. 352-361, 2007.

Grindlay, N., L. J. Abrams, L. DelGreco* and P. Mann, Towards an integrated understanding of Holocene fault activity in western Puerto Rico: Constraints from high-resolution seismic and sidescan sonar data, Geological Society of America Special paper "Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed P. Mann, p. 136-160, 2005.

Mann P., C. Prentice, J.C. Hippolyte, N.R. Grindlay, L. J. Abrams, D.L.Davila, Reconnaissance study of Late Quaternary faulting along the La Cadena de San Francisco mountain front (Cerro Goden fault zone), western Puerto Rico, Geological Society of America Special paper "Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed P. Mann, p. 173-214, 2005.

Mann P., J.C. Hippolyte, N.R. Grindlay, L. J. Abrams, Neotectonics of southern Puerto Rico and its offshore margin, Geological Society of America Special paper "Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed P. Mann, p. 115-138, 2005.

Jarrard, R. D., L.J. Abrams, R. Pockalny, R.L. Larson, and T. Hirono, 2002. Physical Properties of Upper Oceanic Crust: ODP Hole 801C and the Waning of Hydrothermal Circulation, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B4), 2188,doi:10.1029/2001JB001727, 2003.

Abrams, L.J.,  Correlation between core, logging, and seismic data at Site 1149 in the Nadezhda Basin. In Ludden, J.N., Plank, T., and Escutia, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 185 [Online], 2002.

Hirono, T., and L. J.  Abrams.,  Data report: Electrical resistivity and X-ray computed tomography measurements of sedimentary and igneous units from Hole 801C and Site 1149. In Ludden, J.N., Plank, T., and Escutia, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 185 [Online], 2002.

Pockalny, R.A., R.L. Larson, R.F. Viso, and L.J. Abrams , Bathymetry and gravity profiles across a Mid-Cretaceous triple junction trace in the southwest Pacific Ocean : Implications for accretion of oceanic crust, Geophys., Res., Lett., 29, p.1-4, Jan. 2002.

Larson, R.L., R.A. Pockalny, R.F. Viso, E. Erba, L.J. Abrams , B.P. Luyendyk, J.M. Stock, and R.W. Clayton, Mid-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Tongareva triple junction in the southwestern Pacific basin, Geology, 30, p. 67-70, 2002.

Rohl, U. and L. J. Abrams.,High-resolution, non-destructive core and downhole measurements across critical paleoceaographic boundaries recovered in the Caribbean Sea, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, 165 , p. 191-204, 2000.

Abrams, L. J. and M. Hu, Synthetic seismograms from physical properties and downhole logging measurements at ODP site 999, Colombia Basin Proc. Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, 165, College Station,TX, p. 219-224, 2000.

Diebold, J., N. Driscoll, L. J. Abrams, P. Buhl, T. Donnelly, E. Laine, S. Leroy, and A. Toy, New insights on the formation of the Caribbean Basalt Province revealed by Multichannel Seismic Images of Volcanic Structures in the Venezuelan Basin, In Mann, P. editor, Sedimentary Basins of the World, 4, Caribbean Sedimentary Basins, Elsevier, p. 561-590, 1999.

Jarrard, R. D., R. L. Larson, A. T. Fisher, L. J. Abrams, Geophysical Aging of Oceanic Crust: Evidence from Hole 801C, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, 144: College Station,TX, p. 649-663, 1995.

Abrams, L.J., R. L. Larson, T. H. Shipley and Y. Lancelot, Cretaceous volcanic sequences and Jurassic crust in the East Mariana and Pigafetta Basins of the western Pacific, In Pringle, M., and W. Sager (Eds.),The Mesozoic Pacific: Geology, Tectonics, and Volcanism, American Geophysical Union Monograph 77, p 77-101, 1993.

Shipley, T.H., L. J. Abrams, R. L. Larson, and Y. Lancelot, Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Oceanic Crust and Early Cretaceous Volcanic Sequences of the Nauru Basin, Western Pacific, In Pringle, M., and W. Sager (Eds.),The Mesozoic Pacific: Geology , Tectonics, and Volcanism, American Geophysical Union Monograph 77, p 103-119, 1993

Abrams, L. J., R. L. Larson, T. H. Shipley and Y. Lancelot, The Seismic Stratigraphy and Sedimentary History of the East Mariana and Pigafetta Basins of the western Pacific, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, 129: College Station,TX, p. 551-569, 1992.

Fischer, A.T.,L. J. Abrams and , W. Busch, Physical Properties and Wireline-Log responses of sediments drilled during ODP Leg 129, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results , 129: College Station, TX, p. 507-527, 1992.

Abrams, L. J., R. S. Detrick and P. J. Fox, Morphology and Crustal Structure of the Kane Fracture Zone Transverse Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 93, p. 3195-3210, 1988.