Selected Publications

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*=UNCW Graduate Student

Related to the Southwest Indian Ridge

• Peyve AA , Skolotnev SG , Ligi M , Turko NN , Bonatti E , Kolodyazhnyi SY , Chamov NP , Tsukanov NV , Baramykov YE , Eskin AE , Grindlay N , Sclater JG , Brunelly D , Pertsev AN , Cipriani A, Bortoluzzi G , Mercuri R , Paganelli E , Muccini F , Takeuchi C , Zaffagnini F , Dobrolyubova KO, 2007, Investigation of the Andrew Bain transform fault zone (African-Antarctic region), Doklady Earth Sciences, 416, 991-994.

• Sclater, J. G., N.R. Grindlay, J.A. Madsen and C. Rommevaux-Jestin, 2005, The Andrew Bain Transform fault, Southwest Indian Ocean, Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems., 6, Q09K10, doi:10.1029/2005GC000951.

• D. Sauter, Ph. Patriat, C. Rommevaus-Jestin, M. Cannat, A. Briais, H, Bergh, D. Boulanger, C. Deplus , N. Grindlay, and 8 others, 2001, The Southwest Indian Ridge between 49º15'E and 57ºE: focused accretion and magma redistribution, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 192 , 303-317.

• Grindlay, N.R., J. Madsen, C. Rommevaux-Jestin and J. Sclater, 1998, A different pattern of ridge segmentation and mantle Bouguer gravity anomalies along the ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 161, 243-253. Reprint request

• Grindlay, N. R., J. Madsen, C. Rommevaux, J. Sclater and S. Murphy, 1996, Southwest Indian Ridge 15°E-35°E:  A geophysical investigation of an ultra-slow spreading mid-ocean ridge system, InterRidge News, 5, 7-12.

Related to the Northeastern North American-Caribbean Plate Boundary

• Hornbach, MJ, Mondziel, S.A.*, Grindlay, N.R., Frolich, C. and Mann, P., 2008, Did a submarine slide trigger the 1918 Puerto Rico tsunami? Science of Tsunami Hazards, 27, 22-31. Download pdf

• Grindlay, N.R., M. Hearne*, and P. Mann, 2005, A High Risk of Tsunami in the Northern Caribbean: Research Focuses on Active Plate Boundary Faults and Potential Submarine Landslides, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(12), 121.

• Grindlay. N.R., P. Mann, J.F. Dolan and J-P van Gestel, 2005, Neotectonics and subsidence of the northern Puerto Rico-Virgin Island smargin in response to the oblique subduction of high-standing ridges, GSA Special Paper 385, " Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed. P. Mann , 31-60.

• Hippolyte, JC, P. Mann and N.R. Grindlay, 2005, Geologic evidence for the prolongation of active normal faults of the Mona Rift into northwestern Puerto Rico, GSA Special Paper 385, "Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed. P. Mann , p. 161-172.

• Grindlay, N.R., L. Abrams, L. DelGreco* and P. Mann, 2005, Towards an integrated understanding of Holocene fault activity in western Puerto Rico: Constraints from high-resolution seismic and sidescan soanr data, GSA Special Paper 385, "Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed. P. Mann , 139-160, 2005.

• Mann, P., Prentice, C., Hippolyte, J-C, N.R. Grindlay, L. Abrams, and Daniel Lao-Davila, 2005, Reconnaissance study of Late Quaternary faulting along the La Cadena de San Francisco mountain front (Cerro Goden fault zone), western Puerto Rico, GSA Special paper 385, "Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed P. Mann, p.115-138.

• Mann, P., Jean-Claude Hippolyte, N.R. Grindlay, and L. Abrams, 2005, Neotectonics of southern Puerto Rico and its offshore margin, GSA Special Paper 385,"Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas", ed P. Mann, 173-214.

• Van Gestal, J.P., P. Mann, N.R. Grindlay and J. Dolan, 1999, Three-phase tectonic evolution of the northern margin of Puerto Rico as inferred from an integration of seismic reflection, well  and outcrop data, Marine Geology, 161, 259-288.

• Muszala, S., N.R. Grindlay, and R.T. Bird, 1999, Three-Dimensional Euler deconvolution and tectonic interpretation of marine magnetic anomaly data in the Puerto Rico Trench, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 29,175-29,187. Reprint request

• Mann, P., N. Grindlay, and J. Dolan, 1999, Subduction to strike-slip transitions on plate boundaries, Penrose Conference Report, GSA Today, 9, 14-16

• Van Gestal, J.P., P. Mann, J. Dolan and N.R. Grindlay, 1998, Structure and tectonics of the Upper Cenozoic Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands carbonate platform as determined from seismic reflection studies, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 30,505-30,530.

• Grindlay, N.R.,P. Mann, and J. Dolan, 1997, Researchers investigate submarine faults north of Puerto Rico, Eos Trans. AGU., 78, No 38, 404. Reprint request

Related to the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Weiland, C., K Macdonald, and N.R. Grindlay, 1996, Ridge segmentation and the magnetic structure of the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 26°S and 31°-35°S: Implications for magmatic processes at slow spreading centers, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8055-8073.

• Grindlay, N.R. and P.J. Fox, 1993, Lithospheric stresses associated with nontransform offsets of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Implications from a finite element analysis, Tectonics, 12, 982-1003. Reprint request

• Grindlay, N.R. and P.J. Fox, 1992, Investigations of the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, RIDGE Events, 3, 30-33.

• Grindlay, N.R., P.J. Fox and P. Vogt, 1992, The morphology and tectonics of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (25°-27°30'S) from Sea Beam and magnetic data, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 6983-7010. Reprint request

• Grindlay, N.R., P.J. Fox and K.C. Macdonald, 1991, Second-order ridge axis discontinuities in the South Atlantic:  Morphology, structure, and evolution, Marine Geophys. Res., 13, 21-49.

• Fox, P.J., N.R. Grindlay, and K.C. Macdonald, 1991, Temporal and spatial variations of magmatic segments:  The Mid-Atlatnic Ridge (31°-34°S), Marine Geophys. Res., 13, 1-20.

• Batiza, R., P.J. Fox, P. Vogt, S. Cande, N.R. Grindlay, W.G. Melson, and T.O. Hearn, 1989, Morphology, abundance, and chemistry of near-ridge seamounts in the vicinity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ~26°S, Jour. Geol., 97, 209-220.

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