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Donna Shillington

Lamont Assistant Research Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Lecturer
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
303C Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8818
Fax: 
(845) 365-8156
djs@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Fields of interest: 
Rifted margins, subduction zones, wide-angle reflection/refraction seismology, multi-channel seismic reflection data
Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D. (geophysics)
University of Wyoming
2004
BS (geology)
University of Georgia
1998
ABJ (journalism)
University of Georgia
1998
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Selected Publications: 
Abrupt transition from magma-starved to magma rich rifting in the eastern Black Sea, Shillington, D.J.; Scott, C.L.; Minshull, T.A.; Edwards, R.A.; Brown, P.J.; White, N.J. , Geology, Volume 37, Issue 1, p.7-10, (2009), 10.1130/G25302A.1

Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Black Sea: A test of depth-dependent stretching models, Shillington, D. J.; White, N.; Minshull, T. A.; Edwards, G. R. H.; Jones, S. A.; Edwards, R. A.; Scott, C. L. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Jan 30, Volume 265, Issue 3-4, p.360-378, (2008), DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.033

Seismic signal penetration beneath post-rift sills on the Newfoundland rifted margin , Shillington, D.J.; Hopper, J.R.; Holbrook, W.S. , Geophysics, Volume 73, Issue 5, p.B99-B107, (2008), doi:10.1190/1.2972131

Evidence for asymmetric nonvolcanic rifting and slow incipient oceanic accretion from seismic reflection data on the Newfoundland margin, Shillington, D. J.; Holbrook, W. S.; Van Avendonk, H. J. A.; Tucholke, B. E.; Hopper, J. R.; Louden, K. E.; Larsen, H. C.; Nunes, G. T. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, Sep 22, Volume 111, Issue B9, p.-, (2006), Doi 10.1029/2005jb003981

Basalt sills of the U reflector, Newfoundland Basin: A serendipitous dating technique, Karner, G. D.; Shillington, D. J. , Geology, Dec, Volume 33, Issue 12, p.985-988, (2005), Doi 10.1130/G21971.1

Composition and structure of the central Aleutian island arc from arc-parallel wide-angle seismic data, Shillington, D. J.; Van Avendonk, H. J. A.; Holbrook, W. S.; Kelemen, P. B.; Hornbach, M. J. , Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Oct 21, Volume 5, p.-, (2004), Doi 10.1029/2004gc000715

Inferring crustal structure in the Aleutian island arc from a sparse wide-angle seismic data set, Van Avendonk, H. J. A.; Shillington, D. J.; Holbrook, W. S.; Hornbach, M. J. , Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Aug 25, Volume 5, p.-, (2004), Doi 10.1029/2003gc000664