50. Ebinger, C.J.; Oliva, S.J.; Pham, T.-Q.; Peterson, K; Chindandali, P.; Illsley‐Kemp, F.; Drooff, C.; Shillington, D.J.; Accardo, N.J.; Gallacher, R.J.; Gaherty, J.; Nyblade, A.A.; Mulibo, G. (2019) Kinematics of Active Deformation in the Malawi Riftand Rungwe Volcanic Province, Africa. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 20, doi:10.1029/2019GC008354
49. Marzen, R.E., Shillington, D.J., Lizarralde, D., Harder, S.H. Constraints on Appalachian Orogenesis and Continental Rifting in the Southeastern US from Wide-Angle Seismic Data. J. Geophys. Res., 124, doi:10.1029/2019JB017611 PDF
48. Lymer, G., Creswell, D.J.F.; Reston, T.J.; Bull, J.M.; Sawyer, D.S.; Morgan, J.K.; Stevenson, C.; Causer, A.; Minshull, T.A.; Shillington, D.J. (2019) 3D development of detachment faulting during continental breakup, Earth. Planet Sci. Lett. doi:10.1016/j.espl.2019.03.018.
47. Abers, G.A., Adams; A.N.; Haeussler, P.N.; Roland, E.; Shore, P.J., Wiens, D., Schwartz, S.Y.; Sheehan, A.F.; Shillington, D.J.; Webb, S.; Worthington, L.L. (2019) Examining Alaska’s earthquakes on land and sea, Eos, 100, doi:10.1029/2019EO117621.
46. Gaherty, J.B., Zheng, W., Shillington, D.J., Pritchard, M. E., Henderson, S. T. Chindandali, P. R. N., Mdala, H., Shuler, A., Lindsey, N., Oliva, S.J., Nooner. S., Scholz, C. A., Schaff, D. (in press) Faulting processes during early-stage rifting: seismic and geodetic analysis of the 2009-2010 Northern Malawi earthquake sequence, Geophys. J. International. 10.1093/gji/ggz119 PDF
45. McNeill, L.C.; Shillington, D.J., Carter, G., Everest, J., Gawthorpe, R., Miller, C., Phillips, M., Collier, R., Cvetkoska, A., De Gelder, G., Diz Ferreiro, P., Doan, M.-L., Ford, M., Geraga, M., Gillespie, J., Hemelsdael, R., Herrero-Bervera, E., Ismaiel, M., Janikian, L., Kouli, K., Le Ber, E., Li, S., Maffione, M., Mahoney, C., Machlus, M.L., Michas, G., Nixon, C., Oflaz, S.A., Omale, A.P., Panagiotopoulos, K., Pechivanidou, S., Sauer, S., Seguin, J., Sergiou, S., Zhakaraova, N., Green, S., (2019) High-resolution record reveals climate-driven environmental and sedimentary changes in an active rift. Scientific Reports. v. 9, 3166, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-40022-w PDF
44. Accardo, N.J., Shillington, D.J., Gaherty, J.B., Scholz, C.A., Nyblade, A. A., Chindandali, P. R. N., Kamihanda, G., McCartney, T., Wood, D., Ferdinand, R.W. (2018) The Growth and Interaction of Large Border Faults in the Malawi Rift revealed by 3D Seismic Refraction Imaging, J. Geophys. Res. V. 123, 10003-10025 doi: 10.1029/2018JB016504 PDF
43. Grijalva, A., Nyblade, A.A., Homman, K., Accardo, N.J., Gaherty, J.B., Ebinger, C.J., Shillington, D.J., Chindandali, P.R.N., Mbogoni, G., Ferdinand, R.W., Mulibo, G., O’Donnell, J.P., Kachingwe, M., and Tepp, G., (2018). Seismic evidence for plume- and craton-influenced upper mantle structure beneath the northern Malawi rift and the Rungwe volcanic province, East Africa, Geochem. Geophys Geosys, v. 19, 3980-3994.
42. Borrego, D.; Nyblade, A.A., Accardo, N.J., Gaherty, J.B.; Ebinger, C.J.; Shillington, D.J., Chindandali, P.R.N.; Mbogoni, G.; Ferdinand, R.W.; Mulibo, G.; O’Donnell, J.P.; Kashingwe, M.; Tepp, G. (in press) Crustal Structure Surrounding the Northern Malawi Rift and Beneath the Rungwe Volcanic Province, East Africa, Geophys J. Intl. v. 215, 1410-1426.
41. Tepp, G., Ebinger, C.J., Zal, H., Accardo, N.J., Gallacher, R., Shillington, D. J., Gaherty, J.B.,
Keir, D., Nyblade, A.A., Mbogoni, G., Chindandali, P. R. N., Ferdinand, R.W., Mulibo, G. D., Kamihanda, G, (in press). Seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle below magmatic and weakly magmatic sectors of the Western rift, East Africa, J. Geophys. Res.
40. Schuba, C.N., Gray, G.G., Morgan, J.K., Sawyer, D.S., Shillington, D.J., Reston, T.J., Bull, J.M., Jordan, B.E. (2018) A low-angle detachment fault revealed: Three-dimensional images of the S-reflector fault zone along the Galicia passive margin. Earth Planet Sci. Lett, v. 492, 232-238, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.012
39. Hill, J.C., Brothers, D.S., Hornbach, M.J., Sawyer, D.E., Shillington, D.J., Bécel, A. (2018) Subsurface controls on the development of the Cape Fear Slide Complex, central US Atlantic Margin, Geological Society Special Publication. v. 477, SP477.17.
38. Li, J., Shillington, D.J., Saffer, D.M.; Bécel, A.; Nedimovic, M.R.; Webb, S.C.; Kuehn, H.; Keranen, K.M.; Abers, G.A. (2018) Connections between subducted sediment, pore-fluid pressure, and earthquake behavior along the Alaska megathrust. Geology. doi: 10.1130/G39557.1 PDF
37. Shillington, D.J., Minshull, T.A.; Edwards, R.A.; White, N. (2017) Crustal structure of the Mid Black Sea High from wide-angle seismic data, Petroleum Geology of the Black Sea, Geological Society Special Publication, ed: Simmons, M. D., Tari, G. C. & Okay, A. I. v. 464, doi: 10.1144/SP464.6. PDF
36. Bécel, A.; Shillington, D.J., Delescluse, M.; Nedimovic, M.R.; Abers, G.A.; Saffer, D.M.; Webb, S.C.; Keranen, K.M.; Rochi, P.-H.; Li, J., Kuehn, H. (2017) Tsunamigenic structures in a creeping section of the Alaska subduction zone, Nature Geoscience. doi: 10.1038/NGEO2990. PDF
35. Accardo, N.J.; Gaherty, J.B.; Shillington, D.J., Ebinger, C.J.; Nyblade, A. A.; Mbogoni, G. J.; Chindandali, P.R.N.; Ferdinand, R. W. ; Mulibo, G. D.; Kamihanda, G.; Keir, D.; Scholz, C.A.; Selway, K.; O'Donnell, J.P.; Tepp, G., Gallacher, R.; Mtelela, K.; Salima, J.; Mruma, A. (2017). Surface-wave imaging of the weakly-extended Malawi Rift from ambient-noise and teleseismic Rayleigh waves from onshore and lake-bottom seismometers, Geophys. J. Intl., 209, 1892-1905. PDF
34. Shillington, D.J.; Gaherty, J.B.; Ebinger, C.J.; Scholz, C.A.; Selway, K.; Nyblade, AA; Bedrosian, P.A.; Class, C.; Nooner, S.L.; Pritchard, M.E.; Elliott, J.; Chindandali, P.R. N.; Mbogoni, G.; Ferdinand, R.W.; Boniface, N.; Manya, S.; Kamihanda, G.; Saria, E.; Mulibo, G.; Salima, J.; Mruma, A.; Kalindekafe, L.; Accardo, N.J.; Ntambila, D.; Kachingwe, M.; Mesko, G.T.; McCartney, T.; Maquay, M.; O’Donnell, J. P.; Tepp, G.; Mtelela, K.; Trinhammer, P.; Wood, D.; Ernest Aaron, E.; Gibaud, M.; Rapa, M.; Pfeifer, C.; Mphepo, F.; Gondwe, D.; Arroyo, G.; Eddy, C.; Kamoga, B.; Moshi, M. (2016), Acquisition of a Unique Onshore/Offshore Geophysical and Geochemical Dataset in the Northern Malawi (Nyasa) Rift, Seismological Research Letters, 87, 1-11, doi: 10.1785/0220160112. PDF
33. Tominaga, M.; Tivey, M.A.; MacLeod, C.J.; Morris, A.; Lissenberg, C.J.; Shillington, D.J.; Ferrini, V. (2016) Characterization of the in situ magnetic architecture of oceanic crust (Hess Deep) using near-source vector magnetic data, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 121, 4130-4146, doi:10.1002/2015JB012783
32. Bayrakci, G.; Minshull, T.A.; Sawyer, D.S.; Klaeschen, D., Papenberg, C., Reston, T. J.; Ranero, C., Bull, J.M.; Davy, R.G., Shillington, D.J.; Morgan, J.K. (2016) Fault-controlled hydration of the upper mantle during continental rifting. Nature Geoscience. Vol. 9, 384-387, doi:10.1038/ngeo2671
31. Li, J.; Shillington, D.J.; Bécel, A.; Nedimovic, M.R.; Webb, S.C.; Kuehn, H. (2015) Downdip variations of seismic reflection character: Implications for fault structure and seismogenic behavior in the Alaska subduction zone. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 120, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012338. PDF
30. Shillington, D.J.; Bécel, A., Nedimović, M.R., Kuehn, H., Webb, S.C. Abers, G.A., Keranen, K.M.; Li, J.; Delecluse, M.; Mattei-Salicrup, G.A. (2015). Link between plate fabric, hydration and subduction zone seismicity in Alaska. Nature Geoscience, Vol. 8, 961-964, doi:10.1038/ngeo02586. PDF
29. Bécel, A.; Shillington, D.J.; Nedimović, M.R., Kuehn, H., Webb, S.C.W. (2015) Origin of dipping structures in fast-spreading oceanic lower crust offshore Alaska imaged by multichannel seismic data. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. Vol. 424, 26-27, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.016. PDF
28. Kurt, H.; Sorlien, C.C., Seeber, L, Steckler, M.S., Shillington, D.J., Cifci, G., Cormier, M.-H., Dessa, J.-X., Atgin, O., Dondurur, D., Demirbag, E., Okay, S., Imren, C., Gurcay, S., and Carton, H. (2013), Steady late Quaternary slip on the North Anatolian fault near Istanbul, Turkey, Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol 40, 4555-4559, doi:10.1002/grl.50882.
27. Janiszewski, H. A., G. A. Abers, Shillington, D.J., and J. A. Calkins (2013), Crustal structure along the Aleutian island arc: New insights from receiver functions constrained by active source data, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. Vol 14, p. 2977-2992, doi: 10.1002/ggge.20211
26. Eddy, D.R., Van Avendonk, H.J.A., Shillington, D.J. (2013) Compressional and shear-wave velocity structure of the continent-ocean transition zone at the eastern Grand Banks, Newfoundland. Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 40, doi:10.1002/grl.50511. PDF
25. Ferrini, V.L., Shillington, D.J., MacLeod, C.J., Gillis, K.M., Teagle, D.A.F, Hurst, S., Cazenave, P., Tominaga, M., JC021 Shipboard Scientific Party, (2013) Evidence of gravitational collapse on the north slope of Hess Deep from multi-resolutional bathymetry data. Marine Geology. Vol. 339, p. 13-21, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.03.006. PDF
24. Shillington, D.J., Van Avendonk, H.J.A.; Behn, M.D., Kelemen, P.B.; Jagoutz, O. (2013) Constraints on the composition of the Aleutian arc lower crust from VP/VS. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/grl.50375. PDF
23. Shillington, D.J., Seeber, L., Sorlien, C.C., Steckler, M.S., Kurt, H., Dondurur, D., Çifci, G., Imren, C., Cormier, M.-H., McHugh, C.M.G, Gurcay, S., Poyraz, D., Okay, S., Athin, O., Diebold, J.B. (2012) Evidence for wide-spread creep on the Sea of Marmara transform basin from marine geophysical data, Geology Vol. 40, p. 439-442, doi:10.1130/G32652.1. Link to article
22. Sorlien, C.C., Akhun, S.D., Seeber, L., Steckler, M.S., Shillington, D.J, Kurt, H., Çifçi, G.; Poyraz, D.T.; Gürcay, S., Dondurur, D., İmren, C.,Perincek, E., Okay, S., Kücük, H.M, Diebold, J.B. (2012). Uniform basin growth over the last 500 ka, North Anatolian Fault, Marmara Sea, Turkey, Tectonophysics v.518, p1-16, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.006. PDF
21. Crosby, A., White, N., Edwards, G.R.H., Shillington, D.J. (2010). Self-consistent strain rate and heat flow modelling of lithospheric extension: application to Newfoundland-Iberia conjugate margins. Petroleum Geoscience. Vol. 16. p. 247-256.
20. Péron-Pinvidic, G, Shillington, D.J., Tucholke, B.E., (in review). Characterization of the U reflection on the Newfoundland margin: Evidence for widespread early post-rift magmatism on a magma-poor rifted margin. Geophys J. Intl. Vol. 182, p. 113-136. PDF
19. Edwards, R. A., Scott, C.L., Shillington, D.J., Minshull, T.A.,Brown, P.J., and White, N.J. (2009), Wide-angle seismic data reveal sedimentary and crustal structure of the Eastern Black Sea, The Leading Edge, 28, 1056-1065.
18. Scott, C.L., Shillington, D.J., Minshull, T.A., Edwards, R.A., Brown, P.J., White, N.J. (2009) Wide angle data reveal extensive overpressures in the Eastern Black Sea Basin. Geophys J. Intl. Vol. 178, p. 1145-1163, doi: 1110.1111/j.1365-1246X.2009.04215.x. PDF
17. Péron-Pinvidic, G., Van Wijk, J., Shillington, D.J., Gernigon, L. (2009). An introduction to the Tectonophysics Special Issue “The role of magmatism in continental lithosphere extension” Tectonophys. Vol. 468, p. 1-5, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.019. PDF
16. Van Avendonk, H.J.A., Lavier, L.L., Shillington, D.J., Manatschal, G. (2009). Extension of continental crust at the eastern margin of the Grand Banks, Newfoundland. Tectonophysics. Vol. 468, p. 131-148, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.030. PDF
15. Shillington, D.J., Scott, C.L., Minshull, T.A., Edwards, R.A., Brown, P.J., White, N. (2009). An abrupt transition from magma-starved to magma-rich rifting in the eastern Black Sea. Geology. Vol. 37, p. 7-10, doi:10.1130/G25302A.1. PDF
14. Shillington, D.J., Hopper, J.R., Holbrook, W.S., (2008). Seismic signal penetration beneath post-rift sills on the Newfoundland margin. Geophysics Vol. 73, p. B99-B107, doi:10.1190/1.2972131. PDF
13. Crosby, A., White, N., White, G.R.H., Shillington, D.J. (2008) Evolution of the Newfoundland-Iberia conjugate passive margins. Earth Planet Sci. Lett. Vol. 273, p. 214-226, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.039. PDF
12. Shillington, D.J., White, N.J., Minshull, T.A., Edwards, G.R.H., Jones, Stephen M., Edwards, R.A., Scott, C.L (2008). Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Black Sea: a test of depth-dependent stretching models. Earth Planet. Sci Lett. Vol. 265, p. 360-378, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.033. PDF
11. Shillington, D.J., Minshull, T.A., Peirce, C., O'Sullivan, J. (2008) P and S wave velocities of consolidated sediments from a pilot seafloor seismic survey in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland, Geophysical Prospecting. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00669.x PDF
10. Shillington, D.J., Tucholke, B.E., Karner, G.D., Sawyer, D., Holbrook, W.S., Delius, H., (2007). Linking core and seismic data without logs: Core-seismic correlation at Site 1276. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, Vol. 210. webpage
9. Pross, J., Pletsch, T., Shillington, D.J., Ligouis, B., Kus, J., Schellenberg, F. (2007). Thermal alteration of terrestrial palynomorphs in mid-Cretaceous organic-rich mudstones intruded by an igneous sill (Newfoundland Margin, ODP Hole 1276A). Intl. J. Coal Geol. Vol. 70, p. 277-291. PDF
8. Van Avendonk, H.J.A., Holbrook, W.S., Nunes, G.T., Shillington, D.J., Tucholke, B.E., Louden, K.E., Larsen, H.C., Hopper, J.R. (2006). Seismic velocity structure of the rifted margin of the eastern Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada. J. Geophys Res. Vol. 111, B11404, doi:10.1029/2005JB004156. PDF
7. Shillington, D.J., Holbrook, W.S., Van Avendonk, H.J.A., Tucholke, B.E., Hopper, J.R., Louden, K.E., Larsen, H.C. (2006). Evidence for asymmetric nonvolcanic rifting and slow incipient oceanic accretion from seismic reflection data on the Newfoundland nonvolcanic margin. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 111, B09402, doi:10.1029/2005JB003981. PDF
6. Karner, G.D., Shillington, D.J., (2005). Basalt Sills of the ‘U Reflector’, Newfoundland Basin: A Serendipitous Dating Technique. Geology, Vol. 33, p. 985-988. PDF
5. Minshull, T.A., White, N.J., Edwards, R.A., Shillington, D.J., Scott, C.L., Demirer, A., Shaw-Champion, M., Jones, S., Erduran, M. Besevli, T., Raven, K., Price, A., Peterson, B., Coskun, G. (2005). New Seismic Data Reveal the Deep Structure of the Eastern Black Sea Basin. EOS, Vol. 86, p. 413,419. PDF
4. Shillington, D.J., Van Avendonk, H.J.A., Holbrook, W.S., Kelemen, P., Hornbach, M., (2004). Composition and structure of the central Aleutian island arc from arc-parallel wide-angle seismic data. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., Vol. 5, Q10006, doi:10.1029/2004GC000715. PDF
3. Van Avendonk, H.J.A., Shillington, D.J., Holbrook, W.S., Hornbach, M., (2004). Inferring crustal structure in the Aleutian island arc from a sparse wide-angle data set. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., Vol. 5, Q08008, doi: 10.1029/2004GC000664. PDF
2. Shillington, D.J., Holbrook, W.S., Tucholke, B.E., Hopper, J.R., Louden, K.E., Larsen, H.C., Van Avendonk, H.J.A.,
Deemer, S., Hall, J. (2004). Marine Geophysical Data on the Newfoundland Non-volcanic Rifted Margin Around SCREECH Transect 2. In Tucholke, B.E., Sibuet, J.-C., Klaus, A., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Reports, Vol. 210: College Station, TX. webpage
1. Hopper, J.R., Funck, T., Tucholke, B.E., Larsen, H.C., Holbrook, W.S., Louden, K.E., Shillington, D., Lau, H., (2004). Continental breakup and the onset of ultra-slow seafloor spreading off Flemish Cap on the Newfoundland Rifted Margin. Geology, Vol. 32, p. 93-96. PDF
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