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2012 UTIG Publications

Adams, A., J. T. Germaine, P. B. Flemings, and R. J. Day-Stirrat, Stress induced permeability anisotropy of resedimented Boston blue clay, Geophys. Res. Lett., (submitted), 2012, #2454

Arbic, B. K., R. B. Scott, G. R. Flierl, A. J. Morten, J. G. Richman, and J. F. Shriver, Nonlinear cascades of surface oceanic geostrophic energy in the frequency domain, J. Phys. Oceanography, (in press), 2012, #2471

Bande, A., B. K. Horton, C. J. Ramirez, A. Mora, M. Parra, and D. F. Stockli, Clastic deposition, provenance, and sequence of Andean thrusting in the frontal Eastern Cordillera and Llanos foreland basin of Colombia, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., 124, 59-76, 2012, doi:10.1130/B30412.1, #2446

Catania, G. A., C. L. Hulbe, H. Conway, T. A. Scambos, and C. F. Raymond, Variability in the mass flux of the Ross Sea ice streams, Antarctica, over the last millennium: A review , J. Glaciology, (in press), 2012, #2457

Cecconi, B., S. Hess, A. Herique, M. R. Santovito, D. Santos-Costa, P. Zarka, G. Alberti, D. D. Blankenship, J.-L. Bougeret, L. Bruzzone, and W. Kofman, Natural radio emission of Jupiter as interferences for radar investigations of the icy satellites of Jupiter, Planet. Space Sci., 61, 32-45, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.012, #2425

Christeson, G. L., J. V. Morgan, and M. R. Warner, Shallow oceanic crust: Full waveform tomographic images of the seismic later 2A/2B boundary, J. Geophys. Res., (submitted), 2012, #2477

Chu, C., Non uniform grid implicit spatial finite difference method for acoustic wave modeling in tilted transversely isotropic media, J. Applied Geophys., 76, 44-49, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.09.027, #2467

Chu, C., and P. L. Stoffa, Implicit finite difference simulations of seismic wave propagation , Geophysics, (in press), 2012, #2468

Comeaux, R. S., M. A. Allison, and T. S. Bianchi, Mangrove expansion in the Gulf of Mexico with climate change: Implications for wetland health and resistance to rising sea levels, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sci., 96, 81-95, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.10.003, #2463

Duddu, R., L. L. Lavier, T. J. R. Hughes, and V. M. Calo, A finite strain Eulerian formulation for compressible and nearly incompressible hyperelasticity using high-order B-spine finite elements, Int. J. Numerical Methods Eng., 89, 762-785, 2012, doi:10.1002/nme.3262, #2350

Ellins, K., and H. C. Olson, Enhancing geoscience education within a minority-serving teacher population, J. Geoscience Educ., (in press), 2012, #2465

Flemings, P. B., C. John, and J. H. Behrmann, Expedition 308 synthesis: Overpressure, compaction and slope stability on the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico, Proc. Int. Ocean Drilling Prog., (submitted), 2012, #2450

Foroozan, R., D. Elsworth, P. B. Flemings, F. Bilotti, and S. Muhuri, The role of permeability evolution in fault zones on the structural and hydro-mechanical characteristics of shortening basins, Marine Petroleum Geol., 2012, 143-151, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.007, #2395

Frohlich, C., J. Glidewell, and M. Brunt, Location and felt reports for the 25 April 2010 mbLG3.9 earthquake near Alice, Texas: Was it induced by petroleum production?, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 102, 457-466, 2012, doi:10.1785/0120110179, #2400

Goehring, L., V. Robigou, and K. Ellins, Bringing mid-ocean ridge discoveries to audiences far and wide: Emerging trends for the next generation , Oceanography, 25, 286-298, 2012, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.28, #2464

Goff, J. A., and C. S. Duncan, Reexamination of sand ridges on the middle and outer New Jersey shelf based on combined analysis of multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, seafloor grab samples and chirp seismic data, in Sediments, Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves: Advances in Technologies, Research and Applications, edited by M. Z. Li, C. R. Sherwood and P. R. Hill, Inter. Assoc. Sedimentologists Spec. Publ., 44, 121-142, 2012, #2076

Gulley, J. D., M. Grabiec, J. Jania, G. A. Catania, and P. Glowacki, The effect of discrete recharge by moulins and heterogeneity in flow path efficiency at glacier beds on subglacial hydrology , J. Glaciology, (in press), 2012, #2455

Horton, B. K., Cenozoic evolution of hinterland basins in the Andes and Tibet, in Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances, edited by C. Busby and A. Azor, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 427-444, 2012, #2216

Lester, R., and K. D. McIntosh, Multiple attenuation in crustal-scale imaging: Examples from the TAIGER marine reflection data set, Marine Geophysical Researches, (in press), 2012, #2462

Luo, G., M. A. Nikolinakou, P. B. Flemings, and M. R. Hudec, Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: 1. Uncoupled models, AAPG Bull., 96, 43-64, 2012, doi:10.1306/04111110144, #2385

MacGregor, J. A., G. A. Catania, M. S. Markowski, and A. G. Andrews, Widespread loss of iceshelf buttressing in the Amundsen Sea Embayment between 1972-2011 , J. Glaciology, (in press), 2012, #2456

Mackey, G. N., B. K. Horton, and K. L. Milliken, Provenance of the Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Group, western Gulf of Mexico basin: Evidence for integrated drainage of the southern Laramide Rocky Mountains and Cordilleran arc, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., (in press), 2012, doi:10.1130/B30458.1, #2443

Nie, J. S., B. K. Horton, J. E. Saylor, A. Mora, M. Mange, C. N. Garzione, and M. Parra, Integrated provenance analysis of a convergent retroarc foreland system: U-Pb ages, heavy minerals, Nd isotopes, and sandstone compositions of the Middle Magdalena Valley basin, northern Andes, Colombia, Earth Sci. Rev., 110, 111-126, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.11.002, #2442

Nikolinakou, M. A., G. Luo, M. R. Hudec, and P. B. Flemings, Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: 2. Poro-elasto-plasticity and coupled overpressures , AAPG Bull., 96, 65-85, 2012, doi:10.1306/04111110143, #2387

Parra, M., A. Mora, C. Lopez, L. E. Rojas, and B. K. Horton, Detecting earliest shortening and deformation advance in thrust belt hinterlands: Example from the Colombian Andes, Geology, 40, 2012, doi:10.1130/G32519.1, #2445

Partin, J. W., J. Jenson, J. L. Banner, T. M. Quinn, F. W. Taylor, D. J. Sinclair, B. Hardt, M. Lander, T. Bell, B. Miklavia, J. Jocson, and D. Taboroi, Relationship between modern rainfall variability, cave dripwater and stalagmite geochemistry in Guam, USA, Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., (in press), 2012, #2470

Pavlis, T. L., J. B. Chapman, R. L. Bruhn, K. Ridgeway, L. L. Worthington, and S. P. S. Gulick, Structure of the actively deforming fold-thrust belt of the St. Elias Orogen with implications for glacial exhumation and 3D tectonic processes, Geosphere, (in press), 2012, #2466

Sanchez, C. M., C. S. Fulthorpe, and R. J. Steel, Miocene shelf-edge deltas and their impact on deepwater slope progradation and Slope morphology, Northwest Shelf of Australia, Basin Res., (in press), 2012, #2460

Sanchez, C. M., C. S. Fulthorpe, and R. J. Steel, Middle Miocene-Pliocene siliciclastic influx across a carbonate shelf and influence of deltaic sedimentation on shelf construction, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Shelf of Australia, Basin Res., (in press), 2012, #2461

Sawyer, D. E., P. B. Flemings, J. Buttles, and D. Mohrig, Mudflow transport behavior and deposit morphology: Role of shear stress to yield strength ratio in subaqueous experiments, Marine Geol., (in press), 2012, #2475

Saylor, J. E., D. F. Stockli, B. K. Horton, J. S. Nie, and A. Mora, Discriminating rapid exhumation from syndepositional volcanism using detrital zircon double dating: Implications for the tectonic history of the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., 124, 2012, doi:10.1130/B30534.1, #2444

Scott, R. B., and D. Furnival, Assessment of traditional and new eigenfuncion bases applied to extrapolation of surface geostrophic current time series below the surface in an idealized primitive equation simulation, J. Phys. Oceanography, 42, 165-178, 2012, doi:10.1175/2011JPO4523.1, #2396

Shahin, A., K. Key, P. L. Stoffa, and R. H. Tatham, Petro-electric modeling for CSEM reservoir characterization and monitoring, Geophysics, 77, E9-E20, 2012, doi:10.1190/GEO2010-0329.1, #2402

Shahin, A., R. H. Tatham, P. L. Stoffa, and K. Spikes, Optimal dynamic rock-fluid physics template validated by petroelastic reservoir modeling, Geophysics, 76, O45-O58, 2012, doi:10.1190/GEO2010-0275.1, #2404

Sloan, H., D. Sauter, J. A. Goff, and M. Cannat, Abyssal hill characterization at ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge, Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., 13, Q0AE06, 2012, doi:10.1029/2011GC003850, #2476

Taylor, M. T., P. A. Kapp, and B. K. Horton, Basin response to active extension and strike-slip deformation in the hinterland of the Tibetan plateau, in Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances, edited by C. Busby and A. Azor, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 445-460, 2012, #2304

Timko, P. G., B. K. Arbic, J. G. Richman, R. B. Scott, E. J. Metzger, and A. J. Wallcraft, Skill tests of three-dimensional tidal currents in a global ocean model: A look at the North Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., (in press), 2012, #2453

Vargas, C. A., and P. Mann, Morphologic expression of accretionary processes and recent submarine landslides along the southwestern Pacific margin of Colombia, in Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences, edited by Y. Yamada et al., Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research 31, (in press), 2012, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_33, #2393

Worthington, L. L., H. J. A. Van Avendonk, S. P. S. Gulick, G. L. Christeson, and T. L. Pavlis, Crustal structure of the Yakutat terrane and the evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B01102, 2012, doi:10.1029/2011JB008493, #2430

Wright, C., R. B. Scott, B. K. Arbic, and D. Furnival, Ocean-eddy dissipation estimates at the Atlantic zonal boundaries, J. Geophys. Res., (in press), 2012, #2452

Zhan, G., R. C. Pestana, and P. L. Stoffa, Decoupled equations for reverse time migration in tilted transversely isotropic media, Geophysics, 77, T37-T45, 2012, doi:10.1190/geo2011-0175.1, #2405