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Peirce, C. and Hobbs, R. W. 2024. Oceanic crust – seismic structure, lithology and the cause of the 2A Event at borehole 504B. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggae029.
Tary, J. B., Peirce, C., Hobbs, R. W., Bonilla Walker, F., De La Hoz, C., Bird, A., and Vargas, C. A. 2024. Application of a seismic network to baleen whale call detection and localization in the Panama basin–a Bryde's whale example. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(3), 2075–2086. arXiv:https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article-pdf/155/3/2075/19732002/2075\_1\_10.0025290.pdf, doi:10.1121/10.0025290.
Peirce, C., Tedd, J. C., and Hobbs, R. W. 2023. Structure and dynamics of the Ecuador Fracture Zone, Panama Basin. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggad315.
Peirce, C., Funnel, M. J., Reston, T. J., and MacLeod, C. J. 2022. Three-dimensional S-wave velocity structure of oceanic core complexes at 13° N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggac350.
Robinson, A. H., Bayrakci, G., Macdonald, C., Minshull, T. A., Bull, J. M., Chapman, M., Henstock, T. J., and Callow, B. 2022. Constraints on fluid flow pathways from shear-wave splitting in and around an active fluid-escape structure: Scanner Pockmark, North Sea. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggac197.
Peirce, C., Grevemeyer, I., Hayman, N. W., and van Avendonk, H. J. A. 2022. Active ocean-continent transform margins: seismic investigation of the Cayman Trough-Swan Island ridge-transform intersection. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggac019.
Tary, J. B., Hobbs, R. W., Peirce, C., Lesmes, C. L., and Funnell, M. J. 2021. Local rift and intraplate seismicity reveal shallow crustal fluid-related activity and sub-crustal faulting. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 562, 116857. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116857.
Funnell, M. J., Robinson, A. H., Hobbs, R. W., and Peirce, C. 2021. Evolution and properties of young oceanic crust: constraints from Poisson's ratio. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggab062.
Parnell-Turner, R., Sohn, R. A., Peirce, C., Reston, T. J., MacLeod, C. J., Searle, R. C., and Simão, N. M. 2020. Seismicity trends and detachment fault structure at 13°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geology. doi:10.1130/g48420.1.
Davy, R. G., Collier, J. S., Henstock, T. J., Rietbrock, A., Goes, S., Blundy, J., Harmon, N., Rychert, C., Macpherson, C. G., van Hunen, J., Kendall, M., Wilkinson, J., Davidson, J., Wilson, M., Cooper, G., Maunder, B., Bie, L., Hicks, S., Allen, R., Chichester, B., Tait, S., Robertson, R., Latchman, J., and Krüger, F. 2020. Wide-Angle Seismic Imaging of Two Modes of Crustal Accretion in Mature Atlantic Ocean Crust. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. doi:10.1029/2019jb019100.
Robinson, A. H., Zhang, L., Hobbs, R. W., Peirce, C., and Tong, V. C. H. 2020. Magmatic and tectonic segmentation of the intermediate-spreading Costa Rica Rift – a fine balance between magma supply rate, faulting, and hydrothermal circulation. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggaa152.
Simão, N. M., Peirce, C., Funnell, M. J., Robinson, A. H., Searle, R. C., MacLeod, C. J., and Reston, T. J. 2020. Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of oceanic core complexes at 13° N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggaa093.
Peirce, C., Robinson, A. H., Funnell, M. J., Searle, R. C., MacLeod, C. J., and Reston, T. J. 2020. Magmatism versus serpentinization – crustal structure along the 13° N segment at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggaa052.
Lowell, R. P., Zhang, L., Maqueda, M. A. M., Banyte, D., Tong, V. C. H., Johnston, R. E. R., Harris, R. N., Hobbs, R. W., Peirce, C., Robinson, A. H., and Kolandaivelu, K. 2019. Magma-hydrothermal interactions at the Costa Rica Rift from data collected in 1994 and 2015. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, pages 115991. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115991.
Grevemeyer, I., Hayman, N. W., Lange, D., Peirce, C., Papenberg, C., van Avendonk, H. J. A., Schmid, F., de Peña, L. G. L., and Dannowski, A. 2019. Constraining the maximum depth of brittle deformation at slow- and ultraslow-spreading ridges using microseismicity. Geology, 47(11), 1069–1073. doi:10.1130/g46577.1.
Peirce, C., Robinson, A. H., Campbell, A. M., Funnell, M. J., Grevemeyer, I., Hayman, N. W., van Avendonk, H. J. A., and Castiello, G. 2019. Seismic investigation of an active ocean–continent transform margin: the interaction between the Swan Islands Fault Zone and the ultraslow-spreading Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. Geophysical Journal International, 219(1), 159–184. doi:10.1093/gji/ggz283.
Wilson, D. J., Robinson, A. H., Hobbs, R. W., Peirce, C., and Funnell, M. J. 2019. Does intermediate spreading-rate oceanic crust result from episodic transition between magmatic and magma-dominated, faulting-enhanced spreading?—The Costa Rica Rift example. Geophysical Journal International, 218(3), 1617–1641. doi:10.1093/gji/ggz184.
Peirce, C., Reveley, G., Robinson, A. H., Funnell, M. J., Searle, R. C., Simão, N. M., MacLeod, C. J., and Reston, T. J. 2019. Constraints on crustal structure of adjacent OCCs and segment boundaries at 13°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Journal International, 217(2), 988–1010. doi:10.1093/gji/ggz074.
Grevemeyer, I., Hayman, N. W., Peirce, C., Schwardt, M., van Avendonk, H. J. A., Dannowski, A., and Papenberg, C. 2018. Episodic magmatism and serpentinized mantle exhumation at an ultraslow-spreading centre. Nature Geoscience, 11(6), 444–448. doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0124-6.
Parnell-Turner, R., Sohn, R.A., Peirce, C., Reston, T.J., MacLeod, C.J., Searle, R.C., and Simão, N.M. 2017. Oceanic detachment faults generate compression in extension. Geology, 45(10), 923–926. doi:10.1130/g39232.1.
Harding, J. L., van Avendonk, H. J. A., Hayman, N. W., Grevemeyer, I., Peirce, C., and Dannowski, A. 2017. Magmatic-tectonic conditions for hydrothermal venting on an ultraslow-spread oceanic core complex. Geology, 45(9), 839–842. doi:10.1130/g39045.1.
Funnell, M. J., Peirce, C., and Robinson, A. H. 2017. Structural variability of the Tonga-Kermadec forearc characterized using robustly constrained geophysical data. Geophysical Journal International, 210(3), 1681–1702. doi:10.1093/gji/ggx260.
van Avendonk, H. J. A., Hayman, N. W., Harding, J. L., Grevemeyer, I., Peirce, C., and Dannowski, A. 2017. Seismic structure and segmentation of the axial valley of the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(6), 2149–2161. doi:10.1002/2017gc006873.
Searle, R. 2016. Research and outreach at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Astronomy & Geophysics, 57(3), 3.18–3.20. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atw098.
Davy, R. G., Minshull, T. A., Bayrakci, G., Bull, J. M., Klaeschen, D., Papenberg, C., Reston, T. J., Sawyer, D. S., and Zelt, C. A. 2016. Continental hyperextension, mantle exhumation, and thin oceanic crust at the continent-ocean transition, West Iberia: New insights from wide-angle seismic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(5), 3177–3199. doi:10.1002/2016jb012825.
Bayrakci, G., Minshull, T. A., Sawyer, D. S., Reston, T. J., Klaeschen, D., Papenberg, C., Ranero, C., Bull, J. M., Davy, R. G., Shillington, D. J., Perez-Gussinye, M., and Morgan, J. K. 2016. Fault-controlled hydration of the upper mantle during continental rifting. Nature Geoscience, 9(5), 384–388. doi:10.1038/ngeo2671.
Bentley, A. 2016. Teacher at sea. Teaching Earth Sciences Newsletter, 41(2), 18–27.
Goswami, B. K., Weitemeyer, K. A., Minshull, T. A., Sinha, M. C., Westbrook, G. K., Chabert, A., Henstock, T. J., and Ker, S. 2015. A joint electromagnetic and seismic study of an active pockmark within the hydrate stability field at the Vestnesa Ridge, West Svalbard margin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(10), 6797–6822. doi:10.1002/2015jb012344.
Tang, G., Barton, P. J., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., Tilmann, F., Dean, S. M., Jusuf, M. D., Djajadihardja, Y. S., Permana, H., Klingelhoefer, F., and Kopp, H. 2013. 3-D active source tomography around Simeulue Island offshore Sumatra: Thick crustal zone responsible for earthquake segment boundary. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(1), 48–53. doi:10.1029/2012gl054148.
Paulatto, M., Annen, C., Henstock, T. J., Kiddle, E., Minshull, T. A., Sparks, R. S. J., and Voight, B. 2012. Magma chamber properties from integrated seismic tomography and thermal modeling at Montserrat. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13(1), . doi:10.1029/2011gc003892.
Tang, G., Barton, P.J, and others. 2011. 3-D seismic tomography study in the Simeulue segment of the Sumatra subduction zone. BGA New Advances in Geophysics meeting, Geological Society of London.
Paulatto, M., Annen, C., Henstock, T., Kiddle, E. J., Minshull, T. A., Sparks, R. S., and Foroozan, R. 3D image of an active magma chamber beneath Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, from first-arrival travel-time tomography (Invited). In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2010, V51F–01. Dec 2010. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AGUFM.V51F..01P.
Lange, D., Tilmann, F., Rietbrock, A., Collings, R., Natawidjaja, D. H., Suwargadi, B. W., Barton, P., Henstock, T., and Ryberg, T. 2010. The Fine Structure of the Subducted Investigator Fracture Zone in Western Sumatra as Seen by Local Seismicity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 298(1-2), 47–56. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.020.
Plaza-Faverola, A., Westbrook, G. K., Ker, S., Exley, R. J. K., Gailler, A., Minshull, T. A., and Broto, K. 2010. Evidence from three-dimensional seismic tomography for a substantial accumulation of gas hydrate in a fluid-escape chimney in the Nyegga pockmark field, offshore Norway. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi:10.1029/2009jb007078.
Plaza-Faverola, A., Westbrook, G., Ker, S., Exley, R., Gailler, A., Minshull, T., and Broto, K. Evidence from 3D seismic tomography for hydrate accumulation in a fluid-escape chimney in the Nyegga area on the Vøring plateau. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 4341. May 2010. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010EGUGA..12.4341P.
Paulatto, M., Minshull, T. A., and Henstock, T. J. Probing the interior of an active volcano: 3D seismic tomography at Montserrat. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 9376. May 2010. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010EGUGA..12.9376P.
Minshull, T., Sarkar, S., Chabert, A., Westbrook, G., and Berndt, C. Evidence for Subsurface Methane from High-Resolution Reflection and Wide-Angle Seismic Data Offshore Svalbard. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 10408. May 2010. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010EGUGA..1210408M.
Shalev, E., Kenedi, C. L., Malin, P., Voight, V., Miller, V., Hidayat, D., Sparks, R. S. J., Minshull, T., Paulatto, M., Brown, L., and Mattioli, G. 2010. Three-dimensional seismic velocity tomography of Montserrat from the SEA-CALIPSO offshore/onshore experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(19), n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2010gl042498.
Barton, P. J., Grieve, R. A. F., Morgan, J. V., Surendra, A. T., Vermeesch, P. M., Christeson, G. L., Gulick, S. P. S., and Warner, M. R. Seismic images of Chicxulub impact melt sheet and comparison with the Sudbury structure. In Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV. Geological Society of America, 2010. doi:10.1130/2010.2465(07).
Voight, B., Sparks, R. S. J., Shalev, E., Malin, P., Kenedi, C., Minshull, T. A., Paulatto, M., Mattioli, G., Hidayat, D., Widiwijayanti, C., and Hammond, J. 2010. Active Source Seismic Experiment Peers Under Soufrière Hills Volcano. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 91(28), 245. doi:10.1029/2010eo280002.
Chabert, A., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., and Berndt, C. Seismic modelling of gas hydrate and free gas in sediments, from ocean-bottom seismometer data along the continental margin of Western Svalbard. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2009, OS43C–05. Dec 2009. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AGUFMOS43C..05C.
Christeson, G. L., Collins, G. S., Morgan, J. V., Gulick, S. P.S., Barton, P. J., and Warner, M. R. 2009. Mantle deformation beneath the Chicxulub impact crater. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 284(1-2), 249–257. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.033.
A., C., T.A., M., G.K., W., C., B., and others. 2009. Gas hydrate quantification from ocean-bottom seismometer data along the continental margin of Western Svalbard. UK IODP, London.
Chabert, A., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., and Berndt, C. Gas hydrate quantification from ocean-bottom seismometer data along the continental margin of Western Svalbard. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 10765. Apr 2009. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009EGUGA..1110765C.
Vermeesch, P. M., Morgan, J. V., Christeson, G. L., Barton, P. J., and Surendra, A. 2009. Three-dimensional joint inversion of traveltime and gravity data across the Chicxulub impact crater. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi:10.1029/2008jb005776.
Kenedi, C. L., Sparks, S. J., Dean, S., Hammond, J., Malin, P. E., Minshull, T., Paulatto, M., Peirce, C., Ryan, G., Shalev, E., and Voight, B. Volcano-Tectonic History of the Island of Montserrat, West Indies, From Seismic Reflection Profiles. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2008, V53C–06. Dec 2008. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFM.V53C..06K.
Minshull, T. A., Paulatto, M., Baptie, B., Dean, S. M., Hammond, J. O., Henstock, T. J., Kenedi, C. L., Malin, P., Peirce, C., Ryan, G., Shalev, E., Sparks, S. R., and Voigt, B. Crustal structure of Montserrat and Surrounding Area From Integrated Onshore, Ocean Bottom and Multichannel Reflection Seismic Data. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2008, V51C–2037. Dec 2008. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFM.V51C2037M.
Paulatto, M., Minshull, T. A., Baptie, B., Dean, S., Hammond, J. O., Henstock, T., Lewis Kenedi, C., Malin, P., Ryan, G., Shalev, E., Sparks, S. R., Voight, B., and Peirce, C. Seismic Velocity Structure of the Island of Montserrat From Reflection/Refraction Tomography. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2008, V53C–05. Dec 2008. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFM.V53C..05P.
Voight, B., Widiwijayanti, C., Mattioli, G., Ammon, C., Elsworth, D., Foroozan, R., Hidayat, D., Humphreys, M., Minshull, T., Paulatto, M., Shalev, E., and Sparks, S. Conundrum on magmatic reservoir of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat: enigmatic evidence and the case for a vertically-elongated reservoir. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2008, V53C–08. Dec 2008. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFM.V53C..08V.
Vermeesch, P. M. and Morgan, J. V. 2008. Structural uplift beneath the Chicxulub impact structure. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi:10.1029/2007jb005393.
Shillington, D. J., Minshull, T. A., Peirce, C., and O\textquotesingle Sullivan, J. M. 2008. P- and S-wave velocities of consolidated sediments from a seafloor seismic survey in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Geophysical Prospecting, 56(2), 197–211. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00669.x.
Paulatto, M., Minshull, T.A., Henstock, T., Sparks, R.S.J., Baptie, B., Mailin, P., Kenedi, K.L., Voight, B., Shalev, E., Hammond, J., Ryan, G., and Peirce, C. 2008. A glimpse inside an active volcano: 2D inversion of combined refracted and reflected arrivals at Montserrat. Postgraduate Students in Geophysics, BGA Special Meeting, Durham University.
Westbrook, G.K., Exley, R., Minshull, T.A., Nouze, H., Gailler, A., Jose, T., Ker, S., and Plaza, A. High-resolution 3D seismic investigations of hydrate-bearing fluid escape chimneys in the Nyegga region of the Voring Plateau, Norway. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, 5597–[12p]. International Conference on Gas Hydrates, 2008. URL: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/55302/.
Jose, T., Minshull, T.A., Westbrook, G.K., Nouze, H., Ker, S., Gailler, A., Exley, R., and Berndt, C. A geophysical study of a pockmark in the Nyegga region, Norwegian Sea. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, pages 5568–[8p]. International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver BC, Canada, 2008. URL: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/155303/.
Gulick, S. P. S., Barton, P. J., Christeson, G. L., Morgan, J. V., McDonald, M., Mendoza-Cervantes, K., Pearson, Z. F., Surendra, A., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Vermeesch, P. M., and Warner, M. R. 2008. Importance of pre-impact crustal structure for the asymmetry of the Chicxulub impact crater. Nature Geoscience, 1(2), 131–135. doi:10.1038/ngeo103.
Minshull, T.A., Sinha, M.C., and Peirce, C. 2005. Multi-disciplinary, sub-seabed geophysical imaging. Sea Technology, 46(10), 27–31. URL: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/18172/.