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Professor Timothy A Minshull BA, MA, MSc, PhD

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Professor Timothy A Minshull is Professor within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

BA (Hons) Natural Sciences (Physics), University of Cambridge (1985)

MSc Geophysics, University of Durham (1986)

MA, University of Cambridge (1989)

PhD Marine Geophysics, University of Cambridge (1990)

Lecturer in Geophysics, University of Birmingham (1989-91)

Research Associate in Marine Geophysics, University of Cambridge (1991-94)

Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (1994-99)

Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Southampton (1999-2002)

Reader (2001-2004) and Professor since 2004

Research

Publications

Contact

Research interests

Specialism: Marine geophysics

My current research is focused in the following areas:

Extension of the continental lithosphere

This is my main area of research. I have had a few years without funded projects in this area (but with ongoing publication). However, I am co-I (lead in Southampton) of a c. £4M project involving UK, US and German funding for 3D seismic work on the west Iberia margin, which is now scheduled in summer 2013. This project will give unprecedented insights into tectonic processes during continental breakup. I lead the ocean bottom seismic component of the project.

Gas hydrates

In recent years my hydrate research has focused on the hydrate system west of Svalbard, where the hydrate stability field is being thermally eroded by changes in ocean temperature. I currently lead a NERC-funded project (2011-2014) that has funded two cruises: one using high-resolution seismic techniques to image gas escape pathways and the other using controlled source electromagnetic techniques to quantify the amounts of hydrate and gas present. These cruises form part of a large international effort in this region that was triggered by the results of a NERC Consortium Grant I led in the same area in 2008-2011. I also have a small project funded by DECC (through NERC) to model the evolution of the hydrate stability field into the future in this region.

Active island arc volcanism

I co-led an experiment in December 2007 to study the internal structure of the erupting volcano at Montserrat in the Caribbean. This project has led to co-authorship of six journal papers, involvement in ongoing thermal modelling work on the magma system, and proposals for follow-up work.

Links to Active Research

Information regarding seafloor geophysical instrumentation (Ocean Bottom Instrumentation Consortium)

Research group

Geology and Geophysics

Research project(s)

STEMM-CCS – Strategies for the Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage

Integration of CSEM and seismic data for mapping gas hydrates at CNE03

Arctic Hydrate Dissociation as a Consequence of Climate Change: Determining the vulnerable methane reservoir and gas escape mechanisms

Arctic methane at a tipping point: Estimating the amount of sub seabed methane

Overpressure Development in Deep Basins: Linking Measures and Models

The response of offshore Arctic methane hydrate to ocean warming during the next three centuries

Imaging continental breakup with ocean bottom seismic techniques: Galicia Bank continental margin

Galicia 3D - Exploring ancient continental breakup west of Spain

The Porcupine Basin Project

BLUE MINING: Breakthrough solutions for sustainable deep-sea mining value chain

CHIMNEY

Physical Properties of Oceanic Lower Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Rocks from Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Articles

Prada, M., Watremez, L., Chen, C., O'Reilly, B. M., Minshull, T. A., Reston, T. J., ... Gaw, V. (2017). Crustal strain-dependent serpentinisation in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Falcon-Suarez, I., Bayrakci, G., Minshull, T. A., North, L. J., Best, A. I., Rouméjon, S., & IODP Expedition 357 Science Party (2017). Elastic and electrical properties and permeability of serpentinites from Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Journal International.

Zhao, F., Minshull, T. A., Crocker, A. J., Dowdeswell, J. A., Wu, S., & Soryal, S. M. (2017). Pleistocene iceberg dynamics on the west Svalbard margin: evidence from bathymetric and sub-bottom profiler data. Quaternary Science Reviews, 161, 30-44.

Goswami, B. K., Weitemeyer, K. A., Bünz, S., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., Ker, S., & Sinha, M. C. (2017). Variations in pockmark composition at the Vestnesa Ridge: Insights from marine controlled source electromagnetic and seismic data. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(3), 1111-1125. DOI: 10.1002/ggge.v18.3

Davy, R. G., Minshull, T. A., Bayrakci, G., Bull, J. M., Klaeschen, D., Papenberg, C., ... 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, 3177-3199. DOI: 10.1002/2016JB012825

Attias, E., Weitemeyer, K., Minshull, T. A., Best, A. I., Sinha, M., Jegen, M., ... Berndt, C. (2016). Controlled-source electromagnetic and seismic delineation of sub-seafloor fluid flow structures in a gas hydrate province, offshore Norway. Geophysical Journal International, 206(2), 1093-1110. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw188

Bayrakci, G., Minshull, T. A., Sawyer, D. S., Reston, T. J., Klaeschen, D., Papenberg, C., ... Morgan, K. J. (2016). Fault-controlled hydration of the upper mantle during continental rifting. Nature Geoscience, 9, 384-388. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2671

Minshull, T. A., Marin-Moreno, H., Armstrong Mckay, D. I., & Wilson, P. A. (2016). Mechanistic insights into a hydrate contribution to the Paleocene-Eocene carbon cycle perturbation from coupled thermohydraulic simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(16), 8637-8644. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069676

Goswami, B. K., Weitemeyer, K., Minshull, T., Sinha, M., Westbrook, G., & Marin Moreno, H. (2016). Resistivity image beneath an area of active methane seeps in the west Svalbard continental slope. Geophysical Journal International, 207(2), 1286-1302. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw330

Goswami, B., Weitemeyer, K., Minshull, T., Sinha, M., Westbrook, G., Chabert, A., ... 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

Niu, X., Ruan, A., Li, J., Minshull, T. A., Sauter, D., Wu, Z., ... Singh, S. (2015). Along-axis variation in crustal thickness at the ultraslow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (50°E) from a wide-angle seismic experiment. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 16(2), 468-485. DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005645

Minshull, T. A., Edwards, R. A., & Flueh, E. R. (2015). Crustal structure of the Murray Ridge, northwest Indian Ocean, from wide-angle seismic data. Geophysical Journal International, 202(1), 454-463. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv162

Marin-Moreno, H., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., & Sinha, B. (2015). Estimates of future warming-induced methane emissions from hydrate offshore west Svalbard for a range of climate models. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 16(5), 1307-1323. DOI: 10.1002/2015GC005737

Amalokwu, K., Chapman, M., Best, A. I., Sothcott, J., Minshull, T. A., & Li, X. Y. (2015). Experimental observation of water saturation effects on shear wave splitting in synthetic rock with fractures aligned at oblique angles. Geophysical Journal International, 200(1), 17-24. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu368

Sarkar, S., Sheen, K. L., Klaeschen, D., Brierley, J. A., Minshull, T. A., Berndt, C., ... Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2015). Seismic reflection imaging of mixing processes in Fram Strait. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 120(10), 6884-6896. DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011009

Amalokwu, K., Chapman, M., Best, A. I., Minshull, T. A., & Li, X-Y. (2015). Water saturation effects on P-wave anisotropy in synthetic sandstone with aligned fractures. Geophysical Journal International, 202(2), 1088-1095. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv192

Alves, T. M., Bell, R. E., Jackson, C. A-L., & Minshull, T. A. (2014). Deep-water continental margins: geological and economic frontiers. Basin Research, 26(1), 3-9. DOI: 10.1111/bre.12053

Ker, S., Le Gonidec, Y., Marsset, B., Westbrook, G. K., Gibert, D., & Minshull, T. A. (2014). Fine-scale gas distribution in marine sediments assessed from deep-towed seismic data. Geophysical Journal International, 196(3), 1466-1470. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt497

Annen, C., Paulatto, M., Sparks, R. S. J., Minshull, T. A., & Kiddle, E. J. (2014). Quantification of the Intrusive Magma Fluxes during Magma Chamber Growth at Soufriere Hills Volcano (Montserrat, Lesser Antilles). Journal of Petrology, 55(3), 529-548. DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egt075

Minshull, T. A., Dean, S. M., & Whitmarsh, R. B. (2014). The peridotite ridge province in the southern Iberia Abyssal Plain: seismic constraints revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(3), 1580-1598. DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011011

Amalokwu, K., Best, A. I., Sothcott, J., Chapman, M., Minshull, T., & Li, X-Y. (2014). Water saturation effects on elastic wave attenuation in porous rocks with aligned fractures. Geophysical Journal International, 197(2), 943-947. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu076

Marin-Moreno, H., Minshull, T. A., & Edwards, R. A. (2013). A disequilibrium compaction model constrained by seismic data and application to overpressure generation in The Eastern Black Sea Basin. Basin Research, 25(3), 331-347. DOI: 10.1111/bre.12001

Sarkar, S., Berndt, C., Chabert, A., Masson, D. G., Minshull, T. A., & Westbrook, G. K. (2013). Corrigendum to "Switching of a paleo-ice stream in northwest Svalbard" [Quat. Sci. Rev. 30 (2011), 1710-1725]. Quaternary Science Reviews, 67, p207. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.027

Goswami, B., Weitemeyer, K., Minshull, T., Sinha, M., & Westbrook, G. (2013). CSEM survey of a methane vent site, offshore west Svalbard. Fire in the Ice: Methane Hydrate Newsletter, 13(2), 12-18.

Marin-Moreno, H., Minshull, T. A., & Edwards, R. A. (2013). Inverse modelling and seismic data constraints on overpressure generation by disequilibrium compaction and aquathermal pressuring: application to the Eastern Black Sea Basin. Geophysical Journal International, 194(2), 814-833. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt147

Thatcher, K. E., Westbrook, G. K., Sarkar, S., & Minshull, T. A. (2013). Methane release from warming-induced hydrate dissociation in the West Svalbard continental margin: timing, rates, and geological controls. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118(1), 22-38. DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009605

Marin-Moreno, H., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., Sinha, B., & Sarkar, S. (2013). The response of methane hydrate beneath the seabed offshore Svalbard to ocean warming during the next three centuries. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(19), 5159-5163. DOI: 10.1002/grl.50985

Wang, X., Minshull, T. A., Xia, C., & Liu, X. (2012). A case study: travel time inversion for P-wave velocity using OBS data of South China Sea. Marine Geophysical Researches, 33(4), 389-396. DOI: 10.1007/s11001-013-9167-7

Watt, S. F. L., Talling, P. J., Vardy, M. E., Heller, V., Huhnerbach, V., Urlaub, M., ... Maeno, F. (2012). Combinations of volcanic-flank and seafloor-sediment failure offshore Montserrat, and their implications for tsunami generation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 319-320, 228-240. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.032

Gerlings, J., Louden, K. E., Minshull, T. A., & Nedimovic, M. R. (2012). Flemish Cap-Goban Spur conjugate margins: New evidence of asymmetry. Geology, 40(12), 1107-1110. DOI: 10.1130/G33263.1

Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., Weitemeyer, K. A., Sinha, M. C., Goswami, B. K., & Marsset, B. (2012). Leaking Methane Reservoirs Offshore Svalbard. Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union, 93(42), 413-414. DOI: 10.1029/2012EO420001

Paulatto, M., Annen, C., Henstock, T. J., Kiddle, E., Minshull, T. A., Sparks, R. S. J., & Voigt, B. (2012). Magma chamber properties from integrated seismic tomography and thermal modeling at Montserrat. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13, Q01014. DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003892

Sarkar, S., Berndt, C., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., Klaeschen, D., Masson, D. G., ... Thatcher, K. E. (2012). Seismic evidence for shallow gas-escape features associated with a retreating gas hydrate zone offshore west Svalbard. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(B09102), 1-18. DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009126

Watt, S. F. L., Talling, P. J., Vardy, M. E., Masson, D. G., Henstock, T. J., Huhnerbach, V., ... Karstens, J. (2012). Widespread and progressive seafloor-sediment failure following volcanic debris avalanche emplacement: Landslide dynamics and timing offshore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Marine Geology, 323-325, 69-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.002

Chabert, A., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., Berndt, C., Thatcher, K. E., & Sarkar, S. (2011). Characterization of a stratigraphically constrained gas hydrate system along the western continental margin of Svalbard from ocean bottom seismometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B12), B12102. DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008211

Han, T., Best, A. I., MacGregor, L. M., Sothcott, J., & Minshull, T. A. (2011). Joint elastic-electrical effective medium models of reservoir sandstones. Geophysical Prospecting, 59(4), 777-786. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2011.00956.x

Armitage, J. J., Collier, J. S., Minshull, T. A., & Henstock, T. J. (2011). Thin oceanic crust and flood basalts: India-Seychelles breakup. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 12, Q0AB07. DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003316

Ellis, M. H., Sinha, M. C., Minshull, T. A., Sothcott, J., & Best, A. I. (2010). An anisotropic model for the electrical resistivity of two-phase geologic materials. Geophysics, 75(6), E161-E170. DOI: 10.1190/1.3483875

Ohja, M., Sain, K., & Minshull, T. A. (2010). Assessment of gas hydrate saturations in the Makran accretionary prism using the offset dependence of seismic amplitudes. Geophysics, 75(2), C1-C6. DOI: 10.1190/1.3315861

Paulatto, M., Minshull, T. A., & Henstock, T. J. (2010). Constraints on an intrusive system beneath the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from finite difference modeling of a controlled source seismic experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L00E01. DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041805

Kenedi, C. L., Sparks, R. S. J., Malin, P., Voight, B., Dean, S., Minshull, T., ... Shalev, E. (2010). Contrasts in morphology and deformation offshore Montserrat: New insights from the SEA-CALIPSO marine cruise data. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L00E25. DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043925

Plaza-Faverola, A., Westbrook, G. K., Ker, S., Exley, R. J. K., Gailler, A., Minshull, T. A., & 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, 115(B8), B08104. DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007078

Minshull, T. A., Ishizuka, O., & Garcia-Castellanos, D. (2010). Long-term growth and subsidence of Ascension Island: constraints on the rheology of young oceanic lithosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(23), L23306-[5pp]. DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045112

Minshull, T. A., & Keddie, A. (2010). Measuring the geotherm with gas hydrate bottom-simulating reflectors: a novel approach using three-dimensional seismic data from the eastern Black Sea. Terra Nova, 22(2), 131-136. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00926.x

Armitage, J. J., Collier, J. S., & Minshull, T. A. (2010). The importance of rift history for volcanic margin formation. Nature, 465(7300), 913-917. DOI: 10.1038/nature09063

Shalev, E., Kenedi, C. L., Malin, P., Voight, V., Miller, V., Hidayat, D., ... Mattioli, G. (2010). Three-dimensional seismic velocity tomography of Montserrat from the SEA-CALIPSO offshore/onshore experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L00E17. DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042498

Paulatto, M., Minshull, T. A., Baptie, B., Dean, S., Hammond, J. O. S., Henstock, T., ... Voight, B. (2010). Upper crustal structure of an active volcano from refraction/reflection tomography, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Geophysical Journal International, 180(2), 685-696. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04445.x

Shillington, D. J., Scott, C. L., Minshull, T. A., Edwards, R. A., Brown, P. J., & White, N. (2009). Abrupt transition from magma-starved to magma-rich rifting in the eastern Black Sea. Geology, 37(1), 7-10. DOI: 10.1130/G25302A.1

Dean, S. M., Murton, B. J., Minshull, T. A., Henstock, T. J., & White, R. S. (2009). An integrated kinematic and geochemical model to determine lithospheric extension and mantle temperature from syn-rift volcanic compositions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278(1-2), 26-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.012

Westbrook, G. K., Thatcher, K. E., Rohling, E. J., Piotrowski, A. M., Pälike, H., Osborne, A. H., ... Aquilina, A. (2009). Escape of methane gas from the seabed along the West Spitsbergen continental margin. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L15608. DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039191

Collier, J. S., Minshull, T. A., Hammond, J. O. S., Whitmarsh, R. B., Kendall, J-M., Sansom, V., ... Rumpker, G. (2009). Factors influencing magmatism during continental breakup: New insights from a wide-angle seismic experiment across the conjugate Seychelles-Indian margins. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(B3), B03101. DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005898

Minshull, T. A. (2009). Geophysical characterisation of the ocean–continent transition at magma-poor rifted margins. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 341(5), 382-393. DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.09.003

Armitage, J. J., Henstock, T. J., Minshull, T. A., & Hopper, J. R. (2009). Lithospheric controls on melt production during continental breakup at slow rates of extension: Application to the North Atlantic. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, Q06018. DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002404

Scott, C. L., Shillington, D. J., Minshull, T. A., Edwards, R. A., Brown, P. J., & White, N. J. (2009). Wide-angle seismic data reveal extensive overpressures in the Eastern Black Sea Basin. Geophysical Journal International, 178(2), 1145-1163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04215.x

Edwards, R. A., Scott, C. L., Shillington, D. J., Minshull, T. A., Brown, P. J., & White, N. J. (2009). Wide-angle seismic data reveal sedimentary and crustal structure of the Eastern Black Sea. The Leading Edge, 28(9), 1056-1065. DOI: 10.1190/1.3236375

Collier, J. S., Sansom, V., Ishizuka, O., Taylor, R. N., Minshull, T. A., & Whitmarsh, R. B. (2008). Age of Seychelles–India break-up. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 272(1-2), 264-277. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.045

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

Edwards, R. A., Minshull, T. A., Flueh, E. R., & Kopp, C. (2008). Dalrymple Trough: An active oblique-slip ocean–continent boundary in the northwest Indian Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 272(1-2), 437-445. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.007

Westbrook, G. K., Chand, S., Rossi, G., Long, C., Bünz, S., Camerlenghi, A., ... Zillmer, M. (2008). Estimation of gas hydrate concentration from multi-component seismic data at sites on the continental margins of NW Svalbard and the Storegga region of Norway. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25(8), 744-758. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.02.003

Armitage, J. J., Minshull, T. A., Henstock, T. J., & Hopper, J. R. (2008). Modelling the composition of melts formed during continental breakup of the Southeast Greenland margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 269(1-2), 248-258. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.024

Shillington, D. J., Minshull, T. A., Peirce, C., & O'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

Dean, S. M., Minshull, T. A., & Whitmarsh, R. B. (2008). Seismic constraints on the three-dimensional geometry of low-angle intracrustal reflectors in the Southern Iberia Abyssal Plain. Geophysical Journal International, 175(2), 571-586. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03869.x

Minshull, T. A., Lane, C. L., Collier, J., & Whitmarsh, R. B. (2008). The relationship between rifting and magmatism in the northeastern Arabian Sea. Nature Geoscience, 1, 463-467. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo228

Ivanov, M., Westbrook, G., Blinova, V., Kozlova, E., Mazzini, A., Nouze, H., & Minshull, T. A. (2007). First sampling of gas hydrate from the Voring Plateau. EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 88, 209-212.

Peron-Pinvidic, G., Manatschal, G., Minshull, T. A., & Sawyer, D. S. (2007). Tectonosedimentary evolution of the deep Iberia-Newfoundland margins: Evidence for a complex breakup history. Tectonics, 26(2), TC2011. DOI: 10.1029/2006TC001970

Chand, S., Minshull, T. A., Priest, J. A., Best, A. I., Clayton, C. R. I., & Waite, W. F. (2006). An effective medium inversion algorithm for gas hydrate quantification and its application to laboratory and borehole measurements of gas hydrate-bearing sediments. Geophysical Journal International, 166(2), 543-552. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03038.x

Minshull, T. A., Muller, M. R., & White, R. S. (2006). Crustal structure of the Southwest Indian Ridge at 66E: seismic constraints. Geophysical Journal International, 166(1), 135-147.

Hobro, J. W. D., Minshull, T. A., Singh, S. C., & Chand, S. (2005). A three-dimensional seismic tomographic study of the gas hydrate stability zone, offshore Vancouver Island. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110(B9), B09102-[14pp]. DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003477

Bullock, A. D., & Minshull, T. A. (2005). From continental extension to seafloor spreading: crustal structure of the Goban Spur rifted margin, southwest of the UK. Geophysical Journal International, 163(2), 527-546. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02726.x

Minshull, T. A., Bartolome, R., Byrne, S., & Danobeitia, J. (2005). Low heat flow from young oceanic lithosphere at the Middle America Trench off Mexico. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 239(1-2), 33-41. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.045

Bull, J. M., Minshull, T. A., Mitchell, N. C., Dix, J. K., & Hardardottir, J. (2005). Magmatic and tectonic history of Iceland's western rift zone at Lake Thingvallavatn. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 117(11-12), 1451-1465. DOI: 10.1130/B25729.1

Minshull, T. A., Sinha, M. C., & Peirce, C. (2005). Multi-disciplinary, sub-seabed geophysical imaging. Sea Technology, 46(10), 27-31.

Minshull, T. A., White, N. J., Edwards, R. A., Shillington, D. J., Scott, C. L., Demirer, A., ... Peterson, B. (2005). Seismic data reveal eastern Black Sea Basin structure. EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 86(43), p.413, 419.

Leythaeuser, T., Reston, T. J., & Minshull, T. A. (2005). Waveform inversion of the S reflector west of Spain: fine structure of a detachment fault. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(22), L22304. DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024026

Kuscu, U., Parke, R., White, R. S., McKenzie, D., Anderson, G. A., Minshull, T. A., ... Sengor, A. M. C. (2004). Active slumping offshore Amasra (southwest Black Sea) and its relation with regional tectonics. Mineral Research and Exploration Bulletin, 128, 27-47.

Chand, S., Minshull, T. A., Gei, D., & Carcione, J. M. (2004). Elastic velocity models for gas-hydrate-bearing sediments - a comparison. Geophysical Journal International, 159(2), 573-590. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02387.x

McNeill, L. C., Mille, A., Minshull, T. A., Bull, J. M., Kenyon, N. H., & Ivanov, M. (2004). Extension of the North Anatolian Fault into the North Aegean Trough: evidence for transtension, strain partitioning, and analogues for Sea of Marmara basin models. Tectonics, 23(2), TC2016. DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001490

Henstock, T. J., & Minshull, T. A. (2004). Localized rifting at Chagos Bank in the India-Capricorn plate boundary zone. Geology, 32(3), 237-240. DOI: 10.1130/G19850.1

Collier, J., Minshull, T., Kendall, J-M., Whitmarsh, R., Rumpker, G., Joseph, P., ... Dean, S. (2004). Rapid continental break-up and microcontinent formation in the western Indian Ocean. EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 85(46), 481-487.

Chand, S., & Minshull, T. A. (2004). The effect of hydrate content on seismic attenuation: A case study for Mallik 2L-38 well data, Mackenzie delta, Canada. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(14), L14609. DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020292

Evangelidis, C., Minshull, T. A., & Henstock, T. J. (2004). Three-dimensional crustal structure of Ascension Island from active source seismic tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 159(1), 311-325. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02396.x

Chand, S., Priest, J. A., Gei, D., Minshull, T., Best, A., & Carcione, J. M. (2003). An inversion algorithm for gas hydrate quantification (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F844.

Minshull, T. A. (2003). Atlantic Workshop. InterMargins Newsletter, 2, 5-6.

Bullock, A. D., & Minshull, T. A. (2003). Crustal structure and continental break-up revealed from multichannel seismic data across the North Biscay rifted margin (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F1342.

Bull, J. M., Minshull, T. A., Mitchell, N. C., Thors, K., Dix, J. K., & Best, A. I. (2003). Fault and magmatic interaction within Iceland's western rift over the last 9kyr. Geophysical Journal International, 154(1), F1-F8. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01990.x

Bruguier, N. J., Minshull, T. A., & Brozena, J. M. (2003). Morphology and tectonics of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 7°–12°S. Journal of Geophysical Research B (Solid Earth), 108(B2), 2093. DOI: 10.1029/2001JB001172

Minshull, T. A. (2003). Review of: An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration, by P. Kearey, M. Brooks and I. Hill (Oxford, Blackwell Science, 262pp.). Geological Magazine, 140, p.366.

Chand, S., & Minshull, T. A. (2003). Seismic contraints on the effects of gas hydrate on sediment physical properties and fluid flow: a review. Geofluids, 3, 275-289.

Minshull, T. A., Bruguier, N. J., & Brozena, J. M. (2003). Seismic structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 8-9S. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B11), 02513-[22pp]. DOI: 10.1029/2002JB002360

Lane, C. I., Collier, J. S., Minshull, T. A., Whitmarsh, R. B., & Sansom, V. (2003). Structure of the Laxmi Ridge ocean-continent transition zone (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F1343.

Parke, J. R., White, R. S., McKenzie, D., Minshull, T. A., Bull, J., Kuscu, I., ... Sengor, A. M. C. (2003). The Sea of Marmara: a two-dimensional seismic reflection profile data archive. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (Online), 4(10), 1084. DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000493

Hobro, J. W. D., Singh, S. C., & Minshull, T. A. (2003). Three-dimensional tomographic inversion of combined reflection and refraction seismic travel-time data. Geophysical Journal International, 152(1), 79-93. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01822.x

Minshull, T. A., Ishizuka, O., Mitchell, N. C., & Evangelidis, C. (2003). Vertical motions and lithosphere rheology at Ascension Island (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 8-12 Dec 2003). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(46, Supplement), F1469.

Cole, P. B., Minshull, T. A., & Whitmarsh, R. B. (2002). Azimuthal seismic anisotropy in a zone of exhumed continental mantle, West Iberia margin. Geophysical Journal International, 151(2), 517-533. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01781.x

Minshull, T. A. (2002). The break-up of continents and the formation of new ocean basins. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 360(1801), 2839-2852. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1059

Klingelhofer, F., Minshull, T. A., Blackman, D. K., Harben, P., & Childers, V. (2001). Crustal structure of Ascension Island from wide-angle seismic data: implications for the formation of near-ridge volcanic islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 190(1/2), 41-56. DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00362-4

Tucholke, B. E., Minshull, T. A., & Whitmarsh, R. B. (2001). Drilling the Newfoundland margin in the Newfoundland-Iberia rift (abstract of paper presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 Dec 2001). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 82(47, Supplement), F1261-F1262.

Whitmarsh, R. B., Manatschal, G., & Minshull, T. A. (2001). Letter to Nature. Evolution of magma-poor continental margins from rifting to seafloor spreading. Nature, 413(6852), 150-154. DOI: 10.1038/35093085

Robinson, C. J., Bickle, M. J., Minshull, T. A., White, R. S., & Nichols, A. R. L. (2001). Low degree melting under the Southwest Indian Ridge: the roles of mantle temperature, conductive cooling and wet melting. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 188(3-4), 383-398. DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00329-6

White, R. S., Minshull, T. A., Bickle, M. J., & Robinson, C. J. (2001). Melt generation at very slow-spreading oceanic ridges: constraints from geochemical and geophysical data. Journal of Petrology, 42(6), 1171-1196.

Dean, S. M., Fliedner, M. M., Henstock, T. J., Minshull, T. A., Murton, B. J., & White, R. S. (2001). Numerical modelling of rift-related magmatism and melt chemistry at passive margins (abstract of poster presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 Dec 2001). EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union, 82(47, Supplement), F1232.

Minshull, T., & Charvis, P. (2001). Ocean Island Densities and Models of Lithospheric Flexure. Geophysical Journal International, 145(3), 731-739. DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-540x.2001.01422.x

Minshull, T. A. (2000). Book review - Cann, J.R., Elderfield, H. & Laughton, A. (eds.) 1999. Mid-Ocean ridges. Dynamics of processes associated with creation of new ocean crust. Geological Magazine, 137(2), p.212.

Minshull, T. A. (2000). Book review: The Oceanic Crust, from Accretion to Mantle Recycling, T. Juteau and R. Maury. Geophysical Journal International, 140(2), p.474.

Muller, M. R., Minshull, T. A., & White, R. S. (2000). Crustal structure of the Southwest Indian Ridge at the Atlantis II Fracture Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(B11), 25809-25828.

Dean, S. M., Minshull, T. A., Whitmarsh, R. B., & Louden, K. E. (2000). Deep structure of the ocean-continent transition in the southern Iberia Abyssal Plain from seismic refraction profiles: the IAM-9 transect at 40,20N. Journal of Geophysical Research B (Solid Earth), 105(B3), 5859-5885.

Jakobsen, M., Hudson, J. A., Minshull, T. A., & Singh, S. C. (2000). Elastic properties of hydrate-bearing sediments using effective medium theory. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(B1), 561-577. DOI: 10.1029/1999JB900190

Sain, K., Minshull, T. A., Singh, S. C., & Hobbs, R. W. (2000). Evidence for a thick free gas layer beneath the bottom simulating reflector in the Makran accretionary prism. Marine Geology, 164(1-2), 3-12. DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00122-X

Edwards, R. A., Minshull, T. A., & White, R. S. (2000). Extension across the Indian-Arabian plate boundary: the Murray Ridge. Geophysical Journal International, 142(2), 461-477. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00163.x

Whitmarsh, R. B., Dean, S. M., Minshull, T. A., & Tompkins, M. (2000). Tectonic implications of exposure of lower continental crust beneath the Iberia Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean: geophysical evidence. Tectonics, 19(5), 919-942.

Book Chapters

Watremez, L., Prada, M., Minshull, T., O'reilly, B., Chen, C., Reston, T., ... Lebedev, S. (2016). Deep structure of the Porcupine Basin from wide-angle seismic data. In M. Bowman, & B. Levell (Eds.), Petroleum Geology of NW Europe: 50 Years of Learning – Proceedings of the 8th Petroleum Geology Conference. [PGC8.26] (Petroleum Geology Conference Series; Vol. 8). London: Geological Society of London. DOI: 10.1144/PGC8.26

Voight, B., Sparks, R. S. J., Shalev, E., Minshull, T., Paulatto, M., Annan, C., ... Zamora, W. (2014). The SEA-CALIPSO volcano imaging experiment at Montserrat: plans, campaigns at sea and on land, scientific results, and lessons learned. In G. Wadge, R. Robertson, & B. Voight (Eds.), The eruption of Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010. (pp. 253-289). (Memoirs of the Geological Society; Vol. 39). London, GB: Geological Society of London. DOI: 10.1144/M39.15

Minshull, T. A., Loudon, K. E., & Dean, S. M. (2010). Analysis of Gas-hydrate Provinces by Ocean-bottom Seismic Methods. In M. Riedel, E. C. Willoughby, & S. Chopra (Eds.), Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates. (pp. 95-108). (SEG Geophysical Developments Series; No. 14). Tulsa, US: Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Minshull, T. A., & Chand, S. (2009). The microstructure of sediment-hosted hydrates: evidence from effective medium modelling of laboratory and borehole seismic data. In D. Long, M. A. Lovell, J. G. Rees, & C. A. Rochelle (Eds.), Sediment-Hosted Gas Hydrates. (pp. 93-101). (Geological Society of London Special Publication; No. 319). London, UK: Geological Society of London.

Peron-Pinvidic, G., Manatschal, G., Dean, S. M., & Minshull, T. A. (2008). Compressional structures on the West Iberia rifted margin: controls on their distribution. In H. Johnson, A. G. Dore, R. Holdsworth, E. R. Lundin, & J. D. Ritchie (Eds.), The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins. (pp. 169-183). (Geological Society Special Publications; Vol. 306). London, GB: Geological Society of London. DOI: 10.1144/SP306.8

Manatschal, G., Muntener, O., Lavier, L. L., Minshull, T. A., & Peron-Pinvidic, G. (2007). Observations from the Alpine Tethys and Iberia-Newfoundland margins pertinent to the interpretation of continental breakup. In G. D. Karner, G. Manatschal, & L. M. Pinheiro (Eds.), Imaging, mapping and modelling continental lithosphere extension and breakup. (pp. 291-324). (Geological Society of London Special Publication; No. 282). London, UK: Geological Society of London.

Minshull, T. A. (2007). The breakup of continents and the generation of ocean basins. In P. R. Sammonds, & J. M. T. Thompson (Eds.), Advances in Earth Science: From Earthquakes to Global Warming. (pp. 153-166). (Royal Society Series on Advances in Science; No. 2). London, UK: Imperial College Press.

Minshull, T. A. (2002). Oceanic crust. In R. A. Meyers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 3rd ed. (pp. 91-98). San Diego CA, USA: Academic Press.

Minshull, T. A. (2002). Seismic structure of the oceanic crust and rifted continental margins. In W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, & P. C. Jennings (Eds.), International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology. (pp. 911-924). (International Geophysics Series; No. 81A). San Diego CA, USA: Academic Press.

Minshull, T. A., Dean, S. M., White, R. S., & Whitmarsh, R. B. (2001). Anomalous melt production after continental breakup in the southern Iberia Abyssal Plain. In R. C. Wilson, R. B. Whitmarsh, B. Taylor, & N. Froitzheim (Eds.), Non-volcanic rifting of continental margins: a comparison of evidence from land and sea. (pp. 537-550). (Geological Society London Special Publication; No. 187). London, UK: Geological Society of London.

Whitmarsh, R. B., Minshull, T. A., Russell, S. M., Dean, S. M., Louden, K. E., & Chian, D. (2001). The role of syn-rift magmatism in the rift-to-drift evolution of the west Iberia continental margin: geophysical observations. In R. C. Wilson, R. B. Whitmarsh, B. Taylor, & N. Froitzheim (Eds.), Non-volcanic rifting of continental margins: a comparison of evidence from land and sea. (pp. 107-124). (Geological Society Special Publication; No. 187). London, UK: Geological Society of London.

Conferences

Jose, T., Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., Nouze, H., Ker, S., Gailler, A., ... Berndt, C. (2008). A geophysical study of a pockmark in the Nyegga region, Norwegian Sea. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates. (pp. 5568-[8p]). Vancouver BC, Canada: International Conference on Gas Hydrates.

Westbrook, G. K., Exley, R., Minshull, T. A., Nouze, H., Gailler, A., Jose, T., ... Plaza, A. (2008). 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. (pp. 5597-[12p]). Vancouver BC, Canada: International Conference on Gas Hydrates.

Ellis, M. H., Minshull, T. A., Sinha, M. C., & Best, A. I. (2008). Joint seismic/electrical effective medium modelling of hydrate-bearing marine sediments and an application to the Vancouver Island margin. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates. (pp. 5586-[12p]). Vancouver BC, Canada: International Conference on Gas Hydrates.

Chand, S., & Minshull, T. A. (2005). Gas hydrate saturation from effective medium inversion of seismic data. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, 13-14 June 2005. (pp. 535-540). Trondheim, Norway: SINTEF.

Ellis, M. H., Minshull, T. A., Best, A. I., Sinha, M. C., & Sothcott, J. (2005). Joint seismic and electrical measurements of gas hydrates in continental margin sediments. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, 13-15 June 2005. (pp. 545-554). Trondheim, Norway: SINTEF.

Westbrook, G. K., Buenz, S., Camerlenghi, A., Carcione, J., Chand, S., Dean, S., ... Zillmer, M. (2005). Measurement of P- and S-wave velocities, and the estimation of hydrate concentration at sites in the continental margin of Svalbard and the Storegga region of Norway. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, 13-15 June 2005. (pp. 726-735). Trondheim, Norway: SINTEF.

Report

Minshull, T. A. (1999). Cruise report: RRS James Clark Ross 42. A Seismic Tomographic and Hydroacoustic Study of Ascension Island, 2nd-18th May 1999, Montevideo-Ascension. Southampton, UK: Southampton Oceanography Centre, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences.

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