Publications of Gary Acton

 

Thesis & Dissertation:

Acton, G.D., Kinematic Studies of Propagating Rifts and Rotating Microplates, and Paleomagnetic Tests of Plate Reconstructions with Implications for Motion Between Hotspots, Ph.D. Dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1990.

Acton, G., Paleomagnetism of Miocene Volcanic Rocks in the Mojave Region of Southeastern California, M.S. Thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1986.

 

Articles & Books:

Acton, G., A. Roth, and K. L. Verosub, Analyzing micromagnetic properties with FORCIT software, Eos, 88, 230, 2007. [download pdf reprint]

Richter, C., G. Acton, C. Endris, and M. Radsted. Handbook for shipboard paleomagnetists. ODP Tech. Note, 34, 2007. Available at: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/tnotes/tn34/INDEX.HTM.

Acton, G., Yin, Q.-Z., Verosub, K. L., Jovane, L., Roth, A., Jacobsen, B., and  Ebel, D. S., Micromagnetic coercivity distributions and interactions in chondrules with implications for paleointensities of the early Solar System, J. Geophys. Res., 112, 1-19, doi:10.1029/2006JB004655, 2007. [download pdf reprint]

Channell, J.E.T., Kanamatsu, T., Sato, T., Stein, R., Alvarez Zarikian, C.A., Malone, M.J., and the Expedition 303/306 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 303/306, College Station TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.), doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.303306.2006, 2006. Available at: http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/303_306/30306title.htm.

Kasahara, J., Stephen, R.A., Acton, G.D., and Frey, F.A. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 200, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.200.2006,  Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA., 2006. Available at: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/206_SR/206sr.htm.

Acton, G., Guyodo, Y., Brachfeld, S., The nature of a Cryptochron from a paleomagnetic study of Chron C4r.2r recorded in sediments off the Antarctic Peninsula, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 156, 213-222, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Lund, S., Stoner, J. S., Channell, J. E. T., and Acton, G., A summary of Brunhes paleomagnetic field variability recorded in Ocean Drilling Program cores, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 156, 194-204, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Sager, W.W., Acton, G. D., Clement, B. M., and Fuller, M., Paleomagnetism in the ocean drilling program, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 156 , 159-161, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Wilson, D. S., Teagle, D. A. H., Alt, J. C., Banerjee, N. R., Umino, S., Miyashita, S., Acton, G. D., and others, Drilling to gabbro in intact ocean crust, Science, 312, 1016-1020, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Stein, R., and  many others (including G. Acton), North Atlantic paleoceanography: The last five million years, Eos, 87, 129-133, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Channell, J. E. T., and many others (including G. Acton), IODP Expeditions 303 and 306 monitor Miocene-Quaternary climate in the North Atlantic, Scientific Drilling, 2 (DOI: 10.2204/ iodp.sd.2.01.2006, 4-10, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Harris, R. N., and the IODP Expedition 306 Scientists (including G. Acton), Borehole observatory installations on IODP Expedition 306 reconstruct bottom-water temperature changes in the Norwegian Sea, Scientific Drilling, 2 (DOI: 10.2204/ iodp.sd.2.03.2006, 28-31, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Garcia, M.O., Sherman, S.B., Moore, G., Goll, R. Popova-Goll, I., Natland, J.H., and Acton, G., Frequent Landslides from Koolau Volcano: Results from ODP Site 1223, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 151, 251-268, 2006. [download pdf reprint]

Teagle, D.A.H., Wilson, D.S., Acton, G.D., and the ODP Leg 206 Shipboard Party, The Road to the MoHole, Four decades on: Deep drilling at Site 1256, Eos, 49, 521-531, 2004. [download pdf reprint]

Suyehiro, K., Sacks, I.S., Acton, G.D., and Oda, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 186 [CD-ROM], College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2004. Also published online December 2003. Available at:

http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/186_SR/186sr.htm

Wilson, D.S., Teagle, D.A.H., Acton, G.D., An In Situ Section of Upper Oceanic Crust Formed by Superfast Seafloor Spreading at Site 1256. Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 206 [CD-ROM], College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2003. Also published online December 2003. Available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/206_IR/206ir.htm

Escutia, C., Warnke, D., Acton, G.D., Barcena, A., Burkle, L., Canals, M., and Frazee, C.S., Sediment distribution and sedimentary processes across the Antarctic Wilkes Land margin during the Quaternary. Deep Sea Res. II, 50, 1481-1508, 2003.  [download pdf reprint]

McGuire, J.C., and Acton, G.D., Composite depth scales for the Japan Trench, ODP Leg 186 Sites 1150 and 1151, Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 186. Published online February 2003. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/186_SR/102/102.htm

Stephen R.A., Kasahara, J., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 200 Scientific Party, Drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory (H2O) and the Nuuanu Landslide, Proc. ODP, Init. Repts, 200 [CD-ROM], College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). Also published online January 2003. Available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/200_IR/200ir.htm

Barker, P.F., Camerlenghi, A., Acton, G.D., and Ramsay, A.T.S. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 178 [CD-ROM], College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2002. Also published online December 2002. Available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/178_SR/178sr.htm

Acton, G.D., Guyodo, Y., and Brachfeld, S.A., Magnetostratigraphy of sediment drifts on the continental rise of West Antarctica (ODP Leg 178, Sites 1095, 1096, and 1101), In Barker, P.F., Camerlenghi, A., Acton, G.D., and Ramsay, A.T.S. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 178, 2002.  Published online November 2002. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/178_SR/chap_37/chap_37.htm

Iwai, M., Acton, G.D., Lazarus, D., Osterman, L.E., and William, T., Magnetobiochronologic synthesis of ODP Leg 178 rise sediments from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean: Sites 1095, 1096, and 1101, In Barker, P.F., Camerlenghi, A., Acton, G.D., and Ramsay, A.T.S. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 178, 2002. Published online November 2002. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/178_SR/chap_36/chap_36.htm

Acton, G.D., Okada, M. Clement, B.M., Lund, S.P., and Williams, T., Paleomagnetic overprints in ocean sediment cores and their relationship to shear deformation caused by piston coring, J. Geophys. Res., 107, (EPM 3, p. 1-15), 10.1029/2001JB000518, 2002. [download pdf reprint]

Escutia, C., Nelson, C.H., Acton, G.D., Eittreim, S.L., Cooper, A.K., Warnke, D.A., and Jaramillo, J.M, Current controlled deposition on the Wilkes Land continental rise, Antarctica, In D.A.V. Stow et al. (Eds.), Deep-Water Contourite Systems: Modern Drifts and Ancient Series, Seismic and Sedimentary Characteristics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs 22, 373-384, 2002.

Brachfeld, S., Banerjee, S.K., Guyodo, Y., and Acton, G.D., A 13200-year history of century to millennial-scale paleoenvironmental change magnetically recorded in the Palmer Deep, western Antarctic Peninsula, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 194, 311-326, 2002. [download pdf reprint]

Yang, Z., Clement, B.M., Acton, G.D., Lund, S.P., Okada, M., and Williams, T., Records of the Cobb Mountain Subchron from the Bermuda Rise (ODP Leg 172), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 193, 303-313, 2001. [download pdf reprint]

Keigwin, L.D., Rio, D., Acton, G.D., and Arnold, E. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 172 [CD-ROM], College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2001. Also published online September 2001. Available at:

http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/172_SR/172sr.htm.

Guyodo, Y., Acton, G.D., Brachfeld, S., and Channell, J.E.T., A sedimentary paleomagnetic record of the Matuyama chron from the Western Antarctic Margin (ODP Site 1101), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 191, 61-74, 2001. [download pdf reprint]

Keigwin, L.D., and Acton, G.D., 2001. An overview of Leg 172 literature. In Keigwin, L.D., Rio, D., Acton, G.D., and Arnold, E. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 172, 1-15, 2001. Published online August 2001. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/172_SR/synopsis/synopsis.htm.

Brachfeld, S.A., Guyodo, Y., and Acton, G.D., 2001. Data report: The magnetic mineral assemblage of hemipelagic drifts, ODP Site 1096. In Barker, P.F., Camerlenghi, A., Acton, G.D., and Ramsay, A.T.S. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 178, Published online August 2001. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/178_SR/chap_14/chap_14.htm.

Acton, G.D., Borton, C.J., and the Leg 178 Science Party, Palmer Deep composite depth scales for Leg 178 Sites 1098 and 1099, In Barker, P., Camerlenghi, A., Acton, G.D., and Ramsay, A.T.S. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 178, Published online June 2001. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/178_SR/chap_05/chap_05.htm.

Lund, S.P., Acton, G.D., Clement, B., Okada, M., and Williams, T., Paleomagnetic records of Stage 3 excursions from ODP Leg 172, In Keigwin, L.D., Rio, D., Acton, G.D., and Arnold, E. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 172, 1-20 [CD-ROM], 2001. Also published online June 2001. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/172_SR/chap_11/chap_11.htm.

Lund, S.P., Williams, T., Acton, G.D., Clement, B., and Okada, M., Brunhes Chron magnetic field excursions recovered from ODP Leg 172 sediments, In Keigwin, L.D., Rio, D., Acton, G.D., and Arnold, E. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 172, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1-18 [CD-ROM], 2001. Published online June 2001. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/172_SR/chap_10/chap_10.htm.

Domack, E.W., Leventer, A., Dunbar, R., Taylor, F., Brachfeld, S.F., and ODP Leg 178 Scientific Party, Chronology of the Palmer Deep site, Antarctic Peninsula: a Holocene paleoenvironmental reference for the circum-Antarctic, The Holocene, 11, 1-9, 2001.

Brachfeld, S., Acton, G.D., Guyodo, Y., and Banerjee, S.K., High-resolution paleomagnetic records from Holocene sediments from the Palmer Deep, Western Antarctic Peninsula, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 181, 421-441, 2000. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G.D., Tessema, A., Jackson, M., and Bilham, R., The tectonic and geomagnetic significance of paleomagnetic observations from volcanic rocks from Central Afar, Africa, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 180, 225-241, 2000. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G.D., Galbrun, B., and King, J.W., Paleolatitude of the Caribbean Plate since the Late Cretaceous, In Leckie, R.M., Sigurdsson, H.R., Acton, G.D., and Draper, G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 165, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 149-173, 2000. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/165_SR/chap_09/chap_09.htm.

Sacks, S., Suyehiro, K., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 186 Scientific Party, Proc. ODP, Init. Repts, 186, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2000. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/186_IR/186ir.htm.

King, J.W., Galbrun, B., and Acton, G.D., Magnetic studies of selected ODP Leg 165 sediments, In Leckie, R. M., Sigurdsson, H. R., Acton, G.D., and Draper, G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 165, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 143-147, 2000. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://ww-odp.tamu.edu/publications/165_SR/chap_08/chap_08.htm.

Leckie, R. M., Sigurdsson, H. R., Acton, G.D., and Draper, G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 165, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2000. Available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/165_SR/165sr.htm.

Acton, G. D., Apparent polar wander of India since the Cretaceous with implications for regional tectonics and true polar wander, In Radhakrishna, T., and Piper, J.D.A. (Eds.), The Indian Subcontinent and Gondwana: A Palaeomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Perspective, Memoir Geological Society of India, 44, 129-175, 1999. [download pdf reprint (17.8 Mb)].

Barker, P., A. Camerlenghi, G. D. Acton, and the Leg 178 Scientific Party, Proc. ODP, Init. Repts, 178, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1999. Available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/178_IR/178TOC.HTM.

Ternois, Y., Cortijo, E., Sicre, M.A., Keigwin, L., Rio, D., Acton, G., ODP Leg 172 on the northwest Atlantic continental margin: preliminary results [in French]. Comptes Rendus de l Academie des Sciences Serie II Fascicule A, Sciences de la terre et des plantes (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 328, 435-442, 1999.

Molina-Garza, R., Acton, G.D., and Geissman, J.W., Carboniferous through Jurassic paleomagnetic data and their bearing on rotation of the Colorado Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24179-24188, 1998. [download pdf reprint]

Lund, S. P., Acton, G., Clement, B., Hastedt, M., Okada, M., Williams, T., and the ODP Leg 172 Scientific Party, Geomagnetic field excursions occurred often during the last million years, Eos, 79, 178-179, 1998.

Keigwin, L. D., Rio, D., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 172 Scientific Party, Proc. ODP, Init. Repts, 172, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1998. Available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/172_IR/172TOC.HTM.

Sigurdsson, H., Leckie, R.M., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 165 Scientific Party, Proc. ODP, Init. Repts, 165, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1997.

Huestis, S.P. and Acton, G.D., On the construction of geomagnetic timescales from nonprejudicial treatment of magnetic anomaly data from multiple ridges, Geophys. J. International, 129, 176-182, 1997.

Galburn, B., Louvel, V., Cotillon, P., Leckie, M., Sigurdsson, H., Acton, G., Abrams, L.J., Bralower, T.J., and others, Signature sŽdimentaire d'ŽvŽnements globaux post-mŽsozo•ques en mer des Cara•bes: rŽsultats prŽliminaires de la campagne ODP 165, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la terre et des plantes (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 325, 505-510, 1997 (in French with abridged English version)

Acton, G.D., Petronotis, K.E., Cape, D.C., Rotto Ilg, S.L., Gordon, R.G., and Bryan, P.C., A test of the Geocentric Axial Dipole Hypothesis from an analysis of the skewness of the central marine magnetic anomaly, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 144, 337-346, 1996. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G.D. and Kettles, W.A. Geologic and palaeomagnetic constraints on the formation of weathered profiles near Inverell in New South Wales, Australia, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 126, 211-226, 1996. [download pdf reprint]

ODP Leg 165 Scientific Party (H. Sigurdsson, R. M. Leckie, G. D. Acton, and others), Deep-sea cores from the Caribbean reveal history of volcanism, tectonics, and oceanic change (progress report), Eos, 77, 291, 1996. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G.D. and Gordon, R.G., Paleomagnetic tests of Pacific plate reconstructions and implications for motion between hotspots, Science, 263, 1246-1254, 1994. [download pdf reprint]

Petronotis, K.E., Gordon, R.G., and Acton, G.D., A 57-Ma Pacific plate paleomagnetic pole determined from a skewness analysis of crossings of marine magnetic anomaly 25r, Geophys. J. International, 118, 529-554, 1994.

Acton, G.D. and Petronotis, K.E., Marine magnetic anomaly skewness data and oceanic plate motions, Eos, 75, 49-52, 1994. Available at: http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/acton.html.

Petronotis, K.E., Gordon, R.G., and Acton, G.D., Determining paleomagnetic poles and anomalous skewness from marine magnetic anomaly skewness data from a single plate, Geophys. J. International, 109, 209-224, 1992.

Acton, G.D., Stein, S., and Engeln, J.F., Block rotation and continental extension: a microplate model for Afar, Tectonics, 10, 501-526, 1991.

Acton, G.D. and Gordon, R.G., A 65 Ma paleomagnetic pole for the Pacific Plate from the skewness of magnetic anomalies 27r-30, Geophys. J. Int., 106, 407-420, 1991.

Calderone, G.J., Butler, R.F., and Acton, G.D., Paleomagnetism of middle Miocene volcanic rocks in the Mojave-Sonora desert region of western Arizona and southeastern California, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 625-647, 1990.

Acton, G.D. and Gordon, R.G., Limits on the age of the Deccan Traps of India from paleomagnetic and plate reconstruction data and their uncertainties, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 17713-17720, 1989.

Gordon, R.G. and Acton, G., Paleomagnetism and plate tectonics, pp. 909-923 in The Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, D. E. James, editor, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G., Stein, S., and Engeln, J., Formation of curved seafloor fabric by changes in rift propagation velocity and spreading rate: application to the 95.5”W Galapagos propagator, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 11845-11861, 1988.

 

Reports & News Briefs:

Acton, G., Expedition 306, North Atlantic climate 2. JOI/USSAC Newsletter, 6-7, Summer 2005. [download pdf reprint]

Expedition 306 Scientists, North Atlantic climate 2. IODP Preliminary Report, 306. doi:10.2204/IODP.PR.306.2005. 2005. Available at:

       http://iodp.tamu.edu/publications/PR/306PR/306PR.html.

Teagle, D.A.H., Wilson, D.S., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 206 Shipboard Scientific Party, ODP Leg 206: Upper oceanic crust formed at a superfast spreading rate, JOIDES Journal, 29, 13-17, Fall 2003. [download pdf reprint]

Shipboard Scientific Party (Wilson, D.S., Teagle, D.A.H., Acton, G.D., and others), Leg 206 Preliminary Report: An In Situ Section of Upper Oceanic Crust Formed by Superfast Seafloor Spreading, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Preliminary Report #106, 2003. [download pdf reprint (23.8 Mb)]. Also available at: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prelim/206_prel/206toc.html.

Acton, G.D., Wandering poles and colliding continents, ODP Greatest Hits, Vol. 2,  Published on line October 2002. [download pdf reprint]

Wilson, D.S., Teagle, D.A.H., Acton, G.D., and Firth, J.V., Leg 206 Scientific Prospectus: An In Situ Section of Upper Oceanic Crust Created by Superfast Seafloor Spreading, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Scientific Prospectus #106, 2002.

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prosp/206_prs/206toc.html.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Stephen, Kasahara, Acton, et al.), Leg 200 Preliminary Report: Drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory (H2O) and the Nuuanu Landslide, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program, Preliminary Report #100, 2002. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prelim/200_prel/200toc.html.

Kasahara, J., Stephen, R.A., Acton, G.D., and Baldauf, J., Leg 200 Scientific Prospectus: Drilling at the H20 long-term seafloor observatory, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Scientific Prospectus #100, 2001.

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prosp/200_prs/200toc.html.

Suyehiro, K., S. Sacks, G. D. Acton, and the Leg 186 Scientific Party, Japan Trench Observatories: ODP Leg 186, JOIDES Journal, 26, 10-16, 2000. [download pdf reprint]

Sacks, I. S., K. Suyehiro, G.D. Acton, and the Leg 186 Scientific Party, Leg 186 Preliminary Report: Western Pacific Geophysical Observatories, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Preliminary Report #86, 1999. [download pdf reprint]. Also available at:

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prelim/186_prel/186toc.html.

Sacks, I. S., K. Suyehiro, and G.D. Acton, Leg 186 Scientific Prospectus: Western Pacific Geophysical Observatories, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Scientific Prospectus #86, 1999.

      http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prosp/186_prs/186toc.html.

Barker, P., A. Camerlenghi, G.D. Acton, and the Leg 178 Scientific Party, Antarctic Glacial History and Sea-level Change Ń Leg 178 samples Antarctic Peninsula Margin Sediments, JOIDES Journal, 24, 7-10, Fall 1998.

Domack, E.W., and the Leg 178 Scientific Party, Mysteries of the Palmer Deep revealed: ODP Leg 178 to the Antarctic Peninsula, JOI/USSAC Newsletter, 11, 1-3, November 1998.

Barker, P., A. Camerlenghi, and G.D. Acton, Leg 178 Preliminary Report: Antarctic Glacial History and Sea-level Change, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Preliminary Report #78, 1998.

Barker, P., A. Camerlenghi, and G.D. Acton, Leg 178 Scientific Prospectus: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Glacial History and Sea-level Change, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Scientific Prospectus #78, 1997.

Keigwin, L.D., D. Rio, and G.D. Acton, Leg 172 Preliminary Report: Northwest Atlantic Sediment Drifts, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Preliminary Report #72, 1997.

Keigwin, L.D., D. Rio, and G.D. Acton, Leg 172 Scientific Prospectus: NW Atlantic Sediment Drifts, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Scientific Prospectus #72, 1996.

Sigurdsson, H., R.M. Leckie, G.D. Acton, et al., Ocean Drilling Program Leg 165 Preliminary Report: Caribbean Ocean History and the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary Event, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), Preliminary Report #65, 1996.

Acton, G.D., and K.E. Petronotis, Pacific marine lineations and the age of the seafloor, in Data Synthesis on Rejuvenescent Mid-Plate Volcanism in the Pacific Basin, Vol IV, Geophysics of the Pacific basin, edited by R. G. Gordon, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Washington, D.C., A1-A26 pp., 1991.

Petronotis, K.E., G.D. Acton, R.G. Gordon, and T. Shoberg, Paleomagnetic data of the Pacific basin, in Data Synthesis on Rejuvenescent Mid-Plate Volcanism in the Pacific Basin, Vol IV, Geophysics of the Pacific basin, edited by R. G. Gordon, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Washington, D.C., B1-B32 pp., 1991.

 

Recent Abstracts (2003-  ):

Acton, G., and Gordon, R.G., Cretaceous apparent polar wander of North America: Leisurely stroll, but not standing still, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Joint Assembly Suppl., Abstract GP13B-11, 2005.

Verosub, K.L., Acton, G., and Johnson, B., Paleoclimatic and paleomagnetic variability over the past 40,000 years as recorded by sediments at ODP Site 1002 in the Cariaco Basin, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Joint Assembly Suppl., Abstract GP41B-02, 2005.

Acton, G., and Wilson, D., Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic signature of upper oceanic crust generated by superfast seafloor spreading: Results from ODP Leg 206, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP11D-0868, 2004.

Clement, B.M., Acton, G., Lund, S., Okada, M., and Williams, T., Age offsets of the Matuyama-Brunhes Polarity Transition in records from the Atlantic: Lock-in depth variations or site dependent field behavior, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP11B-0831, 2004.

Linderholm, D., Acton, G., and Verosub, K.L., Rules of thumb for producing FORC diagrams, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP23A-0176, 2004.

Roth, A., Acton, G., and Verosub, K.L., Trajectories of unsaturated magnetic properties on Day plots, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP23A-0173, 2004.

Verosub, K.L., Acton, G., and Roth, A., The FORC Method: Where we are and where we are going, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP22A-07, 2004.

Verosub, K.L., Acton, G., Shumway, R.H., Determination of relative contributions from marine and terrestrial sediment sources in the Cariaco Basin using a magnetic mixing model, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP34A-03, 2004.

Wetter, L., Verosub, K., Acton, G., and Russell, J., Environmental magnetism as an instrument for characterizing paleoclimatic variations in the sediment record of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP31B-0839, 2004.

Acton, G., Duncan, R., Herrero-Bervera, Sherman, S.B., and Garcia, M., The age of large landslides from the Koolau Volcano, Oahu, from coring on the Northern Hawaiian Arch, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract T12B-0454, 2003.

Gratton, M.N., Herrero-Bervera, E., Shaw, J., Valet, J., Wetter, and Acton, G., Absolute paleointensity determinations of oceanic basalts using the Thellier-Coe and Microwave techniques, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract T12B-0460, 2003.

Roth, A.L., Verosub, K.L., Pike, C.R., and Acton, G., FORC diagrams of synthetic magnetic minerals at ambient and high temperatures, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP31B-0751, 2003.

Wetter, L.N, Verosub, K.L., and Acton, G., Bridging the gap between Micromag and Cryogenic magnetometer measurements, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP11B-0258, 2003.

Wilson, D.S., Teagle, D.A., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 206 Shipboard Scientific Party, First results from Hole 1256DŠa new ocean-crust reference hole drilled in fast-spread crust during ODP Leg 206, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract U12A-02, 2003.

Acton, G., Clement, B.M., Lund, S.P., Okada, M., and Williams, T., High-resolution paleomagnetic observations from ocean drilling: Insights from coring thick sediment drift deposits, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting in Nice, France, 7-11 April 2003, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 5, Abstract#EAE03-A-07794, 2003.

Escutia, C., Nelson, C.H., Warnke, D., Acton, G.D., Barcena, A., Burckle, L., Franzee, C.S., Downslope processes and products on the Wilkes Land compared to other Antarctic margins: Relevance to glacial history, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting in Nice, France, 7-11 April 2003, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 5, Abstract#EAE03-A-11696, 2003.

Herrero-Bervera, E., Gratton, M.N., Shaw, J., Acton, G., Valet, J.-P., Absolute paleointensity determinations of oceanic basalts from ODP Leg 200, using Thellier and microwave techniques, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting in Nice, France, 7-11 April 2003, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 5, Abstract#EAE03-A-02991, 2003.

Lund, S., Acton, G., Clement, B., Okada, M., Stoner, J., and Williams, T., A high-resolution view of Quaternary geomagnetic field directional variability, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting in Nice, France, 7-11 April 2003, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 5, Abstract#EAE03-A-13368, 2003.

Wilson, D.S., Teagle, D.A.H., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 206 Shipboard Scientific Party, Coring an in situ section of upper oceanic crust formed by superfast seafloor spreading: Shipboard results from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 206, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting in Nice, France, 7-11 April 2003, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 5, Abstract#EAE03-A-07721, 2003.