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:

Guidry, E. P., Richter, C., Acton, G. D., Channell, J. E. T., Evans, H. F., Ohneiser, C., Yamamoto, Y., and Yamazaki, T., 2012. Oligocene-Miocene magnetostratigraphy of deep-sea sediments from the Equatorial Pacific (IODP Site U1333), Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Pub., in press.

Pälike, H., Lyle, M.W., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Ridgwell, A., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., Acton, G., Anderson, L., and 56 other authors, 2012. A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth. Nature, 488, 609–614. doi:10.1038/nature11360.

Ohno, M., Hayashi, T., Komatsu, F., Murakami, F., Zhao, M., Guyodo, Y., Acton, G., Evans, H. F., and Kanamatsu, T., 2012. A detailed paleomagnetic record between 2.1 and 2.75 Ma at IODP Site U1314 in the North Atlantic: Geomagnetic excursions and the Gauss-Matuyama transition, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, doi:10.1029/2012gc004080

Naafs, B.D.A., Hefter, J., Acton, G., Haug, G.H., Martinez-Garcia, A., Pancost, R., Stein, R., Strengthening of North American dust sources during the late Pliocene (2.7 Ma), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 317-318, 8-19 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.026, 2012. [download pdf reprint]

Westerhold, T., Röhl, U., Wilkens, R., Pälike, H., Lyle, M., Jones, T.D., Bown, P., Moore, T., Kamikuri, S., Acton, G., Ohneiser, C., Yamamoto, Y., Richter, C., Fitch, P., Scher, H., Liebrands, D., and Expeditions 320/321 Scientists, Revised composite depth scales and integration of IODP Sites U1331, U1332, U1333, U1334 and ODP Sites 1218, 1219, 1220. Proc. IODP, 320/321, doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.201.2012, 2012. [download pdf reprint]

Herrero-Bervera, E., Acton, G., Krása, D., Rodriguez, S., and Dekkers, M.J., Rock magnetic characterization through an intact sequence of oceanic crust, IODP Hole 1256D.In E. Petrovsky, E. Herrero Bervera, T. Harinarayana, and D. Ivers (Editors), The Earth’s Magnetic Interior. Springer, IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, 1, 153-168, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0323-0_11, 2011. [download pdf reprint]

Krása, D., Herrero-Bervera, E., Acton, G., and Rodriguez, S., Magnetic mineralogy of a complete oceanic crustal section (IODP Hole 1256D). In E. Petrovsky, E. Herrero Bervera, T. Harinarayana, and D. Ivers (Editors), The Earth’s Magnetic Interior. Springer, IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, 1, 169-179, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0323-0_12, 2011. [download pdf reprint]

Herrero-Bervera, E., and Acton, G., Absolute paleointensities from an intact section of oceanic crust cored at ODP/IODP Site 1256 in the equatorial Pacific, In E. Petrovsky, E. Herrero Bervera, T. Harinarayana, and D. Ivers (Editors), The Earth’s Magnetic Interior. Springer, IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, 1, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0323-0_13, 2011. [download pdf reprint]

Hayashi, T., Ohno, M., Acton, G., Guyodo, Y., Evans, H. F., Kanamatsu, T., Komatsu, F. Murakami, F., Millennial-scale iceberg surges after intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q09Z20, doi:10.1029/2010GC003132, 2010. [download pdf reprint]

Kanamatsu, T., Ohno, M., Acton, G., Evans, H., and Guyodo, Y. Rock magnetic properties of the Gardar Drift sedimentary sequence, Site IODP U1314, North Atlantic: Implications for bottom current change through the mid-Pleistocene, Marine geology, 265, 31-39, 2010. [download pdf reprint]

Kanamatsu, T., Acton, G., Evans, H., Guyodo, Y., and Ohno, M. Data report: Pleistocene paleomagnetic and rock magnetic records from IODP Site U1312 on the southern flank of the King's Trough. Proc. IODP, 303/306, doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.303306.208.2010, 2010. [download pdf reprint]

Warny, S., Askin, R.A., Hannah, M.J., Mohr, B.A.R., Raine, J.I., Harwood, D.M., Florindo, F., and the SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Palynomorphs from a sediment core reveal a sudden remarkably warm Antarctica during the middle Miocene, Geology, 37, 955–958; doi: 10.1130/G30139A.1, 2009. [download pdf reprint]

Jovane, L., Coccioni, R., Marsili, A., and Acton, G., The late Eocene greenhouse-icehouse transition: Observations from the Massignano global stratotype section point (GSSP), in Koeberl, C., and Montanari, A., eds.,The Late Eocene Earth—Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts, Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper, 452, 149–168, doi:10.1130/2009.2452, 2009. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G., Florindo, F., Jovane, L., Lum, B., Ohneiser, C., Sagnotti, L., Strada, E., Verosub, K.L., Wilson, G.S., and The ANDRILL-SMS Science Team, Palaeomagnetism of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 191-208, 2008-2009. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G., Crampton, J., Di Vincenzo, G., Fielding, C.R., Florindo, F., Hannah, M., Harwood, D., Ishman, S., Johnson, K., Jovane, L., Levy, R., Lum, B., Marcano, C., Mukasa, S., Ohneiser, C., Olney, M., Riesselman, C., Sagnotti, L., Stefano, C., Strada, E., Taviani, M., Tuzzi, E., Verosub, K.L., Wilson, G.S., Zattin, M., and The ANDRILL-SMS Science Team, Preliminary integrated chronostratigraphy of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 209-218, 2008-2009. [download pdf reprint]

Florindo, F., Harwood, D.M., Talarico, F., Levy, R.H., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Background to the ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 13-20, 2008-2009. [download pdf reprint]

Florindo, F., Harwood, D.M., Levy, R.H., Acton, G., Fielding, C., Panter, K., Paulsen T., Talarico, F., Taviani, M., Sangiorgi, F., Willmott, V., Lenczewski, M., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team, Explanatory Notes for the ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 21-40, 2008-2009. [download pdf reprint]

Falconer, T., Pyne, A., Wilson, D., Levy, R.H., Nielsen, S., Petrushak, S. and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Operations Overview for the ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 41-48, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Dunbar, G., Atkins, C., Magens, D., Niessen, F., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Physical Properties of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 49-56, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Wonik, T., Grelle, T., Handwerger, D., Jarrard, R.D., McKee, A., Patterson, T., Paulsen, T., Pierdominici, S., Schmitt, D.R., Schroeder, H., Speece, M., Wilson, T., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Downhole Measurements in the AND-2A Borehole, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 57-68, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Paulsen, T., Millan, C., Pierdominici, S., Wilson T., Drew, S., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Fracture Logging of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 69-76, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Fielding, C., Atkins, C.B., Bassett, K.N., Browne, G.H., Dunbar, G.B., Field, B.D., Frank, T.D., Krissek, L.A., Panter, K.S., Passchier,S., Pekar, S.F., Sandroni, S., Talarico, F., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 77-112, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Taviani, M., Hannah, M., Harwood, D.M., Ishman, S.E., Johnson, K., Olney, M., Riesselman, C., Tuzzi, E., Askin, R., Beu, A.G., Blair, S., Cantarelli, V., Ceregato, A., Corrado, S., Mohr, B., Nielsen, S.H.H., Persico, D., Petrushak, S., Raine, J.I., Warny, S., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Palaeontological Characterization and Analysis of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 113-146, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Panter, K.S., Talarico, F., Bassett, K., Del Carlo, P., Field, B., Frank, T., Hoffmann, S., Kuhn, G., Reichelt, L., Sandroni, S., Taviani, M., Bracciali, L., Cornamusini, G., von Eynatten, H., Rocchi, S., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), Petrologic and Geochemical Composition of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, 15, 147-192, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Huffman, L.T., Levy, R.H., Lacy, L., Harwood, D.M., Berg, M., Cattadori, M., Diamond, J., Dooley, J., Dahlman, L., Frisch-Gleason, R., Hubbard, J., Lehmann, R., Mankoff, K., Miller, V., Pound, K., Scotto di Clemente, G., Siegmund, A., Thomson, J., Trummel, E., Williams R., the ANDRILL SMS Science Team (includes G. Acton), and the MIS Science Team, ANDRILL's Education and Outreach Programme 2005-2008: MIS and SMS Project Activities during the 4th IPY, Terra Antartica, 15, 221-235, 2008-2009. [Go to Terra Antartica web site]

Ohno, M., Murakami, F., Komatsu, F., Guyodo, Y., Acton, G., Kanamatsu, T., Evans, H. F., and Nanayama, F., Paleomagnetic directions of the Gauss-Matuyama polarity transition recorded in drift sediments (IODP Site 1314) in the North Atlantic, Earth Planets Space, 60, e13-e16, 2008. [download pdf reprint]

Florindo, F., Harwood, D., Levy, R., and the SMS Project Science Team, ANDRILL’s success during the 4th International Polar Year, Scientific Drilling, 6, DOI: 10.2204/ iodp.sd.6.03.2008, 29-31, 2008. [download pdf reprint]

Jovane, L., Acton, G., Florindo, F., and Verosub, K. L., Geomagnetic field behavior at high latitudes from a paleomagnetic record from Eltanin Core 27-21 in the Ross Sea sector, Antarctica, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 267, 435-443, doi:10.1061/j.epsl.2007.12.006, 2008. [download pdf reprint]

Jovane, L., Sprovieri, M., Florindo, F., Acton, G., Coccioni, R., Dall’Antonia, B., Dinarès-Turell, J., Eocene-Oligocene paleoceanographic changes in the stratotype section, Massignano, Italy: Clues from rock magnetism and stable isotopes, J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi10.1029/2007JB004963, 2007. [download pdf reprint]

Beaman, M., Sager, W. W., Acton, G. D., Lanci, L., and Pares, J., Improved Late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic paleomagnetic apparent polar wander path for the Pacific plate, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 262, 1-20, 2007. [download pdf reprint]

Teagle, D.A.H., Wilson, D.S., Acton, G.D., and Vanko, D.A. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 206, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.206.2007, 2007. Available at: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/206_SR/206sr.htm.

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/200_SR/200-sr.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. [download pdf reprint]

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].

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 planètes (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. Available at: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/165_IR/165ir.htm.

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. [download pdf reprint]

Galburn, B., Louvel, V., Cotillon, P., Leckie, M., Sigurdsson, H., Acton, G., Abrams, L.J., Bralower, T.J., and others, Signature sédimentaire d'événements globaux post-mésozoïques en mer des Caraïbes: résultats préliminaires de la campagne ODP 165, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la terre et des planètes (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 325, 505-510, 1997 (in French with abridged English version). [download pdf reprint]

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. [download pdf reprint]

Acton, G.D. and Petronotis, K.E., Marine magnetic anomaly skewness data and oceanic plate motions, Eos, 75, 49-52, 1994. [download pdf reprint]

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. [download pdf reprint]

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

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. [download pdf reprint]

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. [download pdf reprint]

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. [download pdf reprint]

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. [download pdf reprint]

Reports & News Briefs:

Acton, G., Book Review: Essentials of Paleomagnetism, Eos, 92, 166-168, 10 May 2011. [download pdf reprint]

Lyle, M., Raffi, I., Pälike, H., Nishi, H., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Pacific Equatorial Transect, IODP Preliminary Report, 321, doi:10.2204/iodp.pr.321.2009, 2009. Available at: http://publications.iodp.org/preliminary_report/321.

Pälike, H., Nishi, H., Lyle, M., Raffi, I., Klaus, A., Gamage, K., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Pacific Equatorial Transect, IODP Preliminary Report, 320, doi:10.2204/iodp.pr.320.2009, 2009. Available at: http://publications.iodp.org/preliminary_report/320.

Expedition 320T Scientists, USIO Sea Trials and Assessment of Readiness Transit (START): Ontong Java Plateau. IODP Preliminary Report, 320T. doi:10.2204/iodp.pr.320T.2009, 2009. Available at: http://publications.iodp.org/preliminary_report/320T.

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 — 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- ):

Yamazaki, T., Acton, G., Channell, J. E. T., Palmer, E. C., Richter, C., and Yamamoto Y., Long-term changes of relative paleointensity from sediments: Geomagnetic field behavior or rock magnetic artifact?, Abstract GP431A-07 presented at the 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, 5-9 Dec., 2011.

Yamamoto Y., Acton, G., Channell, J. E. T., Palmer, E. C., Richter, C., and Yamazaki, T., Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic study of the IODP Site U1332 sediments - relative paleointensity during Eocene and Oligocene, Abstract GP11A-1006 presented at the 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, 5-9 Dec., 2011.

Evans, H. F., Channell, J. E. T., Acton, G., and Richter, C., Magnetic stratigraphy from IODP Site U1338 between 8.5-10.8 Ma, Abstract GP11A-1005 presented at the 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, 5-9 Dec., 2011.

Acton, G., Ohneiser, C., Yamamoto, Y., Channell, J.E., Evans, H.F., Richter, C., and Yamazaki, T., Magnetostratigraphic and cyclostratigraphic records from Eocene-Miocene sediments cored in the Paleoequatorial Pacific: Initial results from IODP Expedition 320, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP22A-04, 2009.

Harwood D.M, Florindo F., Levy R.H., Talarico F.M., Acton G., Browne, G., Field, B., Fielding C.R., Krissek, L.A., Panter, K.S., Passchier, S., Pekar, S.F., Miocene depositional history, sequences and chronostratigraphy of the ANDRILL AND-2A drillcore, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract PP41D-05, 2009.

Acton, G., A tour of paleomagnetic results from ocean drilling, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP14A-01, 2008.

Herrero-Bervera, E., Krasa, D., Acton, G., and Durand, S., Rock magnetic characterization through an intact sequence of oceanic crust, IODP Hole 1256D, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP14A-08, 2008.

Krasa, D., Herrero-Bervera, E., Acton, G., and Durand, S., Magnetic Mineralogy of a Complete Oceanic Crustal Section (IODP hole 1256D), Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP14A-09, 2008.

Dekkers, M. J., Herrero-Bervera, E., Krasa, D., and Acton, G. Magnetic properties of fast spreading ocean crust drilled by (I)ODP Hole 1256D into the gabbro zone revealed by fuzzy c-means cluster analysis, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP14A-10, 2008.

Evans, H. F., and Acton, G., Cryptochrons and short Subchrons in the marine sedimentary record, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP33A-02, 2008.

Petronotis, K., Acton, G., and Herrero-Bervera, E., Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) paleointensity determinations, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP43C-07, 2008.

Acton, G., Florindo, F., Jovane, L., Ohneiser, C., Sagnotti, L., Strada, E., Verosub, K. L., Wilson, G. S., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team, Paleomagnetism of the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract C21B-519, 2008.

Wilson, G. S., Levy, R., Acton, G., Naish, T., Harwood, D., Florindo, F., Powell, R., the ANDRILL-MIS Science Team, and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team, Dating Antarctic climatic and tectonic events of the Neogene: Age models from the ANDRILL 1B and 2A cores, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract C21B-542, 2008.

Strada, E., Florindo, F., Sandroni, S., Talarico, F., Acton, G., Jovane, L., Ohneiser, C., Sagnotti, L., Verosub, K. L., Wilson, G. S., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team, Provenance investigations using magnetic susceptibility of pebble-to-cobble-sized clasts in the AND-2A Core, ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract C21B-536, 2008.

Harwood, D., Florindo, F., Levy, R., and the ANDRILL-SMS Science Team, Neogene paleoenvironmental and geological history of the Transantarctic Mountain coastline and Victoria Land Basin: Initial results of ANDRILL's Southern McMurdo Sound Project AND-2A drillcore, 33rd International Geological Congress, Abstract # AAN02709L, 2008.

Wetter, L. and Acton, G., Climatic shifts and geomagnetic excursions, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract PP41C-0685, 2007.

Verosub, K. L., Jovane, L., Acton, G., and Florindo, F., Milankovitch forcing of Antarctic climate in the Ross Sea Sector during the Quaternary, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract PP41F-01, 2007.

Gruetzner, J., Higgins, S. M., Stein, R., and Acton, G., Threshold behaviour of millennial-scale variability in North Atlantic deep water hydrography during the last 1.1 Ma: Evidence from XRF core scanning at IODP Sites U1313 and U1314, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract PP44B-03, 2007.

Rodriguez Durand, S., Herrero-Bervera, E., Krasa, D., Haggerty, S., and Acton, G., Reflected light microscopy, SEM and rock magnetic characterization of magnetic minerals through an intact sequence of oceanic crust, IODP Hole 1256D, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP21A-0107, 2007.

Jovane, L., Verosub, K. L., Florindo, F., and Acton, G., Paleomagnetic and environmental magnetic studies of the Eltanin Core 27-21 from the Ross Sea Sector, Antarctica, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract GP22A-05, 2007.

Acton, G., Yin, Q., Verosub, K. L., and Ebel, D. S., Magnetic fields of the early Solar System recorded in chondrules and meteorites: Insights from magnetic remanence and first-order reversal curve (FORC) measurements, Lunar Planetary Science Conference XXXVIII, Abstract 1711, 2007.

Jovane, L., Verosub, K. L., Florindo, F., and Acton, G., Magnetostratigraphy and environmental magnetism of cores from DSDP Sites 270 and 274 (Leg 28), Ross Sea Sector (Antarctica), European Geosciences Union Meeting in Vienna, Austria, 15-20 April 2007, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 9, Abstract #EGU2007-A-08599, 2007.

Jovane, L., Verosub, K. L., Florindo, F., and Acton, G., Magnetostratigraphy and environmental magnetism of Eltanin Core 27-21, Ross Sea Sector (Antarctica), European Geosciences Union Meeting in Vienna, Austria, 15-20 April 2007, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 9, Abstract #EGU2007-A-08650, 2007.

Acton, G., Geomagnetic Links to Climate change and orbital cycles, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP51B-07, 2006.

Yin, Q., Acton, G., Verosub, K. L., Jovane, L., Roth, A., Jacobsen, B., Ebel, D. S., Micromagnetic coercivity distributions and interactions in chondrules with implications for paleointensities of the early Solar System, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP13A-06, 2006.

Verosub, K. L., Jovane, L., Acton, G., Initial magnetostratigraphic and environmental magnetic results from old cores from the Ross Sea Sector (Antarctica), Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract C41C-0344, 2006.

Jovane, L., Acton, G., Verosub, K. L., Florindo, F., Sagnotti, L., and Wilson, G., A new apparent polar wander path for Antarctica, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP11A-0053, 2006.

Wetter, L., Acton, G., and Hill, T., Testing for links between geomagnetic field variability and climate change, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP51A-091, 2006.

Delusina, I., Verosub, K. L., Acton, G., Osleger, D., and Starratt, S. W., Evidence from highstand of Lake Tahoe during the last glacial maximum, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GC51A-0450, 2006.

Evans, H. F., Acton, G. D., Guyodo, Y., Channell, J. E., Ohno, M., and Kanamatsu, T., Magnetic stratigraphy and relative paleointensity from IODP Site 1313 from 2.4-6 Ma, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP13A-07, 2006.

Teagle, D. A., Wilson, D. S., Alt, J. C., Banerjee, N. R., Umino, S., Miyashita, S., and Acton, G. D., and the Expedition 312 Scientists, Drilling a complete in situ section of upper oceanic crust formed at a superfast spreading rate: Hole 1256D, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract B31B-1090, 2006.

Acton, G., Short-term geomagnetic variability as a tool for determining precise global chronologies: Examples from the North Atlantic, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract U42A-01, 2005.

Acton, G., Verosub, K. L., Roth, A., and Linderholm, D., Coercivity distributions and magnetic particle interactions from First-Order Reversal Curves (FORCs): Examples from natural materials and software for data analysis, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP13A-0044, 2005.

Guyodo, Y., Ohno, M., Acton, G., Evans, H., Kanamatsu, T., and the Expedition 306 Scientists, Paleomagnetic results from IODP Exp. 306: shipboard and preliminary post-cruise studies, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP21A-0010, 2005.

Herrero-Bervera, E., and Acton, G., Magnetic properties and absolute paleointensity of upper oceanic crust generated by superfast seafloor spreading, ODP Leg 206, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP23A-0028, 2005.

Wetter, L., Verosub, K. L., Acton, G., and Russell, J., Detection of silica-mediated dissolution of magnetic grains in sediments using FORC diagrams, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP13A-0025, 2005.

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 1256D–a 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.