1960's

Menard, H. W., and Tanya Atwater, 1968, Changes in direction of sea floor spreading. Nature, v. 219, p. 463-467. •Reprinted in Plate Tectonics and Geomagnetic Reversals, p. 412-419, W. H. Freeman Co. San Francisco, 1973. Atwater, Tanya, and John D. Mudie, 1968, Block faulting on the Gorda Rise. Science, v. 159, p. 729-731. Menard, H. W., and Tanya Atwater, 1969, Origin of fracture zone topography. Nature, v. 222, p. 1037-1040.

 

1970's

Atwater, Tanya, 1970, Implications of plate tectonics for the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of western North America. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., v. 81, p. 3513-3536. •Reprinted, with introductory information by A. Cox and T. Atwater, in Plate Tectonics and Geomagnetic Reversals, p. 583-609, W. H. Freeman Co., San Francisco, 1973. •Reprinted in U.C.S.D., Scripps Inst. Oceanography., Contributions, Vol. 40, Part 2, p. 1249-1271, 1970. Grow, John A., and Tanya Atwater, 1971, Mid-Tertiary tectonic transition in the Aleutian Arc. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., v. 81, p. 3715-3722. •Reprinted in U.C.S.D., Scripps Inst. Oceanography., Contributions, Vol. 41, p. 430-436, 1971 Atwater, Tanya, and H. W. Menard, 1971, Magnetic lineations in the northeast Pacific. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 7, p. 445-450. Atwater, Tanya, 1972, Test of new global tectonics: discussion. Amer. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., v. 56, p. 385-388. Atwater, Tanya, 1972, Studies of sea floor spreading and plate movements in the Pacific basin. D. H. Tarling and S. K. Runcorn, ed., Implications of Continental Drift to the Earth Sciences, Vol. 1, Academic Press, p. 213-218. Atwater, Tanya, and J. D. Mudie, 1973, A detailed near-bottom geophysical survey of the Gorda Rise. J. Geophys. Res., v. 78, p. 8665-8686. •Reprinted in U.C.S.D., Scripps Inst. Oceanography., Contributions, Vol 43, Part 2, p. 875-895, 1973. Molnar, Peter, and Tanya Atwater, 1973, Relative motion of hot spots in the mantle. Nature, v. 246, p. 288-291. •Reprinted in U.C.S.D., Scripps Inst. Oceanography., Contributions, Vol. 44, Part 2, p. 1632-1635, 1974. Atwater, Tanya, and P. Molnar, 1973, Relative motion of the Pacific and North American plates deduced from sea-floor spreading in the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific Oceans. R. L. Kovach and A. Nur, eds., Proc. of the Conf. on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault, Geological Sciences, v. XIII, Stanford Univ., p. 136-148. •Reprinted in U.C.S.D., Scripps Inst. Oceanography., Contributions, Vol. 44, Part 2, p. 1362-1374, 1974. Atwater, Tanya, 1973, Plate tectonics in the northeast Pacific, in The Western Pacific: Island Arcs, Marginal Seas, Geochemistry. P. J. Coleman, Editor, p. 31-33. Atwater, Tanya, 1973, Studies of Sea-floor Spreading and Plate Movements in the Pacific Basin. in Implications of Continental Drift to the Earth Sciences, Vol. 1, p. 213-217, Acad. Press. London. Dennis, J. G., and Tanya Atwater, 1974, Terminology of geodynamics. Amer. Assoc. Pet. Bull., v. 58, p. 1031-1036. Atwater, Tanya, 1975, Details of spreading ridges: constraints on dynamic models for the emplacement of oceanic lithosphere, Summer Study Program, G.F.D., W.H.O.I., ref. 75-58, p. 36-38. Molnar, Peter, T. Atwater, J. Mammerickx and S. M. Smith, 1975, Magnetic anomalies, bathymetry and the tectonic evolution of the South Pacific since the late Cretaceous. Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., v. 40, p. 383-420. Atwater, T., and Molnar, P., 1975, Relative motion of the Pacific and North American plates deduced from sea-floor spreading in the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans. Fisher, R. M., et al, eds.,. March 1975. Proceedings of the Takesi Nagata Conference. Atwater, T., H. P. Johnson, K. Macdonald and F. Schult, 1976, Magnetometer test trip to Mt. Shasta, California, Internal Report, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 17 pp. Johnson, H. P., and T. Atwater, 1977, A magnetic study of basalts from the mid-Atlantic ridge at 37°N. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., v. 88, p. 637-647. Brecher, Aviva, Tanya Atwater, Judy Stein and Everett Carter, 1977, Some magnetic properties of some Leg 37 samples. Init. Rep. Deep Sea Drilling Project, v. 37, p. 465-469. Atwater, Tanya and Ken C. Macdonald, 1977, Are spreading centers perpendicular to their transform faults? Nature, v. 270, p. 715-719. Mirlin, E. G., V. P. Melikhov and T. Atwater, 1977, Chapter 4. Magnetic field anomalies, in Iceland and Mid-oceanic ridge, structure of the ocean floor, Nauka Publishing House, Moscow, p. 74-88 (in Russian). Atwater, Tanya, 1978, Reply to B. J. Collette and A. P. Slootweg, 1978, Oblique spreading and fracture zones. (A discussion of Atwater and Macdonald, 1977) Nature, v. 274, No. 5667, p. 187. Shih, John S. F., Tanya Atwater and Marcia McNutt, 1978, A near-bottom geophysical traverse of the Reykjanes Ridge. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 39, p. 75-83. Macdonald, K. C. and T. Atwater, 1978, Evolution of rifted ocean ridges. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 39, p. 319-327. Molnar, Peter and T. Atwater, 1978, Interarc spreading and Cordilleran tectonics as alternates related to the age of subducted oceanic lithosphere. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 41, p. 330-340. Atwater, T., R. Ballard, K. Crane, N. Gruver, C. Hopson, H. P. Johnson, B. Luyendyk, K. Macdonald, J. Pierce, J. Shih, L. Shure, D. Stakes, N. Walker, and T. van Andel, 1978, Expedition cruise report: AMAR 78 - A coordinated submersible, photographic mapping and dredging program in the mid-Atlantic rift valleys near 36.5°N. Internal Report, Mass. Inst. Tech., 203 pp. Atwater, Tanya, 1979, Constraints from the Famous area concerning the structure of the oceanic section, in deep drilling results in the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Crust, Talwani, Harrison, and Hayes, eds., Maurice Ewing Series, v. 2, Amer. Geophys. Union, p 33 42.

 

1980's

RISE Project Group: Spiess, F. N., K. C. Macdonald, T. Atwater, R. Ballard, A. Carranza, D. Cordoba, C. Cox, V. M. Diaz Garcia, J. Francheteau, J. Guerrero, J. Hawkins, R. Haymon, R. Hessler, T. Juteau, M. Kastner, R. Larson, B. Luyendyk, J. D. Macdougall, S. Miller, W. Normark, J. Orcutt, and C. Rangin, 1980, East Pacific Rise: Hot springs and geophysical experiments. Science, v. 207, p. 1421-1433. Atwater, Tanya, 1981, Propagating rifts in seafloor spreading patterns. Nature, v. 290, p. 185 186. Atwater, T., R. Coleman, P. J. Fox, W. Melson, and J. Orcutt, 1982, Report of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge/East Pacific Rise Planning Advisory Committee, 51 pp., in Ocean Margin Drilling Program, Initial Science Plan, appendices, J.O.I., Inc. Macdonald, K. C., S. P. Miller, B. P. Luyendyk, T. M. Atwater, and L. Shure, 1983, Investigation of a Vine-Matthews magnetic lineation from a submersible: the source and character of marine magnetic anomalies. J. Geophys. Res., v. 88, p. 3403-3418. Miller, R., Planet Earth: Continents in Collision. Time-Life Books, Pub., 176 pp. (Atwater was the Science Consultant for this book.) 1983. Atwater, T,., 1984, Popular article describing hydrothermal vents. Gem & Mineral Society magazine, 2 pp. Hey, R. N., M. C. Kleinrock, S. P. Miller, T. M. Atwater, and R. C. Searle, 1986, Sea Beam/deep-tow investigation of an active oceanic propagating rift system, Galapagos, 95.5°W. J. Geophys. Research, v. 91, p. 3369-3393. Hey, R. N., H. W. Menard, T. M. Atwater, and D. W. Caress, 1988, Changes in direction of seafloor spreading revisited: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 93, p. 2803-2811. Atwater, T., 1989, Plate tectonic history of the northeast Pacific and western North America, in Winterer, E. L., Hussong, D. M., and Decker, R. W., eds., The Eastern Pacific Ocean and Hawaii: Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, The Geology of North America, v. N, pp. 21-72. Winterer, E. L., Atwater, T. M., and Decker, R. W., 1989, The northeast Pacific Ocean and Hawaii, in Bally, A. W., and Palmer, A. R., eds., The Geology of North America -- An overview: Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, The Geology of North America, v. A, pp. 265-297. Atwater, T., and Severinghaus, J., 1989, Tectonic maps of the northeast Pacific, in Winterer, E. L., Hussong, D. M., and Decker, R. W., eds., The Eastern Pacific Ocean and Hawaii: Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, The Geology of North America, v. N, pp. 15-20 and Plates 3A, 3B, and 3C. Atwater, T., 1989, Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. UCSB Learning Resources 20 minute teaching film. (•reissued in video and CD Rom versions) (several hundred copies sold).

 

1990's

Severinghaus, J., and Atwater, T., 1990, Cenozoic geometry and thermal state of the subducting slabs beneath western North America, in Wernicke, B.P., ed., Basin and Range extensional tectonics near the latitude of Las Vegas Nevada, Geological Society of America Memoir 176, pp 1-22. Atwater, T., 1991, Tectonics of the Northeast Pacific, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series I, v. I, pp. 295-318. Hey, R.N., Sinton, J.M., Kleinrock, M.C., Yonover, R.N., Macdonald, K.C., Miller, S.P., Searle, R.C., Christie, D.M., Atwater, T.M., Sleep, N.H., Johnson, H.P., and Neal, C.A., 1992, ALVIN investigation of an active propagating rift system, Galapagos 95.5oW. Marine Geophysical Researches, v. 14, pp. 207-226. Atwater, T., 1992, Constraints from plate reconstructions for Cenozoic tectonic regimes of southern and eastern California. in Richard, Stephen M., ed., Workshop on Active Faults in the Mojave Shear Zone, San Bernardino Co.Museum Association Special Publication, v. 92-1, p. 1-2. Atwater, T., Sclater, J., Sandwell, D., Severinghaus, J., and Marlow, M. S., 1993, Fracture zone traces across the north Pacific quiet zone and their tectonic implications. The Mesozoic Pacific: Geology, Tectonics, and Volcanism, American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph 77, pp. 137-154. Nicholson, C., Sorlien, C.C., Atwater, T., Crowell, J.C., and Luyendyk, B.P., 1994. Microplate capture, rotation of the western Transverse Ranges, and initiation of the San Andreas transform as a low-angle fault system, Geology, v.22, p. 491-495. Atwater, T., 1995, Testimony concerning Undergraduate Education in the Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation Review of Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, Disciplinary Perspectives, October 23, 1995. Written testimony, 4 pp. National Geographic Society Magazine, April 1995. Living on the Edge (western U.S. tectonics map with many insets and text pieces) and The Earth's Fractured Surface (world plate tectonics map). Atwater was the primary Science Consultant. Atwater, T., and Ehrenspeck, H., 1996, Plain English field guide to the geology of the western Santa Monica Mountains, for Gold Coast Science Teachers Association. Atwater, T., 1997, Plate Tectonic History of Southern California with emphasis on the Western Transverse Ranges and Santa Cruz Island, Chapter 7 in J.R. Boles and W. Landry, eds., Geology Field Trip Guide, San Diego Association of Geologists, p. 50-58. Atwater, T., 1998, Plate Tectonic History of Southern California with emphasis on the Western Transverse Ranges and Santa Rosa Island, in Weigand, P. W., ed., Contributions to the geology of the Northern Channel Islands, Southern California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, MP 45, p. 1-8. Atwater, T, and Stock, J. M., 1998, Pacific-North America plate tectonics of the Neogene southwestern United States - an update: International Geological Review, v. 40, p. 375-402 (to be reprinted, fall 1998, in Ernst, W. G., ed., Clarence Hall Symposium Volume, Geological Society of America). Atwater, T., 1998, An Animated Tectonic History of Western North America - a series of short computer animations, offered with narrative text via a web page (animations complete, initial user list amassed, web page in prep. Plus about 45 Published Abstracts

 

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