NC Mitchell Publications



in press/accepted:


2024:

Mitchell, NC, M Ligi, J Preine, D Liebrand, M Ali, A Decarlis, Contourite-like deposits suggest stronger-than-Present circulation in the Plio-Pleistocene Red Sea, Global and Planet. Change, art. 104527 doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104527

Eladawy, A, NC Mitchell, T Nakamura, M El-Husseiny, Y Takagi, N Elhady, B Muller, S Abdel-Hamid, A Mohammed, K Nadaoka, JP Walsh, Towards a combined human-natural system approach in the Northern Red Sea region: ecological challenges, sustainable development, and community engagement, Marine Policy doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105917

Mitchell, NC, W Bosworth, The tectonic stability of Arabia, in: "Rifting and sediments in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf regions", edited by NMA Rasul & I.C.F. Stewart doi10.1201/9781003321415-6:

Izzeldin, AY, NC Mitchell, Shield suture zones control positions of oceanic spreading segment discontinuities in the central Red Sea, in: "Rifting and sediments in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf regions", edited by NMA Rasul & I.C.F. Stewart doi:10.1201/9781003321415-5

Okwokwo, OI, NC Mitchell, Structure of the continent-ocean transition in the Red Sea from gravity modelling of seismic refraction profiles off Sudan, in: "Rifting and sediments in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf regions", edited by NMA Rasul & I.C.F. Stewart doi:10.1201/9781003321415-8

Shi, W, Mitchell, NC, Kalnins, L, Stewart, ICF, Izzeldin, AY, Oceanic basement roughness in the central Red Sea, in: "Rifting and sediments in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf regions", edited by NMA Rasul & I.C.F. Stewart doi:10.1201/9781003321415-11


2023:

Mitchell, NC, and ICF Stewart (2023), Comment on: "Insights on the tectonic styles of the Red Sea rift using gravity and magnetic data" by Saada et al. (2021), Mar. Petrol. Geol. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106601

Mitchell, NC, R Quartau, S Moreira, C Beier, Z Zhao, S Avila, E-M Portanyi A Rodrigues, An equation for deriving spatial variations in carbonate production rates from sediment deposition rates and dilution - application to Santa Maria Island, Azores, J Sed Res doi:10.2110/jsr.2022.006

Mitchell, NC, Preine, J, Okwokwo, OI, Izzeldin, AY, Augustin, N, Stewart, ICF, The ocean-continent transition in the Western Central Red Sea, Journal of African Earth Sciences, article 105093 doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.105093

Mitchell, NC, Z Zhao, Effects of currents and waves on the morphologies of coastal sandy clinoforms: sediment mobility calculations based on current meter and wave data from Southern California, J Sed Res, 93, 488-501, 2023. doi:10.2110/jsr.2023.002

Zhao, Z, NC Mitchell, NC, WJ Stephenson, Testing the Sunamura et al. (2014) equations for wave attenuation over shore platforms, Geomorphology doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108480


2022:

Chang, Y-C, NC Mitchell, NC, JC Schindlbeck-Belo, TH Hansteen, A Freundt, C Hbscher, R Quartau, Emplacement history of volcaniclastic turbidites around the central Azores volcanic islands: frequencies of slope landslides and eruptions, Geosphere doi:10.1130/GES02570.1

Chang, YC, NC Mitchell, R Quartau, C Hbscher, L Rusu, F Tempera, Asymmetric abundances of submarine sediment waves around the Azores volcanic islands, Marine Geology, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106837

Bahia, R, S Covey-Crump, M Jones, NC Mitchell, Discordance analysis on a high-resolution valley network map of Mars: assessing the effects of scale on the conformity of valley orientation and surface slope direction, Icarus. in press. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115041

Mitchell, NC, K Hernandez, J Preine, M Ligi, N Augustin, AY Izzeldin, C Hsbscher, Early stage diapirism in the Red Sea deep-water evaporites: origins and length-scales, Tectonophys. in press. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229331

Okwokwo, OI, NC Mitchell, W Shi, ICF Stewart, AY Izzeldin, How have thick evaporites affected early sea-floor spreading magnetic anomalies in the Central Red Sea?, Geophysical Journal International, in press. doi:10.1093/gji/ggac012

Mitchell, NC, R Jerrett, R Langman, Dynamics and stratigraphy of a tidal sand ridge in the Bristol Channel (Nash Sands banner bank) from repeated high-resolution multibeam echo-sounder surveys, Sedimentology 69, 1051-1082 doi:10.1111/sed.12935

Zhao, Z, NC Mitchell, R Quartau, S Moreira, L Rusu, CS Melo, SP Avila, D Das, P Afonso, J Pombo, J Duarte, A Rodrigues, Wave-influenced deposition of carbonate-rich sediment on the insular shelf of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Sedimentology, 69, 1547-1572 doi:10.1111/sed.12963


2021:

de Melo, GW, NC Mitchell, J Zahradnik, F Dias, AF do Nascimento, Oceanic seismotectonics from regional earthquake recordings: the 4-5N Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Tectonophysics, 819, art 229063. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229063

Chang, YC, NC Mitchell, R Quartau, Landslides in the Upper Submarine Slopes of Volcanic Islands: the Central Azores,Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 22, e2021GC009833. doi:10.1029/2021GC009833

Chang, YC, NC Mitchell, TH Hansteen, JC Schindlbeck-Belo, A Freundt, Volcaniclastic deposits and sedimentation processes around volcanic ocean islands: the central Azores, in "Volcanic Processes in the Sedimentary Record: When Volcanoes Meet the Environment" (ed by: A Di Capua and S Watt), Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. 520 doi:10.1144/SP520-2021-62

Mitchell, NC, Seamounts, Treatise on Geomorphology (Elsevier). doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00102-4


2020:

Mitchell, NC, W Shi, A Izzeldin, ICF Stewart, Reconstructing the level of the central Red Sea evaporites at the end of the Miocene, Basin Research 2020. doi:10.1111/bre.12513

Zhao, Z, NC Mitchell, R Quartau, RS Ramalho, L Rusu, Coastal erosion rates of lava deltas around oceanic islands, Geomorphology, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107410

Mitchell, NC, Comparing the post-WWII publication histories of oceanography and marine geoscience, Scientometrics. doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03498-2


2019:

Zhao, Z, NC Mitchell, R Quartau, F Tempera, L Bricheno, Submarine Platform Development by Erosion of a Surtseyan Cone at Capelinhos, Faial Island, Azores, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 44, 2982-3006. doi:10.1002/esp.4724

Li, J., W. Li, T. M. Alves, M. Rebesco, W. Zhan, J. Sun, N. C. Mitchell, S. Wu, Different origins of seafloor undulations in a submarine canyon system, northern South China Sea, based on their seismic character and relative location, Marine Geology 413, 99-111. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2019.04.007


2018:

Mitchell, NC, SS Sofianos, Origin of submarine channel north of Hanish Sill, Red Sea, In: Geological setting, palaeoenvironment and archaeology of the Red Sea, NMA Rasul and ICF Stewart (eds), Earth System Science Series, Springer Nature Switzerland, p. 259-274, 2018. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_12

Mitchell, NC, M Ligi, N Rasul, Variations in Plio-Pleistocene deposition in the Red Sea, In: Geological setting, palaeoenvironment and archaeology of the Red Sea, NMA Rasul and ICF Stewart (eds), Earth System Science Series, Springer Nature Switzerland, p. 323-340, 2018. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_15

Shi, W, Mitchell, NC, Kalnins, L, Izzeldin, N, Oceanic-like axial crustal high in the central Red Sea, Tectonophys.. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.10.011

Mitchell, NC, ICF Stewart, The modest seismicity of the northern Red Sea rift, Geophysical Journal International 214, 1507-1523. doi:10.1093/gji/ggy176

Quartau, R, AS Trenhaile, RS Ramalho, Mitchell, NC, The role of subsidence in shelf widening around ocean island volcanoes: Insights from observed morphology and modeling, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 498, 408-417. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.007 (Free share link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1XQBL,Ig4DC6A (will work until 8 Sept 2018).

Mitchell, NC, H Davies, Equatorial Pacific gravity lineaments: interpretations with basement topography along seismic reflection lines, Marine Geophysical Research.doi:10.1007/s11001-018-9351-x and view only version

Mitchell, NC, Cheek-by-jowl beneath the oceans: UK-German marine research collaboration, in R Bacon (ed), Crossing points: UK-Germany, p. 14-18, British Council (2018) Link.

Mitchell, NC, R Stretch, F Tempera, M Ligi, Volcanism in the Azores: a marine geophysical perspective, In: Volcanism in the Azores, Beier, C, Kueppers, U (eds), Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32226-6_7

Hernandez, K, Mitchell, NC, M Huuse, Deriving relationships between diapir spacing and salt-layer thickness in the Southern North Sea, in: Kilhams, B, Kukla, PA, Mazur, S, McKie, T, Munlieff, HF, van Ojik (Eds) Mesozoic resource potential in the Southern Permian Basin, Geological Society, London, Spec. Pubs. 469. doi:10.1144/SP469.16

Mitchell, NC, Mid-ocean ridges, in: A Micallef, S Krastel & A Savini, Submarine geomorphology, Springer Verlag, pp 349-365. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57852-1_18

Mitchell, NC, M Ligi, Compression folds and a strike-slip fault in flowing evaporites, Red Sea, in AA Misra and S Mukherjee (eds), Atlas of Structural Geological Interpretation from Seismic Images, p. 137-139, John Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781119158332.ch25

Mitchell, NC, M Ligi, Growth structures and unconformities in the upper evaporites, Red Sea, in: AA Misra and S Mukherjee (eds), Atlas of Structural Geological Interpretation from Seismic Images, p. 191-193, John Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781119158332.ch37


2017:

Mitchell, NC, N Augustin, Halokinetics and other features of GLORIA long-range sidescan sonar data from the Red Sea, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 88, 724-738, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.09.017

Mitchell, NC, S Boult, Electrical resistivity structure of a raised mire: Malham Tarn Moss, Yorkshire Dales, U.K., Field Studies, Online PDF.


2016:

Goswami, R, Mitchell, NC, Brocklehurst, SH, A Argnani, Linking subaerial erosion with submarine geomorphology in the northern Ionian Sea (south of the Messina Strait), Italy, Basin Research. doi:10.1111/bre.12196

Mitchell, NC, M Ligi, P Feldens and C Huebscher, Deformation of a young salt giant: regional topography of the Red Sea Miocene evaporites, Basin Research. doi:10.1111/bre.12153

Mitchell, NC, Comment on: "The spatial extent of the Deep Western Boundary Current into the Bounty Trough: new evidence from parasound sub-bottom profiling" by Horn and Uenzelmann-Neben, Marine Geophysical Research, 37, 371-374. Online view http://rdcu.be/lr9t doi:10.1007/s11001-016-9287-y

Omira, R, R Quartau, I Ramalho, MA Baptista & NC Mitchell, The tsunami effects of a collapse of a volcanic island on a semi- enclosed basin: The Pico-Sao Jorge channel in the Azores archipelago, in: JC Duarte & WP Schellart (Eds.), Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, American Geophysical Union, 271-287, 2016.

Urias Espinosa, J, WL Bandy, CA Mortera Gutierrez, F Nunez Cornu and Mitchell, NC, Multibeam Bathymetric Survey of the Ipala Submarine Canyon, Jalisco. Mexico (20N): The Southern Boundary of the Banderas Forearc Block? Tectonophysics 671, 249-263. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.12.029

Quartau, R., J. Madeira, N. C. Mitchell, F. Tempera, P. F. Silva, and F. Brando, Reply to comment by Marques et al. on "The insular shelves of the Faial-Pico Ridge (Azores archipelago): A morphological record of its evolution", Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst. 17, 2016 doi:10.1002/2015GC006180.


2015:

Mitchell, NC, M Ligi, E Rohling, Red Sea isolation history suggested by Plio-Pleistocene seismic reflection sequences, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 430, 387-397, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.037

Mitchell, NC, HL Simmons and CH Lear, Modern and ancient hiatuses in the pelagic caps of Pacific guyots and seamounts and internal tides, Geosphere, v. 11, 2015. doi:10.1130/GES00999.1

Quartau, R., A. Hipolito, N. C. Mitchell, J.L. Gaspar, and F. Brando, Comment on "Construction and destruction of a volcanic island developed inside an oceanic rift: Graciosa Island, Terceira Rift, Azores" by Sibrant et al. (2014) and proposal of a new model for Grasiosa's geological evolution. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 303, 146-156, 2015 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.07.007

Mitchell, NC, Submarine Geomorphology, in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, Chapter 09249, 2015. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09249-6

Quartau, R., J. Madeira, N. C. Mitchell, F. Tempera, P. F. Silva, and F. Brandao, The insular shelves of the Faial-Pico Ridge (Azores archipelago): A morphological record of its evolution, Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst. 16, doi:10.1002/2015GC005733, 2015. doi:10.1002/2015GC005733

Feldens, P, NC Mitchell, Salt flows in the central Red Sea, In: The Red Sea: the formation, morphology, oceanography and environment of a young ocean basin, N Rasul and IC Stewart (eds), Springer, p. 205-218, 2015. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-45201-1_12 (full article§.)

Mitchell, NC, Lineaments in marine gravity data of the Red Sea, In: The Red Sea: the formation, morphology, oceanography and environment of a young ocean basin, N Rasul and IC Stewart (eds), Springer, p. 123-133, 2015. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-45201-1_6 (full article§.)


2014:

Mitchell, NC, Bedrock erosion by sedimentary flows in submarine canyons, Geosphere, 10, 2014. doi:10.1130/GES01008.1

Goswami, R, NC Mitchell, A Argnani, S Brocklehurst, Geomorphology of the western Ionian Sea between Sicily and Calabria, Italy, Geo-Marine Letters, 34, 419-433, 2014. doi:10.1007/s00367-014-0374-2

Mitchell, NC, Y Park, Nature of crust in the central Red Sea, Tectonophysics, 628, 123-139, 2014. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.029

Dubois, N., NC Mitchell, IR Hall, Data Report: Particle Size Distribution for IODP Expedition 329 Sites in the South Pacific Gyre, in: D'Hondt, S., et al. (eds), Proc. IODP, Vol. 329 Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.), 2014 doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.329.201.2014

Gales, JA, PT Leat, RD Larter, G Kuhn, C-D Hillenbrand, AGC Graham, NC Mitchell, AJ Tate, GB Buys, W Jokat, Large-scale submarine landslides, channel and gully systems on the southern Weddell Sea margin, Antarctica, Marine Geology 348, 73-87, 2014. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.002

Schmitt, T, NC Mitchell, Dune-associated sand fluxes at the nearshore termination of a banner sand bank (Helwick Sands, Bristol Channel), Continental Shelf Research, 76, 64-74, 2014. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2014.01.003

Mitchell, NC, N Dubois, Evaluating Cenozoic equatorial sediment deposition anomalies for potential paleoceanographic and Pacific plate motion applications, Marine Geophysical Research, 35, 1-20, 2014. doi:10.1007/s11001-013-9196-2


2013:

Quartau, R, AS Trenhaile, NC Mitchell, F Tempera, 2013, Genese e desenvolvimento de plataformas insulares vulcanicas - o caso da Ilha do Faial nos Acores, in: R Dias, A Araujo, P Terrinha & JC Kullberg (eds) Geologia de Portugal, Volume II - Geologia Meso-cenozoica de Portugal, Escolar Editora, 2013.

Tempera, F, Hipolito, A, Madeira, J, Vieira, S, Campos, AS, Mitchell, NC, 2013. Condor seamount (Azores, NE Atlantic): A morpho-tectonic interpretation. Deep Sea Res. Part II, 98, 7-23, 2013. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.016

Mitchell, NC, R Quartau, J Madeira, Large-scale active slump of the southeastern flank of Pico Island, Azores: Comment, Geology, 41, p. e301, 2013. doi:10.1130/G34006C.1

Ramalho, RS, R Quartau, AS Trenhaile, NC Mitchell, CD Woodroffe, S.P Avila, Coastal evolution on volcanic oceanic islands: a complex interplay between volcanism, erosion, sedimentation, sea-level change and biogenic production. Earth Science Reviews, 127, 140-170, 2013. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.10.007

Mitchell, NC, & JM Huthnance, Geomorphological and geochemical evidence (230Th anomalies) for cross-equatorial currents in the central Pacific, Deep-Sea Research I, 78, 24-41, 2013. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.04.003

Gales, JA, RD Larter, NC Mitchell, JA Dowdeswell, Geomorphic signature of Antarctic submarine gullies: Implications for slope processes. Marine Geology, 337, 112-124, 2013 doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.02.003

Quartau, R and NC Mitchell, Comment on: "Reconstructing the architectural evolution of volcanic islands from combined K/Ar, morphologic, tectonic, and magnetic data: The Faial Island example (Azores)" by A. Hildenbrand et al., J Volcanol Geotherm Res, 255, 124-126. doi10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.01.015:

Vachtman, D, NC Mitchell, and R. Gawthorpe, Morphologic signatures in submarine canyons and gullies, central USA Atlantic continental margins, Marine and Petroleum Geology 41. 250-263, 2013. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.005


2012:

Mitchell, NC, JM Huthnance, T Schmitt and B Todd, Threshold of erosion of submarine bedrock landscapes by tidal currents, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 38, 627-639, 2012. doi:10.1002/esp.3347

Mitchell, NC, R Stretch, C Oppenheimer, D Kay and C Beier, Cone morphologies associated with shallow marine eruptions: east Pico Island, Azores, Bulletin of Volcanology, 74, 2289-2300, 2012. doi:10.1007/s00445-012-0662-5

Gales, JA, RD Larter, NC Mitchell, C-D Hillenbrand, S Osterhus, and DR Shoosmith, Southern Weddell Sea shelf edge geomorphology: Implications for cold, dense water overflow as an Antarctic gully-forming mechanism, J Geophys Res - Earth Surface, in press. doi:10.1029/2012JF002357

Mitchell, NC, Aspects of marine geoscience - a review and thoughts on potential for observing active processes and progress through collaboration between the ocean sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 370, 5567-5612, 2012. doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0395

Dubois, N. and Mitchell, NC, Large-scale sediment redistribution on the equatorial Pacific seafloor, Deep-Sea Research I, 69, 51-61, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.07.006

Mitchell, NC, Hot, cracking rocks deep down, Nature Geoscience, 5, 444-445, 2012. doi:10.1038/ngeo1505

Goswami, R, S Brocklehurst and NC Mitchell, Erosion of a tectonically uplifting landscape, NE Sicily, Italy, Geomorphology, 171-172, 114-126, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.011

Mitchell, NC, Modelling the rollovers of sandy clinoforms from the gravity effect on wave-agitated sand, J Sed Res. 82, 464-468, 2012. doi:10.2110/jsr.2012.48

Van Landeghem, KJJ, JH Baas, NC Mitchell, D Wilcockson, and AJ Wheeler, Reversed sediment wave migration in the Irish Sea, NW Europe: A reappraisal of the validity of geometry-based predictive modelling and assumptions, Marine Geology 295-298, 95-112, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2011.12.004

Quartau, R, F Tempera, NC Mitchell, LM Pinheiro, H Duarte, R Bates and JH Monteiro, Morphology of the Faial Island shelf (Azores): The interplay between volcanic, erosional, depositional, tectonic and mass-wasting processes, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 13, paper Q04012, 2012. doi:10.1029/2011GC003987

Mitchell, NC, G Masselink, JM Huthnance, LM Fernandez Salas and F Lobo, The depths of modern sand clinoforms, J Sed Res. 82, 469-481, 2012. doi:10.2110/jsr.2012.40

Stevenson, JA, NC Mitchell, M Cassidy and H Pinkerton, Widespread inflation and drainage of a pahoehoe flow field: the Nesjahraun, Thingvellir, Iceland, Bull. Volcanol., 74, 15-31, 2012. do:10.1007/s00445-011-0482-z

Stevenson, JA, NC Mitchell, F Mochrie, M Cassidy and H Pinkerton, Lava penetrating water: the different behaviour of pahoehoe and aa at the Nesjahraun, Thingvellir, Iceland, Bull. Volcanol., 74, 33-46, 2012. doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0480-1

Tempera, F, E Giacomello, NC Mitchell, AS Campos, A Braga Henriques, A Martins, I Bashmachnikov, A Mendona, T Morato, A Colao, FM Porteiro, D Catarino, J. Goncalves, MR Pinho, EJ Isidro, RS Santos and G Menezes, Mapping the Condor seamount seafloor environment and associated biological assemblages (Azores, NE Atlantic), Chapter 59 in: Harris, PT et al (eds) Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat, 807-818, 2012. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00059-1

Mitchell, NC, R Quartau & J Madeira, Assessing landslide movements in volcanic islands using near-shore marine geophysical data: south Pico island, Azores, Bulletin of Volcanology, 74, 483-496, 2012. doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0541-5


2011:

Ligi, M, E Bonatti, F Caratori Tontini, A Cipriani, L Cocchi, A Schettino, G Bortoluzzi, V Ferrante, S Khalil, NC Mitchell and N Rasul, Initial burst of oceanic crust accretion in the Red Sea due to edge-driven mantle convection, Geology 39, 1019-1022, 2011. doi:10.1130/G32243.1

Goswami, R, NC Mitchell & S Brocklehurst, Distribution and causes of landslides in the eastern Peloritani of NE Sicily and western Aspromonte of SW Calabria, Italy, Geomorphology. 132, 111-122, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.036

Tominaga, M, M Lyle and NC Mitchell, Seismic interpretation of pelagic sedimentation regimes in the 18-53 Ma eastern equatorial Pacific: basin-scale sedimentation and infilling of abyssal valleys, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 11, Paper Q03004, 2011. doi:10.1029/2010GC003347

Mitchell, NC, M Schmidt and M Ligi, Comment on "Formation of Thetis Deep metal-rich sediments in the absence of brines, Red Sea" by Pierret et al. (2010), J. Geochem. Expl., 108, 112-113, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.09.014


2010:

Mitchell, NC, M Ligi, V Ferrante, E Bonatti and E Rutter, Submarine salt flows in the central Red Sea, Geol. Soc. Am. Bulletin, 122, 701-713, 2010. doi:10.1130/B26518.1

Quartau, R, AS Trenhaile, NC Mitchell and F Tempera, Development of volcanic insular shelves: Insights from observations and modelling of Faial Island in the Azores Archipelago, Marine Geology, 275, 66-83, 2010.doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.04.008

Stevenson, J, X. Sun and NC Mitchell, Despeckling SRTM and other topographic data with a denoising algorithm, Geomorphology, 114, 238-252, 2010.doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.006


2009:

Van Landeghem, KJJ, K Uehara, AJ Wheeler, NC Mitchell and JD Scourse, Post-glacial sediment dynamics in the Irish Sea and sediment wave morphology: Data-model comparisons, Continental Shelf Research, 29, 1723-1736, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.05.014

Van Landeghem, KJJ, AJ Wheeler, NC Mitchell and G Sutton, Variations in sediment wave dimensions across the tidally dominated Irish Sea, NW Europe, Marine Geology, 263, 108-119, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2009.04.003

Robinson, KA; Darbyshire, T.; Van Landeghem, K.; Lindenbaum, C.; McBreen, F.; Creaven, S.; Ramsay, K.; Mackie, ASY; Mitchell, NC; Wheeler, A.; Wilson, JG; O'Beirn, F. (2009). Habitat mapping for conservation and management of the Southern Irish Sea (HABMAP): I. Seabed surveys. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMOR Reports, 5(1). National Museum of Wales: Cardiff. ISBN 978-07200-0600-1, 222 pp.


2008:

Van Landeghem, KJJ, AJ Wheeler, and NC Mitchell, Seafloor evidence for palaeo-ice streaming and calving of the grounded Irish Sea Ice Stream: implications for the interpretation of its final deglaciation phase, Boreas, 38, 119-131, 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00041.x

Agnani, A, G Brancolini, M Rovere, F Accaino, F Zgur, M Grossi, F Fanzutti, P Visnovic, D Sorgo, E Lodolo, C Bonazzi, N Mitchell, Hints on active tectonics in the Messina Straits and surroundings: preliminary results from the TAORMINA-2006 seismic cruise, Bull. Geofis. Teor. Appl. 49, 163-176,, 2008.

Schmitt, T, NC Mitchell and ATS Ramsay, Characterizing uncertainties for quantifying bathymetry change between time-separated multibeam echo-sounder surveys, Continental Shelf Research 28, 1166-1176, 2008. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.001

Mitchell, NC and J Lofi, Submarine and subaerial erosion of volcanic landscapes: comparing Pacific Ocean seamounts with Valencia Seamount, exposed during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, Basin Research 20, 489-502, 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00355.x

Mitchell, NC, C Beier, P Rosin, R Quartau, F Tempera, Submarine lava flows around the coasts of Pico Island, Azores, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q03024, doi:10.1029/2007GC001725, 2008. doi:10.1029/2007GC001725

Mitchell, NC, Summary of progress in geomorphologic modelling of continental slope canyons, In: Gallagher, K, S J Jones & J Wainwright (eds), Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. 296, "Landscape Evolution: Denudation, Climate and Tectonics Over Different Time and Space Scales," 183-294, 2008. doi:10.1144/SP296.12

Mitchell, NC, and JM Huthnance, Oceanographic currents and the convexity of the uppermost continental slope, J. Sed. Res., 78, 29-44, 2008. doi:10.2110/jsr.2008.006


2007:

Moore, TC, NC Mitchell, M Lyle, J Backman and H Palike, Hydrothermal Pits in the Biogenic Sediments of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q03015, doi:10.1029/2006GC001501, 2007. doi:10.1029/2006GC001501

Mitchell, NC, and JM Huthnance, Comparing the smooth, parabolic shapes of interfluves in continental slopes to predictions of diffusion transport models, Marine Geology, 236, 189-208, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.028


2006:

Mitchell, NC, The morphologies of knickpoints in submarine canyons, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 118, 589-605, 2006. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1130/B25772.1

Schmitt, T, NC Mitchell and ATS Ramsay, Use of swath bathymetry in the investigation of sand dune geometry and migration around a near shore 'banner' tidal sandbank. In: P.S. Balson and M.B. Collins (Editors), Coastal and shelf sediment transport, Spec. Publ. 274. Geol. Soc., Lond, pp. 53-64, 2006. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.274.01.07

Stretch, R, NC Mitchell and RA Portaro, A morphometric analysis of the submarine volcanic ridge of Pico Island, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 156, 35-54, 2006. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.03.009


2005:

Mitchell, NC, Channelled erosion through a marine dump site of dredge spoils at the mouth of the Puyallup River, Washington State, Marine Geology, 220, 131-151, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.032

Bull, JM, Minshull, TA, Mitchell, NC, Dix, JK, and Hardardottir, J, Magmatic and tectonic history of Iceland's western rift zone at Lake Thingvallavatn, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 117, 1451-1465, 2005. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1130/B25729.1

Mitchell, NC, and Lyle, MW, Patchy deposits of Cenozoic pelagic sediments in the central Pacific, Geology, 33, 49-52, 2005. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1130/G21134.1

Lyle, MW, Mitchell, NC, Pisias, N, Mix, A, Martinez, JI and Paytan, A, Do geochemical estimates of sediment focusing in the equatorial Pacific pass the test? Paleoceanography, 20, PA1005, 2005. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/2004PA001019

Mitchell, NC, Interpreting long-profiles of canyons in the USA Atlantic continental slope, Marine Geology, 214, 75-99, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2004.09.005

Mitchell, NC, Erosion of canyons in continental slopes, Geological Society London Special Publication, "Submarine slopes: processes and products," 131-140, 2005. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.244.01.08


2004:

Mitchell, NC, Form of submarine erosion from confluences in Atlantic USA continental slope canyons, American Journal of Science, 304, 590-611, 2004, doi:10.2475/ajs.304.7.590. (full article (PDF).)


2003:

Mitchell, NC, WB Dade and DG Masson, Erosion of the submarine flanks of the Canary Islands, J. Geophys. Res.-Earth Surface, 2003. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/2002JF000003

Bull, JM, Minshull, TA, Mitchell, NC, Thors, K, Dix, JK, and Best, AI, Fault and magmatic interaction within Iceland's western rift over the last 9 kyr, Geophys. J. Int., 154, F1-F8, 2003. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01990.x

Mitchell, NC, MW Lyle, MB Knappenberger and LM Liberty, The Lower Miocene to Present stratigraphy of the Equatorial Pacific sediment bulge and carbonate dissolution anomalies, Paleoceanography, 18, 2003 (DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000828). (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/2002PA000828

Mitchell, NC, Susceptibility of Mid-Ocean Ridge Volcanic Islands and Seamounts to Large-Scale Landsliding, J. Geophys. Res., 2003. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/2002JB001997

Coogan, LA, NC Mitchell and MJ O'Hara, Roof assimilation at fast-spreading ridges: Evidence from geophysical, geochemical and field observations, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 2003. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/2001JB001171

Urgeles, R, DG Masson, M Canals, AB Watts, MJR Gee, TP Le Bas and NC Mitchell, Giant landslides off the island of La Palma, in J Mienert and PPE Weaver (eds) European margin sediment dynamics: Side-scan sonar and seismic images, Springer, 297-300, 2003.


2002:

Mitchell, NC, DG Masson, AB Watts, MJR Gee and R Urgeles, The morphology of the flanks of volcanic ocean islands: A comparative study of the Canary and Hawaiian hotspot islands, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 115, 83-107, 2002. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00310-9

Reston, TJ, W Weinrebe, I Grevemeyer, ER Flueh, NC Mitchell, L Kirstein, C Kopp, H Kopp and participants of Meteor 47/2, A rifted inside corner massif on the MAR at 5S, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 200, 255-269, 2002. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00636-2

DG Masson, AB Watts, MJR Gee, R Urgeles, NC Mitchell, TP Le Bas, M Canals, Slope failures on the flanks of the western Canary Islands, Earth Sci. Rev., 57, 1-35, 2002. doi:10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00069-1


2001:

Mitchell, NC, Random sequences of lithologies exposed on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge J. Geophys. Res., 106, 26,365-26,378, 2001. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/2001JB000241

Gee, M.J.R., D.G. Masson, A.B. Watts, and N.C. Mitchell, Passage of debris flows and turbidity currents through a topographic constriction: seafloor erosion and deflection of flow pathways, Sedimentology, 48, 1389-1409, 2001. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00427.x

Gee, M.J.R., D.G. Masson, A.B. Watts, and N.C. Mitchell, Offshore continuation of volcanic rift zones, El Hierro, Canary Islands, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 105, 107-119, 2001. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00241-9

Gee, M.J.R., D.G. Masson, A.B. Watts, and N.C. Mitchell, Landslides and the evolution of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Marine Geology, 177, 271-293, 2001. doi:10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00153-0

N. C. Mitchell, The transition from circular to stellate forms of submarine volcanoes, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 1987-2003, 2001. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/2000JB900263


2000:

N. C. Mitchell, M. A. Tivey and P. Gente, Seafloor slopes at mid-ocean ridges from submersible observations and implications for interpreting geology from seafloor topography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 183, 543-555, 2000. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00270-3

N. C. Mitchell, R. A. Livermore, P. Fabretti and G. Carrara, The Bouvet triple junction, 20 to 10 Ma, and extensive transtensional deformation adjacent to the Bouvet and Conrad transforms, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 8279-8296, 2000. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/1999JB900399


1999:

Escartin, J., P. A. Cowie, R. C. Searle, S. Allerton, N. C. Mitchell, C. J. MacLeod and A. P. Slootweg, Quantifying tectonic strain and magmatic accretion at a slow spreading ridge segment, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29N, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 10421-10437, 1999. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/1998JB900097


1998:

Mitchell, N. C., and R. C. Searle, Fault scarp statistics at the Galapagos spreading centre from Deep Tow data, Mar. Geophys. Res., 20, 183-193, 1998. doi:10.1023/A:1004556813514 (data: link)

Mitchell, N. C., Modeling Cenozoic sedimentation in the central equatorial Pacific and implications for true polar wander, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 17749-17766, 1998. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/98JB01577

Mitchell, N. C., and R. A. Livermore, Spiess Ridge: An axial high on the slow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 15457-15471, 1998. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/98JB00601

Mitchell, N. C., and R. A. Livermore, The present configuration of the Bouvet triple junction, Geology, 26, 267-270, 1998. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0267:TPCOTB>2.3.CO;2

Mitchell, N. C., S. Allerton and J. Escartin, Sedimentation on young ocean floor at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29 deg N, Marine Geology, 148, 1-8, 1998. doi:10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00018-8

Mitchell, N., J. Escartin, S. Allerton, Detachment faults at mid-ocean ridges garner interest, Eos Trans. AGU, 79(10), 127-127, 1998. doi:10.1029/98EO00095

Searle, R. C., P. A. Cowie, N. C. Mitchell, S. Allerton, C. J. MacLeod, J. Escartin, S. M. Russell, P. A. Slootweg, and T. Tanaka, Fault structure and detailed evolution of a slow spreading ridge segment: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 29N, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 154, 167-183, 1998. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00160-X

Mitchell, N. C., Characterising the irregular coastlines of volcanic ocean islands, Geomorphology, 23, 1-14, 1998. doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00094-9

Mitchell, N. C., Sediment accumulation rates from Deep Tow profiler records and DSDP Leg 70 cores over the Galapagos Spreading Centre, in: A. Cramp, C.J. MacLeod, S.V. Lee and E.J.W. Jones (Eds.) The Geological Evolution of Ocean Basins: Results From the Ocean Drilling Program, Spec. Publ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 131, 199-209, 1998. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.131.01.13 (data: link)


1996:

Mitchell, N. C., >Creep in pelagic sediments and potential for morphologic dating of marine fault scarps, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 483-486, 1996. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/96GL00421 (data: link)

Mitchell, N. C., Processing and analysis of Simrad multibeam sonar data, Marine Geophysical Researches, 18, 729-739, 1996. doi:10.1007/BF00313883


1995:

Mitchell, N. C., Characterising the extent of volcanism at the Galapagos spreading centre using Deep Tow sediment profiler records, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 134, 459-472, 1995. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(95)00132-V (data: link)

Mitchell, N. C., Diffusion transport model of pelagic sediments on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 19,991-20,009, 1995. (full article (PDF)*.) doi:10.1029/95JB01974

Mitchell, N. C., Representing backscatter fluctuations with a PDF convolution equation, and its application to study backscatter variability in side-scan sonar images, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 33, 1328-1331, 1995. doi:10.1109/36.477190

Mitchell, N. C., and J. A. Spencer, An algorithm for finding routes for submarine cables or pipelines over complex bathymetry using Graph Theory, The Hydrographic Journal, 78, 29-32, 1995.


1994:

Mitchell, N. C., and J. E. Hughes Clarke, Classification of seafloor geology using multibeam sonar data from the Scotian Shelf, Marine Geology, 121, 143-160, 1994. doi:10.1016/0025-3227(94)90027-2


1993:

Mitchell, N. C., Comment on the mapping of iron-manganese nodule fields using reconnaissance sonars such as GLORIA, Geo-Mar. Letts. 13, 244-247, 1993. doi:10.1007/BF01207754

Mitchell, N. C., A model for attenuation of backscatter due to sediment accumulations and its application to determine sediment thickness with GLORIA sidescan sonar, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 22477-22493, 1993. doi:10.1029/93JA02217

Mitchell, N. C. and L. M. Parson, The tectonic evolution of the Indian Ocean Triple Junction, anomaly 6 to present, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 1793-1812, 1993. doi:10.1029/92JB00582


1991:

Mitchell, N. C., Improving GLORIA images using Sea Beam data, J. Geophys. Res. 96, 337-351, 1991. doi:10.1029/90JB01895

Mitchell, N. C., An evolving ridge system around the Indian Ocean Triple Junction, Marine Geophysical Researches, 13, 173-201, 1991. doi:10.1007/BF00369148

Mitchell, N. C., Distributed extension at the Indian Ocean Triple Junction, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8019-8043, 1991. doi:10.1029/91JB00177


1990:

Searle, R. C., LeBas, T. P., Mitchell, N. C., Somers, M. L., Parson, L. M. and Patriat, Ph., "GLORIA image processing: the state of the art" Marine Geophysical Researches, 12, 21-39, 1990. doi:10.1007/BF00310560


1989:

Mitchell, N. C., and Somers, M. L., Quantitative backscatter measurements with a long-range side-scan sonar. IEEE J. Oceanic Engineering, 14, 368-374, 1989. doi:10.1109/48.35987



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