Geomorph publications


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

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.

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

Schmitt, T, NC Mitchell and ATS Ramsay, Morphodynamic of sand dunes superimposed on a tidal sandbank at its connection with the coastline, Geological Society Special Publication, in press.

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.

Mitchell, NC, Interpreting long-profiles of canyons in the USA Atlantic continental slope, Marine Geology, 214, 75-99, 2005.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NC Mitchell, MA Tivey and P Gente, Seafloor slopes at mid-ocean ridges from submers ible observations and implications for interpreting geology from seafloor topogr aphy, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 183, 543-555, 2000.

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)*.)

Mitchell, NC, Diffusion transport model of pelagic sediments on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 19,991-20,009, 1995. (full article (PDF)*.)



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