Publications (1996 to present) - Dr. Seiichi Nagihara

Nagihara, S., J. G. Sclater, J. D. Phillips, E. W. Behrens, T. Lewis, L. A. Lawver, Y. Nakamura, J. Garcia-Abdeslem, and A. E. Maxwell, 1996, Heat flow in the western abyssal plain of the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for thermal evolution of the old oceanic lithosphere: J. Geophys. Res., v. 101, p. 2895-2913.

Nagihara, S., C. R. B. Lister, and J. G. Sclater, 1996, Reheating of old oceanic lithosphere: Deduction from observations: Earth Planet.Sci. Let., v. 139, p. 91-104.

Nagihara, S., 1996, Seepage-induced erosion of submarine carbonate escarpments: a numerical simulation: Earth Planet. Sci. Let., v. 144, p. 263-271.

Eberli, G. P., P. K. Swart, M. J. Malone, F. S. Anselmetti, K. Arai, K. H. Bernet, C. Betzler, B. A. Christensen, E. H. De Carlo, P. M. Dejardin, L. Emmanuel, T. D. Frank, G. A. Haddad, A. R. Isern, M. E. Katz, J. A. M. Kenter, P. A. Kramer, D. Kroon, J. A. McKenzie, D. F. McNeill, P. Montgomery, S. Nagihara, C. Pirmez, J. G. Reijmer, T. Sato, N. H. Schovsbo, T. Williams, and J. Wright, 1997, Bahama Transect: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Results, v. 166, 850 p.

Nagihara, S., K. H. Griffiths, A. Roberts, and S. C. Urizar, 1999, Development of cost-effective geothermal probes for use in shallow seas and lakes: Measurements in Lake Travis, Central Texas: J. Environmental and Engineering Geophys., v. 4, p. 185-194.

Kim, S. D., S. Nagihara, and Y. Nakamura, 2000, P- and S-wave velocity structures of the Sigbee abyssal plain of the Gulf of Mexico from ocean bottom seismometer data: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, p. 475-484.

Marfurt, K. J., H. Zhou, K. K. Sekharan, R. E. Sheriff, S. A. Hall, S. Nagihara, and A. Hou, 2000, Future need for geophysicists and geophysical research in the oil business? Conclusions of a 'listening tour': The Leading Edge, v. 19, p. 974-978.

Nagihara, S., and K. Wang, 2000, Geothermal regime of the western margin of the Great Bahama bank: Proc. Ocean Drill. Prog., Scientific Results, v. 166, p. 113-120.

Nagihara, S., and K. Wang, 2001, Century-scale variation of seafloor temperatures inferred from offshore borehole geothermal data, in L. C. Gerhard, W. E. Harrison, and B. M. Hanson, eds., Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change, Tulsa, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 121-136.

Nagihara, S., and S. A. Hall, 2001, Three-dimensional gravity inversion using simulated annealing: Constraints on the diapiric roots of allochthonous salt structures: Geophys., v. 66, p. 1438-1449.

Von Herzen, R. P., C. Ruppel, P. Molnar, M. Nettles, S. Nagihara, and G. Ekstrom, 2001, A constraint on the shear stress at the Pacific-Australia plate boundary from heat flow and seismicity at the Kermadec forearc: J. Geophys. Res., v. 106, p. 6817-6833.

Nagihara, S., J. Hargis, R. Goss, J. Wright, and G. Hill, 2002, Sub-centimeter-resolution digital topography and surface lithology models obtained from a 3-D laser scanner survey in the South Prong Canyon, Texas Panhandle: ACSM-ASPRS Conference and Technology Exhibition, p. 12 p. (CD-ROM).

Nagihara, S., J. M. Brooks, B. B. Bernard, N. Summer, G. Cole, and T. Lewis, 2002, Application of marine heat flow data important in oil, gas exploration: Oil & Gas J., v. 100.27, p. 43-49.