Research

Geological Carbon Sequestration (Black Warrior Basin, Alabama)

Marine Geophysics

Geological evolution of the southwest Pacific

Geological evolution of the southeast USA and the Gulf of Mexico

The transition from rifting to seafloor spreading

The site of our upcoming 8000’ exploratory well in the Black Warrior Basin

R/V Kilo Moana in Suva, Fiji

The Great Pyramids in Giza

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Teaching

Introduction to Geophysics

Sustainable Earth

Multi-channel Seismic Processing

Scientific Computing

Geological Carbon Sequestration

Shooting refraction seismic outside Shelby Hall

Associate Professor of Geophysics

The University of Alabama

Publications

Taylor, B., Weiss, J.R., Goodliffe, A.M., Sachpazi, M., and Hirn, A., The structures, stratigraphy and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece , submitted to Geophysical Journal International, 2010

Oakley, A.J., Taylor, B., Moore G.F., and Goodliffe, A.M., Sedimentary, volcanic and tectonic processes of the central Mariana arc: Mariana Trough backarc basin formation and the West Mariana Ridge, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 10 (8), doi:10.1029/2008GC002312, 2009.

Taylor, B., Goodliffe, A. M., and Martinez, F., Initiation of transform faults and the origin of spreading center segmentation at rifted continental margins, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, 341. 428-438, 2008.

Kington, J.D., Goodliffe, A.M., Plate motions and continental extension at the rifting to spreading transition in Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea: Can oceanic plate kinematics be extended into continental rifts? Tectonophysics, 458, 82-85, 2008.

Goodliffe, A. M. & Taylor, B., The boundary between continental rifting and seafloor spreading in the Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea. In: Karner, G. D. Manatschal, G. & Pinhiero, L. M. (eds) Imaging, Mapping and Modelling Continental Lithosphere Extension and Breakup. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 282, 213-234, 2007

Oakley, A.J., B. Taylor, P. Fryer, G.F. Moore, A.M. Goodliffe, and J.K. Morgan, Emplacement, Growth, and Gravitational Deformation of Serpentinite Seamounts on the Mariana Forearc, Geophys. J. Int., 170, 615–634, 2007.

Gunther, R.H., S.L . Klemperer, and A.M. Goodliffe, Modeling sideswipe in 2D oceanic seismic surveys from sonar data: application to the mariana arc, Tectonophysics, 420, 333-343. 2006.

Robb, M.S, B. Taylor, and A.M. Goodliffe, Re-examination of the magnetic lineations of the Gascoyne and Cuvier Abyssal Plains, off NW Australia, Geophys. J. Int., 163, 42-55, 2005.

Zelt, B.C., B. Taylor, J.R. Weiss, A.M. Goodliffe, M. Sachpazi, and A. Hirn, Streamer tomography velocity models for the Gulf of Corinth and Gulf of Itea, Greece, Geophys. J. Int., 159, 333-346, 2004.

Taylor, B and A.M. Goodliffe, The West Philippine Basin and the initiation of subduction, revisited, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L12602, doi:10.1029/2004GL020136, 2004.

Goodliffe. A.M., B. Taylor, and G.D. Karner, Correlations between seismic, logging, and core data at ODP Leg 180 sites in the western Woodlark Basin. In B. Taylor, P. Huchon, and A. Klaus, (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 180, 2001.

Floyd, J.S., J.C. Mutter, A.M. Goodliffe, and B. Taylor, Evidence for fault weakness and fluid flow within an active low-angle normal fault, Nature, 411, 779-783, 2001.

Martinez, F., A.M. Goodliffe, and B. Taylor, Metamorphic core complex formation by density inversion and lower-crust extrusion, Nature, 411, 930-934, 2001.

Zelt, B.C., B. Taylor, and A.M. Goodliffe. 3-D crustal velocity structure at the rift tip in the western Woodlark Basin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 (15), 3015-3018, 2001.

Takahashi, K., G. Cortese, G.M. Frost, S. Gerbaudo, A.M. Goodliffe, N. Ishikawa, K.S. Lackschewitz, R.C.B. Perembo, J.M. Resig, W.G. Siesser, B. Taylor, and M. Testa, Summary of revised age assignments for ODP Leg 180. In P. Huchon, B. Taylor, and A. Klaus, (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 180, 2001.

Wright, D.J., S.H. Bloomer, C.J. MacLeod, B. Taylor, and A.M. Goodliffe, Bathymetry of the Tonga Trench and forearc: a map series, Mar. Geophys. Res., 21, 489-511, 2000.

Goodliffe, A.M., B. Taylor, and F. Martinez, Data report: Marine geophysical surveys of the Woodlark Basin region. In B. Taylor, P. Huchon, A. Klaus, et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 180, 1-20 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547, U.S.A, 1999.

Taylor, B., A.M. Goodliffe, and F. Martinez, How continents break up: Insights from Papua New Guinea, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 7497-7512, 1999.

Martinez, F., B. Taylor, and A.M. Goodliffe, Contrasting styles of seafloor spreading in the Woodlark Basin: Indications of rift-induced secondary mantle convection, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 12,909-12,926, 1999.

Goodliffe, A.M., The Rifting of Continental and Oceanic Lithosphere: Observations from the Woodlark Basin, Ph.D. thesis, 190 pp., Univ. of Hawai’i at Mānoa, May 1998.

Goodliffe, A M., B. Taylor, F. Martinez, R.N. Hey, K. Maeda and K. Ohno, Synchronous reorientation of the Woodlark Basin spreading center, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 146 233-242, 1997.

Taylor, B., C. Mutter, A.M. Goodliffe and J. Fang, Active continental extension: The Woodlark Basin, JOI/USSAC Newsletter, 9, 1-4, 1996.

Taylor, B., K. Zellmer, F. Martinez and A.M. Goodliffe, Sea-floor spreading in the Lau back-arc basin, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 144 35-40, 1996.

Taylor, B. A.M. Goodliffe, F. Martinez and R.N. Hey, Continental rifting and initial sea-floor spreading in the Woodlark basin, Nature, 374, 534-537, 1995.

Goodliffe, A. M., A gravity and magnetic study in the vicinity of Novarupta, Katmai National Park, Alaska, M.S.thesis, 180 pp., Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993.

Kienle, J., T.F. Redfield and A.M. Goodliffe, Gravity study of the Mt. Melbourne Quadrangle and the Lower Rennick Glacier in North Victoria Land, Antarctica, and the relation of the Rennick Graben structure to rifting processes in the Ross Sea, in Recent Progress in Antarctic Science, edited by Y. Yoshida et al., pp. 523-534, Terra Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo, 1992.

Goodliffe, A.M., D.B. Stone and J. Kienle, The vent of the 1912 Katmai eruption: Gravity and magnetic measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett, 18 (8), 1521-1524, 1991.

Eichelberger, J.C., S. Ballard, C.R. Carrigan, A.M. Goodliffe, et al. Geophysical Expedition to Novarupta Volcano, Katmai National Park, Alaska, Tran. Am. Geophys. Union, 71 (22), 733-735, 1990.

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