Dr. Nancy Grindlay

Professor of Geology

Myrtle Grove 1327, Deloach 119
Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington, NC 28409
Tel: 910 962-2352; Fax: 910 962-2410
email: grindlaynATuncw.edu, Personal Webpage

Education:
Ph.D. (Oceanography) University of Rhode Island, 1991

Teaching:
Dr. Grindlay teaches GLY150 Introduction to Oceanography, GLY489 Dynamic Earth, GLY495 Senior Seminar, GLY501 Research Methods, GLY550 Marine Geology, and GLY551 Seafloor Mapping.

Research Interests:
Dr. Grindlay uses high-resolution swathmapping (multibeam bathymetry, sidescan sonar) and geophysical (gravity, magnetics, single-channel seismics) instrumentation to examine the morphology, structure and tectonics of submarine transform, convergent, and divergent plate boundaries. Current focus areas are the Southwest Indian Ridge, the northeastern North American-Caribbean plate boundary and the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Other research topics include seabed habitat classification, and sediment transport and masswasting along continental and insular margins. Dr. Grindlay is co-director of the Coastal and Marine Geophysics Lab.