Articles

Geometry and Kinematics of a Corrugated Fault Surface, Arkitsa, Greece (with Vanessa E. Meer), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2009)

Fault surface geometry plays a critical role in fault and earthquake mechanics. We have quantified...

 

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Slip Heterogeneity on a Corrugated Fault, Earth Planetary Science Letters (2009)
 
Toward Predictive Models of Early-Formed Fractures in Steep-Sloped Carbonate Systems (with E Flodin and G Bennum), AAPG Abstracts with Programs (2009)
 

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Deformation associated with a continental normal fault system, western Grand Canyon, Arizona, Geological Society of America Bulletin (2008)

Reverse-drag folds are often used to infer subsurface fault geometry in extended terrains, yet details...

 
Integrating Geomechanical modeling and Three-dimensional Mapping to Constrain Deformation Associated with Growth of the Permian Capitan Reef Complex (with Eric Flodin), AAPG Abstracts with Programs (2008)

The stratal geometry of the Permian Capitan Reef Complex has been influenced by syn-sedimentary deformation...

 
Photogrammetric 3D Mapping of the Permian Reef, NM and TX, USA (with George Bennum, Eric Flodin, and Jeremy Fairbanks), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2008)

Although the Permian Capitan depositional system is perhaps one of the best-exposed and most thoroughly...

 
Teaching Structural Geology through Integrated Field Observation and Modeling, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2008)

Research in Earth and Environmental Sciences is becoming increasingly quantitative and process-based. This trend is...

 
Evaluating models of reverse-drag folding, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2007)

Rollover or reverse-drag folds are a common element of extended terrains and have been documented...

 
Characterizing Geometry, Kinematics, and Fracturing of a Wavy Fault Surface, Arkitsa, Greece (with Vanessa E. Meer), Eos Trans. AGU (2006)

The Arkitsa fault is a high angle normal fault within the Gulf of Evvia rift...

 
Testing Geomechanical Models of Deformation Associated with an Evolving Reef Margin, Capitan System (Permian), Guadalupe Mountains, Texas and New Mexico, U.S.A (with Eric Flodin), AAPG Abstracts with Program International Meeting (2006)

Stratal geometries of folded rocks can provide constraints for the prediction of fracture distribution and...

 
Coseismic slip estimate for the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake using a multi-segment fault model (with F Maerten, D Pollard, and L Maerten), Geological Society of America Penrose conference on Kinematics and Geodynamics of Intraplate Dextral Shear in Eastern California and Western Nevada (2005)
 
Fracturing in a reverse drag fold, Parashant Canyon, AZ (with Patrick Welsh), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2005)

The western Grand Canyon is a natural laboratory for investigating processes of continental extension due...

 

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Integrating high-precision aftershock locations and geodetic observations to model coseismic deformation associated with the 1995 Kozani-Grevena earthquake, Greece (with David Pollard, T J. Wright, and G C. Beroza), Journal Of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (2005)

We integrate high-precision aftershock locations with geodetic inverse modeling to create a more complete kinematic...

 

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Inverting for slip on three-dimensional fault surfaces using angular dislocations (with David Pollard, Frantz Maerten, and Laurent Maerten), Bulletin Of The Seismological Society Of America (2005)

The increasing quality of geodetic data (synthetic aperture radar interferometry [INSAR] dense Global Positioning System...

 

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Laramie Peak shear system, central Laramie Mountains, Wyoming, USA: Regeneration of the Archean Wyoming province during Palaeoproterozoic accretion (with Arthur W. Snoke), Geological Society, London, Special Publication (2005)

The Laramie Peak shear system (LPSS) is a 10 km-thick zone of heterogeneous general shear...

 
Quantifying rapid erosion in coastal Connecticut using remotely sensed imagery, GIS, and detailed ground surveys (with T E. Kreuger, S O'Connell, J Tait, and S Prisloe), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2005)

Griswold Point is an east-west trending sand spit located in Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA, just...

 
An Analog and Mathematical Modeling Resource Catalog for Undergraduate Structural Geology Courses (with John P. Stimac, Michelle L. Cooke, Juliet G. Crider, Dazhi Jiang, Basil Tikoff, and Jamie Toro), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2004)

The Modeling Structural Processes Working Group of the recent NAGT Workshop: "Teaching Structural Geology in...

 
Using Analog and Mathematical Models to Address Multiple Learning Objectives in Undergraduate Structural Geology Courses (with Juliet Crider, Michelle Cooke, Dazhi Jiang, John Stimac, Basil Tikoff, and Jamie Toro), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2004)

Models are useful for teaching about the scientific process and the complex phenomena we investigate....

 
Inverting for heterogeneous slip on three-dimensional fault systems; a first step toward understanding fault mechanics (with D Pollard and F Maerten), GSA Abstracts with Programs (2003)

Many studies of earthquake triggering and fault interaction have relied on highly-idealized fault geometries and...

 
Deformation associated with a continental normal fault system, western Grand Canyon, Arizona (with David Pollard), GSA Abstracts with Programs (2002)

In the western Grand Canyon, the Colorado River cuts through a series of moderate offset...

 
Forward 3d modeling of complex fault systems using an elastic boundary element method (with David Pollard, Frantz Maerten, Laurent Maerten, and Patricia Fiore), GSA Abstracts with Programs (2002)

Poly3D, a fast 3D boundary element numerical code and Poly3DGUI a graphical user interface, facilitate...

 
Slip inversion on complex fault surfaces using angular elastic dislocations (with L Maerten and F Maerten), Eos Trans. AGU (2002)

We present a new 3D slip-inversion method based on the analytical solution of an angular...

 
Imaging Fault Structure of the 1995 Kozani-Grevena Earthquake Sequence, Greece Using High Precision Aftershock Locations (with G C. Beroza and David D. Pollard), Eos Trans. AGU (2001)

The May 13, 1995 Kozani-Grevena earthquake (Mw=6.5) is a natural laboratory for studying crustal normal...

 
Improved 3D Modeling of Complex Fault Geometries Using Poly3D, an Elastic Boundary Element Code (with D Pollard, F Maerten, L Maerten, J Muller, and A Aydin), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Eos Transaction (2001)

Recent advances in geologic mapping, aftershock location, and reflection seismology allow geoscientists to image surface...

 
Creating graduate student teaching opportunities within a teaching assistant development program (with K D. Surpless, A Egger, and R W. Dunbar), GSA Abstracts with Programs (2000)
 
Graduate students as teachers: TA training, enrichment, and professional development (with A E. Egger, K D. Surpless, and R W. Dunbar), Eos Trans. AGU (2000)
 

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Direct dating of deformation; U-Pb age of syndeformational sphene growth in the Proterozoic Laramie Peak shear zone (with Kevin R. Chamberlain, Carol D. Frost, B Ronald Frost, and Arthur W. Snoke), Geology (1996)

In this paper, we show that deformation can be dated by combining mesoscopic and microscopic...

 
Ductile deformation of mid-crustal Archean rocks in the foreland of early Proterozoic orogenies, central Laramie Mountains, Wyoming (with R L. Bauer, K R. Chamberlain, A W. Snoke, B R. Frost, and D A. Gresham), Colorado Geological Survey (1996)
 
U/Pb sphene date of mylonitization associated with the Proterozoic Laramie Peak shear zone, Laramie Mountains, WY (with K R. Chamberlain, A W. Snoke, and C D. Frost), GSA Abstracts with Programs (1994)

In this paper, we show that deformation can be dated by combining mesoscopic and microscopic...

 

Contributions to Books

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Hartford Basin Cross Section – Southington to Portland, CT (with J Z. deBoer), Guidebook for Field Trips in Connecticut, Guidebook no. 8 (2005)
 

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Western end of the Honey Hill Fault Along the Eastern Bank of the Connecticut River (with J Z. deBoer), Guidebook for Field Trips in Connecticut, Guidebook no. 8 (2005)
 
Integrating high-precision aftershock locations and geodetic observations to model coseismic deformation associated with the 1995 Kozani-Grevena Earthquake, Greece (with D D. Pollard, T J. Wright, and G C. Beroza), Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, T5-28 (2004)

We integrate high-precision aftershock locations with geodetic inverse modeling to create a more complete kinematic...

 

Presentations

Stretching the Crust – Earthquakes in Greece to Earth Structures in the Grand Canyon, University of Massachusetts Department of Geosciences Lecture Series (2008)
 

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