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Exhumation and fluid flow history of the eastern Denali fault ...

Research Week (2017)

Robert McDermott, Alexis Ault and Jonathan Caine

Reconstructing the spatial and temporal patterns of deformation along fault zones is a critical component of understanding the long-term evolution ...

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Record of paleofluid circulation in faults revealed by hematite (U-TH ...

Lithosphere (2016)

Alexis K. Ault, Max Frenzel, Peter W. Reiners, Nigel H. Woodcock, et al.

Fault rock low-temperature thermochronometry can inform the timing, temperature, and significance of hydrothermal fluid circulation in fault systems. We demonstrate ...

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CAREER: Thermochronometric and textural signatures of fault damage zones and ...

Funded Research and Data (2016)

Alexis Ault

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Foreland-directed propagation of high-grade tectonism in the deep roots of ...

Lithosphere (2015)

Cailey B. Condit, Kevin H. Mahan, Alexis K. Ault and Rebecca M. Flowers

The study of deeply exhumed ancient collisional belts offers important constraints on geologic processes and properties complementary to inaccessible portions ...

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Linking hematite (UTh)/ He dating with the microtextural record of ...

Geology (2015)

Alexis K. Ault, Peter W. Reiners, James P. Evans and Stuart N. Thomson

Techniques directly dating fault slip are few, limiting the ability to interpret the rock record of seismicity. Hematite is commonly ...

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(U-Th)/He chronologic constraints on secondary Fe-oxide mineralization in southwestern ...

Research Week (2015)

Michael Channer and Alexis Ault

Temporal constraints on fluid flow, mineralization, and brittle deformation are important for understanding a variety of upper-crustal processes. However, limited ...

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Hematite (U-Th)/He dating as a tool for reconstructing million-year ...

Research Week (2015)

Robert McDermott, Alexis Ault and James Evans

Evidence for seismicity in the rock record is rare, yet documenting the occurrence of past earthquakes and their relation to ...

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Hot faults: Iridescent slip surfaces with metallic luster document high-temperature ...

Geology (2014)

James P. Evans, Mitchell R. Prante, Susanne U. Janecke, Alexis K. Ault, et al.

We document new geological indicators of ancient seismicity in the form of highly reflective, iridescent, hematite-coated fault surfaces. Small faults ...

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Hot faults: Iridescent slip surfaces with metallic luster document high-temperature ...

Geology (2014)

James Paul Evans, Mitchell R. Prante, Susanne U. Janecke, Alexis Ault, et al.

We document new geological indicators of ancient seismicity in the form of highly reflective, iridescent, hematite-coated fault surfaces. Small faults ...

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Phanerozoic surface history of the Slave craton

Tectonics (2013)

Alexis K. Ault, Rebecca M. Flowers and Samuel A. Bowring

New apatite (U-Th)/He (AHe) thermochronometry data and key geologic constraints from Slave craton kimberlites are used to develop a model ...

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Microtextural constraints on the interplay between fluidrock reactions and deformation

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (2008)

Alexis K. Ault and Jane Selverstone

Schists from two mylonitic localities in the footwall of a low-angle normal fault in the eastern Alps record different degrees ...

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Paleomagnetic dating of fault slip in the southern Rocky Mountains ...

Geosphere (2007)

T. F. Wawrzyniec, Alexis K. Ault, J. W. Geissman, E. A. Erslev, et al.

The Laramide orogen of the U.S. Cordillera formed in the latest Cretaceous, and deformation lasted into the earliest Oligocene. Along ...

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