UMass-Amherst Structure and Tectonics
Research Group
Spring 2011 Structure Seminar
Friday – 2:00, room
TBA
January
28 |
Terry
Engelder, Gary Lash, Resescal
Uzcátegui, 2009, Joint sets that enhance production
from Middle and Upper Devonian gas shales of the
Appalachian Basin. AAPG Bulletin, v.93, p.857-889. FOR
MORE BACKGROUND: William Bosworth, 1984, Foreland deformation in the
Appalachian Plateau, central New York: the role of small-scale detachment
structures in regional overthrusting. Journal
of Structural Geology, v.6, p.73-81. |
February
4 |
Brian Wernicke, In-press,
The California River and
its role in carving the Grand Canyon. GSA Bulletin, doi:
10.1130/B30274.1 |
February
11 |
Sean Regan Van Wijk, J.D., Baldridge, W.S., van Hunen, J.,
Goes, S., Aster, R., Colbentz, D.D., Grand, S.P.,
and Ni, J., 2010, Small-scale convection
at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere.
Geology, v.38, p.611-614. |
February
18 |
Brantut,
N., Han, R., Shimamoto, T., Findling,
N., Schubnel, A., 2011, Fast slip with inhibited temperature rise due
to mineral dehydration: evidence from experiments in gypsum. Geology,
v.39, p.59-62. |
February
25 |
Ashley Tikoff,
B., Larson, C.E., Newman, J., Little, T., 2010, Field-based
constraints on finite strain and rheology of the lithospheric mantle, Twin
Sisters, Washington. Lithosphere, v.2, p.418-422. |
March
4 |
Evan Holdsworth,
R.E., van Diggelen, E.W.E., Spiers,
C.J., de Bresser, J.H.P., Walker, R.J., Bowen, L.,
2010, Fault rocks from the SAFOD core
samples: Implications for weakening at shallow depths along the San Andreas
Fault, California. Journal of Structural Geology, v.33, p.132-144 |
March
11 |
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March
18 |
NE/NC
Regional Geological Society of America meeting - Pittsburgh |
March
25 |
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April
1 |
Sean Lijun Liu and Michael Gurnis, 2010, Dynamic
subsidence and uplift of the Colorado Plateau. Geology, v.38, p.663-666. |
April
8 |
Justin Brogi,
2011, Variation in fracture
patterns in damage zones related to strike-slip faults interfering with
pre-existing fractures in sandstone (Calcione area,
southern Tuscany, Italy). Journal of Structural Geology, v.33, p.644-661. |
April
15 |
Lloyd,
G.E., Butler, R.W.H., Casey, M., Mainprice, D.,
2009, Mica, deformation fabrics and the seismic
properties of the continental crust. EPSL, v.288, p.320-328. |
April
29 |
Platt, J.P. and Behr, W.M., 2011, Lithospheric shear zones as constant
stress experiments. Geology, v.39, p.127-130. |