Technical Papers Published
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Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. 2008. Fault Zone Deformation Controlled by Carbonate Mechanical Stratigraphy, Balcones Fault System, Texas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 92:359–380.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris and K.J. Smart. 2007. Stratigraphic Control on Extensional Fault Propagation Folding: Big Brushy Canyon monocline, Sierra Del Carmen, Texas. In Jolley, S.J., Barr, D., Walsh, J.J., and Knipe, R.J. (eds.) Structurally Complex Reservoirs, Geological Society of London Special Publication 292, 203–217.
Necsoiu, M., D.A. Ferrill and K.J. Smart. 2007. Earthquake Ground Movements: SwRI Scientists Use Satellite Remote Sensing to Map Ground Ruptures and Surface Displacements. Technology Today. Spring Issue. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.
Blenkinsop, T., R. Lisle and D. Ferrill. 2006. Introduction to the Special Issue on New Dynamics in Paleostress Analysis. Journal of Structural Geology, 28: 941–942.
Dinwiddie, C.L., K.K. Bradbury, R.N. McGinnis, R.W. Fedors, and D.A. Ferrill. Fault zone deformation overprints permeability of nonwelded ignimbrite: Chalk Cove Fault, Bishop Tuff, Bishop, California. Vadose Zone Journal. 5, 610–627. 2006.
Eisenstadt, G. and D. Sims. 2005. Evaluating Sand and Clay Models: Do Rheological Differences Matter? Journal of Structural Geology, 27(8): 1399–1412.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris and D.J. Waiting. 2005. Structure of the Balcones Fault System and Architecture of the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers, South-Central Texas. Geological Society of America South-Central Meeting, Spring 2005. Guidebook published by Southwest Research Institute.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, D.J. Waiting and S. Hasegawa. 2005. Development of synthetic layer dip adjacent to normal faults. In Sorkhabi, R. and Tsuji, Y. (eds.) Faults, Fluid Flow, and Petroleum Traps. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 85, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, USA, 125–138.
Gray, M.B., J.A. Stamatakos, D.A. Ferrill and M.A. Evans. 2005. Fault zone deformation process in Miocene tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Structural Geology, 27: 1873–1891.
Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill and R.
Sorkhabi. 2005. Extensional fault system evolution and reservoir connectivity.
In Sorkhabi, R. and Tsuji, Y. (eds.) Faults, Fluid Flow, and Petroleum Traps.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 85, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, USA, 79–93.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, M.A. Evans, M. Burkhard, R.H. Groshong, Jr., and C.M. Onasch. 2004. Calcite twin morphology: A low temperature deformation geothermomenter. Journal of Structural Geology.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, D.J. Waiting, and S. Hasegawa. 2004. Synthetic layer dip adjacent to normal faults. Sorkhabi, R. (ed.), Traps and Seals. AAPG Memoir. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ferrill, D.A., D.W. Sims, D.J. Waiting, A.P. Morris, and N. Franklin. 2004. Structural framework of the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, South-Central Texas. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, N. Franklin, and D.J. Waiting. 2004. Fault displacement gradients at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Structural Geology.
Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, and R. Sorkhabi. 2004 (in press), Extensional fault system evolution and reservoir connectivity. Sorkhabi, R. (ed.), Traps and Seals. AAPG Memoir. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dunne, W.M., D.A. Ferrill, J.G. Crider, B. Hill, P. La Femina, D. Waiting, A.P. Morris, and R. Fedors. 2003. Orthogonal jointing during coeval igneous degassing and normal faulting, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 115: 1,492–1,509.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. 2003. Dilational normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology 25: 183–196.
Hooper, D., M. Bursik, and F. Webb. 2003. Application of high-resolution, interferometric DEMs to geomorphic studies of fault scarps, Fish Lake Valley, Nevada-California, USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 84: 255–267.
Necsoiu, M. 2003. Managing Metadata—Olympus DISS™ Software Helps Organize Geospatial Data. Technology Today. Spring 2003.
Waiting, D., D. Ferrill, and D. Sims. 2003, Development of a high-resolution geological framework model for the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone: Data, assumptions, procedures, and workflow, Bulletin of the South Texas Geological Society. March, XLIII(7): 13–24.
Combs-Scott, K.D., and K.J. Smart. 2002. Surface fracture characterization of Jackfork Group turbidite sandstones in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma. Shale Shaker 52: 71–78.
Ferrill, D.A. 2002. Higher education: Field course gives petroleum geoscientists a top-to-bottom view of the geology of oil exploration. Technology Today 23(2): 10–15.
Hill, B.E., and J. Stamatakos. 2002. Evaluation of geophysical information used to detect and characterize buried volcanic features in the Yucca Mountain Region. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.
Connor, C.B., B.E. Hill, B. Winfrey, N. Franklin, and P.C. La Femina. 2001. Estimation of volcanic hazards from tephra fallout. Natural Hazards Review 2(1): 33–42.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. 2001. Displacement gradient and deformation in normal fault systems. Journal of Structural Geology 23: 619–638.
Hooper, D.M., and G.S. Mattioli. 2001. Kinematic modeling of pyroclastic flows produced by gravitational dome collapse at Soufriere Hills, Montserrat. Natural Hazards 23: 65–86.
Ofoegbu, G.O., S. Painter, R. Chen, R.W Fedors, and D.A. Ferrill. 2001. Geomechanical and thermal effects on moisture flow at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Nuclear Technology 134: 241–262.
Smart, K.J. and B.A. Couzens-Schultz. 2001. Mechanics of blind thrusting: comparison of numerical and physical modeling. Journal of Geology 109: 771–779.
Waiting, D.J., R. Chen, J.G. Crider, W.M. Dunne, R.W. Fedors, D.A. Ferrill, M.B. Gray, B.E. Hill, P.C. LaFemina, H.L. McKague, A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, and J.A. Stamatakos. 2001. Technical assessment of structural deformation and seismicity at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute.
Weber, J., D.A. Ferrill, and M. Roden-Tice. 2001. Calcite and quartz microstructural geothermometry of low-grade metasedimentary rocks, Northern Range, Trinidad. Journal of Structural Geology 23: 93–112.
Connor, C.B., J.A. Stamatakos, D.A. Ferrill, B.E. Hill, G. Ofoegbu, F.M. Conway, B. Sagar, and J.S. Trapp. 2000. Geologic factors controlling patterns of small-volume basaltic volcanism: Application to a volcanic hazards assessment at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Geophysical Research 105: 417–432.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, J.A. Stamatakos, and D. Sims. 2000. Crossing conjugate normal faults. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 84(10): 1,543–1,559.
Doubik, P.Yu., and B.E. Hill. 1999. Magmatic and hydromagmatic conduit development during the 1975 Tolbachik Eruption, Kamchatka, with implications for hazards assessment at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 91: 43–64.
Ferrill, D.A., J. Winterle, G. Wittmeyer, D. Sims, S. Colton, A. Armstrong, and A.P. Morris. 1999. Stressed rock strains groundwater at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. GSA Today 9(5): 1–8.
Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, and D. Sims. 1999. Normal fault corrugation: Implications for growth and seismicity of active normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology 21: 1,027–1,038.
Morris, A.P., and D.A. Ferrill. 1999. Constant thickness deformation above curved normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology 21: 67–83.
Sims, D., D.A. Ferrill, and J.A. Stamatakos. 1999. Role of a ductile décollement in the development of pull-apart basins. Journal of Structural Geology 21: 533–554.
Smart, K.J., R.D. Krieg, and W.M. Dunne. 1999. Deformation behavior during blind thrust translation as a function of fault strength. Journal of Structural Geology 21: 855–874.
Connor, C.B., J.A. Stamatakos, D.A. Ferrill, and B.E. Hill. 1998. Comment on detecting strain in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada. Science 282: 1007b.
Ferrill, D.A. 1998. Critical re-evaluation of differential stress estimates from calcite twins. Tectonophysics 285: 77–84.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, S.M. Jones, and J.A. Stamatakos. 1998. Extensional layer-parallel shear and normal faulting. Journal of Structural Geology 20: 355–362.
Hill, B.E., C.B. Connor, M.S. Jarzemba, P.C. La Femina, M. Navarro, and W. Strauch. 1998. 1995 eruptions of Cerro Negro volcano, Nicaragua, and risk assessment for future eruptions. Geological Society of America Bulletin 10: 1,231–1,241.
Hooper, D.M., and M.F. Sheridan.1998. Computer-simulation models of scoria cone degradation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 83: 241–267.
Ofoegbu, G.I., and D.A. Ferrill. 1998. Mechanical analyses of listric normal faulting with emphasis on seismicity assessment. Tectonophysics 284: 65–77.
Rahe, B., D.A. Ferrill, and A.P. Morris. 1998. Physical analog modeling of pull-apart basin evolution. Tectonophysics 285: 21–40.
Stamatakos, J.A., and D.A. Ferrill. 1998. Comment on "Strike-slip fault system in Amargosa Valley and Yucca Mountain Nevada." Tectonophysics 294: 151–160.
Stamatakos, J.A., D.A. Ferrill, and K.A. Spivey. 1998. Paleomagnetic constraints on the tectonic history of Bare Mountain, Nevada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 110: 1,530–1,546.
Bennett, R.A., B.P. Wernicke, J.L. Davis, P. Elósegui, J.K. Snow, M.J. Abolins, M.A. House, G.L. Stirewalt, and D.A. Ferrill. 1997. Global positioning system constraints on fault slip rates in the Death Valley region, California and Nevada. Geophysical Research Letters 24: 3,073–3,076.
Conway, F.M., D.A. Ferrill, C.M. Hall, A.P. Morris, J.A. Stamatakos, C.B. Connor, A.N. Halliday, and C. Condit. 1997. Timing of basaltic volcanism along the Mesa Butte fault in the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona, from 40Ar/39Ar ages: Implications for longevity of cinder cone alignments. Journal of Geophysical Research 102: 815–824.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. 1997. Geometric considerations of deformation above curved normal faults and salt evacuation surfaces. The Leading Edge 16: 1,129–1,133.
Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, and H.L. McKague. 1997. Quaternary slip history of the Bare Mountain Fault (Nevada) from the morphology and distribution of alluvial fan deposits: Reply. Geology 25: 190.
Hooper, D.M., G.S. Mattioli, and T.P. Kover. 1997. Computer-simulation models of pyroclastic flows and lahars at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat: Application to hazard assessment. Natural Hazards and Hazard Management in the Greater Caribbean and Latin America, Unit for Disaster Studies, Publ. No. 3, University of the West Indies. Mona, Kingston: Jamaica. R. Ahmad (ed.). 19–32.
Smart, K.J., W.M. Dunne, and R.D. Krieg. 1997. Roof sequence response to emplacement of the Wills Mountain duplex: The roles of forethrusting and scales of deformation. Journal of Structural Geology 19: 1,443–1,459.
Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, S.M. Jones, B. Rahe, H.L. McKague, R.H. Martin, and A.P. Morris. 1996. Quaternary slip history of the Bare Mountain fault (Nevada) from the morphology and distribution of alluvial fan deposits. Geology 24: 559–562.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, and D.B. Henderson. 1996. Slip-tendency analysis and fault reactivation. Geology 24(3): 275–278.
Hooper, D.M. 1995. Computer-simulation models of scoria cone degradation in the Colima and Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic fields, Mexico. Geofísica Internacional 34: 321–340.
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