Geology

Technical Papers Presented

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2008

Ferrill, D.A., C. Zahm, A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, and D.J. Waiting. Fault Zone Deformation Controlled by Mechanical Stratigraphy in Cretaceous Carbonates of Central Texas. A field trip guide for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2008. 46p.

Huyse, L., K.J. Smart, C.J. Waldhart, D.S. Riha, B.J. Bichon, A.P. Morris, and D.A. Ferrill. Quantification of Uncertainty in Reservoir-Scale Extensional Fault-Propagation Folds, Part 2: Probabilistic Modeling Results. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 20–23 April 2008.

Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, D.Y. Wyrick, and D.J. Waiting. Critically Stressed Reservoirs: The Influence of Effective Intermediate Principal Stress in Complex Extensional Fault Regimes. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Texas, 20–23 April 2008.

Necsoiu, M. Geospatial Technology and Natural Hazard Management. Spatial Planning as a Strategy for Mitigation and Adaptation to Natural Hazards, NATO Advanced Training Course, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, March 2008.

Necsoiu, M. Ground Movement Hazards Detection and Monitoring using Remote Sensing. Spatial Planning as a Strategy for Mitigation and Adaptation to Natural Hazards, NATO Advanced Training Course, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, March 2008.

Smart, K.J., L. Huyse, A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, D.S. Riha, and C. Waldhart. Quantification of Uncertainty in Reservoir-Scale Extensional Fault-Propagation Folds, Part 1: Finite Element Modeling Results. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 20–23 April 2008.

2007

Necsoiu, D.M., D.M. Hooper and R.R. Benke. 2007. Surface Lithology, Vegetation and Tephra Characterization Using a Combined Analysis of Optical and Radar Imagery. Paper presented at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Tampa, FL.

Necsoiu, M., D.M. Hooper and J. Roseberry. 2007. Physical Properties of Volcanic Material (Tephra) Using Visible Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V31B-0483, San Francisco, CA: 10–14 December.

2006

Dinwiddie, C.L., R.E. Grimm, R.N. McGinnis, D.E. Stillman, and E. Heggy. Moderately to Poorly Welded Tuff, Bishop, California:  Geophysical and Geological Characterization to Determine the Source of Radar Scattering. Eos Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA: December 11–15, 2006.

McGinnis, R.N., C.L. Dinwiddie, D.E. Stillman, E. Heggy, and R.E. Grimm. Pyroclastic and Volcaniclastic Deposits Near Bishop, California: Geologic Controls on Near-Surface Electrical Resistivity and Radar Data. Eos Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA: December 11–15, 2006.

Necsoiu, M., K.J. Smart and D.A. Ferrill. 2006. High-Resolution Ground-Rupture Mapping Using SAR Data and Public Domain Interferometric Software. Paper presented at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Reno, NV.

2005

Ferrill, D.A., M. Necsoiu, and K.J. Smart. 2005. Earthquake-Induced Ground-Rupture Mapping with InSAR-Derived Displacement Gradiometry. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S51D-1042, San Francisco, CA: 5–9 December.

McGinnis, R.N., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, and C.L. Dinwiddie. Deformation Analysis of Tuffaceous Sediments in the Volcanic Tableland Near Bishop, California. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT: October 16–19, 2005.

2004

Dinwiddie C.L., N.M. Coleman, and M. Necsoiu. 2004. Walla Walla Vallis and Wallulla Crater: Two recently discovered Martian features record aqueous history. 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, League City, Texas: March 15–19, 2004.

Franklin, N.M., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, A.P. Morris, M.P. Rigney, E.A. Franke, and M.J. Magee. 2004. A geometric approach to determining sub-seismic fault block strain. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 18–21, 2004, Dallas, Texas.

Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, C. Davis, G. Fortier, H. Naz, T. Efecinar, E. Can, and I. Yilmaz, 2004. Structural analysis of Misis frontal thrust system, Iskenderun Basin, Turkey. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 18–21, 2004, Dallas, Texas.

Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, R. Sorkhabi, N.M. Franklin, and D.J. Waiting. 2004. Rapid evaluation of extensional fault-system-controlled reservoir connectivity. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 18–21, 2004, Dallas, Texas.

Smart, K.J., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, N.M. Franklin, G.I. Ofoegbu, and A.P. Morris. 2004. Integrated structural analysis and geomechanical modeling: An aid to reservoir exploration and development. Gulf Rocks 04—Rock Mechanics Across Borders & Disciplines, 6th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium (NARMS), Houston, Texas, June 4–6, 2004 (accepted for session on Reservoir Geomechanics).

2003

Busetti, S., K.J. Smart, and R.M. Slatt. 2003. Fracture characterization of the Pennsylvanian Jackfork Group, Ouachita Mountains, southeastern Oklahoma. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 35(6): 641. (Invited Presentation) Theme Session on Structure and Stratigraphy: New Perspectives on Lithotectonic Processes.

Colton, S.L., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, D.Y. Wyrick, and N.M. Franklin. 2003. Methodology for computer-aided, interactive rapid assessment of local or regional stress fields. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 34, Lunar and Planetary Institute, No. 2054.

Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.J. Waiting, N.M. Franklin, and D.W. Sims. 2003. Influence of Gravity on the geometry of Martian normal faults. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 34, Lunar and Planetary Institute, No. 2050.

Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D. Sims, D.Y. Wyrick, D. Waiting, and N.M. Franklin. 2003. Dilational normal faults in Iceland: Analogs for normal faults on Mars and mechanism for pit chain development. Nordvulk/Ridge 2000 Workshop, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 31–September 9, 2003.

Franklin, N.M., D.A. Ferrill, A.P. Morris, and G.I. Ofoegbu. 2003. Methodology for analysis of fracture reactivation in response to thermally induced stresses at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 35.

Hill, B.E. 2003. Key Uncertainties in Calculating Volcanic Risk for the Proposed Yucca Mountain Radioactive Waste Repository, Nevada, USA. Cities on Volcanoes 3 Meeting, Hilo, Hawaii. July 2003.

Murphy, K.R., J.A. Stamatakos, B.E. Hill, and M.B. Gray. 2003. Geophysical evidence for two distinct Miocene and Quaternary slip rates on the Bare Mountain fault, Nevada. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, and D.J. Waiting. 2003. A physical analog model of extensional deformation in the Yucca Mountain Region, Nevada. Geological Society of America.

Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, D.J. Waiting, and J.A. Stamatakos. 2003. A physical analog model of extensional deformation in the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, region. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 35.

Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, D.Y. Wyrick, and S.L. Colton. 2003. Physical models of pit chain formation over dilational faults on Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 34, Lunar and Planetary Institute, No. 2099.

Smart, K.J., Y. Abousleiman, and J. Pan. 2003. Finite-element modeling of inversion tectonics: Application to the Elgin-Franklin field, North Sea. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 12, A159,  May 11–14, 2003 (accepted for session on Sedimentary, Thermal, and Structural Evolution of Extensional Basins).

Waiting, D., J. Stamatakos, D. Ferrill, D. Sims, A. Morris, P. Justus, and A. Ibrahim. 2003. Methodologies for the evaluation of faulting at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30–April 3.

Wyrick, D.Y., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, and S.L. Colton. 2003. Distribution, morphology and structural associations of Martian pit crater chains. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 34, Lunar and Planetary Institute, No. 2025.

2002

Bradbury, K.K., D.A. Ferrill, C.L. Dinwiddie, and R.W. Fedors. 2002. Fault zone characteristics and deformation mechanisms of the Bishop Tuff, Bishop, California: Investigations of critical deformation elements and permeability within a porous, non-welded tuff sequence. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T12G–10.

Combs, K.D., K.J. Smart, and R.M. Slatt. 2002. Surface fracture characterization of Jackfork Group turbidite sandstones in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma: Implications for gas exploration. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 11, A33–A34.

Dinwiddie, C., R. Fedors, D.A. Ferrill, and K.K. Bradbury. 2002. Matrix permeabilities of faulted nonwelded tuffs. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 34(6): 309.

Dinwiddie, C., R. Fedors, D.A. Ferrill, and K.K. Bradbury. 2002. In-Situ Measurement of Permeability in the vicinity of faulted nonwelded Bishop Tuff. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T21A–1069.

Farrell D., D. Sims, P. Mackin, R. Fedors, M. Necsoiu, and C. Glenn, A. Snyder, and C. Illman. 2002. Data sufficiency, EIS development, and regulatory decision making: The role of GIS. Geological Society of America, 2002 Denver Annual Meeting, paper 201-6.

Fedors, R.W., and D.A. Ferrill. 2002. Potential for lateral flow associated with fractured, nonwelded, layered tuffs in the unsaturated zone. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H52B–0875.

Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. 2002. Origin of dilational normal faults and implications for fluid flow and mineralization. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T21A–1068.

Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.J. Waiting, F. Tsuneyama, Y. Tamura, and D.W. Sims. 2002. Relay ramp style in massive limestone: Examples from the Sierra Del Carmen, West Texas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting (10–13 April 2002) Official Program 11, A54.

Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D. Sims, D. Waiting, N. Franklin, and M. Necsoiu. 2002. Effect of gravity on normal fault profiles on Mars versus Earth. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 34(6): 82.

Hill, B.E., P. La Femina, C. Connor, and J. Stamatakos. 2002. Preliminary evaluation of the effects of buried volcanoes on estimates of volcano probability for the proposed repository site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. December 2002.

Hill, B.E. 2002. A fundamental role for process models in volcanic hazard assessments. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 34(4): 53.

Hooper, D.M. 2002. Modeling the degradation of small lunar impact craters: An example using a DEM. The Moon Beyond 2002: Next Steps in Lunar Science and Exploration, Taos, New Mexico, September 12–14, 2002. LPI Contribution No. 1128, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, 27 (abstract).

Mai, K., and K.J. Smart. 2002. Deformation history and structural kinematics of a quartzite-schist sequence: Implications for Proterozoic tectonics in the southern Rocky Mountains. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 34, 181,  October 27–30, 2002 (accepted for Topical Session on Lithospheric Structure and Evolution of Rocky Mountain Region, from Deep Mantle to Mountain Tops).

Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, D.J. Waiting, Y. Tamura, D.W. Sims, F. Tsuneyama, and H. Okamura. 2002. Estimation of sub-seismic fault populations. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting (10–13 April 2002) Official Program 11, A126.

Necsoiu, D. Marius, Brandi Winfrey, Katherine Murphy, and H. Lawrence McKague. 2002. OLYMPUS DISS—A Readily Implemented Geographic Data and Information Sharing System: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 83(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U61A–0004.

Sims, D.W., D.A. Ferrill, A.P. Morris, D.J. Waiting, F. Tsuneyama, Y. Tamura, H. Okamura. 2002. Influence of regional strains in development of faulted domes in the offshore Middle East. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting (10–13 April 2002) Official Program 11, A163.

Stamatakos, J.A., D.A. Ferrill, D. Sims, and A.P. Morris. 2002. Vertical and inclined-axis rotations in extensional settings. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 34(6): 491.

Tsuneyama, F., H. Okamura, Y. Tamura, D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, and A.P. Morris. 2002. Outcrop investigations and clay experiments for fault characterization: Analogs for oil fields in the Middle East. GeoArabia 2002. Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences.

2001

Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, A.P. Morris, R.A. Donelick, and A.E. Blythe. 2001. Detachment faulting in the western Basin and Range: New geometric, thermal, and temporal constraints from the Bare Mountain Region in southwestern Nevada. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 82(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T51B–0879, F1235.

Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, and J.A. Stamatakos. 2001. The geometric strength of fault systems. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting (3–6 June 2001) Official Program 10, A62.

Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, D.J. Waiting, and S. Hasegawa. 2001. Development of synthetic dip adjacent to normal faults and implications for traps, barriers, and migration pathways. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting (3–6 June 2001) Official Program 10, A63.

Hill, B.E., C.B. Connor, J. Weldy, and N. Franklin. 2001. Quantifying hazards from basaltic tephra-fall eruptions. C. Stewart, ed., Proceedings of the Cities on Volcanoes 2 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 12–14 February 2001. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Information Series 49. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited. 50.

Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, N. Franklin, D.W. Sims, D.J. Waiting, and J.A. Stamatakos. 2001. Fault block deformation resulting from fault displacement gradients at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 82(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract S31B–0613, F866.

Sims, D.W., D.W. Ferrill, A.P. Morris, M. Ferguson, and R. Sorkhabi. 2001. Influence of fault geometry on reservoir connectivity. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting (3–6 June 2001) Official Program 10, A186.

2000

Hill, B.E., C.B. Connor, and J.S. Trapp. 2000. Calculating risk from future basaltic volcanic eruptions at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository site, Nevada. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 32(7): 214.

1997

Hooper, D.M., M.I. Bursik, and B. Martinez-Batori. 1997. Downslope transport measured on cinder cone hillslopes: comparison of modern and long-term degradation rates. American Geophysical Union 1997 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 8–12, 1997. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 78(46), 286 (abstract).

1994

Ferrill, D.A., S.R. Young, A.P. Morris, D.B. Henderson, and R.H. Martin. 1994. 3-Dimensional stress domains interpreted from fault slip patterns in southern California and Nevada. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 26(7): A185.

Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, and D.B. Henderson. 1994. Slip tendency analysis and fault reactivation. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 75(44), 591.

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