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Engelder, T.E., M.E. Gray, D.A. Ferrill, and D.
Wiltschko. Preface: The Nickelsen–Groshong Volume:
Low-temperature Deformation Mechanisms and Their
Interpretation. Journal of Structural Geology, 31,
862–864, 2009.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, R.N. McGinnis.
Crossing Conjugate Normal Faults in Field Exposures and
Seismic Data. American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, 93, 1471–1488, 2009.
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.
Lithosphere, 1(5), 291-304, 2009.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill,
and R.N. McGinnis. Fault Frequency and Strain.
Lithosphere, 1, 105–109, 2009.
Morris, A.P., and D.A. Ferrill.
The Importance of the Intermediate Principal Effective
Stress (σ'2) to Fault Slip Patterns. Journal
of Structural Geology, 31, 950–959, 2009.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill,
and R.N. McGinnis. Mechanical Stratigraphy and
Faulting in Cretaceous Carbonates. American Association
of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 93, 1459–1470, 2009.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris.
Fault Zone Deformation Controlled by Carbonate Mechanical
Stratigraphy, Balcones Fault System, Texas. American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 92:359-380.
2008.
Ferrill, D.A.,
K.J. Smart, and
M.
Necsoiu. Displacement-length
Scaling for Single-Event Fault Ruptures: Insights from
Newberry Springs Fault Zone and Implications for Fault Zone
Structure. In The Internal Structure of Fault Zones: Fluid
Flow and Mechanical Properties (eds. W. Kurz, J. Imber,
C.A.J. Wibberley, C. Collettini, and R.E. Holdsworth).
Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2008, v.
299, p. 113-122. 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, 46p. 2008.
Smart, K.J.,
S. Busetti, K. Scott, and R.M. Slatt. Outcrop Fracture
Characterization of Pennsylvanian Jackfork Group Sandstones,
Ouachita Mountains, Southeastern Oklahoma. In Stratigraphic
and Structural Evolution of the Ouachita Mountains and
Arkoma Basin, southeastern Oklahoma and west-central
Arkansas: Applications to Petroleum Exploration: 2004 Field
Symposium (eds. N.H. Suneson, I. Cemen, R.M. Slatt).
Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 112B, 63–72, 2008.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, and
K.J. Smart. Stratigraphic control on extensional
fault propagation folding: Big Brushy Canyon monocline,
Sierra Del Carmen, Texas. In Structurally Complex
Reservoirs, S.J. Jolley, D. Barr, J.J. Walsh, R.J. Knipe,
eds. Geological Society of London Special Publication 292,
203-217. 2007.
Blenkinsop, T., R. Lisle, 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.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims,
D.J. Waiting, and S.
Hasegawa. 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. p.
125-138. 2005
Gray, M.B., J.A. Stamatakos, D.A.
Ferrill, and M.A. Evans. Fault zone deformation
process in Miocene tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Journal of Structural Geology 27, 1873-1891. 2005.
Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill,
and R. Sorkhabi. 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, p.
79-93. 2005
Ferrill, D.A., D.Y. Wyrick, A.P. Morris, D. W. Sims, and
N.M. Franklin. "Dilational fault slip and pit chain formation on Mars." GSAToday. Vol. 14, No. 10. pp. 4–12. 2004.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, M.A. Evans, M. Burkhard, R.H. Groshong, Jr., and C.M. Onasch. "Calcite twin morphology: A low temperature deformation geothermometer." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 26. pp. 1521–1529. 2004.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, N. Franklin,
and D.J. Waiting. Patterns of fault
displacement and strain at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Journal of Structural Geology 26, 1707-1725. 2004
Dunne, W.M., D.A. Ferrill, J.G. Crider, B. Hill, P.
La Femina, D. Waiting, A.P. Morris, and R. Fedors. Orthogonal jointing during coeval igneous degassing
and normal faulting, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Geological
Society of America Bulletin 115, 1492-1509. 2003.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. "Dilational normal faults." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 25. pp. 183–196. 2003.
Combs–Scott, K.D., and K.J. Smart. "Surface fracture characterization of Jackfork Group turbidite sandstones in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma." Shale Shaker. Vol. 52. pp. 71–78. 2002.
Ferrill, D.A. 2002. "Higher education: Field course gives petroleum geoscientists a top-to-bottom view of the geology of oil exploration." Technology Today. Vol. 23, No. 2. pp. 10–15. 2002.
Dodson, J.M., R.A. Young, and K.J. Smart. "An overview of ray trace modeling with an example from the Wichita Mountain Front in southern Oklahoma." Shale Shaker. Vol. 52, No. 3. pp. 65–73. 2001.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. "Displacement gradient and deformation in normal fault systems." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 23. pp. 619–638. 2001.
Smart, K.J. and B.A. Couzens-Schultz. "Mechanics of blind thrusting: comparison of numerical and physical modeling." Journal of Geology. Vol. 109. pp. 771–779. 2001.
Weber, J., D.A. Ferrill, and M. Roden-Tice. "Calcite and quartz microstructural geothermometry of low-grade metasedimentary rocks, Northern Range, Trinidad." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 23. pp. 93–112. 2001.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, J.A. Stamatakos, and D. Sims. "Crossing conjugate normal faults." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. Vol. 84, No. 10. pp. 1,543–1,559. 2000.
Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, and D. Sims. "Normal fault corrugation: Implications for growth and seismicity of active normal faults." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 21. pp. 1,027–1,038. 1999.
Ferrill, D.A., J. Winterle, G. Wittmeyer, D. Sims, S.
Colton, A. Armstrong, and
A.P. Morris. "Stressed rock strains groundwater at Yucca Mountain, Nevada."
GSA Today. Vol. 9, No. 5. pp. 1–8. 1999.
Morris, A.P., and D.A. Ferrill. "Constant thickness deformation above curved normal faults." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 21. pp. 67–83. 1999.
Sims, D., D.A. Ferrill, and J.A. Stamatakos.
"Role of a ductile décollement in the development of
pull-apart basins." Journal of Structural Geology.
Vol. 21. pp. 533–554. 1999.
Smart, K.J., R.D. Krieg, and W.M. Dunne. "Deformation behavior during blind thrust translation as a function of fault strength." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 21. pp. 855–874. 1999.
Ferrill, D.A. "Critical re-evaluation of differential stress estimates from calcite twins." Tectonophysics. Vol. 285. pp. 77–84. 1998.
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. Vol. 20. pp. 355–362. 1998.
Ofoegbu, G.I., and D.A. Ferrill. 1998.
"Mechanical analyses of listric normal faulting with
emphasis on seismicity assessment." Tectonophysics.
Vol. 284. pp. 65–77. 1998.
Rahe, B., D.A. Ferrill, and A.P. Morris.
"Physical analog modeling of pull-apart basin evolution."
Tectonophysics. Vol. 285. pp. 21–40. 1998.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. "Geometric considerations of deformation above curved normal faults and salt evacuation surfaces." The Leading Edge. Vol. 16. pp. 1,129–1,133. 1997.
Smart, K.J., W.M. Dunne, and R.D. Krieg. "Roof sequence response to emplacement of the Wills Mountain duplex: The roles of forethrusting and scales of deformation." Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 19. pp. 1,443–1,459. 1997.
Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, S.M. Jones, B. Rahe,
H.L. McKague, R.H. Martin, and A.P. Morris. "Quaternary slip history of the Bare Mountain fault (Nevada) from the morphology and distribution of alluvial fan deposits." Geology. Vol. 24. pp. 559–562.
1996. Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, and D.B. Henderson. "Slip-tendency analysis and fault reactivation." Geology. Vol. 24, No. 3. pp. 275–278. 1996.
Technical Papers Presented
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, J.
McIntyre, and I. Sinclair. Conjugate normal faults and
their role within fault blocks and fault damage zones.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting
Abstracts with Programs, Long Beach California, p. 46. 2007
Ferrill,
D.A., A.P. Morris, and
K.J. Smart.
Heterogeneous deformation in an extension fault-tip
monocline: Insights from field analysis and numerical
modeling. American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs 15, Houston, Texas.
2006.
Morris,
A.P., N.M. Franklin, D.W. Sims,
and D.A. Ferrill.
Spatial fault size distribution and normal fault system
evolution. American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs 15, Houston, Texas.
2006.
Ferrill, D.A. and A.P. Morris.
Contrasting styles of fault zone deformation in limestones
of the Glen Rose Formation, Edwards Group, and Buda
Limestone in the Balcones Fault system, south-central Texas.
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with
Programs 37(7):215. October 16-19, 2005.
Ferrill, D.A. and A.P. Morris. Contrasting
styles of fault zone deformation in limestones of the
Balcones Fault System, South-Central Texas. Geological
Society of America South-Central Section 39th Meeting,
Abstracts with Programs 37(3):6. April 1-2, 2005.
Ferrill, D.A. and A.P. Morris. Fault-zone
deformation mechanisms in the Cretaceous limestones of South
Texas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts 14:A44. 2005.
Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, A.P. Morris, R.A.
Donelick, and A.E. Blythe. Fission track constraints on
extensional faulting and exhumation in the Walker Lane of
southwestern Nevada and eastern California. Geological
Society of America Penrose Conference: Kinematics and
Geodynamics of Intraplate Dextral Shear in Eastern
California and Western Nevada. Mammoth Lakes, California,
April 21-26, 2005.
McGinnis, Jr., R.N., D.A. Ferrill, A.P. Morris, and
C.L. Dinwiddie. Deformation analysis of tuffaceous
sediments in the Volcanic Tableland near Bishop, California.
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with
Programs 37(7):210. 2005.
Dinwiddie, C.L., K.K. Bradbury,
R.N. McGinnis, R.W. Fedors, and D.A. Ferrill.
Heterogeneous permeability induced by fault zone deformation
in nonwelded ignimbrite: Chalk Cove fault, Bishop Tuff,
Bishop, California. GSA Abstracts with Programs
36(5), Paper No. 167-5. 2004.
Franklin, N.M., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, A.P. Morris, M.P. Rigney, E.A. Franke, and
M.J. Magee. "A geometric approach to determining sub-seismic fault block strain." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 18–21. Dallas, TX. 2004.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, C. Davis, G. Fortier, H. Naz, T. Efecinar, E. Can, and I. Yilmaz. "Structural analysis of Misis frontal thrust system, Iskenderun Basin, Turkey." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. April 18–21. Dallas, TX.
2004.
Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, R. Sorkhabi,
N.M. Franklin, and D.J. Waiting. "Rapid evaluation of extensional fault-system-controlled reservoir connectivity." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 18–21. Dallas, TX. 2004.
Smart, K.J., D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, N.M. Franklin, G.I. Ofoegbu, and
A.P. Morris. "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, TX. June 4–6 (accepted for session on Reservoir Geomechanics). 2004.
Busetti, S., K.J. Smart, and R.M. Slatt. "Fracture characterization of the Pennsylvanian Jackfork Group, Ouachita Mountains, southeastern Oklahoma." (Invited Presentation) Theme Session on Structure and Stratigraphy: New Perspectives on Lithotectonic
Processes. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 35, No. 6. p. 641. 2003.
Colton, S.L.,
D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, D.Y. Wyrick, and
N.M. Franklin. "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. 2003.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D. Sims, D.Y. Wyrick, D. Waiting, and
N.M. Franklin. "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. "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. Vol. 35.
2003. Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, and D.J. Waiting. "A physical analog model of extensional deformation in the Yucca Mountain Region, Nevada. 2003. Geological Society of America. 2003.
Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, D.J. Waiting, and
J.A. Stamatakos. "A physical analog model of extensional deformation in the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, region." Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 35. 2003.
Waiting, D., J. Stamatakos, D. Ferrill, D. Sims, A. Morris, P. Justus, and A. Ibrahim. "Methodologies for the evaluation of faulting at Yucca Mountain, Nevada." Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30–April 3. 2003.
Bradbury, K.K., D.A. Ferrill, C.L. Dinwiddie, and R.W. Fedors. "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. 2002.
Combs, K.D., K.J. Smart, and R.M. Slatt. "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. Vol. 11. pp. A33–A34. 2002.
Ferrill, D.A., and A.P. Morris. "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. 2002.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.J. Waiting, F. Tsuneyama, Y. Tamura, and
D.W. Sims. "Relay ramp style in massive limestone: Examples from the Sierra Del Carmen, West Texas." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. April 10–13. Official
Program. Vol. 11. p. A54. 2002.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D. Sims, D. Waiting, N. Franklin, and
M. Necsoiu. "Effect of gravity on normal fault profiles on Mars versus Earth." Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 34, No. 6. p. 82. 2002.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, D.J. Waiting, Y. Tamura,
D.W. Sims, F. Tsuneyama, and H. Okamura. "Estimation of sub-seismic fault populations." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. April 10–13. Official Program. Vol. 11. p A126. 2002.
Sims, D.W., D.A. Ferrill, A.P. Morris, D.J. Waiting, F. Tsuneyama, Y. Tamura, H. Okamura. "Influence of regional strains in development of faulted domes in the offshore Middle East." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. April 10–13.
Official Program. Vol. 11, p. A163. 2002.
Sims, D.W., A.P. Morris, D.A. Ferrill, and
J.A. Stamatakos. Fault block deformation resulting from
detachment geometry at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Eos Trans.
AGU 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21A-1064. 2002.
Stamatakos, J.A., D.A. Ferrill, D. Sims, and A.P. Morris. "Vertical and inclined-axis rotations in extensional settings." Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 34. No. 6. p. 491. 2002.
Tsuneyama, F., H. Okamura, Y. Tamura, D.A. Ferrill, D.W. Sims, and
A.P. Morris. "Outcrop investigations and clay experiments for fault characterization: Analogs for oil fields in the Middle East." GeoArabia 2002. Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences.
2002.
Ferrill, D.A., J.A. Stamatakos, A.P. Morris, R.A. Donelick, and A.E. Blythe. "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. Vol. 82. No. 47. Fall Meeting Supplement. Abstract T51B–0879. p. F1235. 2001.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, and J.A. Stamatakos. "The geometric strength of fault systems." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. June 3–6. Official Program. Vol. 10. p A62. 2001.
Ferrill, D.A., A.P. Morris, D.W. Sims, D.J. Waiting, and S. Hasegawa. "Development of synthetic dip adjacent to normal faults and implications for traps, barriers, and migration pathways." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. June 3–6.
Official Program. Vol. 10. p. A63. 2001.
Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, N. Franklin, D.W. Sims, D.J. Waiting, and
J.A. Stamatakos. "Fault block deformation resulting from fault displacement gradients at Yucca Mountain, Nevada."
EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Vol. 82. No. 47. Fall
Meeting Supplement. Abstract S31B–0613. p. F866. 2001.
Sims, D.W., D.W. Ferrill, A.P. Morris, M. Ferguson, and R. Sorkhabi. "Influence of fault geometry on reservoir connectivity." American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting June 3–6. Official Program. Vol. 10. p. A186. 2001.
Sims, D., D.A. Ferrill, and J.A. Stamatakos.
Pull-apart basin development controlled by rheology and
thickness of detachment zone. American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts 8:A131.
1999.
Ferrill, D., J. Stamatakos, D. Sims, and A. Morris.
Fault growth processes and applications in exploration. 1998
Regional Technology Transfer Conference, Houston, Texas.
Extended abstract published by Texas Railroad Commission.
1998.
Ferrill, D.A., S.R. Young, A.P. Morris, D.B. Henderson, and R.H. Martin. "3-Dimensional stress domains interpreted from fault slip patterns in southern California and Nevada." Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 26. No. 7. p. A185.
1994. Morris, A.P., D.A. Ferrill, and D.B. Henderson. "Slip tendency analysis and fault reactivation."
EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Vol. 75. No. 44. p. 591. 1994.
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