Thin-skinned Models for Undergraduate Teaching Labs - Flour Structures
This webpage presents an educational resource detailing simple, low-cost flour-based analog models for teaching thin-skinned tectonics in undergraduate structural geology labs, emphasizing experimental design, accessibility of materials, and pedagogical effectiveness. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

The Reactivation of the Lost Lakes Fault in Yosemite National Park (USA): When Did it Happen and What Does it Mean?
This abstract page from the 2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum presents geological research on the Lost Lakes Fault in Yosemite National Park, detailing evidence of its reactivation through pseudotachylite and cataclasite, indicating Cretaceous dextral strike-slip motion followed by later normal faulting possibly linked to post-glacial unloading. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Dating Brittle Deformation with Hematite (U-Th)/He Chronometry
This academic abstract page presents research on using hematite (U-Th)/He chronometry to directly date brittle deformation events, such as fault slip, by analyzing synkinematic hematite formation or post-seismic cooling in fault zones, with case studies from the Wasatch fault and Wales demonstrating its application in reconstructing tectonic histories and ancient seismicity. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

The Central Piedmont Shear Zone of the Southern Appalachian Piedmont
This abstract page presents geological research on the Central Piedmont Shear Zone in the Southern Appalachian Piedmont, detailing its structural relationships, tectonic history, metamorphic conditions, and regional context within Carolinia and Laurentia terranes, as part of the 2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flinn's K-value Versus Lode's Ratio
This abstract page from the 2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum evaluates Flinn's k-value and Lode's ratio as ellipsoid shape parameters, using synthetic datasets to compare their effectiveness across strain regimes and highlighting limitations in confidence region geometry and strain dependency. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

EllipseFit 3: A New Computer Program for Integrated Geological Finite Strain Analysis
A content page from the "Teach the Earth" portal presents EllipseFit 3, a free, cross-platform software tool for integrated geological finite strain analysis, detailing its capabilities in 2D/3D strain determination, polygon and ellipse analysis, error modeling, image transformation, and applications in structural geology education and research. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

SCLM Rifting and Regional Shearing in the N American Superior Craton − Implications for Deformation, Mineralization, and Tectonic Reconstructions
This abstract page presents research on sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) rifting and regional shearing in the North American Superior Craton, using seismic tomography to analyze Archaean rift structures, mantle plume interactions, and their influence on crustal deformation, gold mineralization, and tectonic reconstructions, with implications for craton evolution and resource localization. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Mapping deformed Pennsylvanian Rocks in the Dunkard Basin, Southwestern, Pennsylvania using GigaPan Images
This abstract page presents a geological study utilizing GigaPan imagery to analyze deformed Pennsylvanian-age rocks in the Dunkard Basin, Pennsylvania, focusing on structural features such as listric normal faults, detachment folds, and an angular unconformity within the Casselman Formation, suggesting multiple episodes of extensional deformation in the Appalachian Plateau. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Timing and Style of Deformation in the Nashoba Formation of the Nashoba Terrane, Eastern Massachusetts
This academic abstract page presents geological research on the timing and structural evolution of deformation in the Nashoba Formation (Nashoba Terrane, eastern Massachusetts), utilizing U-Pb zircon geochronology to constrain Late Devonian (~365–361 Ma) folding and migmatization events linked to post-Acadian tectonics. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

What, if Anything, Should the Structural Geologist Know about the Mechanics of Rock Deformation?
This abstract page from the 2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum, authored by Raymond C. Fletcher, examines the relevance of rock deformation mechanics—stress, strain, rheology, and boundary-value problems—for structural geologists, questioning whether mechanical concepts are essential or distracting when analyzing geological structures like laccoliths or metamorphic formations. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.