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51-140 |
Intro. Geologic Field methods |
Spring 2012 |
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51-326 |
Geophysics & Geotectonics |
Spring 2012 |
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51-331 |
Structural Geology & Tectonics |
Spring 2012 |
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51-311 |
Applied Geologic Field Methods |
Spring 2011 |
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Field Geology |
Summer 2012 |
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My research focuses on five topics:
(1) Fold-thrust belt map-view curvature
(2) Continental interior tectonics
(3) Gondwana assembly in Antarctica and India
(4)
Gondwana break-up and rift system evolution in
(5)
Contemporary stress field in Antarctica
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Grants in Aid of Research (last 7 years):
NSF-ANDRILL SMS Drilling Project;
Stress Field History and Contemporary Stress, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica;
2007-08
NSF-ANDRILL MIS Drilling Project;
Stress Field History and Contemporary Stress, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica;
2007-09
NSF-ANDRILL MIS Drilling Project;
Stress Field History and Contemporary Stress, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica;
2006-08
NSF-OPP Grant; Collaborative Research
with Ohio State University: Antarctic Stress Map Project Phase I: Neogene –Quaternary Volcanic Alignments in the Transantarctic Mountains/Ross Sea Region; 2000-03
NSF-OPP Grant; Collaborative Research with Ohio State University:
Antarctic Stress Map Project Phase I: Neogene–Quaternary
Volcanic Alignments in the Transantarctic
Mountains/Ross Sea Region; 2002-03
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Paulsen, T.S., and Wilson, T.J., 2010, New criteria for
systematic mapping and reliability assessment of monogenetic volcanic vent
alignments and elongate volcanic vents for crustal stress analyses.
Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.025.
Paulsen, T.S., and Wilson, T.J., 2009, Structure and age of volcanic fissures
on Mount Morning:A new constraint on Neogene to contemporary stress in the West
Antarctic Rift, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Geological Society of
America Bulletin, 121, 1071-1088.
Torsvik, T.H., Paulsen, T.S., Hughes, N.C., Myrow, P.M., and GanerØd, M., 2009,
The Tethyan Himalaya: palaeogeographical and tectonic constraints from
Ordovician palaeomagnetic data. Journal of the Geological Society, v. 166,
679-687.
Naish, T., R. Powell, R. Levy, G. Wilson, R. Scherer, F. Talarico, L. Krissek,
F. Niessen, M. Pompilio, T. Wilson, L. Carter, R. DeConto, P. Huybers, R.
McKay, D. Pollard, J. Ross, D. Winter, P. Barrett, G. Browne, R. Cody, E.
Cowan, J. Crampton, G. Dunbar, N. Dunbar, F. Florindo, C. Gebhardt, I. Graham,
M. Hannah, D. Hansaraj, D. Harwood, D. Helling, S. Henrys, L. Hinnov, G. Kuhn,
P. Kyle, A. Läufer, P. Maffioli, D. Magens, K. Mandernack, W. McIntosh, C.
Millan, R. Morin, C. Ohneiser, T. Paulsen, D. Persico, I. Raine, J. Reed, C.
Riesselman, L. Sagnotti, D. Schmitt, C. Sjunneskog, P. Strong, M. Taviani, S.
Vogel, T. Wilch & T. Williams, 2009, Obliquity-paced Pliocene West
Antarctic ice sheet oscillations. Nature, 458, 322-328.
Paulsen, T.S., Encarnación, J., Grunow, A., Valencia, V.A., and
Rasoazanamparany, C., 2008, Late Sinistral Shearing along Gondwana’s
Paleo-Pacific Margin in the Ross Orogen, Antarctica: New Structure and Age Data
from the O’Brien Peak Area. Journal of Geology, v. 116, p. 303-312.
Paulsen, T.S., Encarnación, J., Grunow, A., Layer, P.M., and Watkeys, M., 2007,
New age constraints for a short pulse in Ross orogen deformation triggered by
East-West Gondwana suturing. Gondwana Research, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.011.
Paulsen, T.S., Demosthenous, C.M., Myrow, P.M., Hughes, N.C., and Parcha, S.K.,
2007, Paleostrain stratigraphic analysis of calcite twins across the
Cambrian-Ordovician unconformity in the Tethyan Himalaya, Spiti and Zanskar
valley regions, India: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 31, p. 44-54.
Paulsen, T.S., and Wilson, T.J., 2007, Elongate summit calderas as Neogene
paleostress indicators in Antarctica, in Cooper, A.K., et al., eds.,
Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World – Online Proceedings of the 10th
ISAES, USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 072, doi:10.3133/of2007-1047.srp072.
Millan, C, Wilson, T., and Paulsen, T., 2007, Microstructural study of natural
fractures in Cape Roberts Project 3 core, Western Ross Sea, Antarctica, in
Cooper, A.K., et al., eds., Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World – Online
Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research
Paper 053; doi:10.3133/of2007-1047.srp053.
Myrow, P.M., Thompson, K.R., Hughes, N.C., Paulsen, T.S., Sell, B.K., and
Parcha, S.K., 2006, Cambrian stratigraphy and depositional history of the
northern Indian Himalaya, Spiti Valley, north-central India: Geological Society
of America Bulletin, v. 118, p. 491-510.
Myrow, P.M., Snell, K.E., Hughes, N.C., Paulsen, T.S., Heim, N.A., and Parcha,
S.K., 2006, Cambrian depositional history of the Zanskar Valley region of the
Indian Himalaya: Tectonic implications: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 76,
p. 364-381.
Csatho, B., Schenk, T., Krabill, W., Wilson, T., Hallam, C., Lyons, B.,
Manizade, S., McKenzie, G., and Paulsen, T., 2005. Airborne Laser Scanning for
high-resolution mapping of polar environments in Antarctica. EOS, v. 86, no.
25, p. 237-238.
Paulsen, T., Encarnacion, J., Grunow, A., 2004, Structure and timing of
transpressional deformation in the Shackleton Glacier area, Ross orogen,
Antarctica. Journal of the Geological Society. v. 161, 1027-1038.
Paulsen, T., and Wilson, T., 2004, Subglacial Bedrock Structure in the
Transantarctic Mountains and its Influence on Ice Sheet Flow: Insights from
RADARSAT SAR Imagery. Global and Planetary Change, v. 42, 227-240.
Myrow, P.M., Hughes, N.C., Paulsen, T.S., Williams, I., Parcha, S.K., Thompson,
K.R., Bowring, S.A., Peng, S.-C., and Ahluwalia, A.D., 2003, Integrated
tectonostratigraphic analysis of the Himalaya and implications for its tectonic
reconstruction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 212, 433-441.
Paulsen, T., Jarrard, R., and Wilson, T., 2002, A simple method for orienting
drill core by correlating features in whole-core scans and oriented
borehole-wall imagery, Journal of Structural Geology, 24, 1233-1238.
Wilson, T., and Paulsen, T., 2001, Fault and Fracture patterns in the CRP-3
core, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, v. 8, 177-196.
Jarrard, R., Paulsen, T., and Wilson, T., 2001, Orientation of CRP3 core, Terra
Antartica, v. 8, 161-166.
Jarrard, R. D., Bücker, C., Wilson, T., & Paulsen, T., 2001, Bedding dips
from the CRP-3 drillhole, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica, Terra Antartica v.
8, 167-176.
Jarrard, R. D., Moos, D., Wilson, T., Bücker, C. B., and Paulsen, T., 2001,
Stress patterns observed by borehole televiewer logging of the CRP-3 drillhole,
Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica, Terra Antartica, v. 8, 197-204.
Paulsen, T., Wilson, T., Moos, D., Jarrard, R., and Wilson, G., 2000, Orientation
of CRP2A core, Terra Antartica, v. 7, 271-278.
Wilson, T., and Paulsen, T., 2000, Constraints on Neogene-Quaternary stress
regime from CRP-2/2A fracture arrays, Terra Antartica, v. 7, 287-298.
Moos, D., Jarrard, R., Paulsen, T., Scholz, E., and Wilson, T., 2000, Acoustic
Borehole Televiewer (BHTV) results from the CRP2A core hole, Terra Antartica,
v. 7, 279-286.
Jarrard, R., Brink, J.D., Wonik, C., Bucker, T., Wilson, T., and Paulsen, T.,
2000, Bedding dips in the CRP2A drillhole, Victoria Land basin, Antarctica,
Terra Antartica, v. 7, 261-270.
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Recent Abstracts:
Paulsen, T.S., Demosthenous, C.
Wilson, T.J., and Millan, C., in press, Constraints on Neogene deformation in
the southern Terror Rift from calcite twinning analyses of veins within the
ANDRILL MIS core, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet.
Suppl., Abstract.
Paulsen, T.S., Wilson, T.J., Jarrard, R., ANDRILL MIS Science Team, and ANDRILL
SMS Science Team, 2009, Neogene geodynamic evolution of the West Antarctic Rift
from drill core and volcanic alignment studies. Program for the First Antarctic
Climate Evolution Symposium, Granada, Spain, 3567.
Millan, C., Wilson, T.J., and Paulsen, T.S., 2008, Analysis of microstructures
in cores from the Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society of
America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, Abstract 290-13.
Wilson, T.J., Paulsen, T.S., Millan, C., Lauefer, A., McKay, R., ANDRILL MIS
Science Team, 2008, Brittle fractures in AND-1B core, McMurdo Ice Shelf,
Antarctica: A record of Neogene rifting or glaciotectonic deformation? Eos
Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C33A-05.
Paulsen, T.S., and Wilson, T.J., 2008, Improved method of defining volcanic
alignments for stress analyses. Program for the 3rd World Stress Map
Conference, Potsdam, Germany, p. 29.
Wilson, T.J., Paulsen, T.S., Jarrard, R., Schmitt, D., Moos, D., Millan, C.,
Laufer, A., and Pierdominici, S., 2008, Drilling-induced petal-centreline and
core-edge fractures in Antarctic sedimentary rock cores: A robust indicator of
contemporary stress. Program for the 3rd World Stress Map Conference, Potsdam,
Germany, p. 42.
Wilson, T., Paulsen, T., Jarrard, R., Schmitt, D., Henrys, S., and Willis, M.,
2008, Stress regime and neotectonic deformation in a glaciated rift system,
Antarctica. Scientific Programme for the 2008 International Geological
Congress, Oslo, Norway, Abstract STN02110L.
Schmitt, D., Wilson, T., Jarrard, R., Paulsen, T., Pierdominici, S., Grelle,
T., Handwerger, D., Wonik, T., and SMS Science Team, ANDRILL, 2008, Hydraulic
fracturing stress determinations in the ANDRILL South McMurdo Sound Drill Hole.
Scientific Programme for the 2008 International Geological Congress, Oslo,
Norway, Abstract STN02109L
Paulsen, T.S., and Wilson, T.J., 2007, Elongate summit calderas as Neogene
paleostress indicators in Antarctica, Program for the 10th International
Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, 2.PS-45.
Millan, C, Wilson, T., and Paulsen, T., 2007, Microstructural study of natural
fractures in Cape Roberts Project 3 core, Western Ross Sea, Antarctica, Program
book for the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, 2.PS-51.
Paulsen, T., Demosthenous,
C., Myrow. P., Hughes, N, and Parcha,
S.K., 2005. Calcite strain analysis of limestones across the Cambrian-Ordovician unconformity in
the Spiti and Zanskar
regions, Indian Himalaya.
Geological Society of
Paulsen, T., and Wilson, T.,
2004. Neogene-Quaternary Volcanic Alignments in the
Paulsen, T., Wilson, T., Csatho, B., Schenk, T., Krabill,
W., 2003. Airborne Laser Swath Mapping of the Erebus Volcanic
Province,
Paulsen, T., and Wilson, T.,
2003. Volcanic cone alignments and the intraplate
stress field in the
Wilson, T., Paulsen, T., and Wilch, T., 2003. Structural control on Neogene-Quaternary
volcanism in the
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