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Research paper thumbnail of Strategies and Rubrics for Teaching Complex Systems Theory to Novices (Invited)

AGUFM, Dec 1, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Tectonic Rock Cycles

Journal of geoscience education, Mar 1, 1996

Tectonic rock cycles reorganize rock processes from the traditional rock cycle into a tectonic fr... more Tectonic rock cycles reorganize rock processes from the traditional rock cycle into a tectonic framework using the Wilson cycle as a paradigm. In tectonic rock cycles, tectonic rock classifications replace descriptive rock classifications and focus on rocks characteristic of major tectonic regimes, such as the igneous-fractionation regime at convergent plate boundaries, quartz/feldspar/lithic (QFL) sedimentary distributions, and major metamorphic temperature/pressure fields. The tectonic rock cycle can be thought of as beginning with two igneous-fractionation processes generating all major igneous rocks at divergent and convergent plate boundaries. Weathering/erosion of subduction-generated volcanic arcs produce lithic-rich sediments. Arkosic to quartzitic sediments come from weathering/erosion of the batholithic (proto-continental) core of the volcanic arc. These processes generate the QFL end-member clastic sediments, which are spatially separated in the rock cycle. Carbonates are associated with quartz...

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategies and Rubrics for Teaching Chaos and Complex Systems Theories as Elaborating, Self-Organizing, and Fractionating Evolutionary Systems

Journal of geoscience education, Mar 1, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of The Catskill elastic wedge (Acadian Orogeny) in eastern West Virginia

Geological Society of America eBooks, Nov 20, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of No Rock Is Accidental! Stratigraphy, Structure, and Tectonics in the Wilson Cycle

Developments in structural geology and tectonics, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental material: New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

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Research paper thumbnail of Process-Response Modeling and the Scientific Process

Journal of Geological Education, Mar 1, 1988

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Research paper thumbnail of The Taconic sequence in the northern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Geological Society of America eBooks, Nov 20, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Design and Use of the Stratigraphic Strip Log

Journal of Geological Education, Mar 1, 1987

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrating Structural and Stratigraphic Field Data to Build a Tectonic Model for the Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Orogenic Cycle

Developments in structural geology and tectonics, 2019

Abstract The chapter describes a semester-long project that explores how stratigraphic, structura... more Abstract The chapter describes a semester-long project that explores how stratigraphic, structural, and tectonic principles have produced the regional geology of western Virginia and eastern West Virginia. During four all-day field trips, upper-level geoscience majors visit outcrops along two transects running from the Blue Ridge Province in the east, across the Valley and Ridge province, to the Allegheny Front in the west. On each field trip, students work in two or three person teams to collect stratigraphic and structural data that provide information about regional Appalachian tectonics. Students use this field data to draft cross-sections that highlight plutonic, volcanic, metamorphic, and in particular the stratigraphic sequence and structural deformation that characterize the tectonic history of the Mid-Atlantic region over the past billion years. Example cross-section and outcrop-scale exercises highlight specific components of the project. Students complete the project with a tectonic synthesis of the region that interprets depositional and deformation features within the context of theoretical models.

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Research paper thumbnail of Stratigraphic model for timing the opening of the Proto–Atlantic Ocean in northern Virginia

Geology, 1986

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Research paper thumbnail of The Mid Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse: A Comparison of Virtual and On-Location Field-Based Capstone Experiences

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplementary material to "The Mid Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse: A Comparison of Virtual and On-Location Field-Based Capstone Experiences&quot

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Research paper thumbnail of MAESTRO: Mathematics and Earth Science Teachers' Resource Organization

AGUFM, Dec 1, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Geographical distribution and osteological variation in fossil and recent specimens of two species o

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Research paper thumbnail of Geographical Distribution and Osteological Variation in Fossil and Recent Specimens of Two Species of Kinosternon (Testudines)

Journal of Herpetology, Dec 29, 1969

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Research paper thumbnail of Expanding Evolutionary Theory Beyond Darwinism with Elaborating, Self-Organizing, and Fractionating Complex Evolutionary Systems

Journal of geoscience education, Mar 1, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

Geosphere, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental material: New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

Geological Society of America, Dec 1, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental material: New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

Geological Society of America, Dec 1, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategies and Rubrics for Teaching Complex Systems Theory to Novices (Invited)

AGUFM, Dec 1, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Tectonic Rock Cycles

Journal of geoscience education, Mar 1, 1996

Tectonic rock cycles reorganize rock processes from the traditional rock cycle into a tectonic fr... more Tectonic rock cycles reorganize rock processes from the traditional rock cycle into a tectonic framework using the Wilson cycle as a paradigm. In tectonic rock cycles, tectonic rock classifications replace descriptive rock classifications and focus on rocks characteristic of major tectonic regimes, such as the igneous-fractionation regime at convergent plate boundaries, quartz/feldspar/lithic (QFL) sedimentary distributions, and major metamorphic temperature/pressure fields. The tectonic rock cycle can be thought of as beginning with two igneous-fractionation processes generating all major igneous rocks at divergent and convergent plate boundaries. Weathering/erosion of subduction-generated volcanic arcs produce lithic-rich sediments. Arkosic to quartzitic sediments come from weathering/erosion of the batholithic (proto-continental) core of the volcanic arc. These processes generate the QFL end-member clastic sediments, which are spatially separated in the rock cycle. Carbonates are associated with quartz...

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategies and Rubrics for Teaching Chaos and Complex Systems Theories as Elaborating, Self-Organizing, and Fractionating Evolutionary Systems

Journal of geoscience education, Mar 1, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of The Catskill elastic wedge (Acadian Orogeny) in eastern West Virginia

Geological Society of America eBooks, Nov 20, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of No Rock Is Accidental! Stratigraphy, Structure, and Tectonics in the Wilson Cycle

Developments in structural geology and tectonics, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental material: New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

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Research paper thumbnail of Process-Response Modeling and the Scientific Process

Journal of Geological Education, Mar 1, 1988

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Research paper thumbnail of The Taconic sequence in the northern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Geological Society of America eBooks, Nov 20, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Design and Use of the Stratigraphic Strip Log

Journal of Geological Education, Mar 1, 1987

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrating Structural and Stratigraphic Field Data to Build a Tectonic Model for the Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Orogenic Cycle

Developments in structural geology and tectonics, 2019

Abstract The chapter describes a semester-long project that explores how stratigraphic, structura... more Abstract The chapter describes a semester-long project that explores how stratigraphic, structural, and tectonic principles have produced the regional geology of western Virginia and eastern West Virginia. During four all-day field trips, upper-level geoscience majors visit outcrops along two transects running from the Blue Ridge Province in the east, across the Valley and Ridge province, to the Allegheny Front in the west. On each field trip, students work in two or three person teams to collect stratigraphic and structural data that provide information about regional Appalachian tectonics. Students use this field data to draft cross-sections that highlight plutonic, volcanic, metamorphic, and in particular the stratigraphic sequence and structural deformation that characterize the tectonic history of the Mid-Atlantic region over the past billion years. Example cross-section and outcrop-scale exercises highlight specific components of the project. Students complete the project with a tectonic synthesis of the region that interprets depositional and deformation features within the context of theoretical models.

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Research paper thumbnail of Stratigraphic model for timing the opening of the Proto–Atlantic Ocean in northern Virginia

Geology, 1986

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Research paper thumbnail of The Mid Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse: A Comparison of Virtual and On-Location Field-Based Capstone Experiences

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplementary material to "The Mid Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse: A Comparison of Virtual and On-Location Field-Based Capstone Experiences&quot

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Research paper thumbnail of MAESTRO: Mathematics and Earth Science Teachers' Resource Organization

AGUFM, Dec 1, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Geographical distribution and osteological variation in fossil and recent specimens of two species o

ABSTRACT

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Research paper thumbnail of Geographical Distribution and Osteological Variation in Fossil and Recent Specimens of Two Species of Kinosternon (Testudines)

Journal of Herpetology, Dec 29, 1969

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Research paper thumbnail of Expanding Evolutionary Theory Beyond Darwinism with Elaborating, Self-Organizing, and Fractionating Complex Evolutionary Systems

Journal of geoscience education, Mar 1, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

Geosphere, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental material: New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

Geological Society of America, Dec 1, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental material: New directions in Wilson Cycle concepts: Supercontinent and Tectonic Rock Cycles

Geological Society of America, Dec 1, 2007

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