David A. Ferrill
Southwest Research Institute
132 Papers
713 Citations
David A. Ferrill is an academic researcher from Southwest Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fault (geology) & Slip (materials science). The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 117 publications. Previous affiliations of David A. Ferrill include University of Alabama & Texas A&M University.
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Papers
Slip-tendency analysis and fault reactivation
TL;DR: Slip-tendency analysis as mentioned in this paper is a new technique that permits rapid assessment of stress states and related potential fault activity, and provides easy visualization and rapid evaluation of stress in terms of its potential for causing slip on individual faults or fault populations for use in seismic-risk and fault-rupture-risk assessment, exploration for high risk and earthquake-prone blind faults, selection of likely earthquake focal mechanism solutions, and for use of compatibility of geologic structures.
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Calcite twin morphology: a low-temperature deformation geothermometer
David A. Ferrill,Alan P. Morris,Mark Evans,Martin Burkhard,Richard H. Groshong,Charles M. Onasch +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a compilation and analysis of data from limestones of the frontal Alps (France and Switzerland) and the Appalachian Valley and Ridge and Plateau provinces (eastern United States) is presented to document this temperature dependence.
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Dilational normal faults
David A. Ferrill,Alan P. Morris +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the deformation of more competent layers, driven in part by interaction with the more rapidly deforming incompetent layers, produces hybrid mode failure in which failure angles are smaller than in shear mode.
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Fault zone deformation controlled by carbonate mechanical stratigraphy, Balcones fault system, Texas
David A. Ferrill,Alan P. Morris +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the ratio of competent to incompetent strata by thickness is a useful guide for inferring the relative rates of fault displacement and propagation in Cretaceous carbonates.
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Distribution, morphology, and origins of Martian pit crater chains
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a detailed quantitative analysis of pit crater morphology using MOC narrow angle images, Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) visual images, and Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data.
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