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A New Interactive Class and Lab for Undergraduate Non-Geology Majors on Earth, Climate, and Life through Time

Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals

scientific article published on 23 December 2009

Age and mantle sources of Quaternary basalts associated with “leaky” transform faults of the migrating Anatolia-Arabia-Africa triple junction

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Age and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of partially remagnetized lacustrine sedimentary rocks (Oligocene Aktoprak basin, central Anatolia, Turkey)

article by Maud J. M. Meijers et al published March 2016 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Age of metamorphism and deformation in the Montagne Noire dome (French Massif Central): Tapping into the memory of fine-grained gneisses using monazite U-Th-Pb geochronology

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All Hands on Deck

scientific article published in August 2020

Andalusite-sillimanite-quartz veins as indicators of low-pressure-high-temperature deformation during late-stage unroofing of a metamorphic core complex, Turkey

Breaking plates: Creation of the East Anatolian fault, the Anatolian plate, and a tectonic escape system

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Cenozoic pure-shear collapse of the southern Menderes Massif, Turkey

scholarly article by Lindsay J. Iredale et al published 2013 in Geological Society Special Publication

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Ecemiş fault zone and adjacent basins, central Anatolia, Turkey, during the transition from Arabia-Eurasia collision to escape tectonics

scientific article published in 2020

Characterization and interpretation of P-T paths with multiple thermal peaks

scholarly article published 1998 in Geological Society Special Publication

Climate stability in central Anatolia during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

scientific article published in June 2018

Coexisting andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite: Sequential formation of three Al2SiO5polymorphs during progressive metamorphism near the triple point, Sivrihisar, Turkey

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 87 no. 4, April 2002

Conditions and timing of incorporation of ophiolite into orogenic crust during oblique convergence, Central Anatolia

scientific article published on 19 July 2020

Continental and oceanic core complexes

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Controls on development of different mineral assemblages in gabbro and basalt during subduction metamorphism

Core complex development in central Anatolia, Turkey

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Corona networks as three-dimensional records of transport scale and pathways during metamorphism

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Counterclockwise P-T-t trajectory from the metamorphic sole of a Neo-Tethyan ophiolite (Turkey)

Cretaceous crustal section through the proposed Insular-Intermontane suture, North Cascades, Washington

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Crustal material recycling induced by subduction erosion and subduction-channel exhumation: A case study of central Tibet (western China) based on P-T-t paths of the eclogite-bearing Baqing metamorphic complex

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Crystallization sequences of coexisting andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite, and a report on a new locality: Lesjaverk, Norway

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Deep crustal source of gneiss dome revealed by eclogite in migmatite (Montagne Noire, French Massif Central)

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Deformation-enhanced recrystallization of titanite drives decoupling between U-Pb and trace elements

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Deformation-induced polymorphic transformation: experimental deformation of kyanite, andalusite, and sillimanite

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Diffusion geospeedometry in natural and experimental shear zones

scientific article published in September 2018

Discussion of “Monazite ages and the evolution of the Menderes Massif, western Turkey” (Int J Earth Sci 94:204–217)

scientific article published in 2006

Do oriented rutile needles and faceted/zoned inclusions in garnet require very high P-T to form?

Doing Time: Apatite Fission Track Analysis in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses

Driving mechanisms for >40 km of exhumation during contraction and extension in a continental arc, Cascades core, Washington

scientific article published on 20 May 2004

Effects of plate convergence obliquity on timing and mechanisms of exhumation of a mid-crustal terrain, the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex

Exhumation of orogenic crust: Diapiric ascent versus low-angle normal faulting

Exploring the Relationship of Scratch Resistance, Hardness, and other Physical Properties of Minerals using Mohs Scale Minerals

Extension rates, crustal melting, and core complex dynamics

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Fabric development during exhumation from ultrahigh-pressure in an eclogite-bearing shear zone, Western Gneiss Region, Norway

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Fast Pliocene integration of the Central Anatolian Plateau drainage: Evidence, processes, and driving forces

scientific article published in 2021

Flow of partially molten crust and origin of detachments during collapse of the Cordilleran Orogen

scholarly article by C. Teyssier et al published 2005 in Geological Society Special Publication

Flow of partially molten crust and the internal dynamics of a migmatite dome, Naxos, Greece

scientific article published in 2011

Fluid-rock interaction in orogenic crust tracked by zircon depth profiling

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Garnet polycrystals and the significance of clustered crystallization

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Garnets as open systems during regional metamorphism

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Geochronology and geochemistry of zircon from the northern Western Gneiss Region: Insights into the Caledonian tectonic history of western Norway

scholarly article by Stacia M. Gordon et al published March 2016 in Lithos

Gneiss domes and crustal flow

Gneiss domes and orogeny

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Gneiss domes, metamorphic core complexes, and wrench zones: Thermal and structural evolution of the Niğde Massif, central Anatolia

scientific article published on 11 September 2007

Growth and demise of continental arcs and orogenic plateaux in the North American Cordillera: from Baja to British Columbia

scientific article published in 2004

HP–UHT granulites in the East Kunlun Orogen, NW China: Constraints on the transition from compression to extension in an arc setting of the Proto‐Tethys Ocean

Hardness, toughness, and modulus of some common metamorphic minerals

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 92 no. 2-3, February 2007

High-pressure–low-temperature metamorphism of metasedimentary rocks, southern Menderes Massif, western Turkey

article by Donna L. Whitney et al published March 2008 in Lithos

High-resolution records of the late Paleocene thermal maximum and circum-Caribbean volcanism: Is there a causal link?

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Hot orogens

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Impact and extinction in remarkably complete Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections from Demerara Rise, tropical western North Atlantic

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Interpretation of tectonic versus magmatic processes for resetting apatite fission track ages in the Niğde Massif, Turkey

Intra-arc crustal loading and its tectonic implications, North Cascades crystalline core, Washington and British Columbia

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Introduction to avirtual special issueon metamorphic microstructures

Isothermal decompression, partial melting and exhumation of deep continental crust

scholarly article by Donna L. Whitney et al published 2004 in Geological Society Special Publication

Late orogenic mafic magmatism in the North Cascades, Washington: Petrology and tectonic setting of the Skymo layered intrusion

scholarly article by Donna L. Whitney et al published 30 April 2008 in Geological Society of America Bulletin

Lawsonite composition and zoning as an archive of metamorphic processes in subduction zones

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Lawsonite composition and zoning as tracers of subduction processes: A global review

scientific article published in October 2020

Lawsonite geochemistry and stability - implication for trace element and water cycles in subduction zones

scholarly article by L. A. J. Martin et al published 29 May 2014 in Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Lawsonite vorticity and subduction kinematics

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Lawsonite-rich layers as records of fluid and element mobility in subducted crust (Sivrihisar Massif, Turkey)

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Limit of channel flow in orogenic plateaux

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Linking deep and shallow crustal processes during regional transtension in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, northwestern Cordillera (USA)

article by Robert B. Miller et al published 11 May 2016 in Geosphere

Linking deep and shallow crustal processes in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, Washington

scholarly article published December 2009

Long length scales of element transport during reaction texture development in orthoamphibole-cordierite gneiss: Thor-Odin dome, British Columbia, Canada

scholarly article by Eric T. Goergen & Donna L. Whitney published 7 August 2011 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Low-temperature thermochronologic record of Eocene migmatite dome emplacement and late Cenozoic landscape development, Shuswap core complex, British Columbia

scientific article published in 2014

Low-temperature thermochronologic signature of range-divide migration and breaching in the North Cascades

scientific article published in 2014

Metamorphic and structural evidence for significant vertical displacement along the Ross Lake fault zone, a major orogen-parallel shear zone in the Cordillera of western North America

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Metamorphic and tectonic evolution of a structurally continuous blueschist-to-Barrovian terrane, Sivrihisar Massif, Turkey

Metamorphic history of the southern Menderes massif, western Turkey

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Metamorphism of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex, Turkey: influence of orogen-normal collision vs. wrench-dominated tectonics on P-T-t paths

scientific article published on 20 December 2001

Metamorphism of the deepest exposed arc rocks in the Cretaceous to Paleogene Cascades belt, Washington: evidence for large-scale vertical motion in a continental arc

article by P. M. Valley et al published 28 January 2003 in Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Microhardness, toughness, and modulus of Mohs scale minerals

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 91 no. 1, January 2006

Modeling of radial microcracks at corners of inclusions in garnet using fracture mechanics

scientific article published in 2000

Modification of garnet by fluid infiltration during regional metamorphism in garnet through sillimanite-zone rocks, Dutchess County, New York

article by Donna L. Whitney et al published 1 June 1996 in American Mineralogist

Numerical investigation of deep-crust behavior under lithospheric extension

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Oblique dilation, melt transfer, and gneiss dome emplacement

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Occurrence and Origin of Andalusite in Peraluminous Felsic Igneous Rocks

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Ophiolite gabbro from source to sink: A record of tectonic and surface processes in Central Anatolia

scientific article published in 2017

Orogenic eclogites record relative magnitude of deep crustal flow and extent of migmatite-eclogite interaction

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Orogenic plateau margin and the coexistence of HP and HT metamorphic rocks

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Our Study is Published, But the Journey is Not Finished!

scientific article published in August 2020

P-T-tevidence for mechanisms of vertical tectonic motion in a contractional orogen: north-western US and Canadian Cordillera

Paleocene-Eocene migmatite crystallization, extension, and exhumation in the hinterland of the northern Cordillera: Okanogan dome, Washington, USA

scientific article published in July 2008

Paleoenvironmental conditions and drainage evolution of the central Anatolian lake system (Turkey) during late Miocene to Pliocene surface uplift

scientific article published on 10 January 2020

Partial melting and decompression of the Thor-Odin dome, Shuswap metamorphic core complex, Canadian Cordillera

article by Britt H Norlander et al published April 2002 in Lithos

Petrofabrics of high-pressure rocks exhumed at the slab-mantle interface from the “point of no return” in a subduction zone (Sivrihisar, Turkey)

article by Donna L. Whitney et al published December 2014 in Tectonics

Petrogenesis and structural petrology of high-pressure metabasalt pods, Sivrihisar, Turkey

scholarly article by Peter B. Davis & Donna L. Whitney published 9 February 2008 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Petrogenesis of andalusite-kyanite-sillimanite veins and host rocks, Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt, Hamadan, Iran

article by A. A. Sepahi et al published February 2004 in Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Petrogenesis of kyanite- and corundum-bearing mafic granulite in a meta-ophiolite, SE Turkey

Petrogenesis of lawsonite and epidote eclogite and blueschist, Sivrihisar Massif, Turkey

Petrology, geothermobarometry, and P-T path of spinel-bearing symplectite migmatites from the Simin area, Hamedan, Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Quantitative determination of metamorphic reaction history: mass balance relations between groundmass and mineral inclusion assemblages in metamorphic rocks

Quartz and calcite microfabric transitions in a pressure and temperature gradient, Sivrihisar, Turkey

article published in 2013

Rapid late Miocene surface uplift of the Central Anatolian Plateau margin

Recrystallization of high-pressure marble (Sivrihisar, Turkey)

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Serpentinites of Different Tectonic Origin in an Exhumed Subduction Complex (New Caledonia, SW Pacific)

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Serpentinites of Different Tectonic Origin in an Exhumed Subduction Complex (New Caledonia, SW Pacific)

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Serpentinites of different tectonic origin captured in an HP/LT terrane: the case for New Caledonia (SW Pacific)

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Significance of variation in extent of recrystallization of zircon in orogenic eclogite

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Single-phase vs two-phase rifting: Numerical perspectives on the accommodation of extension during continental break-up

Supplemental Material: Breaking plates: Creation of the East Anatolian fault, the Anatolian plate, and a tectonic escape system

Supplemental Material: Breaking plates: Creation of the East Anatolian fault, the Anatolian plate, and a tectonic escape system

Syn-collapse eclogite metamorphism and exhumation of deep crust in a migmatite dome: The P–T–t record of the youngest Variscan eclogite (Montagne Noire, French Massif Central)

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Team-Teaching Petrology in a Tectonic Context

scientific article published in 1994

Tectonic burial and exhumation cycles tracked by muscovite and K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology in a strike-slip fault zone, central Turkey

scientific article published in February 2014

Tectonic controls on metamorphism, partial melting, and intrusion: timing and duration of regional metamorphism and magmatism in the Niğde Massif, Turkey

Tectono-stratigraphic terranes and the metamorphic history of the northeastern part of the crystalline core of the North Cascades: evidence from the Twisp Valley Schist

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The consequences of crustal melting in continental subduction

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The origin of contractional structures in extensional gneiss domes

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The origin of contractional structures in extensional gneiss domes: REPLY

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The role of partial melting and extensional strain rates in the development of metamorphic core complexes

scientific article published in November 2009

Thermal interaction of middle and upper crust during gneiss dome formation: example from the Montagne Noire (French Massif Central)

Three tectonothermal pulses recorded in eclogite and amphibolite of the Eastern Blue Ridge, Southern Appalachians

scientific article published in 2010

Time Scales of Metamorphism, Deformation, and Crustal Melting in a Continental Arc, North Cascades USA

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Timescales of migmatization, melt crystallization, and cooling in a Cordilleran gneiss dome: Valhalla complex, southeastern British Columbia

scientific article published in August 2008

Time–temperature–fluid evolution of migmatite dome crystallization: Coupled U–Pb age, Ti thermometry, and O isotopic ion microprobe depth profiling of zircon and monazite

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Timing of formation and exhumation of the Montagne Noire double dome, French Massif Central

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Timing of high-grade metamorphism in central Turkey and the assembly of Anatolia

scientific article published in 2004

Titanium concentration in quartz as a record of multiple deformation mechanisms in an extensional shear zone

article published in 2014

Trace and Rare Earth Element Compositions of Lawsonite as a Chemical Tracer of Metamorphic Processes in Subduction Zones

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Tracking the timing of subduction and exhumation using 40Ar/39Ar phengite ages in blueschist- and eclogite-facies rocks (Sivrihisar, Turkey)

article by Katherine F. Fornash et al published July 2016 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Transtensional folding

scientific article published in November 2013

U–Pb dates and trace-element geochemistry of zircon from migmatite, Western Gneiss Region, Norway: Significance for history of partial melting in continental subduction

scientific article published in June 2013

Viscoplastic flow in migmatites deduced from fabric anisotropy: An example from the Naxos dome, Greece

scientific article published in 2010

Viscous collision in channel explains double domes in metamorphic core complexes

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Viscous collision in channel explains double domes in metamorphic core complexes: REPLY

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Why is lawsonite eclogite so rare? Metamorphism and preservation of lawsonite eclogite, Sivrihisar, Turkey

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Yo-yo tectonics in a wrench zone, Central Anatolian fault zone, Turkey