• Fault evolution and strain partitioning within deforming continents 

    Ye, Jiyang (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Diffuse deformation within continents and over broad plate boundary zones deviates from the prediction of plate tectonics theory. Some of the deforming ...
  • Induced seismicity in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah 

    Brown, Megan (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
    Utah is one of the top producers of oil and natural gas in the United States. Over the past 18 years, more than 4.2 billion gallons of wastewater from the petroleum industry have been injected into the Navajo Sandstone, ...
  • Two phases of extension in North China since Mesozoic : 

    Lin, Feng (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
    The North China Craton was formed around 1.8 Ga by collision and amalgamation of the Eastern and Western blocks. It remained tectonically stable since then until the Mesozoic, when its eastern part experienced widely ...