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Mark A. Evans
Associate Professor of Geology
Central Connecticut State University
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REFEREED PAPERSEvans, M. A., 1989a, Great Valley of northern Virginia: in N. B. Woodward ed., geometry and deformation fabrics in the Central and Southern Appalachian Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge, Field Trip Guidebook for International Geological Congress trip no. T357.
Evans, M. A., 1989b, The structural geometry and evolution of foreland thrust systems, northern Virginia: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 101, p. 339-355.
Evans, M. A., 1990, Reply to: The structural geometry and evolution of foreland thrust systems, northern Virginia: Alternative Interpretation: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102, p. 1444-1445.
Evans, M. A., and Dunne, W. M., 1991, Strain factorization and partitioning in a foreland thrust sheet, central Appalachians, U.S.A.: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 13, p. 21-36.
Evans, M. A., and Groshong, R. H., Jr., 1994 A computer program for the Calcite Strain Gauge technique: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 16, p. 277-281.
Evans, M. A., 1994, Joints and decollement zones in the Middle Devonian shales: Evidence for multiple deformation events in the central Appalachian Plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, p.447-460.
Evans, M. A., 1995, Fluid inclusions in veins from the Middle Devonian shales: A record of deformation conditions and fluid evolution in the Appalachian Plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, p. 327-339.
Evans, M. A. and Battles, D. A., 1997, Regional syn-orogenic fluid migration in the central Appalachians: Fluid geochemistry and fluid migration pathways in Hendry, J. P., Carey, P. F., Parnell, J., Ruffell, A. H., and Worden, R. H., eds., Contributions to the Second International Conference on Fluid Evolution, Migration and Interaction in Sedimentary Basins and Orogenic Belts, p. 87-92.
Evans, M. A., and Battles D. A., 1999, Fluid inclusion and stable isotope analysis of veins from the central Appalachian Valley and Ridge province: Implications for regional syn-orogenic hydrologic structure and fluid migration: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, p. 1841-1860.
Evans, M. A., Elmore, R. D., and Lewchuk, M. T., 2000, Examining the relationship between remagnetization and orogenic fluids: central Appalachians: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 69-70, p. 139-142.
Evans, M. A., Lewchuk, M. T., and Elmore, R. D., 2003, Strain partitioning and deformation mechanisms in limestones: examining the relationship of strain and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS): Journal of Structural Geology, v. 25, p. 1525-1549.
Evans, M. A., and Hobbs, G. C., 2003, Fate of ‘warm’ migrating fluids in the central Appalachians during the Late Paleozoic Alleghanian orogeny: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 78-79, p. 327-331. Evans, M. A., and Elmore, R. D., 2006. Fluid control of localized mineral domains in limestone pressure solution structures: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 28, p. 284-301. Elmore, R. D., J. Kelley, M. Evans, M. Lewchuk, 2001, Remagnetization and Orogenic Fluids: Testing the hypothesis in the central Appalachians: Geological Journal International, 144, 568-576.
Ferrill, D. A., Morris, A. P., Evans, M. A., Burkhard, M., Groshong, R. H., Jr., and Onasch, C. M., in press, Calcite twin morphology: A low temperature deformation geothermometer: Journal of Structural geology.
Gray, M. B., Stamatakos, J. A., Ferrill, D. A., and Evans, M. A., in review, Fault-zone deformation in welded tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Structural Geology.
Lewchuk, M. T., Evans, M., and Elmore, R. D., 2002, Remagnetization signature of Paleozoic sediments from the Patterson Creek Anticline in West Virginia, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 27, 1141-1150.
Lewchuk, M. T., Evans, M., and Elmore, R. D., 2003, Synfolding remagnetization and deformation: results from the Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in West Virginia, Geophysical Journal International, 151, 1-15.
O’Brien. V.J., Elmore, R.D., Engel, M.H., Evans, M.A., 2006, Timing and origin of orogenic remagnetizations in Mississippian carbonates, Sawtooth Range, Montana. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 89, 297-301.
PAPERS IN REVIEW
Elmore, R. D., Foucher, J. L., Evans, M. A., and Cox, E., in review, Remagnetization of the Tonoloway Formation and the Helderberg Group in the central Appalachians: Testing the origin of synfolding magnetizations: Geophysical Journal International.
PAPERS IN PREPARATION
Evans, M. A., and Bartholomew, M. J., Crustal fluid evolution and changes in deformation conditions during regional syn- to post-orogenic unroofing: Southeastern Piedmont, southern Appalachians.
UNREVIEWED COMMUNICATIONS
Evans, M. A., 1979, Fracture density and orientation in the Reel Energy #3 D/K core form Mason County, West Virginia: USDOE/METC Open-File Report No. 52, 48 p.
Evans, M. A., 1979, Fracture density and orientation study of the MERC #1 core, Monongalia County, West Virginia: USDOE/METC Open-File Report No. 194, 38 p.
Evans, M. A., 1980, Fractures in Oriented Devonian shale cores from the Appalachian Basin: M.S. Thesis, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 276 p.
Evans, M. A., 1986, The structural Geometry of the Great Valley/Blue Ridge transition zone, northwestern Virginia: in R. C. Shumaker, compiler, Appalachian Industrial Associates Program, v. 11, p. 191-208.
Evans, M. A., 1989, Structure of foreland thrust systems, northern Virginia: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 140 p.
Evans, M. A., 2002, Pittsburgh’s Changing Rivers: A Geomophologic History of the Point. Website http://lewisandclark.pghhistory.org/13.0_geology.html
Evans, M. A., 2003. A Geological Site Inventory of the Pittsburgh Area. Website.
ABSTRACTS
Evans, M. A., 1983, Subsurface fracture systems in the Devonian shales of the Appalachian Basin: in 14th Annual Appalachian Basin Petroleum Geology Symposium Program and Abstracts, Appalachian Fractured Reservoirs, West Virginia Geological Survey, p. 20-26.
Evans, M. A., and Anderson, T. A., 1986a, Ductile and brittle deformation in the North Mountain thrust sheet, northwestern Virginia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, n. 3, p. 219.
Evans, M. A., and Anderson, T. A., 1986b, The structural Geometry of the North Mountain Duplex, northwestern Virginia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, p. 596.
Evans, M. A., 1988a, Cumulative strain patterns and kinematics of an imbricate thrust structure that has passed across a ramp: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, n. 7, p. A107.
Evans, M. A., 1988b, The formation and emplacement of large thrust sheets on the eastern margin of North America: in Bartholomew, M. J., ed., Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Basement Tectonics, Butte, MT, 8; P. 731
Evans, M. A., and Dunne, W. M., 1988, Vertical strain variation in a thrust sheet: an example from the North Mountain thrust sheet, Virginia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, n. 4, p. 263.
Evans, M. A., and Dunne, W. M., 1989, Geometry of a foreland tectonite front: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, p. A67.
Evans, M. A., and Dunne, W. M., 1990, Tectonite fronts in thrust systems as a function of deformation conditions: Implications for paleo-taper determination and thrust wedge dynamics: Thrust Tectonics Conference, April 4-6, 1990, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey.
Evans, M. A., and Mroz, T., 1990a, Fracture genesis in a foreland basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. A95.
Evans, M. A., and Mroz, T., 1990b, Fracturing and hydrocarbon generation in Devonian Shale of the Appalachian Plateau: in 21st Annual Appalachian Basin Petroleum Geology Symposium Program with Abstracts, West Virginia Geological Survey, p. 18-19.
Evans, M. A., 1991, The structural geometry of the Great Valley/Blue Ridge transition, northwestern Virginia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. 27.
Evans, M. A., and Anderson, T. H., 1991, The eastern Great Valley of northern Virginia and the Massanutten synclinorium - more complexity than meets the eye: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. 27.
Evans, M. A., 1991, Hydrocarbon generation and migration in the central Appalachian basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, p. 1382.
Evans, M. A., and Anderson, T. H., 1992, Evidence for a late Alleghanian east-west shortening event in the central Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p. 14.
Evans, M. A., 1992, The interrelationship of attrition breccias, high-dilation breccias, and injected fluidized breccias within the Blue Ridge thrust zone, central Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p. 362.
Evans, M. A., and Battles, D. A., 1993, Structural and stratigraphic controls on fluid distribution in the central Appalachian Valley and Ridge province during the Alleghanian orogeny: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. 167.
Evans, M. A., and Battles, D. A., 1994, Bed-parallel calcite veins in the core of Wills Mountain anticline: implications for deformation conditions and fluid flow during the Alleghanian orogeny: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 12-13.
Evans, M. A., and Battles, D. A., 1994, Fluid geochemistry and fluid migration pathways during the Alleghanian Orogeny, Central Appalachians, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 182.
Evans, M. A., and Battles, D. A., 1996, Characterization of a late Alleghanian fluid migration event in the central Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, p. 52.
Evans, M. A., and Bartholomew, M. J., 1997, Fluid evolution in the southeastern Piedmont: Late Paleozoic through Cenozoic: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. 16.
Evans, M. A., 1997 Changes in pressure/temperature conditions in a deforming fold-and-thrust belt: Central Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. 16.
Evans, M. A., 1998, Hydrologic structure of the central Appalachians during the Late Paleozoic Alleghanian orogeny: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, p. 11.
Evans, M. A., Egger, J., Haight, J., Elmore,R. D., 1998, Examining the relationship between remagnetization and orogenic fluids; Central Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, p. 128.
Evans, M., M. Lewchuk, and R. D., Elmore, 1999, Paleomagnetism of folded sediments in West Virginia – Implications for the validity of the fold test: Eos, Trans., v. 80, p. F289.
Evans, M. A., 2000, Characterizing the deformation associated with cross-strike tear faults in south central Pennsylvania: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. v. 32, p 16.
Evans, M.A., Lewchuk, M. T., and Elmore, R. D., 2001, A comparison of the magnetic response of two limestone units: effects of grain size and iron oxide particle distribution. EGS meeting, March 2001, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 03, p. 1313.
Evans, M. A., Lewchuk, M. T., and Elmore, R. D., 2001, Strain partitioning of deformation mechanisms in limestones: Examining the relationship of strain and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p .
Evans, M. A., 2003, Mineral dissolution and neocrystallization in limestone solution structures: the control of fluid chemistry during deformation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p .
Evans, M. A., and Hobbs, G. C., 2003, Fate of ‘warm’ migrating fluids in the central Appalachians during the Late Paleozoic Alleghanian orogeny: Abstract for Geofluids III Meeting, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Evans, M. A., 2004, syn-orogenic changes in overburden thickness and deformation conditions in the central appalachians: evidence from fluid inclusions: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. Evans, M. A., 2005, GEOSITES: A Web-Based Geologic Site Inventory as a Link Between the Classroom and the Field, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. , p. . Evans, M. A., and Cox, E., 2006, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) of Central Appalachian Sandstones: Examining the Relationship Between Lithology, Deformation Mechanisms, and Strain, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. , p. . Evans, M. A., 2006, Evaluating Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) as a Proxy for Strain Measurement in Sedimentary Rocks, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. , p. . Evans, M. A, Wizevich, M., and Manning, E. B., 2008, Mapping brittle structures in the Holyoke basalt of the Hartford basin using Lidar-based DEM data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. , p. . Battles, D. A., and Evans, M. A., 1994, Fluid geochemistry and fluid migration pathways during the Alleghanian orogeny, central Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. .
Chapman, M. G., Evans, M. A., and McHone, J. F., 2004,Triassic Cratered Cobbles: Shock Effects or Tectonic Pressure?: Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Consortium, v. p.
Elmore, R. D., Foucher, J. L., Evans, M. A., and Cox, E., 2003, Remagnetization of the Tonoloway Formation and the Helderberg Group in the central Appalachians: Testing the origin of synfolding magnetizations. European Geophysical Society Annual Meeting, Nice, France.
Elmore, R. D., J. Kelley, M. Lewchuk, J. Egger, and M. Evans, 1999, Remagnetization and orogenic Fluids: Testing the hypothesis in the central Appalachians: Eos, Trans., v. 80, p. F289.
Fisher, M. P., Higuera-Diaz, I. C., Lefticaiu, L., Perry, E. C., and Evans, M. A., 2002, Fluid migration during salt-detached folding in northeastern Mexico: Geological Society of London.
Fisher, M. P., Higuera-Diaz, I. C., Lefticaiu, L., Perry, E. C., and Evans, M. A., 2003, Relations between folding, fractures, fluids, and stratigraphy in the Mexican Sierra Madre Oriental: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. p.
Gray, M.B., Stamatakos, J.A., Evans, M. A., and Ferrill, D. A., 1999, Fault behavior and Fault Zone Architecture in Miocene Volcanic Tuffs at Yucca Mountain, NV: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. V. 80, p. 741.
Gryta, J., Camasi, K., and Evans, M. A., 1996, The Erie fold and thrust belt: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, p. 60.
Higuera-Diaz, I. C., Fisher, M. P., Lefticaiu, L., Perry, E. C., and Evans, M. A., 2002, Fracture-controlled fluid migration in a detachment fold: An example from the Mexican Sierra Madre Oriental: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. .
Hobbs, G. C. and Evans, M. A., Characterizing paleofluids in the western Valley and Ridge province of West Virginia: uncovering the fate of migrating ‘warm’ fluids: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. p.
Lewchuk, M.T.; Elmore, R.D.; Evans, M., Detailed paleomagnetic analysis of a single fold in West Virginia - implications for the applicability of the Fold test. EGS meeting, March 2001, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 03, 1316.
Lefticaiu, L., Perry, E. C., Fisher, M. P., Higuera-Diaz, I. C., Evans, M. A., and Fong, J., 2002, Isotopic and petrographic evidence of thermochemical sulfate reduction, Sierra Madre Oriental: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. .
Lydy, K. R., and Evans, M. A., 2001, Rock strain, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS), and magnetic mineralogy of the middle Devonian Oriskany sandstone, West Virginia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. p. Manning, E. B., and Evans, M. A., 2007, Paleofluids in brittle faults from the western border fault zone of the Hartford basin: Evidence from fluid inclusions: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. p. Ruskin, B. G., and Evans, M. A., 2000, Fluid inclusion analysis of veins from the western margin of the Valley and Ridge province, northern West Virginia: implications for syn-orogenic paleofluid flow: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, p. 71. Tedone, M., and Evans, M. A., 2008, Hydrogeologic characterization of a mountaintop seepage lake in central Connecticut, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. p. Zechmeister, M. S., O’Brien, V. J., Pannalal, S. J., Elmore, R.D., Ferre, E.C., and Evans, M. A., 2007, Paleomagnetic dating of alteration associated with fluid flow events in Carboniferous carbonates, Northern Rockies, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Proceedings, v. p. .
PENROSE CONFERENCE PAPERS
Evans, M. A., 1987, The use of seismic reflection data in thrust terranes: An example from the North Mountain duplex: Paper presented at Penrose Conference on the Construction of Geologic Cross-sections: Techniques, Assumptions, and Methods, May 3-8,1987, Rosendale, New York.
Ferrill, D., Evans, M. A., Burkhard, M., Mosar, J., Apotria, T., and Groshong, R. H., Jr., Calcite twin geometry: A paleothermometer for foreland fold-thrust belts: Presented at Penrose Conference on Application of Strain: From Microstructures to Mountain Belts, September 9-13, 1992, Liscomb Mills, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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