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2023

• Davis, J.R., Roberts, N., Garibaldi, N., Chatzaras, V., Lusk, A.D., and Titus, S.J., 2023, A unified framework for statistics of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and other ellipsoidal data: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• Titus, S.J., *Hackenmueller, H., and Davis, J.R., 2023, Re-interpreting borehole breakouts from well logs in central California: Implications for stresses in the San Andreas fault system: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• *Tuma, A., *Kroha, A., Titus, S.J., and Reber, J.E., 2023, Borehole breakouts in cemented granular rock analogues: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• Fandel, C., Maxbauer, D.P., Titus, S.J., Barr, K., Cooper, J., Duffy, B., Larson, M., Savina, M.E., and Tipping, R.G., 2023, Long-term monitoring of campus-scale geothermal heat pump system using distributed temperature sensing: GSA Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

2022

• *Ross, E., Reber, J.E., Titus, S.J., and Garcia, A.F., 2022, Did the Gabilan mesa form because of the change in slip behavior on the San Andreas fault: GSA Fall Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Titus, S.J., and *Lindquist, P., 2022, What can small-scale structures tell us about large-scale deformation?: Examples from deformation bands in the Kreyenhagen Hills, San Andreas fault borderlands: GSA Fall Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Titus, S.J., *Smith, Cassandra, *Smith, Celine, and *Culverwell, R., 2022, Can anisotropic rocks influence stress directions in boreholes: Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, Bowdoin College, ME.

2021

• *Culverwell, R.L., Titus, S.J., and Reber, J.2021, Physical modeling of a creeping-to-locked transition in strike-slip fault behavior: Implications for off-fault deformation in the San Andreas fault system, central California: AGU Fall meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• *Ross, E.O., Davis, J.R., Titus, S.J., and Reber, J., 2021, How does the spatial distribution of GPS stations influence calculations of strain rate patterns: AGU Fall meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• *Smith, C., Titus, S.J., and Reber, J., 2021, Effects of heterogeneity on inferred stress directions using borehole breakout and hydraulic fracture orientations: A physical modeling approach: AGU Fall meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• *Hummel, N.V., Waag-Swift, S., and Titus, S.J., 2021, Small-scale faulting and block rotation near the Husavik-Flatey transform fault in northern Iceland: GSA Fall meeting, Portland, OR.

2020

• Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Kruckenberg, S.C., Titus, S.J., Teyssier, C., and Drury, M., 2020, Imposed strain localization in the mantle section of an oceanic transform zone revealed by microstructural and stress variations: EGU General Assembly: Vienna.

2019

• Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Kruckenberg, S.C., Titus, S.J., Teyssier, C., and Drury, M., 2019, Seismic cycle recorded by microstructural and stress variations in the mantle section of an oceanic transform zone: AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• *Hummel, N., Titus, S.J., *Waag-Swift, S., Ashwell, P., and Brown, M.C., 2019, Characterizing deformation surrounding the Húsavík-Flatey fault in northern Iceland through statistical analysis of structural and paleomagnetic data: AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• *Nyblade, L., *Nootenboom, K., *Lindquist, P., Titus, S.J., and French, M.E., 2019, Deformation experiments of the Etchegoin sandstone: AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• Titus, S.J., *Nootenboom, K., *Mertz, N., *Lindquist, P., *Houlihan, E., and Scott, C., 2019, Deformation bands near Parkfield, California: Impliations for deformation in the San Andreas fault system: AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2018

• Cooke, M., *Wang, Y., and Titus, S.J., 2018, Early fault geometry has greater influence than rheology on strike-slip fault development: EGU Spring meeting.
Davis, J.R., Titus, S.J., and Chatzaras, V., 2018, How do geologic data constrain shear zone models, really?: Structure and Tectonics Forum, Tempe Arizona.
• Titus, S.J., *Wagner, C., *Chapman W., and Davis, J.R., 2018, Quantifying distributed deformaiton near oceanic transform faults: Examples from Cyprus and Iceland: Structure and Tectonics Forum, Tempe AZ.
• *Waag-Swift, S., Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2018, Using small-scale structures to constrain distributed deformation near the Húsavík-Flatey fault, northern Iceland: Structure and Tectonics Forum, Tempe AZ.

2017

• *Bacon, A., Davis, J.R., and Titus, S.J., 2017, Using maximum-likelihood and Bayesian statistics to study shear zones and ridge-transform systems: GSA Fall meeting.
• Chatzaras, V., Kruckenberg, S.C., Titus, S.J., Tikoff, B., Teyssier, C., and Drury, M., 2017, Strain localization processes in the upper mantle section of an oceanic paleotransform fault, Bogota Peninsula shear zone, New Caledonia: GSA Fall meeting.
• Davis, J.R., Chatzaras, V., Roberts, N., Poppick, A., and Titus, S.J., 2017, Statistics of ellipsoidal data from ridge-transform systems: GSA Fall meeting.
• *Lindquist, P., French, M., and Titus, S.J., 2017, Experimentally produced deformation bands in Etchegoin sandstone: Implications for inferring stress directions in central California: GSA Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J., *Chapman, W., Horst, A., and Brown, M., 2017, Using statistical tools to unravel the development of the Húsavík-Flatey fault, northern Iceland: GSA Fall meeting.
• *Wang, Y., Cooke, M., and Titus, S.J., 2017, Echelon fault development depends on strain rate in wet kaolin: GSA Fall meeting.

2016

• *Bacon, A., Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2016, Maximum likelihood estimation of dynamic modles of ridge-transform intersections: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Chapman, W., Titus, S.J., and Horst, A., 2016, Paleomagnetic analysis of deformation and rotation associated with the Húsavík-Flatey Fault, northern Iceland: AGU Fall meeting.
• Chatzaras, V., Kruckenberg, S.C., Titus, S.J., Tikoff, B., Teyssier, C., and Drury, M., 2016, Three-dimensional mantle flow near an oceanic paleotransform fault system: Geological constrainsts from the Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia: AGU Fall meeting.
• Davis, J.R. and Titus, S.J., 2016, Quantifying uncertainty in inverse models of geologic data from shear zones: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Houlihan, E., Runkel, A., Feinberg, J.M., Cowan, C.A., and Titus, S.J., 2016, Review of paleomagnetic age constraints of mid-continent rift strata, upper midwestern United States: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Lindquist, P., *Newman, A.C., *Livesay, L., and Titus, S.J., 2016, Deformation bands in the Etchegoin Formation of central California: Implications for stress orientations NE of the San Andreas fault: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Ross, E., Titus, S.J., and Reber, J., 2016, Physical models of a locked-to-creeping transition along a strike-slip fault: Comparison with the San Andreas fault system in central California: AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J., *Wagner, C., *Alexander, S., and Davis, J.R., 2016, Heterogeneous deformation in a ridge-transform system: An xxample from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus: AGU Fall meeting.
• Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Kruckenberg, S.C., Newman, J., Titus, S.J., Withers, A., Teyssier, C., Drury, M., 2016, Rheological structure of the lithosphere in plate boundary strike-slip fault zones: EGU meeting.

2015

• Titus, S.J., *Wagner, C., *Alexander, S., *Scott, C., and Davis, J.R., 2015, Styles of deformation on either side of a ridge-transform intersection, Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus: AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, W., Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2015, A Bayesian approach to modeling 2D gravity data using polygon states: AGU Fall meeting.
• Roberts, N.M., Davis, J.R., Titus, S.J, and Tikoff, B., 2015, Harnessing multivariate statistics for ellipsoidal data in structural geology: AGU Fall meeting.
• Davis, J.R., Titus, S.J., Giorgis, S., and Horsman, E., 2015, Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation to assess uncertainty in models of naturally deformed rocks: AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J., *Newman, A., and *Yourd, A., 2015, Fold development at Kettleman Hills, central CA: Implications for off-fault deformation in the San Andreas fault system: GSA fall meeting.
• Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Titus, S.J., Kruckenberg, S., Withers, T., Teyssier, C., and Drury, M., 2015, Mantle deformation and strain localization at an oceanic paleotransform fault: The Bogota Peninsula shear zone: GSA fall meeting.
• *Houlihan, E., Runkel, A., Feinberg, J.M., Cowan, C.A., and Titus, S.J., 2015, Paleomagnetic age constraints of Mid-Continent Rift strata, Northern Minnesota: GSA fall meeting.
• Davis, J.R., Chatzaras, V., Michels, Z., Titus, S.J., and Tikoff, B., 2015, Modern statistical methods for analyzing 3D geologic data: 20th International Conference on Deformation mechanisms, Rheology, and Tectonics meeting, Aachen Germany.
• Titus, S.J., *Wagner, C.A., *Alexander, S.O., *Scott, S.C., and Davis, J.R., 2015, Comparing deformation from the inside and outside corners of a ridge-transform system using field and rock magnetic data, Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus: 20th International Conference on Deformation mechanisms, Rheology, and Tectonics meeting, Aachen Germany.
• Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Newman, J., Titus, S.J., Withers, A.C., Kruckenberg, S.C., and Drury, M.R., 2015, Seismic cycle is controlled by stress and displacement loading between crust and mantle: the Lithospheric Feedback model: 20th International Conference on Deformation mechanisms, Rheology, and Tectonics meeting, Aachen Germany.

2014

• Chatzaras, V., Titus, S., Tikoff, B., Drury, M.R., 2014, Microstructural and rheological constraints on the mantle strength of strike-slip fault systems: Evidence from the Bogota Peninsula shear zone, New Caledonia: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Wagner, C.A., *Alexander, S.O., and Titus, S.J., 2014, Rock magnetic data from the outside corner of a ridge-transform system, Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus: GSA Fall meeting.
• Davis, J.R., Titus, S.J., and Tikoff, B., 2014, Rotation statistics for geologic data: GSA Fall meeting.
• *Radue, M., *Yourd, A., and Titus, S.J., 2014, Three-dimensional fabric analysis and deformation of the South Mountain anticline, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: GSA Southeast section meeting, Blacksburg, VA.
• Davis, J.R., Titus, S.J., and Tikoff, B., 2014, Rotation statistics for geologic data: Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, Colorado School of Mines.
• Titus, S.J., *Newman, A., *Livesay, L., and *Yourd, A., 2014, Deformation bands in the Etchegoin Formation: Implications for stresses on the San Andreas fault in central California, Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, Colorado School of Mines.
• Tikoff, B., Davis, J., and Titus, S.J., 2014, Possible future directions for understanding transpressional deformation and oblique tectonics, EGU meeting.

2013

• *Livesay, L., *Newman, A., *Yourd, A., and Titus, S.J., 2013, Deformation bands in the Etchegoin Formation at Parkfield: Implications for stresses on the San Andreas fault in central California, GSA Fall meeting.
• Davis, J. R., and Titus, S.J., 2013, Modeling deformation across a paleotransform fault in the New Caledonia ophiolite using shape preferred orientation of orthopyroxene grains, GSA Fall meeting.
• Titus, W. J., and Titus, S.J., 2013, A Bayesian approach to modeling gravity data: Application to synthetic data and natural data from the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, GSA Fall meeting.

2012

• Davis, J.R., Horsman, E., and Titus, S.J., 2012, Using deformable clasts to constrain rock deformation: An example from the Gem Lake shear zone, GSA Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J., 2012, Comparing geologic and geodetic rates of deformation in actively deforming systmes: An example from the San Andreas fault system in central California, Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, Williams College.
• Davis, J.R., Giorgis, S., and Titus, S.J., 2012, Computational and statistical techniques for ellipsoidal includions, and application to the western Idaho shear zone, Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, Williams College.

2011

• *Scott, C., Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2011, A numerical kinematic model for deformation near a ridge-transform intersection in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus based on gabbro paleomagnetic rotations and sheeted dike orientations, AGU Fall meeting.
• *Newman, A.C., *Yourd, A. R., and Titus, S.J., 2011, Using deformation bands to characterize deformation at Kettleman Hills, California: Implications for off-fault deformation in the San Andreas fault borderlands, GSA Fall meeting.
• Davis, J.R., and Titus, S.J., 2011, Deformable and rigid ellipsoids in viscous flows: Computational techniques, GSA Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J. and Davis, J.R., 2011, A unified computational approach for models of homogeneous steady deformation, Penrose Conference on Deformation Localization, Spain.

2010

• *Scott, C., Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2010, Kinematic modeling of deformation near a ridge-transform intersection in the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus, AGU Fall meeting.
• *Yourd, A.R., *Newman, A., Titus, S.J., and Housen, B., 2010, Characterizing deformation at Kettleman Hills North Dome, central California using paleomagnetism and structural analysis, AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J. and Davis, J.R., 2010, Modeling the evolution of a transform fault in the mantle section of the New Caledonia ophiolite, AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J. and Davis, J.R., 2010, Modeling the evolution of a transform fault in the mantle section of the New Caledonia ophiolite, GeoNZ meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Titus, S.J., *Crump, S., *McGuire, Z., Horsman, E., and Housen, B., 2010, Paleomagnetic data from the Rinconada fault in central California: evidence for off-fault deformation and long-term creep along the San Andreas fault, GSA Cordilleran section meeting.

2009

• Titus, S.J., and Davis, J., 2009, Steady-state deformation using matrix exponentials: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Crump, S., Titus, S.J., *McGuire, Z., and Housen, B., Paleomagnetic data from the Rinconada fault in central California: evidence for off-fault deformation: AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J., and Liben, L., 2009, Synthesis of research on thinking and learning in the geosciences: The importance of spatial thinking for geoscience education: GSA Fall meeting.

2008

• Titus, S.J., Davis, J., Ferre, E., and Tikoff, B., 2008, Quantifying Strain Across a Paleotransform Fault in the Mantle Section of an Ophiolite, New Caledonia: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Dyson, M., Titus, S.J., DeMets, C., and Tikoff, B., 2008, Comparing geologic and geodetic patterns of deformation across the San Andreas fault system in central California: GSA Fall meeting.
• Kastens, K., Manduca, C., Cervato, C., Frodeman, R., Goodwin, C., Liben, L, Mogk, D.W., Spangler, T., Stillings, N., and Titus, S.J., 2008, Synthesizing research on thinking and learning in the geosciences: An interdisciplinary collaborative: GSA Fall meeting.

2007

• Titus, S.J., Ferre, E., and Tikoff, B., 2007. Quantifying strain in the mantle across a paleotransform fault, Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia: AGU Fall meeting.
• *Dyson, M., Titus, S.J., DeMets, C., and Tikoff, B., 2007. Distributed plate boundary deformation across the San Andreas fault system, central California: AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J., DeMets, C., Housen, B., and Tikoff, B., 2007. Geodetic and geologic deformation rates from the San Andreas fault system, central California. Invited talk at the Pardee symposium, GSA Fall meeting.
• Tikoff, B., Savage, M.K., and Titus, S.J., 2007. Lithospheric mantle deformation in the central San Andreas fault system. Pardee symposium at the GSA Fall meeting.
• Tikoff, B., Morgan, S., Horsman, E., de Saint Blanquat, M, and Titus, S.J., 2007. Magma conduits and chambers in shallow granitic systems: Evidence from the Henry Mountains and Sierra Nevada, USA. Hutton symposium, South Africa.
• Tikoff, B., and Titus, S.J., 2007. Lithospheric coupling in wrench and transpressional systems: Continental Tectonics and Mountain Building - the Peach and Horne meeting, Scotland.

2006

• Titus, S.J., DeMets, C., and Tikoff, B., 2006. Thirty-five-year creep rates for the creeping segment of the San Andreas fault and the effects of the 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield earthquake: AGU Fall meeting.
• Titus, S.J., Tikoff, B., and Housen, B., 2006. A kinematic model for the Rinconada fault system in central California based on structural analysis of en echelon folds: GSA Annual Meeting.
• Titus, S.J., Bedford, B., Maes, S., Ferre, E., and Tikoff, B., 2006. Strain across a mantle shear zone, Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia: GSA Annual Meeting.

2000-2005 (graduate school)

• Titus, S.J., Horsman, E., Goodwin, L., and Tikoff, B., 2005, Improving students' three-dimensional visualization skills in lecture and lab: GSA Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p. 412. Invited talk.
• Titus, S.J., and Tikoff, B., 2005. Evidence for hinge-parallel extension in the Monterey Formation: Implications for the kinematics of deformation across the San Andreas fault system: GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, v. 37, p. 73.
• Titus, S.J., Tikoff, B., and DeMets, C., 2004. Comparing geodetic and geologic data from the creeping segment of the San Andreas Fault, California: Eos Trans. AGU, v. 85 (47), Fall Meeting Supplement., Abstract G14A-03.
• Titus, S.J., Medaris, L.G. Jr., and Tikoff, B., 2003. An integrated study of upper mantle xenoliths from the San Andreas Fault, California: GSA Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 514.
• Titus, S.J., *Clark, R., and Tikoff, B., 2002. Preservation of a volcanic conduit: Johnson Granite Porphyry, Sierra Nevada, California: GSA Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. 374.
• Titus, S.J., Fossen, H., Pedersen, R.B., Vigneresse, J.L., and Tikoff, B, 2001. Preservation of the Leka Ophiolite Complex in a pull-apart setting, Norway: GSA Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. 25.
• Titus, S.J., Fossen, H., and Tikoff, B., 2000. Pull-apart formation during post-orogenic faulting in the Norwegian Caledonides, Leka Ophiolite Complex, Norway: European Union of Geosciences.