Peer reviewed publications
Undergraduate authors denoted with an asterisk- *Ross, E.O., Reber, J.E., Titus, S.J., and Garcia, A.F., 2024, Using a landscape fingerprint to identify changes in fault-slip behavior: Geology, v. 52, p. 841-845, doi.org/10.1130/G52156.1
- *Ross, E.O., Reber, J., and Titus, S.J.,, 2022, Relating slip behavior to off-fault deformation using physical models, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 49, doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096784.
- *Hummel, N.V., *Waag-Swift, S., and Titus, S.J., 2022, Statistical analysis of small faults in rotated blocks of crust near the Húsavík-Flatey transform fault, northern Iceland: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 127, e2021JB022956, doi: 10.1029/2021JB022956.
- Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2020, Problems with net tectonic rotation for dikes and suggestions for alternative approaches: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 122, 10.1029/2020GC009395.
- Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Kruckenberg, S., Titus, S.J., Teyssier, C., and Drury, M.R., 2020, Stress variations in space and time within the mantle section of an oceanic transform zone: Evidence for the seismic cycle: Geology, v. 49, doi: 10.1130/G47137.1
- Titus, S.J., Chapman, W., Horst, A.J., Brown, M., and Davis, J.R., 2018, Distributed deformation in an oceanic transform system: Applying statistical tools to structural and paleomagnetic data near the Husavik-Flatey fault, northern Iceland: Tectonics, doi: 10.1029/2018TC005096.
- Davis, J.R., and Titus, S.J., 2017, Review article: Modern methods of analysis for three-dimensional orientational data: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 96, p. 65-89, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2017.01.002.
- Titus, W.J., Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2017, A Bayesian approach to modeling 2D gravity data using polygons: Geophysics, v. 82, p. 1-21, doi: 10.1190/geo2016-0153.1.
- Davis, J.R., Titus, S.J., and Horsman, E., 2013, Non-steady homogeneous deformations: Computational techniques using Lie theory, and application to ellipsoidal markers in naturally deformed rocks, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 56, p. 142-155, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.08.003.
- *Scott, C., Titus, S.J., and Davis, J.R., 2013, Using field data to constrain a numerical kinematic model for ridge-transform deformation in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus, Lithosphere, v. 5, p. 109-127, doi: 10.1130/L237.1.
- Liben, L.S. and Titus, S.J., 2012, The importance of spatial thinking in geoscience education: Insights from the crossroads of geoscience and cognitive science, in Kastens, K.A. and Manduca, C.A., Earth and Mind II: A synthesis of research on thinking and learning in the geosciences, Geological Society of America Special Publication 486, pp. 51-70, doi: 10.1130/2012.2486(10).
- Titus, S.J., *Crump, S., *McGuire, Z., Horsman, E., and Housen, B., 2011, Using vertical axis rotations to characterize off-fault deformation across the San Andreas fault system, central California, Geology, v. 39, p. 711-714, doi: 10.1130/G31802.1.
- Davis, J.R., and Titus, S.J., 2011, Review Article: Homogeneous steady deformation: A review of computational techniques, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 33, p. 1046-1062, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.001.
- Titus, S.J., Maes, S., Benford, B., Ferre, E., and Tikoff, B., 2011, Fabric development in the mantle section of a paleotransform fault and its effect on ophiolite obduction, New Caledonia, Lithosphere, v. 3,p. 221-244, doi:10.1130/L122.1.
- Titus, S.J., *Dyson, M., DeMets, C., Tikoff, B., Rolandone, R., and Burgmann, R., 2011, Geologic versus geodetic deformation adjacent to the San Andreas fault, central California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 123, p. 794-820; doi: 10.1130/B30150.1.
- Kastens, K.A., Manduca, C.A., Cervato, C., Frodeman, R., Goodwin, C., Liben, L.S., Mogk, D.W., Spangler, T.C., Stillings, N.A., Titus, S.J., 2009, How Geoscientists Think and Learn: Eos, v. 90, p. 265-266, doi: 10.1029/eost2009EO31.
- Titus, S.J., and Horsman, E., 2009, Characterizing and improving spatial visualization skills: special volume on Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 57, p. 242-254. Access pdf here.
- Rolandone, F., Burgmann, R., Agnew, D.C., Johanson, I.A., Templeton, D.C., d'Alessio, M.A., Titus, S.J., DeMets, C., and Tikoff, B., 2008, Aseismic slip and fault-normal strain along the creeping section of the San Andreas fault: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L14305, doi: 10.1029/2008GL034437.
- Titus, S.J., Housen, B., and Tikoff, B., 2007. A kinematic model for the Rinconada fault system in central California based on structural analysis of en echelon folds and paleomagnetism: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 29, p. 961-982, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.02.004.
- Titus, S.J., Medaris, L.G. Jr., Wang, H., and Tikoff, B., 2007. Continuation of the San Andreas fault into the upper mantle: Evidence from spinel peridotite xenoliths in the Coyote Lake Basalt, central California: Tectonophysics, v. 429, p. 1-20, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.07.004.
- 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: Constraints from alignment arrays, continuous GPS, and creepmeters: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 96, p. 5250-5268, doi: 10.1785/0120050811.
- Titus, S.J., *Clark, R., and Tikoff, B., 2005. Geologic and geophysical investigation of two fine-grained granites, Sierra Nevada, California: Evidence for structural controls on emplacement and volcanism: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, p. 1256-1271, doi: 10.1130/B25689.1.
- Titus, S.J., Tikoff, B., and DeMets, C., 2005. New slip rate estimates for the creeping segment of the San Andreas fault, California: Geology, v. 33, p. 205-208, doi: 10.1130/G21107.1.
- Titus, S.J., Fossen, H., Pedersen, R.B., Vigneresse, J.L., and Tikoff, B., 2002. Pull-apart formation and strike-slip partitioning in an obliquely-divergent setting, Leka Ophiolite, Norway: Tectonophysics, v. 354, p. 101-119, doi: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00293-7.