Publications

Undergraduate students denoted with an asterisk (* for Carleton, ** for UW-Madison)

Articles

Titus, S.J., *Crump, S., *McGuire, Z., Horsman, E., and Housen, B., in press, Using vertical axis rotations to characterize off-fault deformation across the San Andreas fault system, central California, Geology.
Davis, J.R., and Titus, S.J., 2011, Review Article: Homogeneous steady deformation: A review of computational techniques, Journal of Structural Geology, 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, 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Abstracts

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.

2009

Titus, S., and Davis, J., 2009, Steady-state deformation using matrix exponentials: AGU Fall meeting.
*Crump, S., Titus, S., *McGuire, Z., and Housen, B., Paleomagnetic data from the Rinconada faul 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.

Abstracts (continued)

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., 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

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.