Research in Structure & Tectonics @ TTU
Most of my geologic research is centered on detailed field geologic mapping, structural analysis from the map scale to the microscope, and collaborations with petrologists, geochronologists, sedimentologists and other geologists to evaluate:
• ​Tectonic evolution of Jurassic basins, magmatic arcs, and ophiolite in the Klamath Mountains (CA/OR) and western Sierra Nevada (CA). (NSF, 2021-2024).
• The nature of lower and midcrustal modification during Jurassic orogeny in the Klamath Mountains (CA/OR). (NSF, 2015-2019)
• Nature of fracture formation and biomineralization in bitumen-filled fractures in the Woodford Fm.
• Evaluating the timing and cause of gypsum vein formation in the Southern High Plains: Geomorphic indicators of recent vein injection?
• Fracture orientation as means of evaluating ambient stress field in the Southern High Plains
• Fracture orientation and intensity as a means of evaluating strike slip vs. thrust faulting in the Arbuckle Mountains, OK
• Structural evolution of Precambrian rocks of the Manzano Mountains, NM.
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Students! If you are interested in working on one of these projects, please drop me an email: aaron.yoshinobu@ttu.edu or message me @ttustructuralgeology.
