Faculty RoyW.Schlische,Professor,Ph.D.,Columbia,Extensionaltectonics;

structuralandstratigraphicevolutionofriftbasins;scalemodeling;growthanddevelopmentofnormalfaults;inversion

MarthaOliverWithjack,Professor,Ph.D.,Brown,Experimentalmodelingofgeologicstructures;seismicexpressionofstructures;developmentofriftbasinsandpassivemargins;basininversion;hydrocarbonhabitatofextensionalsystems

Facilities, Equipment, and Resources •Experimentalstructuralmodelinglaboratory•Sectionedclaymodelsofnormal,oblique-slip,andstrike-slipfaultingexperiments•2-D/3-Dseismic-interpretationlab•Seismicdatafromseveralriftbasinsandpassivemargins•RutgersCoreRepository:NewarkBasinCoringProject,ArmyCorpsofEngineerscoresfromNewarkbasin Research Projects •Reactivationofpre-existingstrike-slipandthrustfaultsduring

extension•SynriftandpostrifthistoryofOrpheusriftbasin,offshoreCanada•Influenceofsynriftsaltonrift-basindevelopment•Faultcorrugationsaskinematicindicators•Relationshipsamongrifting,breakup,inversion,andlarge-

igneous-provincevolcanismineasternNorthAmerica•Comparisonofthedeformationalstylesofwetclayanddrysand•Influenceofdeformationrateonfaultpopulations•Experimentalmodelingofmultiplephasesofextension•Influenceofmechanicalstratigraphyonfaultsandfault-related

folds•Geometricandexperimentalmodelingofextensionalfault-bend

folds•Experimentalmodelingofobliqueextensionandobliqueinversion•3-Dgeometryofinversionstructures,Mesozoicriftbasins,easternNorthAmerica•Evolutionofaccommodationzonesandfaultlinkagestructuresinexperimentalmodels•Normal-faultpopulationsandscalinglaws:fieldstudiesandexperimentalmodels•Structuralcontrolsonsedimentarysystems•Usingexperimentalmodelstotestrestoration/balancingmethods•Comparativestudiesofpassivemargins:U.S.AtlanticMargin,GrandBanks,NorthSea,Norwegianmargin,Northwest

ShelfofAustralia•Reconstructing3Dgeometryoffaultsanddeformedhorizonsusingserialsectionsofclaymodels•Effectsofviscousmaterialonbasement-involvedanddetachedextension•Experimentalandnumericalmodelingofextensionalfaultsystems For more information: DepartmentofEarth&PlanetarySciences•RutgersUniversity•610TaylorRoad•PiscatawayNJ08854•USARoySchlische,+1(848)445-6974,

schlisch@eps.rutgers.eduMarthaWithjack,+1(848)445-6977,

drmeow3@eps.rutgers.eduDepartmentWebsite:http://geology.rutgers.eduStructureGroupWebsite:

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~schlisch/

Crosssectionofsandmodel(top)andclaymodel(bottom)

OldWifePoint,FiveIslandsPark,Fundyriftbasin,NovaScotia,Canada

Interpretedseismicprofileofalistricfaultshowingassociatedfault-bendfolds

Select Recent Publications Withjack,M.O.,Henza,A.A.,Schlische,R.W.,2017,3Dfaultgeometriesandinteractions

withinexperimentalclaymodelsofmultiphaseextension:AAPGBulletin,v.101(11),p.1767-1789.

Whipp,P.S.,Jackson,C.A.L.,Schlische,R.W.,Withjack,M.O.,Gawthorpe,R.L.,2016,Spatialdistributionandevolutionoffault-segmentboundarytypesinriftsystems;observationsfromexperimentalclaymodels,inThegeometryandgrowthofnormalfaults:GeologicalSocietyofLondonSpecialPublication439.

Schlische,R.W.,Groshong,R.H.,Withjack,M.O.,Hidayah,T.N.,2014,Quantifyingthegeometry,displacements,andsubresolutiondeformationinthrust-rampanticlineswithgrowthanderosion:Frommodelstoseismic-reflectionprofile:JournalofStructuralGeology,v.69,p.304-319.

Withjack,M.O.,Schlische,R.W.,Malinconico,M.L.,Olsen,P.E.,2013,Rift-basindevelopment—lessonsfromtheTriassic-JurassicNewarkbasinofeasternNorthAmerica,inMohriak,W.U.,etal.,eds.,ConjugateDivergentMargins,GeologicalSociety(London)SpecialPublication369,p.301-321.

Henza,A.A.,Withjack,M.O.,Schlische,R.W.,2011,Howdothepropertiesofapre-existingnormal-faultpopulationinfluencefaultdevelopmentduringasubsequentphaseofextension?:JournalofStructuralGeology,v.33,p.1312-1324.

Faulkner,D.,Jackson,C.A.L.,Lunn,R.J.,Schlische,R.W.,Shipton,Z.,Wibberly,C.,andWithjack,M.O.,2010,Areviewofrecentdevelopmentsregardingthestructure,mechanicsandfluid-flowpropertiesoffaultzones:JournalofStructuralGeology,v.11,p.1557-1575.

Withjack,M.O.,Baum,M.S.,Schlische,R.W.,2010,Influenceofpreexistingfaultfabriconinversion-relateddeformation:AcasestudyoftheinvertedFundyriftbasin,southeasternCanada:Tectonics,v.29,TC6004,22pages.

Schlische,R.W.,Withjack,M.O.,2009,Originoffaultdomainsandfault-domainboundaries(transferzonesandaccommodationzones)inextensionalprovinces--resultofrandomnucleationandself-organizedfaultgrowth:JournalofStructuralGeology,v.31,p.910-925.

Withjack,M.O.,Schlische,R.W.,Henza,A.A.,2007,Scaledexperimentalmodelsofextension:Drysandvs.wetclay:HoustonGeologicalSurveyBulletin,v.49(8),p.31-49.

Withjack,M.O.,Schlische,R.W.,2006,Geometricandexperimentalmodelsofextensionalfault-bendfolds:GeologicalSociety(London)SpecialPublication253,p.285-305.

Schlische,R.W.,Withjack,M.O.,Olsen,P.E.,2003,RelativetimingofCAMP,rifting,continentalbreakup,andinversion:tectonicsignificance:AmericanGeophysicalUnionMonograph136,p.33-59.

Schlische,R.W.,Withjack,M.O.,Eisenstadt,G.,2002,Anexperimentalstudyofthesecondarydeformationproducedbyoblique-slipnormalfaulting:AAPGBulletin,v.86,p.885-906.

Withjack,M.O.,Schlische,R.W.,Olsen,P.E.,2002,Rift-basinstructureanditsinfluenceonsedimentarysystem:SEPMSpecialPublication73,p.57-81.

Recent Student Research Projects BariHanafi,Ph.D.,Experimentalmodelingofinversioninsalt-richrift

basins;salttectonicsineasternNorthAmericaCésarSequeira,Ph.D.,“Correlationofpostriftdeformationalelements

innortheasternNorthAmerica:Constraintsfromradiometricages,seismicityanduplift”

MattathiasNeedle,M.S.,“Effectofvaryingthegeometryofpre-existingzonesofweaknessinclay-puttymodelsonstructuraldevelopment,withcomparisonstotheJeanned’Arcbasin”

NatalieStier,M.S.,“KinematicdevelopmentoftheFlyingFoamregionoftheJeanned’Arcriftbasin,offshoreeasternCanada”

SeanKinney,HenryRutgersHonorsResearchProject;“Influenceofmechanicalstratigraphyonthedevelopmentofthrustfaultsandassociatedsecondarystructures:Ascaledexperimentalapproach”

ChristianPutraGinting,M.S.,“Influenceofpre-existingstrike-slipfaultsonfaultdevelopmentduringasubsequentphaseofextension”BeatrizE.SerranoSanchez,M.S.,“EvolutionoftheJeanned'Arcbasin,offshoreNewfoundland,Canada:3dseismicevidencefor>100

m.y.ofrifting”NicholasTedeschi,IndependentStudyProject;“Analysisofamass-transportdeposit(MTD)fromthenorthwesternJeanned’Arcbasin,

offshoreNewfoundland,Canada”Etikha,M.S.;"PostriftdeformationoftheScotianbasin,offshoreNovaScotiaandNewfoundland,Canada:Insightsfrom2Dand3D

seismic-reflectiondata"ZulfitriadiSyamsir,M.S.,"TheMesozoicOrpheusriftbasin,offshoreNovaScotiaandNewfoundland,Canada:Synriftandearlypostrift

evolutionofawell-imagedNorthAtlanticriftbasin"EmilyPoorvin,M.S.;“Experimentalmodelingofgravitationalcollapsestructures”MichaelDurcanin,M.S.,“Influenceofsynriftsaltonrift-basindevelopment;ApplicationtotheOrpheusbasin,offshoreeasternCanada”AlissaA.Henza,Ph.D.,“Normal-faultdevelopmentduringmultiplephasesofrifting”MarkBaum,Ph.D.,“Controlsonthedeformationproducedbyobliqueinversionofriftbasins:Whichstructuresreflectthepaleostrain

state?”AmberGranger,M.S.,"Influenceofbasalboundaryconditionsonnormal-faultgeometriesinscaledphysicalmodelsofextension"JenniferS.ElderBrady,M.S.,"Effectivenessofsmall-scalestructuresindecipheringthetectonichistoryoftheFundyriftbasin"

Planviewofaccommodationzonesinclaymodelofextension

NormalfaultsinSoliteQuarry,Danvilleriftbasin,Virginia