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Terry L. Pavlis is affiliated with The University of Texas at El Paso in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to subfields such as Geophysics, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's work spans several key topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Terry L. Pavlis has contributed to numerous publications, with a frequent presence in these venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geology
  • GSA Today

Representative recent papers include:

  • Photogrammetric 3D Model via Smartphone GNSS Sensor: Workflow, Error Estimate, and Best Practices (2020) in Remote Sensing
  • Evidence for 40-41 km of dextral slip on the southern Death Valley fault: Implications for the Eastern California shear zone and extensional tectonics (2021) in Geology
  • Subduction Polarity in Ancient Arcs: A Call to Integrate Geology and Geophysics to Decipher the Mesozoic Tectonic History of the Northern Cordillera of North America: REPLY (2020) in GSA Today
  • Applications of modern digital mapping systems to Assist inclusion of persons with disabilities in geoscience education and research (2022) in Journal of Structural Geology
  • Strategies for effective unmanned aerial vehicle use in geological field studies based on cognitive science principles (2022) in Geosphere

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues such as Laura Serpa, Sarah M. Roeske, Basil Tikoff, Jeffrey M. Amato, and Jeffrey M. Trop.

Best Publications

  • Ductile extrusion of the Higher Himalayan Crystalline in Bhutan: evidence from quartz microfabrics

    Djordje Grujic;Martin Casey;Cameron Davidson;Lincoln S. Hollister

  • Introduction: An overview of ridge-trench interactions in modern and ancient settings

    Virginia B. Sisson;Terry L. Pavlis;Sarah M. Roeske;Derek J. Thorkelson

  • Fold-fault relationships in low-angle detachment systems

    Neil S. Mancktelow;Terry L. Pavlis

  • Crustal structure of the Yakutat terrane and the evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska

    Lindsay L. Worthington;Lindsay L. Worthington;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Sean P. S. Gulick;Gail L. Christeson

  • The Yakutat terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness across the Transition fault, Alaska

    Gail L. Christeson;Sean P.S. Gulick;Harm J.A. van Avendonk;Lindsay L. Worthington

  • Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge

    Aaron L. Berger;Sean P. S. Gulick;James A. Spotila;Phaedra Upton

  • Deformation during terrane accretion in the Saint Elias orogen, Alaska

    Ronald L. Bruhn;Terry L. Pavlis;George Plafker;Laura Serpa

  • The MS = 7.3 1992 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake in the tien shan: 2. Aftershock focal mechanisms and surface deformation

    Sujoy Ghose;Robert J. Mellors;Andrei M. Korjenkov;Michael W. Hamburger

  • Tectonic processes during oblique collision: Insights from the St. Elias orogen, northern North American Cordillera

    Terry L. Pavlis;Carlos Picornell;Carlos Picornell;Laura Serpa;Ronald L. Bruhn

  • Structural and seismic evidence for intracontinental subduction in the Peter the First Range, Central Asia

    Michael W. Hamburger;Daniel R. Sarewitz;Terry L. Pavlis;Gyorgi A. Popandopulo

  • Geologic consequences of plate reorganization: An example from the Eocene southern Alaska fore arc

    Virginia B. Sisson;Terry L. Pavlis

  • Intense localized rock uplift and erosion in the St Elias orogen of Alaska

    E. Enkelmann;P. K. Zeitler;T. L. Pavlis;J. I. Garver

  • Origin and age of the Border Ranges Fault of southern Alaska and its bearing on the Late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of Alaska

    Terry L. Pavlis

  • Architecture, kinematics, and exhumation of a convergent orogenic wedge: A thermochronological investigation of tectonic-climatic interactions within the central St. Elias orogen, Alaska

    Aaron L. Berger;James A. Spotila;James B. Chapman;Terry L. Pavlis

  • Geophysical insights into the Transition fault debate: Propagating strike slip in response to stalling Yakutat block subduction in the Gulf of Alaska

    Sean P.S. Gulick;Lindsay A. Lowe;Terry L. Pavlis;James V. Gardner

  • Detrital zircon ages from the Chugach terrane, southern Alaska, reveal multiple episodes of accretion and erosion in a subduction complex

    Jeffrey M. Amato;Terry L. Pavlis

  • The Border Ranges fault system, southern Alaska

    Terry L. Pavlis;Sarah M. Roeske

  • Structural history of the Chugach metamorphic complex in the Tana River region, eastern Alaska: A record of Eocene ridge subduction

    Terry L. Pavlis;Virginia B. Sisson

  • The thermochronological record of tectonic and surface process interaction at the Yakutat–North American collision zone in southeast Alaska

    E. Enkelmann;P. K. Zeitler;J. I. Garver;T. L. Pavlis

  • Geology of a transpressional orogen developed during ridge-trench interaction along the North Pacific margin

    Virginia Baker Sisson;Sarah Melissa Roeske;Terry L. Pavlis

  • Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology, and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives

    Terry Pavlis

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Ronald L. Bruhn
Ronald L. Bruhn University of Utah
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Gary L. Pavlis
Gary L. Pavlis Indiana University
Eva Enkelmann
Eva Enkelmann University of Calgary
Kenneth D. Ridgway
Kenneth D. Ridgway Purdue University West Lafayette
Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
James A. Spotila
James A. Spotila Virginia Tech
John I. Garver
John I. Garver Union College
George Plafker
George Plafker United States Geological Survey

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