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Robert J. Twiss

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Robert J. Twiss is an American geologist emeritus of University of California, Davis. He made his Ph.D. 1971 at Princeton University.[1]

First in his career he researched viscosity of earth mantle.[2] Nowadays he interests for the mechanisms and mechanics of rock deformation and the interpretation of connected structures.[3][4]

Together with geologist Eldridge M. Moores he has co-authored two famous[citation needed] textbooks: Tectonics and Structural Geology.

Bibliography

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  • Eldridge M. Moores, Robert J. Twiss (1995) Tectonics (W. H. Freeman)
  • Robert J. Twiss, Moores, Eldridge M. (15 December 2006). Structural Geology. W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 978-0-7167-4951-6. OCLC 1025400345. OL 17925953M. Wikidata Q59386574.

References

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  1. ^ Twiss’ webpage at UC Davis (from Internet Archive)
  2. ^ Robert J. Twiss (November 1976). "Structural superplastic creep and linear viscosity in the earth's mantle". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 33 (1): 86–100. Bibcode:1976E&PSL..33...86T. doi:10.1016/0012-821x(76)90160-6.
  3. ^ Robert J. Twiss, Michael J. Gefell (January 1990). "Curved slickenfibers: a new brittle shear sense indicator with application to a sheared serpentinite". Journal of Structural Geology. 12 (4): 471–481. Bibcode:1990JSG....12..471T. doi:10.1016/0191-8141(90)90035-w.
  4. ^ Robert J. Twiss, Randall Marrett (2010). "Determining brittle extension and shear strain using fault-length and displacement systematics: Part I: Theory" doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.04.007