Dr. David Wiltschko

Research

My research mostly involves the structural geology of collisional mountain belts in some way. These include:

• Processes by which thrust faults localize or ramp (e.g., Panian and Wiltschko, 2004)
• Origin of syntectonic veins as deformation indicators in collisional mountain belts (e.g., Morse and Wiltschko, 2001; Wiltschko and Cervantes, 2005, 2006)
• Origin of regions of thrust sense reversal, or triangle zones in fold and thrust belts (e.g., Couzens and Wiltschko, 1996)
• The mechanisms by which rock constituents in thrust sheets respond to stress in a variety of structural environments (e.g., Wiltschko et al., 1985)
• Mechanisms of delamination at collisional margins (e.g., Moore and Wiltschko, 2005)
• Investigations of thrust fault motion in the active Taiwan orogen (e.g., Hung et al., 1999; Wiltschko et al., 2002; Rodriguez and Wiltschko, 2006).

Experience

• M. T. Halbouty Chair in Geology, Texas A&M, 2002-present
• Professor, Texas A&M, 1994-present
• Director, Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M, 1990-1994
• Associate Director, Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M, 1988-1990
• Assoc. Professor, Texas A&M, 1986
• Asst Professor, Univ. of Michigan, 1980-1984
• Visiting Asst Professor, Univ. of Michigan, 1978-1980

Publications

• Budai, J.M., Cercone, K.R., and Wiltschko, D.V., 1984, The role of tectonic stylolites in rock deformation: Symposium on Stylolites and Associated Phenomena: Relevance to hydrocarbon reservoirs: Abu Dhabi National Reservoir Research Foundation, Special Publ., p. 221-235.
• Budai, J. M. and Wiltschko, D. V., 1987, Structural controls on syntectonic diagenesis within Haystack Peak region of the Absaroka thrust sheet, Idaho-Wyoming-Utah thrust belt: in, Miller, W.R., editor, The thrust belt revisited, Wyoming Geological Association 38th Annual Guidebook, Casper, p. 55-68.
• Carter, N.L., Kronenberg, A.K., Ross, J.V., and Wiltschko, D.V., 1990, Control of fluids on deformation of rocks: in, Knipe, R.J. and Rutter, E.H., eds., Deformation mechanisms, rheology and tectonics: Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 54, p. 1-14.
• Lee, Y.-J., Morse, J. W. and Wiltschko, D. V. 1996. An experimentally verified model for calcite precipitation in veins. Chemical Geology, v 130, p. 203-215.
• Lee, Y.-J., Wiltschko, D. V., Grossman, E. L., Morse, J. W., and Lamb, W. M. 1997. Sequential vein growth with fault displacement: an example from the Austin Chalk Formation, Texas. J. Geophys. Res., v 102, p. 22611-22628.
• Wiltschko, D.V., Morse, J.W., Sharp, Z.D., Lamb, W.M., 1998, Analysis of veins in low temperature environments – Introduction for Structural Geologists: Geol. Society of America 1998 Annual Meeting short course, Toronto.
• Complete List of Publications