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Alasehir supradetachment basin, Western Turkey (by Z. O. Baran)
Alasehir Supradetachment basin by Zeynep Oner Baran
Zeynep Oner Baran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology
Structural Geology - Tectonics & Basin Analysis
My research interest is mainly investigation of highly-extending terrains, detachment faults and related supradetachment basins and metamorphic core complexes. However, my research interests are not limited only with these subjects and I am willing to conduct different research projects in a variety of subjects including:
Main Geologic Factors Controlling Formation and Distribution of Banded Iron Formation-hosted Gold Deposits in Black Hills Region, SD
South Dakota (USA)
Collaboration with Mineral Mountain Resources, Ltd.
Multidisciplinary Investigation of structural controls on gold mineralization in Bare Mountain-Fluorspar Canyon Core Complex, NV
Nevada (USA)
Collaboration with Coeur Mining, Inc.
Completed Master's Thesis: Cody Stock
Ongoing MS Project: Mathew Weinberger
Detailed structural analysis of paleostress distribution in the Marigold mine district, on Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend, Nevada
Nevada (USA)
Completed Master's Thesis project: Anthony Gesualdo
Pore space characterization of a potential unconventional reservoir rock, Mowry Formation of Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Wyoming, South Dakota (USA)
Completed Master's Thesis Project: Ethan Melville
Tectonic and Structural Evolution of Black Hills Uplift - Deformation patterns of Syn-to-Post Laramide Orogeny
Wyoming, South Dakota (USA)
Tectonic and Structural Evolution of Highly-extending Terrains
Western Anatolia (Turkey); Greece; Basin and Range (USA)
Ongoing MS thesis: Laura Rochlitz
Interaction between Tectonics & Magmatism in Post-collisional Settings
Western and Central Anatolia (Turkey); Black Hills, South Dakota (USA)
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