George H Davis

Interests

Research

Geology of metamorphic core complexes in southern Arizona.Geology of superposed deformation in southern Arizona.Structural geology of the Colorado Plateau.Geoarchaeology of the Sanctuary of Zeus, Mt. Lykaion, Greece.Structural geology of the Rincon Mountains, Tucson.

Teaching

Structural geology, geological mapping, active tectonics, geological disasters and society, geology of the Colorado Plateau, geoarchaeology of the eastern Mediterranean.

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Davis, G. H. (2019). Partitioned tectonic shortening, with emphasis on outcrop-scale folding and flattening, Pindos fold-and-thrust belt, Peloponnese, Greece. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Special volume dedicated to Celal Sengor, 21p..
• Davis, G. H. (2014). Visual metaphors in structural geology: a means for enhancing 3D visualization. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin.
• Davis, G. H. (2017). Tectonic klippe served the needs of cult worship, Sanctuary of Zeus, Mt. Lykaion, Peloponnese, Greece. GSA Today, 27(12), 4-9. doi:10.1130/G353A.1
• Davis, G. H. (2018). Cover Photo: East-directed photograph of smooth conical summit region of the Sanctuary of Zeus. GSA Today, 27(12), 1.
• Davis, G. H. (2018). Cover Photo: Mega-block lintel of Upper Cretaceous pseudo-bedded limestone, Arcadian Gate, Ancient Messene. Geoarchaeology, 33(6), 1.
• Davis, G. H. (2018). Geologic and geoarchaeological mapping of the Sanctuary of Zeus, Mount Lykiaon, Peloponnesus, Greece. Geological Society of America Digital Map and Chart Series 23, 23, maps, spread sheets, executive summary.
• Davis, G. H. (2018). Geologic and geoarchaeological mapping of the Sanctuary of Zeus, Mount Lykiaon, Peloponnesus, Greece. Geological Society of America Digital Map and Chart Series, 23, 10 plus maps and data sets.
• Davis, G. H. (2018). Stylolitic limestone, the stone of choice for ancient sanctuaries and temples, southwestern Peloponnese, Greece. Geoarchaeology, 33, 708-722.
• Davis, G. H. (2018). Stylolitic limestone, the stone of choice for ancient sanctuaries and temples, southwestern Peloponnese, Greece. Geoarchaeology.
• Davis, G. H. (2017). Tectonic klippe served the needs of cult worship, Sanctuary of Zeus, Mt. Lykaion, Peloponnese, Greece. GSA Today, 27(1-2), 4-9. doi:10.1130/G353A
• Romano, D. G., Romano, I. B., & Davis, G. H. (2015). “The Monument Landscape and Associated Geology at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion”. Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity, Asmosia X, X, 429-436.
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• Davis, G. H. (2014). Quasi-flexural folding of pseudo-bedding. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 126(5), 680-701.
• Davis, G. H. (2014). The monument landscapes and associated geology at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion. Proceedings of ASMOISA X International Conference.
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  Romano, I. B., Davis, G. H., and Romano, D. G.

Proceedings Publications

• Davis, G. H., & Reynolds, S. J. (2019, Fall/2019). Some Arizona examples of the vertical integration of fault zone behavior. In Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 51, Paper No. 166-4.
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  doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-334117
• Davis, G. H., Hughes, A., Reeher, L., Krantz, R. W., Person, M., & Lingrey, S. (2019, September/2019). Stress field variability around salt structures through a comparison of observed natural fracture sets and mechanical models, Paradox Basin, Utah. In Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 51, Paper No. 143-7.
• Davis, G. H., Reeher, L., & Hughes, A. (2019, Fall/2019). Laramide Deformation on the Colorado Plateau analyzed through integrated structural techniques. In Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Phoenix, 2019, 51, Paper No. 64-9.
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  doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-338817
• Davis, G. H., Reeher, L., Amanda, H., David, S., & Julius, C. (2019, September/2019). Mechanical characterization and failure development within Jurassic sandstones in proximity to salt structures, Paradox Basin, southern Utah. In Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Phoenix, 2019, 51, Paper No. 46-4.
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  doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-334377
• Davis, G. H., Reiners, P. W., Barton, I., Barton, M., Kirk, J., Krantz, R. W., Hughes, A., Lingrey, S., McIntosh, J., Person, M., & Thorson, J. (2019, Fall/2019). Evolution of the Paradox Basin subsurface fluid-flow system and paleofluid-rock reaction products. In Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Phoenix, 2019, 51, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-33501.
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  doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-335015
• Spencer, J. E., & Gehrels, G. E. (2019, September/2019). Field-trip guide to the Catalina-Rincon metamorphic core complex, Tucson, Arizona. In Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 2019, 38p..
• Davis, G. H. (2017, October). Late Bronze Age through Classical-Period utilization of geomorphology, stratigraphy, and geologic structure, Sanctuary of Zeus, Mt. Lykaion, Peloponnese, Greece. In Geological Society of America, 49.
• Davis, G. H. (2015, Fall). Purpose and overview of GSA’s bicentenary celebration of the publication in 1815 of William Smith’s map ‘A Delination of the Strata of England and Wales, with Part of Scotland’, the first geological map of an entire country. In Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 47, p. 23.
• Davis, G. H. (2015, November). Intensive fold flattening during quasi-flexural folding of pseudo-beds. In Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 47, 718.
• Davis, G. H. (2015, Spring). 3D structural modeling of the East Kaibab monocline in northern Arizona. In American Association of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90216.
• Davis, G. H. (2014, Summer). The monument landscape and associated geology at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion. In ASMOISA X International Conference.
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  Romano, I. B., Davis, G. H., and Romano, D. G.,

Presentations

• Davis, G. H. (2014, Spring). Coming to grips’ with Cordilleran metamorphic core complexesGeological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 5 p. 5.. Geological Society of America Joint Meeting of Rocky Mountain and Cordillera Section. Bozeman, Montana: Geological Society of America.
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  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 5 p. 5.
• Davis, G. H. (2014, Spring). Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Processes: A conference honoring the career of Robert D. Hatcher. Geological Society of America Penrose Conference. Ashville, North Carolina: Geological Society of America.
• Davis, G. H. (2014, winter). Insights from Arizona’s Transition Zone, and from Sierra del Hualfin, Argentina. NSF workshop on basement-cored uplifts. Tucson, Arizona: National Science Foundation.