Jay Zimmerman
Department of Geology
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Research Interests and Projects (overlapping but roughly chronological)
- Emplacement and internal deformation of alpine-type ultramafites, northern Greece and Alaska
- Plate margin structural styles
- Multi-scale structural analysis, Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas
- Finite strain in Archean rocks, western Montana
- Computer applications to structural analysis
Research Narrative
Zimmerman's initial (dissertation) research delt with the structure and metamorphism of rocks underlying the
Vourinos ophiolite in northern Greece. Eventually this work expanded to include the internal structure and
emplacement of other ophiolites in Greece (Pindos) and Alaska (Avan Hills).
At Esso Production Research Co. he had the opportunity to study plate margin deformation in several areas
including the Caribbean, Alaska, and Australia.
His research at Southern Illinois University initially concentrated on the deformation (on all scales) of
Paleozoic rocks in the Benton uplift, Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. More recently he has undertaken
detailed mapping and finite strain analysis of Archean metaconglomerates in western Montana. First from
necessity, then for enjoyment he developed a related interest in the applications of computers to structural geology.
Recent Publications
- Zimmerman, Jay and Ford, J.T., 1988, Lower Stanley Group and Arkansas Novaculite, western
Mazarn Basin and Caddo Gap, Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, in Hayward, O.T., ed., South-Central Section of
the Geological Society of America: Boulder, Colorado, Geol. Soc. America, Centennial Field Guide, v. 4, p. 267-272.
- Weber, J. C., and Zimmerman, Jay, 1988, Macroscopic structural geology of the central Cossatot
Mountains and surrounding areas, Benton Uplift, Arkansas, in McFarland, J. D., III, Contributions to the geology
of Arkansas, v. 3, p. 85-94.
- Nielsen, K.C., Viele, G.W., and Zimmerman, J., 1989, Structural setting of the Benton-Broken Bow
uplifts, in Hatcher, R.D., Jr., Thomas, W.A., and Viele, G.W., eds., The Appalachian-Ouachita Orogen in the United
States: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. F-2, p. 635-660.
- Flanagan, K. M., and Zimmerman, Jay, 1992, Sedimentology and structure of Polk Creek Shale,
Cossatot Mountains, Arkansas: Geological Society of America Abs. with Programs, v. 24, No. 7, p. A351.
- Ross, J. V., and Zimmerman, J., 1996, Comparison of evolution and tectonic significance of the
Pindos and Vourinos ophiolite suites, northern Greece: Tectonophysics, v. 256, p. 1-15.
- Zimmerman, Jay, 1996, Flinn diagram construction on Macintosh computers, in De Paor, D. G., ed.,
Structural Geology and Personal Computers: New York, Pergamon (Elsevier Science), p. 285-292.
- Zimmerman, Jay, 1996, A modified data input procedure for the Fry 5.8 strain analysis
application, in De Paor, D. G., ed., Structural Geology and Personal Computers: New York, Pergamon
(Elsevier Science), p. 293-295.
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