PUBLICATIONS:

Chester, F. M., J. S. Chester, D. L. Kirschner, S. E. Schulz, and J. P. Evans, Structure of large-displacement strike-slip fault zones in the brittle continental crust, Rupturing the Lithosphere, MARGINS Theoretical Institute, Vol. 1, Columbia University Press (in press).

Shipton, Z.K., Evans, J.P., Kirschner, D., Kolesar, P.T., Williams, A., and Heath, J. Analysis of CO2 leakage through "low-permeability" faults from natural reservoirs in the Colorado Plateau, east-central Utah.  Geology Society of London Special Publication:  Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide for Emissions Reduction (in press).

Agosta, F. and Kirschner, D., (2003). Fluid conduits in carbonate-hosted seismogenic normal faults of central Italy, J. Geophysical Research 108(B4), 2221, doi:10.1029/2002JB002013

Kirschner, D.L., Masson, H., and Cosca, M.A. (2003). An 40Ar/39Ar, Rb/Sr, and stable isotope study of micas in low-grade fold-and-thrust belt:  An example from the Swiss Helvetic Alps.  Contributions Mineralogy Petrology 145(4):460-480. 

Kirschner, D. and Kennedy, L. (2001). Limited syntectonic fluid flow in carbonate-hosted thrust faults of the Front Ranges, Canadian Rockies, inferred from stable isotope data and structures. J. Geophysical Research 106:8827-8840.

Ghisetti, F., Kirschner, D., Vezzani, L., Agosta, F. (2001). Stable isotope evidence for contrasting paleofluid circulation in thrust faults and normal faults of Central Apennines, Italy. J. Geophysical Research 106:8811-8825.

Ghisetti, F., Kirschner, D.L., Vezzani, L. (2000) Tectonic controls on large-scale fluid circulation in the Apennines (Italy). J. Geochemical Exploration 69-70:533-537.

Kirschner, D., Encarnacion, J., and Agosta, F. (2000) Incorporating stable isotope geochemistry in undergraduate laboratory courses. J. Geoscience Education 48:209-215.

Kirschner, D., Masson, H., and Sharp, Z. (1999) Fluid migration through thrust faults in the Helvetic Alps (Western Swiss Alps). Contributions Mineralogy Petrology 136, 169-183.

Marshall, D., Pfeifer, H.R., Hunziker, J.C., and Kirschner, D. (1998). A Pressure-Temperature-Time Path for the N-E Mont-Blanc Massif: Fluid Inclusion, Isotopic and Thermobarometric Evidence. European J. Mineralogy, 10, 1227-1240.

Kirschner, D., Teyssier, C., Gregory, R., and Sharp, Z. (1998).Effects of deformation on isotopic exchange in quartzites:In:Atlas of Mylonitic and Fault-Related Rocks (edited by A. W. Snoke, J. A. Tullis, & V. R. Todd); 472-475.

Kirschner, D. and Sharp, Z. (1997).A method for analyzing the oxygen isotope ratios of fine-grain material with the laser-extraction technique. Chemical Geology 137, 109-115.

Marshall D., Kirschner D. and Bussy F. (1997).A Variscan Pressure-Temperature-time path for the N-E Mont Blanc massif. Contributions Mineralogy Petrology 126, 416-428.

Kirschner, D., and Teixell, A.(1996).Three-dimensional geometry of kink bands in slates and its relation to finite strain. Tectonophysics 262, 195-212.

Kirschner, D., Cosca, M., Masson, H., and Hunziker, J. (1996).Timing and duration of deformation in low-grade mylonites using staircase 40Ar/39Ar spectra. Geology, 24, 747-750.

Kirschner, D., Sharp, Z., and Masson, H. (1995).Oxygen isotope thermometry of quartz-calcite veins - unraveling the thermal history of structural events for low metamorphic grades. Geological Society America Bulletin 106, 1145-1156.

Kirschner, D., Teyssier, C., Gregory, R., and Sharp, Z. (1995).Effect of deformation on oxygen isotope exchange in the Heavitree Quartzite, Ruby Gap duplex, central Australia. J. Structural Geology 17, 1407-1423.

Toyada, S., Kirschner, D., Rink, J., and Schwarcz, H. (1995).ESR dating of quartz vein. Adv. ESR Appl., 11, 8-13.(not refereed).

O'Hara, K., Kirschner, D., and Sharp, Z. (1995).Petrologic constraints on the source of fluid during mylonitization in the Blue Ridge Province, North Carolina and Virginia, U.S.A.J. Geodynamics.19, 271-287.

Kirschner, D. and Teyssier, C. (1994).Orthorhombic gold-bearing quartz veins. J. Structural Geology 16, 1129-38.

Sharp, Z. and Kirschner, D. (1994).Quartz-calcite oxygen isotope thermometry: a calibration based on natural isotopic variations. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 58, 4491-4501.

Kirschner, D., Sharp, Z., and Teyssier, C. (1993).Vein growth mechanisms and fluid sources revealed by oxygen isotope laser microprobe. Geology 21, 85-88.

Kirschner, D. and Teyssier, C. (1992).Deformation history of the White Range duplex, central Australia, with implications for fold reorientation. Australian J. Earth Science 39, 441-456.

Kirschner, D. and Teyssier, C. (1992).Quartz c-axis fabric differences between porphyroclasts and recrystallized grains:Reply. J. Structural Geology 14, 631-634. 

Kirschner, D. and Teyssier, C. (1991).Quartz c-axis fabric differences between porphyroclasts and recrystallized grains. J. Structural Geology 13, 105-109. 

Alexander, C. and Kirschner, D. (1990).The geology and hydrogeology of Stearns County (central Minnesota). Report prepared for Stearns County. (not refereed).

Hempton, M., Gordon, M. and Kirschner, D. (1986). Analysis of structures within phyllitic layers of the Baraboo Syncline, Wisconsin:a new interpretation of the deformation history. Geo. Wisconsin 10, 66-77.