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The application of paleomagnetic techniques to tectonic problems remains the main thrust of Wulf's research. Current field areas include Venezuela, Argentina, and Antarctica. The work in Antarctica, in cooperation with several members of the Institute as well as the Department, resulted in a new plate reconstruction for ~1.1 Ga.
Magnetostratigraphy is another aspect of Wulf's research. In 3 field seasons in central China, he collected over 3000 oriented samples over a 1500 meter interval in an attempt to date a rich vertebrate fauna. This work is currently in progress.
Paleomagnetic techniques have long been applied to archeological problems. His approach is tailored to the occurrence of stone-lined fire places, commonly found in Central Texas. The results have shed new light on the utilization of middens and earth ovens.
Research Projects
Collaborative Research: Constraints on Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent Assembly
and Plate Dynamics-Studies on the 1.1 Ga Umkondo Large Igneous Province in
Southern Africa
Wulf's UTIG Contributions (Publications)
Recent Publications
Castillo, J., Gose, W. A., and Perarnau, A.: Paleomagnetic results from Mesozoic strata in the Mérida Andes, Venezuela. Jour. Geophys. Res., 96, 6011-6022, 1991.
Farr, M. R., and Gose, W. A.: Paleomagnetism of the Cambrian Moore Hollow Group, Texas: evidence for a primary magnetization carried by detrital magnetite. Jour. Geophys. Res., 96, 9895-9907, 1991.
Cunningham, D., Klepeis, K. Gose, W. and Dalziel, I. W. D.: The Patagonian Orocline: new paleomagnetic data from the Andean magmatic arc in Tierra del Fuego. Jour. Geophys. Res., 96, 16061-16067, 1991.
Gose, W. A., and Finch, R. C.: Stratigraphic implications of paleomagnetic data from Honduras. Geophys. Jour. International, 108, 855-864, 1992.
Gose, W. A., and Kyle, J. R.: Paleomagnetic dating of sulfide mineralization and cap-rock formation in Gulf Coast salt domes. In Applications of Paleomagnetism to Sedimentary Geology, SEPM Special Publication, No. 49, 157-166, 1993.
Gose, W. A., Collins, K. S., and Collins, M. B.: Paleomagnetic studies of burned limestone clasts in historical architectural settings: the Moore-Hancock Farmstead, Austin, Texas. J. Field Archaeology, 21, 125-129, 1993.
Gose, W. A., Helper, M. A., Connelly, J. N., Hutson, F. E., and Dalziel, I. W. D.: Paleomagnetic data and U-Pb isotopic age determinations from Coats Land, Antarctica: Implications for late Proterozoic plate reconstructions. Jour. Geophys. Research, 102, 7887-7902, 1997.
More of Wulf's publications.
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