Curriculum Vitae Hassan Babaie

Recent Projects:
• Develop ontology for the Environmental Science
• Deformation and fluid flow in ancient and modern accretionary prisms
• Semibrittle flow in the Grenville Front, Coniston, Ontario, Canada
• Fractal fragmentation in the Saltville thrust zone, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Mylonites/cataclasites in the Brevard and Towaliga fault zones, Georgia
• Fluid flow and oil maturation in the Barbados accretionary prism
• Fold-related fracturing in exposed Asmari reservoir in SW Iran, Zagros Mountains, SW Iran

Publications in refereed journals:
Under Review:
Tripathi, Ajay and Babaie, H. A. Developing a modular hydrogeology ontology extending the SWEET ontologies. Computers & Geosciences Journal.

Katayoun Mobasher and H. A. Babaie, Kinematic significance of fold- and fault-related fracture systems in the Zagros Mountains, southern Iran". GSA Special Book Volume: "Out of the Tethys: New Geologic Studies on the Making of Asia" (submitted 5/03/06).

Published
Babaie, H. A., Oldow, J. S., Babaei, A., Ave Lallement, H. G., and Watkinson, A. J., 2006, Designing a modular architecture for the structural geology ontology, in Sinha, A. K., ed., Geoinformatics: Data to Knowledge: Geological Society of America Special Paper 397, p. 269-282, doi: 10.1130/2006.2397(21).

Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A., Ghazi, A. M., and Arvin, M., (2006) Geochemical, 40Ar/39Ar age, and isotopic data for crustal rocks of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 43, 57-70.

Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2005. Modeling Geological Objects with the XML Schema. In 'Applications of XML in Geosciences'. edited by Babaie H. and Ramachandran R. Computers & Geosciences Journal Special Issue, 31, 1135-1150.

Babaie, H. A., and Rahul Ramachandran, 2005. Applications of XMl in Geology. In 'Applications of XML in Geosciences'. edited by Babaie H. A. and Ramachandran R., Computers & Geosciences Journal Special Issue 31, 1079-1080.

Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2005. Developing the Earthquake Markup Language and Database with UML and XML Schema. In 'Applications of XML in Geosciences'. edited by Babaie H. and Ramachandran R. Computers & Geosciences Journal Special Issue 31, 1175-1200

Babaei, A., Babaie, H. A., and Arvin, M., 2005, Tectonic evolution of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran: an accretionary prism model. Ofioliti 30(2): 65-74.

Ghazi, A.M., Pessagno, E. A., Hassanipak, A.A., Kariminia, S.M., Duncan, R. A, Babaie, H. A. 2003. Biostratigraphic zonation and 40Ar-39Ar ages for the Neo-Tethyan Khoy ophiolite of NW Iran. Paleogeography-Paleoclimatology-Paleoecology, 193, 311-323.

Babaie, A., Arvin, M. and Babaie, H. A., 2002. An oblique convergence and rotation model for the emplacement of the Baft ophiolitic mélange in Iran. Ofioliti, v. 26, no. 2b, p. 401-408.

Arvin, M., A. Husseinipour, A. A., Babaei, A., and Babaie, H. A., 2002. Geochemistry and tectonic significance of basalts in the Dar-e Anar complex; evidence from the Kahnuj ophiolite complex, southeastern Iran. Journal of Science, Iran, v. 12, no. 2. 157-170.

Babaie, H. A., Ghazi, A.M., Babaei, A., La Tour, T.E., and Hassanipak, A. A. 2001, Geochemistry of arc volcanic rocks of the Zagros crust zone, Neyriz, Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 19, p. 61-76.

Babaie, H. A., 2001, The Brunton Compass and Geological objects. Georgia Geological Society Guidebook, v. 21, p. 55-60.

Babaie, H. A. and La Tour, T. E. , 1998, Semi-brittle deformation and cataclastic flow of hornblende-quartz rock in a ductile shear zone. In: "Atlas of mylonitic and fault-related rocks", edited by A.W. Snoke, J. A. Tullis, and V. R. Todd, p. 180-183.

Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, J., and Babaei, A., 1995, Self-similar cataclasis in the Saltville Thrust zone, Knoxville, Tennessee. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 18,075-18,084.

Babaie, H. A., and La Tour, T. E., 1994. Semibrittle and cataclastic deformation of hornblende-quartz rocks in a ductile shear zone. Tectonophysics, vol. 229, 19-30.

Vauchez, A., Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 1993. Oregon-parallel tangential motion in the Late Devonian Early Carboniferous southern Appalachians internides. Can. J. Earth Sci., 30, 1297-1305.

Babaie, H. A., Speed, R. C., and Claypool, G., 1992. Source rock and maturation evaluation of Barbados accretionary prism. Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 9, 623-631.

Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A. A., and Hadizadeh, J., 1991. Initiation of cataclastic flow and development of cataclastic foliation in nonporous quartzites from a natural fault zone. Tectonophysics, v. 200, 67-77.

Hadizadeh, J., Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A. A., 1991. Development of interlaced mylonites, cataclasites and breccias: Example from the Towaliga Fault, south central Appalachians, J. Struc. Geol. 13, 63-70.

Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, J., and Babaei, A. A. 1991. Timing and temperature of cataclastic deformation phases along segments of the Towaliga fault zone, Georgia, Jour. Struc. Geol., 13, p. 579-586.

|Babaie, H. A., and Speed, R. C. 1990, Origin of kink bands in the Golconda allochthon, Nevada: Implications for accretionary prisms: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 102, 315-321.

Babaie, H. A., 1987. Paleogeographic and tectonic implications of the Golconda allochthon, southern Toiyabe Range, Nevada: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 99, 231 243.

Babaie, H. A., 1986. A comparison of two dimensional strain analysis methods using elliptical grains: Jour Struc Geol, v. 8, p. 585 587.

Abstracts

Babaie, H. A., 2006. Formal ontological relations and the depiction of reality in the Nankai Trough, Japan. AGU Transactions.

Babaie, H. A., 2006, Desigining dynamic Earth sciences ontologies. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5201, p. 2, edited by Shaliaja R. Brady, A. Krishna Sinha, and Linda C. Gundersen. Presented in Geoinformatics 2006, Data to Knowledge, Reston, VA, May 10-12, 2006.

Babaie, H. A., and Hadizadeh J., 2006, Ontology of experimental and simulated fault gouge.
USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5201, p. 39, edited by Shaliaja R. Brady, A. Krishna Sinha, and Linda C. Gundersen. Presented in Geoinformatics 2006, Data to Knowledge, Reston, VA, May 10-12, 2006.

Richard, S. M., Babaie, H. A., Oldow, J. S., Ave-Lallement, H. G., and Watkinson, A. J., 2006. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5201, p. 51, edited by Shaliaja R. Brady, A. Krishna Sinha, and Linda C. Gundersen. Presented in Geoinformatics 2006, Data to Knowledge, Reston, VA, May 10-12, 2006.

Babaie H. A. and Hadizadeh, J., 2006, Ontology of brittle deformation in natural and experimental shear zones. Presented at the: IODP-ICDP Workshop on Fault Zone, May 23-26, 2006, Miyazaki, Japan.

Ajay Tripathi and Babaie, H. A., 2005. Developing a Modular Hydrogeology Ontology Extending the SWEET Ontologies. AGU Trans.

Mobasher Katayoun and Babaie, H. A., 2005. Analysis of Fold- and Fault-related Fractures in the Zagros Range, SW Iran, Applying GIS and Remote Sensing. AGU Trans.

Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, Jafar, Mair, Karen, and DiToro Giulio, 2005. Developing a cyberplatform for sample-based brittle deformation research. GEON 3rd Annual GEON Meeting on Research Frontiers in Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences, San Diego, CA, May 5, 6, available at: http://www.geongrid.org/AM05/presentations.php

Sinha, A. K., McGuinness, D., Raskin, R., Lin, K., Brodaric, B., Babaie, H. A., Barnes, Calvin, Keller, R., Gates, a., Keller, R., Dungan, J., Zhong, J., Seber, D., Hanan, B., Frank, E., and Najdi,, J., 2005. Geo-Ontology: empowering new discoveries in Earth sciences, GEON 3rd Annual GEON Meeting on Research Frontiers in Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences, San Diego, CA, May 5, 6, available at: http://www.geongrid.org/AM05/presentations.php.

Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2004. Modling discipline-specific geologic concepts with the W3C XML Schema, GSA Abs w. Prog.

Babaie, H. A., 2004. Representation of Structural Geology Knowledge with Ontology: Design and Implementation Issues. AGU Trans., 85(47),

Babaie, H.A., and Babaei, A., 2003. Development of the Plate Tectonics and Seismology markup languages with XML. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, 11 April, 2003, Nice, France.

Babaie, H. A., Ghazi, A.; Babaei, A.; Duncan, R.; Mahony, J.; Hassanipak, A. New Ar-Ar age, isotopic, and geochemical data for basalts in the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran". EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, April, 2003, Nice, France.

Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A., 2003. Design and development of discipline-specific geoscience markup languages and databases applying UML and XML. GSA Abs w. Prog.,

Babaie, H.A., and Babaei, A., 2002. SGeoML, An XML markup language for communication and processing of structural geological information. GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 34, no. 6, p.374.

Mobasher, Katayoun, Hendrix, Elain H., Babaie, H.A., Mohamed Abdel-Salam, Zhi-Yong Yin, Hassanipak, A.A. and A. Mohamad Ghazi, 2002. Structural and GIS analysis of the Khoy ophiolite complex, northwest Iran . Geol. Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 34, no. 6, p. 412.

Khallouf, Donna, and Babaie, H. A., 2002. Cataclastic deformation and fluid activity along the Armstead and Ermont thrust faults, southwest Montana. GSA Abs. with Prog., vol. 34, no. 6, p 370.

Babaie, H. A. and Babaie, A., 2001. Object-oriented paradigm: and efficient tool for teaching and research in structural geology. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v.23, no. 6.

LaTour, T.E., Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2001. Tectonic origin of the amphibolites in the basal thrust sheet of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran. Geol. Society of America Abs. with Program, v.23, no. 6.

Babaie, H. A. , Ghazi, A. M., Hassanipak, A. A., Chatham, B. D., 2000. Deformation structures of the Khoy ophiolite complex, northwest Iran: Implications for contractional tectonics. AGU Trans., v.81, 19, S414.

Babaei, A., and Babaie, H. A., 2000, Accretionary tectonics of the Neyriz ophiolitic complex, Iran. AGU Transactions, v. 81, no. 19, p. S415.

Hadizadeh, J., Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2000. Digital image analysis of mylonite microstructures from San Jacinto fault zone, southern California. AGU Transactions, v. 81, no. 19, p. S409.

Arvin, M., Houseinipour, A., Babaei, A.A., and Babaie, H.A., 1999. Geochemistry of basalts in the Kahnuj ophiolitic complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Jaz Murian ophiolitic belt, SE Iran. GSA Abs. with Programs, v. 31, no. 7. A96.

Arvin, M., Hosseinipour, A., Babaei, A.A., and Babaie, H.A., 1999. Basalt geochemistry used to investigate past tectonic environment of Jaz Murian ophiolitic belt: Evidence from Kahnuj ophiolitic complex, SE Iran. . GSA Abs. with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, A97.

Ghazi, A.M., Hassanipak, A. A., LaTour, T.L., Duncan, R.A., Babaie, H. A. 1999. Geochemistry, petrology and 40Ar/39Ar ages of metamorphic rocks from Khoy ophiolite, NW Iran. AGU Trans., v.80, no.46, F1094.

Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A. , Ghazi, A. M., 1998. Mid ocean ridge crustal sequence of the Neyriz ophiolite, southwest Iran: Evidence for the Neo-Tethys oceanic crust. AGU Transactions, v. 79, no. 45, F945.

Arvin, M., Babaie, A., and Babaie, H. A., 1998. New data on the petrology and geochemistry of basalt in Kahnuj ophiolite complex, southeast Iran: An emplacement alternative. GSA Abs w Prog., v. 30, A236.

Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A., and Ferring, T. J., 1996, Deformation mechanism and kinematics of mylonitic deformation in San Jacinto fault zone, southern California. AGU Transactions, vol. 77, F717.

Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A. , Ghazi, A. M., La Tour, T. E., and Hassanipak, A. A., 1997, Ocean floor and island arc tholeiites in the Neyriz ophiolite complex, Iran: Implications for forearc tectonics. AGU AGU Transactions, vol. 78, 46, 719-720.

Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A., Ghazi, A. M., La Tour, T. E., and Hassanipak, A. A., 1996, Tectonic assembly and mylonitization of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran. GSA Abs. with Programs, v. 28, p. 443.

Caudill, H. L., and Babaie, H. A., 1995, Fracture and lineament characteristics and well productivity in the Georgia Piedmont. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, A100.

Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh J., and Babaei, A., 1993. "Fractal study of cataclasites in the saltville thrust zone, Knoxville, Tennessee." Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, (6), A281-A282.

Smith, D. C., Babaie, H. A., Vanko, D. A., and La Tour, T. E., 1993. "Temperature, pressure, and kinematics of cataclastic deformation in the Beaver Creek shear zone, Bitterroot Mountains, Montana." Geol. Soc. of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, (6), A167-A168.

Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, J. and Babaei, A. 1991, Association of pressure solution with cataclastic deformation in the Saltville thrust zone at Sharp Gap, Knoxville, TN. 1991. GSA Abs. .w. Progr., v. 23, No. 5, A235.

Smith, D. C., Babaie, H. A., and La Tour, T. E., 1991, Semibrittle and cataclastic deformation along the Towaliga fault zone, north of Barnesville, Georgia", 1991. GSA Abs.w. Prog., v. 23, No. 5. A235.

Nurmi, S. L. Babaie, H. A., and La Tour, T. E., 1991, Low Temperature mylonitization and cataclastic deformation in the Bitterroot Range shear zone, Hamilton, Montana", 1991. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, No. 5, A103.

Babaie, H. A., and La Tour, T. E., 1990, Ductile deformation accommodated by both brittle and plastic mechanisms in a naturally-deformed hornblende-quartz mylonite. EOS 71, p. 630.

Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, J., and Babaei, A. A., 1989, Fluid inclusion study of foliated cataclasites along the Towaliga Fault zone, west central Georgia. Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. with Programs, v.21, A65.

Hadizadeh, J. Babaei, A. A., and Babaie, H. A., 1989, Intermittent brittle and ductile deformation in a retrograde mylonite zone, Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. w. Prog., 21, A70.

Vauchez, A., Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A. A., 1989, Southwestward displacement in amphibolite facies mylonites of the Inner Piedmont near the Brevard fault zone in Atlanta, Geological Society of America, Abs. with Programs, v.21, A67.

Hadizadeh, J. and Babaie, H. A., 1988; A microstructural study of cataclastic rocks in the Towaliga fault zone, Pine Mountain Belt, Georgia, Geol. Soc. America, Abs. w. Prog. 20, 7, A180.

Babaie, H. A, 1987, Formation of kink bands in accretionary prisms: Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. w. Prog. 19, p577.

Babaie, H. A., and Speed, R. C., 1983, Significance of tectonic fabric of the Golconda allochthon in Toiyabe Range, Nevada: Geol. Soc. of Am., Abs. w. Prog., v. 15, 383.




	CURRICULUM VITAE (August 2007) See Current Research Personal Information: H. A. Babaie Editor-in-Chief: Earth Science Informatics journal (ESIN: http://www.springer.com/12145) Associate Professor: Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University Second Vice-Chair, Geoinformatics Division, Geological Society of America Affiliations: GEON The Geosciences Network http://www.geongrid.org/participants/researchers.html IBM Scholars Program Education • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: PhD, Structural Geology; 1984 • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: MS, Geology; 1982 • Pahlavi (Shiraz) University, Shiraz, Iran: BS, Geology, 1973 Academic Appointments • Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA., Associate Professor; 1992-present. • Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA., Assistant Professor; 1985-1992 • Stephen F. Austin State Univ., Nacogdoches, TX, Assistant Prof. 1/85-5/85 • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1984 Computing Skills: • Programming languages: C/C++, Java, Visual Basic • Design ontologies with UML and Altova’s SemanticWorks • Develop ontologies with the Web Ontology Language (OWL), RDFS, and RDF • Design dynamic, server-side web applications with ASP and JSP • Design/Map UML model into XML Schema, relational database DDL, and Java , with Rational Rose • Design and implement databases; MS Access; Structured Query Language Current Research Interest and Projects: 1. Geoinformatics – Develop information systems, ontologies, and markup languages: Apply axioms of mereotopology and temporal and spatial reasoning in the design of ontologies Develop ontoligies for scientific drilling in the Nankai Trough accretionary complex Develop ontologies for the EarthScope's San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) fault rock ontologies with an emphasis on experimental and simulation structural geology domains Develop geological markup language with W3C’s XML Schema Design/implement relational databases in structural geology & tectonics Apply GIS and remote sensing to study: o Fault systems in the Makran accretionary prism, SE Iran o Growth of basement & younger Tertiary fractures in the Zagros Mountains 2. Structural Analysis o San Andreas fault cataclasite and mylonite (EarthScope SAFOD project) o Study of the tectonic architecture of the Neyriz and Khoy ophiolites in Iran o Deformation mechanisms in mylonites in San Jacinto shear zone, S. California Recent Projects: • Develop ontology for the Environmental Science • Deformation and fluid flow in ancient and modern accretionary prisms • Semibrittle flow in the Grenville Front, Coniston, Ontario, Canada • Fractal fragmentation in the Saltville thrust zone, Knoxville, Tennessee • Mylonites/cataclasites in the Brevard and Towaliga fault zones, Georgia • Fluid flow and oil maturation in the Barbados accretionary prism • Fold-related fracturing in exposed Asmari reservoir in SW Iran, Zagros Mountains, SW Iran Publications in refereed journals: Under Review: Tripathi, Ajay and Babaie, H. A. Developing a modular hydrogeology ontology extending the SWEET ontologies. Computers & Geosciences Journal. Katayoun Mobasher and H. A. Babaie, Kinematic significance of fold- and fault-related fracture systems in the Zagros Mountains, southern Iran". GSA Special Book Volume: "Out of the Tethys: New Geologic Studies on the Making of Asia" (submitted 5/03/06). Published Babaie, H. A., Oldow, J. S., Babaei, A., Ave Lallement, H. G., and Watkinson, A. J., 2006, Designing a modular architecture for the structural geology ontology, in Sinha, A. K., ed., Geoinformatics: Data to Knowledge: Geological Society of America Special Paper 397, p. 269-282, doi: 10.1130/2006.2397(21). Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A., Ghazi, A. M., and Arvin, M., (2006) Geochemical, 40Ar/39Ar age, and isotopic data for crustal rocks of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 43, 57-70. Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2005. Modeling Geological Objects with the XML Schema. In 'Applications of XML in Geosciences'. edited by Babaie H. and Ramachandran R. Computers & Geosciences Journal Special Issue, 31, 1135-1150. Babaie, H. A., and Rahul Ramachandran, 2005. Applications of XMl in Geology. In 'Applications of XML in Geosciences'. edited by Babaie H. A. and Ramachandran R., Computers & Geosciences Journal Special Issue 31, 1079-1080. Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2005. Developing the Earthquake Markup Language and Database with UML and XML Schema. In 'Applications of XML in Geosciences'. edited by Babaie H. and Ramachandran R. Computers & Geosciences Journal Special Issue 31, 1175-1200 Babaei, A., Babaie, H. A., and Arvin, M., 2005, Tectonic evolution of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran: an accretionary prism model. Ofioliti 30(2): 65-74. Ghazi, A.M., Pessagno, E. A., Hassanipak, A.A., Kariminia, S.M., Duncan, R. A, Babaie, H. A. 2003. Biostratigraphic zonation and 40Ar-39Ar ages for the Neo-Tethyan Khoy ophiolite of NW Iran. Paleogeography-Paleoclimatology-Paleoecology, 193, 311-323. Babaie, A., Arvin, M. and Babaie, H. A., 2002. An oblique convergence and rotation model for the emplacement of the Baft ophiolitic mélange in Iran. Ofioliti, v. 26, no. 2b, p. 401-408. Arvin, M., A. Husseinipour, A. A., Babaei, A., and Babaie, H. A., 2002. Geochemistry and tectonic significance of basalts in the Dar-e Anar complex; evidence from the Kahnuj ophiolite complex, southeastern Iran. Journal of Science, Iran, v. 12, no. 2. 157-170. Babaie, H. A., Ghazi, A.M., Babaei, A., La Tour, T.E., and Hassanipak, A. A. 2001, Geochemistry of arc volcanic rocks of the Zagros crust zone, Neyriz, Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 19, p. 61-76. Babaie, H. A., 2001, The Brunton Compass and Geological objects. Georgia Geological Society Guidebook, v. 21, p. 55-60. Babaie, H. A. and La Tour, T. E. , 1998, Semi-brittle deformation and cataclastic flow of hornblende-quartz rock in a ductile shear zone. In: "Atlas of mylonitic and fault-related rocks", edited by A.W. Snoke, J. A. Tullis, and V. R. Todd, p. 180-183. Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, J., and Babaei, A., 1995, Self-similar cataclasis in the Saltville Thrust zone, Knoxville, Tennessee. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 18,075-18,084. Babaie, H. A., and La Tour, T. E., 1994. Semibrittle and cataclastic deformation of hornblende-quartz rocks in a ductile shear zone. Tectonophysics, vol. 229, 19-30. Vauchez, A., Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 1993. Oregon-parallel tangential motion in the Late Devonian Early Carboniferous southern Appalachians internides. Can. J. Earth Sci., 30, 1297-1305. Babaie, H. A., Speed, R. C., and Claypool, G., 1992. Source rock and maturation evaluation of Barbados accretionary prism. Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 9, 623-631. Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A. A., and Hadizadeh, J., 1991. Initiation of cataclastic flow and development of cataclastic foliation in nonporous quartzites from a natural fault zone. Tectonophysics, v. 200, 67-77. Hadizadeh, J., Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A. A., 1991. Development of interlaced mylonites, cataclasites and breccias: Example from the Towaliga Fault, south central Appalachians, J. Struc. Geol. 13, 63-70. Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, J., and Babaei, A. A. 1991. Timing and temperature of cataclastic deformation phases along segments of the Towaliga fault zone, Georgia, Jour. Struc. Geol., 13, p. 579-586. \|Babaie, H. A., and Speed, R. C. 1990, Origin of kink bands in the Golconda allochthon, Nevada: Implications for accretionary prisms: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 102, 315-321. Babaie, H. A., 1987. Paleogeographic and tectonic implications of the Golconda allochthon, southern Toiyabe Range, Nevada: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 99, 231 243. Babaie, H. A., 1986. A comparison of two dimensional strain analysis methods using elliptical grains: Jour Struc Geol, v. 8, p. 585 587. Abstracts Babaie, H. A., 2006. Formal ontological relations and the depiction of reality in the Nankai Trough, Japan. AGU Transactions. Babaie, H. A., 2006, Desigining dynamic Earth sciences ontologies. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5201, p. 2, edited by Shaliaja R. Brady, A. Krishna Sinha, and Linda C. Gundersen. Presented in Geoinformatics 2006, Data to Knowledge, Reston, VA, May 10-12, 2006. Babaie, H. A., and Hadizadeh J., 2006, Ontology of experimental and simulated fault gouge. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5201, p. 39, edited by Shaliaja R. Brady, A. Krishna Sinha, and Linda C. Gundersen. Presented in Geoinformatics 2006, Data to Knowledge, Reston, VA, May 10-12, 2006. Richard, S. M., Babaie, H. A., Oldow, J. S., Ave-Lallement, H. G., and Watkinson, A. J., 2006. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5201, p. 51, edited by Shaliaja R. Brady, A. Krishna Sinha, and Linda C. Gundersen. Presented in Geoinformatics 2006, Data to Knowledge, Reston, VA, May 10-12, 2006. Babaie H. A. and Hadizadeh, J., 2006, Ontology of brittle deformation in natural and experimental shear zones. Presented at the: IODP-ICDP Workshop on Fault Zone, May 23-26, 2006, Miyazaki, Japan. Ajay Tripathi and Babaie, H. A., 2005. Developing a Modular Hydrogeology Ontology Extending the SWEET Ontologies. AGU Trans. Mobasher Katayoun and Babaie, H. A., 2005. Analysis of Fold- and Fault-related Fractures in the Zagros Range, SW Iran, Applying GIS and Remote Sensing. AGU Trans. Babaie, H. A., Hadizadeh, Jafar, Mair, Karen, and DiToro Giulio, 2005. Developing a cyberplatform for sample-based brittle deformation research. GEON 3rd Annual GEON Meeting on Research Frontiers in Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences, San Diego, CA, May 5, 6, available at: http://www.geongrid.org/AM05/presentations.php Sinha, A. K., McGuinness, D., Raskin, R., Lin, K., Brodaric, B., Babaie, H. A., Barnes, Calvin, Keller, R., Gates, a., Keller, R., Dungan, J., Zhong, J., Seber, D., Hanan, B., Frank, E., and Najdi,, J., 2005. Geo-Ontology: empowering new discoveries in Earth sciences, GEON 3rd Annual GEON Meeting on Research Frontiers in Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences, San Diego, CA, May 5, 6, available at: http://www.geongrid.org/AM05/presentations.php. Babaie, H. A., and Babaei, A., 2004. Modling discipline-specific geologic concepts with the W3C XML Schema, GSA Abs w. Prog. Babaie, H. A., 2004. Representation of Structural Geology Knowledge with Ontology: Design and Implementation Issues. AGU Trans., 85(47), Babaie, H.A., and Babaei, A., 2003. Development of the Plate Tectonics and Seismology markup languages with XML. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, 11 April, 2003, Nice, France. Babaie, H. A., Ghazi, A.; Babaei, A.; Duncan, R.; Mahony, J.; Hassanipak, A. New Ar-Ar age, isotopic, and geochemical data for basalts in the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran". EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, April, 2003, Nice, France. Babaie, H. A., Babaei, A., 2003. Design and development of discipline-specific geoscience markup languages and databases applying UML and XML. GSA Abs w. Prog., Babaie, H.A., and Babaei, A., 2002. SGeoML, An XML markup language for communication and processing of structural geological information. GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 34, no. 6, p.374. 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