arizonacaliforniaft2006part2

This is Part 2 of Arizona-California Field Trip 2006 (For part one, go to: https://sites.google.com/site/lurascollections/bibliographies/arizonacaliforniaft2006/arizonacaliforniaft2006 )

The nature and origin of desert varnish, caliche, and desert pavement (weathering)

*Abrahams, A.D., and Parsons, A.J., ed., 1994, Geomorphology of desert environments: London, UK, Chapman and Hall, 674 p. [Geology 551.415 G292]

Gischler, E., and Glennie, K.W., eds., 1997, Johannes Walther: The Law of Desert Formation - Present and past; Translation of the fourth revised edition of 1924: Geological Milestones, v. 4, Miami, FL, The Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, 273 p. [550 G23952 v.4]

Mabbutt, J.A., 1977, Desert Landforms: Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 340 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.45 M113D]

Press, F., and Siever, R., 2001, Understanding Earth, 3rd ed.: New York, W.H. Freeman and Company, p. 313-321. [in student references; '03] [not at UIUC]

Thomas, D.S.G., 1989, Arid zone geomorphology: New York, Halsted Press, 372 p. [551.409154Ar44]

Desert Varnish

Web pages:

What is Desert Varnish? [in student references; '03]

Armstrong, W.P., Desert Varnish & Lichen Crust : Desert USA site. [in student references; '03]

Literature:

In addition, there are numerous articles on age dating using desert varnish; some are controversial.

Allen, C.C., 1978, Desert varnish of the Sonoran Desert; optical and electron probe microanalysis: Journal of Geology, v. 86, n. 6, p. 743-752. [Geology 550.5 JG]

Bauman, A.J., 1976, Desert varnish and marine ferromanganese oxide nodules; Congeneric phenomena: Nature, v. 259, n. 5542, p. 387-388. [Geology Q 505 N]

Chafetz, H.S., Akdim, B., Julia, R., and Reid, A., 1998, Mn- and Fe-rich black travertine shrubs; bacterially (and nanobacterially) induced precipitates: Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section A: Sedimentary Petrology and Processes, v. 68, n. 3, p. 404-412. [Geology 552.05 JOU2]

Christensen, P.R., and Harrison, S.T., 1993, Thermal infrared emission spectroscopy of natural surfaces; application to desert varnish coatings on rocks: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 98, n. 11, p. 19,819-19,834. [Grainger Engineering 538.05 TE]

Denny, C.S., 1965, Alluvial fans in the Death Valley region: U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 466, p. 16-21. [Geology 557xp]

Dorn, R. I., and Oberlander, T.M., 1981, Microbial origin of desert varnish: Science, v. 213, p. 1245-47. [Geology 505.5 SJ and online]

Dorn, R. I., 1982, Rock varnish: Progress in Physical Geography, v. 6, n. 3, p. 317-366. [Geology 910.0205 PR]

Dorn, R.T., 1984, Cause and implications of rock varnish microchemical laminations: Nature, v. 310, p. 767-770. [Geology Q 505 N]

Dorn, R.T., 1984, Stable carbon isotope ratios of rock varnish organic matter: A new paleoenvironmental indicator: Science, v. 227, p. 1472-74. [Geology 505.5 SJ and online]

Dorn, R.T., 1986, Rock varnish as an indicator of aeolian environmental change, in Nickling, R.I., ed., Aeolian Geomorphology: Binghamton Symposia in Geomorphology, Int. Series, n.17, Allen & Unwin, London, UK, p. 291-307. [Geology 551.37 B513A]

Dorn, R.T., 1988, A rock varnish interpretation of alluvial fan development in Death Valley, California: Natl. Geog. Res., v. 4, n. 1, p. 56-73. [Geology 505 NATG]

Dorn, R.I., 1991, Rock varnish: American Scientist, v. 79, n. 6, p. 542-553. [Biology Q. 371.8505 SX]

Dorn, R.I., and Dickinson, W.R, 1989, First paleoenvironmental interpretation of a pre-Quaternary rock-varnish site, Davidson Canyon, southern Arizona: Geology, v. 17, n. 11, p. 1029-1031. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

Elvidge, C.D., 1979, Distribution and formation of desert varnish in Arizona: Master's thesis. Tempe, AZ, Arizona State University, 110 p. [not at UIUC]

Elvidge, C.D., and Collet, C.J., 1981, Desert varnish in Arizona; Distribution and spectral characteristics, in Technical papers of the American Society of Photogrammetry: Falls Church, VA, American Society of Photogrammetry, p. 215-222. [Grainger Engineering 526.982 AM3P1A]

Elvidge, C.D., 1982, Reexamination of the rate of desert varnish formation reported south of Barstow, California: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 7, n. 4, p. 345-348. [Geology 551.405 EA1]

Engel, C.G., 1957, Desert varnish: Master's Thesis. Los Angeles, CA, University of California, LA. [not at UIUC]

Engel, C.G., and Sharp, R.P., 1958, Chemical data on desert varnish, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 69, p. 487-518. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Fisk, E.P., 1971, Desert glaze: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 41, n. 4, p. 1136-1137. [Geology 552.05 JOU]

Fleisher, M., Liu, T., and Broecker, W.S., 1999, A clue regarding the origin of rock varnish: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 26, n. 1, p. 103-106. [in student references] [Geology 551.05 GEOR]

Gile, L.H., and Grossman, R.B., 1979, The desert project soil monograph: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, p. 113-114. [Doc. A 57.2:D45]

Goudie, A.S., and Pye, K., eds., 1983, Chemical sediments and geomorphology: Precipitates and residua in the near-surface environment: New York, NY, Academic Press, 439 p. [Geology 551.4 C423]

Hooke, R. LeB., Yang, H.Y., and Weiblen, P.W., 1969, Desert Varnish: An electron probe study: Journal of Geology, v. 77, p. 275-288.[in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 JG]

Hunt, C.B., 1961, Stratigraphy of desert varnish: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 424B, p. B194-B195. [Geology 557xp]

Hunt, C.B., 1954, Desert varnish, Science, v. 120, p. 183-184. [in student references] [Geology 505.5 SJ and online]

Lakin, H.W., Hunt, C.B., Davidson, D.F., and Oda, U., 1963, Variation in minor-element content of desert varnish: U.S. Geol. Serv. Prof. Paper 475-B, p. B28-B31. [Geology 557xp]

Laudermilk, J.D., 1931, On the origin of desert varnish: American Journal of Science, v. 21; p. 51-66. [Geology 505 AJ] (note publication date)

Lee, M.R., and Bland, P.A., 2003, Dating climatic change in hot deserts using desert varnish on meteorite finds: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 206, n. 1-2, p. 187-198. [Geology 550.5 EAP and online]

Liu, T., and Broeker, W.W., 2000, How fast does rock varnish grow?: Geology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 183-186. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Marshall, R.R., 1962, Natural radioactivity and the origin of desert varnish: Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 43, n.4, p. 446-447. [Grainger Engineering 551.06 AMG]

Moore, C.B., and Elvidge, C.D., 1982, Desert varnish, in Bender, G.L., ed., Reference handbook on the deserts of North America: Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, p. 527-536. [Map & Geography 917.0954 R259; also Undergrad]

Norris, R.M. and Webb, R.W., 1990, Geology of California, 2nd ed.: New York, John Wiley & Sons, 541 p. [Geology 557 C12NO1990]

Palmer, F.E., Staley, J.T., Murray, R.G.E., Counsell, T., and Adams, J.B., 1986, Identification of manganese-oxidizing bacteria from desert varnish: Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 4, n. 4, p. 343-360. [Geology 576.05 GE]

Perry, R.S., and Adams, J.B., 1978, Desert varnish; Evidence for cyclic deposition of manganese: Nature, v. 276, n. 5687, p. 489-491. [Geology Q 505 N]

Potter, R.M., 1979, The tetravalent manganese oxides; Clarification of their structural variations and relationships and characterization of their occurrence in the terrestrial weathering environment as desert varnish and other manganese oxide concentrations. Doctoral dissertation: Pasadena, CA, California Institute of Technology, 254 p. [not at UIUC]

Potter, R.M., and Rossman, G.R., 1977, Desert varnish; The importance of clay minerals: Science, v. 196, n. 4297, p. 1446-1448. [Geology 505.5 SJ and online]

Potter, R.M., and Rossman, G.R., 1979, The manganese- and iron-oxide mineralogy of desert varnish: Chemical Geology, v. 25, n. 1-2, p. 79-94. [Geology 551.905 CH]

Reneau, S.L., 1993, Manganese accumulation in rock varnish on a desert piedmont, Mojave Desert, California, and application to evaluating varnish development: Quaternary Research, v. 40, n. 3, p. 309-317. [Geology 551.7905 QU]

Rivard, Benoit, Petroy, S.B., and Miller, J.R., 1993, Measured effects of desert varnish on the mid-infrared spectra of weathered rocks as an aid to TIMS imagery interpretation: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v. 31, n. 1, p. 284-291. [Grainger Engineering 621.36506 ING1]

Sharp, R.P., and Glazner, A.F., 1997, Nature's crafted mosaics and the tanning process, in Sharp, R.P., and Glazner, A.F., Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley: Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Publishing Company, p. 119-128. [Geology 557.9487 Sh23g]

Spatz, D.M., Taranik, J.V., and Hsu, L.C., 1987, Desert varnish on volcanic rocks of the Basin and Range Province; Composition, morphology, distribution, origin and influence on Landsat imagery: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 21, p. 843-852. [not at UIUC]

Spatz, D.M., Taranik, J.V., and Hsu, L.C., 1989, Differentiating volcanic rock assemblages using Landsat thematic mapper data; Influence of petrochemistry and desert varnish: Advances in Space Research, v. 9, n. 1, p. 93-98. ["Ask at Main Ref Desk"]

VandenDolder, E., 1992, Rock varnish and desert pavement provide geological and archaeological records: Arizona Geology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 4-7. [in student references; '03] [Geology 622.05 ARI1C]

Walker, A.S., 1996, Deserts: Geology and Resources: United States Geological Survey Online Version <http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/>.

Whalley, W.B., 1983, Desert varnish, in Goudie, A.S., and Pye, K., eds., Chemical sediments and geomorphology; Precipitates and residua in the near-surface environment: London, UK, Academic Press, p.197-226. [Geology 551.4 C423]

White, C.H., 1924, Desert varnish: American Journal of Science, v. 7, p. 413-420. [Geology 505 AJ] (note publication date)

See also books on Desert Geomorphology in the library.

Desert Pavement

Birkeland, P.W., and Larson, E.E., 1989, Putnam's Geology, 5th ed.: New York, Oxford University Press. [Geology 550 P97G1989]

Bloom, A.L., 1969, The surface of the earth: New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 152 p. [Geology 551.4 B62S; also Map & Geography]

Bloom, A.L., 1991, Geomorphology; A systematic analysis of late Cenozoic landforms: New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 532 p.. [Geology Q. 551.4 B62G1991]

Cooke, R.U., 1970, Stone pavements in deserts: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 60, n. 3, p. 560-577. [Map & Geography 910.6 AS]

Garner, H.F., 1974, The origin of landscapes; A synthesis of geomorphology: New York, Oxford University Press, 734 p. [Geology 551.4 G18O; also Map & Geography and Main Stacks]

Gile, L.H., and Grossman, R.B., 1979, The desert project soil monograph: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, p. 109-113. [Doc. A 57.2:D45]

Haff, P.K., and Werner, B.T., 1993, Streak patterns on desert pavement surfaces: Eos, Transactions, v.74, n.16, suppl., p.152. [Geology 551.06 AMG; also Grainger Engineering]

Haff, P.K., and Werner, B.T., 1996, Dynamical processes on desert pavements and the healing of surficial disturbances: Quaternary Research, v. 45, n. 1, p. 38-46. [Geology 551.7905 QU]

McFadden, L.D., Wells, S.G., and Jercinovich, M.J., 1987, Influences of eolian and pedogenic processes on the origin and evolution of desert pavement: Geology, v. 15, p. 504-508. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

Norris, R.M. and Webb, R.W., 1990, Geology of California, 2nd ed.: New York, John Wiley & Sons, 541 p. [Geology 557 C12NO1990]

Springer, N.E., 1958, Desert pavement and vesicular layer of some soils of the desert of the Lahontan Basin, Nevada: Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Proc., v. 22, p. 63-66. [unknown]

Walker, A.S., 1996, Deserts: Geology and Resources: United States Geological Survey Online Version <http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/>.

See also books on Desert Geomorphology in the library.

Caliche, Calcrete, Silcrete, Piping, Desert Soils

Bryan, R., and Yair, A., eds., 1982, Badland Geomorphology and Piping: Norwich, UK, Geo Abstracts, 414 p. [not at UIUC]

Cooley, M.E., 1961, Description and origin of caliche in the Glen-San Juan Canyon region, Utah and Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 4, p. 35-41. [Geology 557 Ar3ad ]

Fuller, W.H., 1975, Soils of the desert southwest: Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, 102 p. [ACES 631.F959s] (nontechnical)

Gile, L.H., and Grossman, R.B., 1979, The desert project soil monograph: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, p. 139-191. [Doc. A 57.2:D45]

Kottlowski, F.E., Cooley, M.E., and Ruhe, R.V., 1965, Quaternary geology of the Southwest, in Wright, Jr., H.E., and Frey, D.G., eds., The Quaternary of the United States: A review volume for the VII Congress of the International Association for Quaternary Research: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, p. 287-298. [Geology 551.79 W92Q; multiple copies]

Lopez-Bermudez, F., and Romero-Diaz, M.A., 1989, Piping erosion and badland development in south-east Spain: Cataten Supplement 14, p. 59-73. [Geology 551.405 CATSUP v. 14]

*Machette, M.N., 1985, Calcic soils of the southwestern United States, in Weide, D.L., and Faber, M.L., eds., Soils and Quaternary Geology of the southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 203, p. 1-21. [in student references] [Geology 550 G292s]

Parker, Sr., G.G., Higgins, C.G., and Wood, W.W., 1990, Piping and pseudokarst in drylands, in Higgins, C.G., and Coates, D.R., eds., Groundwater geomorphology; The role of subsurface water in earth-surface processes and landforms: Geological Society of America Special Paper 252, p. 77-110. [Geology 550 G292s]

Sigalove, J.J., Long, A., and Damon, P.E., 1962, The C (super 14) content and origin of caliche: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 67, n. 4, p. 1657. [Grainger Engineering 538.05 TE]

Zerkle, A.L., 1999, Calcrete formation in semi-arid environments: Dominant processes affecting the southwestern United States. Unpublished. [in student references]

Meteor Crater

Bogatikov, O.A., Boyarskaya, R.V., Soboleva, S.V., and Frikh-Khar, D.I., 1985, Impact rocks of Meteor Crater, Arizona: International Geology Review, v. 27, n. 3, p. 319-326. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Burnham, R., 1991, Arizona's Meteor Crater: Earth, v. 1., n. 1, p. 50-58. [not at UIUC ]

French, B.M., 1998, Traces of catastrophe, a handbook of shock-metamorphic effects in terrestrial meteorite impact structures; LPI Contribution No. 954: Houston, TX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 120 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 552.4 F887t]

Hoerzi, F., Mittlefehldt, D.W., See, T.H., and Galindo, C., 2002, Petrographic studies of the impact melts from Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA: Meteoritics and Planetary Science, v. 37, n. 4, p. 501-531. [not at UIUC]

Kargel, J.S., 1998, Meteor Crater, Arizona: Geology and cultural history, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 175. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.91 G2923]

Kieffer, S.W., 1974, Shock metamorphism of the Coconino Sandstone at Meteor Crater: Meteorit. Soc., Annu. Meet., Guidebook 37, Guidebook to the geology of Meteor Crater, Arizona, p. 12-19. [not at UIUC]

Phillips, F.M., Zreda, M.G., Smith, S.S., Elmore, D., Kubik, P.W., Dorn, R.I., and Roddy, D.J., 1991, Age and geomorphic history of Meteor Crater, Arizona, from cosmogenic (super 36) Cl and (super 14) C in rock varnish: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 55, n. 9, p. 2695-2698. [Geology 551.05 GEOC]

Shoemaker, E.M., 1974, Synopsis of the geology of Meteor Crater: Meteorit. Soc., Annu. Meet., Guidebook 37, Guidebook to the geology of Meteor Crater, p. 1-11. [not at UIUC]

Shoemaker, E.M., 1987, Meteor Crater, Arizona, in Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain section of the Geological Society of America, in the collection Centennial field guide, v. 2: Boulder, CO, Geol. Soc. Am., p. 399-404. [Geology Q. 557.3 C333]

*Shoemaker, E.M., and Kieffer, S.W., 1974, Guidebook to the geology of Meteor Crater, Arizona: Meteoritical Society Annual Meeting Guidebook 37, 66 p. [in student references; '03] [not owned by UIUC; in field trip file box]

Shoemaker, E.M., and Kieffer, S.W., 1977, Guide to the Astronaut Trail at Meteor Crater: Meteorit. Soc., Annu. Meet., Guidebook 37, Guidebook to the geology of Meteor Crater, Arizona, p. 34-62. [not at UIUC]

Sutton, S.R., 1985, Thermoluminescence measurements on shock-metamorphosed sandstone and dolomite from Meteor Crater, Arizona; 1, Shock dependence of thermoluminescence properties: JGR. Journal of Geophysical Research. B., v. 90, n. 5, p. 3683-3689. [Grainger Engineering 538.05 TE]

Sutton, S.R., 1985, Thermoluminescence measurements on shock-metamorphosed sandstone and dolomite from Meteor Crater, Arizona; 2, Thermoluminescence age of meteor crater: JGR. Journal of Geophysical Research. B., v. 90, n. 5, p. 3690-3700. [Grainger Engineering 538.05 TE]

Van der Puijm, and Marshak, S., 1997, Earth structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics. Chap 19.4 (Miller, E.L, and Gans, P.B., The North American Cordillera) p. 424-429: McGraw-Hill. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.8 V26e]

Weinberger, S., 2002, Visiting Meteor Crater, Arizona; America's first-recognized crater is its best preserved: Rock and Gem, v. 32, n. 4, p. 20-25. [not at UIUC]

Xia, K., and Ahrens, T.J., 2001, Impact induced damage beneath craters: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, n. 18, p. 3525-3527. [Geology 551.05 GEOR]

There are many more references: Search GeoRef.

Tectonics and Structure

Formation of Basin & Range Province (timing, extension, structural architecture)

Web Resources

Basin and Range: USGS: Online papers and abstracts

Literature

Buck, W.R., Lavier, L.L., and Babeyko, A., 2003, A numerical model of lithospheric extension producing fault-bounded basins and ranges: International Geology Review, v. 45, n. 8, p. 712-723.

Burke, K., 1980, Intracontinental rifts and aulacogens, in Continental tectonics: Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, p. 42-49.[in student bibliography] [Geology 551.8 N213C] [full text online]

Dickinson, W. R., 2002, The Basin and Range Province as a composite extensional domain: International Geology Review, v. 44, no. 1, p. 1-38. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Eaton, G.P., 1980, Geophysical and geological characteristics of the crust of the Basin and Range Province, in Continental tectonics: Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, p.96-113.[in student references; '03] [Geology 551.8 N213C] [full text online]

Gans, P.B., Mahood, G.A., and Schermer, E., 1989, Synextensional magmatism in the Basin and Range Province; A case study from the eastern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper 223, 53 p.[in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292s]

Marshak. S., van der Pluijm, B., and Hamburger, M., eds., 1999, The tectonics of continental interiors: Tectonophysics, v. 305, [in student references; '03; exact pages used unknown] [Geology 551.805 TE]

Morrison, R.B., 1991, Quaternary geology of the southern Basin and Range province, in Morrison, R.B., ed., Quaternary nonglacial geology; Conterminous U.S., in the collection The geology of North America, v. K-2: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, p. 353-371. [in student references; '03] [Geology Q 557 G292]

*Stewart, J.H., 1978, Basin-range structure in western North America; A review: Geological Society of America Memoir 152, p. 1-31. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292M]

Wernicke, B.P., Snow, J.K., Axen, G.J., Burchfiel, B.C., Hodges, K.V., Wallker, J.D., Guth, P.L., 1989, Sedimentation and tectonics in western North America: Volume 3, Extensional tectonics in the Basin and Range Province between the southern Sierra Nevada and the Colorado Plateau, in the collection Field trips for the 28th International Geological Congress: American Geophysical Union. [Geology 557.8 SE28]

Mesozoic volcanic arcs of the western USA

From student handout:

Sonoma Arc (early Triassic)

Sierran Arc (late Triassic-late Cretaceous)

Sevier Arc (late Jurassic-late Cretaceous)

Dickenson, W.R., 1962, Petrogenetic significance of geosynclinal andesitic volcanism along the Pacific margin of North America: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 73, p. 1241-1256. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Marshak, S., and Prothero, D.R., 2001, Earth; Portrait of a planet: New York, W.W. Norton, p. 645-665. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550 M354e]

Miller, E.L, and Gans, P.B., 1997, The North American Cordilleran, in Van der Puijm, and Marshak, S., eds., Earth structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics: McGraw-Hill, p. 424-429. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.8 V26e]

Moores, E.M., and Twiss, R.J., 1995, Tectonics: New York, W.H., Freeman & Co. [in student references; 03] [Geology Q 551.8 M788T]

Nilsen, T.H., 1978, Late Cretaceous geology of California and the problem of the proto-San Andreas Fault, in Howell, D.G., and McDougall, K., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the western United States: Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium. 2, p. 559-573. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.72 P119P1978]

Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., and DeWitt, E., 1987, Stratigraphy and U-Th-Pb geochronology of Triassic and Jurassic rocks in west-central Arizona, in Dickinson, W.R., and Klute, M.A., eds., Mesozoic rocks of southern Arizona and adjacent areas: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 18, p. 65-80. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Richard, S.M., and Laubach, S.E., 1986, Mesozoic structures in west-central Arizona, in Beatty, B., and Wilkinson, P.A.K., eds., Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the Southwest: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 16, p. 35-51 (from references in Tosdal & Stone, 1994). [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

Richard, S.M., Laubach, S.E., Reynolds, S.J., and Spencer, J.E., 1990, Mesozoic thrusting, synplutonic deformation, and Miocene overprinting, Harcuvar Complex; A section through the pre-Tertiary crust of west-central Arizona, in Gehrels, G.E., and Spencer, J.E., eds., Geologic excursions through the Sonoran Desert region, Arizona and Sonora: Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper No. 7, p. 66-75. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.917 G292]

Richard, S.M., Reynolds, S.J., and Spencer, J.E., 1987, Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Little Harquahala and Harquahala Mountains, west-central Arizona, in Dickinson, W.R., and Klute, M.A., eds., Mesozoic rocks of southern Arizona and adjacent areas: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 18, p. 101-119. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

Rogers, J.J.W., Burchfiel, B.C., Abbott, E.W., Anepohl, J.K., Ewing, A.W., Koehnken, P.J., Novitsky, E.J.M., and Talukdar, S.C., 1974, Jurassic and lower Mesozoic volcanism and continental growth in the western United States: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 85, n. 12, p. 1913-1924. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Suppe, J., 1985, Principles of structural geology: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 537 p. (regional; North American Cordillera, p.465-481) [in student references; '03] [Geology Q 551.8 SU76P]

Verrall, P., 1988, Speculations on the Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic history of the western United States, in Tankard, A.J., and Balkwill, H.R., eds., Extensional tectonics and stratigraphy of the North Atlantic margins: AAPG Memoir, v. 46, p. 615-631. [in student references; '03] [Geology Q. 553.28 AM31M1]

Geology of the Maria fold-thrust belt (Sevier fold-thrust belts)

Hamilton, W., 1982, Structural evolution of the Big Maria Mountains, northeastern Riverside County, southeastern California, in Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., eds., Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publ., p. 1-27.[Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

Hamilton, W.B., 1984, Structure in the Big Maria Mountains of southeastern California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 400B, p. B277-B278. [Geology Q.557xp 400B]

Hamilton, W.B., 1987, Mesozoic geology and tectonics of the Big Maria Mountains region, southeastern California, in Dickinson, W.R., and Klute, M.A., eds., Mesozoic rocks of southern Arizona and adjacent areas: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 18, p. 33-47. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

Hamilton, W.B., Tosdal, R.M., Stone, P., and Haxel, G.B., 1988, Mesozoic tectonics of southeastern California, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper No. 5, p. 337-350. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Laubach, S.E., Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., and Marshak, S., 1989, Progressive deformation and superposed fabrics related to Cretaceous crustal underthrusting in western Arizona, U.S.A.: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 11, p. 735-750. (Important Paper for this topic) [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.805 JO]

Miller, D.M., 1992, Sonoran and Mojave Deserts Region, in Burchfiel, B.C., Lipman, P.W., and Zoback, M.L., eds., The Cordilleran Orogen; Conterminous U.S., in the collection The Geology of North America, vol. G-3, p. 230-237 (see p. 234). [Geology Reserves Q557 G292 v.G3]

Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Laubauch, S.E., Cunningham, D., and Richard, S.M., 1989, Geologic map, geologic evolution, and mineral deposits of the Granite Wash Mountains, west-central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-file Report 89-4, 46 p. and map [not at UIUC]

Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Richard, S.M., and Laubach, S.E., 1986, Mesozoic structures in west-central qArizona, in Beatty, B., and Wilkinson, P.A.K., eds., Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the Southwest: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 16, p. 35-51. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

Richard, S.M., Ballard, S.N., Hamilton, W.B., Boettcher, S., Hoisch, T.C., and Tosdal, R.M., 1994, Mesozoic tectonics of the Maria Belt, west-central Arizona and southeastern California, in McGill, S.R., and Ross, T.M., eds., Geological investigations of an active margin: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Annual Meeting, Guidebook 27, p. 272-292. [in student references; '03][Geology 557.9 G293]

Richard, S.M., and Dokka, R.K., 1992, Geology of the Packard Well fault zone, southeastern California, in Richard, S.M., ed., Deformation associated with the Neogene, eastern California shear zone, southeastern California and southwestern Arizona; Proceedings: San Bernardino County Museum Association Special Publication 92-1, p. 71-74. [not at UIUC]

Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., 1990, Relationship between Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic features in west-central Arizona and adjacent southeastern California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 95, n. B1, p. 539-555. (from references in Tosdal & Stone, 1994) [Engineering Library 538.05 TE]

Tosdal, R.M., Haxel, G.B., and Wright, J.E., 1989, Jurassic geology of the Sonoran Desert region, southern Arizona, southeast California, and northernmost Sonora; Construction of a continental margin arc, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 397-434. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Tosdal, R.M., and Stone, P., 1994, Stratigraphic relations and U-Pb geochronology of the Upper Cretaceous upper McCoy Mountains Formation, southwestern Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, n. 4, p. 476-491. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Van der Pluijm, B.A., and Marshak, S., 1997, Earth structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics: Dubuque, Iowa, WCB/McGraw-Hill, p. 366-378, 424-428. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.8 V26e]

Sevier Fold-Thrust Belt

Armstrong, R.L., 1968, Sevier orogenic belt in Nevada and Utah: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 79, p. 429-458. [Geology 550.6 GE]

Azen, G.J., and Wernicke, B.P., 1990, Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the Sevier thrust belt in the Virgin River Valley area, southern Nevada, in Wernicke, B.P., ed., Basin and Range extensional tectonics near the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada: Geological Society of America Memoir 176, p. 123-153 (abstract and introduction) [Geology 550 G292m v.176]

Burchfiel, B.C., Lipman, P.W., and Zoback, M.L., 1992, The Cordilleran Orogen; Conterminous U.S., in the collection The Geology of North America, v. G-3, 724 p. [Geology Reserves Q557 G292 v.G3]

Camilleri, P.A., and Chamberlain, K.R., 1997, Mesozoic tectonics and metamorphism in the Pequop Mountains and Wood Hills region, northeast Nevada; Implications for the architecture and evolution of the Sevier orogen: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 109, n. 1, p. 74-94. (good illustration) [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Hodges, K.V., and Walker, J.D., 1992, Extension in the Cretaceous Sevier orogen, North American Cordillera: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, p. 560-569. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Livaccari, R.F., 1991, Role of crustal thickening and extensional collapse in the tectonic evolution of the Sevier-Laramide orogeny, western United States: Geology, v. 19, p. 1104-1107. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Taylor, W.J., Bartley, J.M., Martin, M.W., Geissman, J.W., Walker, J.D., Armstrong, P.A., and Fryxell, J.E., 2000, Relations between hinterland and foreland shortening; Sevier orogeny, central North American Cordillera: Tectonics, v. 19, n. 6, p. 1124-1143. (Abstract, introduction, references) [Geology 551.805 TEC]

Metamorphic Core Complexes of west-central Arizona

*Anderson, J.L., and Cullers, R.L., 1990, Middle to upper crustal plutonic construction of a magmatic arc; An example for the Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex, in Anderson, J.L., ed., The nature and origin of Cordilleran magmatism: Geological Society of America Memoir 174, p. 47-69. (California) [Geology 550 G292M]

Armstrong, R.L., 1982, Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science, v. 10, p. 129-154. [Geology ]

Bryant, B., and Wooden, J.L, 1989, Lower-plate rocks of the Buckskin Mountains, Arizona; A progress report, in Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geology and mineral resources of the Buckskin and Rawhide mountains, west-central Arizona: Bulletin, Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch, p. 47-50. [in student bibliography]. [Geology 622.09 Ar43b1a]

*Coney, P.J., 1980, Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes: An overview: Geological Society of America Memoir 153, p. 7-31. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292M]

Davis, G.A., 1994, Plutonism and the origin of metamorphic core complexes: Comment: Geology, v. 22, n. 5, p. 475-476. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

*Davis, G.A., and Anderson, J.L., 1991, Low-angle normal faulting and rapid uplift of mid-crustal rocks in the Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex, southeastern California; Discussion and field guide, in Walawender, M.A., and Hanan, B.B., eds., Geological excursions in southern California and Mexico: San Diego, CA, San Diego State Univ., p. 417-446. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.949 G2923]

Davis, G.A., and Lister, G.S., 1988, Detachment faulting in continental extension; perspectives from the southwestern U.S. Cordillera, in Clark, S.P. Jr., Burchfiel, B.C., and Suppe, J., eds., Processes in continental lithospheric deformation: Geological Society of America Special Paper 218, p. 133-159. [Geology 550 G292s no.218]

Davis, G.A., Lister, G.S., and Reynolds, S.J., 1986, Structural evolution of the Whipple and South mountains shear zones, southwestern United States: Geology, v. 14, p. 7-10. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 GE00]

Davis, G.H., and Reynolds, S.J., 1996, Current cross-sectional pictures of normal faulting, in Chapter 6 - Faults, in Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions, 2nd ed., New York, John Wiley & Sons, p. 352, 353 (see also mylonite, p. 459, 461-463). [Geology 551.8 D293S1996]

Lister, G.S., and Baldwin, S.L., 1993, Plutonism and the origin of metamorphic core complexes: Geology, v. 21, n. 7, p. 607-610. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Lister, G.S., and Baldwin, S.L., 1994, Plutonism and the origin of metamorphic core complexes; Reply: Geology, v. 22, n. 5, p. 476. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

*Lister, G.S., and Davis, G.A., 1989, The origin of metamorphic core complexes and detachment faults formed during Tertiary continental extension in the northern Colorado River region, U.S.A.: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 11, n. 1-2, p. 65-94. [Geology 551.805 JO]

*Marshak, S., and Meulen, M.V., 1989, Geology of the Battleship Peak area, southern Buckskin Mountains, Arizona; Structural style below the Buckskin detachment fault, in Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geology and mineral resources of the Buckskin and Rawhide mountains, west-central Arizona: Bulletin 198, State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch, p. 51-66. [in student references; '03] [Geology 622.09 Ar43b1a]

*Miller, D.M., and Howard, K.A., 1983, Introduction, in Miller, D.M., Todd, V.R., and Howard, K.A., eds., Tectonic and stratigraphic studies in the eastern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Memoir 157, p. 1-2.

Passchier, C.W. and Trouw, R.A.J., 2005, Microtectonics [electronic resource], 2nd ed., revised: Berlin; Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag <http://www.library.uiuc.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29359-0>.

*Rehrig, W.A., 1982, Metamorphic core complexes of the southwestern United States; An updated analysis, in Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., eds., Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publ., p. 551-559. [Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

*Reynolds, S.J., and Lister, G.S., 1988, Field guide to lower- and upper-plate rocks of the South Mountains detachment zone, Arizona, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, p.244-248. [Geology 557.91 G292]

*Reynolds, S.J., and Lister, G.S., 1990, Folding of mylonitic zones in Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes; Evidence from near the mylonitic front: Geology, v. 18, p. 216-219. [in student references; '03][Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Smith, B.M., Reynolds, S.J., Day, H.W., and Bodnar, R.J., 1991, Deep-seated fluid involvement in ductile-brittle deformation and mineralization, South Mountains metamorphic core complex, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 103, p. 559-569. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Spencer, J.E., 2006, A geologist's guide to the core complex geology along the Catalina Highway, Tucson area, Arizona: Arizona Geologial Survey Open-File Report 06-01, 38 p.

*Spencer, Jon E., Reynolds, Stephen J., Anderson, Lawford, Davis, Gregory A., Laubach Stephen E., Richards, Stephen M., and Marshak, Stephen, 1987, Field-trip guide to parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, Whipple, and Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona and Southeastern California, in Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Field Trip Guidebook, p. 351-364. [in student bibliography for this section] [Geology 557.91 G292]

Van der Puijm, B.A., and Marshak, S., 1997, Earth structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics: McGraw-Hill. [in student references] [Geology 551.8 V26e]

Van der Pluijm, B.A., and Marshak, S., 2004, Earth Structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics, 2nd ed. (Section 16.3 Cordilleral metamorphic core complexes, p. 390-394; also see the index for different sections on mylonite, mylonitic foliation, and mylonitization): New York; London, W.W. Norton & Co. [Geology Q. 551.8 .V26e2003]

The Mojave-Sonora megashear

Anderson, T.H., Nourse, J.A., McKee, J.W., and Steiner, M.B., 2005, The Mojave-Sonora megashear hypothesis: Development, assessment, and alternatives: Geological Society of America Special Paper 393, 712 p. [Geology 550 G292s no. 393]

Anderson, T.H., Schmidt, V.A., Cohen, K.K., and Silver, L.T., 1982, Timing of activity along the Mojave-Sonora Megashear in Mexico: Eos, v. 63, n. 45, p. 915-916. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.06 AMG]

Anderson, T.H., and Silver, L.T., 1979, The role of the Mojave-Sonora megashear in the tectonic evolution of northern Sonora, in Anderson, T.H., and Roldan, Q.J., eds., Guidebook, field trip; Geology of northern Sonora: Pittsburgh, PA, Univ. Pittsburg, p. 59-68. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.217 G292]

Ayala, C.J., and Clark-, K.R., 1998, Lithology, structure and gold deposits of northwestern Sonora, Mexico, in Clark, K., ed., Guidebook Series - Society of Economic Geologists, no. 30, p. 203-234. [not at UIUC]

Campbell, P.A., and Anderson, T.H., 1998, Structure and kinematics along a Jurassic plate boundary transform, the Mojave-Sonora Megashear, northwestern Sonora, Mexico, in Clark, K.F., ed., Guidebook Series - Society of Economic Geologists, no. 30, p. 177-186. [not at UIUC]

Cohen, K.K., Anderson, T.H., and Schmidt, V.A., 1986, A paleomagnetic test of the proposed Mojave-Sonora Megashear in northwestern Mexico: Tectonophysics, v. 131, n. 1-2, p. 23-51. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.805 TE]

Jacques, A.C., Garcia y Barragan, J.C., and DeJong, K.A., 1991, The interpreted trace of the Mojave-Sonora megashear in Northwest Sonora; A Laramide thrust front and middle Tertiary detachment zone, in Kogan, R.R., and Carreno, A.L., Convencion sobre la evolucion geologica de Mexico y Primer congreso mexicano de mineralogia; Memoria [Translated Title: Meeting on the geological evolution of Mexico and the First Mexican congress on mineralogy; Memoirs: Coyoacan, Mexico], Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, p. 78-80 (in English). [not at UIUC]

Molina-Garza, R.S., and Geissman, J.W., 1998, Paleomagnetic evidence against Jurassic left-lateral (southeastward) displacement of the Caborca Terrane, in Clark, K.R., ed., Guidebook Series - Society of Economic Geologists no. 30, p. 187-201. [not at UIUC]

Molina-Garza, R.S., and Geissman, J.W., 1999, Paleomagnetic data from the Caborca Terrane, Mexico; Implications for Cordilleran tectonics and the Mojave-Sonora megashear hypothesis: Tectonics, v. 18, n. 2, p. 293-325. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.805 TEC]

Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Asmerom, Y., DeWitt, E., and Laubach, S.E., 1989, Early Mesozoic uplift in west-central Arizona and southeastern California: Geology, v. 17, n. 3, p. 207-211 (recommended). [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Richard, S.M., Ballard, S.N., Hamilton, W.B., Boettcher, S., Hoisch, T.D., and Tosdal, R.M., 1994, Mesozoic tectonics of the Maria Belt, west-central Arizona and southeastern California, in McGill, S.F., and Ross, T.M., eds., Geological investigations of an active margin: Redlands, CA, San Bernardino County Museum, p. 156-160. [Geology 557.9 G293]

Stewart, J.H., McMenamin, M.A.S., and Morales-Ramirez, J.M., 1984, Upper Proterozoic and Cambrian rocks in the Caborca region, Sonora, Mexico; Physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, paleocurrent studies, and regional relations: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1309, 36 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology Q.557XP]

Stewart, J.H., and Poole, F., 2002, Inventory of Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic strata in Sonora, Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 02-0097, 50 p. [in student references; '03] [http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-97/]

Origin and evolution of the San Andreas Fault system

*Crowell, J.C., 1981, An outline of the tectonic history of southeastern California, in Ernst, W.G., ed., The Geotectonic development of California (Ruby Volume 1): Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, p.583-600. [Geology 557.94 G298]

*Iacopi, R., 1981, Earthquake Country: Menlo Park, CA, Lane Book Company, p.58-67. [Geology has 1964 edition 551.22 IA1E; most recent edition is 1996, Tucson, AZ : Fisher Books]

*Matti, J.C., and Morton, D.M., 1993, Paleogeographic evolution of the San Andreas Fault in Southern California; a reconstruction based on a new cross-fault correlation, in Powell, R.E., Weldon, R.J. II, Matti, J.C., eds., The San Andreas fault system; displacement, palinspastic reconstruction, and geologic evolution: Geological Society of America Memoir 178, p. 107-159. [Geology 550 G292M]

Geology and history of the northern San Andreas system (i.e., north of intersection with Garlock fault)

Under Construction

Geological evolution of the Garlock Fault

Web Pages:

Garlock Fault Zone [in student references; '03] Link no longer works try this.

Geologic Map of California [in student references; '03]

Perspective View; Garlock Fault: Visible Earth [in student references; '03]

Visual Glossary; Fault, Normal Faults, Reverse Faults..... [in student references; '03]

Literature:

See Also Above

Davis, G.A., and Burchfiel, B.C., 1973, Garlock Fault; An intracontinental transform structure, southern California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, n. 4, p. 1407-1422. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Norris, R.M., and Webb, R.W., 1990, Geology of California, 2nd ed.: New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., p. 230-235, 439-456. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 C12NO1990]

Pace, A., Seymour, D., Roquemore, G., Briones, R., Baldwin, J., and Lewis, L., 1995, The Garlock Fault and El Paso Mountains guide book: South Coast Geological Society Annual Field Trip Guidebook 23, 274 p. [Geology 551.87209794 G185]

Sharp, R.P., 1972, Geology: Field guide to southern California: Dubuque, Iowa, W. C. Brown Co., p. 100-105. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 C12SH1972] [see also 3rd ed., 1994 Geology 557 C12SH1994]

Stanley, S.M., 1999, Earth system history: New York, W.H. Freeman and Company, p. 536-545. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.7 St25ea]

Structures of the San Andreas Fault (flower structure, transpression, pull-aparts, etc.)

Dickinson, W.R., 1996, Kinematics of transrotational tectonism in the California Transverse Ranges and its contribution to cumulative slip along the San Andreas transform fault system: Geological Society of America Special Paper 305, 46 p. [Geology 550 G292s]

Hamilton, W., 1961, Origin of the Gulf of California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 72, n. 9, p. 1307-1318. [Geology 550.6 GE]

Hill, M.L., and Hobson, H.D., 1968, Possible post-Cretaceous slip on the San Andreas fault zone: Stanford University Publications. Geological Sciences 11, p. 123-127. [Geology 550 St24p]

Jachens, R.C., and Zoback, M.L., 1999, The San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay region; California; Structure and kinematics of a young plate boundary: International Geology Review, v. 41, n. 3, p. 191-205. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Jachens, R.C., and Zoback, M.L., 2000, The San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay region, California; Structure and kinematics of a young plate boundary, in Ernst, W.G., and Coleman, R.G., eds., Tectonic studies of Asia and the Pacific Rim: International Book Series 3, Columbia, MD, Bellwether Publishing for the Geological Society of America, p.217-231. [on order]

Jones, D.L., Graymer, R., Wang, C., McEvilly, T.V., and Lomax, A., 1994, Neogene transpressive evolution of the California Coast Ranges: Tectonics, v. 13, n. 3, p. 561-574. [Geology 551.805 TEC]

Kust, D., 1998, Contractional and extensional structures in the transpressive "Big Bend" off the San Andreas Fault, Southern California, in Holdsworth, R.E., Strachan, R.A., and Dewey, J.F., eds., Continental transpressional and transtensional tectonics: Geological Society Special Publication 135, p. 119-126. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G294s]

Mandl, G., 1988, Mechanics of tectonic faulting; Models and basic concepts: New York, Elsevier, 407 p. [in student references; '03?] [Geology 551.87 M312m]

Mandl, G., 1999, Faulting in brittle rocks: An introduction to the mechanics of tectonic faults: New York, Springer, 434 p. [in student references; '03?] [Geology 551.87221 M312f]

Pockalny, R.A., 1997, Evidence of transpression along the Clipperton Transform; Implications for processes of plate boundary reorganization: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 146, n. 3-4, p. 449-464. [Geology 550.5 EAP and online]

Rymer, M.J., 1991, Geologic structure, transpression, and neotectonics of the San Andreas Fault in the Salton Trough, California; Part 2, The Bishop ash bed in the Mecca Hills, in Walawender, M.J., and Hanan, B.B., eds., Geological excursions in southern California and Mexico: San Diego, CA, San Diego State Univ., p. 388-396. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

Spotila, J.A., and Sieh, K., 2000, Architecture of transpressional thrust faulting in the San Bernardino Mountains, southern California, from deformation of a deeply weathered surface: Tectonics, v. 19, n. 4, p. 589-615. [Geology 551.805 TEC]

Sylvester, A.G., 1988, Strike-slip faults: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100, n. 11, p. 1666-1703. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Sylvester, A.G., 1991, Geologic structure, transpression, and neotectonics of the San Andreas Fault in the Salton Trough, California; Part 1, Palm tree structure in the central Mecca Hills, in Walawender, M.J., and Hanan, B.B., eds., Geological excursions in southern California and Mexico: San Diego, CA, San Diego State Univ, p. 378-387. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

Sylvester, A.G., and Smith, R.R., 1976, Tectonic transpression and basement-controlled deformation in San Andreas fault zone, Salton Trough, California: AAPG Bulletin, v. 60, n. 12, p. 2081-2102. [Geology 553.2806 SO and online]

Sylvester, A.G., and Smith, R.R., 1987, Structure section in Painted Canyon, Mecca Hills, Southern California, in Hill, M.L., ed., Cordilleran section of the Geological Society of America, in the collection Centennial field guide, p. 103-108. [Geology Q 557.3 C333]

Tavarnelli, E., and Holdsworth, R.E., 1991, How long do structures take to form in transpression zones? A cautionary tale from California: Geology, v. 27, n. 12, p. 1063-1066. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Tikoff, B., and Teyssier, C., 1994, Strain modeling of displacement-field partitioning in transpression orogens: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 16, n. 11, p. 1575-1588. [Geology 551.805 JO]

Van der Puijm, and Marshak, S., 1997, Earth structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics: McGraw-Hill. [in student bibliography] [Geology 551.8 V26e]

The Orocopia Schist problem

*Burchfiel, D., 1981, Mojave Desert and environs, in Ernst, W.G., ed., The Geotectonic development of California (Ruby Volume 1): Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, p. 217-252.(p. 246-249 specifically)[Geology 557.94 G298]

Haxel, G.B., Budahn, J.R., Fries, T.L., King, B.W., White, L.D., and Aruscavage, P.J., 1987, Geochemistry of the Orocopia Schist, southeastern California; Summary, in Dickinson, W.R., and Klute, M.A., Mesozoic rocks of southern Arizona and adjacent areas: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 18, p. 49-64. (important paper) [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

Haxel, G., and Dillon, J., 1978, The Pelona-Orocopia Schist and Vincent-Chocolate Mountain thrust system, southern California, in Howell, D.G., and McDougall, K.A., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the Western United States / Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium 2, April 26, 1978: Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium. 2, p. 453-469. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.72 P119P1978]

Haxel, G.B., Jacobson, C.E., Richard, S.M., Tosdal, R.M., and Grubensky, M.J., 2002, The Orocopia Schist in southwest Arizona: Early Tertiary oceanic rocks trapped or transported far inland, in Barth, A., ed., Contributions to crustal evolution of the southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 365, p.99-128. [in student references; '03] [550G292s no.365 ]

Hsu, K., and Ehlig, P., 2002, Pelona Schist, and the archipelago model of orogenesis, in Barth, A., ed., Contributions to crustal evolution of the southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 365, p. 155-159. [in student references; '03] [550G292s no.365 ]

Jacobson, C.E., 1983, Complex refolding history of the Pelona, Orocopia, and and schists: Geology, v. 11, n. 10, p. 583-586. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 GE00]

Jacobson, C.E., Barth, A.P., and Grove, M., 2000, Late Cretaceous protolith age and provenance of the Pelona and Orocopia Schists, southern California: Implications for evolution of the Cordilleran margin: Geology, v. 28, n. 3, p. 219-222. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Jacobson, C.E., Grove, M., Stamp, M.M., Vucic, A., Oyarzabal, R.R., Haxel, G.B., Tosdal, R.M., and Sherrod, D.R., 2002, Exhumation history of the Orocopia Schist and related rocks in the Gavilan Hills area of southeasternmost California, in Barth, A., ed., Contributions to crustal evolution of the southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 365, p.129-154. [550G292s no.365 ]

Jacobson, C.E., Oyarzabal, F.R., and Haxel, G.B., 1996, Subduction and exhumation of Pelona-Orocopia-Rand Schists, southern California: Geology, v. 24, n. 6, p. 547-550. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Miller, D.M., 1992, Sonoran and Mojave Deserts Region, in Burchfiel, B.C., Lipman, P.W., and Zoback, M.L., eds., The Cordilleran Orogen; Conterminous U.S., in the collection The Geology of North America, vol. G-3, p. 230-237.(see p. 235-237) [Geology Reserves Q557 G292 v.G3]

Robinson, K.L., and Frost, E.G., 1996, Orocopia Mountains detachment system; Progressive development of a tilted crustal slab and a half graben sedimentary basin during Tertiary extension: AAPG-SEPM Guidebook, http://earthview.sdsu.edu/trees/oroword. [in student references; '03] As of 2/21/06, could not access.

Sylvester, A.G., and Bonkowski, M., 1979, Basement rocks of the Salton Trough region, in Crowell, J.C., and Sylvester, A.G., eds., Tectonics of the juncture between the San Andreas fault system and the Salton Trough, southeastern California; A guidebook: Santa Barbara, CA, Univ. Calif., Dep. Geol. Sci., p. 65-75. [Geology 551.8 T2272]

Geologic Setting of the Salton Trough region (and hydrothermal systems)

Web Sites

Imperial Irrigation District: http://www.iid.com/aboutiid/env-salton (in student references; '03)

Busch, R., 1995, The Salton Sea (Now You "Sea" It -- Now You Don't): Lithosphere (June 1995); Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society, Inc.; Fallbrook, CA, http://fgms.home.att.net/salton.htm (in student references; '03)

Vincent, K., 1999, New UC report suggests alternative actions for saving Salton Sea http://www.ucsc.edu/oncampus/currents/98-99/06-21/ucop.salton.htm

Salton Sea Geothermal Field http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/California/SaltonButtes/description_salton_buttes (in student references; '03)

The Salton Sea http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/SaltonSeaHomePage (in student references; '03)

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Laramide-style structures of the Colorado Plateau (monoclines, etc.)

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Chase, C.G., Libarkin, J.A., and Sussman, A.J., 2002, Colorado Plateau: Geoid and means of isostatic support: International Geology Review, v. 44, n. 7, p. 575-587. [Geology 550.5 IN]

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Formation of the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau uplift

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Pederson, J., Karlstrom, K., Sharp, W., and McIntosh, W., 2002, Differential incision of the Grand Canyon related to Quaternary faulting; Constraints from U-series and Ar/ Ar dating: Geology, v. 30, n. 8, p. 739-742. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Pederson, J.L., Mackley, R.D., and Eddleman, J.L., 2002, Colorado Plateau uplift and erosion evaluated using GIS: GSA Today, v. 12, n. 8, p. 4-10. [in student references; 03] [Geology Q 551.06 GSA and online]

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Basin & Range / Colorado Plateau Transition (Mogollon Rim & Wasatch Front)

Basin and Range: USGS: Online papers and abstracts

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*Brumbaugh, D.S., 1987, A tectonic boundary for the southern Colorado Plateau: Tectonophysics, v. 136, p. 125-136. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.805 TE]

Chronic, H., 1983, Roadside geology of Arizona: Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 314 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology Reserve 557.91 C468R]

Dickinson, W.R., 1989, Tectonic setting of Arizona through geologic time in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 1-16. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Erskine, M.C., Faulds, J.E., Bartley, J.M., and Rowley, P.D., eds., 2001, The geologic transition, high plateaus to Great Basin - A symposium and field guide: Pacific Section AAPG Guidebook 78, 430 p. [Geology 553.282 Am3g v.78]

Frost, E.G., Okaya, D.A., McEvilly, T.V., Hauser,E.C., Galvan, G.S., McCarthy, J., Fuis, G.S., Conway, C.M., Blom, R.G., and Heidrick, T.L., 1988, Crustal transect; Colorado Plateau-detachment terrane-Salton Trough: Davis, in G.H. and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 398-422. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Gardner, L.S., 1941, The Hurricane Fault: American Journal of Science, v. 239, p. 241-260. [in student references] [Geology 505 AJ]

Karlstrom, K.E., and Conway, C.M., 1986, Deformational styles and contrasting lithostratigraphic sequences within an early Proterozoic orogenic belt, central Arizona, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 1-25. [557.915 G292]

Leighty, R.S., 1998, Tertiary volcanism, sedimentation, and extensional tectonism across the Basin and Range - Colorado Plateau boundary in central Arizona, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 59-95. [Geology 557.91 G2923]

Lucchitta, I., 1979, Late cenozoic uplift of the southwestern colorado plateau and adjacent lower colorado river region: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n. 1-3, p. 63-95. [Available online]

*Lucchitta, I., 1989, Sedimentation and tectonics in western North America; Volume 3, Overflight of the tectonic boundary between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin Range Provinces, in the collection Field trips for the 28th International Geological Congress, 21 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.8 SE28]

Mayer, L., 1979, Evolution of the Mogollon Rim in central Arizona: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n.1-3, p. 49-62. [Available online]

Peirce, H.W., Damon, P.E., and Shafiqullah, 1979, An Oligocene (?) Colorado Plateau edge in Arizona: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n.1-3, p. 1-24. [available online]

*Peirce, H.W., and Nations, J.D., 1986, Tectonic and paleogeographic significance of Tertiary rocks of the southern Colorado Plateau and Transition Zone, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 111-124. [557.915 G292]

Stewart, M.E., and Taylor, W., 1996, Structural analysis along the Hurricane Fault: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 18, p. 1017-1029. [in student bibliography] [Geology 551.805 JO and online]

Stokes, W.L., 1976, What is the Wasatch Line?, in Hill, J.G., ed., Geology of the Cordilleran hingeline: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Symposium, p. 11-25. [in student references] [Geology 557.8 R598G]

Young, R.A., 1979, Laramide deformation, erosion and plutonism along the southwestern margin of the colorado plateau: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n.1-3, p. 25-47. [Available online]

*Young, R.A., 1982, Paleogeomorphologic evidence for the structural history of the Colorado Plateau margin in western Arizona, in Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., eds., Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publ., p.29-39. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

*Young, R.A., Peirce, H.W., and Faulds, J.E., 1987, Geomorphology and structure of the Colorado Plateau/ Basin and Range transition zone, Arizona, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 182-196. [in student references] [Geology 557.91 G292]

Geophysics of the Colorado Plateau Uplift

References are too numerous to list. Try GeoRef with the following search:

((geophys* or seismic) and colorado plateau and arizona) not abstract*

Bird, P., 1988, Formation of the Rocky Mountains, Western United States; A continuum computer model: Science, v. 239, n. 4847, p. 1501-1507. [in student references] [Geology 505.5 SJ and online or try online]

Houseman, G.A., and Molnar, P., 1997, Gravitational (Rayleigh-Taylor) instability of a layer with non-linear viscosity and convective thinning of continental lithosphere: Geophysical Journal International, v. 128, p. 125-150. [in student references] [Geology 551.05 GEOK1]

Keller, G.R., Braile, L.W., and Morgan, P., 1979, Crustal structure, geophysical models and contemporary tectonism of the Colorado Plateau: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n. 1-3, p. 131-147. [Available online]

Kerr, R.A., 1997, Why the West stands tall: Science, v. 275, n. 5306, p. 1564-1565. [in student references] [Geology 505.5 SJ and online or try online]

Morgan, P., and Swanberg, C.A., 1985, On the Cenozoic uplift and tectonic stability of the Colorado Plateau: Journal of Geodynamics, v. 3, p. 39-63. [in studentreferences] [Geology 551.05 JOUG]

Parsons, T., and McCarthy, J., 1995, The active southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau; Uplift of mantle origin: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, n. 2, p. 139-147. [in student references] [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Parsons, T., and McCarthy, J., 1999, The active southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau; Uplift of mantle origin; Discussion and reply: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, n. 1, p. 154-157. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Reiter, M., Mansure, A.J., and Shearer, C., 1979, Geothermal characteristics of the Colorado Plateau: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n. 1-3, p. 183-195. [Available online]

Spencer, J.E., 1996, Uplift of the Colorado Plateau due to lithosphere attenuation during Laramide low-angle subduction: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 101, n. B6, p. 13,595-13,609. [in student references] [Engineering 538.05 TE (ENX) ]

Thompson, G.A., and Zoback, M.L., 1979, Regional geophysics of the Colorado Plateau: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n. 1-3, p. 149-181. [in student references] [Geology 551.805 TE] [Available online]

Geology of the Mojave block (including faulting history)

Ammon, C.J., and Zandt, G., 1993, Receiver structure beneath the southern Mojave Block, California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 83, n. 3, p. 737-755. [Geology 551.206 SE]

Bartley, J.M., Glazner, A.F., and Schermer, E.R., 1990, North-south contraction of the Mojave Block and strike-slip tectonics in southern California: Science, v. 248, n. 4961, p. 1398-1401. [Geology 505.5 SJ and online or try online]

Doser, D.I., 1990, A re-examination of the 1947 Manix, California, earthquake sequence and comparison to other sequences within the Mojave Block: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 80, n. 2, p. 267-277. [Geology 551.206 SE]

Fletcher, J.M., Miller, J.S., Martin, M.W., Boettcher, S.S., Glazner, A.F., and Bartley, J.M., 2002, Cretaceous arc tectonism in the Mojave Block; Profound crustal modification that controlled subsequent tectonic regimes, in Glazner, A.F., Douglas, W.J., and Bartley, J.M., eds., Geologic evolution of the Mojave Desert and southwestern Basin and Range: Geological Society of America Memoir 195, p. 131-149. [Geology 550 G292M]

Glazner, A., 1981, Cenozoic evolution of the Mojave Block and adjacent areas: Doctoral dissertation. Los Angeles, CA, University of California, 189 p. [not at UIUC]

Glazner, A.F., 1990, Recycling of continental crust in Miocene volcanic rocks from the Mojave Block, southern California, in Anderson, J.L., ed., The nature & origin of Cordilleran magmatism: Geological Society of America Memoir 174, p. 147-168. [Geology 550 G292M]

Glazner, A.J., Walker, J.D., and Bartley, J.M., eds., 2002, Geologic evolution of the Mojave Desert and southwestern Basin and Range: Geological Society of America Memoir 195. [Geology Reserves 550 G292M]

Glazner, A.F., Walker, J.D., Fletcher, J.M., Bartley, J.M., Schermer, E.R., Martin, M.W., Boettcher, S., Miller, J.S., Linn, J.K., and Fillmore, R.P., 1994, Reconstruction of the Mojave Block, in McGill, S.F., and Ross, T.M., eds., Geological investigations of an active margin: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Annual Meeting, Guidebook 27, p. 3-30. [Geology 557.9 G293]

Schermer, E.R., Busby, C.J., and Mattinson, J.M., 2002, Paleogeographic and tectonic implications of Jurassic sedimentary and volcanic sequences in the central Mojave Block, in Glazner, A.F., Douglas, W.J., and Bartley, J.M., eds., Geologic evolution of the Mojave Desert and southwestern Basin and Range: Geological Society of America Memoir 195, p. 93-115. [Geology 550 G292M]

Unruh, J.R., Twiss, R.J., and Hauksson, E., 1996, Seismogenic deformation field in the Mojave Block and implications for tectonics of the eastern California shear zone: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 101, n. 4, p. 8335-8361. [Engineering 538.05 TE]

Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Petrology

Bimodal volcanic suites of the Basin and Range (also ash flows & ignimbrites)

Bove, D.J., Ratte, J.C., McIntosh, W.C., Snee, L.W., and Futa, K., 1995, The evolution of the Eagle Peak Volcano; A distinctive phase of middle Miocene volcanism in the western Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, New Mexico: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 69, n. 3-4, p. 159-186. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.2105 JO and online]

Buesch, D.C., 1993, Feldspar geochemistry of four Miocene ignimbrites in southeastern California and western Arizona, in Sherrod, D.R., and Nielson, J.E., eds., Tertiary stratigraphy of highly extended terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada: U S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2053, p. 55-85. [Geology 557XB ]

Bush, M.M., and King, J.S., 1986, The geology of Round Mountain, a bimodal volcanic field in Northwest Arizona: NASA Technical Memorandum, n. 88383, p. 294-296. [not at UIUC]

Blatt, H., and Tracy, R.J., 1996, Petrology: Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, 2nd ed.: New York: W.H. Freeman, p. 180-181.[in student references] [have 1982 ed. Geology 552 EH56P]

Copeland, P., and Condie, K.C., 1986, Geochemistry and tectonic setting of lower Proterozoic supracrustal rocks of the Pinal Schist, southeastern Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 97, p. 1512-1520. [in student references] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Grijalva-Noriega, F.J., and Roldan-Quintana, J., 1998, An overview of the Cenozoic tectonic and magmatic evolution of Sonora, northwestern Mexico: Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, v. 15, n. 2, p. 145-156. [in student references; '03] [not at UIUC]

Harry, D.L., Sawyer, D.S., and Leeman, W.P., 1993, The mechanics of continental extension in western North America; Implications for the magmatic and structural evolution of the Great Basin: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 117, n. 1-2, p. 59-71. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 EAP]

Johnson, J.A., and Grunder, A.L., 2000, The making of intermediate composition magma in a bimodal suite; Duck Butte eruptive center, Oregon, USA: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 95, n. 1-4, p. 175-195. [in student references] [Geology 551.2105 JO and online]

Leeman, W.P., and Rogers, J.J.W., 1970, Late Cenozoic Alkali-Olivine Basalts of the Basin-Range Province, USA: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 25, p. 1-24. [in student references] [Geology 549.05 HE]

Lipman, P.W., 1980, Cenozoic volcanism in the western United States; Implications for continental tectonics, in Continental Tectonics: Washington, DC, National Academy Press, p.161-174.[from student references] [Geology 551.8 N213C and online]

Lipman, P.W., and Hagstrum, J.T., 1992, Jurassic ash-flow sheets, calderas, and related intrusions of the Cordilleran volcanic arc in southeastern Arizona; Implications for regional tectonics and ore deposits: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, n. 1, p. 32-39. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Marshak, S., and Prothero, D.R., 2001, Earth; Portrait of a planet: New York, W.W. Norton, p. 645-665. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550 M354e]

Moores, E.M., and Twiss, R.J., 1995, Tectonics: New York, W.H., Freeman & Co. [in student references; 03] [Geology Q 551.8 M788T]

Moyer, T.C., 1985, Evidence of complex source regions for bimodal volcanic terrane in west-central Arizona: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 66, n. 46, p. 1150. [Geology 551.06 AMG]

Moyer, T.C., and Esperance, S., 1989, Geochemical and isotopic variations in a bimodal magma system; The Kaiser Spring volcanic field, Arizona, in Leeman, W.P., and Fitton, J.G., eds., Special section on Magmatism associated with lithospheric extension: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 94, n. 6, p. 841-7859. [Engineering 538.05 TE]

Moyer, T.C., and Nealey, L.D., 1989, Regional compositional variations of late Tertiary bimodal rhyolite lavas across the Basin and Range/ Colorado Plateau boundary in western Arizona, in Leeman, W.P., and Fitton, J.G., eds., Special section on Magmatism associated with lithospheric extension: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 94, n. 6, p. 7799-7816. [Engineering 538.05 TE]

Perry, V.P., Baldridge, W.S., and DePaolo, D.J., 1987, Role of asthenosphere and lithosphere in the genesis of late Cenozoic basaltic rocks from the Rio Grande Rift and adjacent regions of the southwestern United States: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 92, n. B9, p. 9193-9213. [from student references] [Engineering 538.05 TE]

Seaman, S.J., and Williams, M.L., 1995, The Crooks Canyon intrusive complex; Bimodal magmatism in a Proterozoic island arc setting, central Arizona, in Brown, M., and Piccoli, P.M., eds., The origin of granites and related rocks: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1129, p. 137-138. [Geology 557 XC]

Smith, R.B., and Eaton, G.P., 1978, Cenozoic tectonics and regional geophysics of the western Cordillera: Geological Society of America Memoir 152, p. 1-388. [from student references] [Geology 550 G292M]

Suneson, N.H., and Lucchitta, I., 1983, Origin of bimodal volcanism, southern Basin and Range Province, west-central Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, n. 8, p. 1005-1019. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Tanaka, K.L., Shoemaker, E.M., Ulrich, G.E, and Wolfe, E.W., 1986, Migration of volcanism in the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 97, p. 129-141. [from student references] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Van der Pluijm, B.A., and Marshak, S., 1997, Earth structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics: Dubuque, Iowa, WCB/McGraw-Hill, p. 334-336. [from student references] [Geology 551.8 V26e]

Volcanic Ash Flows & Ignimbrites

See also: Pyroclastic flows, hot avalanches, ignimbrites, and nuee ardentes.

Use GeoRef....too many references to list. Nevertheless, here are a few:

Best, M.G., 2003, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, 2nd ed.: W. H. Freeman and Co., ? p. [Geology

552 B464i2003] or 1st edition, 1982, p. 80-90.[Geology 552 B464I]

Blatt, H., and Tracy, R.J., 1996, Petrology: Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, 2nd ed.: New York: W.H. Freeman, p. 27-29. [Library has 1982 ed. Geology 552 EH56P] There is also a chapter on igneous rocks of continental margins (chapter 9).

Chester, D., 1993, Volcanoes and Society: London, UK, Edward Arnold, see chapter 5: The Pyroclasic Suite, p. 103-1157. [Geology 551.2 C426v]

Grubensky, M.J., and Bagby, W.C., 1990, Miocene calc-alkaline magmatism, calderas, and crustal extension in the Kofa and Castle Dome mountains, southwestern Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 95, n. 12, p. 19,989-20,003. [In Grainger Engineering Library 538.05 TE]

Heiken, G., 1974, An atlas of volcanic ash: Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences 12, 101 p. [Main Stacks Govt. Documents DOC. SI 1.26:12]

Heiken, G., 1985, Volcanic ash: Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 246 p. [Geology Q. 552.23 H363V]

Keller, E.A., 1996, Environmental Geology, 7th ed: Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall, p. 209-210. See references at back of chaper.

Ritchie, D., and Gates, A.E., 2001, Encyclopedia of earthquakes and volcanoes: New York, Facts on File, 306 p. [Geology Reference Q. 551.203 R51e2001]

Ross, C.S., and Smith, R.L., 1980, Ash-flow tuffs: Their origin, geologic relations and identification: New Mexico Geological Society Special publication 9, 108 p. [Geology 549.1142 R733A1980]

Schmincke, H.-U., 2004, Volcanism: New York, Springer, 324 p. [Geology 551.21 Sch563v]

Sigurdsson, H., ed., 2000, Encyclopedia of volcanoes: San Diego, CA, Academic, 1417 p.[Geology Reference Q. 551.2103 En19]

Shoji, S., and Dahlgren, R.,1993, Volcanic ash soils: Genesis, properties, and utilization: Developments in soil science 21, New York, Elsevier, 288 p. [ACES 631.4 SH73V]

Winter, J.D., 2001, An Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology: Prentice Hall, p. 56-59. [Temporarily Shelved at Geology Reserves Call Number: Q. 552.1 W734i]

Mesozoic stratigraphy of west-central Arizona (including Livingston Hills and McCoy Mountains).

See also: Geologic Map of Arizona (on reserve in the Geology Library)

Chronic, H., 1983, Roadside geology of Arizona: Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 314 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology Reserve 557.91 C468R]

Dickinson, W.R., Fiorillo, A.R., Hall, D.L., Monreal, R., Potochnik, A.R., and Swift, P.N., 1989, Cretaceous strata of southern Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., 1989, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 447-461. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Harding, L.E., 1980, Petrology and tectonic setting of the Livingston Hills Formation, Yuma County, Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Stone, C., eds., Studies in western Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 12, p. 135-144. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 Ar3ad]

Harding, L.E., and Coney, P.J., 1985, The geology of the McCoy Mountains Formation, southeastern California and southwestern Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 96, n. 6, p. 755-769. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.6 GE]

Harding, L.H., 1982, A progress report on the tectonic significance of the McCoy Mountains Formation, southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, in Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., eds., Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publ., p. 135. [Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Asmerom, Y., DeWitt, E., and Laubach, S.E., 1989, Early Mesozoic uplift in west-central Arizona and southeastern California: Geology, v. 17, n. 3, p. 207-211. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Richard, S.M., Reynolds, S.J., and Spencer, J.E., 1987, Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Little Harquahala and Harquahala Mountains, west-central Arizona, in Dickinson, W.R., and Klute, M.A., eds., Mesozoic rocks of southern Arizona and adjacent areas: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 18, p. 101-119. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

Riggs, N.R., and Blakey, R.C., 1993, Early and Middle Jurassic paleogeography and volcanology of Arizona and adjacent areas, in Howell, D.G.., and McDougall, K.A., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the western United States; II: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Field Trip Guidebook 71, p. 347-373. [Geology 551.72 P119P1978]

Stone, P., Page, V.M., Hamilton, W.B., and Howard, K.A., 1987, Cretaceous age of the upper part of the McCoy Mountains Formation, southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, and its tectonic significance; Reconciliation of paleobotanical and paleomagnetic evidence: Geology, v. 15, n. 6, p. 561-564. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 GE00]

Stratigraphy and Paleontological Record of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona (including Grand Canyon)

See also General Literature, Part III Geology above, and the Geologic Map of Arizona (on reserve in the Geology Library).

Baars, D.L., 1988, Triassic and older stratigraphy; Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau, in Sloss, L.L., ed., Sedimentary cover; North American Craton; U.S., in the collection The geology of North America, D-2: Denver, CO, Geological Society of America, p. 53-64. [Geology Q 557 G292]

Barrs, D.L., 2002, A traveler's guide to the geology of the Colorado Plateau: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 294 p. [Geology 557.913 B111t]

Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., 2003, Grand Canyon Geology, 2nd ed.: New York, Oxford University Press, 432 p. [Geology Reserves 557.9132 G7622003] [also, 1st ed., 1990: Geology 557.9132 G762]

Blakey, R.C., and Middleton, L.T., 1983, Field trip 7; Lower Mesozoic stratigraphy and depositional systems, southwest Colorado Plateau, in Gurgel, K.D., ed., Geologic excursions in stratigraphy and tectonics; from southeastern Idaho to the southern Inyo Mountains, California, via Canyonlands and Arches national parks, Utah; Guidebook, Part II: Special Studies - Utah Geological and Mineral Survey 60, p. 33-39.[Geology 557 UT22S]

Brill, K.G. Jr., 1963, Permo-Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of western Colorado Plateau and eastern Great Basin regions: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 74, n. 3, p. 307-330. [Geology 550.6 GE]

Hamblin, W.K., 1970, A summary of the stratigraphy of the western Grand Canyon region, in The western Grand Canyon district: Guidebook to the Geology of Utah 23: Salt Lake City, Utah Geological Society, p. 81-91. [not at UIUC]

McKee, E.D., 1945, Stratigraphy and ecology of the Grand Canyon Cambrian, Part 1 of Cambrian history of the Grand Canyon region: Washington, DC, Carnegie Institution, p. 3-168. [Geology 551.72 M14C]

Nielson, J.E., and Glazner, A.F., 1986, Miocene stratigraphy and structure; Colorado Plateau to the central Mojave Desert; Introduction and road log, in Cenozoic stratigraphy, structure and mineralization in the Mojave Desert; Guidebook and volume, trips 5 and 6: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, p. 1-6. [Geology 551.78 C332]

Peterson, F., 1988, Stratigraphy and nomenclature of Middle and Upper Jurassic rocks, western Colorado Plateau, Utah and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1633A-C, p. 13-56. [Geology 557XB]

Peterson, F., and Turner-Peterson, C., 1989, Geology of the Colorado Plateau, in Sedimentation and basin analysis in siliciclastic rock sequences, v. 1, p. T130:1-65. [Geology 552.5 Se283 v.1]

Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau

See also General Literature, Part III Geology above, and the Geologic Map of Arizona (on reserve in the Geology Library).

Elston, W.E., 1960, Structural development and Paleozoic stratigraphy of Black Mesa Basin, northeastern Arizona, and surrounding areas: AAPG Bulletin, v.. 44, n. 1, p. 21-36. [Geology 553.2806 SO and online]

Stratigraphy and paleontological record of the Grand Canyon

See also General Literature, Part III Geology above, and the Geologic Map of Arizona (on reserve in the Geology Library).

Baars, D.L., 1983, The Colorado Plateau: A geologic history: Albuquerque, NM, Univsersity of New Mexico Press, 279 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.7 B11R1983]

Baars, D.L., 2000, The Colorado Plateau; A geologic history: Albuquerque, NM, Univsersity of New Mexico Press, 254 p. [Geology 551.7 B11r2000]

Beus, S.S., 1979, Carboniferous stratigraphy in the Grand Canyon country, northern Arizona and southern Nevada; Field trip no. 13, ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology: AGI selected guide book series no. 2, 138 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 917.9132045 B46C]

Marshak, S., and Prothero, D.R., 2001, Earth; Portrait of a planet: New York, W.W. Norton, p. 645-665. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550 M354e]

Penny, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., 1989, Geological evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Spamer, E.E., 1984, Paleontology in the Grand Canyon of Arizona: 125 years of lessons and enigmas from the late Precambrian to the present: The Mosasaur; Journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, v. 2, p. 45-128. [in student reference; '03] [Geology 560.5 MO v.2]

History of Exploration of the Grand Canyon

Dellenbaugh, F.S.l, 1962, A canyon voyage: The narrative of the second Powell expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the explorations on land, in the years 1871 and 1872: New Haven, Yale University Press, 277 p. [917.913 D38C1962; Geology, Undergrad]

McKinney, ed., 2002, Report upon the Colorado River of the West explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives; Geological report with maps by John S. Newberry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report 2-25, CD. [CDROMDOC. I 19.76:02-25 Government Documents (Main Library)]

Molen, P.V.E., 2003, Maps of Grand Canyon National Park: American Memory, Library of Congress <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/gchome> [in student references; '03]

Powell, J.W., 2002, The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons: New York, Dover, 400 p. [917.913 P87C1961; 2 copies in Geology; 1 in Main Stacks]. Another edition: Powell, J.W., 2002, The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons: Washington, DC, National Geographic, 269 p. [917.913 P87c2002; Main Stacks] [in student references; '03]

Ribokas, B., 2002, The Powell Expedition: <http://www.kaibab.org/powell/powexp.htm> [in student references; '03]

Seavey, C.A., 1994, "...the most sublime of all earthly spectacles"; Exploration and mapping of the Grand Canyon, in Johnson, J.M., ed., Exploration and mapping of the national parks: Occasional paper / Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association; no. 4, p. 150-174. [in student references;'03] [Map&Geography 346.0460223 Ex741]

Spamer, E.E., 1984, Paleontology in the Grand Canyon of Arizona; 125 years of lessons and enigmas from the late Precambrian to the present: The Mosasaur; Journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, v. 2, p. 45-128. [Geology 560.5 MO v.2]

Stegner, W.E.,1954, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 438 p. [B.P871 S ; Geology, Main Stacks, Undergrad]

Stephens, H.G., and Shoemaker, E.M., 1987, In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado rivers, 1871-72 and 1968: Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 286 p. [Q.917.91304 ST44I Geology]

Whitney, S., 1982, A field guide to the Grand Canyon: New York, Morrow, 320 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 917.913204 W616F; also 2nd ed., 1996 Geology 917.913204 W616F1996]

Precambrian Basement of the Southwest (Mazatzal, Yavapai, and Mojave Blocks

Duebendorfer, E.M., Nyman, M.W., Chamberlain, K.R., and Jones, C.S., 1998, Proterozoic rocks within the Mojave-Yavapai boundary zone, northwestern Arizona; Comparison of metamorphic and structural evolution across a major lithospheric(?) structure, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 127-148. [557.91 G2923]

Karlstrom, K.E., ed., 1991, Proterozoic geology and ore deposits of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 19, 332 p. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 P946]

Karlstrom, K.E., Doe, M.F., Wessels, R.L., Bowring, S.A., Dann, J.D., and Williams, M.L., 1990, Juxtaposition of Proterozoic crustal blocks; 1.65-1.60 Ga Mazatzal Orogeny, in Gehrels, G.E., and Spencer, J.E., eds., Geologic excursions through the Sonoran Desert region, Arizona and Sonora: Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper 7, p. 114-123. [Geology 557.917 G292]

Geology of the Mazatzal province (particularly Barnhardt Canyon)

Cox, R., Karlstrom, K.E. and Cullers, R.L., 1991, Rare-earth element chemistry of early Proterozoic argillites, central Arizona; constraints on stratigraphy, in Karlstrom, K.E., Proterozoic geology and ore deposits of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 19, p. 57-66. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 P946]

Doe, M.F., and Karlstrom, K.E., 1991, Structural geology of an early Proterozoic foreland thrust belt, Mazatzal Mountains, Arizona, in Karlstrom, K.E., ed., Proterozoic geology and ore deposits of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 19, p. 181-192. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 P946]

Eisele, J., and Isachsen, C.E., 2001, Crustal growth in southern Arizona; U-Pb geochronologic and Sm-Nd isotopic evidence for addition of the Paleoproterozoic Cochise Block to the Mazatzal Province: American Journal of Science, v. 301, n. 9, p. 773-797.[Engineering 505 AJ]

Karlstrom, K.E., and Bowring, S.A., 1988, Early Proterozoic assembly of tectonostratigraphic terranes in southwestern North America: Journal of Geology, v. 96, n. 5, p. 561-576. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550.5 JG]

Karlstrom, K.E., and Bowring, S.A., 1993, Proterozoic orogenic history of Arizona, in Van Schmus, W.R., Bickford, M.E., and 23 others, Transcontinental Proterozoic provinces, in Reed, J.C., Jr., and 6 others, eds., Precambrian; Conterminous U.S. : Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. C-2, p. 188-211. [in student references; '03] [Geology Q 557 G292]

Karlstrom, K.E., and Conway, C.M., 1986, Deformational styles and contrasting lithostratigraphic sequences within an early Proterozoic orogenic belt, central Arizona, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Geology of central and northern Arizona; Field trip guidebook, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1986: Flagstaff, AZ, North. Ariz. Univ., Geol. Dept., p. 1-25. [Geology 557.915 G292]

Karlstrom, K.E., and Humphreys, E.D., 1998, Persistent influence of Proterozoic accretionary boundaries in the tectonic evolution of southwestern North America; Interaction of cratonic grain and mantle modification events: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 33, n. 2, p. 161-179. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 W99C1 vol.33]

Pazzaglia, F.J., and Kelley, S.A., 1998, Large-scale geomorphology and fission-track thermochronology in topographic and exhumation reconstructions of the Southern Rocky Mountains: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 33, n. 2, p. 229-257. [Geology 557 W99C1 vol.33]

Selverstone, J., Pun, A., and Condie, K.C., 1999, Xenolithic evidence for Proterozoic crustal evolution beneath the Colorado Plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, n. 4, p. 590-606. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Shaw, C.A., and Karlstrom, K.E., 1999, The Yavapai-Mazatzal crustal boundary in the southern Rocky Mountains, in Karlstrom, K.E., ed., Lithospheric structure and evolution of the Rocky Mountains; Part II: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 34, n. 1, p. 37-52. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557 W99C1 vol.34 ]

Paleontological record of the Grand Canyon

Search GeoRef. There are too many references to list here. However, here are a few:

Beus, S.S., and Rawson, R.R., 1979, Carboniferous stratigraphy in the Grand Canyon country northern Arizona and southern Nevada: The American Geological Institute Selected Guidebook Series No. 2, 138 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology 917.9132045 B46C]

Boardman, R.S., Cheetham, A.H., and Rowell, A.J., 1987, Fossil invertebrates: Palo Alto, CA, Blackwell Scientific Publications: 713 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology Q 562 F798]

Breed, W.J., and Babcock, R. S., 1975, Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Press, 185 p. [in student references (similar)] [not at UIUC]

Gilmore, C.W., 1926-1928, Fossil footprints from the Grand Canyon: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, 3 volumes. [Main, Natural History 506 SM6M]

Ribokas, B., 1996, Grand Canyon rock layers: <http://www.kaibab.org/gc/gc_layer#hs> [in student bibliography] (could not access on 3/4/03)

Simmons, G.C., and Gaskill, D.L., 1969, Marble Gorge and Grand Canyon, in the collection River runners' guide to the canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers, v. 3: Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Press, 132 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology 917.9250433 R524]

Spamer, E. E., 1989, Paleontology in the Grand Canyon of Arizona; 125 years of lessons and enigmas from the late Precambrian to the present: Philadelphia, PA, Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, p. 45-128 (reprint from The Mosasaur, v.2, 1984. [Geology 551.7009791 SP21P]

Whitney, S.R., 1996, A field guide to the Grand Canyon, 2nd ed.: Seattle, WA, Mountaineers, p. 269 [older edition in student bibliography] [Geology 917.913204 W616F1996]

Volcanics of the Flagstaff area (e.g. San Francisco field)

Holm, R.F., 1986, Field guide to the geology of the central San Francisco Volcanic Field, northern Arizona: Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Guidebook, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 27-41. [in student references; '03] [557.915 G292],

Holm, R.F., Ranney, W.D.R., Wittke, J.H., and Lee, K.F., 1998, Miocene volcanism and geomorphology in Verde Valley, and petrology of alkaline and mildly alkaline rocks at House Mountain shield volcano, Sedona, Arizona, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 1-26. [557.91 G2923]

Holm, R.F., Ulrich, G.E., 1986, Late Cenozoic volcanism in the San Francisco and Morman volcanic fields, southern Colorado Plateau, Arizona, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 27-41. [557.915 G292]

Lynch, D.J., 1989, Neogene volcanism in Arizona: The recognizable volcanoes, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 681-700.[Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Moore, R.B., Wolfe, E.W., and Ulrich, G.E., 1976, Volcanic rocks of the eastern and northern parts of the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 4, p. 549-560. [in student references; '03] [Geology Q 557 XJR]

Nations, D., and Stump, E., 1981, Geology of Arizona: Dubuque, Iowa, USA: Kenndall/Hunt Pub. Co., 210 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.91 N213G]

Ort, M.H., Dallegge, T.A., Vazquez, J.A., and White, J.D.L., 1998, Volcanism and sedimentation in the Mio-Pliocene Bidahochi Formation, Navajo Nation, northeastern Arizona, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 35-57. [557.91 G2923]

Priest, S.S., Duffield, W.A., Riggs, N.R., Poturalski, B., and Malis-Clark, K., 2002, Red Mountain Volcano; A spectacular and unusual cinder cone in northern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 24-02, 4 p.

Smiley, T.L., 1958, Geology and dating of the Sunset Crater, Flagstaff, Arizona, in Anderson, R.Y., and Harshbarger, J.W., Guidebook of the Black Mesa Basin, northeastern Arizona: Socorro, NM, New Mexico Geological Society, 9th Field Conference, p. 186-190. [Geology 557 N47N]

Tanaka, K.L,, Shoemaker, E.M., Ulrich, G.E., and Wolfe, E.W., 1986, Migration of volcanism in the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 97, p. 129-141. [Geology 550.6 GE]

United States National Park Service, 1992, Wupatki and Sunset Crater Volcano National Monuments [brochure]: Washington, DC, National Park Service. [in student references; '03]

Other

Packrat Middens and the Climate Record (Neotoma: A Small Rat With a Long Tale)

Web Resources

Allen, C.D., no date, Land use history of North America – (LUHNA): The paleobotanical record: U.S. Geological Survey, http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/biology/paleobotany/ (22 February 2006).

Allen, C.D., Betancourt, J.L., Swetnam, T.W., 1998, Landscape changes in the Southwestern United States: Techniques, Long-term Data Sets, and Trends, in Perspectives on the landuse history of North America: A context for understanding our changing environment: U.S. Geological Survey Biological Series Report USGS/BRD/BSR-1998-0003 (rev.1999), http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap9 (20February 2003).

Packrat middens: U.S. Geological Survey, http://www.usgs.nau.edu/global_change/middens (20 February 2003)

Thompson, R.S., and Anderson, K.H., 1997, Past climate and vegetation changes in the southwestern United States: U.S. Geological Survey, http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/biology/pastclim/ (20 February 2003).

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Betancourt, J.L., Van Devender, T.R., and Martin, P.S., 1990a, Packrat middens; The last 40,000 years of biotic change: Tucson, AZ, The University of Arizona Press, p. 13. [Biology, Main 560.450978 P128]

Betancourt, J.L., Van Devender, T.R., and Martin, P.S., 1990b, Introduction, in Betancourt, J.L., Van Devender, T.R., and Martin, P.S., Packrat middens: The last 40,000 years of biotic change: Tucson, AZ, The University of Arizona Press, p. 2-11. [Biology, Main 560.450978 P128]

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Other

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