The Basin & Range

(Jr I.S.)

GEO 401 

Instructor: Robert J. Varga


Bibliography of Reading List

(in "GSA" formatting style) Discussion Leaders Shown in Red

Beratan, K., 1991, Miocene synextension sedimentaion patterns, Whipple Mountains, southeastern California: Implications for the geometry of te Whipple detachment system: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96, p. 12,425-12442. (James. M & Rich P.)

Butler, R., 1992, Paleomagnetism: Magnetic Domains to Geologic Terranes: Oxford, Blackwell Scientific, 319 p. (Bob. V.)

Coney, P.J., 1987, The regional tectonic setting and possible causes of Cenozoic extension in the North American Cordillera, in Coward, M., Dewey, J., and Hancock, P., Continental Extensional Tectonics: London, Geological Society Special Publication 28, p.177-186. (Kristina B. & Katherine N.)

Faulds, J.E., Fuerbach, D., Reagan, M., Metcalf, R., Gans, P., Walker, J., 1995, The Mount Perkins block, northwestern Arizona: An exposed cross section of an evolving, preextensional to synextensional magmatic system: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, p. 15,249-15,266. (Sarah G. & Kathy B.)

Faulds, J.E., and Varga, R.J., 1998, The role of accommodation zones and transfer zones in the regional segmentation of extended terranes, in Faulds, J.E. and Stewart, J.H., eds., Accommodation Zones and Transfer Zones: The Regional Segmentation of the Basin and Range Province: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 323. (Abby B. & Clint B.)

Howard, K.A. and John, B.E., 1987, Crustal extension along a rooted system of imbricate low-angle faults: Colorado River extensional corridor, California and Arizona, in Coward, M., Dewey, J., and Hancock, P., Continental Extensional Tectonics: London, Geological Society Special Publication 28, p. 299-311. (Jared R. & Suzanne L.)

Leeder, M. and Gawthorpe, R., 1987, Sedimentary models for extensional tilt-block/half-graben basins, in Coward, M., Dewey, J., and Hancock, P., Continental Extensional Tectonics: London, Geological Society Special Publication 28, p. 139-152. (Abby B. & Kathy B.)

Lipman, P., 1992, Magmatism in the Cordilleran United States; Progress and problems, in Burchfiel, B., Lipman, P., and Zoback, M., eds., The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S.: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. 6-3, p. 481-514. (Leslie M. & Rich P.)

Lister, G. and Davis, G., 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, p. 65-94. (Jessica C. & Nich W.)

Lister, G., Etheridge, M., and Symonds, P., 1986, Detachment fauilting and the evolution of passive continental margins: Geology, v. 14, p. 246-250. (Suzanne L. & Megan K.)

Moores, E.M. and Twiss, R.J., 1995, Tectonics: New York, W.H. Freeman, 415 p. (Jared R & Rich P.)

Pridmore, C. and Frost, E., 1992, Detachment faults: California's extended past: California Geology, January/February 1992, p. 3-17. (Megan K. & Rich P.)

Root, S., 1988, Structure and hydrocarbon potential of the Gettysburg basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland, in Manspeizer, W., ed., Triassic-Jurassic rifting; continental breakup and the origin of the Atlantic Ocean and passive margins: Amsterdam, Elsevier, Developments in Geotectonics, v. 22, p. 253-267. (Leslie M. and Clint B.)

Ruppel, Carolyn, 1995, Extensional processes in continental lithosphere: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, p. 24,187-24,215. (Sarah G. & James M.)

Wernicke, B., 1992, Cenozoic extensional tectonics, in Burchfiel, B., Lipman, P., and Zoback, M., eds., The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S.: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. 6-3, p. 553-581. (Kristina B. & Katherine N.)

Wernicke, B. and Burchfiel, B., 1982, Modes of extensional tectonics: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 4, p. 105-115. (Jessica C. & Nick W.)

Notes on Critical Reading a Scientific Article for In-Class Discussion (PDF)

Suggestions for Leading In-Class Discussions (PDF)

 

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