2006 Field Trip - Southern Arizona & California

UIUC Geology 415/515

Selected Bibliography


Link to GSA Style Guide

Note: Be sure to check with Dr. Marshak to make sure you are on track with your topic/presentation.

This is not an exhaustive list of resources. For more information, conduct a search of GeoRef , the Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database, the National Geologic Map Database, and the UIUC Online Catalog.

* Resources from field trip files

Readings for past Field Trips (exclusive of Death Valley which are available online)

Index:

Background Resources:
Maps
General Web Sites

General Literature

Literature for Field Trip Stops
I. Geology of the Basin & Range Province (Sonoran Desert of west-central Arizona)          
II. Geology of the southern end of the San Andreas Fault (north of the Salton Trough)  
III. Geology of Death Valley 
IV. Geology of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, Cenozoic volcanics, Meteor Crator  
V. Geology of the Mogollon Highland    

Literature for Topics:
I. Environmental Geology, Geomorphology, and Economic Geology       

II. Tectonics and Structure       
III. Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Petrology Bimodal volcanic suites of the Basin and Range       
IV. Other

Background Resources:

Maps:

Geologic

Arizona Geologic Map - (also rock units and images of rock units..distant and close-up) Arizona Geological Survey

Bishop, C.C., 1963, Needles Sheet, Geologic Map of California (Olaf P. Jenkins Edition): Division of Mines and Geology; California Department of Conservation, scale 1:250,000, 2 sheets (map and data sheet).[Geology Reserves]

*Cooley, M.E., 1967, Arizona Highway Map: Arizona Geological Society. [Geology Reserves]

Jennings, C.W., 1967, Salton Sea Sheet; Geologic Map of California (Olaf P. Jenkins Edition): Division of Mines and Geology; California Department of Conservation, scale 1:250,000, 2 sheets (map and data sheet).[Geology Reserves]

Jennings, C.W., 1977, Geologic Map of California: California Geologic Data Map Series; Map No. 2-Geologic Map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology (additional info. in Bulletin 201).

Luedke, R.G., and Smith, R.L., 1978, Map showing distribution, composition, and age of late Cenozoic volcanic centers in Arizona and New Mexico. [Geology Reserves]

*Reynolds, Stephen J., 1988, Geologic map of Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey (Map 26)

Rogers, T.H., 1965, Santa Ana Sheet; Geologic Map of California (Olaf P. Jenkins Edition): Division of Mines and Geology; California Department of Conservation, scale 1:250,000, 2 sheets (map and data sheet).[Geology Reserves]

Topographic (1:100,000)

Alamo Lake Quad
Blythe CA/AZ Quad: Dome Rock Mountains, Plomosa's
Cameron: SP Crater, Colton Crater

Eagle Mountains CA Quad: Orocopia Mountains, Mecca Hills
Flagsaff Quad

Palm Springs Quad
Parker Quad: Buckskin Mountains, Turtle Mountains, Whipple Mountains
S
alome AZ Quad
Salton Sea Quad

Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer (DeLorme)
Southern California Atlas & Gazetteer (DeLorme)

Topozone - Online topographic maps
TerraServer - Online topographic maps and aerial photos
TerraFly - Virtually fly over field trip locations (Tip: Start at Tempe, AZ, and fly west)

Relief Maps

Arizona Shaded Relief Maps
California Shaded Relief Maps

General Web Sites

The California Geotour

California Geological Survey

Arizona Geological Survey

Ground Water Atlas of the United States

General Literature

Abbott, P.L., ed., 1979, Geological excursions in the southern California area (Original papers and field trip roadlogs prepared for the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov., 1979): San Diego, CA, Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 217 p. [Geology 557.94 G292]

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]

Arizona Geological Society, 1952, Southern Arizona guidebook, v. 1: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society, 150 p. [Geology 557 AR3A]

Baldridge, W.S., 2004, Geology of the American Southwest; A journey through two billion years of plate-tectonic history: Cambridge University Press, 280 p. [Geology 557.9 B139g]

Barth, A., and Brown, G.N., 2002, Contributions to Crustal Evolution of the Southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 365. [Geology 550 G292s no.365]

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

*Dickinson, W.R., and Klute, M.A., eds., 1987, Mesozoic rocks of southern Arizona and adjacent areas: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society Publications, 394 p. [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

Dickinson, W.R., and Payne, W.D., eds., 1981, Relations of tectonics to ore deposits in the southern
Cordillera: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society, 288 p. [Geology 551.8 R27]

Ebersold, D.B., ed., 1992, Landers earthquake of June 28, 1992, San Bernardino County, California: field trip guidebook: CA, Southern California Section of the Association of Engineering Geologists, 34 p. [Geology 551.2209794 L233]

Ehlig, P.L., ed., 1982, Neotectonics in southern California: Guidebook: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, 134 p. [Geology 557.949 N35]

Ehlig, P.L., ed., 1986, Landslides and landslide mitigation in Southern California: Guidebook and volume prepared for the 82nd annual meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, Los Angeles, California, March 25-28, 1986, field trip numbers 3, 13, 16: Los Angeles, CA, Dept. of Geology, California State University, 201 p. [Geology 551.35309794 L239]

Ehlig, P.L., ed., 1986, Neotectonics and faulting in Southern California: Guidebook and volume prepared for the 82nd annual meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, Los Angeles, California, March 25-28, 1986, field trip numbers 10, 12, 18: Los Angeles, CA, Dept. of Geology, California State University, 208p. [Geology 551.87097949 N35]

*Ernst, W.G., ed., 1981, The Geotectonic development of California (Ruby Volume 1): Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 706 p. [Geology 557.94 G298]

Fife, D.L., and Brown, A.R., eds., 1980, Geology and mineral wealth of the California desert: Santa Ana, CA, South Coast Geological Society, 555 p.[Geology 553.097949G292]

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, 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. 398-422. [Geology 557.91 G292]

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, v. 195. [Geology 550 G292M Reserves]

Hall, C.A., Jr., 2007, Introduction to the geology of southern California and its native plants: University of Calif. Press, 493 p. [UIUC Geology Q.557.949 H14I]

Heindl, L.A., 1959, Southern Arizona guidebook II: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society, 290 p. [557 AR3A]

Jahns, R.H., 1954, Geology of southern California: Bulletin - California Division of Mines, no. 170 (in 10 parts, plus Geologic Guides and Map Sheets) [Geology Reserve 622.09 C12b no.179]

*Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., 1989, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Digest, v. 17. [Geology Reserves 557.91G2922] [Rich in resources for this class]

Lebow, R., 1975, Field guide for three trips in southern California: Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Pierce College, 34 p. [Geology 557.949 L493F]

*Menges, C.M., and Pearthree, P.A., 1989, Late Cenozoic tectonism in Arizona and its impact on regional landscape evolution, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Digest, v. 17, p. 649-680.

Nations, D., and Stump, E., 1981, Geology of Arizona: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt, 221 p. [Geology 557.91 N213g]

*Reynolds, S.J., Richard, S.M. Haxel, G.B., Tosdal, R.M., and Laubach, S.E., 1988, Geologic setting of Mesozoic and Cenozoic metamorphism in Arizona, in Ernst, W.G., ed., Metamorphism and crustal evolution of the Western United States: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, p. 466-501. [Geology 551.8 M5642]

Saint, P.K., ed., 1986, Hydrogeology of southern California: Volume and guidebook prepared for the 82nd annual meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, California State University, Los Angeles, March 25-28, 1986, field trip number 17: Los Angeles, CA, Dept. of Geology, California State University, 148 p. [Geology 551.4909794H995]

*Sherrod, D.R., and Nielson, J.E., eds., 1993, Tertiary stratigraphy of highly extended terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2053, 243 p. [Geology 557xb]

Sharp, R.P., 1972, Geology;: Field guide to southern California: Dubuque, Iowa, W. C. Brown Co., 181 p. [Geology 557C12SH1972]

Sharp, R.P., 1975, Southern California;: Field guide: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 181 p. [Geology 557 C12SH1975]

Sharp, R.P., 1994, A field guide to southern California, 3rd ed.: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 301 p. [Geology 557C12SH1994]

Sharp, R.P. and Glazner, A.F., 1993, Geology underfoot in southern California: Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Pub. Co., 224 p. [Geology Reserve 557.949 SH23G]

*Spencer, J.E., 1982, Origin of folds of Tertiary low-angle fault surfaces, southeastern California and 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.123-134. [Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

*Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., 1986, Some aspects of the middle Tertiary tectonics of Arizona and southeastern California, 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.102-107. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

Titley, S.R., 1968, Southern Arizona guidebook III: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society, 354 p. [Geology 557 AR3A]

*Van Schmus, W.R. et al, ?, Transcontinental Proterozoic provinces in DNAG? p. 173-279. [in field trip files]

Walawender, M.J., and Hanan, B.B., eds., 1991, Geological excursions in southern California and Mexico; Guidebook, 1991 Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, San Diego, California, October 21-24, 1991: San Diego, CA, Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 515 p. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

*Wessels, R.L., and Karlstrom, K.E., 1991, Evaluation of the tectonic significance of the Proterozoic Slate Creek shear zone in the Tonto Basin area, in Karlstrom, K.E., ed., Proterozoic geology and ore deposits of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 19, p. 193-209. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 P946]

Literature for Field Trip Stops

Part I Geology of the Basin & Range Province (Sonoran Desert of west-central Arizona):

General

Web:

Park Geology: Tour of Basin and Range Parks - National Park Service

Metamorphic Core Complexes - Complied by V. L. Rystrom

Literature:

*The Big Maria Mountains, 11 p., probably 1982, 1983 (details unknown).

*Ellis, M. J., 1982, Structural analysis of the Big Maria Mountains, Riverside County, 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. 223-233. [Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

*Hamilton, W., 1982, Structural evolution of the Big Maria Mountains, northeastern Riverside County, 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]

*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, n.6, p.735-749. [Geology 551.805 JO and online]

*Laubach, S.E., Vendeville, B.C., and Reynolds, S.J., 1992, Patterns in the development of extensional fault-block shapes from comparison of outcrop-scale faults and experimental physical models, in Larsen, R.M., Brekke, H., Larsen, B.T., and Talleraas, E., eds., Structural and tectonic modelling and its application to petroleum geology: Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) Special Publication 1(Elsevier), p. 231-241. [Geology Q 553.28 ST89]

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

*Menges, C.M. and Pearthree, P.A., 1989, Late Cenozoic tectonism in Arizona and its impact on regional landscape evolution, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 649-680. [Geology 557.91 G2922] [Geology 557 Ar3ad]

*Morrison, R.B., 1985, Pliocene/Quaternary geology, geomorphology, and tectonics of Arizona, 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. 123-146. [Geology 550 G292s]

*Reynolds, S.J., and Lister, G.S., 1987, Structural aspects of fluid-rock interactions in detachment zones: Geology, v. 15, n. 4, p. 362-366. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

*Reynolds, S.J., Shafiqullah, M., Damon, P.E. and DeWitt, E., 1986, Early Miocene mylonitization and detachment faulting, South Mountains, central Arizona: Geology, v. 14, p. 283-286. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

*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. (Salome Peak, Granite Wash Mts, Plomosa Mts., Dome Rock Mts., Harquahala Mts.) [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

*Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Richard, S.M., and Lauback, 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. [Harcuvar, Big Maria, Plomosa, Dome Rock] [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 on 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. [Geology 557.917 G292]

* Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., 1986, Field trip guide to selected parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash and Buckskin Mountains, 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. 382-389. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

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]

Basin & Range:

There are many good web pages, eg:

http://tapestry.usgs.gov/features/22basinrange.html
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/parks/province/basinrange.html
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/province/basinrange.html
http://www.discoverourearth.org/student/topography/basin_range_photo.html
http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/geology/features/basinandrange.html

Literature:

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]

*Dohrenwend, J.C., 1987, Basin and Range, in Graf, W.L., ed., Geomorphic systems of North America, in the collection Centennial Special Volume 2: Boulder, Co, Geological Society of America, p.303-342. [Geology Q 551.4097 G292]

*Dohrenwend, J.C., Bull, W.B., McFadden, L.D., Smith, G.I., Smith, R.S.U., and Wells, S.G., 1991, Quaternary geology of the Basin and Range Province in California, 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. 321-352. [Geology Q 557 G292]

Gardner, L.S., 1941, The Hurricane fault in southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona: American Journal of Science, v. 239, n. 4, p. 241-260. [Geology 505 AJ]

*Gardner, L.S., 1952, The Hurricane Fault, in Utah Geological Society guidebook to the geology of Utah, No. 7, p. 15-21. [Geology 557 UT1GU]

Kiver, E.P., and Harris, D.V., 1999, Basin and Range Province, in Kiver, E.P., and Harris, D.V., Geology of U.S. Parklands, 5th ed.: New York, John Wiley & Sons, p. 248-327. [Geology Reserves 557xhar1999]

*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. [Geology Q 557 G292]

*Nelson, C.A., 1981, Basin and Range Province, in Ernst, W.G., ed., The Geotectonic development of California (Ruby Volume 1): Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, p. 203-216. [Geology 557.94 G298]

*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. [Geology 557.8 R598G]

Specific Stops

Geology of Little Harquahala Mountains (Jurassic volcanic arc)

Asmerom, Y., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M., Dickinson, W.R., and Zartman, R.E., 1991, Resetting of Rb-Sr ages of volcanic rocks by low-grade burial metamorphism: Chemical Geology; Isotope Geoscience Section, v. 87, n. 3-4, p. 167-173. [Geology 551.905 CH]

*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, 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 5, p. 398-422. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Guerrera, A., Jr., Peacock, S.M., and Knauth, P.L., 1997, Large (super 18) O and (super 13) C depletions in greenschist facies carbonate rocks, western Arizona: Geology, v. 25, n.10, p. 943-946. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

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. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Richard, S.M, and Laubach, S.E., 1987, 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. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

*Richard, S.M., 1982, Preliminary report on the structure and stratigraphy of the southern Little Harquahala Mountains, Yuma County, 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. 235-242. [Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

*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 Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 7, p. 66-75. [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. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

*Spencer, J.E. and Reynolds, S.J., 1986, Field trip guide to selected parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, and Buckskin Mountains, 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. 382-389. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f ]

*Spencer, J.E. and Reynolds, S.J., 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]

*Spencer, J.E., Reynolds, S.J., Anderson, J.L., Davis, G.A., Laubach, S.E., Richard, S.M., and Marshak, S., 1988, Field-trip guide to parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, Whipple, and Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona and 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 5, p. 351-364. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Geology of the Granite Wash Mountains (Maria fold-thrust belt)

Guerrera, Jr., A., Peacock, S.M., and Knauth, P.L.l, 1997, Large (super 18) O and (super 13) C depletions in greenschist facies carbonate rocks, western Arizona: Geology, v. 25, n.10, p. 943-946. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

*Laubach, S.E., Reynolds, S.J., and Spencer, J.E., 1987, Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Granite Wash 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. 91-100. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

*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. 735-749. [Geology 551.805 JO]

*Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Laubach, 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. (includes separate plate: geologic map). [Geology 557xo]

*Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., Laubach, S.E., Peacock, S.C., Richard, S.M and Cunningham, W.D., 1996, Geologic setting of mineral deposits of the Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, west-central Arizona, in Thompson, T.B., ed., Tertiary extension & mineral deposits, southwestern U.S.; I, Low-angle tectonic features of the southwestern United States and their influence on mineral resources; II, Dismemberment of porphyry copper mineralization in the Rosemont-Helvetia District, Arizona: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, n. 25, p. 141-155. [Geology 551.430973 T279]

*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. n. 6, p. 735-749. [Geology 551.805 JO]

*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. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

*Richard, S.M, Laubauch, 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 Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 7, p. 66-75. [Geology 557.917 G292]

*Spencer, J.E. and Reynolds, S.J., 1986, Field trip guide to selected parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, and Buckskin Mountains, 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. 382-389. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

*Spencer, J.E. and Reynolds, S.J., Anderson, J.L., Davis, G.A., Laubach, S.E., Richard, S.M., and Marshak, S., 1988, Field-trip guide to parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, Whipple, and Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona and 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 5, p. 351-364. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Geology of Battleship Peak area, Buckskin Mountains (Core-complex detachment)

*Bryant, B., 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: Arizona Geological Survey Bulletin 198, p. 47-51. [Geology 622.09 Ar43b1a]

*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, 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. 398-422. [Geology 557.91 G292]

*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: State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch, Bulletin 198, p. 51-66. [Geology 622.09 Ar43b1a]

*Spencer, J.E. and Reynolds, S.J., 1986, Field trip guide to selected parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, and Buckskin Mountains, 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. 382-389. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

*Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., 1989, Introduction to the geology and mineral resources of the Buckskin and Rawhide mountains, in Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geology and mineral resources of the Buckskin and Rawhide mountains, west-central Arizona: Bulletin 198, Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch, p.1-10. [Geology 622.09 Ar43b1a]

*Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., 1989, Tertiary structure, stratigraphy, and tectonics of the Buckskin Mountains, 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. 103-155. [Geology 622.09 Ar43b1a]

*Spencer, J.E., Reynolds, S.J., Anderson, J.L., Davis, G.A., Laubach, S.E., ; Richard, S.M., and Marshak, S., 1988, Field-trip guide to parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, Whipple, and Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona and 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 5, p. 351-364. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Geology of A-bomb canyon (extension in core-complex upper plate)

Geology of Plomosa Pass (Core complex detachment zone; mesoscopic folding)

*Scarborough, R., and Meader, N., 1983, Reconnaissance geology of the northern Plomosa Mountains: Arizona State Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Open-File Report 83-24, 35 p. [not at UIUC]

Stoneman, Deborah A., 1985, Geologic map of the Plomosa Pass area (Master's thesis): Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona. [not at UIUC]

Geology of the Dome Rock Mountains (Mesozoic pull-apart; Mojave-Sonora megashear)

Boettcher, S.S., Mosher, S., and Tosdal, R.M., 2002, Structural and tectonic evolution of Mesozoic basement-involved nappes and thrust faults in the Dome Rock Mountains, Arizona, in Barth, A., ed., Contributions to crustal evolution of the southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 365, p.73-97. [550G292s no.365 ]

Part II Geology of the southern end of the San Andreas Fault (north of the Salton Trough):

General

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

*Allen, C.R., 1981, The modern San Andreas Fault, in Ernst, W.G., ed., The Geotectonic development of California (Ruby Volume 1): Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, p. 511-534. [Geology 557.94 G298]

Baldwin, J., Lewis, L., Payne, M., and Roquemore, G., eds., 1997, Southern San Andreas Fault - Whitewater to Bombay Beach, Salton Trough, California: South Coast Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook 25, 348 p. [Geology 551.87209794 So882]

*Barth, A.P., Jacobson, C.E., and May, D.J., 1991, Mesozoic evolution of basement terranes of the San Gabriel Mountains, southern California; Summary and field guide, in Walawender, M.J., Hanan, B.B., eds., Geological excursions in southern California and Mexico: San Diego, CA, San Diego State Univ., p. 186-198. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

*Bell, T.H., 1978, Progressive deformation and reorientation of fold axes in a ductile mylonite zone; The Woodroffe Thrust: Tectonophysics, v. 44, p. 285-320. [Geology 551.805 TE]

*Bull, W.B., 1984, Tectonic geomorphology: Journal of Geological Education, v. 32, p. 310-324. [Geology 550.5 JO]

*Bull, W.B., date unknown, Tectonic geomorphology of the Mojave Desert, California: contract dates 10/1/76-9/30/78...USGS #14-08-001-G-394. [see field trip files]

*Burchfiel, B.C., and Davis, G.A., ed., 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. [Geology 557.94 G298]

Collier, M., 1999, A land in motion; California's San Andreas Fault: Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 118 p. [Geology 551.87209794] [nontechnical]

*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]

*Crowell, J.C. and Baca, B., 1979, Sedimentation history of the Salton Trough, in Crowel, 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. 101-110. [page numbers differ from Marshak's print copy] [Geology Reserves 551.8T2272]

*Crowell, J.C., and Sylvester, A.G., 1979, Introduction to the San Andreas-Salton Trough juncture, 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. 13-20. [Geology 551.8nT2272]

Crowell, J.C., and Sylvester, A.G., 1979, 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., 193 p. [Geology 551.8 T2272]

*Davis, G.A., and Burchfiel, B.C., 1973, Garlock Fault: An intracontinental transform structure, southern California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, p.1407-1422. [Geology 550.6 GE]

*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., Processes in continental lithospheric deformation: Geological Society of America Special Paper 218, p. 133-159. [Geology 550 G292s]

*Dickinson, W.R., 1981, Plate tectonic evolution of the southern Cordillera, in Dickinson, W.R., and Payne, W.D., eds., Relations of tectonics to ore deposits in the southern Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 14, p. 113-135. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.8 R279]

*Dokka, R.K., and Glazner, A.F., 1982, Aspects of early Miocene extension of the central Mojave Desert, in Cooper, J.D., ed., Geologic excursions in the California desert: Boulder, Co, Geological Society of America, p.31-45. [Geology 557.9495 G292]

* Dokka, R.K., Henry, D.J., Ross, T.M., Baksi, A.K., Lambert, J. Travis, C.J., Jones, S.M., Jacobson, C.E., McCurry, M.M., Woodburne, M.O., and Ford, J.P., 1991, Aspects of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic geologic evolution of the Mojave Desert, in Walawender, M.J., and Hanan, B.B., eds., Geological excursions in Southern California and Mexico: San Diego, CA, San Diego State University, p. 1-43. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

*Elders, W.A., 1979, Historical Preface: Man and the nature of the Colorado delta, in Elders, W.A., ed., Geology and geothermics of the Salton Trough; Guidebook, field trip no. 7, prepared for the Geological Society of America 92nd Annual meeting, San Diego, November, 1979 : Riverside, CA, University of California Campus Contribution No. 5, p. V-VIII. [Geology 557.7949 G2921981]

*Gath, E., Ruff, R.W., McElwain, R., and Raub, M.L., 1986, Geology of the Salton Trough field trip road log, in Guptil, P.D., Gath, E.M. and Ruff, R.W., eds., Geology of the Imperial Valley, California: South Coast Geological Society Annual Field Trip Guidebook 14 p. 181-225. [Geology 557.9499 G29]

*Glazner, A.R., Bartley, J.M., and Walker, J.D., 1989, Magnitude and significance of Miocene crustal extension in the central Mojave Desert, California: Geology, v. 17, n. 1, p. 50-53. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

*Glazner, A.R., Bartley, J.M., and Walker, J.D., 1989, Magnitude and significance of Miocene crustal extension in the central Mojave Desert, California; Reply : Geology, v. 17, n. 11, p. 1061-1062. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

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 550 G292M]

*Harden, J.W., and Matti, J.C., 1989, Holocene and late Pleistocene slip rates on the San Andreas fault in Yucaipa, California, using displaced alluvial-fan deposits and soil chronology: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 101, p. 1107-1117. [Geology 550.6 GE]

*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., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the western United States: Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium 2, p. 453-469. [Geology 551.72 P119P1978]

Hewett, D.F., 1954, General geology of the Mojave Desert region, California, in Jahns, R.H., Geology of southern California: Bulletin - California Division of Mines, no. 170, chapter II, p. 3-20.[Geology 622.09 C12b no.179]

*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]

*Irwin, W.P., 1990, Geology and plate-tectonic development, in Wallace, R.E., ed., The San Andreas fault system, California: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1515, p. 61-80. [Geology Q.557xp]

Jahns, R.H., 1954, Geology of southern California: Bulletin - California Division of Mines, no. 170 (in 10 parts, plus Geologic Guides and Map Sheets) [Geology Reserve 622.09 C12b no.179]

*Keller, E.A., Bonkowski, M.S., Korsch, R.J., and Shlemon, R.J., 1982, Tectonic geomorphology of the San Andreas fault zone in the southern Indo Hills, Coachella Valley, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 93, p. 46-56. [Geology 550.6 GE]

*Kerr, D.R., and Kidwell, S.M., 1991, Late Cenozoic sedimentation and tectonics, western Salton Trough, California, in Walawender, M.J., and Hanan, B.B., ed., Geological excursions in Southern California and Mexico: San Diego, CA, San Diego State University, p. 397-416. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

*Lauback, 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, n. 6, p. 735-749. [Geology 551.805 JO]

*Lippman, M.J., Goldstein, N.E., Halfman, S.E., and Witherspoon, P.A., 1984, Exploration and development of the Cerro Prieto geothermal field: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 36, n. 10, p. 1579-1591. [Grainger Engineering 665.505 JO]

*Lister, G.S., and Snoke, A.W., 1984, S-C Mylonites: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 6, n. 6, p. 617-638. [Geology 551.805 JO]

*Lonsdale, P., 1989, Geology and tectonic history of the Gulf of California, in Winterer, E.L., Hussong, D.M., and Decker, R.W., eds., The Eastern Pacific Ocean and Hawaii: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. N, p. 499-511. [Geology Q. 557 G292]

Lynch, D.K., 2006, Field guide to the San Andreas Fault: Topanga, CA, Thule Scientific, 202 p. [Geology 551.87209794]

*Martin, M.W., and Walker, J.D., 1991, Upper Precambrian paleogeographic reconstruction of the Mojave Desert, California, in Cooper, J.D., and Stevens, C.H., eds., Paleozoic Paleogeography of the Western United States II: Pacific Section SEPM, v. 67, p. 167-192. [Geology 551.72 P119P1991]

*Mitra, G., and Marshak, S., 1988, Description of mesoscopic structures, in Mitra, G., and Marshak, S., Basic methods of structural geology: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, p. 213-247.[Geology 551.8028M354b]

*Mosher, S., and Helper, M., 1988, Interpretation of poly-deformed terranes, in Mitra, G., and Marshak, S., Basic methods of structural geology: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, p. 361-384.[Geology 551.8028M354b]

*Norris, R.M., Keller, E.A., and Meyer, G.L., 1979, Geomorphology of the Salton Basin, California: Selected observations, in Abbott, P.L., ed., Geological excursions in the Southern California area: San Diego, CA, San Diego State Univ., Dep. Geol. Sci., p. 19-46 [page numbers differ from Marshak's print copy: 38-50] [Geology 557.94 G292]

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]

*Passchier, C.W., and Simpson, C., 1986, Porphyroclast systems as kinematic indicators: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 8, p. 831-843. [Geology 551.805 JO]

*Ramsay, J.G., 1980, Shear zone geometry: A review: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 2, n. 1/2, p. 83-99. [Geology 551.805 JO]

Rockwell, T., 1990, Western Salton Trough soils and neotectonics [guidebook]: Friends of the Pleistocene Pacific Cell, 194 p. [Geology check online catalog]

*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]

*Rymer, M.J., 1991, 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 University, p. 388-396. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

*Rymer, M.J., 1994, Quaternary fault-normal thrusting in the northwestern Mecca Hills, southern California, 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. 325-329. [Geology 557.9 G293 (2 copies)]

Scholz, C. and Hanks, T.C., 2004, The strength of the San Andreas Fault: A Discussion, in Karner, G.D., Taylor, B., Driscoll, N.W., and Kohlstedt, D.L., eds., Rheology and deformation of the lithosphere at continental margins: New York, Columbia University Press, p. ?. [Geology 551.8 R343]

*Seih, K.E., 1984, Holocene activity of the San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.95, p. 883-896. [Geology 550.6 GE]

*Sheehan, J.R., 1986, A tectonic model of the Salton Trough, in Guptil, P.D., Gath, E.M., Ruff, R.W., eds., Geology of the Imperial Valley, California: South Coast Geological Society Annual Field Trip Guidebook, p.165-172. [Geology 557.9499 G29]

*Simpson, C., and Schmid, S.M., 1983, An evaluation of criteria to deduce the sense of movement in sheared rocks: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.94, p. 1281-1288. [Geology 550.6 GE]

*Spencer, J.E., Reynolds, S.J., Anderson, L., Davis, G.A., Laubach S.E., Richards, S.M., and Marshak, S., 1987, Field-trip guide to parts of the Harquahala, Granite Wash, Whipple, and Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona and Southeastern California, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins: Excursions to choice areas: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Field Trip Guidebook, p. 351-364. [Geology 557.91 G292]

*Stewart, John H., and Crowell, John C., 1992, Chapter 14; Strike-slip tectonics in the Cordilleran region, western United States, in The Geology of North America, vol. G-3, The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S.: Geological Society of America, p. 609-628. [Geology Q. 557 G292]

*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 University, p. 378-387. [Geology 557.949 G2923]

*Sylvester, A.G., and Smith, R.R., 1987, Structure section in Painted Canyon, southern California: in Hill, Mason, ed., Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide - Cordillera, p. 372-377?[103-108? Page numbers differ]. [Geology Q. 557.3 C333]

*Martin, M.W., and Walker, J.D., 1991, Upper Precambrian paleogeographic reconstruction of the Mojave Desert, California, in Cooper, J.D., and Stevens, C.H., eds., Paleozoic Paleogeography of the Western United States II: Pacific Section SEPM, v. 67, p. 167-192. [Geology 551.72 P119P1991]

*Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., 1986, Geology of Central and Northern Arizona: Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1986, 71 Orocopia Mountains (3. Geology and plate-tectonic development).[Geology 557.915 G292]

Specific Stops

Geology of the Mojave Block basement

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]

Bender, E.E., Morrison, J., Anderson, J.L., and Wooden, J.L., 1993, Early Proterozoic ties between two suspect terranes and the Mojave crustal block of the Southwestern U.S.: Journal of Geology, v.101, n. 6, p. 715-728. [Geology 550.5 JG]

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 Reserves]

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 550 G292M Reserves]

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 (2 copies)]

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 Reserves]

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. [Grainger Engineering 538.05 TE and online]

Geology of the Orocopia Schist

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. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 551.7609791 M562]

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. [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. [550G292s no.365 ]

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, no.3, p. 219-222. [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 ]

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]

Geology of the Mecca Hills strata (Stratigraphy of a pull-apart basin)

Crowell, J.C., and Sylvester, A.G., 1979, Excursion guide, 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. 141-167. [Geology 551.8 T2272]

* Shifflett, H., Nicolay, P., Wiebe, E., and Crisman, R., 1986, Holocene offsets, San Andreas Fault, Mecca Hills, California, in Guptil, P.D. Gath, E.M., Ruff, R.W., eds., Geology of the Imperial Valley, California: South Coast Geological Society Annual Field Trip Guidebook 14, p. 159-164. [Geology 557.9499 G29]

Chang, Shih-Bin R., Allen, Clarence R., and Kirschvink, Joseph L., 1987, Magnetic stratigraphy and a test for block rotation of sedimentary rocks within the San Andreas fault zone, Mecca Hills, southeastern California: Quaternary Research, v. 27, n. 1, p. 30-40. [Geology 551.7905 QU and online]

Sylvester, A.G., and Smith, R.R., 1979, Structure section across the San Andreas fault zone, Mecca Hills, 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. 125-139. [Geology 551.8 T2272]

Geology of the San Andreas fault and palm tree structure, Painted Canyon

Crowell, J.C., and Sylvester, A.G., 1979, Excursion guide, 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. 141-167. [Geology 551.8 T2272]

Jensen, L., and Wojtal, S., 2000, Fold reorientation near the San Andreas Fault, Salton Trough: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. 29. [Geology 550 G292ab]

Mogensen, T.E., and Korstgard, J.A., 1993, Structural development and trap formation along the Borglum Fault, Tornquist Zone, Denmark, compared with the Painted Canyon Fault, San Andreas Zone, USA, in Spencer, A.M., ed., Generation, accumulation, and production of Europe's hydrocarbons; III: Special Publication of the European Association of Petroleum Geoscientists 3, p. 89-97. [Geology 553.28094 G2861993]

Sheridan, J.M., and Weldon, R.J. II, 1994, Accommodation of compression in the Mecca Hills, California, 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. 330-336. [Geology 557.9 G293]

Sheridan, J.M., and Weldon, R.J. II, Thornton, C.A., and Rymer, M.J., 1994, Stratigraphy and deformational history of the Mecca Hills, southern California, 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. 319-325. [Geology 557.9 G293]

Shifflett, H., and Witbaard, R., 1996, Multiple precursors to the Landers earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 86, n. 1, Part A, p. 113-121. [Geology 551.206 SE]

Sylvester, A.G., 1979, Guide to the geology and structures of Painted Canyon, Mecca Hills, in Field guide prepared for: Far Western Section, National Association of Geology Teachers; Spring Conference; 25th Annual Meeting; March 17 and 18, 1979, unpaginated. [not at UIUC ?]

Sylvester, A.G., 1987, Repeated precise leveling of fault crossing arrays reveals no nearfield vertical fault movement in southern California in 1986: Seismological Research Letters, v. 58, n. 1, p. 20. [Geology 551.2206 SE1]

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., 1979, Structure section across the San Andreas fault zone, Mecca Hills, 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. 125-139. [Geology 551.8 T2272 Reserves]

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 1, p. 103-108. [Geology Q. 557.3 C333]

Weldon, II, R.J., 1992, Transpression in the SE Mecca Hills, California; An alternative interpretation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, n. 5, p. 89. [Geology 550 G292ab]

Witbaard, R., Shifflett, H., and Grannell, R., 1993, Neotectonic movement on en echelon faults of the southern San Andreas System, Mecca Hills, California: AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, n. 4, p. 721-722. [Geology 553.2806 SO and online]

Geology of the Granite Landscape (Mesozoic arc)

Joshua Tree National Park

Geology Fieldnotes: Joshua Tree National Monument

Joshua Tree National Park on Shaky Ground

*Recreation Map of Joshua Tree National Park: San Rafael, CA, Tom Harrison Cartography. [in field trip files]

*Joshua Tree; Official Map and Guide: National Park Service. [in field trip files]

Bender, E.E., Morrison, J., Anderson, J.L., and Wooden, J.L., 1993, Early Proterozoic ties between two suspect terranes and the Mojave crustal block of the Southwestern U.S.: Journal of Geology, v.101, n. 6, p. 715-728. [Geology 550.5 JG]

Dibblee, T.W. Jr., 1967, Geologic map of the Joshua Tree Quadrangle, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-516. [Geology Maps]

Dupras, D.L., 1990, Self-guided geologic tour in Joshua Tree National Monument; Riverside County, California: California Geology, v. 44, n. 9, p. 203-212. [Geology 622.09 C12m]

Hwang, L.J., 1993, An overview of the 1992 Joshua Tree, Landers and Big Bear earthquakes, in
Proceedings of Conference LXII; Eighth joint meeting of the U.S.-Japan conference on natural resources (UJNR), panel on earthquake prediction technology, November 16-21, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-542, p. 237. [Geology 557xo]

Kunkel, F., 1963, Hydrologic and geologic reconnaissance of Pinto Basin, Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside County, California: U. S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1475-O, p. 537-561. [Grainger Engineering 628.11 UN32W]

Lewis, R.E., 1972, Ground-water resources of the Yucca Valley-Joshua Tree area, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-234, 86 p. [Geology 557xo]

Nicholson, C., Harris, R.A., and Simpson, R.W., 1992, Changes in attitude; Changes in latitude; What happened to the faults in the Joshua Tree area before and after the M7.4 Landers mainshock?: Seismological Research Letters, v. 64, n. 1, p. 34. [Geology 551.2206 SE1]

Rogers, J.J.W., 1961, Igneous and metamorphic rocks of the western portion of Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 68, p. 1-26. [Geology 557 C127C]

Stull, R.J., and McMillan, K., 1973, Origin of Lherzolite inclusions in the Malapai Hill Basalt, Joshua Tree National Monument, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, n. 7, p. 2343-2349. [Geology 550.6 GE]

Toppozada, T.R., and Wilson, R.I., 1992, April 22 Joshua Tree, and June 28 Landers and Big Bear earthquakes, 1992: California Geology, v. 45, n. 4, p. 118-120. [Geology 622.09 C12m]

Trent, D.D., 1984, Geology of the Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside and San Bernardino counties: California Geology, v. 37, n. 4, p. 75-86. [Geology 622.09 C12m]

Trent, D.D., 1997, Joshua Tree National Park, in Harris, A.G., Tuttle, E., and Tuttle, S.D., Geology of National Parks, 5th ed.: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., p. 592-609. [Geology Reserves 557xha1997]

Trent, D.D., 1998, Geology of Joshua Tree National Park: California Geology, v. 51, n. 5, p. 3-16. [Geology 622.09 C12m]

Trent, D.D., 1998, Mines in Joshua Tree National Park: California Geology, v. 51, n. 5, p. 17. [Geology 622.09 C12m]

Rogers, J.J.W., 1954, Geology of a portion of Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside County, Map Sheet no. 24 of Jahns, R. H., ed., Geology of southern California: Calif. Dept. Nat. Res., Div. Mines Bull. 170. [Geology 622.09 C12B Reserves]

Part III Geology of Death Valley

Link to Death Valley Bibliography

Part IV Geology of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, Cenozoic volcanics, Meteor Crator

General

Web Resources

Park Geology: Tour of Colorado Plateau Geology - National Park Service

A Bibliography of the Grand Canyon and the Lower Colorado River - Searchable

Literature

*Baars, D.C., 1983, The Colorado Plateau: A geologic history: Albuquerque, NM, Univ. N.M. Press, 279 p. [Geology 551.7 B11R1983; also 2000 revised & updated edition Geology 551.7 B11r2000]

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]

*Billingsley, G.H., Hendricks, J.D., and Lucchitta, I., 1988, Field guide to the lower Grand Canyon, from Peach Springs to Pierce Ferry, Arizona, 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. 5, p. 20-38. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Breed, W.J., and Roat, E.C., eds., 1974, Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, 185 p. [557Ar3g]

*The Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona (topographic trail map in packet with Breed et al)

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]

*Chronic, Halka, 1983, Scenic wonderland-The Colorado Plateau, in Chronic, H., Roadside geology of Arizona: Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co., p.176-189. [Geology 557.91 C468R (2 copies)]

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; The Mackin volume: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, Publication GB 78/Utah Geological Association Publication 30, 429 p. [Geology 553.282 Am3g v.78] [Note: Although the emphasis is on Utah, there is a substantial amount of relevant general information].

Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., 1982, Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publishers, 608 p. [551.70097913F929m]

Harris, D.V., and Kiver, E.P., 1985, Colorado Plateau Province, in Harris, D.V., and Kiver, E.P., The Geologic Story of the National Parks and Monuments, 4th ed., p. 232-288. [Geology Reserves 557xhar1985]

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Howard, K.A., Bell, J.W., Perkins, M.E., Faulds, J.E., and Brock, A.L., 2005, Birth of the lower Colorado River - Stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence for its inception near the conjunction of Nevada, Arizona, and California: Geological Society of America Field Guide 6, p. 357-387. [Geology 557.3 F455 no. 6]

Kiver, E.P., and Harris, D.V., 1999, Colorado Plateaus Province, in Kiver, E.P., and Harris, D.V., Geology of U.S. Parklands, 5th ed.: New York, John Wiley & Sons, p. 365-541. [Geology Reserves 557xhar1999]

*Peirce, H. Wesley, and Nations, J. Dale, 1986, Tectonic and paleogeographic significance of Tertiary rocks of the southern Colorado Plateau and transitional zone, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Geology of central and northern Arizona: Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Guidebook, p.111-124. [Geology 557.915 G292]

Shelton, J.S., Crowell, J.C., and Davis, G.A., 1979, Guidebook for roundtrip flight to Colorado Plateau: San Diego, CA, San Diego State University, 96 p. (includes Hurricane Fault). [557.913G941]

Specific Stops

Geology of the Grand Canyon, Geology of the Colorado Plateau, Hurricane fault

*Anderson, R.E., and Mehnert, H.H., 1979, Reinterpretation of the history of the Hurricane Fault in Utah, in Newman, G.W., and Goode, H.D., eds., Basin and Range symposium and Great Basin field conference: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 145-165. [Geology 557.9 B292B]

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 Lucchitta, I., 1988, Field-trip guide for Marble Canyon and eastern Grand Canyon, 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. 3-19. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Blakey, R.C., and Middleton, L.T., 1998, Field guide to Permian rocks of Grand Canyon and Sedona areas, north-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. 97-125. [557.91 G2923]

*Breed, W.J., Stefanic, V., and Billingsley, G.H., date unknown, Geologic guide to the Bright Angel Trail; Grand Canyon, Arizona: Tulsa, OK, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. [in field trip files]

Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., eds., 1990, Grand Canyon Geology: New York, Oxford University Press, 518 p. [557.9132 G762]

Elston, D.P., Billingsley, G.H., and Young, R.A., 1989, Geology of Grand Canyon, northern Arizona (with Colorado River Guides), prepared for the International Geological Congress field trips: Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, 238 p. [Geology 557.9132 G292]

*Geologic Map of the Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona (geologic map in packet with Breed et al)

Gordon, A.J. 2000, Geologic guide to Grand Canyon National Park: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 76 p. [557.9132 G653g, 2 copies]

Harris, A.G., Tuttle, E., and Tuttle, S.D., 1997, Grand Canyon National Park, in Harris, A.G., Tuttle, E., and Tuttle, S.D., Geology of the Parks, 5th ed.: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., p. 6-27. [Geology Reserves 557xha1997]

Humphreys, E., Hessler, E., Dueker, K., Farmer, G.L., Erslev, E., and Atwater, T., 2003, How Laramide-age hydration of North American lithosphere by the Farallon slab controlled subsequent activity in the western United States: International Geology Review, v. 45, n. 7, p. 575-595. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Lucchitta, I., 1989, History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona, in Jenney, J.P. and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p.701-715. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

*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. [Geology 557.8 SE28]

*Lucchita, I., and Young, R.A., 1986, Structure and geomorphic character of the western Colorado Plateau in the Grand Canyon-Lake Mead region, 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. 159-176. [557.915 G292]

Lund, W.R., Taylor, W.J., Pearthree, P.A., Stenner, H., Amoroso, L, and Hurlow, H., 2002, Structural development and paleoseismicity of the Hurricane Fault, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 02-172, p. 2-84. [online]

McKee, E.D., Wilson, R.F., Breed, W.J., and Breed, C.S., 1967, Evolution of the Colorado River in Arizona; An hypothesis developed at the Symposium on Cenozoic Geology of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, August 1964: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, 67 p., plate. [557Ar3e]

Shelton, J.S., Crowell, J.C., and Davis, G.A., 1979, Guidebook for roundtrip flight to Colorado Plateau: San Diego, CA, San Diego State University, 96 p. (includes Hurricane Fault). [557.913G941]

*Spamer, E.E., 1989, The development of geological studies in the Grand Canyon: Tryonia No. 17. [Geology 557.913 SP21D (2 copies)]

Spencer, J.E., and Pearthree, P.A., 2005, Abrupt initiation of the Colorado River and initial incision of the Grand Canyon: Arizona Geology, v. 35, n. 4, p. 1-4. [Geology 622.05 ARIlc]

*Stewart, M.E., and Taylor, W.J., 1996, Structural analysis and fault segment boundary identification along the Hurricane fault in southwestern Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, v.18, p.1017-1029. [Geology 551.805 JO and online]

Thayer, D., 1986, A guide to Grand Canyon geology along Bright Angel Trail: Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 66 p. [557.9132 T335g]

East Kaibab Monocline (Continental platform tectonic styles)

Cenozoic volcanics

Meteor Crater

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. [557.91 G2923]

*Shoemaker, E.M., and Kieffer, S.W., 1974, Guidebook to the geology of Meteor Crater, Arizona: Tempe, AZ, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, 66 p. [not at UIUC]

Part V Geology of the Mogollon Highland

General

Specific Stops

Geology of the Mazatzal terrane (folding; Precambrian accretion)

Ignimbrite province of the Superstition Mountains (ash flow geology)

Literature for Topics:

(See also appropriate sections above)

Environmental Geology, Geomorphology, and Economic Geology:

Web Resources

Arizona Hazards - Arizona Geological Survey

Basin and Range Aquifers

Ground Water Atlas of the United States

Environmental Geology and Issues of the Phoenix Basin

See also Water in the West, a bibliography

Anderson, T.W., 1986, Geohydrology of the southwest alluvial basins, Arizona, in Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds., 1986, Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, p. 99-116. [Geology 551.35 Am35r]

Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds., 1986, Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, 116 p. [Geology 551.35 Am35r] (Contains a number of relevan articles)

Beckwith, G.H., Slemmons, D.B., and Weeks, R.E., 1991, Use of low-sun angle photography for identification of subsidence-induced earth fissures, in Johnson, A.I., ed., Land subsidence: IAHS-AISH Publication 200, p. 261-269. [Geology 551.46IN83P1]

Briggs, P.C., and Nemecek, E.A., 1986, Techical aspects of Arizona groundwater law, in Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, p. 93-98. [Geology 551.35 Am35r]

Carpenter, M.C., 1987, Water-level declines, land subsidence, and specific compaction near Apache Junction, south-central Arizona: USGS Water Resource Investigations 86-4071 <http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_86_4071.djvu>

Cordy, G.E., Gellenbeck, D.J., Gebler, J.B., Anning, D.W., Coes, A.L., Edmonds, R.J., Rees, J.A.H., and Sanger, H.W., 2000, Water quality in the central Arizona basins, Arizona, 1995-98: USGS Circular 1213 <http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1213/>

Corkhill, E.F., Tatlow, M.A., Mitchell, K.R., and Ramsey, L.A., 1998, Nora's tears cause landowner fears: Fieldnotes, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 1. [in student references; 03] [Geology 622.05 ARI1a]

DuBois, S.M., and Parks, B.R., 1980, Desert runoff; Hazards in Arizona: Fieldnotes from the State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 10, n. 4, p. 6-9. [in student references; 03] [Geology 622.05 ARI1]

Duncan, J.T., and Spencer, J.E., 1993, Investigations of uranium and radon in the Phoenix metropolitan area, in Spencer, J.E., ed., Radon in Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Bulletin 199, p. 43-50. [Geology 622.09 Ar43b1a v.199]

Eberhardt, S.I., 1984, High technology contamination of Arizona groundwater, in Hamphill, D.D., ed., Trace substances in environmental health: Trace Substances in Environmental Health, 18, p. 170-177. [Vet Med 614.7C761P]

Euge, K.M., LUnd, W.R., and Scott, J.D., 1978, Geology of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station and adjacent areas, Maricopa County, Arizona, in Burt, D.M., and Pewe, T.L., eds., Guidebook to the geology of central Arizona: State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, No. 2 (Tucson, AZ), p. 115-130. [Geology 557 AR3GU]

Fellows, L.D., 1993, Land subsidence in the Salt River Valley west of Phoenix: Arizona Geology, v. 23, n. 3, p. 1, 4. [Geology 622.05 ARI1c]

Fellows, L.D., 1995, Land-subsidence and earth-fissure formation: Arizona Geology, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-2. [Geology 622.05 ARI1c]

Fellows, L.D., 1999, Ground-water pumping causes Arizona to sink: Fieldnotes, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 1-4. [in student references; 03] [Geology 622.05 ARI1c]

Fellows, L.D., 2002, Buying or building? Have you considered geologic hazards?: Fieldnotes, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 32, n. 3, p. 1-4. [Geology 622.05 ARI1a]

Freethey, G.W., 1986, Considerations in modeling ground-water flow in the alluvial basins of Arizona, in Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds.,Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, p. 57-67. [Geology 551.35 Am35r]

Gellenbeck, D.J., 1994, Isotopic compostitions and sources of nitrate in ground water from western Salt River Valley, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4063, 53 p. [Geology 551.49 Un342gw 94-4063] <http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_94_4063.djvu>

Green, D.M., and Oleksyszyn, M., 2002, Enzyme activities and carbon dioxide flux in a Sonoran Desert urban ecosystem: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v. 66, n. 6, p. 2002-2008. <http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/content/full/66/6/2002>

Harmon, D.B., 1982, Subsidence in northeast Phoenix: A new problem for engineers: Fieldnotes, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 12, n. 3, p. 10-11. [in student references; 03] [Geology 622.05 ARI1a]

Harris, R.C., 2004, Giant desiccation cracks in Arizona: Arizona Geology, v. 34, n.2, p. 1-4. [Geology 622.05 ARI1c] Note: has good references on the subject, also has a section on natural vs. human causes.

Kister, L.R., 1974, Dissolved-solids content of ground water in the Phoenix area, Arizona: USGS Misc. Inv. Series I-845G. [Geology Maps] Map with some text.

Larson, M.K., 1986, Potential for subsidence fissuring in the Phoenix, Arizona, USA area, in Johnson, A.I., Carbognin, L., and Ubertini, L., eds., Land subsidence: IAHS-AISH Publication 151, p. 291-299. [in student references; 03] [Geology 551.46IN83P1]

Larson, M.K., and Pewe, T.L., 1983, Earth fissures and land subsidence hazards in northeast Phoenix: Fieldnotes, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 13 n. 2, p. 8-11. [in student references; 03] [Geology 622.05 ARI1a]

Larson, M.K., and Pewe, T.L., 1986, Origin of land subsidence and earth fissuring, northeast Phoenix, Arizona: Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, v. 23, n. 2, p. 139-165. [Geology 550.5EN]

Leake, S.A., date unkown, Land subsidence from ground-water pumping: USGS <http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/changes/anthropogenic/subside/>.

Mann, L.J., and Rohne, P.B., Jr., 1983, Streamflow losses and changes in ground-water levels along the Salt and Gila rivers near Phoenix, Arizona; February 1978 to June 1980: USGS Water-Resources Investigations 83-4043,<http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_83_4043.djvu>.

Mongomery, E.L., and Harshbarger, J.W., 1989, Arizona hydrogeology and water supply, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 827-840. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Osterkamp, W.R., 1973, Map showing depth to water in wells in the Phoenix area, Arizona, 1972: USGS Misc. Inv. Series I-845D, [Geology Maps] Map with some text.

Osterkamp, W.R., 1974, Chemical quality of water for public supply in the Phoenix area, Arizona: USGS Misc. Inv. Series I-845F, [Geology Maps] Map with some text.

Osterkamp, W.R., and Ross, P.P., 1976, Map showing distribution of recoverable ground water in the Phoenix area, Arizona: USGS Misc. Inv. Series I-845K, [Geology Maps] Map with some text.

Parker, J.T.C., 1995, Channel change and sediment transport in two desert streams in central Arizona, 1991-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4059, 42 p. [Geology 551.49 Un3426w 95-4059 ]

Pewe, T.L., 1978, Geologic hazards in the Phoenix area: Fieldnotes, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 8, n. 1-2, p. 18-20. [Geology 622.05 ARI1]

Pewe, T.L., 1978, Terraces of the lower Salt River valley in relation to the late Cenozoic history of the Phoenix Basin, Arizona, in Burt, D.M., and Pewe, T.L., eds., Guidebook to the geology of central Arizona: State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, No. 2 (Tucson, AZ), p. 1-46. [Geology 557 AR3GU]

*Pewe, T.L., 1990, Land subsidence and earth-fissure formation caused by groundwater withdrawal in Arizona;: A review, 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. 219-233. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550G292s]

*Pewe, T.L., Raymond, R.H., and Schumann, H.H., 1988, Land subsidence and earth-fissure formation in eastern Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: Arizona State Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Speciaol Paper 5, p. 199-204. [Geology 551.91G292]

Phillips, S.P., 1994, Land subsidence as a resource management objective in Antelope Valley, California: USGS Open-File Report 94-532, <http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr94-532/>.

Pima Association of Governments, 2003, 2003 Community Information Data Summary: <http://www.pagnet.org/TPD/CIDS2003/> See chapter on Environmental Quality.

Pool, D.R., 1986, Aquifer geology of alluvial basins of Arizona, in Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, p. 25-36. [Geology 551.35 Am35r]

Pool, D.R., 2000, Land-subsidence and ground-water storage monitoring in the Tucson Active Manatement Area, Arizona: USGS Fact Sheet 84-00. <http://az.water.usgs.gov/factsheets/fs-084-00.pdf>

Prokopovich, N.P., 1983, Reconnaissance estimates of subsidence along Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Arizona: Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, v. 20, n. 3, p. 297-315. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550.5EN]

Reynolds, R.J., and DeWitt E., 1991, Proterozoic geology of the Phoenix region, central Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 19, p. 237-250. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557.91G2922]

Robertson, F.N., 1986, Occurrence and solubility controls of trace elements in ground water in alluvial basins of Arizona, in Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, p. 69-80. [Geology 551.35 Am35r]

Sandoval, J.P., and Bartlett, S.R., 1991, Land subsidence and earth fissuring on the Central Arizona Project, Arizona, in Proceedings, Fourth International Symposium on Land Subsidence: International Association of Hydrological Sciences, p. 249-259. [in student references; 03] [Geology 551.46 IN83P1]

Schumann, H.H., 1974, Land subsidence and earth fissures in alluvial deposits in the Phoenix area, Arizona: USGS Misc. Inv. Series I-845H, [Geology Maps] Map with some text.

Schumann, H.H., 1977, Land subsidence and earth fissures in alluvial deposits in the Phoenix area, Arizona: USGS Misc. Inv. Series I-845H,[Geology Maps] Map with some text.

Schumann, H.H., 1986, Land subsidence and earth fissures caused by ground-water depletion in southern Arizona, in Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, p. 81-91. [Geology 551.35 Am35r]

Schumann, H.H., 1994, Land subsidence and earth-fissure hazards near Luke Air Force Base, Arizona: USGS Open-File Report 94-532, 18-21. <http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr94-532/>

Spencer, J.E., 2000, Arsenic in ground water: Fieldnotes, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 30, n. 3, p. 1-4. [Geology 622.05 ARI1c]

Tucci, P., and Pool, D.R., 1986, Use of geophysics for geohydrologic studies in the alluvial basins of Arizona, in Anderson, T.W., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States: Southwest Alluvial Basins of Arizona: AWRA Monograph Series 7, p. 37-56. [Geology 551.35 Am35r]

Web sites:

Ivanich, P.A. et al, date unknown, Measuring bedrock topography using gravity to understand subsidence along a portion of the cap canal in northeast Scottsdale (poster): Arizona State University, <http://caplter.asu.edu/docs/symposia/symp2003/Ivanich_et_al.pdf>.

Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Symposium; Abstracts,
<http://caplter.asu.edu/home/symposia/symp2006/index.jsp>.

Sinking Arizona <http://www.goldcanyon.com/arizona/fissures.html>.

Gelt, J., Land subsidence, earth fissures change Arizona's landscape: <http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/arroyo/062land.html>.

USGS, 1997, Geochemistry of Arizona National Uranium Resource Evaluation Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Program: USGS Open-File Report 97-492, <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0492/state/nure_az.htm>.

Ground Water's Role in Arizona's EconomicVitality, <http://www.ngwa.org/pdf/states/az.pdf>.

Environmental Geology of the McDowell Mountains Area

*Christenson, G.E., Welsch, D.G., and Pewe, T.L., 1978, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Geologic Investigation Folio 1, Maps GI-1-A-B.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T.L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Landslope Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-C.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T.L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Caliche Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-D.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T.L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Ground Water Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-E.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T.L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Material Resources Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-F.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T.L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Geologic Hazards Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-G.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T. L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Excavation Conditions Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-H.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T. L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Waste Disposal Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-I.

*Christenson, G.E., and Pewe, T.L., 1979, Environmental geology of the McDowell Mountains area, Maricopa County, Arizona (Construction Conditions Map): Arizona Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series; Folio of the McDowell Mountains Area, Arizona, Map GI-1-J.

*Skotnicki, S.J., 1995, Geologic map of the Fountain Hills/Mount McDowell area, Maricopa County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-16, 28 p., plate.

*Skotnicki, S.J., 1996, Geologic map of portions of the Fort McDowell and McDowell Peak Quadrangles, Maricopa County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-11, 20 p., plate.

Utilization of the Colorado River (incl. history of damming and irrigation projects)

See also Water in the West, a bibliography

Adams, J.A., 1990, Damming the Colorado: The rise of the Lower Colorado River Authority: College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press, 161 p. [in student references] [Main 333.91415 AD18D]

Apodaca, L.E., Driver, N.E., Stephens, V.C., and Spahr, N.E., 1995, Environmental setting and implications on water quality, upper Colorado River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations 95-4263, 33 p. [Geology 551.49 Un3426w]

Arizona Department of Water Resources, 2002, Colorado River Management: <http://www.water.az.gov/dwr/Content/Find_by_Program/Colorado_River_Management/default.htm>. (accessed 5/15/03) [in student references; '03]

Briggs, M.K., and Cornelius, S., 1998, Opportunities for ecological improvement along the lower Colorado River and delta, in Wilcox, D.A., ed., Symposium on Semiarid riparian ecosystems: Wetlands, v. 18, n.4, p. 513-529. [Biology 333.918 W5342]

Bureau of Reclamation, serial, Colorado River System consumptive uses and losses report: United States Bureau of Reclamation. [in student bibliography] [GovDocs I27.2:C71/18/971-75]

Butler, D.L., and Von Guerard, P.B., 1996, Salinity in the Colorado River in the Grand Valley, western Colorado, 1994-95: U. S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 215-96, 4 p. [online]

Butler, D.L., Wright, W.G., Stewart, K.C., Osmundson, B.C., Krueger, R.P., and Crabtree, D.W., 1996, Detailed study of selenium and other constituents in water, bottom sediment, soil, alfalfa, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the Uncompahgre Project area and in the Grand Valley, west-central Colorado, 1991-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations 96-4138, 136 p. [Geology 551.49 Un3426w]

Cluer, B.L., 1995, Cyclic fluvial processes and bias in environmental monitoring, Colorado River in Grand Canyon: Journal of Geology, v. 103, n. 4, p. 411-421. [Geology 550.5 JG]

Collier, M., Webb, R.H., and Schmidt, J.C., 1996, Dams and rivers; A primer on the downstream effects of dams: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1126m 94 p. [Geology on order]

Colorado Water Conservation Board, 2003, Water Supply Protection, <http://cwcb.state.co.us/>. (accessed 5/15/03) [in student references; '03]

Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, U.S. National Research Council, 1991, Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management: Proceedings of a Symposium May 24-25, 1990 Santa Fe, New Mexico: National Academy Press, 288 p.

Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, U.S. National Research Council, 1994, Review of the draft environment impact statement on operation of Glen Canyon Dam, 26 p.

Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, U.S. National Research Council, 1994, Review of the draft Federal long-term monitoring plan for the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam: National Academy Press, 66 p.

Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, U.S. National Research Council, 1996, River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon: National Academy Press, 244 p.

Coplin, L.S., Liscum, F., East, J.W., and Goldstein, L.B., 1996, Measurement of flows for two irrigation districts in the lower Colorado River basin, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations 96-4225, 38 p. [Geology 551.49 Un3426w]

Darby, D., 1995, Making peace with Mother Earth; Environmental studies seek to halt impact of Glen Canyon Dam on a fragile ecosystem: Earth Observation Magazine, v. 4, n. 8, p. 18-21. [Map & Geography 526.98205 EA]

Dexter, L.R., and Cluer, B.L., 1999, Cyclic erosional instability of sandbars along the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 89, n. 2, p. 238-266. [Map & Geography 910.6 AS]

Driver, N., 1995, Water quality and urban supply planning; The upper Colorado NAWQA study, in Proceedings; Colorado water workshop, quenching the urban giant: Information Series - Colorado Water Resources Research Institute no. 78, p. 136-141.

Fetter, C.W., 1994, Applied hydrogeology, 3rd ed.: New York : Macmillan, p. 340, 380-381. [in student bibliography] [Geology 551.4 F431a1994] also 2001 [Geology Reserves 551.4 F431a2001]

Flug, M., 1995, Multi-criterion decision and analysis for comparing hydropower and environmental impacts from operation of Glen Canyon Dam, northernmost Arizona, in Carter, L.M.H., ed., Energy and the environment; Application of geosciences to decision-making: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1108, p.103-104. [Geology 557 XC]

Fradkin, P.L., 1981, A river no more: New York, Alfred A. Knopt, p. 23-333. [in student bibliography] [Main; Undergrad 979.13 F841R]

Glenn, E.P., Cohen, M.J., Morrison, J.I., Valdes, C.C., and Fitzsimmons, K., 1999, Science and policy dilemmas in the management of agricultural waste waters; The case of the Salton Sea, CA, USA: Environmental Science and Policy, v. 2, n. 4-5, p. 413-423. [City Planning 363.705605 ENS]

Keller, E.A., 2000, Environmental Geology, 8th ed.: Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., p. 281-284. [in student references; '03] [UIUC has 7th edition: Geology Q. 301.3 K281e 1996]

Kupel, D.E., 2003, Fuel for growth; Water and Arizona's urban environment: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 319 p. [History 333.9115 K964f]

Lucchitta, I., and Leopold, L.B., 1999, Floods and sandbars in the Grand Canyon: GSA Today, v. 9, n. 4, p. 1-7. [Geology Q 551.06 GSA]

Maddock, T.S., and Hines, W.G., 1995, Meeting future public water supply need; A southwest perspective: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 31, n. 2, p. 317-329. [Geology 628.1106 WA]

Maletic, J.T., 1974, Salinity control planning in the Colorado River system: Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest, v. 4., p. 108-126. [Not at UIUC]

Marzolf, G.R., 1996, Natural resources; Glen Canyon environmental study; Resources and multiple-use aspects: U.S. Geological Survey yearbook, fiscal year 1995; Understanding the Earth, p. 38-39.

Maxon, J.C., 1980, Lake Mead-Hoover Dam: Las Vegas, NM, KC Publications, 48 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology Reserves Q917.9312 M45L]

Marzolf, G.R., 1999, Effects of flooding on plant production downstream from Glen Canyon Dam; Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Program: U.S. Geological Fact Sheet 0060-99, 2 p. [http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-060-99/]

Michel, R.L., and Schroeder, R.A., 1994, Use of long-term tritium records from the Colorado River to determine timescales for hydrologic processes associated with irrigation in the Imperial Valley, California: Applied Geochemistry, v. 9, n. 4, p. 387-401. [Geology 551.46005 AQ]

Michel, S.M., 2000, Defining hydrocommons governance along the border of the Californias; A case study of transbasin diversions and water quality in the Tijuana-San Diego metropolitan region: Natural Resources Journal, v. 40, n. 4, p. 931-969. [Map & Geography 339.4973 N19]

*Mongomery, E.L., and Harshbarger, J.W., 1989, Arizona hydrogeology and water supply, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 827-840. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Nagler, P., 2003, A resource for the Colorado River delta: <http://ag.arizona.edu/colorado_river_delta/delta/intro.html> (accessed 5/15/03) [in student references; '03]

Nelson, J.M., 1996, Predictive techniques for river channel evolution and maintenance: Water, Air and Soil Pollution, v. 90, n. 1-2, p. 321-333. [Natural History 614.705 WA]

Owen-Joyce, S.J., 1992, Accounting system for water use by vegetation in the lower Colorado River valley: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 92-0083, 2 p. (http://az.water.usgs.gov/factsheets/fact.lcras/fact.lcras.html).

Owen-Joyce, S.J., and Raymond, L.H., 1996, An accounting system for water and consumptive use along the Colorado River, Hoover Dam to Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2407, 94 p., 3 sheets. [Grainger Engineering 628.11 UN32W]

Owen-Joyce, S.J., and Wilson, R.P., 1994, Accounting for consumptive use of lower Colorado River water in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 94-0074, 2 p.
(http://az.water.usgs.gov/factsheets/fs94-74/FS94-074.html).

Reitsma, R.F., 1996, Structure and support of water-resources management and decision-making: Journal of Hydrology, v. 177, n. 3-4, p. 253-268. [Geology 551.4905 JO]

Rubin, D.M, Nelson, J.M., and Topping, D.J., 1998, Relation of inversely graded deposits to suspended-sediment grain-size evolution during the 1996 flood experiment in Grand Canyon: Geology, v. 26, n. 2, p. 99-102. [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Smith, J.D., and Webb, R.H., 1993, Glen Canyon environmental study: United States Geological Survey Yearbook, p.47-51. [Geology 557xa3]

Spahr, N.E., Apodaca, L.E., Deacon, J.R., Bails, J.B., and Bauch, N.J., 2000, Water quality in the upper Colorado River basin, Colorado, 1996-98: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1214, 33 p.

Spahr, N.E., Boulger, R.W., and Szmajter, R.J., 2000, Water quality at basic fixed sites in the upper Colorado River basin National Water-Quality Assessment study unit, October 1995-September 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations 99-4223, 63 p. [Geology 551.49 Un3426w]

Targoton, D.C., 1994, The source hydrology of severe sustained drought in the southwestern United States: Journal of Hydrology, v. 161, n. 1-4, p. 31-69. [Geology 551.4905 JO]

Topping, D.J., Rubin, D.M., and Vierra, L.E. Jr., 2000, Colorado River sediment transport; 1, Natural sediment supply limitation and the influence of Glen Canyon Dam: Water Resources Research, v. 36, n. 2, p. 515-542. [Geology 551.49 W291]

University of Colorado School of Law, Natural Resources Law Center, 1996, The watershed source book; Watershed-based solutions to natural resource problems: Boulder,