REGIONAL STRUCTURE, TECTONICS, AND BEDROCK GEOLOGY Tectonic Evolution of the Death Valley Region
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S OF PAPERS IN PREPARATION 54. Charlton, R.L., Wernicke, B.P., and Abolins, M.J., 1997, A major Neoproterozoic incision event near the base of the Cordilleran miogeocline, southwestern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-197. [S] 55. Petronis, M.S., Geissman, J.W., Holm, O.K., Schauble, E., and Wernicke, B.P., 1997, Paleomagnetic data bearing on vertical-axis rotation within the central Death Valley extended terrane: Eos, v. 78, no. 46, p. F189. [GJ 56. Snow, J.K., Geissman J.W., and Wernicke B.P., 1993, Paleomagnetic data from Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and Permo-Triassic intrusions. Death Valley area southeast CA Implications for Mesozoic and Cenozoic deformation: Eos, v. 74, p. 206. [GJ 57. Wernicke, B., Bennett, R.A., Davis, J.L., Niemi, N.A., House, M.A., Abolins, M.A., and Brady, R.J., 1998b, Building large-scale continuous GPS networks: Eos, v. 79, no. 45, p. F206. [N]
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