General reference about field mapping and stereonet techniques:

Compton, Robert R. Geology in the Field. Wiley Press, 1985.

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General references about observations of volcanic rocks:

Cas, R. A. F., and J. V. Wright, Volcanic Successions: Modern and Ancient, Allen & Unwin, 1987.

Bardintzeff, J-M., and A. R. McBirney, Volcanology, 2nd edition, Jones and Bartlett publishers, 2000.

Pyroclastic Density Currents and the Sedimentation of Ignimbrites, by M. J. Branney and P. Kokelaar, Geological Society of London Memoir 27, 2002.

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General references about the Eastern California Shear Zone, Miocene volcanic rocks of the Mojave Desert, and the Mojave Extensional Belt:

Bartley, J. M., and A. F. Glazner, En echelon Miocene rifting in the southwestern United States and model for vertical-axis rotation in continental extension, Geology, v. 19, p. 1165-1168, 1991.

Dokka, R. K., The Mojave extensional belt of southern California, Tectonics, v. 8, no. 2, p. 363-390, 1989.

Dokka, R. K., and C. J. Travis, Late Cenozoic strike-slip faulting in the Mojave Desert, California, Tectonics, v. 9, no. 2, p. 311-340, 1990a.

Dokka, R. K., and C. J. Travis, Role of the Eastern California Shear Zone in accommodating Pacific-North American plate motion: Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 17, p. 1323-1326, 1990b.

Glazner, A. F., J. D. Walker, J. M. Bartley, and J. M. Fletcher, Cenozoic evolution of the Mojave Block of southern California, in Glazner, Walker, and Bartley (eds.), Geologic Evolution of the Mojave Desert and Southwestern Basin and Range, Geol. Soc. Am. memoir 195, p. 19-41, 2002. NOTE: THIS BOOK HAS A VERY NICE REGIONAL MAP BUT OUR STUDY AREA LIES EAST OF THE MAP.

Martin, M. W., A. F. Glazner, J. D. Walker, and E. R. Schermer, Evidence for right-lateral transfer faulting accommodating en echelon extension, Mojave Desert, California,Geology, v. 21, p. 355-358, 1993.

Miller., J. S., A. F. Glazner, G. Lang Farmer, I. B. Suayah, L. A. Keith, A Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic study of mantle domains and crustal structure from Miocene volcanic rocks in the Mojave Desert, California, GSA Bulletin, Aug. 2000, v. 112, no. 8, p. 1264-1279.

Bedford, D. C., D. M. Miller, and G. A. Phelps, Preliminary surficial geologic map database of the Amboy 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, California , USGS Open-File Report OF 2006-1165, 2006.

McQuarrie, N., and B. Wernicke, An animated tectonic reconstruction of southwestern North America since 36 Ma, Geospheres, v. 1, no 3., p. 147-172, 2005; doi:10.1130/GES00016.1; see also accompanying movie.

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General reference on kinematic indicators in brittle fault zones:

Petit, J-P, Criteria for the sense of movement on fault surfaces in brittle rocks, J. Struct. Geol., 1987, v.9, issue 5-6, p. 597-608.

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Other references relevant to the region will be handed out in class. These will include:

Keith A. Howard and D. M. Miller, Late Cenozoic faulting at the boundary between the Mojave and Sonoran Blocks: Bristol Lake Area, California, in Richard, S. M., Deformation associated with the Neogene Eastern California Shear Zone, southwestern Arizona and Southeastern California: Redlands, CA, San Bernardino County Museum Special Publication 92-1, 1992, p. 37-47.

D. M. Miller, Cenozoic deposits in the Lava Hills and southern Bristol Mountains, Southeastern California, in D. R. Sherrod and J. E. Nielson, eds., Tertiary Stratigraphy of highly extended terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada, USGS Bulletin 2053, 1993, p. 99-107.

David C. Buesch, Feldspar geochemistry of four Miocene ignimbrites in southeastern Calif. and Western Ariz., in D. R. Sherrod and J. E. Nielson, eds., Tertiary Stratigraphy of highly extended terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada, USGS Bulletin 2053, 1993, p. 55-85.

David M. Miller, K. A. Howard, and B. E. John, Preliminary geology of the Bristol Lake region, Mojave Desert, California, in Cooper, J. D., compiler, Geologic Excursions in the California Desert: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section meeting, Volume and Guidebook, Trips 2, 7, and 13, p. 91-100, 1982.

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