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Articles (arranged by subject)
Neogene evolution of the northern Walker Lane: An evolving transform plate boundary
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., and Hinz, N.H., 2005, Kinematics of the northern Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the Pacific – North American plate boundary: Geology, v. 33, no. 6, p. 505-508. Click here for PDF file
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., Hinz, N.H., Drakos, P.S., and Delwiche, B., 2005, Transect Across the Northern Walker Lane, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California: An Incipient Transform Fault Along the Pacific – North American Plate Boundary, in Pederson, J., and Dehler, C.M., eds., Interior western United States: Geological Society of America Field Guide 6, p. 129-150, doi:10.1130/2005.fld006(06).
Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., and dePolo, C.M., 2006, Geometry and timing of strike-slip and normal faults of the northern Walker Lane, northwestern Nevada and northeastern California: Strain partitioning, sequential extensional and strike-slip deformation, or both? Geological Society of America Special Paper, in press.
Structural controls on geothermal fields in the northern Great Basin
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., Coolbaugh, M.F., Garside, L.J., and Castor, S.B., 2005, Late Cenozoic Strain Field and Tectonic Setting of the Northwestern Great Basin, Western USA: Implications for Geothermal Activity and Mineralization: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, p. 1091-1104.
Coolbaugh, M.F., Arehart, G.B., Faulds, J.E., and Garside, L.J., 2005, Geothermal systems in the Great Basin, western United States: Modern analogues to the roles of magmatism, structure, and regional tectonics in the formation of gold deposits: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, p. 1063-1082.
Shevenell, L., Coolbaugh, M., Faulds, J., Oppliger, G., Calvin, W., Blewitt, G., Kratt, C., Arehart, G., Sladek, C., Lechler, P., Garside, L., and Zehner, R., 2005, Accomplishments of the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, p. 1131-1146.
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., Coolbaugh, M.F., and Garside, L.J., 2005, Influence of the late Cenozoic strain field and tectonic setting on geothermal activity and mineralization in the northwestern Great Basin: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 29, p. 353-358.
Coolbaugh, M.F., Arehart, G.B., Faulds, J.E., Garside, L.J., and Shevenell, L.A., 2005, Active geothermal systems and associated gold deposits in the Great Basin: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 29, p. 215-222.
Faulds, J.E., Coolbaugh, M., Blewitt, G., and Henry, C.D., 2004, Why is Nevada in hot water? Structural controls and tectonic model of geothermal systems in the northwestern Great Basin: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, p. 649-654.
Shevenell, L., Coolbaugh, M., Faulds, J., Oppliger, G., Calvin, W., Louie, J., Blewitt, G., Kratt, C., Arehart, G., Sladek, C., Lechler, P., and Garside, L., 2004. Accomplishments at the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 28: 47-52.
Faulds, J.E., Garside, L.J., and Oppliger, G.L., 2003, Structural analysis of the Desert Peak-Brady geothermal fields, northwestern Nevada: Implications for understanding linkages between northeast-trending structures and geothermal reservoirs in the Humboldt structural zone: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 27, p. 859-864.
Faulds, J.E., Garside, L.J., and Oppliger, G.L., 2003, Stratigraphic and structural framework of the northern Hot Springs Mountains, Desert Peak and Brady geothermal fields, northwestern Nevada, in Foster, S., ed., Oil, gas, and geothermal occurrences in northwestern Nevada: Nevada Petroleum Society 2003 Field Trip Guidebook, p. 31-38.
Faulds, J.E., Garside, L., Johnson, G., Muehlberg, J., and Oppliger, G.L., 2002, Geologic setting and preliminary analysis of the Desert Peak – Brady geothermal field, western Nevada: Transactions Geothermal Resource Council, v. 26, p. 491-494.
Magmatic-extensional relations in the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, southern Nevada and northwest Arizona
Miller, C.F., Miller, J.S., and Faulds, J.E., 2005, Miocene volcano-plutonic systems, southern Nevada: A window into upper crustal magmatic processes: in Stevens, C., and Cooper, C., eds., Western Great Basin Geology: Fieldtrip guidebook and volume, GSA Cordilleran Section (Pacific Section SEPM, pub.), p. 37-66.
Faulds, J. E., 2005; Part 1 of Geologic highlights of southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona, including the Grand Canyon and Flagstaff, Arizona: Field Trip 1, Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 19 p.
Varga, R.J., Faulds, J.E., Snee, L.W., Harlan, S.S., and Bettison-Varga, L., 2004, Miocene extension and extensional folding in an anticlinal segment of the Black Mountains accommodation zone, Colorado River extensional corridor, southwestern USA: Tectonics, v. 23, no. 11, TC109, [DOI 10.1029/2002TC001454], 19 p.
Faulds, J.E., Olson, E.L., Harlan, S.S., and McIntosh, W.C., 2002, Miocene extension and fault-related folding in the Highland Range, southern Nevada: A three-dimensional perspective: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 24, p. 861-886.
Faulds, J.E., Feuerbach, D.L., Miller, C.F., and Smith, E.I., 2001, Cenozoic evolution of the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, southern Nevada and northwest Arizona: Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Publication GB 78 (also Utah Geological Association Publication 30), p. 239-272. Click here for PDF file
Bachl, C.A., Miller, C.F., Miller, J.S., and Faulds, J.E., 2001, Construction of a pluton: Evidence from an exposed cross section of the Searchlight pluton, Eldorado Mountains, Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113, no. 9, p. 1213-1228.
Wawrzyniec, T.F. Geissman, J.W., Anderson, R.E., Harlan, S.S., and Faulds, J., 2001, Paleomagnetic data bearing on style of Miocene deformation in the Lake Mead area, southern Nevada: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 23, no. 8, p. 1255-1280.
Faulds, J.E., House, P.K., Shevenell, L., and Ramelli, A., 2000, Geology and natural hazard assessment of the Laughlin area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 2000-6.
Faulds, J.E., and House, P.K., 2000, Chapter 1: Geology of the Laughlin area, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 2000-6, 56 p.
Faulds, J.E., 1999, Cenozoic geology of the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, southern Nevada and northwest Arizona: Road logs and discussion: Nevada Petroleum Society Guidebook, p. 1-96.
Faulds, J.E., Smith, E.I., and Gans, P., 1999, Spatial and temporal patterns of magmatism and extension in the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, Nevada and Arizona: A preliminary report: Nevada Petroleum Society Guidebook, p. 171-183.
Olson, E.L., Faulds, J.E., and Harlan, S.S., 1999, Miocene extension and extension-related folding in the Highland Range, southern Nevada: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration: Nevada Petroleum Society Guidebook, p. 97-114.
Price, L.M., and Faulds, J.E., 1999, Structural development of a major segment of the Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range boundary, southern White Hills, Arizona: Nevada Petroleum Society Guidebook, p. 139-170.
Feuerbach, D.L., Faulds, J.E., and Reagan, M.K., 1999, Interrelations between magmatism and extension in a major accommodation zone, southern Nevada and northwest Arizona: Nevada Petroleum Society Guidebook, p. 115-138.
Feuerbach, D.L., Reagan, M.K., Faulds, J.E., and Walker, J.D., 1998, Lead isotopic evidence for synextensional lithospheric ductile flow in the Colorado River extensional corridor, western United States: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 103, no. B2, p. 2515-2528.
Faulds, J.E., Feuerbach, D.L., Reagan, M.K., Metcalf, R.V., Gans, P., and Walker, J.D., 1995, The Mt. Perkins block, northwestern Arizona: An exposed cross section of an evolving, preextensional to synextensional magmatic system: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, no. B8, p. 15,249-15,266.
Accommodation zones and transfer zones: The regional segmentation of extended terranes
Varga, R.J., Faulds, J.E., Snee, L.W., Harlan, S.S., and Bettison-Varga, L., 2004, Miocene extension and extensional folding in an anticlinal segment of the Black Mountains accommodation zone, Colorado River extensional corridor, southwestern USA: Tectonics, v. 23, no. 11, TC109, [DOI 10.1029/2002TC001454], 19 p.
Faulds, J.E., Olson, E.L., Harlan, S.S., and McIntosh, W.C., 2002, Miocene extension and fault-related folding in the Highland Range, southern Nevada: A three-dimensional perspective: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 24, p. 861-886.
Faulds, J.E., 1999, Cenozoic geology of the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, southern Nevada and northwest Arizona: Road logs and discussion: Nevada Petroleum Society Guidebook, p. 1-96.
Feuerbach, D.L., Faulds, J.E., and Reagan, M.K., 1999, Interrelations between magmatism and extension in a major accommodation zone, southern Nevada and northwest Arizona: Nevada Petroleum Society Guidebook, p. 115-138.
Faulds, J.E., and Varga, R., 1998, The role of accommodation zones and transfer zones in the regional segmentation of extended terranes: Geological Society of America Special Paper 323, p. 1-46.
Kruger, J.M., Faulds, J.E., Reynolds, S.J., and Okaya, D.A., 1998, Seismic reflection evidence for detachment polarity beneath a major accommodation zone, west-central Arizona: Geological Society of America Special Paper 323, p. 89-114.
Faulds, J.E., 1993, Miocene stratigraphy of the central Black Mountains, northwestern Arizona: Variations across a major accommodation zone, in Sherrod, D.R., and Nielson, J.E., eds., Tertiary stratigraphy of highly extended terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2053, p. 37-44.
Faulds, J.E., Geissman, J.W., and Shafiqullah, M., 1992, Implications of paleomagnetic data on Miocene extension near a major accommodation zone in the Basin and Range province, northwestern Arizona and southern Nevada: Tectonics, v. 11, p. 204-227.
Faulds, J.E., Mawer, C.K., and Geissman, J.W., 1990, Structural development of a major extensional accommodation zone in the Basin and Range province, northwestern Arizona and southern Nevada: Implications for kinematic models of continental extension, in Wernicke, B., ed., Basin and Range extensional tectonics near the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada: Geological Society of America Memoir 176, p. 37-78.
Faulds, J.E., Hillemeyer, F.L., and Smith, E.I., 1988, Geometry and kinematics of a Miocene "accommodation zone" in the central Black and southern Eldorado Mountains, Arizona and Nevada, in Weide, D.L., and Faber, M.L., eds., This extended land, geological journeys in the southern Basin and Range: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Field Trip Guidebook, p. 293 310.
Paleogeographic evolution and drainage development in the Western U.S.
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, in Pederson, J., and Dehler, C.M., eds., Interior western United States: Geological Society of America Field Guide 6, p. 357-387, doi:10.1130/2005.fld006(17).
Garside, L.J., Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., and Hinz, N.H., 2005, The upper reaches of the Sierra Nevada auriferous gold channels, California and Nevada: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, p. 209-236.
Faulds, J.E., Wallace, M.A., Gonzalez, L.A., and Heizler, M., 2001, Depositional environment and paleogeographic implications of the late Miocene Hualapai Limestone, northwest Arizona and southern Nevada, in Young, R.A., and Spamer, E.E., eds., The Colorado River: Origin and evolution: Grand Canyon, Arizona, Grand Canyon Association Monograph 12, p. 81-87.
Faulds, J.E., Price, L.M., and Wallace, M.A., 2001, Pre-Colorado river paleogeography and extension along the Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range boundary, northwest Arizona, Young, R.A., and Spamer, E.E., eds., The Colorado River: Origin and evolution: Grand Canyon, Arizona, Grand Canyon Association Monograph 12, p. 93-99.
Castor, S.B., and Faulds, J.E., 2001, Post-6-Ma limestone along the southeast part of the Las Vegas Valley shear zone, southern Nevada, in Young, R.A., and Spamer, E.E., eds., The Colorado River: Origin and evolution: Grand Canyon, Arizona, Grand Canyon Association Monograph 12, p. 77-80.
Potochnik, A.R., and Faulds, J.E., 1998, A tale of two rivers: Mid-Tertiary structural inversion and drainage reversal across the southern boundary of the Colorado Plateau, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic excursions in northern and central Arizona: Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Northern Arizona University, p. 149-174.
Faulds, J.E., Schreiber, B.C., Reynolds, S.J., Gonzalez, L., and Okaya, D., 1997, Origin and paleogeography of an immense, nonmarine Miocene salt deposit in the Basin and Range (western USA): Journal of Geology, v. 105, p. 19-36.
Young, R.A., Peirce, H.W., and Faulds, J.E., 1987, Geomorphology and structure of the Colorado Plateau/Basin and Range Transition Zone, Arizona, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins: Excursions to choice areas: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 182 196.
Faulds, J.E., 1988, Cenozoic structural and geomorphic evolution of part of the Transition Zone, Salt River Canyon region, east central Arizona, in Anderson, L, and Piety, L., eds., Field trip guidebook to the Tonto basin: Friends of the Pleistocene, Rocky Mountain Cell, 1988 Fall Field Trip, p. 109 128.
Other contributions
Cellura, B.R., Faulds, J.E., Noble, P.J., and Henry, C.D., 2001, Biostratigraphy and structural geology in the Marys Mountain area, Carlin trend, Nevada: Geological Society of Nevada Special Publication No. 33, p. 349-355.
Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., Boden, D.R., and Ressel, M.W., 2001, Timing and styles of Cenozoic extension near the Carlin trend, northeastern Nevada: Implications for the formation of Carlin-type gold deposits: Geological Society of Nevada Special Publication No. 33, p. 115-128.
Price, J.G., Henry, C.D., Castor, S.B., Garside, L., and Faulds, J.E., 1999, Geology of Nevada: Rocks and Minerals, v. 74, no. 6, p. 357-363.
Faulds, J.E., Ludvigson, G.A., and Brenner, R.L., 1996, Preliminary paleomagnetic study of plinthic paleosols of the Dakota Formation, in Witzke, B.J., and Ludvigson, G.A., eds., Mid-Cretaceous fluvial deposits of the eastern margin, western interior basin: Nishnabotna Member, Dakota Formation: Iowa Geological Survey Bureau Guidebook Series No. 17, p. 39-42.
Faulds, J.E., 1990, Structural framework of the Yucca Mountain/Crater Flat region, Nevada: Possible controls on Pliocene/Quaternary volcanism near the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository: Annual report of the Center for Volcanic and Tectonic Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; submitted to the Nuclear Waste Project Office, State of Nevada, p. 8-34.
Geologic Maps (arranged by subject)
Walker Lane region, western Nevada
Faulds, J.E., and Ramelli, A.R., 2005, Preliminary geologic map of the Fernley East Quadrangle, Lyon and Washoe Counties, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 05-9, scale 1:24,000. Click here for PDF file.
Faulds, J.E., and Ramelli, A.R., 2005, Reconnaissance map of the Granite Range fault zone and adjacent areas, Washoe County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 05-11, scale 1:50,000, 6 p. text.
Henry, C.D., Ramelli, A.R., and Faulds, J.E., 2005, Preliminary geologic map of the south half of the Seven Lakes Mountain Quadrangle, Washoe County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 05-10, scale 1:24,000. PDF plate - PDF map units.
Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., dePolo, C.M., and Davis, D.A., 2004, Geologic map of the Dogskin Mountain Quadrangle, northern Walker Lane, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 148, scale 1:24,000, with accompanying text. PDF plate - PDF text.
Schwartz, K.M., and Faulds, J.E., 2004, Preliminary geologic map of most of the Chalk Hills Quadrangle: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 04-11.Click here for PDF file.
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., and dePolo, C.M., 2003, Preliminary geologic map of the Tule Peak Quadrangle, Washoe County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 03-10. Click here for PDF file.
Faulds, J.E., dePolo, C.M., and Henry, C.D., 2003, Preliminary geologic map of the Sutcliffe Quadrangle, Washoe County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 03-17, 1:24,000. Click here for PDF file.
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., and dePolo, C.M., 2000, Geologic map of the south half of the Tule Peak Quadrangle, Washoe County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 2000-10. Click here for PDF file.
Geothermal research - Structural controls, Northern Great Basin
Faulds, J.E., and Garside, L.J., 2003, Preliminary geologic map of the Desert Peak – Brady geothermal fields, Churchill County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 03-27. Click here for PDF file.
Colorado River extensional corridor, northwest Arizona and southern Nevada
Wallace, M.A., Faulds, J.E., and Brady R.J., 2005, Geologic map of the Meadview North Quadrangle, Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 154, scale 1:24,000, with accompanying text. PDF plate - PDF text.
Faulds, J.E., House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., Bell, J.W., and Pearthree, P.A., 2003, Preliminary geologic map of the Davis Dam Quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 03-5, 1:24,000. Click here for PDF file.
Faulds, J.E., Bell, J.W., and Olson, E.L., 2002, Geologic map of the Nelson SW Quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada (with accompanying text): Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 134. Click here for PDF file.
Castor, S.B., Faulds, J.E., Rowland, S.M., and dePolo, C.M., 2000, Geologic map of the Frenchman Mountain Quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 127, with accompanying text, scale 1:24,000. PDF plate - PDF map units - PDF text.
Ruppert, R.F., and Faulds, J.E., 1998, Geologic map of the western half of the Fourth of July Mountain Quadrangle, southern Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 98-7, scale 1:24,000.
Faulds, J.E., 1996, Geologic map of the Fire Mountain Quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 106, scale 1:24,000, 6 p text. Click here for PDF file.
Faulds, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Mt. Davis Quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 105, scale 1:24,000, 4 p text. PDF plate file. - PDF text file.
Faulds, J.E., 1993, Geologic map of the Black Mountains accommodation zone, Mohave County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-93-F, scale 1:12,000.
Other contributions
Henry, C.D., and Faulds, J.E., Geologic map of the Emigrant Pass Quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 99-9, scale 1:24,000. Click here for PDF file.
Stewart, J.H., Anderson, R.E., Beard, L.S., Billingsley, G.H., Cather, S.M., Dilles, J.H., Dokka, R.K., Faulds, J.E., Grose, T.L., Henry, C., Janecke, S.U., Richard, S.M., Scott, R.B., Sears, J.W., and Williams, V.S., 1998, Map showing Cenozoic tilt domains and associated structural features, western North America, in Faulds, J.E., and Stewart, J.H., Accommodation zones and transfer zones: The regional segmentation of the Basin and Range: Geological Society America Special Paper 323 (Plate 1).
Faulds, J.E., Bell, J.W., Feuerbach, D.L., and Ramelli, A.R., 1994, Geologic map of the Crater Flat area, Nye County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 101, scale 1:24,000, 4 p. text. PDF plate file. - PDF text file.
Faulds, J.E., 1989, Geologic map of the Salt River region, Rockinstraw Mountain quadrangle: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-89-B, scale 1:24,000.
Books
Ehni, W., and Faulds, J., 2002, editors, Detachment and attenuation in eastern Nevada and its application to petroleum exploration: Nevada Petroleum Society 2002 Field Trip Guidebook, 163 p.
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: Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Publication GB 78 (also Utah Geological Association Publication 30), 430 p.
Faulds, J.E., editor, 1999, Cenozoic geology of the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona: Economic implications of regional segmentation structures: Nevada Petroleum Society Field Trip Guidebook, 183 p.
Faulds, J.E., and Stewart, J.H., editors, 1998, Transfer zones and accommodation zones: The regional segmentation of the Basin and Range province: Geological Society of America Special Paper 323, 257 p.
Recent Abstracts
Faulds, J.E., 2005, Tracking the along-strike development of normal fault systems: A key to understanding processes of large-magnitude extension: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 129.
Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2005, Magmatic and tectonic influences on the margins of the Basin and Range province: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 202.
Faulds, J.E., Miller, C.F., Miller, J.S., and Hillemeyer, F.L., 2005, Tectonic setting of the Searchlight and Nelson mining districts, southern Nevada: Cross-sectional views of steeply tilted early Miocene hydrothermal systems: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, Reno, Nevada, p. 1310.
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., Hinz, N.H., Delwiche, B., Drakos, P.S., and Sturmer, D.M., 2005, Kinematics of the northern Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the Pacific–North American plate boundary: Geological Society of America Penrose Conference.
Drakos, P.S., Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2005, Tertiary Stratigraphy and Structure of the southern Lake Range northwest Nevada: Assessment of kinematic links between strike-slip and normal faults in the northern Walker Lane: Geological Society of America Penrose Conference.
Sturmer, D.M. and Faulds, J.E.,2005, Kinematics of left-lateral faulting in a dextral zone of shear – Olinghouse fault, northern Walker Lane, western Nevada: Geological Society of America Penrose Conference.
Henry, C.D., and Faulds, J.E., 2005, Coupled magmatic-tectonic evolution of the Walker Lane, western Nevada and eastern California: Geological Society of America Penrose Conference.
Henry, C.D., and Faulds, J.E., 2005, The Walker Lane and Gulf of California: Related expressions of Pacific-North American plate boundary development: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 274.
Miller, C.F., Walker, B.A., Lowery, L.E., Miller, J.S., Bleick, H.A., Faulds, J.E., Furbish, D.J., and Koteas, C.G., 2005, Construction of plutons by horizontal depositional and intrusive sheets: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 130.
Perrault, D.S., Miller, C.F., Fisher, C.M., Furbish, D.J., Miller, J.S., and Faulds, J.E., 2005, Giant country rock blocks within the Searchlight pluton, southern Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 309.
Ludington, S., Castor, S.B., Faulds, J.E., and Flynn, K.S., 2005, The Searchlight district, Nevada: Oxidized but when?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 516.
Coolbaugh, M.F., Blewitt, G., Faulds, J.E., and Kreemer, C.W., 2005, Regional and local controls on the distribution of geothermal systems in the Great Basin, western United States: American Geophysical Union Transactions.
Dodge, M., Miller, J., Faulds, J., and Miller, C., 2005, Erupted record from the Miocene Searchlight pluton, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 4, p.66.
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., Hinz, N.H., Delwiche, B., and Cashman, P.H., 2004, Kinematic implications of new paleomagnetic data from the northern Walker Lane, western Nevada: Counterintuitive anticlockwise vertical-axis rotation in an incipient dextral shear zone: Eos. Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 85(47). Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP42A-08.
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., and Blewitt, G., 2004, The northern Walker Lane, northwestern Great Basin: A youthful part of the North American-Pacific transform margin: Earthscope/NSF Great Basin Symposium, Lake Tahoe, California, June 21-23.
Faulds, J.E., Coolbaugh, M., Henry C.D., and Blewitt, G., 2004, Why is Nevada in hot water? Relations between plate boundary motions, the Walker Lane, and geothermal activity in the northern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 27.
Faulds, J.E., Duebendorfer, E.M., Murphy, R.T., Fitzgerald, P.G., Peters, L., and McIntosh, W.C., 2004, Implications of paleomagnetic data on displacement gradient accommodation along a major detachment fault, White Hills, northwest Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 34.
Delwiche, B., Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2004, Structural framework and late Oligocene paleotopography of the Pah Rah Range, western Nevada: Implications for estimating offset across the Warm Springs Valley fault zone in the northern Walker Lane: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 28.
Coolbaugh, M., Faulds, J.E., Blewitt, G., Henry, C.D., 2004, Geothermal activity: another clue for unraveling recent Great Basin tectonics: Earthscope/NSF Great Basin Symposium, Lake Tahoe, California, June 21-23.
dePolo, C.M., Ramelli, A.R., Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., and Sawyer, T.L., 2004, Quaternary structure and geomorphic expression of the Warm Springs Valley fault system, western Nevada: Basin and Range Province Seismic Hazard Summit, Program and Abstracts, Reno-Sparks, Nevada, May 16-19, 2004, p. 81.
Henry, C.D., Cousens, B.L., Castor, S.B., Faulds, J.E., Garside, L.J., and Timmermans, A., 2004, The ancestral Cascades arc, northern California/western Nevada: Spatial and temporal variations in volcanism and geochemistry: Eos. Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract V13B-1478.
Henry, C.D., and Faulds, J.E., 2004, Paired magmatic-tectonic evolution of the northern Walker Lane (NWL), northwestern Nevada and northeastern California: Earthscope/NSF Great Basin Symposium, Lake Tahoe, California, June 21-23.
Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., dePolo, C.M., and Hinz, N.H., 2004, Implications of new geologic mapping for the Warm Springs Valley and Honey Lake fault zones, northern Walker Lane: Seismology Workshop.
Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., Garside, L.G., Castor, S.B., dePolo, C.M., Davis, D.A., Hinz, N.H., and Delwiche, B., 2004, A geologic mapping transect across the northern Walker Lane, NW Nevada: Determining the location, displacement, and timing of major plate-boundary strike-slip faults: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 94.
House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Faulds, J.E., and Bell, J., 2004, Alluvial and lacustrine stratigraphic evidence for the late Neogene inception and early evolution of the lower Colorado River in the vicinity of Pyramid Canyon, Nevada/Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 550.
Murphy, R.T., Faulds, J.E., and Hillemeyer, F.L., 2004, Evolution of Miocene extensional fault and fold systems and influence of magmatism in the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, Union Pass area, northwest Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 21.
Steinwinder, T.R., Miller, C.F., Faulds, J.E., Koteas, C., and Ericksen, S.M., 2004, Transition from plutonism to voluminous diking in the Eldorado Mountains, northern Colorado River extensional corridor, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 8.
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., and Hinz, N.H., 2003, Kinematics and cumulative displacement across the northern Walker Lane, an incipient transform fault, northwest Nevada and northeast California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 305.
Faulds, J.E., 2003, Geology of the western U.S. Cordillera: A long-lived orogenic belt: 39th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, p. 22.
Hinz, N.H., Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2003, Dextral displacement on the Honey Lake fault zone, northern Walker Lane, northeast California and westernmost Nevada: Preliminary constraints inferred from Oligocene ash-flow tuff stratigraphy: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 347.
Murphy, R.T., and Faulds, J.E., 2003, Interactions between Tertiary magmatism and extension in the Colorado River extensional corridor, Union Pass area, northwestern Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 348.
Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., Garside, L.J., and Hinz, N.H., 2003, Tectonic implications of ash-flow tuffs and paleovalleys in the western US: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 346.
Duebendorfer, E.M., Coven, B.J., Ross, K.L., Faulds, J.E., Fitzgerald, P.G., and Sharp, W.G., 2003, The South Virgin-White Hills detachment: The controlling structure of the eastern Lake Mead extensional domain, Nevada and Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 347.
Fitzgerald, P.G., O’Sullivan, P.B., Duebendorfer, E.M., Faulds, J.E., and Fryxell, J.E., 2003, Thermochronologic constraints on extension via detachment faulting in the White Hills of NW Arizona and Gold Butte block of SE Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 348.
Cashman, P., Trexler, J., Muntean, T., Faulds, J., Louie, J., Oppliger, G., Abbott, R., and Clark, M., 2003, Neogene tectonic history of the Sierra Nevada – Basin and Range transition zone at the latitude of Carson City, Nevada: Geological and geophysical evidence: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 26.
Faulds, J.E., Gonzalez, L.A., Perkins, M.E., House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Castor, S.B., and Patchett, P.J., 2002, Late Miocene-early Pliocene transition from lacustrine to fluvial deposition: Inception of the lower Colorado River in southern Nevada and northwest Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 4, p. 60.
Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2002, Tertiary stratigraphy and structure of the Virginia Mountains, western Nevada: Implications for development of the northern Walker Lane: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 5. p. 84.
Faulds, J.E., and Trexler, J.H., Jr., 2002, Field camp pedagogy: From geologic maps to geologic mappers: AEG News, Program with Abstracts, v. 45, p. 63.
House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Bell, J.W., Ramelli, A.R., and Faulds, J.E., 2002, New stratigraphic evidence for the late Cenozoic inception and subsequent alluvial history of the Colorado River from near Laughlin, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 4, p. 60.
Henry, C.D., Faulds, J.E., and dePolo, C.M., 2002, Structure and evolution of the Warm Springs Valley fault, northern Walker Lane, Nevada: Post-3-Ma initiation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 5, p. 84.
Schwartz, K.M., Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2002, Cenozoic magmatic evolution in the western Virginia Range, western Nevada: Transition from subduction- to extension-related magmatism in the western Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 5, p. 4.
Lang, N.P., Miller, C.F., Faulds, J.E., Heizler, M.T, and Cribb, W., 2002, Constraining the evolution of the Secret Pass Canyon volcanic center, northern Colorado River extensional corridor, northwest Arizona: Implications for a source and possible relation to the Peach Springs Tuff: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 5, p. 4.
Henry, C.D., and Faulds, J.E., 2002, Post 3-Ma inception of the northern Walker Lane, Nevada and California, by reactivation of normal faults and northwest propagation of extension in the Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 83.
Oppliger, G.L., Widmer, M., Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2002, Extensional and strike-slip faulting interactions in the northern Sierran – Great Basin transition zone inferred from new integrated gravity data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 20.
Lang, N. , Miller, C.F., and Faulds, J.E., and Cribb, W., 2001, Eruptive history of the Union Pass volcanic center, Colorado River extensional corridor, northwest Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 3, p. 51.
Varga, R.J., Myers, E., Biga, J., Haverkamp, F., Faulds, J.E., and Snee, L., 2001, Paleomagnetic constraints on the stratigraphic and tectonic development of the Black Mountains accommodation zone in the Grasshopper Junction-western Cerbat Mountain region, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. 392.
Faulds, J.E., 2000, Spatial and temporal patterns of magmatism and extension in the Basin and Range: Tectonic and rheologic implications: Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium 2000, p. A7
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., Garside, L.J., and Cashman, P.H., 2000, Kinematics of the northern Walker Lane, western Nevada: In pursuit of constraints: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 106.
Faulds, J.E., Wallace, M.A., and Gonzalez, L.A., Neogene extension along the western margin of the Colorado Plateau, northwest Arizona: Paleogeographic implications: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 41.
Schwartz, K.M, and Faulds, J.E., 2000, Evolution of the Chalk Hills basin: A Miocene half graben in the Basin and Range-Sierra Nevada transition zone, western Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 167. (Schwartz is my M.S. student)
Howard, K.A., Faulds, J.E., Beard, L.S., and Kunk, M.J., 2000, Reverse-drag folding across the path of the antecedent early Pliocene Colorado River below the mouth of the Grand Canyon: Implications for plateau uplift: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 41.
Castor, S.B., Faulds, J.E., and Perkins, M.E., 2000, Implications of new late Miocene (?) limestone along the southeast part of the Las Vegas Valley shear zone, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 103.
Davis, D.A., Henry, C.D., Garside, L.J., Faulds, J.E., and Goldstrand, P.M., 2000, Eocene-Oligocene paleovalleys cross the Sierra Nevada-Basin and Range boundary, western Nevada and eastern California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 167.
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