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PDF Files of Selected Publications |
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Koerner, A., and Busby, C., 2009 in press, New evidence for alternating effusive and explosive eruptions from the type section of the Stanislaus Group in the cataract paleocanyon, central Sierra Nevada (CA): in, Gary Ernst, editor, The Rise and Fall of the Nevada Plano, International Geology Reviews. Open pdf in adobe
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Busby, C.J. and Putirka, K., in press, Landscape evolution of the central to northern Sierra Nevada: Evidence from Cenozoic paleocanyon fill: in, Gary Ernst, editor, The Rise and Fall of the Nevada Plano, International Geology Reviews. 2009 link to pdf
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Gorny, C., Busby, C., Pluhar, C., Hagan, J., and Putirka, K., in press, An in-depth look at distal Sierra Nevada paleochannel fill: drill cores through the Table Mountain latite near Knight's Ferry: in, Gary Ernst, editor, The Rise and Fall of the Nevada Plano, International Geology Reviews. link to pdf
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Hagan, J., Busby, C., Renne, P., and Putirka, K., in press, Cenozoic evolution of paleochannels, Ancestral Cascades magmas, and range-front faults in the Kirkwood - Carson Pass - Markleeville region (Central Sierra Nevada): in, Gary Ernst, editor, The Rise and Fall of the Nevada Plano, International Geology Reviews. open pdf in adobe
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Busby, C.J., 2008, Geology of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico, Large Igneous Province of the Month, posted on the IAVCEI website: http://www.largeigneousprovinces.org/08nov.html , link to pdf
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Purucker, M., Le, G., Sabaka, T,. Slavin, J., Strangeway, R., and Busby, C., 2007, Magnetic field gradients from the ST-5 constellation: Improving magnetic and thermal models of the lithosphere: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, L24306, doi:10.1029/2007GL031739 pdf link
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Saleeby, J., Ducea, M.N., Busby, C., Nadin, E., and Whetmore, P.H., 2008, Chronology of pluton emplacement and regional deformation in the southern Sierra Nevada batholith,
California: in, J. Wright and J. Shervais (eds), Ophiolites, Arcs and
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Putirka, K., and Busby, C.J., Birthing the Sierra Nevada , December 2007 GEOTIMES article. pdf text
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Garrison, N.J., Busby, C.J., Gans, P. and Wagner, D., 2008, A mantle plume beneath California? The Mid-Miocene Lovejoy flood basalt, northern California: in, J. Wright and J. Shervais (eds), Ophiolites, Arcs and Batholiths: Geological Society of America Special Paper 438, 22 printed pages. pdf text
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Busby, C., DeOreo, S., Skilling, I., Gans, P, and Hagan, J., 2008,
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Busby, C.J., Hagan, J., Putirka, K., Pluhar, C., Gans, P., Rood, D.,
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Putirka, K., and Busby, C.J., 2007, The tectonic significance of high
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Busby, C.J. and Bassett, K., 2007, Volcanic facies architecture of an
intra-arc strike-slip basin, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona: Bulletin
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Busby, C. J., Fackler Adams, B., and Mattinson, J., and De Oreo, S., 2006, View of an intact oceanic arc, from surficial to mesozonal levels: Cretaceous Alisitos Arc, Baja California, Mexico: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 149, p.1 - 46. pdf text
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Busby, C.J., 2005, Possible distinguishing characteristics of deepwater silicic volcanism: Geology, v. 33, no. 11, p. 845-848 pdf text
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Busby, C.J., Bassett, K, Steiner, M.B. and Riggs, N.R., 2005, Climatic and tectonic controls on Jurassic intra-arc basins related to northward drift of North America, in, T.H. Anderson, J.A. Nourse, J.W. McKee and M.B. Steiner, (eds), The Mojave-Sonora megashear hypothesis: Development, assessment, and alternatives: Geological Society of America Special Paper 393, p. 359-376 pdf text
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Bassett, K. and Busby, C., 2005, Structure and tectonic setting of an intra-arc strike-slip basin (Bisbee Basin, Southern Arizona: in, T.H. Anderson, J.A. Nourse, J.W. McKee and M.B. Steiner, (eds), The Mojave-Sonora megashear hypothesis: Development, assessment, and alternatives: Geological Society of America Special Paper 393, p. 359-376. pdf text
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Busby, C.J., 2004, Continental growth at convergent margins facing large
ocean basins: a case study from Mesozoic Baja California, Mexico: Tectonophysics,
v. 392, p. 241-277. pdf
text
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Busby, C.J., Kessel, L., Schulz, K., Foose, M., and Slack, J., 2003, Volcanic setting of the Ordovician Bald Mountain Massive Sulfide Deposit, Northern Maine: in, W. Goodfellow, S.R.McCutcheon and J.M. Peter (eds.), Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick and Northern Maine: Economic Geology Monograph 11, p. 219-244 plus 2 large plates in back pocket. pdf text (fig2) pdf text (fig3)
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Kessell, L. and Busby, C.J., 2003, Analysis of VHMS-Hosting Ignimbrites Erupted at Bathyal Water Depths (Ordovican Bald Mountain Sequence, Northern Maine), in, J. White, J. Smellie and D. Clague (eds)., Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism: American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph Series, v. 140, p. 372-392.
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Busby, C.J., Yip, G., Blikra, L., and Renne, P.,
2002, Pacific margin example of catastrophic sedimentation triggered
by K/T bolide impact: Geology,
v. 30, p. 687 – 690. pdf file
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Busby, C.J., Schermer, E.R. and Mattinson, J.M., 2002, Extensional
arc setting and ages of Middle Jurassic eolianites, Cowhole Mountains
(Mojave
Desert, CA): GSA Memoir 195 (A. Glazner, J.D. Walker and J.M. Bartley,
eds), Geologic Evolution of the Mojave desert and Southwestern Basin
and Range,
p. 79 – 92. pdf file
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Camacho, H., Busby, C.J., and Kneller, B.C., 2002, A new depositional model for the classical turbidite locality at San Clemente State Beach, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 86, no. 9, p. 1543-1560. pdf file
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Schermer, E.R., Busby, C.J. and Mattinson, J.M., 2002, Paleogeographic and tectonic implications of Jurassic sedimentary and volcanic sequences in the west-central Mojave desert; GSA Memoir 195, Mojave Desert (A. Glazner, J.D. Walker and J.M. Bartley, eds) p. 93 – 116. pdf file
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Critelli, S., Marsaglia, K., and Busby, C., 2002, Tectonic and sedimentary controls on the composition of backarc volcaniclastic rocks; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, no. 5, p. 515 – 527. pdf file
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Busby, C.J., Smith, D.P., Morris, W.R. and Adams, B., 1998, Evolutionary model for convergent margins facing large ocean basins: Mesozoic Baja California (Mexico): Geology, v. 26, no. 3, p. 227-230. pdf text
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Fackler-Adams, B.N. and Busby, C.J., 1998, Structural and stratigraphic evolution of extensional oceanic arcs: Geology, v. 26, no. 8, p. 735-738 pdf text
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Adams, B.N., Busby, C.J. and Mattinson, J.M., 1997, Jurassic magmatism and sedimentation in the Palen Mountains, southeastern California: Implications for regional tectonic controls on the Mesozoic magmatic arc: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 109, p. 1464-1484. pdf text
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Schermer, E. R. and Busby, C. J., 1994, Jurassic magmatism in the central Mojave Desert: implications for arc paleogeography and preservation of continental volcanic sequences: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 106, p. 767-790 pdf text
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Riggs, N. R., Mattinson, J. M., and Busby, C. J., 1993, Correlation of Mesozoic eolian strata between the magmatic and the Colorado Plateau: New U-Pb geochronologic data from southern Arizona: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 105, no. 9, p. 1231-1246. pdf text
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Smith, D. P., and Busby, C. J., 1993, Mid-Cretaceous crustal extension recorded in deep-marine half-graben fill, Cedros Island, Mexico. Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 105, p. 547-562. pdf text
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| Kokelaar, B. P., and Busby C. J., 1992, Subaqueous explosive
eruption and welding of pyroclastic deposits: Science, Full Article, v.
257, p. 196-201. pdf text |
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| Saleeby, J. B., and Busby-Spera, C. J., 1992, Early Mesozoic
evolution of the western U.S. Cordillera, In B. C. Burchfiel, P. W. Lipman
and M. L. Zoback (eds.) The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminus United States:
Decade of North American Geology, Geological Society of America, v. G-3,
p. 107-168. |
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Busby-Spera, C. J. and Saleeby, J. B., 1990, Intra-arc strike slip fault exposed at batholithic levels in the southern Sierra Nevada, California: Geology, v. 18, p. 255 259. pdf text
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Busby-Spera, C. J., Mattinson, J. M., Riggs, N. R., and
Schermer, E. R., 1990, The Triassic-Jurassic magmatic arc in the Mojave-Sonoran
deserts and the Sierran-Klamath region; similarities and differences in
paleogeographic evolution: In D. Harwood and M. M. Miller, eds., Paleozoic
and Early Mesozoic Paleogeographic Relations; Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountains,
and related terranes: Geol. Soc. America Special Paper, v. 255, p. 325-338
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| Morris, W. R., and Busby-Spera, C. J., 1990, A submarine
fan valley-levee complex in the Upper Cretaceous Rosario Formation, Baja
California: Implications for turbidite facies models: Geol. Soc. America
Bull., v. 102, p. 900-914 pdf text |
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Riggs, N. R., and Busby-Spera, C. J., 1990, Evolution of a multi-vent volcanic complex within a subsiding arc graben depression: Mount Wrightson Formation, southern Arizona. Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 102, no. 8, p. 1114-1135. pdf text
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| Busby-Spera, C. J., 1988a, Speculative tectonic model for
the Early Mesozoic arc of the southwest Cordilleran United States: Geology,
v. 16, p. 1121-1125. pdf text |
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| Busby-Spera, C. J., 1988b, Evolution of a Middle Jurassic
back-arc basin, Cedros Island, Baja California: Evidence from a marine
volcaniclastic apron: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 100, p. 218-233. pdf
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Morris, W. R., and Busby-Spera, C. J., 1988, Sedimentologic evolution of a submarine canyon in a forearc basin, Late Cretaceous Rosario Formation, San Carlos, Mexico: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists, v. 72/6, p. 717-737.
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| Busby-Spera, C. J., 1987, Lithofacies of deep marine basalts
emplaced on a Jurassic backarc apron, Baja California (Mexico): Jour. of
Geology, v. 95, p. 671-686. |
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White, J. D. L., and Busby-Spera, C. J., 1987, Deep
marine arc apron deposits and syndepositional magmatism in the Alisitos
Group
at Punta Cono, Baja California, Mexico: Sedimentology , v. 34, no. 5, p.
911-927. pdf text
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Busby-Spera, C. J., and White, J. D. L., 1987, Variation in peperite textures associated with differing host sediment properties: Bull. Volcanology, v. 49, no. 6, p. 765-776. pdf text
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Busby-Spera, C. J., 1986, Depositional features of rhyolitic and andesitic volcaniclastic rocks of the Mineral King submarine caldera complex, Sierra Nevada, California: Jour. Volcanology and Geothermal Res., v. 27, p. 43-76.
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Busby-Spera, C. J., 1985, A sand-rich submarine fan in the lower Mesozoic Mineral King caldera complex, Sierra Nevada, California: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 55, p. 376-391.
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Busby-Spera, C. J., 1984a, Large-volume rhyolite ash-flow eruptions and submarine caldera collapse in the lower Mesozoic Sierra Nevada, California: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 89, no. B10, p. 8417-8427. pdf text
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| Cathy by glaciers in Iceland |
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| Angular unconformity between tilted and flat-lying volcanic rocks at Ebbetts
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| Lava flows in Iceland. |
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| A block-and-ash-flow tuff we have dated at 14 Ma, at Carson Pass (central Sierra Neveda). | |
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