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Identification of seasonal varves in the lower Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley, and implications for Colorado Plateau uplift

Jon E. Spencer, Kurt N. Constenius, David L. Dettman, Kenneth J. Domanik
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 01 November 2021
Geosphere (2021) 17 (6): 1745–1761.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02419.1
... to lithosphere modification by low-angle subduction and the other related to active mantle processes following termination of subduction, is hampered by lack of evidence for the timing of uplift. The carbonate member of the Pliocene Bouse Formation in the lower Colorado River Valley southwest of the Colorado...
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ERRATUM: Post–12 Ma deformation in the lower Colorado River corridor, southwestern USA: Implications for diffuse transtension and the Bouse Formation

Jacob O. Thacker, Karl E. Karlstrom, Laura J. Crossey, Ryan S. Crow, Colleen E. Cassidy, L. Sue Beard, John S. Singleton, Evan D. Strickland, Nikki M. Seymour, Michael R. Wyatt
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 10 January 2020
Geosphere (2020) 16 (1): 473.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02104e.1
.../10.1130/GES02104.1 . Published online 20 December 2019. ERRATUM: 2020, v. 16, no. 1, p. 473, https://doi.org/10/1130/GES02104e.1 . Published online 10 January 2020. In the fifth sentence of the Abstract (p. 111), “basalt” should instead be “basal.” The sentence should be “Bouse Formation basal...
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Post–12 Ma deformation in the lower Colorado River corridor, southwestern USA: Implications for diffuse transtension and the Bouse Formation

Jacob O. Thacker, Karl E. Karlstrom, Laura J. Crossey, Ryan S. Crow, Colleen E. Cassidy, L. Sue Beard, John S. Singleton, Evan D. Strickland, Nikki M. Seymour, Michael R. Wyatt
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 20 December 2019
Geosphere (2020) 16 (1): 111–135.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02104.1
... corridor (southwestern USA) during and after the latest Miocene Epoch, postdating large-magnitude extension and metamorphic core complex formation. Geometric and kinematic data collected on faults in key geologic units constrain the timing of deformation in relation to the age of the Bouse Formation...
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Freshwater plumes and brackish lakes: Integrated microfossil and O-C-Sr isotopic evidence from the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation (California-Arizona) supports a lake overflow model for the integration of the lower Colorado River corridor

Jordon Bright, Andrew S. Cohen, David L. Dettman, Philip A. Pearthree
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 08 June 2018
Geosphere (2018) 14 (4): 1875–1911.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01610.1
...Jordon Bright; Andrew S. Cohen; David L. Dettman; Philip A. Pearthree Abstract Uncertainty over the depositional environment of the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation hinders our understanding the evolution of the lower Colorado River corridor. Competing marine and lacustrine models...
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Tidal rhythmites in the southern Bouse Formation as evidence for post-Miocene uplift of the lower Colorado River corridor

Brennan O’Connell, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Eugene D. Humphreys
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 February 2017
Geology (2017) 45 (2): 99–102.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G38608.1
...Brennan O’Connell; Rebecca J. Dorsey; Eugene D. Humphreys Abstract Uncertainty over depositional paleoenvironments of the upper Miocene to lower Pliocene Bouse Formation obscures our understanding of the timing and magnitude of regional uplift as well as the conditions and processes that were...
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Bouse Formation in the Bristol basin near Amboy, California, USA

David M. Miller, Robert E. Reynolds, Jordon E. Bright, Scott W. Starratt
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 01 June 2014
Geosphere (2014) 10 (3): 462–475.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00934.1
...David M. Miller; Robert E. Reynolds; Jordon E. Bright; Scott W. Starratt Abstract Limestone beds underlain and overlain by alluvial fan conglomerate near Amboy, California, are very similar in many respects to parts of the Bouse Formation, suggesting that an arm of the Pliocene Bouse water body...
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Zircon age and oxygen isotopic correlations between Bouse Formation tephra and the Lawlor Tuff

Janet C. Harvey
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 01 April 2014
Geosphere (2014) 10 (2): 221–232.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00904.1
...Janet C. Harvey Abstract The Bouse Formation in the lower Colorado River trough holds an important record of the onset of the modern drainage patterns in the southwestern United States. It comprises calcareous and clastic infill deposited during flooding of several basins, including the Bristol...
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Review and analysis of the age and origin of the Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley, southwestern USA

Jon E. Spencer, P. Jonathan Patchett, Philip A. Pearthree, P. Kyle House, Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, Elmira Wan, Jennifer A. Roskowski, James E. Faulds
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 01 June 2013
Geosphere (2013) 9 (3): 444–459.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00896.1
...Jon E. Spencer; P. Jonathan Patchett; Philip A. Pearthree; P. Kyle House; Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki; Elmira Wan; Jennifer A. Roskowski; James E. Faulds Abstract The lower Pliocene Bouse Formation in the lower Colorado River Valley (southwestern USA) consists of basal marl and dense tufa overlain...
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A late Miocene–early Pliocene chain of lakes fed by the Colorado River: Evidence from Sr, C, and O isotopes of the Bouse Formation and related units between Grand Canyon and the Gulf of California

Jennifer A. Roskowski, P. Jonathan Patchett, Jon E. Spencer, Philip A. Pearthree, David L. Dettman, James E. Faulds, Amanda C. Reynolds
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 September 2010
GSA Bulletin (2010) 122 (9-10): 1625–1636.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/B30186.1
... Pliocene Bouse Formation and related units of the lower Colorado River trough (Arizona-California-Nevada), together with parallel oxygen and carbon isotopic analyses of Bouse samples, to constrain the lake-overflow model for integration of the Colorado River. Sr isotopic analyses on the basal 1–5 cm...
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Stable isotope and trace element geochemistry of the basal Bouse Formation carbonate, southwestern United States: Implications for the Pliocene uplift history of the Colorado Plateau

Simon R. Poulson, Barbara E. John
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 April 2003
GSA Bulletin (2003) 115 (4): 434–444.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0434:SIATEG>2.0.CO;2
...Simon R. Poulson; Barbara E. John Abstract The upper Miocene to Pliocene Bouse Formation, exposed in the lower Colorado River trough (Arizona, California, Nevada), has variously been interpreted as a marine, estuarine, or freshwater deposit. The Bouse Formation is now commonly found at elevations...
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Sr isotope evidence for a lacustrine origin for the upper Miocene to Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River trough, and implications for timing of Colorado Plateau uplift

Jon E. Spencer, P. Jonathan Patchett
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 June 1997
GSA Bulletin (1997) 109 (6): 767–778.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0767:SIEFAL>2.3.CO;2
...Jon E. Spencer; P. Jonathan Patchett Abstract The upper Miocene to Pliocene Bouse Formation in the lower Colorado River trough, which consists largely of siltstone with basal tufa and marl, has been interpreted as estuarine on the basis of paleontology. This interpretation requires abrupt marine...
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Deformational Structures in Pliocene Bouse Formation Near Vidal, Southeastern California: ABSTRACT

J. P. Calzia, J. D. Sims
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 March 1979
AAPG Bulletin (1979) 63 (3): 427–428.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/C1EA5774-16C9-11D7-8645000102C1865D
...J. P. Calzia; J. D. Sims ABSTRACT Ball-and-pillow, flamelike, and load structures accompanied by convolute laminations in the Pliocene Bouse Formation are thought to be caused by slumping of water-saturated sediments. New structural data suggest that these structures formed by foundering...
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Conceptual stratigraphic architecture of the <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> (modified from...

Conceptual stratigraphic architecture of the Bouse Formation (modified from...

Published: 01 February 2015
Figure 5. Conceptual stratigraphic architecture of the Bouse Formation (modified from Buising, 1990 ) in relation to the Bullhead Alluvium. Locally derived gravels (not shown) form interbeds in the Bouse and Bullhead units. Elevation difference between the lowest and highest exposures
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Stratigraphic columns for the <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> are shown at four sites in so...

Stratigraphic columns for the Bouse Formation are shown at four sites in so...

Published: 01 November 2021
Figure 3. Stratigraphic columns for the Bouse Formation are shown at four sites in southern Blythe basin seen in Figure 1 (simplified from Homan, 2014 ). Also shown is the distinctive clay layer identified by Bright et al. (2016 ) at the upward transition in the hydrologic environment from
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Examples of <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> and bounding units in the western Trigo Mountai...

Examples of Bouse Formation and bounding units in the western Trigo Mountai...

Published: 14 May 2021
Figure 5. Examples of Bouse Formation and bounding units in the western Trigo Mountains. (A) Top of Miocene conglomerate (unit Tfg1) and contact with overlying Bouse Formation basal member conglomerate (Tbbg) and bioclastic carbonate (Tbbc) in Marl Wash. South of measured section B3 ( Fig. 4
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Schematic stratigraphy of the <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> in the southern Blythe Basin,...

Schematic stratigraphy of the Bouse Formation in the southern Blythe Basin,...

Published: 14 May 2021
Figure 3. Schematic stratigraphy of the Bouse Formation in the southern Blythe Basin, not to scale. Orange band at the top of unit Tfg1 represents a ravinement surface produced by sediment reworking and sorting during regional transgression. Bouse upper bioclastic member (unit Tbu) overlies older
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Microfossil results from an outcrop of southern <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> at Parker, ...

Microfossil results from an outcrop of southern Bouse Formation at Parker, ...

Published: 08 June 2018
Figure 3. Microfossil results from an outcrop of southern Bouse Formation at Parker, Blythe basin. Cyp— Cyprideis , Lim— Limnocythere , Cand— Candona , Sf120—spiraled (benthic) foraminifers, B+S—fish bone and scale, black diamonds with numbers—individual samples that correspond to data archived
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Microfossil results for the southern <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> at Marl Wash, Blythe b...

Microfossil results for the southern Bouse Formation at Marl Wash, Blythe b...

Published: 08 June 2018
Figure 6. Microfossil results for the southern Bouse Formation at Marl Wash, Blythe basin. Stylized stratigraphic column on far right roughly corresponds to Stratigraphic Panel A20 in Homan (2014) . Cyp— Cyprideis , Cyth— Cytheromorpha plotted as square root values to highlight low abundances
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Microfossil results from an outcrop of northern <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> in the Chem...

Microfossil results from an outcrop of northern Bouse Formation in the Chem...

Published: 08 June 2018
Figure 2. Microfossil results from an outcrop of northern Bouse Formation in the Chemehuevi basin. Cyp— Cyprideis , Lim— Limnocythere , Cand— Candona , Dar— Darwinula , B+S—fish bone and scale, Sf45—spiraled (benthic) foraminifers in a concentrated aliquot of 45–120 µm residue (raw counts
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Microfossil results from an outcrop of southern <span class="search-highlight">Bouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> at Milpitas...

Microfossil results from an outcrop of southern Bouse Formation at Milpitas...

Published: 08 June 2018
Figure 4. Microfossil results from an outcrop of southern Bouse Formation at Milpitas Wash, Blythe basin. Ostracode valve and bone plus scale counts are expressed as square root values in order to highlight low concentrations near the top of the outcrop. Cyp— Cyprideis , Cyth— Cytheromorpha , Per