Field Excursions from Las Vegas, Nevada: Guides to the 2022 GSA Cordilleran and Rocky Mountain Joint Section Meeting
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Prepared in conjunction with the 2022 GSA Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain Sections Joint Meeting, this Field Guide showcases trips to geologically interesting areas in Arizona, Nevada, and California. Enjoy a three-day trip to the Buckskin-Rawhide and northern Plomosa Mountains metamorphic core complexes in Arizona. In Nevada, learn about the geology of Frenchman Mountain and Rainbow Gardens and landslide deposits and mechanisms in the eastern Spring Mountains. Or learn about microbialites in Miocene and modern lakes near Las Vegas. When weather permits, unravel the geological history of southern Death Valley, and explore vertebrate paleontology and Cenozoic depositional environments in Death Valley, California.
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Vertebrate paleontology and Cenozoic depositional environments of Death Valley National Park, California, USAAuthor(s)Torrey Nyborg*;Torrey Nyborg*Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92350, USA
*Emails: tnyborg06g@llu.edu; paleo@earthlink.net
Search for other works by this author on:E. Bruce Lander*E. Bruce Lander*Paleo Environmental Associates, Inc., 2248 Winrock Avenue, Altadena, California 91001-3205, USA, and Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Vertebrate Paleontology Department, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007-4027, USA*Emails: tnyborg06g@llu.edu; paleo@earthlink.net
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Geology of Frenchman Mountain and Rainbow Gardens, southern Nevada, USAAuthor(s)Stephen M. RowlandStephen M. RowlandDepartment of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Landslide deposits and mechanisms in the eastern Spring Mountains, Nevada, USAAuthor(s)Nicholas Ferry*;Nicholas Ferry*Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
*corresponding author: nferry@ku.edu
Search for other works by this author on:Daniel M. Sturmer†Daniel M. Sturmer†Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USASearch for other works by this author on: -
Unraveling the multi-phase history of southern Death Valley geologyAuthor(s)Zachariah Fleming*;Zachariah Fleming*Department of Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California 90041, USASearch for other works by this author on:Terry Pavlis*;Terry Pavlis*Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968Search for other works by this author on:Ghislain Trullenque*Ghislain Trullenque*UniLaSalle, GEOS Department, B2R team, 19 rue Pierre Waguet, 60000 Beauvais, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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The Buckskin-Rawhide and northern Plomosa Mountains metamorphic core complexes, west-central Arizona, USAAuthor(s)John S. Singleton*;John S. Singleton*Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USASearch for other works by this author on:Nikki M. Seymour;Nikki M. SeymourDepartment of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA, and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USASearch for other works by this author on:Evan D. StricklandEvan D. StricklandDepartment of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Microbialites right under our noses: Miocene and modern lakes near Las Vegas, Nevada, USAAuthor(s)Thomas A. Hickson;Thomas A. HicksonDepartment of Earth, Environment, and Society, Geology Program, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, USASearch for other works by this author on:Kevin M. Theissen;Kevin M. TheissenDepartment of Earth, Environment, and Society, Geology Program, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, USASearch for other works by this author on:Melissa A. LambMelissa A. LambDepartment of Earth, Environment, and Society, Geology Program, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Structure, metamorphism, and geodynamic significance of the Catalina Schist terraneAuthor(s)John P. Platt*;John P. Platt*Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0740, USASearch for other works by this author on:Marty Grove*;Marty Grove*Department of Geological Sciences, 367 Panama Street, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USASearch for other works by this author on:David L. Kimbrough*;David L. Kimbrough*Department of Geological Sciences, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182-1020, USASearch for other works by this author on:Carl E. Jacobson*Carl E. Jacobson*Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USASearch for other works by this author on: