Classic Cordilleran Concepts: A View from California

Eldridge M. Moores; Doris Sloan; Dorothy L. Stout

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Classic Cordilleran Concepts: A View from California

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Geological Society of America

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338

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https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE338

Geological Society of America

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9780813723389

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January 01, 1999

A century of Cordilleran research

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William R. Dickinson

William R. Dickinson

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.7

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Early history of the Cordilleran Section

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Dorothy L. Stout

Dorothy L. Stout

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.17

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Some salient European contributions to Cordilleran tectonics

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A. M. C. Şengör

A. M. C. Şengör

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.33

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Where it started: Introduction

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.39

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California gold

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J. K. Böhlke

J. K. Böhlke

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.41

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Mother Lode gold

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J. K. Böhlke

J. K. Böhlke

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.55

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The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and subsequent evolution of ideas

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Carol S. Prentice

Carol S. Prentice

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.69

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San Andreas fault: The 1906 earthquake and subsequent evolution of ideas

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Carol S. Prentice

Carol S. Prentice

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.79

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The San Andreas Fault and related fault systems

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Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.

Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.87

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A lifetime of field work along the San Andreas fault system, California

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Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.

Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.101

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Plate tectonics: introduction

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Eldridge M. Moores

Eldridge M. Moores

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.107

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The Franciscan: California's classic subduction complex

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John Wakabayashi

John Wakabayashi

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.111

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Subduction and the rock record: Concepts developed in the Franciscan Complex, California

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John Wakabayashi

John Wakabayashi

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.123

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The Great Valley Group: The arc-trench gap

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Raymond V. Ingersoll

Raymond V. Ingersoll

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.135

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Post-1968 research on the Great Valley Group

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Raymond V. Ingersoll

Raymond V. Ingersoll

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.155

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The Sierra Nevada: Central California's arc

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Jason B. Saleeby

Jason B. Saleeby

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.161

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On some aspects of the geology of the Sierra Nevada

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Jason B. Saleeby

Jason B. Saleeby

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.173

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Geochronology of California's arc

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Warren D. Sharp;

Warren D. Sharp

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Paul R. Renne

Paul R. Renne

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.185

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Commentary on "Chronology of emplacement of Mesozoic batholithic complexes in California and western Nevada" by J.F. Evernden and R.W. Kistler

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Warren D. Sharp;

Warren D. Sharp

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Paul R. Renne

Paul R. Renne

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.193

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The Southern California Batholith

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Gordon R. Gastil

Gordon R. Gastil

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.201

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Esper S. Larsen, Jr., on the batholith of Southern California revisited

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Gordon R. Gastil

Gordon R. Gastil

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.217

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The assembly of California

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Eldridge M. Moores;

Eldridge M. Moores

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Yildirim Dilek;

Yildirim Dilek

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John Wakabayashi

John Wakabayashi

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California terranes

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Eldridge M. Moores;

Eldridge M. Moores

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Yildirim Dilek;

Yildirim Dilek

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John Wakabayashi

John Wakabayashi

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.227

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Water and Oil: Introduction

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Gilbert's hydraulic experiments

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E. A. Keller

E. A. Keller

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.241

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The transportation of débris by running water, by Grove Karl Gilbert

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E. A. Keller

E. A. Keller

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.253

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Applied stratigraphy in the Coast Ranges

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William B. N. Berry

William B. N. Berry

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Stratigraphic paleontology: From oil patch to academia

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William B. N. Barry

William B. N. Barry

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.267

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The Monterey Formation: The source of oil

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Richard J. Behl

Richard J. Behl

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.273

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Since Bramlette (1946): The Miocene Monterey Formation of California revisited

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Richard J. Behl

Richard J. Behl

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Water management: Slaking California's thirst

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Robert T. Bean;

Robert T. Bean

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Ernest M. Weber

Ernest M. Weber

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The California Water Plan

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Robert T. Bean;

Robert T. Bean

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Ernest M. Weber

Ernest M. Weber

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.323

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Water in California-1998: A brief update

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Carl J. Hauge

Carl J. Hauge

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Tectonics in the California Desert: Introduction

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Basin and Range extension

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Brian Wernicke;

Brian Wernicke

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Jon Spencer

Jon Spencer

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Retrospective on "Low-angle (denudation) faults, hinterland of the Sevier orogenic belt, eastern Nevada and western Utah" by Richard Lee Armstrong

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Brian Wernicke;

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Jon Spencer

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Mojave-Basin and Range boundary

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J. Douglas Walker;

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Allen F. Glazner

Allen F. Glazner

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Tectonic development of the Southern California deserts

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J. Douglas Walker;

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Allen F. Glazner

Allen F. Glazner

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.375

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Death Valley: The ultimate desert valley

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Lauren A. Wright;

Lauren A. Wright

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Bennie W. Troxel

Bennie W. Troxel

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Levi Noble's Death Valley, a 58-year perspective

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Lauren A. Wright;

Lauren A. Wright

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Bennie W. Troxel

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The modern landscape: Introduction

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A 1978 Cordilleran Section Symposium: Debating Ideas Relevant to the West

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Thomas L. Holzer

Thomas L. Holzer

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Modern and ancient volcanoes

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Robert L. Christiansen;

Robert L. Christiansen

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Michael A. Clynne

Michael A. Clynne

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Volcanism in California

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Robert L. Christiansen;

Robert L. Christiansen

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Michael A. Clynne

Michael A. Clynne

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Eliot Blackwelder and the alpine glaciations of the Sierra Nevada

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Alan R. Gillespie;

Alan R. Gillespie

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Malcolm M. Clark;

Malcolm M. Clark

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Raymond M. Burke

Raymond M. Burke

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California's shifting slopes

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Roy J. Shlemon

Roy J. Shlemon

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https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.453

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Commentary on Karl Terzaghi's 1950 "Mechanism of Landslides"

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Roy J. Shlemon

Roy J. Shlemon

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Epilogue: Past, present, and future context of Cordilleran geology

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Eldridge M. Moores;

Eldridge M. Moores

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Doris Sloan;

Doris Sloan

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Dorothy L. Stout

Dorothy L. Stout

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