Extensional and transtensional continental arc basins: Case studies from the southwestern United States
CJ Busby - Tectonics of sedimentary basins: recent advances, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Extensional and transtensional continental arc basins preserve very thick, continuous
sequences and are an important contributor to the growth of continents; therefore, it is …
sequences and are an important contributor to the growth of continents; therefore, it is …
Miocene evolution of the western edge of the Nevadaplano in the central and northern Sierra Nevada: Palaeocanyons, magmatism, and structure
CJ Busby, K Putirka - International Geology Review, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The Sierra Nevada of California is the longest and tallest mountain range in the co-terminus
USA, and has long been regarded as topographically very young (< 6 Ma); however, recent …
USA, and has long been regarded as topographically very young (< 6 Ma); however, recent …
Cenozoic volcanism in the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane, California, and a new model for lithosphere degradation
Volcanic rock and mantle xenolith compositions in the Sierra Nevada (western United
States) contradict a commonly held view that continental crust directly overlies …
States) contradict a commonly held view that continental crust directly overlies …
Kinematics of the west-central Walker Lane: Spatially and temporally variable rotations evident in the Late Miocene Stanislaus Group
CW Carlson, CJ Pluhar, JMG Glen… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Walker Lane currently accommodates∼ 20% of the dextral motion between the
Pacific and North American plates. This accommodation occurs on regional-scale systems of …
Pacific and North American plates. This accommodation occurs on regional-scale systems of …
Cenozoic slip along the southern Sierra Nevada normal fault, California (USA): A long-lived stable western boundary of the Basin and Range
J Lee, DF Stockli, AE Blythe - Geosphere, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The uplift history of the Sierra Nevada, California, is a topic of long-standing disagreement
with much of it centered on the timing and nature of slip along the range-bounding normal …
with much of it centered on the timing and nature of slip along the range-bounding normal …
[HTML][HTML] A tale of two Walker Lane pull-apart basins in the ancestral Cascades arc, central Sierra Nevada, California
We integrate new geochronological, petrographic, and geochemical data with previously
published (Sierra Crest–Little Walker volcanic center) and new (Ebbetts Pass volcanic …
published (Sierra Crest–Little Walker volcanic center) and new (Ebbetts Pass volcanic …
Progressive derangement of ancient (Mesozoic) east-west Nevadaplano paleochannels into modern (Miocene–Holocene) north-northwest trends in the Walker Lane …
CJ Busby, GDM Andrews, AK Koerner… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Eocene to Pliocene paleochannels of the Sierra Nevada (California, USA) were first
exploited for gold placer deposits during the California gold rush (1848), and then mapped …
exploited for gold placer deposits during the California gold rush (1848), and then mapped …
Sierra Crest graben-vent system: A Walker Lane pull apart within the ancestral Cascades arc
We show here that transtensional rifting along the eastern boundary of the Sierra Nevada
microplate (Walker Lane rift) began by ca. 12 Ma in the central Sierra Nevada (USA), within …
microplate (Walker Lane rift) began by ca. 12 Ma in the central Sierra Nevada (USA), within …
Lithostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and radiometric dating of the Stanislaus Group, CA, and age of the Little Walker Caldera
The Miocene Stanislaus Group (Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolomne, Alpine and Mono
counties, CA), composed of intercalated latite and quartz-latite (trachyandesite and …
counties, CA), composed of intercalated latite and quartz-latite (trachyandesite and …
An in-depth look at distal Sierra Nevada palaeochannel fill: Drill cores through the Table Mountain Latite near Knights Ferry
The∼ 10.4 Ma Table Mountain Latite (TML) consists of high-K trachyandesite lavas that
likely erupted from the Little Walker Center near Sonora Pass and flowed 80 miles (130 km) …
likely erupted from the Little Walker Center near Sonora Pass and flowed 80 miles (130 km) …