Suggested Readings

NEWEST READING: 

Brennan DT, Li ZX, Rankenburg K, Evans N, Link NE, Nordsvan AR, Kirkland CL, Mahoney JB, Johnson T, McDonald BJ. 2021. Recalibrating Rodinian rifting in the northwestern United States. Geology. GeoScienceWorld. Retrived from https://pubs-geoscienceworld-org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/gsa/geology/article/49/6/617/594560/Recalibrating-Rodinian-rifting-in-the-northwestern.

Scanlon DP, Bershaw J, Wells RE, Streig AR. 2021. The spatial and temporal evolution of the Portland and Tualatin forearc basins, Oregon, USA.  Geosphere. GeoScienceWorld.  Retrieved from https://pubs-geoscienceworld-org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/gsa/geosphere/article/17/3/804/596305/The-spatial-and-temporal-evolution-of-the-Portland.

PAST SUGGESTED READINGS:

Allen, M. D.; Mavor, S. P.; Tepper, J. H.; Nesbitt, E. A.; Mahan, S. A.; Cakir, Recep; Stoker, B. A.; Anderson, M. L., 2017, Geologic map of the Maltby 7.5-minute quadrangle, Snohomish and King Counties, Washington: Washington Geological Survey Map Series 2017-02, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, 43 p. text. [http://www.dnr.wa.gov/publications/ger_ms2017-02_geol_map_maltby_24k.zip]

Barry, T.L., S. Self, S.P. Kelley, S. Reidel, P. Hooper, M. Widdowson. New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Grande Ronde lavas, Columbia River Basalts, USA: Implications for duration of flood basalt eruption episode. Lithos, 2010; DOI: 110.1016/j.lithos.2010.03.014

Beeson, J.W., Johnson, S.Y., and Goldfinger, C., 2017, The transtensional offshore portion of the northern San Andreas fault: Fault zone geometry, late-Pleistocene to Holocene sediment deposition, shallow deformation patterns, and asymmetric basin growth: Geosphere, v. 13, no. 3, p. 1–34, doi:10.1130/GES01367.1.

Benson, T., Mahood, G.A., Grove, M. Geology and Geochronology of middle Miocene McDermitt volcanic field, Oregon and Nevada. GSA Bulletin, v. 129(9/10), p. 127-1051.

Bindeman IN, Greber ND, Melnik OE, Artyomova AS, Utkin IS, Karlstrom L, Colon DP. 2020. Pervasive hydrothermal events associated with large igneous provinces documented by the Columbia River Basaltic Province. Scientific Reports 10(10206).

Bjornerud, Marcia, Reading the Rocks: An Autobiography of the Earth, Cambridge: Westview Press. ISBN: 081334249X

Bjornstand, B. and G. Kiver, On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods: The Northern Reaches, Sagle: Keokeebooks.  Click on the link for ordering information: https://nwgs.org/suggested_readings/VOLUME_2_IS_HEREorderform-1.pdf

Calvert AJ, Bostock MG, Savard G, Unsworth MJ. 2020. Cascadia low frequency earthquakes at the base of an overpressured subduction shear zone. Nature Communications 11(3874).

Carrapa, B. 2010. Resolving tectonic problems by dating detrital minerals. Geology. vol 38(2). p. 191-192. retrieved from http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/38/2/191.full.

Coble, M.A., and G.A. Mahood, 2012, Initial impingent of the Yellowstone plume located by widespread silicic volcanism contemporaneous with Columbia River flood basalts, Geology, 40: 655-658. Doughton, S. 2010. UW’s geological map project struggles to survive. Seattle Times. 9 April. retrieved from http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011562107_geomap09m.html.

Cordova, J.L., Mulcahy, S.R., Schermer, E.R., Webb, L.E., 2018. Subduction initiation and early evolution of the Easton metamorphic suite, northwest Cascades, Washington. GeoScience World: Lithosphere, vol 11(1), p. 44-58.  Accessed 4/23/19.

Couts DS, Matthews WA, Englert RG, Brooks MD, Boivin MP, Hubbard SM. 2020. Along-strike variations in sediment provenance with the Nanaimo Basin reveals mechanisms for forearc basin sediment influx events. Lithosphere 12(1): 180-197. 

Dragovich, J. D.; Mavor, S. P.; Anderson, M. L.; Mahan, S. A.; MacDonald, J. H., Jr.; Tepper, J. H.; Smith, D. T.; Stoker, B. A.; Koger, C. J.; Cakir, Recep; DuFrane, S. A.; Scott, S. P.; Justman, B. J., 2016, Geologic map of the Granite Falls 7.5-minute quadrangle, Snohomish County, Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Map Series 2016-03, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, 63 p. text.
[http://www.dnr.wa.gov/publications/ger_ms2016-03_geol_map_granite_falls_24k.zip]

Dragovich, J. D. , S. A. Mahan, M. L. Anderson, J. H. MacDonald Jr., J. F. Schilter, C. L. Frattali, C. J. Koger, D. T. Smith, B. A. Stoker, S. A. DuFrane, M. P. Eddy, R. Cakir, and K. B. Sauer, Geologic Map of the Lake Roesiger7.5-minute Quadrangle, Snohomish County, Washington, Map Series 2015-01

Dunning, H. 2018. Volcanoes fed by ‘mush’ reservoirs rather than molten magma chambers. Imperial College London.  accessed 12/12/18: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/189371/volcanoes-mush-reservoirs-rather-than-molten/ 

Easterbrook, D. 2015. Cruising Through Geologic Time in the San Juan Islands: The Geology of the San Juan Islands.

Ebbing et al. 2018. Earth tectonics as seen by GOCE.  Scientific Reports. vol 8 (16356). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34733-9#Fig2

Eddy, M.P., S.A. Bowring, P.J. Unhoefer, R.B. Miller, N.M. McLean, and E.E. Donaghy. 2015. High-resolution temporal and stratigraphic record of Siletzia’s accretion and triple junction migration from nonmarine sedimentary basins in central and western Washington.  GSA Bulletin vol 128(3), p. 425-441

Ely, L.L. C.C. Brossy, P.K. House, E. B. Safran, J.E. O’Connor, D.E. Champion, C.R. Fenton, N.R. Bondre, C.A. Orem, G.E. Grant, C.D. Henry, and B.D. Turrin. 2012. Owyhee River intercanyon lava flows: does the river give a dam? GSA Bulletin: 124 (11-12), 1667-1687.
http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/124/11-12/1667.abstract

EMBAERGOED. 2011. Scripps Researchers Discover New Force Driving Earth’s Tectonic Plates. retrieved from http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=1178 on 1 September 2011.

Gao, H. 2018. Three-dimensional variations of the slab geometry correlate with earthquake distributions a tthe Cascadia subduction system. Nature Communications #1204.

GSA. 2019. Subduction Top to Bottom 2. Geosphere: vol 15(3). Accessed 8/13/19.

Goldfinger, C., Y. Ikeda, and R.S. Yeats, 2013, Superquakes, supercycles, and global earthquake cycles: recent research and recent quakes reveal suprises in major fault systems. from Earth: The Science Behind the Headline, retrived from http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/superquakes-supercycles-and-global-earthquake-clustering-recent-research-and-recent-quakes.

Gray, KD, V Isakson, D Schwartz, JD Vervoort. 2019.  Orogenic link ~41°N–46°N: Collisional mountain building and basin closure in the Cordillera of western North America. Geosphere.

Haugerud, R.A., Kelsey, H.M., 2017, From the Puget Lowland to East of the Cascade Range, GSA, Volume 49 of Field Guide.

Hilbert-Wolf, H.L., and E.M. Robers. (posted 7/5/15).  2015. Giant Seismites and Megablock Ulplift in East African Rift Evidence for Late Pleistocene Large Magnitude Earthquakes. PLoS One 10(6): e0129051.

Horwarth, J.L. and D.L. Johnson (eds.), 2012. Mima Mounds: The Case for Polygenesis and Bioturbation. GSA Special Papers 490.  http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/current

Ice Age Floodscapes. Babcock Bench.  YouTube Channel.

Ice Age Floodscapes. Gardena Cliffs Rythmites.  YouTube Channel.

Iverson, R.M., D.L. Georger, K. Allistadt, M.E. Reid, B.D. Collins, J.W. Wallance, S.P. Schilling, J.W. Godt, C.S. Magiri, R.I. Baum, J.A. Coe, W.H. Schultz, J.B. Bower. 2014. Landslide Mobility and Hazards: Implications of the 2014 Oso Disaster. Earth and Planetary Letters, vol 412, p. 197-208.

Johnson, D.J., A. A. Eggers, M. Bagnardi, M.Battaglia, M. P. Poland, and A. Miklius, 2010, Shallow magma accumulation at Klauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, revealed by microgravity surveys, Geology vol. 38(12).

Kasbohm, J. and B. Schoene. 2018. Rapid eruption of the Columbia River flood basalt and correlation with the mid-Miocene climate optimum.Science Advances. vol 4(9).

Kaplan, S. 2016.  Legends say China began in a great flood.  8/4/16. Speaking of Science.  The Washington Post.

Knott TR, Branney MJ, Reichow MK, Finn DR, Tapster S, Coe RS. 2020. Discovery of two new super-eruptions from the Yellowstone hotspot track (USA). Geology, 48(9): 934-938.

Levandowski, W. R.B. Herrmann, R. Briggs, O. Boyd, and R. Gold. An updated stress map of the continental United States reveals heterogeneous intraplate stress.  Nature Geoscience, vol. 11, p. 433-437.

Lord, N. 2011, Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North, Counter Press.

Map Series 2013-01. Geologic map of the Sultan 7.5-minute quadrangle, King and Snohomish Counties, Washington, by J. D. Dragovich, H. A. Littke, S. A. Mahan, M. L. Anderson, J. H. MacDonald, Jr., Recep Cakir, B. A. Stoker, C. J. Koger, J. P. Bethel, S. A. DuFrane, D. T. Smith, and N. M. Villeneuve. 2013. One color plate, 44 x 36 in., scale 1:24,000, with 52 p. text. http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ms2013-01_geol_map_sultan_24k.zip.

Miller, R.B., S.M. Gordon, S. Bowring, B. Doran, N. McLean, Z. Michels, E. Shea, and D. Whitney.  Linking deep and shallow crustal processes during regional transension in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, northwest cordillera (USA).  Geosphere.  vol 12(3), p. 900-924

Moore, N.E., A.L. Grunder, W.A. Bohrson. 2018. The three-stage petrochemical evolution of the Steens Basalt (southeast Oregon, USA) compare to large igneous provinces and layered mafic intrusions. Geosphere vol. 14(6). p. 2505-2532.

Northwest Geology Field Trips. 2011. Sequim mammoth believed killed by humans. retrieved from http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/sequim-mammoth-believed-killed-by-humans/

Odum, J.K., W.J. Stephenson, T.L. Pratt, R.J. Blakely. Shallow geophysical imaging of the Olympic anomaly: an enigmatic structure in the southern Puget Lowland, Washington State. Geosphere. v. 12(5), p. 1617-1632.

Personius, S.F., R.W. Brigs, A.R. Nelson,  E.R. Schermer, J.Z. Maharrey, B.L. Sherrod, S.A. Spaulding. 2014. Holocene Earthquakes and Right-lateral Slip on the Left-lateral Darrington-Devils Mountain Fault Zone, Northern Puget Sounds, Washington. Geosphere, Special Paper507. http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/10/6/1482.abstract 

Polenz, M. , J. G. Favia, I. J. Hubert, G. L. Paulin, and R. Cakir, Geologic Map of the Port Ludlow and southern half of the Hansville 7.5-minute quadrangles, Kitsap and Jefferson Counties, Washington, Map Series 2015-02

Pratt, T.L., K.C. Troost, J.K. Odum, and W.J. Stephen, 2015, Kinematics of shallow backthrusts in the Seattle fault zone, Washington State, Geosphere

Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., Wolff, J.A., Martin, B.S., Tolan, T.L., and Wells, R.E., eds., 2013, The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province: Geological Society of America Special Paper 497,  doi:10.1130/2013.2497.

Rosetta Explores a Comet: rosetta.pptx

Sanders, R. 2019. 66 million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor. Berkeley News: Research, Science, & Environment.  Accessed 4/23/19.

Sauer, et al. 2019.  Deep-crustal metasedimentary rocks support Late Cretaceous “Mojave-BC” translation.  Geology.  v. 47, p. 1–4, https://doi.org/10.1130/G45554.1

Sears, J.W. 2013 Late Oligocene – early Miocene Grand Canyon: A Canadian Connection. GSA Today.  vol 23(11). http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/23/11/pdf/i1052-5173-23-11-4.pdf  

Seattle Times. 2016. Volcano expert Grace Winer’s cool job on expeditions.  May 18, 2016.

Sigloch, K. and M.G. Mihlaynuk. 2013. Intra-oceanic subduction shaped the assembly of Cordilleran North America. Nature, vol. 496, p. 50-56.

Staisch, L., H. Kelsey, B. Sherrod, A. Moller, J. Paces, R. Blakely, R. Styron. Miocene-Pleistocene deformation of the Saddle Mountains: implications for seismic hazard in central Washington, USA. GSA Bulleting vol. 130(3-4).

Stanley, D., A. Villaseñor, and H. Benz. 1999. Subduction zone and crustal dynamics of western Washington: a tectonic model for earthquake hazards evaluation, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-311. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0311/.

Streck, M.J., M.L. Ferns, and W. McIntosh. 2015. Large, Persistent Rhyolitic Magma Reservoirs Above Columbia River Basalt Storage Site. Geosphere. v. 11, p. 226-235. http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/11/2/226.full.pdf+html

Swanson, D.A., S.J. Weaver, B.F. Houghton. 2014. Reconstructing the deadly eruptive events of 1790 CE at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, GSA Bulleting v. 127(3-4), p. 503-515. 

Torsvik, et al. 2014. Continental crust beneath southeast Iceland. PNAS. 10.1073.

Trop JM, Benowitz JA, Koepp DQ, Sunderlin D, Brueseke ME, Layer PW, Fitzgerald PG. 2020. Stitch in the ditch: Nutzotin Mountains (Alaska) fluvial strata and a dike record ca. 117-114 Ma accretion of Wrangellia with western North America and initiation of the Totschunda fault. Geosphere 16(1): 82-110.

Tucker, D. 2015. Geology Underfoot in Western Washington.  Missoula: Mountain Press.

Tucker, D. The Lake Stevens monster – largest erratic in Washington. Largest in the U.S.? retrieved from http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/the-fieldtrips/glacial-erratic-field-trips/the-lake-stevens-monster-largest-erratic-in-washington-largest-in-the-us/.

Unseen beauty: early evaluation of using LWIR thermography for investigating talus properties.

U.S. Geological Survey. 2010. Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges – U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007-2010. USGS Circular 1306. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1309/

University of Copenhagen (2011, October 20). First North American hunters 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, speared mastodon fossil shows. ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 31, 2011, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020145054.htm

Unruh, J. and J. Humphrey. Seismogenic deformation between the Sierran microplate and Oregon Coast block, California, USA. Geology v. 45(5), p. 415-418.

Waitt, R. 2015. In the Path of Destruction: Eyewitness Chronicles of Mount Saint Helens.  Pullman: Washington State University Press.  413 p.

Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources. 2010. Geologic Maps of Washing-ton. 21 March. retrieved from http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_geologic_maps_wa.pdf.

Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources. 2010. Geologic Maps of Washing-ton. 21 March. retrieved from http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/

Washington State University (2010, April 7). Northwest lava flows could have altered Earth’s climate, wiped out species, new evidence suggests. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100406142602.htm 

Webb, B.M., Streck, M.J., McIntosh, W.C., Ferns, M.L. 2018. The Littlefield Rhyolite and associated mafic lavas: bimodal volcanism of the Columbia River magmatic province, with constraints on age and storage sites of Grande Ronde Basalt magmas. GeoscienceWorld: Geosphere, vol 15(1), p. 60-84.  Accessed 4/23/19.

Wells RE, Blakely RJ, Wech AG, McCrory PA, Michael A. 2017. Cascadia subduction tremor muted by crustal faults. Geology. vol 45(6), p. 515-518.

Wells, R. D. Bukry, R. Friedman, D. Pyle, R. Duncan, P. Haeussler, and J. Wooden. 2014. Geologic history of Siletzia, a lare igneous province in the Oregon and Washington Coast Range: Correlation to the geomagnetic polarity time scale and implication for a long-lived Yellwostone hotspot. Geospher. vol. 10(4). p. 692-719.  http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/10/4/692.abstract

Williams, David B. 2015. Too Steep, Too High.  For Talks and Walks, go to: http://geologywriter.com/walks-talks/

Williams, D.B. (2010, March 27). Estella Leopold (b. 1927). HistoryLink. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=9378