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Table of Contents - SPE333:

Cenozoic Basins of the Death Valley Region


Dedication v
Foreword vi
1. Cenozoic basins of the Death Valley extended terrane as reflected in regional-scale gravity anomalies
Richard J. Blakely, Robert C. Jachens, James P. Calzia, and Victoria E. Langenheim
1
2. Tectono-sequence stratigraphy of Tertiary rocks in the Cottonwood Mountains and northern Death Valley area, California and Nevada
J. Kent Snow and Daniel R. Lux
17
3. Stratigraphy and tectonic implications of the latest Oligocene and early Miocene sedimentary succession, southernmost Funeral Mountains, Death Valley region, California
Ibrahim Cemen, Lauren A. Wright, and Anthony R. Prave
65
4. Tectonostratigraphic development of the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Basin and related features, Death Valley region, California
Lauren A. Wright, Robert C. Greene, Ibrahim Cemen, Fred C. Johnson, and Anthony R. Prave
87
5. Implications of ductile strain on the Badwater turtleback for pre-14 Ma extension in the Death Valley region, California
Martin G. Miller
115
6. Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and paleotectonic implications of Neogene fan-delta and lacustrine deposits of the Hole in the Wall and Wall Front Members, Furnace Creek Basin, Death Valley, California
Terence C. Blair and Robert G. Raynolds
127
7. Tectonic evolution of the Crater Flat basin, Yucca Mountain region, Nevada
C. J. Fridrich
169
8. Space-time patterns of late Cenozoic extension, vertical axis rotation, and volcanism in the Crater Flat basin, southwest Nevada
C. J. Fridrich, J. W. Whitney, M. R. Hudson, and B. M. Crowe
197
9. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Shadow Valley basin, eastern Mojave Desert, California
S. Julio Friedmann
213
10. Kingston Range detachment fault, southeastern Death Valley region, California: Relation to Tertiary deposits and reconstruction of initial dip
T. Kenneth Fowler, Jr., and J. P. Calzia
245
11. Depositional framework of mid- to late Miocene strata, Dumont Hills and southern margin Kingston Range: Implications for the tectonostratigraphic evolution of the southern Death Valley region
Anthony R. Prave and Matthew R. McMackin
259
12. The Miocene Military Canyon Formation: Depocenter evolution and constraints on lateral faulting, southern Death Valley, California
Roland H. Brady III and Bennie W. Troxel
277
13. Pliocene-Pleistocene stratigraphy and depositional environments, southern Confidence Hills, Death Valley, California
Kathi K. Beratan, Jean Hsieh, and Bruce Murray
289
14. Lake Tecopa: Quaternary geology of Tecopa Valley, California, a multimillion-year record and its relevance to the proposed nuclear-waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Roger Barron Morrison
301
15. Late Cenozoic stratigraphy and tephrochronology of the western Black Mountains piedmont, Death Valley, California: Implications for the tectonic development of Death Valley
J. R. Knott, A. M. Sarna-Wojcicki, C. E. Meyer, J. C. Tinsley III, S. G. Wells, and Elmira Wan
345
16. Gravitational reactivation of an extensional fault system, Badwater Turtleback, Death Valley, California
Martin G. Miller
367
Index 377