Refereed Publications

Miller, M.B., and Pavlis, T.L., 2005, The Black Mountains Turtlebacks: Rosetta Stones of Death Valley tectonics: Earth Science Reviews, ed. Calzia, James.  Fifty years of Geologic Excellence: Volume in honor of Lauren Wright and Bennie Troxel, v. 73, p. 115-138.  click here for a pdf.

Miller, M., 2003, Basement-involved thrust faulting in a thin-skinned fold and thrust belt, Death Valley, California, USA: Geology, v. 31, p. 31-34.

Miller, M., and Prave, A.R., 2002, Rolling hinge or fixed basin?: a test of continental extensional models in Death Valley, California, United States: Geology, v. 30, p. 847-850.

Miller, M., 2002, Optional seminars bring small-class experiences to students in large-enrollment geology courses: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 50, p. 308-311.

Miller, M., 2001, Regional geology as a unifying theme and springboard to deep time:  Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 49, p. 10-17.

Miller, M., 1999, Implications of ductile strain on the Badwater Turtleback for pre-14 Ma extension in the Death Valley region, California: in Wright, L.A., and Troxel, B.W., eds., Cenozoic Basins of the Death Valley Region, Geological Society of America Special Paper 333, p. 115-126.

Miller, M., 1999, Gravitational reactivation of a normal fault system, Badwater Turtleback, Death Valley, CA: in Wright, L.A., and Troxel, B.W., eds., Cenozoic Basins of the Death Valley Region, Geological Society of America Special Paper 333, p. 367-376.

Miller, M., 1999, Active breaching of a geometric segment boundary in the Sawatch Range normal fault, Colorado, USA: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 21, p. 769-776.

Miller, M., and Friedman, R.M., 1999, Early Tertiary magmatism and probable Mesozoic fabrics in the Black Mountains, Death Valley, California: Geology, v. 27, p. 19-22.

Miller, M., 1998, Kinematic indicators in brittle fault zones: in Snoke, A. W., Tullis, J., and Todd, V. R., eds., Atlas of mylonitic and fault-related rocks, Princeton University Press, p. 30-31.

Miller, M., and Cowan, D.S., 1998, Mesoscopic ductility in fault gouges: in Snoke, A. W., Tullis, J., and Todd, V. R., eds., Atlas of mylonitic and fault-related rocks, Princeton University Press, p. 66-67.

Miller, M., 1996, Ductility in fault gouge from a normal fault system, Death Valley, California: a mechanism for fault zone strengthening and relevance to paleoseismicity: Geology, v. 24, p. 603-606.

Whitney, D.L., Hirschmann, M., and Miller, M., 1993, Zincian ilmenite--Ecandrewsite from a pelitic schist, Death Valley, California, and the paragenesis of (Zn,Fe)Ti03 solid solution in metamorphic rocks: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 31, p. 425-436.

Miller, M., 1992, Brittle faulting induced by ductile deformation of a rheologically stratified rock sequence, Badwater Turtleback, Death Valley, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, p. 1376- 1385.

Miller, M., and Weldon, R.J., 1992, A lateral ramp origin for the north trending segment of the Squaw Peak fault, Cajon Pass, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, p. 5153-5165.

Miller, M., 1991, High-Angle origin of the currently low-angle Badwater Turtleback fault, Death Valley, California: Geology, v. 19, p. 372-375.

Miller, M., 1988, Possible pre-Cenozoic left-lateral slip on the Yalakom fault, southwestern British Columbia: Geology, v. 16, p. 584-587.
 
 

Selected Other Publications

Miller, M., and Wright, L.A., 2002, Geology of Death Valley National Park: Landforms, Crustal Extension, Geologic History.  Kendall-Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, 87p.

Miller, M., 2001, Death Valley's visible history: A new geologic map and accompanying photographs: California Geology, v. 54, no. 2, p. 4-15.

Miller, M., 1999, Writing abstracts on a central theme: Journal of College Science Teaching, v. 28, p. 397-400.

Underwood, C. A., and Miller, M., Probable Grenville deformation in western Wisconsin: The Compass, Journal of Earth Sciences, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, v. 73, p. 103-109.

Wright, L.A., and Miller, M., 1996, Death Valley National Park, in A.G. Harris, E. Tuttle, and S. Tuttle, eds., Geology of the National Parks, 5ed, Kendall-Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, p. 610-637.

Cheney, E.S., Rasmussen, R.G., and Miller, M., 1994, Major faults, stratigraphy, and identity of Quesnellia in Washington and adjacent British Columbia: Washington Division of Geology Earth Resources Bulletin 80, p. 49-72.

Wright, L.A., Thompson, R.A., Troxel, B.W., Pavlis, T.L., DeWitt, E.H., Otton, J.K., Ellis, M.A., Miller, M., and Serpa, L.F., 1991, Cenozoic Magmatic and tectonic evolution of the east-central Death Valley region, California: in M.J. Walawender and B.B. Hanan, eds., Geologic Excursions in southern California and Mexico, Geological Society of America field trip guidebook, p. 93-127.

Miller, M., and Weldon, R.J., 1989, Structural evolution of part of the north-trending segment of the Squaw Peak fault, Cajon Pass, California: United States Geological Survey Open File Report 89-189.