Detachment Basins Bibliography


Detachment Basin Papers

Dorsey, R.J., and Becker, U. (1995) Evolution of a large Miocene growth structure in the upper plate of the Whipple detachment fault, northeastern Whipple Mountains, California. Basin Research, vol. 7, p. 151-163.

Dorsey, R.J. and P. Roberts (1996) Evolution of the Miocene North Whipple Basin in the Aubrey Hills, western Arizona, upper plate of the Whipple detachment fault. In: Beratan, K.K. (ed.), Reconstructing the History of Basin and Range Extension Using Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, GSA Special Paper 303, p. 127-146.


NAU Masters Theses

Patricia Roberts: Miocene basin evolution in the upper plate of the Whipple detachment fault, southwestern Arizona. M.S. Thesis completed Fall, 1992.

Ulf Becker: Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Miocene North Whipple Basin, upper plate of the Whipple detachment fault, northeastern Whipple Mountains. M.S. Thesis completed and defended April 26, 1995.

Kimberly Jones: Miocene Synextensional Sedimentation in Mineral Wash, Western Buckskin Mountains, Western Arizona. M.S. Thesis anticipated Fall 1996.

Rusty Tweed: Miocene Basin Evolution, Upper Plate of the Buckskin Detachment Fault, Western Arizona. M.S. Thesis anticipated Fall 1996.


Abstracts

Dorsey, R.J., and Becker, U. (1994) Evidence for a secondary breakaway in the Whipple-Chemehuevi detachment fault system, SE California. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 26, p. 250.

Becker, U., and Dorsey, R.J. (1994) Stratigraphy and significance of multiple megabreccias in the Miocene north Whipple basin, NE Whipple Mts., SE California. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 26, p. 191.

Dorsey, R.J., Dunlap, J., and Becker, U. (1993) A large growth structure in the Miocene North Whipple Basin: Implications for upper-plate evolution. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr., vol. 25, p. 352.

Dorsey, R.J. and P. Roberts (1993) Structural controls on syn-extensional subsidence, Miocene North Whipple Basin, W Arizona: Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr., vol. 25, p. 31, invited symposium presentation.

Dorsey, R.J. and P. Roberts (1992) Asymmetric basin subsidence and horizontal-axis block rotations in the Miocene North Whipple Basin, SE California and W Arizona: Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr., vol. 24, p. 279.

Dorsey, R.J. and P. Roberts (1992) Petrographic record of Whipple Mountain uplift and unroofing, Miocene North Whipple Basin, SW Arizona and SE California: Geological Society America Abstr. with Programs, vol. 24, p. 20.

Roberts, P. and R.J. Dorsey (1992) Miocene Basin Evolution in the Aubrey Hills, upper plate of the Whipple detachment fault, SW Arizona: Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr., 24, p. 78.


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