Gary Axen Publications

(* = invited manuscript, italics = student author)

 

In Review

2019

van Wijk, J.W., Heyman, S., Axen, G.J. and Persaud, P., Nature of the crust in the

northern Gulf of California and Salton Trough:Revised and resbmitted to

Geosphere March, 2019, 52 manuscript pages, 9 figures. 

 

Published

2018

92. Cather, S.M. and Axen, G.J., Structural Geology of the Quebradas Region, central

New Mexico: in Cather, S.M and Konig, D.J., eds., Geology of the Quebradas

Region, Socorro County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and

Mineral Resources Memoir (chapter), 36 manuscript pages, 12 figures.

91. Axen, G.J., van Wijk, J., Phillips, F.M., Harrison, J.B., Sion, B., Yao, S. and Love, D.,

The Socorro magma body: Earth Matters, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and

Mineral Resources, Socorro, Winter 2019 issue, p. 1-5.

90. Axen, G.J., van Wijk, J.W. and Currie, C., Basal continental mantle lithosphere

displaced by flat-slab subduction: Nature Geoscience, published online 26

November, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0263-9.

89. van Wijk, J., Koning, D.J., Axen, G., Coblenz, D., Gragg, E. and Sion, B., Tectonic

subsidence, geoid analysis and the Miocene-Pliocene unconformity in the Rio

Grande rift, southwestern United States: Implications for mantle upwelling as

a driving force for rift opening: Geosphere, v. 14, no. 2, doi:10.1130/GES01522.1, p.

1-26.

88. Knott, J.R., Phillips, F.M., Reheis, M.C., Sada, D., Jayko, A. and Axen, G., Geologic

and Hydrologic Concerns about Pupfish Divergence during the Last Glacial

Maximum: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 285, 2017,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1648, p. 1-3.

2017

87. Mason, C.C., Spotila, J.A., Dorsey, R.J., Axen, G., Luther, A. and Stockli, D., Two-

phase exhumation of the Santa Rosa Mountains: Low- and high-angle normal

faulting during initiation and evolution of the southern San Andreas fault

system: Tectonics, doi:10.1002/2017TC004498, p. 1-19.

86. van Wijk, J., Axen, G., and Abera, R., Initiation, evolution and extinction of pull-

apart basins: Implications for opening of the Gulf of California: Tectonophysics,

v. 719-720, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.04.019, p. 37-50.

85. Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J. and Luther, A., A rock record of paleoseismic cycling:

Unique layered catclasites below the west Salton Detachment fault, southern

California: Geosphere, v. 14, no. 1, doi:10.1130/GES01499.1, p. 1-28.

84. Malekpour-Alamdari, A., Axen, G., Heizler, M. and Hassanzadeh, J., Large

magnitude continental extension in the northeastern Iranian plateau: Insight

from K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology from the Shotor Kuh - Biarjmand

metamorphic core complex: Geosphere, v. 13, doi:10.1130/GES01423.1, p. 1-27.

2016

83. Abera, R., van Wijk, J. and Axen, G., Formation of continental fragments: The

Tamayo Bank, Gulf of California: Geology, v. 44, no. 8, p. 595-598,

doi:10.1130/G38123.1.

82. Sion, B.D., Axen G.J., Phillips, F.M. and Harrison, J.B., 2016 Fluvial terraces in the

lower Rio Grande Valley: Correlations, estimated ages, and implications for

Quaternary faulting and for surface uplift above the Socorro magma body:

New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 67th Field Conference, Geology of

the Belen Area, p. 235-247.

81. van Wijk, J., Axen, G.J., Abera, R. and Yao, S., Surface uplift due to thermal

expansion around the Socorro magma body: Preliminary Results: New Mexico

Geological Society Guidebook, 67th Field Conference, Geology of the Belen

Area, p. 227-233.

2015

80. Axen, G.J., Luther, A. and Selverstone, J., Paleostress directions near two low-

angle normal faults: testing mechanical models of weak faults and off-fault

damage: Geosphere, v. 11, no. 6, p. 1-19, doi:10.1130/GES01211.1.

2014

79. Rosales Lagarde, L., Boston, P., Campbell, A., Hose, L., Axen, G. and Stafford, K.,

Hydrogeology of northern Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico: a conceptual model

based on a geochemical characterization of sulfide-rich karst brackish springs:

Hydrogeology Journal, DOI 10.1007/s10040-014-1135-z, 21 p.

2013

78. Luther, A. and Axen, G., Alternating extensional and shortening stress fields on

the West Salton detachment fault, Southern California: Geology, v. 41, no. 10,

doi:10.1130/G34404.1, p. 1047-1050.

77. Luther, A., Axen, G., and Selverstone, J., Particle-size distributions of low-angle

normal fault breccias: Implications for mechanisms of slip on weak faults:

Journal of Structural Geology, v. 55, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.07.009, p. 50-61.

2012

76. Luther, A., Axen, G., and Cather, S., Deciphering the early history of a multiply

reactivated fault using strain analysis in an adjacent fold: Evidence for early

brittle-plastic slip on the Picuris-Pecos fault, New Mexico, USA: Geosphere, v. 8,

no. 3, doi:10.1130/GES00776.1, p. 703-715.

75. Selverstone, J., Axen, G., and Luther, A., Fault localization controlled by fluid

infiltration into mylonites: Formation and strength of low-angle normal faults

in the mid-crustal brittle-plastic transition: Journal of Geophysical Research,

v. 117, B06210, doi:10.1029/2012JB009171, 19 p.

74. Dorsey, R.B., Axen, G.J., Peryam, T.C., and Kairouz, M.E., Initiation of the southern

Elsinore fault at ~1.2 Ma: Evidence from the Fish Creek-Vallecito Basin,

southern California: Tectonics, v. 31, TC2006, doi:10.1029/2011TC003009, 21 p.

73. Brothers, D., Harding, A., Gonzalez-Fernandez,A., Holbrook, W.S., Kent, G., Driscoll,

N., Fletcher, J., Lizzaralde, D., Umhoeffer, P. and Axen, G., Farallon slab

detachment and deformation of the Magdalena shelf, southern Baja

California: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 39, L09307,

doi:10.1029/2011GL050828, 7 p.

72. Sutherland, F.H., Kent, G.M., Harding, A.J., Umhoeffer, P.j., Driscoll, N.W.,

Lizarralde, D., Fletcher, J.M., Axen, G.J., Holbrook, W.S., Gonzalez-Fernandez, A.,

and Lonsdale, P., Middle Miocene to early Pliocene oblique extension in the

southernGulf of California: Geosphere, v. 8, no. 4, doi:10.1029/2012JB009171, p.

752-770.

2010

71. Gavillot, Y., Axen, G.J., Stockli, D., Horton, B.K., and Fakhari, M., Timing of thrust

activity in the High Zagros fold-thrust belt, Iran, from (U-Th)/He

thermochronometry: Tectonics, v. 29, TC4025, doi:10.1029/2009TC002484, 25 p.

2009

70. Shirvell, C.R., Stockli, D.F., Axen, G.J., and Grove, M., Miocene-Pliocene

Exhumation along the West Salton detachment fault (WSDF), Southern

California, from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry of apatite and zircon:

Tectonics, v. 28, doi: 10.1029/2007TC002172, p. 1-14.

69. Steely, A.N., Janecke, S.U., Dorsey, R.J., and Axen, G.J., Early Pleistocene initiation

of the San Felipe fault zone, SW Salton Trough, during reorganization of the

San Andreas fault system: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 121, p. 663-

687, doi: 10.1130/B26239.1.

2008

68. *Axen, G.J., A brief overview of Cenozoic extensional tectonism in western North

America, in Spencer, J.E., and Titley, S.R., eds., Circum-Pacific Tectonics,

Geologic Evolution, and Ore Deposits: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society,

Digest 22, p. 397-407.

67. Hasanzadeh J., Stockli, D.F., Horton, B.K., Axen, G.J., Stockli, L., Grove, M., Schmitt,

A., and Walker, J.D., U-Pb zircon geochronology of Pan-African granitoids in

Iran: Implications for paleogeography, metallogeny, and exhumation history

of Iranian basement: Tectonophysics, p.1-26, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.062.

66. Fakhari, M.D., Axen, G.J., Horton, B.K., Hasssanzadeh, J., and Amini, A., Revised

age of proximal deposits in the Zagros foreland basin and implications for

Cenozoic evolution of the High Zagros: Tectonophysics,.p. 1-16,

doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.064.

65. Horton, B.K., Hassanzadeh, J., Stockli, D.F., Axen, G.J., Gillis, R.J., Guest, B., Amini,

A., Fakhari, M., Zamanzadeh, S.M., and Grove, M., Detrital zircon provenance of

Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic deposits in Iran: Implications for

chronostratigraphy and collisional tectonics: Tectonophysics, p. 1-27, doi:

10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.063.

64. Páramo, P., Holbrook, W.S., Brown, H.E., Lizarralde, D., Fletcher, J., Umhoefer, P.,

Kent, G., Harding, A., Gonzalez, A., Axen, G., Seismic structure of the Southern

Gulf of California from Los Cabos Block to the East Pacific Rise" Journal of

Geophysical Research , manuscript 2007JB005113R, 60 p.

2007

63. *Axen, G.J., Research Focus: Significance of large-displacement, low-angle

normal faults: Geology, v. 35, no. 3, p. 287-288.

62. Lizarralde, D., Axen, G.J., Brown, H.E., Fletcher, J.M., González-Fernández, A.,

Harding, A.J., Holbrook, W.S., Kent, G.M., Paramo, P., Sutherland, F., and

Umhoefer, P.J., 2007, Variation in styles of rifting in the Gulf of California:

Nature, v. 448, p. 466-469.

61. Sagy, A., Brodsky, E.E., Axen, G.J., Evolution of fault surface roughness with slip:

Geology, v. 35, no. 3, 283-286, doi: 10.1130/G23235A.1.

60. Dorsey, R.J., Fluette, A., McDougall, K.A., Housen, B.A., Janecke, S.U., Axen, G.J.,

and Shirvell, C.R., Chronology of Miocene-Pliocene deposits at Split Mountain

Gorge, southern California: A record of regional tectonics and Colorado River

evolution; Geology, v. 35, no. 1, 57–60, doi: 10.1130/G23139A.1.

59. Guest, B., Guest, A., and Axen, G.J., Late Tertiary tectonic evolution of northern

Iran: A case for simple crustal folding: Global and Planetary Change, v. 58, p.

435-453; doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.02.014.

58. Guest, B., Horton, B.K., Axen, G.J., Hassanzadeh, J., and McIntosh, W.C., Middle to

late Cenozoic basin evolution in the western Alborz Mountains: Implications

for the onset of collisional deformation in northern Iran: Tectonics, v. 26,

TC6011, p. 1-26, doi: 10.1029/2006TC002091. Auxiliary materials available at:

ftp://ftp.agu.org/apend/tc/2006tc002091

2006

57. Guest, B., Stockli, D.F., Grove, M., Axen, G.J., Lam, P.S., and Hassanzadeh, J.,

Thermal histories from the central Alborz Mountains, northern Iran:

Implications for the spatial and temporal distribution of deformation in

northern Iran: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, 1507-1521, doi:

10.1130/B25819.1.

56. Guest, B., Axen, G.J., Lam, P.S. and Hassanzadeh, J., 2006, Late Cenozoic

shortening in the west-central Alborz Mountains, northern Iran, by combined

conjugate strike-slip and thin-skinned deformation: Geosphere, v. 2, no. 1, 35–

52, DOI: 10.1130/GES00019.1.

55. *Fletcher, J.M., and Axen, G.J., 2006, Faulting, sedimentation and strain

partitioning in the Laguna Salada area, northeastern Baja California, Mexico:

Unpublished fieldtrip guide for the NSF-MARGINS Program, Rupturing

Continental Lithosphere Initiative meeting “Lithospheric Rupture in the Gulf

of California – Salton Trough Region”, January 10-11, 2006. See http://www.rcl-

cortez.wustl.edu/.

2004

54. Axen, G.J., Mechanics of low-angle normal faults: in Karner, G., Taylor, B., Driscoll,

N., and Kohlstedt, D.L. (eds.) Rheology and Deformation in the Lithosphere at

Continental Margins, Columbia University Press, p. 46-91.

2003

53. Hazelton, G.B., Axen, G.J., and Lovera, O., Argon retention properties of silicate

glasses and implications for 40Ar/39Ar age and noble gas diffusion studies:

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 145, p 1-14.

2002

52. Zaliapin, I., Keilis-Borok, V., and Axen, G.J., Premonitory spreading of seismicity

over the faults’ network in S. California: Precursor “Accord”: Journal of

Geophysical Research, v. 107, 2221, doi:10.1029/2000JB000034, 15 p.

2001

51. Wawrzyniec, T.F., Selverstone, J., and Axen, G.J., Styles of footwall uplift along the

Simplon and Brenner normal fault systems, central and Eastern Alps:

Tectonics, v. 20, p. 748-770.

50. Axen, G.J., Lam, P.S., Grove, M., Stockli, D.F., and Hassanzadeh, J., Exhumation of

the West-Central Alborz Mountains, Iran, Caspian Subsidence, and Collision-

Related Tectonics: Geology, v. 29, p. 559-562.

49. Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J., and Wawrzyniec, T., High-temperature embrittlement

of extensional Alpine mylonite zones in the midcrustal ductile-brittle

transition: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 106, p. 4337-4348.

48. Hintze, L.F., and Axen, G.J., Geologic map of the Lime Mountain quadrangle,

Lincoln County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Map 129,

1:24,000 scale.

47. Lizarralde, D., Axen, G.J., Fletcher, J.M., Gonzaléz-Fernandéz, A., Kent, G.M.,

Harding, A.J., Holbrook, W.S., and Umhoefer, P.J., A seismic and geologic study

of Gulf of California rifting and magmatism: MARGINS Newsletter, no.7, p. 1-5.

2000

46. Axen, G.J., Grove, M., Stockli, D., Lovera, O.M., Rothstein, D.A., Fletcher, J.M., Farley,

K., and Abbott, P.L., Thermal evolution of Monte Blanco dome: Low-angle

normal faulting during Gulf of California rifting and late Eocene denudation of

the eastern Peninsular Ranges: Tectonics, v. 19, p. 197-212.

45. McDonnell-Canan, C., Axen, G., Carr, M. D., and Weide, D. L., Geologic map of the

Blue Diamond NE Quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and

Geology, Map 124, 1:24,000 scale.

1999

44. Axen, G.J., Low-angle normal fault earthquakes and triggering: Geophysical

Research Letters, v. 26, p. 3693-3696.

43. Wawrzyniec, T., Selverstone, J., and Axen, G.J., Correlations between fluid

composition and deep-seated structural style in the footwall of the Simplon

low-angle normal fault, Switzerland: Geology, v. 27, p. 715-718.

42. Axen, G.J., Fletcher, J.M., Cowgill, E., Murphy, M., Kapp, P., MacMillan, I., Ramos-

Velázquez, E., and Aranda-Gómez, J., Range-front fault scarps of the Sierra El

Mayor, Baja California: Formed above an active low-angle normal fault?:

Geology, v. 27, p. 247-250.

1998

41. *Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J., Byrne, T., and Fletcher, J.M., If the strong crust leads

will the weak crust follow?: GSA Today, v. 8, no. 12, p. 1-8.

40. *Axen, G.J., The Caliente-Enterprise zone, southeastern Nevada and

southwestern Utah, in Faulds, J. and Stewart, J. (eds.), Accommodation zones

and transfer zones: The regional segmentation of the Basin and Range

province: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 323, p. 181-194.

39. *Axen, G.J., and Fletcher, J.M., Late Miocene-Pleistocene extensional faulting,

northern Gulf of California, Mexico and Salton Trough, California: International

Geology Review, v. 40, p. 217-244. Reprinted in Ernst, W.G., and Nelson, C.A.,

eds., Integrated Earth and environmental evolution of the southwestern

United States, The Clarence Hall, Jr. volume: Bellwether Publishing, Ltd. for the

Geological Society of America, p. 365-392.

38. Axen, G.J., Fletcher, J. M., Martín-Barajas, A., Late Miocene-Pleistocene

detachment faulting in the northern Gulf of California and western Salton

Trough and its role in evolution of the Pacific-North American plate boundary:

Guidebook to Field Trip #6, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section

Meeting, California State University, Department of Geological Sciences, Long

Beach, California, 29 p.

1997

37. Axen, G.J. and Bartley, J.M., Field tests of rolling hinges: Existence, mechanical

types and implications for extensional tectonics: Journal of Geophysical

Research, v. 102, p. 20,515-20,537.

36. Burke, K.J. and Axen, G.J., Structural geometry resulting from episodic

extension in the northern Chief Range area, eastern Nevada: U.S. Geological

Survey Bulletin, v. 2153-N, p. 267-288.

1995

35. Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J., and Bartley, J.M., Structural expression of a rolling

hinge in the footwall of the Brenner Line normal fault, eastern Alps: Tectonics,

v. 14, p. 1380-1392.

34. Axen, G.J., Extensional segmentation of the Main Gulf Escarpment, Mexico and

United States: Geology, v. 23, p. 515-518.

33. Selverstone, J., Axen, G.J., and Bartley, J.M., Fluid inclusion constraints on the

kinematics of footwall uplift beneath the Brenner Line normal fault, eastern

Alps: Tectonics, v. 14, p. 264-278.

32. Hintze, L.F., and Axen, G. J., Geologic map of the Scarecrow Peak Quadrangle,

Washington County, Utah and Lincoln County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey

Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-1759, 1:24,000 (includes text).

1994

31. Axen, G.J. and Selverstone, J., Stress state and fluid pressure level on the Whipple

detachment fault, California: Geology, v. 22, p. 835-838.

30. Rowley, P.D., Schroba, R.R., Simonds, F.W., Burke, K.J., Axen, G.J., and Olmore, S.

D., Geologic map of the Chief Mountain quadrangle, Lincoln County, Nevada:

U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle Map GQ1731, 1:24,000 scale

(includes text).

1993

29. Axen, G.J., Ramp-flat detachment faulting and low-angle normal reactivation of

the Tule Spring thrust, Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 105,

p. 1076-1090, 1 plate (1:50,000).

28. Axen, G.J., Taylor, W.J., and Bartley, J.M., Space-time patterns of the onset of

extension and magmatism, southern Great Basin, Nevada, Utah, and

California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 105, p. 56-76.

27. Axen, G.J., The Analysis of Geological Structures by N.J. Price and J.W. Cosgrove

(1990) (Book review): Journal of Geological Education, v. 41, p. 520-521.

1992

26. Axen, G.J., Pore pressure, stress increase, and fault weakening in low-angle

normal faulting: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, no. B6, p. 8979-8992.

25. Wdowinski, S., and Axen, G.J., Isostatic rebound due to tectonic denudation: A

viscous flow model of a layered lithosphere: Tectonics, v. 11, no. 2, p. 303-315.

24. Rowley P., Snee, L.W., Mehnert, H.H., Anderson, R.E., Axen, G.J., Burke, K.J.,

Simonds, F.W., Schroba, R., and Olmore, S.D., Structural setting of the Chief

Mining District, eastern Chief Range, Lincoln County, Nevada, in Thorman, C.H.

(ed.), Application of structural geology to mineral and energy resources of the

central and western United States, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, v. 2012, p.

H1-H17.

1991

23. Axen, G.J., and Wernicke, B.P., Comment on "Tertiary extension and contraction

of lower-plate rocks in the central Mojave metamorphic core complex,

southern California", by Bartley, J.M., Fletcher, J.M., and Glazner, A.F.: Tectonics,

v. 10, p. 1084-1086.

22. Axen, G.J., Tertiary extension, magmatism, and thrust reactivation in the

southern Great Basin, and a mechanical model for detachment faulting:

unpublished Ph. D. dissert., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 235 p., 6

plates (maps and sections at 1:50,000 and 1:12,000 scales).

1990

21. Axen, G.J., Wernicke, B.P., Skelly, M.F., and Taylor, W.J., Mesozoic and Cenozoic

tectonics of the Sevier thrust belt in the Virgin River Valley area, southern

Nevada: in Wernicke, B.P. (ed.), Basin and Range extensional tectonics near

the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada, Geological Society of America Memoir 176,

p. 123-153, 1 plate (1:50,000).

20. Wernicke, B.P., Axen, G.J., and Snow, J.K., Basin and range extensional tectonics

at the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada: Reply: Geological Society of America

Bulletin, v. 102, no. 2, p. 269-270.

19. Rowley, P., Snee, L.W., Mehnert, H.H., Anderson, R.E., Axen, G.J., Burke, K.J.,

Simonds, F.W., and Schroba, R., Structural setting of the Chief Mining District,

eastern Chief Range, Lincoln County, Nevada: in Thorman, C.H., Workshop on

application of structural geology to mineral and energy resources of the

central region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-0508, p. 9-10, map

#9.

1989

18. Wernicke, B.P., Snow, J.K., Axen, G.J., Burchfiel, B.C., Hodges, K.V., Walker, J.D.,

and Guth, P.L., Extensional tectonics in the Basin and Range Province

between the southern Sierra Nevada and the Colorado Plateau: 28th

International Geological Congress Field Trip Guidebook T138, American

Geophysical Union, 80 p.

17. Axen, G.J. and Wernicke, B.P., On the role of isostasy in the evolution of normal

fault systems - Reply: Geology, v. 17, no. 8, p. 775-776.

16. Axen, G.J., Reinterpretations of the relations between the Keystone, Red Spring,

Contact and Cottonwood faults, eastern Spring Mountains, Clark County,

Nevada: Discussion: Mountain Geologist, v. 26, no. 3, p. 69-70.

15. Taylor, W.J., Bartley, J.M., Lux, D.R., and Axen, G.J., Timing of Tertiary extension in

the Railroad Valley - Pioche transect, Nevada: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar ages

of volcanic rocks: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 94, no. 86, p. 7757-7774.

1988

14. Axen, G.J., The geometry of planar domino-style normal faults above a dipping

basal detachment: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 10, no. 4, p. 405-411.

13. Wernicke, B.P. and Axen, G.J., On the role of isostasy in the evolution of normal

fault systems: Geology, v. 16, p. 848-851.

12. Wernicke, B.P., Axen, G.J., and Snow, J.K., Basin and Range extensional tectonics

at the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.

100, p. 1738-1757.

11. Shawe, D.R., Blank, H.R. Jr., Wernicke, B.P., Axen, G.J., Barton, H.N., Day, G.W., and

Rains, R.L., Mineral resources of the Mormon Mountains wilderness study area,

Lincoln County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1729, 18 p.

10. Axen, G.J., Lewis, P.R., Burke, K.J., Sleeper, K.G., and Fletcher, J.M., Tertiary

extension in the Pioche area, Lincoln County, Nevada: in Bartley, J.M., Axen,

G.J., Taylor, W.J., and Fryxell, J.E., Cenozoic tectonics of a transect through

eastern Nevada near 38° N latitude: in Weide, D.L. and Faber, M.L., (eds.), This

Extended Land, Geological Journeys in the Southern Basin and Range,

Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Field Trip Guidebook, p. 3-

5.

9. Bartley, J.M., Axen, G.J., Taylor, W.J., and Fryxell, J.E., Cenozoic tectonics of a

transect through eastern Nevada near 38N latitude: in Weide, D.L. and Faber,

M.L., (eds.), This Extended Land, Geological Journeys in the Southern Basin

and Range, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Field Trip

Guidebook, p. 1-20.

1987

8. Axen, G.J., The Keystone and Red Spring thrust faults in the La Madre Mountain

area, eastern Spring Mountains, Nevada: in Hill, M.L. (ed.), Centennial Field

Guide, v. 1, Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, p. 57-60.

7. Smith, E.I., Anderson, R.E., Bohannon, R.G., and Axen, G.J., Miocene extension,

volcanism, and sedimentation in the eastern Basin and Range Province,

southern Nevada: in Davis, G.H. and VandenDolder, E. (eds.), Geologic Diversity

of Arizona and its Margins: Excursions to Choice Areas, Arizona Bureau of

Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 383-397.

1986

6. Axen, G.J., Superposed normal faults in the Ely Springs Range, Nevada: estimates

of extension: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 8, no. 6, p. 711-713.

1985

5. Axen, G.J., Geologic map, and description of structure and stratigraphy, La Madre

Mountain, Nevada: Geological Society of America Map and Chart Series, no.

MC-51, 17 p., 2 plates (1:25,000 scale).

1984

4. Axen, G.J., Thrusts in the eastern Spring Mountains, Nevada: geometry and

mechanical implications: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 95, p. 1202-

1207.

3. Wernicke, B.P., Guth, P.L., and Axen, G.J., Tertiary extensional tectonics in the

Sevier thrust belt of southern Nevada: in Lintz, J. Jr. (ed.), Western Geological

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