3D/4D mapping of the San Andreas Fault Zone

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Publications

Graymer, R W; Brabb, E E; Jones, D L; Barnes, J; Nicholson, R S; Stamski, R E, 2007, Geologic map and map database of eastern Sonoma and western Napa Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2956, 30 p., 1 sheet, 1:100,000 scale.

Langenheim, V. E., Jachens, R. C., and Moussaoui, K., 2009, Aeromagnetic survey map of the central California Coast Ranges: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1044, scale 1:250,000 and database.

Langenheim, V E; Jachens, R C; Morin, R L; McCabe, C A., 2007, Preliminary gravity and magnetic data of the Lake Pillsbury region, northern Coast Ranges, California: U. S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report: OF 2007-1368, 24 p.

Langenheim, V. E., Graymer, R. W., Jachens, R. C., McLaughlin, R. J., Wagner, D. L., and Sweetkind, D. S., 2008, Geophysical framework of the northern San Francisco Bay region, California, Geosphere (in press).

McDougall, Kristin, 2007, Chapter 4: Cenozoic Biostratigraphy of California - Paleogene, in Allegra Hosford Scheirer, ed., Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the San Joaquin Basin Province, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1713.

McLaughlin, R. J., Langenheim, V. E., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., Fleck, R. J., McPhee, D. K., Roberts, C. W., McCabe, C. A., and Elmira Wan, 2008, Geologic and geophysical framework of the Santa Rosa 7.5' quadrangle, Sonoma County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1009, 51 p., three sheets, scale 1:24,000 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1009/].

Powell, C. L., II, and Perry, F., 2009, Biostratigraphy of the northern Monterey Bay section of the Purisima Formation (late Miocene-late Pliocene), Santa Cruz County, California [abs.]: Abstracts and Program for the 42nd Annual Meeting, June 23-26, 2009, Western Society of Malacologists, unnumbered page.

Powell, C. L., II, 2008, Outcrops and mollusks of the “Margaritan” California provincial molluscan stage in the northern Salinas Valley, Monterey and San Benito counties, central California: PaleoBios, v. 27, no. 3, p. 86-125.

Powell, C. L., II, Barron, J. A., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., Clark, J. C., Perry, F. A., Brabb, E. E., and Fleck, R. J., 2007, Age, stratigraphy, and correlation of the late Neogene Purisima Formation, central California Coast Ranges: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1740, 32 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2007/1740/

Powell, C. L., II, Stanton, R. J., Jr., Vendrasco, M., and Liff-Grief, P., 2009, Warm extralimital fossil mollusks used to recognize the mid-Pliocene warm event in southern California: The Western Society of Malacologists, Annual Report for 2008, v. 41, p. 70-91.

Powell, C. L., II, and McGann, M., 2008, Late Pleistocene mollusks and foraminifers from near Cordell Bank, offshore central California: their age and environmental significance: The Festivus, v.40, no. 9, p. 101-114

Powell, C. L., II, Fisk, L. H., Maloney, D. F., and Haasl, D. M., 2010, Biostratigraphy of the San Joaquin Formation in Borrow-source Area B-17, Kettleman Hills Landfill, North Dome, Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California, USGS, Open-File Reports (in press).

Sweetkind, D. S., Taylor, E. M., McCabe, C. A., Langenheim, V. E., and McLaughlin, R. J., 3D geologic modeling of the Santa Rosa Plain, CA, Geosphere (in press).

Wagner, D. L., Saucedo, G. J., Clahan, K., Fleck, R. J., Langenheim, V. E., McLaughlin, R. J., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., Allen, J. R., and Deino, A., 2010, Geology, geochronology and paleogeography of the southern Sonoma volcanic field and adjacent areas, northern San Francisco Bay region, California, Geosphere (in press).

Watt, J. T., Ponce, D.A., Simpson, R. W., Graymer, R. W., Jachens, R. C., and Wentworth, C. M., 2009, The Mt. Lewis Fault zone: Tectonic implication for Eastern San Francisco Bay: Proceedings of the third conference on earthquake hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay area, California Geological Survey.

Watt, J T; Ponce, D A; Simpson, R W; Jachens, R C; McCabe, C A; Phelps, G A; Wentworth, C M, 2008, A three-dimensional geologic model of the Hayward-Calaveras fault junction; insights from geophysical data: Seismological Research Letters, vol. 79, no. 2, p.353

Abstracts and Presentations

Colgan, J.P., and McPhee, D. K., 2010, Crustal structure adjacent to the San Andreas fault from Cholame Valley to the northern Carrizo Plain, central California, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 4,

Graymer, R. W., Hardebeck, J. L., Simpson, R. W., Ponce, D.A., and Watt, J. T., 2008, Moment Balance Calculations and the Potential for Large Southern Hayward - Central Calaveras Fault Earthquakes, San Francisco Bay Region, California [abs.]: Seismological Research Letters, v. 79, no. 2, p. 354

Graymer, R. W., Simpson, R. W., Jachens, R. C., Ponce, D.A., Phelps, G. A., Watt, J. T., Wentworth, C. M., 2007, Segmentation of the Calaveras-Hayward Fault System Based on Geometry and Geology at Large-Earthquake Depth [abs.]: Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 88, no. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract S21A-0239

Graymer, R. W., Langenheim, V. E., Rosenberg, L. I., Colgan, J.P., and Roberts, M. A., 2010, New insights into the tectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges from cross-sections based on digital geologic mapping and potential-field geophysics [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 4, p. 82.

Graymer, R. W., Roberts, M. A., and Rosenberg, L. I., 2009, New digital geologic map database and stratigraphic framework; underpinnings for 3D geologic mapping and structural analyses in the Central California Coast Ranges [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 282

Stanley, R. G., Fleck, R. J., Wilson, D. S., and McCrory, P. A., 2010, New isotopic age from basalt near Carmel, California, and its tectonic significance: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 4, p. 78

Graymer, R. W., and Langenheim, V. E., chairs, 2010, New Insights into Tectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges—The Link between Los Angeles and San Francisco; Technical Session (Posters), Geological Society of America
 
Horsman, E., Graymer, R. W., McLaughlin, R. J., Jachens, R. C. & Scheirer, D. S. Examining the evolution of the Peninsula segment of the San Andreas Fault, northern California, using a 4-D geologic model. Eos Trans. AGU 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T41A-1933.

Horsman, E., Graymer, R. W., Jachens, R. C. & McLaughlin, R. J. Unraveling the History of the Peninsula Segment of the San Andreas Fault Using a 4-D Geologic Map. G.S.A. Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40.

Horsman, Eric, Graymer, R. W., and Jachens, R. C., 2009, Spatial and temporal variation in deformation magnitude adjacent to the San Andreas Fault system, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [abs.]: Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 90, no. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T11F-03.

McLaughlin, R J; Powell, C L; McDougall-Reid, K; Jachens, R C, 2007, Cessation of slip on the Pilarcitos Fault and initiation of the San Francisco Peninsula segment of the (Modern) San Andreas Fault, California: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 88, no. 52, SUPPL., Abstract T43A-1089

McLaughlin, R. J., Jachens, R. C., Langenheim, V. E., Graymer, R. W.,  Wentworth, C. M., and Phelps, G. A., 2008, Using Mesozoic to Cenozoic Tectonostratigraphy to Constrain Neogene Slip of the Rodgers Creek - Maacama Fault System, Northern Coast Ranges, California: Eos Trans., AGU, 89(53), Fall Suppl., abstract T41A-1948.

McLaughlin R. J., Jachens, R. C., Langenheim, V. E., Fleck, R. J., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., Evans, W. C., and Davisson, M. L., Roles of slab window migration, fault geometry and tectonic wedging in crustal evolution east of the northern San Andreas fault: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 493.

McPhee, D. K., and Graymer, R. W., 2008, The San Andreas Fault as a Backstop to Crustal- Scale Folding Revealed by Geologic and Geophysical Modeling Near Parkfield, Central California: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 89, no. 53, SUPPL., Abstract S11A-1718

Nishenko, S. P., McClaren, M. K., Page, W. D., Langenheim, V. E., Watt, J. T., Green, H. G., Rietman, J. D., Lettis, W. R., Angell, M., and Kvitek, R., 2010, Shoreline fault zone, south-central coastal California [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 4, p. 82.

Phelps, G A, McLaughlin, R J, Jachens, R. C. and Wentworth, C. M., Using High Resolution Aeromagnetic Data to Map Pervasive Folding in the Lithologically Indistinct Franciscan Coastal Belt: Eos Trans., AGU, 89(53), Fall Suppl., abstract GP43B-0815

Phelps, G. A., McLaughlin, R. J., Jachens, R. C., and Wentworth, C. M., 2008, Aeromagnetic signatures reveal stratigraphic and structural relations in the Franciscan Complex east of the San Andreas Fault, northern California: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.40, no.1, p. 53

Phelps, G. A., McLaughlin, R. J., Jachens, R. C., and Wentworth, C. M., 2008, Aeromagnetic signatures reveal stratigraphic and structural relations in the Franciscan Complex east of the San Andreas Fault, Northern California: GSA Cordilleran Section (104th Annual) and Rocky Mountain Section (60th Annual) Joint Meeting (19–21 March 2008), Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 1, p. 53.

Ponce, D.A., Graymer, R. W., Hildenbrand, T. G., Jachens, R. C., Simpson, R. W., 2007, Geophysical investigations along the Hayward Fault, northern California, and their implications on earthquake hazards, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.

Powell, C. L., II, Stanton, R. J., Jr., Liff-Grief, P., 2008, Architectonica (Gastropoda) and associated warm-water mollusks used to correlate and date scattered outcrops in the Pliocene of south and central California [abs.]: Abstracts and Program for the 41st Annual Meeting, June 5-8, 2008, Western Society of Malacologists, p. 39.

Powell, C. L., II, Stanton, R. J., Jr., and Liff-Grief, P., 2008, The gastropod genus Architectonica (Mollusca) in the Pliocene of California – using warm water mollusks to correlate and date scattered outcrops across central and southern California [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 1, p. 41.

Scheirer, D. S., Sweetkind, D. S., Langenheim, V. E., and Stanley, R. G., 2010, Can gravity anomalies be used to map pre-Pliocene sedimentary basins in the central Coast Ranges, California?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 4, p. 80

Simpson, R., Oppenheimer, D., Bakun, W., Graymer, R., 2008, A new look at Calaveras fault zonation using double-difference relocated earthquakes: Third conference on earthquake hazards in the eastern San Francisco Bay area October 22-24, 2008, page 101

Sweetkind, D. S., McLaughlin, R. J., Langenheim, V. E., Williams, R. A., Taylor, E. M., McPhee, D. K., Wahl, D. B., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., McKee, R. A., and Locke, K., 2008, Plio-Pleistocene Evolution of Concealed Basins Separated by a Bedrock Ridge West of the Rodgers Creek and Healdsburg Faults, Northern California: Eos Trans., AGU, 89(53), Fall Suppl., abstract 11A-1718.

Watt, J. T., Graymer, R. W., Simpson, R. W., Ponce, D.A., Jachens, R. C., Phelps, G. A., and Wentworth, C. M., 2007, A Three-dimensional geologic model of the Hayward-Calaveras fault junction, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.

Watt, J. T., Ponce, D.A., Graymer, R. W., Simpson, R. W., Jachens, R. C., McCabe, C. A., Phelps, G. A., and Wentworth, C. M., 2008, A three-dimensional geologic model of the Hayward-Calaveras fault junction: insights from geophysical data [abs.]: Seismological Research Letters, v. 79, no. 2

Watt, J. T., Ponce, D.A., Simpson, R. W., Graymer, R. W., Jachens, R. C., and Wentworth, C. M., 2008, The Mount Lewis Fault Zone: An Emerging Player in the Hayward-Calaveras Fault System (abs): 3rd Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, October 22-24, 2008, Hayward, California.