Selected References On the Geology and Surface
Processes of the
Mojave National Preserve Region
Source - USGS
A cursory search on the GeoRef literature database in July, 2003
yielded over 3,000 citations (including over 150 websites); most of these
references are technical reports or conference meeting abstracts. The
reference list below includes sources used in this report, and selected
references that the writer found most useful in gathering background
information for this website. Many of the recent articles cited below
(particularly from GSA Special Paper 368) have rich reference lists that
point to primary reference sources and methodologies used in Quaternary
dating methods and field data collection.
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Anderson, D.E. and Wells, S.G., 2003, Latest Pleistocene lake
highstands in Death Valley, California: In Paleoenvironments and
paleohydrology of the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel,
Y., Wells, S.G., and Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America
Special Paper 368, p. 115-128.
Bishop, C.C., 1963, Geologic map of California: Needles sheet:
California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:250000.
Bortugno, E.J. and Spittler, T.E., 1986, Geologic map of the San
Bernardino quadrangle, California: California Division of Mines and
Geology, Regional Geologic Map 3A, scale 1:250000.
Blackwelder, E., 1954, Pleistocene lakes and drainage in the Mojave
region, southern California: California Department of Natural Resources
Bulletin 170, Chapter 5, Part D, p. 35-40.
Brussard, P.F., Dobkin, D.S., 2003, Great Basin--Mojave Desert
Region.
Clark, W.B., 1970, Gold Districts in California: California Division
of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 153.
Cox, B.F., Hillhouse, J.W., and Owen, L.A., 2003, Pliocene and
Pleistocene evolution of the Mojave River, and associated tectonic
development of the Transverse Ranges and Mojave Desert, based on borehole
stratigraphy studies and mapping of landforms and sediments near
Victorville, California: In Paleoenvironments and paleohydrology of the
Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel, Y., Wells, S.G., and
Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America Special Paper 368, p.
1- 42.
Dohrenwend, J.C., Wells, S.G., Turrin, B.D., and McFadden, L.D., 1984,
Rates and trends of late Cenozoic landscape degradation in the area of the
Cima volcanic field, Mojave Desert, California, in, Surficial Geology
of the Eastern Mojave Desert, California: Dohrenwend, J.C.
(ed.),Geological Society of America, 1984 Annual Meeting, Field Trip 14
Guidebook, p. 101-115.
Dohrenwend, J.C., Wells, S.G., Turrin, B.D., and McFadden, L.D., 1986,
Degradation of Quaternary cinder cones in the Cima volcanic field, Mojave
Desert, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 97,
no.4, p. 421-427.
Enzel, Y., Wells, S.G., and Lancaster, N., 2003, Late Pleistocene lakes
along the Mojave River, southeast California: In Paleoenvironments and
paleohydrology of the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel,
Y., Wells, S.G., and Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America
Special Paper 368, p. 61-78.
Enzel, Y., Wells, S.G., and Lancaster, N., 2003, Paleoenvironments
and paleohydrology of the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts:
Geological Society of America Special Paper 368, 250 p.
Goldfarb, R.J., Miller, D.M., Simpson, R.W., and Hoover, D.B., 1988,
Mineral Resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area,
San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
1712D, 70 p., map scale 1:62,500.
Harvey, A.M. and Wells, S.G., 2003, Late Quaternary variations in
alluvial fan sedimentologic and geomorphic processes, Soda Lake basin,
eastern Mojave Desert, California: In Paleoenvironments and
paleohydrology of the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel,
Y., Wells, S.G., and Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America
Special Paper 368, p. 207-230.
Heizer, R.F. and Whipple, M.A., 1971, The California Indians, 2nd
Edition: Berkeley, Ca: University of California Press.
Hewitt, D.F., 1956, Geology and mineral resources of the Ivanpah
quadrangle, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 275, 172 p.
Jefferson, G.T., 2003, Stratigraphy and paleontology of the middle to
late Pleistocene Manix Formation, and paleoenvironments of the central
Mojave River, southern California: In Paleoenvironments and
paleohydrology of the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel,
Y., Wells, S.G., and Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America
Special Paper 368, p.43-60.
Jennings, C.W., 1961, Geologic map of California: Kingman sheet:
California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:250000.
Jennings, C.W., Burnett, J.L., and Troxel, B.W., 1962, Geologic map
of California: Trona sheet: California Division of Mines and Geology,
scale 1:250000.
Lancaster, N. and Tchakerian, V.P., 2003, Late Quaternary eolian
dynamics, Mojave Desert, California: In Paleoenvironments and
paleohydrology of the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel,
Y., Wells, S.G., and Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America
Special Paper 368, p. 231-249.
McDonald, E.V., McFadden, L.D., and Wells, S.G., 2003, Regional
response of alluvial fans to the Pleistocene-Holocene climatic transition,
Mojave Desert, California: In Paleoenvironments and paleohydrology of
the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel, Y., Wells, S.G.,
and Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America Special Paper
368, p. 189-205.
Meek, N., 1989, Geomorphic and hydrologic implications of the rapid
incision of Afton Canyon, Mojave Desert: Geology, v. 17, p.
7-10.
Miller, D.M., Glick, L.L., Goldfarb, R.J., Simpson, R.W., Hoover, D.
B., Detra, D.E., Dohwenwend, J.C., and Munts, S.R., 1985, Mineral
resource potential map of the South Providence Mountains Wilderness Study
Area, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey
Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1780-A, 29 p.
Miller, D.M., and Wooden, J.L., 1993, Geologic map of the New York
Mountains area, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 91-198, 10 p., scale 1:50,000.
Miller, D.M., Miller, R.J., Nielson, J.E., Wilshire, H.G., Howard,
K.A., Stone, P. 1991. Preliminary geologic map of the East Mojave
National Scenic Area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-435,
scale 1:100,000.
Moratto, M.J., 1984, California Archaeology: Orlando: Academic
Press, Inc.
National Park Service, 2001. National Historic Trail Feasibility
Study and Environmental Assessment, Old Spanish Trail: U.S. Dept. of
Interior, National Park Service, 151 p.
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Neal, J.T and Motts, 1967, Recent geomorphic changes in playas of the
western United States: Journal of Geology, v. 75, no. 5, p.
511-525. (Reprinted in Playas and Dried Lakes, Neal, J.T., (ed.),
(Benchmark Papers in Geology, v. 20): Dowden, Hutchinson &
Ross, 1974.)
Reynolds, R.E., (ed.), 1994, Off Limits in the Mojave Desert: Field
Trip Guidebook and Volume For the 1994 Mojave Desert Quaternary Research
Center Field Trip to Fort Irwin and Surrounding Areas: San Bernardino
County Museum Special Publication 94-1, 100 p.
Reynolds, R.E., (compiler), 1985, Cajon Pass to Manix Lake: Geologic
Investigations along Interstate 15: San Bernardino County Museum, 191
p.
Reynolds, R.E. and Reynolds, J., (eds.), 1995, Ancient Surfaces of
the East Mojave Desert: San Bernardino County Museum Association
Quarterly, v. 42, no. 3, 160 p.
Reynolds, R..E., Wells, S.G., and Brady, R.H., III, (compilers), 1990,
At the End of the Mojave: Quaternary Studies in the Eastern Mojave
Desert: San Bernardino County Museum Association Special Publication,
134 p.
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Geology of southern California, [Part 8], v. 68, no. 3, p.
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Sharp, R.P., 1982, Kelso Dunes: In Geologic excursions in the
California desert, Cooper, J.D. (ed.), Boulder, CO: Geological Society
of America, p. 83-87
Tchakerian, V.P. and Lancaster, N., 2002, Late Quaternary arid/humid
cycles in the Mojave Desert and western Great Basin of North America:
Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 21, no. 7, p. 799-810.
Theodore, T.G., (ed.), 2003, Geology and mineral resources of the East
Mojave National Scenic Area: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2160, 279 p.
Thompson, D.G., 1929, The Mojave Desert Region, California: A
Geographic, Geologic, and Hydrologic Reconnaissance: U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Supply Paper 578, p. 559-568. (Excerpted version reprinted
under the title "Soda Lake and Silver Lake" in Playas and Dried
Lakes, Neal, J.T., (ed.), (Benchmark Papers in Geology, v. 20):
Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1974.)
Thompson, R.S., 1998, A Strategy for Assessing Potential Future
Changes in Climate, Hydrology, and Vegetation in the Western United
States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1153, 20 p.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1991, Evaluation of Metallic Mineral
Resources and Their Geologic Controls in the East Mojave National Scenic
Area, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 91-427, 278 p., (with six map plates).
Wells, S.G., Brown, W.J., Enzel, Y., Anderson, R.Y., and McFadden,
L.D., 2003, Late Quaternary geology and paleohydrology of pluvial Lake
Mojave, southern California: In Paleoenvironments and paleohydrology of
the Mojave and southern Great Basin deserts: Enzel, Y., Wells, S.G.,
and Lancaster, N., (eds.): Geological Society of America Special Paper
368, p.79-114.
Wells, S.G., Anderson, R.Y., McFadden, L.D., Brown, W.J., Enzel, Y.,
and Miossec, J.L., 1989, Late Quaternary paleohydrology of the Eastern
Mojave River drainage, southern California: quantitative assessment of the
Late Quaternary hydrologic cycle in large arid watersheds.
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