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 38o 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. 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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