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International Geology Review Volume 51, 2009 - Issue 7-8: Rise and Fall of the Nevadaplano – Part I
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Step-over in the structure controlling the regional west tilt of the Sierra Nevada microplate: eastern escarpment system to Kern Canyon system

J. Saleeby Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Z. Saleeby Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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E. Nadin Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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G. Maheo Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69622, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France; Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, ENS, Lyon CNRS, UMR 5570, Bat Géode, 2 Rue Dubois, Villeurbanne, 69622, France
Pages 634-669 | Accepted 27 Feb 2009, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Clarence A. Hall & Jason B. Saleeby. (2013) Salinia revisited: a crystalline nappe sequence lying above the Nacimiento fault and dispersed along the San Andreas fault system, central California. International Geology Review 55:13, pages 1575-1615.
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BenjaminE. Surpless. (2012) Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the central Wassuk Range, western Nevada, USA. International Geology Review 54:5, pages 547-571.
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Alice Koerner, Cathy Busby, Keith Putirka & Christopher J. Pluhar. (2009) New evidence for alternating effusive and explosive eruptions from the type section of the Stanislaus Group in the ‘Cataract’ palaeocanyon, central Sierra Nevada. International Geology Review 51:9-11, pages 962-985.
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Christopher J. Pluhar, Alan L. Deino, Nathan M. King, Cathy Busby, Brian P. Hausback, Tracy Wright & Collin Fischer. (2009) Lithostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and radiometric dating of the Stanislaus Group, CA, and age of the Little Walker Caldera. International Geology Review 51:9-11, pages 873-899.
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Cathy J. Busby & Keith Putirka. (2009) Miocene evolution of the western edge of the Nevadaplano in the central and northern Sierra Nevada: palaeocanyons, magmatism, and structure. International Geology Review 51:7-8, pages 670-701.
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Haytham Sehsah, Ahmed M. Eldosouky & Luan Thanh Pham. (2022) Incremental Emplacement of the Sierra Nevada Batholith Constrained by U-Pb Ages and Potential Field Data. The Journal of Geology 130:5, pages 381-391.
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Jason Saleeby, Zorka Saleeby, Jason Robbins & Jan Gillespie. (2016) Sediment provenance and dispersal of Neogene–Quaternary strata of the southeastern San Joaquin Basin and its transition into the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Geosphere 12:6, pages 1744-1773.
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Elisabeth S. Nadin, Jason Saleeby & Martin Wong. (2016) Thermal evolution of the Sierra Nevada batholith, California, and implications for strain localization. Geosphere 12:2, pages 377-399.
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M. Robinson Cecil, Z. Saleeby, J. Saleeby & K.A. Farley. (2014) Pliocene–Quaternary subsidence and exhumation of the southeastern San Joaquin Basin, California, in response to mantle lithosphere removal. Geosphere 10:1, pages 129-147.
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C. J. Busby. (2013) Birth of a plate boundary at ca. 12 Ma in the Ancestral Cascades arc, Walker Lane belt of California and Nevada. Geosphere 9:5, pages 1147-1160.
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Cathy J. Busby, Alice K. Koerner, Benjamin L. Melosh, Jeanette C. Hagan & Graham D.M. Andrews. (2013) Sierra Crest graben-vent system: A Walker Lane pull apart within the ancestral Cascades arc. Geosphere 9:4, pages 736-780.
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A.E. Blythe & N. Longinotti. (2013) Exhumation of the southern Sierra Nevada–eastern Tehachapi Mountains constrained by low-temperature thermochronology: Implications for the initiation of the Garlock fault. Lithosphere 5:3, pages 321-327.
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J. Wakabayashi. (2013) Paleochannels, stream incision, erosion, topographic evolution, and alternative explanations of paleoaltimetry, Sierra Nevada, California. Geosphere 9:2, pages 191-215.
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J. Saleeby, L. Le Pourhiet, Z. Saleeby & M. Gurnis. (2012) Epeirogenic transients related to mantle lithosphere removal in the southern Sierra Nevada region, California, part I: Implications of thermomechanical modeling. Geosphere 8:6, pages 1286-1309.
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W. C. Hammond, G. Blewitt, Z. Li, H.-P. Plag & C. Kreemer. (2012) Contemporary uplift of the Sierra Nevada, western United States, from GPS and InSAR measurements. Geology 40:7, pages 667-670.
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Martin D. Hurst, Simon M. Mudd, Rachel Walcott, Mikael Attal & Kyungsoo Yoo. (2012) Using hilltop curvature to derive the spatial distribution of erosion rates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 117:F2.
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H. Gilbert. (2012) . Geosphere 8:6, pages 1310.
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Alan Chapman. (2012) . Geosphere 8:2, pages 314.
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C.C. Brossy. (2012) . Geosphere 8:3, pages 581.
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John W. Hillhouse & Sherman Grommé. (2011) Updated paleomagnetic pole from Cretaceous plutonic rocks of the Sierra Nevada, California: Tectonic displacement of the Sierra Nevada block. Lithosphere 3:4, pages 275-288.
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Andrew M. Frassetto, George Zandt, Hersh Gilbert, Thomas J. Owens & Craig H. Jones. (2011) Structure of the Sierra Nevada from receiver functions and implications for lithospheric foundering. Geosphere 7:4, pages 898-921.
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Colin B. Amos, Keith I. Kelson, Dylan H. Rood, David T. Simpson & Ronn S. Rose. (2010) Late Quaternary slip rate on the Kern Canyon fault at Soda Spring, Tulare County, California. Lithosphere 2:6, pages 411-417.
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M. Robinson Cecil, Mihai N. Ducea, Peter Reiners, George Gehrels, Andreas Mulch, Charlotte Allen & Ian Campbell. (2010) Provenance of Eocene river sediments from the central northern Sierra Nevada and implications for paleotopography. Tectonics 29:6, pages n/a-n/a.
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Alan D. Chapman, Steven Kidder, Jason B. Saleeby & Mihai N. Ducea. (2010) Role of extrusion of the Rand and Sierra de Salinas schists in Late Cretaceous extension and rotation of the southern Sierra Nevada and vicinity. Tectonics 29:5, pages n/a-n/a.
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Devin McPhillips & Mark T. Brandon. (2010) Using tracer thermochronology to measure modern relief change in the Sierra Nevada, California. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 296:3-4, pages 373-383.
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W.G. Ernst. (2010) Young convergent-margin orogens, climate, and crustal thickness—A Late Cretaceous–Paleogene Nevadaplano in the American Southwest?. Lithosphere 2:2, pages 67-75.
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Gweltaz Mahéo, Jason Saleeby, Zorka Saleeby & Kenneth A. Farley. (2009) Tectonic control on southern Sierra Nevada topography, California. Tectonics 28:6.
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