Recent Publications of the Basin Analysis Group

*Kalbas, J.L., Fred, A.M., Ridgway, K.D., Contemporary fault mechanics in southern Alaska: Neotectonics of Alaska:  AGU Special Publication, in press.

Ridgway, K.D., and Flesch, L.M., 2007, Cenozoic tectonic processes along the southern Alaska convergent margin:  Geology, v. 35, no. 11, p. 1055-1056; doi:10.1130/focus 11 2007.1.

*Hampton, B.A., Ridgway, K.D., O’Neill, J.M., Gehrels, G.E., Schmidt, J. and Blodgett, R.B., 2007, A new stratigraphic framework and provenance history of Upper Triassic-Upper Cretaceous strata in the northern Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska:  in Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin: Crustal Evolution of Southern Alaska:  Geological Society of America Special Paper 431, doi:10.1130/2007.2431(16).

Ridgway, K.D., Thoms, E.E., *Lesh, M.E., Layer, P.W., White, J.M., and Smith, S.V., 2007, Stratigraphic record and provenance of Neogene foreland basin development, Usibelli Group and Nenana Gravel, Tanana basin, central Alaska Range:  in Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin: Crustal Evolution of Southern Alaska:  Geological Society of America Special Paper 431, doi:10.1130/2007.2431(20).

Trop, J.M. and Ridgway, K.D., 2007, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary basin development along the inboard and outboard margins of the Wrangellia composite terrane:  in Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin: Crustal Evolution of Southern Alaska:  Geological Society of America Special Paper 431, doi:10.1130/2007.2431(04).

*Manuszak, J.D., Ridgway, K.D., *Trop, J.M. and Gehrels, G.E., 2007, Sedimentary record of the tectonic growth of a collisional continental margin: Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous Nutzotin Mountain sequence, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: in Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin: Crustal Evolution of Southern Alaska:  Geological Society of America Special Paper 431, doi:10.1130/2007.2431(14).

*Lesh, M.E. and Ridgway, K.D., 2007, Geomorphic evidence of active transpressional deformation in the Tanana foreland basin, south-central Alaska:  in Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin: Crustal Evolution of Southern Alaska:  Geological Society of America Special Paper 431, doi:10.1130/2007.2431(22).

*Kalbas, J.L., Ridgway, K.D. and Gehrels, G.E., 2007, Sedimentary record of Late Early Cretaceous island arc collision in southwestern Alaska: Evidence from the Kahiltna assemblage of the western Alaska Range: in Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin: Crustal Evolution of Southern Alaska:  Geological Society of America Special Paper 431, doi:10.1130/2007.2431(13).

Trop, J.M., Ridgway, K.D., and Sweet, A.R., 2004, Stratigraphy, palynology, and provenance of the Colorado Creek basin: Oligocene transpressional tectonics along the central Denali fault system, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 41, p. 457-480

Murray, D.A., Ridgway, K.D., and Stamatakos, J.A., 2003, Stratigraphy of Oligocene and Lower Miocene strata-Yucca Mountain Region: Proceedings of the 10th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, La Grange Park, IL, American Nuclear Society (CD ROM publication).

O’Neill, J.M., Ridgway, K.D., and Eastham, K.R., 2003, Mesozoic sedimentation and deformation along the Talkeetna thrust fault, south-central Alaska – New insights and their regional tectonic significance, U.S. Geological Professional Paper, v. 1678, p. 83-92.

Hoy, R.G., and Ridgway, K.D., 2003, Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentological characteristics of fan delta and fluvial delta depositional systems, Pennsylvanian Minturn Formation, Colorado, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 87, p. 1169-1191.

Trop, J.M., Ridgway, K.D., and Spell, T.L., 2003, Sedimentary record of transpressional tectonics and ridge subduction in the Tertiary Matanuska Valley-Talkeetna Mountains forearc basin, southern Alaska, in V.B. Sisson, S.M. Roeske, and T.L. Pavlis, (eds.), Geology of a Transpressional Orogen Developed During Ridge-Trench Interaction Along the North Pacific Margin, Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 371, p. 89-118.

Witham, S.A., Krockover, G.H., Ridgway, K.D., and Zinsmeister, W.J., 2003, Lessons Online: Educational Technology for the Undergraduate Geology Classroom, Journal of College Science Teaching, v. XXXII, no. 4, p. 264-269.

Eastham, K.R., and Ridgway, K.D., 2002, Stratigraphic and provenance data from the Upper Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous Kahiltna assemblage of south-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1662, p. 45-53.

Ridgway, K.D., Trop, J.M., Nokleberg, W.J., Davidson, C.M., and Eastham, K.R., 2002, Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the eastern and central Alaska Range: Progressive basin development and deformation in a suture zone, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, p. 1480-1504.

Trop, J.M., Ridgway, K.D., and Layer, P.W., 2002, Mesozoic sedimentary basin development on the allochthonous Wrangellia composite terrane, Wrangell Mountains basin, Alaska: A long-term record of terrane migration and arc construction: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, p. 693-717.

Hoy, R.G., and Ridgway, K.D., 2002, Syndepositional thrust-related deformation and sedimentation in an Ancestral Rocky Mountains basin, Central Colorado trough, Colorado: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, p. 804-828.

Stamatakos, J.A., Trop, J.M., and Ridgway, K.D., 2001, Late Cretaceous paleogeography of Wrangellia: Paleomagnetism of the MacColl Ridge Formation, southern Alaska, revisited: Geology, v. 29, p. 947-950.

Chen, W.S., Ridgway, K.D., Horng, C.S., Chen, Y.G., Shea, K.S., and Yeh, M.G., 2001, Stratigraphic architecture, magnetostratigraphy, and incised-valley systems of the Pliocene-Pleistocene collisional marine foreland basin of Taiwan: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113, p. 1249-1271.

Trop, J.M., Krockover, G., and Ridgway, K.D., 2000, Integration of field observations with laboratory modeling for understanding hydrologic processes in an undergraduate earth science course: Journal of Geological Education, v. 48, p. 514-521.

Ridgway, K.D., Trop, J.M., and Sweet, A.R., 1999, Stratigraphy, depositional systems, and age of the White Mountain basin, Denali fault system, southwestern Alaska: Short Notes on Alaska Geology, Professional Report 119, p. 75-84.

Cole, R.B., Ridgway, K.D., Layer, P.W., and Drake, J., 1999, Kinematics of basin development during the transition from terrane accretion to strike-slip tectonics, Late Cretaceous early Tertiary Cantwell Formation, south central Alaska: Tectonics, v. 18, p. 1224-1244.

Manuszak, J.D., and Ridgway, K.D., 1999, Stratigraphic architecture of the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Nutzotin Mountains sequence, Nutzotin and Mentasta Mountains, Alaska: Short Notes on Alaska Geology, Professional Report 119,p. 63-75.

Ridgway, K.D., Trop, J.M., and Jones, D.E., 1999, Petrology and provenance of the Neogene Usibelli Group and Nenana Gravel: Implications for the denudation history of the central Alaska Range: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 69, p. 1262-1275.

Trop, J.M., Ridgway, K.D., Sweet, A.R., and Layer, P.W., 1999, Submarine fan deposystems and tectonics of a Late Cretaceous forearc basin along an accretionary convergent plate boundary, MacColl Ridge Formation, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 1-26.

Trop, J.M., and Ridgway, K.D., 1999, Sedimentology and provenance of the Paleocene-Eocene Arkose Ridge Formation, Cook Inlet-Matanuska Valley forearc basin, southern Alaska: Short Notes on Alaska Geology, Professional Report 119, p. 129-144

Hoy, R.G., and Ridgway, K.D., 1998, Deformation of Eocene synorogenic conglomerate in the footwall of the Clear Creek thrust fault, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming: The Mountain Geologist, v. 35, p. 55-64.

Ridgway, K.D., Trop, J.M., and Sweet, A.R., 1997, Thrust-top basin formation along a suture zone, Cantwell basin, Alaska Range: Implications for development of the Denali fault system: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 109, p. 595-523.

Hoy, R.G., and Ridgway, K.D., 1997, Structural and sedimentologic development of footwall growth synclines along an intraforeland uplift, east-central Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 109, p. 915-935.

Trop, J.M., and Ridgway, K.D., 1997, Petrofacies and provenance of a Late Cretaceous suture zone thrust-top basin, Cantwell basin, central Alaska Range: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 67, p. 469-485.

Ridgway, K.D., Sweet, A.R., and Cameron, A.R., 1995, Climatically-induced floristic changes across the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the northern high latitudes, Yukon Territory, Canada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, p. 676-696.

Recent Theses

Danielle Murray, M.S., 2002 – Oligocene to lower Miocene stratigraphy and extensional basin development, southwestern Nevada and southeastern California.

Mark Lesh, M.S., 2002 – Neotectonics and stratigraphy of the Alaska Range foreland basin and regional cross section of southern Alaska.

Kevin Eastham, M.S., 2002 – Sedimentological and provenance analysis of the Upper Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous Kahiltna Assemblage: Basin development and tectonics of the Alaska Range suture zone.

Richard Hoy, Ph.D., 2000 - Syndepositional deformation, sedimentation, and regional tectonics of an Ancestral Rocky Mountain basin, Central Colorado trough, Colorado, Ph.D. thesis, 252 p.

Jeffrey Manuszak, M.S., 2000 - Sedimentary and structural record of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous collisional tectonics, Nutzotin and Mentasta Mountains, east-central Alaska, M.S. thesis, 291 p.

Jeffrey Trop, Ph.D., 2000 - Sedimentary basin development within the Wrangellia composite terrane, Mesozoic Wrangell Mountains basin, southern Alaska: A long-term record of terrane migration and arc construction, Ph.D. thesis, 310 p.

Richard Hoy, M.S., 1996 - Laramide tectonics of the east-central Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming: Implications for footwall growth syncline evolution and intraforeland basin development, M.S. thesis, 130 p.

Jeffrey Trop, M.S., 1996 - Sedimentological, provenance, and structural analysis of the lower Cantwell Formation, Cantwell basin, central Alaska Range: Implications for development of a thrust-top basin, M.S. thesis, 222 p.

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