Review and analysis of the age and origin of the Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley, southwestern USA

JE Spencer, PJ Patchett, PA Pearthree… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The lower Pliocene Bouse Formation in the lower Colorado River Valley
(southwestern USA) consists of basal marl and dense tufa overlain by siltstone and fine …

Late Cretaceous–early Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern California margin inferred from provenance of trench and forearc sediments

CE Jacobson, M Grove, JN Pedrick, AP Barth… - …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract During the Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic, southern California was impacted by
two anomalous tectonic events:(1) underplating of the oceanic Pelona-Orocopia-Rand …

Influence of climate change and uplift on Colorado Plateau paleotemperatures from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry

KW Huntington, BP Wernicke, JM Eiler - Tectonics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The elevation history of Earth's surface is key to understanding the geodynamic processes
responsible for the rise of plateaus. We investigate the timing of Colorado Plateau uplift by …

Eocene–Early Miocene paleotopography of the Sierra Nevada–Great Basin–Nevadaplano based on widespread ash-flow tuffs and paleovalleys

CD Henry, NH Hinz, JE Faulds, JP Colgan… - …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The distribution of Cenozoic ash-flow tuffs in the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada of
eastern California (United States) demonstrates that the region, commonly referred to as the …

Diachronous episodes of Cenozoic erosion in southwestern North America and their relationship to surface uplift, paleoclimate, paleodrainage, and paleoaltimetry

SM Cather, CE Chapin, SA Kelley - Geosphere, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The history of erosion of southwestern North America and its relationship to surface uplift is a
long-standing topic of debate. We use geologic and thermochronometric data to reconstruct …

Evidence for the overflow origin of the Grand Canyon

JC Douglass, BF Gootee, T Dallegge, A Jeong… - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Colorado River's course through Grand Canyon and across the topographic
high imposed by the Kaibab Plateau represents one of the most well-known transverse …

The California River and its role in carving Grand Canyon

B Wernicke - Bulletin, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recently published thermochronological and paleoelevation studies in the Grand Canyon
region, combined with sedimentary provenance data in both the coastal and interior portions …

Hybridization drives genetic erosion in sympatric desert fishes of western North America

TK Chafin, MR Douglas, BT Martin, ME Douglas - Heredity, 2019 - nature.com
Many species have evolved or currently coexist in sympatry due to differential adaptation in
a heterogeneous environment. However, anthropogenic habitat modifications can either …

Diversity dynamics of Miocene mammals in relation to the history of tectonism and climate

JA Finarelli, C Badgley - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Continental biodiversity gradients result not only from ecological processes, but also from
evolutionary and geohistorical processes involving biotic turnover in landscape and climatic …

A molecular taxonomy of Cottus in western North America

MK Young, R Smith, KL Pilgrim, DJ Isaak… - Western North American …, 2022 - BioOne
The taxonomy of sculpins (Cottus, Cottidae) remains one of the last major unresolved
puzzles in the systematics of North American freshwater fishes. We used molecular …