NAU Loreto Basin Bibliography


Loreto Basin Papers

Dorsey, R.J., Umhoefer, P.J., and Renne, P.R. (1995) Rapid subsidence and stacked Gilbert-type fan deltas, Pliocene Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sedimentary Geology, vol. 98, p. 181-204.

Umhoefer, P.J., Dorsey, R.J., and Renne, P.R. (1994) Tectonics of the Pliocene Loreto basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico, and evolution of the Gulf of California. Geology, vol. 22, p. 649-652.

Umhoefer, P.J. and Stone, K.A. (in press) Description and kinematics of the SE Loreto basin fault array, Baja California Sur, Mexico: a positive field test of oblique-rift models: Jour. Structural Geology.

Dorsey, R.J., Stone, K.A., and Umhoefer, P.J. (in press) Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and tectonic development of the southeastern Pliocene Loreto basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Invited contribution to G.S.A. Special Paper: Pliocene carbonates and related facies flanking the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur, Mexico, (ed. by M. E. Johnson and J. Ledesma).

Dorsey, R.J. (in press) Origin and Significance of Rhodolith-Rich Strata in the Punta El Bajo Section, Southeastern Pliocene Loreto Basin. Invited contribution to G.S.A. Special Paper: Pliocene carbonates and related facies flanking the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur, Mexico, (ed. by M. E. Johnson and J. Ledesma).


Loreto Basin Masters Theses at NAU

K. Andrew Stone: Geology and structural evolution of part of the southeast Loreto basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. M.S. Thesis completed Spring, 1994.

Peter Falk: Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and Gilbert-delta sedimentation in the southern Pliocene Loreto basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. M.S. Thesis anticipated Fall 1995 or Spring 1996.


Loreto Basin Abstracts

Dorsey, R.J. and Umhoefer, P.J. (in press) Sequence Stratigraphy and Structural Evolution of the Pliocene Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. AAPG 1996 Annual Convention, Abstract, accepted for oral presentation.

Dorsey, R.J., and Falk, P.D. (1995) Insights into earthquke cyclicity using geometry of foreset units in Gilbert-type fan deltas. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 27, p. 382.

Falk, P.D., Dorsey, R.J. (1995) Rapid development of high-density turbidity currents on steep foresets of Gilbert-type fan deltas. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 27, p. 128.

Umhoefer, P.J., Dorsey, R.J., and Mayer, L. (1995) Tectonic segmentation of the Gulf Extensional Province, Loreto region, Baja California Sur. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 27, p. 189.

Dorsey, R.J., Stone, K.A., and Umhoefer, P.J. (1995) Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and basin development of the southeastern Loreto basin, Baja California Sur. Third International Meeting on Geology of the Baja California Peninsula, La Paz, Baja California Sur, April 17-19, 1995.

Dorsey, R.J. (1995) Origin of rhodolith-bearing rocky shoreline and nearshore deposits from an active margin of the Pliocene Loreto basin. Third International Meeting on Geology of the Baja California Peninsula, La Paz, Baja California Sur, April 17-19, 1995.

Umhoefer, P.J., Dorsey, R.J., and Mayer, L. (1995) Preliminary observations on fault segmentation of the Gulf Extensional Province, Loreto region, Baja California Sur. Third International Meeting on Geology of the Baja California Peninsula, La Paz, Baja California Sur, April 17-19, 1995.

Dorsey, R.J., Mayer, L., and Umhoefer, U. (1994) Interplay between structural and geomorphic processes in the Pliocene-Quaternary Loreto basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. EOS - Trans. A.G.U. vol. 76, p. 296.

Umhoefer, P.J., Dorsey, R.J., and Stone, K.A. (1994) Timing of transtensional deformation in the southern Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 26, p. 100.

Umhoefer, P.J., Stone, K.A., and Dorsey, R.J. (1994) Geologic mapping of the southern Loreto basin, Baja California Sur, a Pliocene transtensional basin. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 26, p. 100.

Stone, K.A., Umhoefer, P.J., and Dorsey, R.J. (1994) Structural style and kinematics of the southeastern part of the Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr. vol. 26, p. 97.

Dorsey, R.J., P. Umhoefer, and P. Renne (1993) Structural controls on architecture of Gilbert fan deltas in rift basins: An example from the Pliocene Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico. EOS - Trans. A.G.U. vol. 74, p. 587.

Umhoefer, P.J., and Dorsey, R.J. (1993) Similar tectonic development of the Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico, and the southern Gulf of California: An isolated case or initiation of the modern Gulf of California at ~2.5 Ma throughout the Gulf region? EOS - Trans. A.G.U. vol. 74, p. 591.

Umhoefer, P.J., Dorsey, R.J., and Renne, P.R. (1993) Tectonics of the Pliocene Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur: A key to evolution of the Gulf of California? Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr., vol. 25, p. 283.

Dorsey, R.J., P. Umhoefer, and P. Renne (1993) Stratigraphy, age, and tectonics of the Pliocene Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Geological Society America Abstr. with Progr., vol. 25, p. 31.


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