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Gary Axen, Adjunct Associate Professor Structural Geology & Tectonics

Mailing Address:	Department of Earth & Environmental Science New Mexico Tech 801 Leroy Place Socorro, NM 87801
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E-mail:	gaxen@ees.nmt.edu

Publications (*indicates invited publication)

In Review
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, 38 ms. Pages, 5 figures; revised November, 2002.

In Press
*Axen, G.J., Low-angle normal fault mechanics and crustal strength: submitted to MARGINS Rupturing of Continental Lithosphere Initiative special volume, resulting from Feb. 2000 "Theoretical and Experimental Institute", Snowbird, Utah, 41 ms pages, 10 figures, revised July 2002.

2002
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
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.

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.

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.

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.

2000
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.

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
Axen, G.J., Low-angle normal fault earthquakes and triggering: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 26, p. 3693-3696.

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.

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
*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.

*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.

*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.

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
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.

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
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.

Axen, G.J., Extensional segmentation of the Main Gulf Escarpment, Mexico and United States: Geology, v. 23, p. 515-518.

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.

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
Axen, G.J. and Selverstone, J., Stress state and fluid pressure level on the Whipple detachment fault, California: Geology, v. 22, p. 835-838.

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
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).

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.

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
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.

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.

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
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.

Axen, G.J., Tertiary extension, magmatism, and thrust reactivation in the southern Great Basin, and a mechanical model for detachment faulting: unpublished Ph. D. thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 235 p., 6 plates (maps and sections at 1:50,000 and 1:12,000 scales).

1990
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).

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.

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
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.

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.

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.

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
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bartley, J.M., Axen, G.J., Taylor, W.J., and Fryxell, J.E., Cenozoic tectonics of a transect through eastern Nevada near 38oN 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
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.

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
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
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
Axen, G.J., Thrusts in the eastern Spring Mountains, Nevada: geometry and mechanical implications: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 95, p. 1202-1207.

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 Excursions, v. 4, Geological Society of America 1984 National Meeting Field Trip Guidebook, p. 473-510.

1982
Burchfiel, B.C., Wernicke, B.P., Willemin, J.H., Axen, G.J., and Cameron, C.S., A new type of decollement thrusting: Nature, v. 300, no. 5892, p. 513-515.

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Abstracts

Guest, B., Axen, G.J., Stockli, D., Hassanzadeh, J., Lam, P., and Grove, M., 2002, A new tectonic model describing the late Tertiary and Quaternary structural evolution of the Alborz Mountains, northern Iran: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 330.

Hassanzadeh, J., Ghazi, A.M., Axen, G.J., Guest, B., Stockli, D., and Tucker, P., 2002, Oligocene mafic-alkaline magmatism in north and northwest of Iran: Evidence for the separation of the Alborz from the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 331.

*Axen, G.J., 2001, Mechanical roles of transient metamorphic fluid production in embrittlement of ductile shear zones: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. 51.

Axen, G.J, Stockli, D., Lam, P., Guest, B., and Hassanzadeh, J., 2001, Implications of preliminary (U-Th)/He cooling ages and U/Pb crystallization ages from the central Alborz Mountains, Iran: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. 257.

Guest, B., Axen, G.J., Hassanzadeh, J., Cummings, D., and McIntosh, W., 2001, Preliminary sedimentary-tectonic history and Ar/Ar ages from the "Neogene" redbeds, Taleghan Valley, Alborz Mountains, Iran: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. 258.

Axen, G.J., 2001, Palinspastic reconstructions of southern California and northern Gulf of California: Implications for Mojave and Transverse Ranges tectonic histories: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 3, p. 73.

*Axen, G.J., 2000, Rigid microplates, deforming terrains, and the slip budgets of the southern San Andreas fault system and the Gulf of California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 157. (invited presentation at the NSF MARGINS Education and Planning Workshop, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October 27-29, 2000).

Axen, G.J., 2000, New palinspastic reconstructions of the southern San Andreas fault system and northern Gulf of California at 2, 4, 6.5, and 12 Ma: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, p. 1243.

Stockli, D.F., Axen, G. J., Lam, P., Grove, M., and Hassanzadeh, J., in press, Exhumation of the Alborz Mountains, northern Iran: Implications for the subsidence history in the southern Caspian: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, p. 1073.

Lam, P.L., Axen, G.J., Grove, M., Stockli, D.F., and Hassanzadeh, J., in press, Cenozoic intrusive, thermal and structural history of the west-central Alborz Mountains, northern Iran: Implications for Caspian subsidence and collision-related tectonics: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, p. 1108.

Keilis-Borok, V., Gabrielov, A., Zaliapin, I., Newman, W.I., Axen, G., and Shebalin, P., 2000, Selforganization of critical transitions in the colliding cascades with applications to earthquake predition: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, p. 556.

Zalaiapin, I., Keilis-Borok, V., Axen, G., Gabrielov, A., Newman, W.I., Premonitory redistribution of sesimicity over the fault network in southern California: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, p. 558.

Hazelton, G. B., Grove, M., and Axen, G.J., 2000, Argon diffusion parameters from in vacuo step-heating experiments of pseudotachylyte glass: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, p. 1190.

Mendoza-Borunda, R., Axen, G.J., Fletcher, J.M., Suárez-Vidal, F., in press, Scales of segmentation of the Sierra Juárez escarpment and mechanical evolution of Mesa Triangular synthetic accommodation zone, NE Baja California, México: Unión Geofísica Mexicana.

Mendoza-Borunda, R., Axen, G.J., Sandeman, H., Fletcher, J.M., Suárez-Vidal, F., Ortega-Rivera, A., Martín-Barajas, A., and Grover, T.M., 2000, Structure of the Main Gulf Escarpment in the central Sierra Juárez, northeastern Baja California, Mexico: Presented at the the NSF MARGINS Education and Planning Workshop, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October 27-29, 2000, published on MARGINS website only.

Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J., and Wawrzyniec, T. F., 2000, Fluid involvement in strengthening and embrittlement of high-temperature shear zones: presented at meeting "Nature and tectonic significance of fault-zone weakening" co-sponsored by the Geological Societies of London and of America; London, March 7-9.

Hazelton, G.B., Grove, M., and Axen, G.J., 2000, 40Ar/39Ar results from K-feldspar dominated pseudotachylyte from the footwall of the Whipple detachment fault, California: presented at meeting "Nature and tectonic significance of fault-zone weakening" co-sponsored by the Geological Societies of London and of America; London, March 7-9.

Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J., and Wawrzyniec, T. F., 1999, Rapid thinning and embrittlement of ductile shear zones: Alternatives to P and T as principal controls on the brittle-ductile transition: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v.80, no. 46, p. F1021.

Hazelton, G.B., Grove, M., and Axen, G.J., 1999, Argon diffusion in pseudotachylyte and glass: Implications for the development of a pseudotachylyte chronometer: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v.80, no. 46, p. F1026.

*Axen, G.J., 1999, Strain partitioning among low-angle normal faults, strike-slip faults, and incipient spreading centers, northern Gulf of California, Mexico and Salton trough, California: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 80, no. 17, p. 340.

Fackler-Adams, B.N., and Axen, G.J., 1999, Rifting history in Baja California adjacent to the Ballenas transform, Gulf of California: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v.80, no.17, p. 340.

Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J., and Wawrzyniec, T., 1998 (in press), Brittle fracturing in high-temperature "ductile" shear zones: strain rate, fluid pressure, and shear zone evolution: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union.

Hazelton, G., Grove, M., and Axen, G.J., 1998 (in press), Kinetics of Ar in pseudotachylyte from the Whipple Mountains, CA: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union

Wawrzyniec, T.F., Selverstone, J., and Axen, G.J., 1998, Relationships among fluid compositions and structural styles during footwall uplift below the Simplon low-angle normal fault, central Alps, Switzerland: : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 7, p. A-64.

Parkin, E., and Axen, G., 1998, Tectonic controls on deformation and sedimentation in the Bahía de Guadalupe area, Baja California, Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 5, p. 58.

Hazelton, G.B., Axen, G.J., and Grove, M., 1998, Pseudotachylyite formation during seismogenic low-angle normal faulting, Whipple detachment fault(WDF), California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 5, p. 19.

Axen, G.J., and Fletcher, J.M., in press (1997), Interaction between detachment faults and crustal accretion, Salton Trough-northern Gulf of California: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting.

Axen, G.J., and Parkin, E., 1997, The Gulf Extensional Province, northern Baja California: Along-strike changes in segment ages and tectonic styles: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. 376.

*Selverstone, J., Wawrzyniec, T., and Axen, G.J., 1997, Low-angle versus high-angle extensional faulting associated with exhumation of deep-seated rocks: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. 120.

Wawrzyniec, T., Selverstone, J., and Axen, G.J., 1997, An integrated structural and fluid-inclusion study of footwall unroofing along the Simplon line, central Alps, Switzerland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. 234.

Axen, G. J., Stockli, D. F., Rothstein, D., Grove, M., and Cadkin, J., 1997, Transition from detachment to strike-slip faulting along the Pacific-North American plate margin, NE Baja California, Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 5, p. 2.

Axen, G. J., and Parkin, E., 1997, Late Tertiary deformation and sedimentation in the Bahía de Guadalupe area: Onshore effects of the Ballenas transform?: Memorias de la IV reunion internacional sobre geología de la peninsula de Baja California, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, 1 p.

Romero-Espejel, H., Axen, G. and Martín-Barajas, A., Structure of the Gulf escarpment in the northern Sierra Juarez, Baja California: Memorias de la IV reunion internacional sobre geología de la peninsula de Baja California, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, 1 p.

Selverstone, J., Hazelton, G. and Axen, G.J., 1996, Mylonitization, cataclasis and frictional melting on "minidetachments" in the Whipple Mountains core: Evolution and seismicity of low-angle normal faults in the midcrust: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 77, p. F718

Mendoza-Borunda, R., Axen, G.J., and Frías-Camacho, V., 1995, Fallamiento normal en la parte sur de la zona de falla de Sierra Juarez, en la vecindad del Escarpe Principal del Golfo: evidencia de cambios en la direccion de extension, en esta latitud(?), GEOS, v. 15, no. 2, Libro de Resumenes, p. 69.

*Axen, Gary J., 1995, Rolling hinges: A status report on field tests and their implications: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. 69.

Mendoza-Borunda, R. and Axen, G.J., 1995, Preliminary analysis of the Late Cenozoic structural history of the southern Sierra Juárez fault zone in the vicinity of the Main Gulf Escarpment: Third International Meeting on Geology of the Baja California Peninsula, Peninsular Geological Society and Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California, p. 126-127.

*Axen, G.J., Selverstone, J., and Bartley, J.M., 1995, Rolling hinge footwall uplift developed during synchronous east-west extension and north-south shortening, Tauern Window: in Schmid, S.M., Froitzheim, N., Heilbronner, R., Stünitz, H., and Frey, M., eds., Second Workshop on Alpine Geology, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Basel Switzerland, p. 76-78.

*Selverstone, J., Axen, G.J., and Bartley, J.M., 1995, Kinematic tests of dynamic models for footwall unroofing during extension in the eastern Alps: in Schmid, S.M., Froitzheim, N., Heilbronner, R., Stünitz, H., and Frey, M., eds., Second Workshop on Alpine Geology, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Basel Switzerland, p. 56-58.

Axen, G.J., and Romero-Espejel, H., 1994, Vergence reversal of extensional fault systems along the Main Gulf Escarpment, northeastern Baja California, Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 251.

Axen, G. and Romero-Espejel, H., 1994, Cambio de dirección en el busamiento de los sistemas de fallamiento basal de la parte norte del escarpe principal del Golfo de California: Geos, v. 14, no. 5, p.74.

Axen, G.J. and Selverstone, J., 1994, Late structures of the Whipple Mountains core, southeast California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 2, p. 35.

*Axen, G.J., 1994, Tectono-magmatic evolution of the Caliente-Cedar City accommodation zone (CCCAZ), Nevada and Utah, invited for symposium "Accommodation zones and transfer zones: Significance and nature of the large-scale Cenozoic segmentation of the Basin and Range province": Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 2, p. 35.

Selverstone, J.E., Axen, G.J., and Bartley, J.M., 1993, P-T conditions of successive fracturing events during unroofing of an extensional mylonite zone: constraints from oriented fluid inclusion planes: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. A-423.

Axen, G.J., 1993, Late Neogene–Quaternary left slip on N-striking faults, SE Nevada–SW Utah area: An event distinct from Miocene WSW-directed major extension?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 5, p. 5.

Axen, G., Selverstone, J., and Bartley, J., 1992, Late structures formed in a migrating "rolling hinge" below the Brenner Line normal shear zone, western Tauern Window, Eastern Alps: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A147.

Axen, G.J., Taylor, W.J., and Bartley, J.M., 1991, Space-time patterns of the onset of Tertiary extension and magmatism, southern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. A190.

Axen, G.J., 1991, Pore pressure, stress increase, and fault weakening in low-angle normal fault zones: Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 72, p. 442.

*Axen, G.J., 1990, Deformation on a shallow ramp-flat detachment, Tule Springs Hills, Nevada: mechanical implications: in poster symposium "Geologic maps of metamorphic core complexes and highly extended areas", Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 3, p. 4.

Wdowinski, S. and Axen, G.J., 1990, Isostatic rebound due to tectonic denudation: A viscous flow model of a layered lithosphere: Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 71, no. 17, p. 633.

Burke, K.B., and Axen, G.J., 1990, Structural geometry and timing of deformation in the northern Chief and southernmost Highland Ranges near Pioche, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 3, p. 11.

Axen, G.J., Lewis, P.L., Sleeper, K.G., and Burke, K.J., 1988, Tertiary detachment faulting in the Pioche area, Lincoln County, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 3, p. 140.

Axen, G.J., Burke, K.J., and Fletcher, J.M., 1988, Tertiary extensional and volcanic history of the Condor Canyon area, Lincoln County, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 3, p. 140.

Skelly, M.F. and Axen, G.J., 1988, Thrust correlation and Tertiary disruption within the Sevier thrust belt, Muddy Mountains - Tule Springs Hills area, southern Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 3, p. 232.

Axen, G.J., Bartley, J.M., and Taylor, W.J., 1987, Time-space relationships of Tertiary extension and magmatism in the eastern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 6, p. 355.

Axen, G.J. and Wernicke, B.P., 1987, Magnitude and style of Miocene upper-crustal extension in the southern Nevada area: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 7, p. 576.

Axen, G.J. and Wernicke, B.P., 1986, Structural characteristics of large-scale upper crustal extension within an older foreland thrust belt: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 6, p. 530.

Axen, G.J., 1986, Geometric analysis of planar domino-style normal faults above dipping basal detachment faults: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 5, p. 339.

Axen, G.J., 1985, Twice-rotated rocks of the Ely Springs Range, Nevada: implications for estimates of extension: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 6, p. 338-339.

Axen, G.J. and Skelly, M.F., 1984, Folding and low-angle faulting of Mesozoic and Tertiary age, Moapa Peak - Glendale area, southern Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 434.

Jones, D.A., Schmitt, J.G., and Axen, G.J., 1984, Sedimentology, provenance, and tectonic significance of the Brownstone Basin Conglomerate, Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous(?), Spring Mountains, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 552.

Willemin, J.H., Burchfiel, B.C., Carr, M.D., Axen, G.J., Cameron, C.S., and Davis, G.A., 1981, Detailed geometry of a foreland thrust: the Keystone thrust, southern Nevada and southeastern California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 13. no. 7, p. 581.

Burchfiel, B.C., Willemin, J.H., Carr, M.D., Cameron, C.S., Axen, G.J., and Davis, G.A., 1981, Style and geometry of thrusting and related deformation, Keystone thrust system, southern Nevada and southeastern California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 13, no. 7, p. 581.

Axen, G.J., 1980, Geological relations and mechanical implications for thrust faulting at La Madre Mountain, northeastern Spring Mountains, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 12, no. 3, p. 95.

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