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Publications from J. Brian Mahoney PUBLICATIONS (*) indicates student coauthor Journal Articles: Buelow, Ellen*, Suriano, Julieta, Mahoney, J. Brian, Kimbrough, David, Mescua, José F. and Giambiagi, Laura B., 2018, Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Cacheuta Basin: Constraints on the Development of the Miocene Retroarc Foreland Basin, South-Central Andes; Lithosphere (in press). Suriano, J., Mardonez, D., Mahoney, J.B., Mescua, J.F., Giambiagi, L.B., Kimbrough, D., Lossada, A., 2016, Uplift sequence of the Andes at 30°S: insights from sedimentology and U/Pb dating of synorogenic deposits; Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 75, p. 11-34. Oyer, N., Childs, J., and Mahoney, J.B., 2014, Regional setting and deposit geology of the Golden Sunlight Mine: An example of responsible resource extraction, in Shaw, C.A., and Tikoff, B., eds., Exploring the Northern Rocky Mountains: Geological Society of America Field Guide 37, p. 115–144, doi:10.1130/2014.0037(06). Kimbrough, David L., Abbott, Patrick L., Balch, Duane C., Hosken Bartling, Sarah, Grove, Marty, Mahoney, J. Brian and Donohue, Robert F., 2014, Upper Jurassic Peñasquitos Formation—Forearc basin western wall rock of the Peninsular Ranges batholith, in, Morton, D.M. and Miller, F.K., eds, Peninsular Ranges Batholith, Baja California and Southern California; Geological Society of America Memoir 211, p. 625-645. Hoke, G.D., Giambiagi, L.B., Garzione, C.N., Mahoney, J.B., and Strecker, M.R., 2014, Neogene paleoelevation of intermontane basins in a narrow, compressional mountain range, southern Central Andes of Argentina: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 406, p. 153-164. Haggart, J.W., Bell, K.M., Schröder-Adams, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Mahoney, J.B., and Jackson, K., 2013, New biostratigraphic data from Cretaceous strata of the Eagle Plain region, northern Yukon: reassessment of age, regional stratigraphic relationships, and depositional controls: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 61., No. 2, pp. 101-132. Kimbrough, D.L., Grove, M., Gehrels, G.E., Mahoney, J.B., Dorsey, R.J., Howard, K.A., House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A. and Flessa, K., 2011. Detrital zircon record of Colorado River integration into the Salton Trough. CRevolution, pp.2011-1210. Haggart, James W., Mahoney, J. Brian, Forgette, Michelle*, Carter, Elizabeth S., Schroder-Adams, Claudia, MacLaurin, Catherine I*., and Sweet, Arthur R., 2011, Paleoenvironmental and chronological constraints on the Mount Tatlow succession, British Columbia: first recognition of radiolarian and formaniferal faunas in the Intermontane Cretaceous back-arc basins of western Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 48, no. 6, p. 952-972. MacLaurin, Catherine I.*, Mahoney, J. Brian, Haggart, James W., Goodin, J. Russell* and Mustard, Peter S., 2011, The Jackass Mountain Group of south-central British Columbia: depositional setting and evolution of an Early Cretacous deltaic complex: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 48, no. 6, p. 930-951. Sears, J.W., Link, P.K., Balgord, E.A.*, and Mahoney, J.B., 2010, Quartzite of Argenta, Beaverhead County, Montana, revisited: Definitive evidence of Precambrian age indicates edge of Belt basin: Northwest Geology, v. 39, p. 41-47. Mahoney. J. Brian, Gordee*, S.M., Haggart, J.W., Friedman, R.M., Diakow, L.J., Woodsworth, G.J., 2009, Magmatic Evolution of the Eastern Coast Plutonic Complex, Bella Coola Region, West Central British Columbia: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 121, p. 1362-1380. Gehrels, G., Rusmore, M., Woodsworth, G., Crawford, M., Andronicos, C., Hollister, L., Patchett, J., Ducea, M., Butler, R., Klepeis, K., Davidson, C., Friedman, R., Haggart, J., Mahoney, B., Crawford, W., Pearson, D., and Girardi J., 2009, U-Th-Pb geochronology of the Coast Mountains batholith in north-coastal British Columbia: Constraints on age and tectonic evolution; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 121, p. 1341-136. Haus, K.L.*, Hooper, R.L., Strumness, L.A.*, and Mahoney, J.B., 2008, Analysis of arsenic speciation in mine contaminated sediment using selective sequential extraction, HR-ICPMS and TEM, Applied Geochemistry, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 692-704. Grove, M., Bebout, G.E., Jacobson, C.E., Barth, A.P., Kimbrough, D.L., King, R.L., Zou, H., Lovera, O.M., Mahoney, J.B., and Gehrels, G.E., 2008, The Catalina Schist: Evidence for mid-Cretaceous subduction erosion of southwestern North America, in Draut, A.E., Clift, P.D., and Scholl, D.W., eds., Formation and applications of the sedimentary record in arc collision zones, Geological Society of America Special Paper 436, p. 335-362. Anderson, T.H. and Mahoney, J.B., 2006, Late Jurassic basins: The tracks of a continental-scale transform from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska, in Haggart, J.W., Enkin, R.J. and Monger, J.W.H., eds., Paleogeography of the North American Cordillera: Evidence For and Against Large-Scale Displacements: Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 46, p. 369-375. Enkin, R.J., Mahoney, J.B. and Baker, J., 2006, Paleomagnetic signature of the Silverquick/Powell Creek succession, south-central British Columbia: Reaffirmation of Late Cretaceous large-scale terrane translation, in Haggart, J.W.,Enkin, R.J. and Monger, J.W.H., eds., Paleogeography of the North American Cordillera: Evidence For and Against Large-Scale Displacements: Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 46, p. 201-220. Weis, D., Kieffer, B., Maerschalk, C., Barling, J., de Jong, J., Williams, G., Hanano, D., Pretorius, W., Mattielli, N., Scoates, J., Goolaerts, A., Friedman, R., Mahoney, J. B., 2006, High-precision isotopic characterization of USGS reference materials by TIMS and MC-ICP-MS, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed), Vol. 7, Q08006 DOI 10.1029/2006GC001283 Kimbrough, D.L., Abbott, P.L., Grove, M., Smith, D.P., Mahoney, J.B., Moore, T.M., Gehrels, G.E., 2006, Contrasting cratonal provencance of Upper Cretaceous Valle Group quartzite clasts, Baja California, in, Girty, G.H., and Cooper, J.D., eds., Using Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Geochemistry to Unravel the Geologic History of the Southwestern Cordillera, SEPM volume 101, p. 97-110. Mahoney, J. Brian, 2005, Isotopic fingerprinting of fine-grained clastic sediments: A case study of Western Pacific marginal basins; Sedimentary Geology, vol. 182, p. 183-199. Mahoney, J Brian, and Horn, Michael C., 2005, Geology of the Vienna mineralized area, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin, Report: B 2064-DD, 9 pp. DeGraaff-Surpless, K., Mahoney, J. Brian, Wooden, J.L., McWilliam, M.O., 2003, Lithofacies control in detrital zircon provenance studies: Insights from the Cretaceous Methow Basin, southern Canadian Cordillera: Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 115, no. 8, p. 899-915. Haskin, M.L.*, Enkin, R.J., Mahoney, J. Brian, Mustard, P.S. and J. Baker, 2003, Deciphering shallow paleomagnetic inclinations in the southern Canadian Cordillera - 1: Implications from Albian volcanic rocks along the Insular/Intermontane Superterrane boundary: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, no. B4, p. 2105. Enkin, R.J., Mahoney, J.Brian, Baker, J, and Riesterer, J.*, 2003, Deciphering shallow paleomagnetic inclinations in the southern Canadian Cordillera - 2: Implications from Late Cretaceous strata overlapping the Insular/Intermontane Superterrane boundary: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, no. B4, p. 2186. Enkin, R.J., Mahoney, J.Brian, Haugerud, R.A., and Kiessling, M.D.*, 2002, Syntectonic remagnetization in the southern Methow block: Resolving large displacements in the southern Canadian Cordillera; Tectonics, vol. 21, no. 4, 10.1029/2001TC001294. Rowe, C.A.*, Mustard, P.S., Mahoney, J.B., and Katnick, D.C., 2002, Oriented clastic dike swarms as indicators of paleoslope? An example from the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Canada, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 72, no. 1, p. 197-205. Kimbrough, D.L., Smith, D.P., Mahoney, J.B., Moore, T.E., Grove, Marty, Gastil, R.G., Ortega Rivera, M.A., and Fanning, C.M., 2001, Forearc basin sedimentary response to rapid Late Cretaceous batholith emplacement in the Peninsular Ranges of southern and Baja California: Geology, v. 29, p. 491–494. Riesterer, J.*, Mahoney, J. Brian, and Link, Paul Karl, 2001, The conglomerate of Churn Creek: Late Cretaceous basin evolution along the Insular/Intermontane superterrane boundary, southern British Columbia, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 38, p. 59-73. Mahoney, J. Brian, Mustard, Peter S., Haggart, James W., Friedman, Richard M., Fanning, C. Mark, McNicoll, Vicki J., 1999, Archean zircons in Cretaceous strata of the western Canadian Cordillera: the “Baja B.C.” hypothesis fails a ‘crucial test”, Geology, V. 27, no. 3, p. 195-198. Mahoney, J. Brian, Hooper, Robert L., and Michael, Greg*, 1998, Resolving compositional variations in fine-grained clastic sediments: a comparison of isotopic and mineralogical sediment characteristics, Shikoku Basin, Philippine Sea; in Schieber, J., Zimmerle, W., and Sethi, P., eds., Mudstones and Shales, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 177-194. Mahoney, J. Brian, Havholm, Karen G., Runkel, Anthony C., and Hooper, Robert L., 1997, Late Cambrian shelf sedimentation, Upper Mississippi Valley, Wisconsin and Minnesota (abbreviated version); in Mudrey, M.G., ed., Field Trips in Wisconsin and Adjacent Areas of Minnesota; 31st Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, p. 51-67. Mahoney, J. Brian, Friedman, R.M., and McKinley, S., 1995, Evolution of a Middle Jurassic arc: Stratigraphic, isotopic, and geochemical characteristics of the Harrison Lake Formation, southwestern British Columbia; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 32, no. 10, p. 1759-1776. Friedman, R.M., Mahoney, J.B., and Cui, Y., 1995, Magmatic evolution of the Southern Coast Belt: Constraints from Nd-Sr isotopic systematics and geochronology of the southern Coast Plutonic Complex; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 32, no. 10, p. 1681-1698. Monger, J.W.H., van der Heyden, P., Journeay, J.M., Evenchick, C.A., and Mahoney, J.B., 1994, Jurassic- Cretaceous basins along the Canadian Coast Belt: Their bearing on pre-mid Cretaceous sinistral displacements; Geology, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 175-178.
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