References for the Sea of Cortez Field Course
References are separated into field guides, articles, and travel guides.

Field Guides

Aranda-Gomez, J., Henry, C.D., Luhr, J. F. and McDowell, E.W, 1997. Cenozoic volcanism and tectonics in NW Mexico: a transect across the Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic field and observations on extension related magmatism in the southern basin and range and Gulf of California tectonic provinces. IAVCEI 1997 General Assembly, special publication excursion no. 11.

Ferrari, L, Nelson, S.A., and Roasa-Elguera, J., 1997. Tectonics and volcanism of the western Mexican Volcanic Belt. IAVCEI 1997 General Assembly, special publication excursion no. 12.

Gutmann, J.T. and Sheridan, M. F. Geology of the Pinacate volcanic field, Sonora, Mexico: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 2, p. 47-59.

Komorowski, J-C, Navarro, C., Cortés, A., Saucedo, R., Gavilanes, J. C., Siebe, C., Espindola, J-M., Rodríguez, 1997, The Colima Volcanic Complex, IAVCEI 1997 General Assembly, special publication excursion no.3.

Luhr, J.F. and Delgado-Grandos, H., 1997, Aerial examination of volcanoes along the the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and a visit to Parícutin. IAVCEI 1997 General Assembly, special publication excursion no.9.

Lynch, D.J. and Gutmann, J.T. Volcanic structures and alkaline rocks in the Pinacate volcanic field of Sonora, Mexico: in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic Diversity of Arizona and its Margins, Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 309-322.

Nelson, S.A. and Sanchez-Rubio, G. 1986. Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt field guide. Geological Association of Canada Volcanology Division Publications

Rodrigues-Elizarrarás S., Komorowski, J-C., Jiménez V., and Siebe, C.,1993, Libro-Guia de la excursion geologica al volcán Paricutin, estado de Michoacan, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

special publication excursion no. 8.

Sheridan, M. F. and Macias, J. L., 1992. Field guide to Colima Volcano: Colima Workshop of Volcanic Risk, University at Buffalo and Colima.

Related Articles

Connor, C.B., 1991. Structure and thermal characteristics of the summit dome, March, 1990 -March, 1991: Volcán Colima, Mexico. Geofisica Internacional, v32 n4, pp 643-657.

Connor, C.B., 1990. Cinder cone clustering in the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt implication for structural and petrologic models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 19395-19405.

Connor, C.B., 1987. Structure of the Michoacán-Guanajuato Volcanic Field, Mexico. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 33, 191-200.

Luhr, J.F. and Carmicheal, I.S.E., 1990. Petrological monitoring of cyclical eruptive activity at Volcán Colima, Mexico. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 42, 235-260.

Henry, C.D., 1995. Late Cenozoic extension in western mexico and relation to the proto-gulf of California. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v.27, n.6.

Luhr, J.F., 1995. The petrological evolution of Volcán San Juan: A water-rich volcano along the volcanic front in western Mexico. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v.27, n.6.

Luhr, J.F. and Carmicheal, I.S.E., 1981. The Colima Volcanic Complex, Mexico, Part. 2. Late-Quaternary cinder cones. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 76, 127-147.

Luhr, J.F. and Carmicheal, I.S.E., 1980. The Colima Volcanic Complex, Mexico, Part. 1 post caldera andesites from Volcán Colima. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 71, 343-372.

Luhr, J.F. and Simkin, T. 1993. Paricutin: The Volcano Born in a Mexican Cornfield. Geoscience Press, Phoenix, 427p.

Lutz, T.M. and Gutmann, J.T., 1995. An improved method for determining and characterizing alignments of pointlike features and its implications for the Pinacate Volcanic Field, Sonora, Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 17, 659-17670.

Mahood, G. 1981. A summary of the geology and petrology of the Sierra la Primavera, Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 10137-10152.

Mahood, G., 1980. Geological evolution of a Pleistocene, rhyolite center - Sierra la Primavera, Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 8, 199-230.

McDowell, F.W., 1995. The crustal lithosphere beneath the Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic field as inferred from radiogenic isotopes in rocks from the Tomochic volcanic center, western Chihuahua, Mexico. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v.27, n.6, p.357.

Moore, G., Marone, C., Carmicheal, I.S.E., and Renne, P., 1994. Basaltic volcanism near the intersection of the Sierra Madre volcanic province and the Mexican Volcanic Belt. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.106, 383-394.

Nelson, S.A. and Hegre, J., 1990. Volcán Las Navajas, a Pliocene-Pleistocene trachyte/peralkaline rhyolite volcano in the northwestern Mexican Volcanic Belt. Bulletin of Volcanology, 52, 186-204.

Robin, C., Cambus, G., and Gourguad, A., 1991. Eruptive and magmatic cycles at Fuego de Colima volcano (Mexico). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 45, 209-225.

Robin, C., Komorowski, J-C., Boudal, C., and Mossand, P, 1990. Mixed-magma pyroclastic surge deposits associated with debris avalanche deposits at Colima volcanoes, Mexico. Bulletin of Volcanology, 52, 391-403.

Robin, C., Mossand, P., Cambus, G., Cantagrel, J., Gourguad, A., and Vincent, P., 1987. Eruptive history of the Colima Volcanic Complex (Mexico). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 31, 99-113.

Sawlan, M.G., 1995. Death of a magma chamber: Evacuation of a layered dacite/andesite reservoir, Volcán Las Trés Virgenes, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v.27, n.6, p.359.

Sedlock, R. L., et al., 1993. Tectonostratigraphic terrances and tectonic evolution of Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 278.

Siebert, B., Glicken, H., and Ui, T., 1987. Volcanic hazards from Bezymianny- and Bandai-type eruptions. Bulletin of Volcanology, 49, 435-459.

Stoopes, G.R. and Sheridan, M. F., 1992. Giant debris avalanches from the Colima Volcanic Complex, Mexico: Implacations for long-runout landslides (<100 km) and hazard assessment. Geology, v. 20, p. 299-302.

Swanson, E.R. and McDowell, F.W., 1985. Geology and geochronology of the Tomochic caldera, Chihuahua, Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 96, 1477-1482.

Walawender, M. J. and Hanan, B. B., 1991. Geological excursions in Southern California and Mexico. San Diego State Univ. Press, San Diego, p. 44-67.

Wark, D.A., Kempter, K.A., and McDowell, F.W., 1990. Evolution of waning, subduction-related magmatism, northern Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102, 1555-1564.

Travel Guides

Bernhardson,W. and Wayne, S. 1994. The Lonely Planet: Baja California. Lonely Planet Publications,London.

Brosnahan, T. et al., 1995.The Lonely Planet: Mexico a travel survival kit; 5th edition.Lonely Planet Publications,London.

Cummings, J., 1994. Northern Mexico Handbook. Moon Pubications, Chino, California

Cummings, J, 1994. Baja handbook Moon Pubications, Chino, California

Healey, K., 1996. Kevin Healey's travel map of Mexico's Baja California 3rd. ed. International Tavel Maps, Vancouver, Canada.

Whipperman, B., 1995 . Moon Publications, Chino,California

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