Abstracts (2007-2011)

(*NMSU student coauthor)

Amato, J. M., Pavlis, T. L., Worthman, C., Kochelek, E., Day, E., Clift, P. D., and Hecker, J., Contrasting styles of sedimentation and deformation in the Chugach Terrane accretionary complex, south-central Alaska EOS, Transactions of American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, in press.

Day, E. M., Pavlis, T. L., and Amato, J. M., Diverging histories of the Liberty Creek and Iceberg Lake blueschist bodies, south-central AlaskaEOS, Transactions of American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, in press.

Amato, J. M., An assessment of provenance and maximum depositional ages using detrital zircons from Proterozoic, Cambrian, Ordovician, and Cretaceous sandstones, southwestern New Mexico, New Mexico Geology, v. 33, p. 50.

Jonell, T., Amato, J. M., and Ramos, F. C., 2011, U-Pb zircon ages and Sr isotopic composition of Paleogene intrusions and flows from the southern Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, Burro Mountains, southwest New Mexico, New Mexico Geology, v. 33, p. 52-53.

Akinin, V. V., Amato, J. M., Miller, E. L., Gottlieb, E., and Polzunenkov, G. O., 2011, New geochronologic data on pre-Mesozoic rocks (Neoproterozoic-Devonian) from the Arctic part of the Chukotka Peninsula, International Conference on Arctic Margins VI, in press.

Amato, J. M., Heizler, M. T., Boullion*, A. O., Sanders*, A. E., McLemore, V. T., Toro, J., Andronicos, C. L., 2010, Mesoproterozoic (1.46 Ga) magmatism and exhumation during crustal extension in the Mazatzal Province: The Burro Mountains gneiss dome, southern New Mexico, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5, p. 414.

Day, E. M., Pavlis, T. L., and Amato, J. M., 2010, Deformational history of the Liberty Creek and Iceberg Lake Blueschist bodies, south central Alaska, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5, p. 677.

Lawton, T. F., Amato, J. M., and McMillan, N. J., 2010, Laramide Deformation in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: Style, Controls, Age, and Semantics, in press.

Avant*, T., and Amato, J. M., 2010, A study of the Lincoln Fold Belt, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, New Mexico Geology, v. 32, p. 70.

Bright*, R., and Amato, J. M., 2010, Mesoproterozoic Diabase in Southwestern North America: A Proposal for Regional Magmatism, New Mexico Geology, v. 32, p. 63.

Worthman*, C., and Amato, J. M., 2010, Detrital zircon ages from the Chugach Terrane: A study of the McHugh Complex melange at Seldovia, Alaska, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 4, p. 66.

Kochelek*, E., and Amato, J. M., 2010, Detrital zircon ages from the Valdez Group indicate rapid latest Cretaceous deposition in the Chugach accretionary complex, southern Alaska, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 4, p. 46.

Amato, J. M., Pavlis, T. L., Clift, P., Day, E. M., and Worthman*, C., 2009, Multiple episodes of tectonic erosion and accretion in the McHugh Complex, Chugach Terrane, Southern Alaska, based on detrital zircon ages, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 405, 2009.

Lawton, T. F., Gonzalez-Leon, C. M., Amato, J. M., Iriondo, A., Leggett*, W. J., Mauel*, D. J., and Peryam*, T. C., 2009, Contrasting tectonic regimes recorded by Jurassic and Cretaceous arc-related sedimentary basins, Sonora, Mexico, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 137.

Amato, J. M., Toro, J., Miller, E. L., Gehrels, G. E., Farmer, G. L., Gottlieb*, E. S., and Till, A. B., Late Proterozoic–Paleozoic evolution of the Arctic Alaska Chukotka terrane: Evidence from zircon ages and geochemistry, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 5, p. 10, 2009.

Till, A. B., Amato, J. M., Aleinikoff, J.N., Dumoulin, J.A., and Bleick, H.A., Application of detrital zircon analysis to identify protolith age, basin evolution, potential correlatives, and provenance of penetratively deformed blueschist-facies metasedimentary rocks, northern Alaska, 11th International Thermochronology Conference Abstracts, Anchorage, Alaska, 2008.

Amato, J. M., Lawton, T., Leggett*, W., Mauel*, D., Gonzalez-Leon, C., Heizler, M., and Farmer, G. L., Caborcan Proterozoic basement in the Rancho La Lamina region, Sonora, Mexico: U-Pb ages, Nd isotopic composition, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology, and clast provenance indicate pre-Early Jurassic arrival and Laramide exhumation, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section and Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 1, p. 48, abstract 7-8, 2008.

Gottlieb*, E. S., and Amato, J. M., Structural evolution, transition from anatectic to mantle-derived magmatism, and timing of exhumation: Bendeleben metamorphic complex, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section and Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 1, p. 97, abstract 34-1, 2008.

Draut, A.E., Clift, P.D., Hannigan, R.E., Blusztajn, J., Amato, J.M., and Schouten, H., New geochemical and isotopic constraints on magmagenesis in an Ordovician arc-continent collision, Ireland-the Tyrone Igneous Complex: EOS, Transactions of American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, v. 88, p. 52, Abstract T42A-07, 2007.

Till, A. B., Slack, J. F., Ayuso, R. A., Shanks, W. C., Dumoulin, J., Amato, J., Aleinikoff, J. N., A., and Bleick, H.A., Syngenetic base-metal sulfide deposits of the Nome Group, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Alaska Miners Association Annual Meeting, 2007.

Amato, J. M., WikiGeo101: A wiki site for enhancing the teaching of introductory geoscience courses, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, abstract, 2007.

Gottlieb*, E., and Amato, J. M., Geologic mapping, structural analysis, and geochronology of the Bendeleben Mountains metamorphic complex, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 4, p. 5, 2-3, 2007.