VOLCANOLOGY:

Mariek E. Schmidt and Anita L. Grunder

The evolution of North Sister: A volcano shaped by extension and ice in the central Oregon Cascade Arc
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 643-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard S. Fiske, Timothy R. Rose, Donald A. Swanson, Duane E. Champion, and John P. McGeehin

Kulanaokuaiki Tephra (ca. A.D. 400–1000): Newly recognized evidence for highly explosive eruptions at Klauea Volcano, Hawai‘i
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 712-728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mark H. Anders, Janet Saltzman, and Sidney R. Hemming

Neogene tephra correlations in eastern Idaho and Wyoming: Implications for Yellowstone hotspot-related volcanism and tectonic activity
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 837-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luigina Vezzoli and Valerio Acocella

Easter Island, SE Pacific: An end-member type of hotspot volcanism
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 869-886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

TECTONICS:

Alexander N. Steely, Susanne U. Janecke, Rebecca J. Dorsey, and Gary J. Axen

Early Pleistocene initiation of the San Felipe fault zone, SW Salton Trough, during reorganization of the San Andreas fault system
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 663-687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Oscar A. Merino-Tomé, Juan R. Bahamonde, Juan R. Colmenero, Nemesio Heredia, Elisa Villa, and Pedro Farias

Emplacement of the Cuera and Picos de Europa imbricate system at the core of the Iberian-Armorican arc (Cantabrian zone, north Spain): New precisions concerning the timing of arc closure
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 729-751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bruce H. Wilkinson, Brandon J. McElroy, Stephen E. Kesler, Shanan E. Peters, and Edward D. Rothman

Global geologic maps are tectonic speedometers—Rates of rock cycling from area-age frequencies
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 760-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mauricio Parra, Andrés Mora, Carlos Jaramillo, Manfred R. Strecker, Edward R. Sobel, Luis Quiroz, Milton Rueda, and Vladimir Torres

Orogenic wedge advance in the northern Andes: Evidence from the Oligocene-Miocene sedimentary record of the Medina Basin, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 780-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

QUATERNARY GEOLOGY / GEOMORPHOLOGY:

Ari Matmon, Ori Simhai, Rivka Amit, Itai Haviv, Naomi Porat, Eric McDonald, Lucilla Benedetti, and Robert Finkel

Desert pavement–coated surfaces in extreme deserts present the longest-lived landforms on Earth
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 688-697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jennifer R. Miller and Jonathan M. Friedman

Influence of flow variability on floodplain formation and destruction, Little Missouri River, North Dakota
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 752-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

MARINE GEOLOGY:

Päivi Heiniö and Richard J. Davies

Trails of depressions and sediment waves along submarine channels on the continental margin of Espirito Santo Basin, Brazil
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 698-711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Hesse, S. Back, and D. Franke

The deep-water fold-and-thrust belt offshore NW Borneo: Gravity-driven versus basement-driven shortening
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 939-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PETROLOGY-IGNEOUS:

Sergio Rocchi, Gianfranco Di Vincenzo, Claudio Ghezzo, and Isabella Nardini

Granite-lamprophyre connection in the latest stages of the early Paleozoic Ross Orogeny (Victoria Land, Antarctica)
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 801-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jamshid Ahmadian, Michael Haschke, Iain McDonald, Marcel Regelous, Mohammad RezaGhorbani, Mohammad Hashem Emami, and Mamoru Murata

High magmatic flux during Alpine-Himalayan collision: Constraints from the Kal-e-Kafi complex, central Iran
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 857-868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PETROLOGY-SEDIMENTARY:

Timothy F. Lawton, Ira A. Bradford, Francisco J. Vega, George E. Gehrels, and Jeffrey M. Amato

Provenance of Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene sandstones in the foreland basin system of the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico, and its bearing on fluvial dispersal systems of the Mexican Laramide Province
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 820-836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

STRATIGRAPHY:

Peter M. Sadler, Roger A. Cooper, and Michael Melchin

High-resolution, early Paleozoic (Ordovician-Silurian) time scales
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 887-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY-SILICICLASTICS:

Greg H. Mack, Mike R. Leeder, and Marta Perez-Arlucea

Late Neogene rift-basin evolution and its relation to normal fault history and climate change along the southwestern margin of the Gerania Range, central Greece
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 907-918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY:

John P. Craddock, David H. Malone, Jerry Magloughlin, Avery L. Cook, Michael E. Rieser, and James R. Doyle

Dynamics of the emplacement of the Heart Mountain allochthon at White Mountain: Constraints from calcite twinning strains, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, and thermodynamic calculations
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 919-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

COMMENT AND REPLY:

Paul B. Wignall, Steve Kershaw, Pierre-Yves Collin, and Sylvie Crasquin-Soleau

Erosional truncation of uppermost Permian shallow-marine carbonates and implications for Permian-Triassic boundary events: Comment
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 954-956. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jonathan L. Payne, Daniel J. Lehrmann, David Follett, Margaret Seibel, Lee R. Kump, Anthony Riccardi, Demir Altiner, Hiroyoshi Sano, and Jiayong Wei

Erosional truncation of uppermost Permian shallow-marine carbonates and implications for Permian-Triassic boundary events: Reply
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 957-959. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Erratum
Geological Society of America Bulletin 2009 v. 121, p. 960. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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