Santa Catalina Mountains - References

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published references on the
Santa Catalina Mountains
 

*Banks, N.G., 1976, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Mount Lemmon quadrangle, Arizona: USGS Misc. Field Studies MF-747, 1:62,500.
*Bezy, J.V., 2002, A guide to the geology of the Catalina State Park and the western Santa Catalina Mountains: Ariz. Geol. Survey. Down-to-Earth 12 (DTE 12), 56 p.
*Braun, E.R., 1969, Geology and ore deposits of the Marble Peak area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 75 p.
*Bromfield, C.S., 1952, Some geologic features of the Santa Catalina Mountains: Arizona Geol. Soc-GSA, Guidebook Southern Arizona, p. 51-55.
*Bruhn, H.H., 1927, Some notes on the Apache Group of the Santa Catalina Mountains and other sections in southeastern Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 31 p.
*Bykerk-Kauffman, A., 1987, Metamorphic and microstructural differences between two generations of mylonites in the Catalina-Rincon metamorphic core complex, Arizona (abstr.): GSA Abstr. with Prog., 1987 annual meeting, p. 608.

*Bykerk-Kauffman, A., 1990, Structural evolution of the northern Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona; A glimpse of the pre-extension history of the Catalina complex: PhD Dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 195 p.
*Catanzaro, E.J., and Kulp, J.L., 1964, Discordant zircons from the Little Belt (Montana), Beartooth (Montana) and Santa Catalina (Arizona) Mountains: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v.28, p. 87.
*Creasey, S.C., and others, 1976, Middle Tertiary plutonism in the Santa Catalina and Tortolita Mountains, Arizona: USGS Open-File Report 76-262.
*Damon, P.E., Erickson, R.C., and Livingston, D.E., 1963, K-Ar dating of Basin and Range uplift, Catalina Mountains, Arizona: National Acad. Sci., pub. 1075, National Res. Council, Nuclear Sci. Series, Report 38, p. 113.
*Dickinson, W.R., 1987, General geologic map of Catalina core complex and San Pedro trough: Ariz. Bur. of Geol. and Mineral Tech., Misc. Map MM-87-A, 18 p., 1:62,500.
*Dubois, R.L., 1959, Geology of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Ariz. Geol. Soc. Guidebook II, Southern Arizona, p. 107-116.
*Dubois, R.L., 1959, Petrography and structure of a part of the gneissic complex of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: Arizona Geol. Soc., Guidebook II Southern Arizona, p. 117-127.
*Erickson, R.C., 1962, Petrology and structure of an exposure of the Pinal Schist, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 71 p.
*Fair, C.L., and Jinks, 1961, Santa Catalina foothills fault in the Pontotoc area: Ariz. Geol. Soc. Digest, v.4, p. 131-133.

*Force, E.R., 2002, Structural reconnaissance of lower-plate rocks along the Catalina-Rincon range front, Pima County, Arizona: Ariz. Geol. Survey Contributed Map 02-A (CM 02-A), 11 p., 1:48,000, !:24,000.

*Guerin, G., Brun, J.P., and Van Den Driessche, J., 1990, Kinematics of pre-Miocene ductile deformation in the Santa Catalina core complex and adjacent regions: Tectonics, v.9, p.1305-1326.
*Hanson, H.S., 1966, Petrography and structure of the Leatherwood quartz diorite, Santa Catalina, Pima County, Arizona: PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, 104 p.
*Hernon, R.M., 1932, Pegmatite rocks of the Catalina-Rincon Mountains, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 65 p.
*Hinkle, M.E., and others, 1981, Geochemical maps of the Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area, Pima County, Arizona: USGS Misc. Field Studies Map MF-1356-A, 1:50,000.
*Holt, W.E., 1986, Crustal structure from 3-D gravity modeling of a metamorphic core complex, a model for uplift, Catalina-Rincon Mountains, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 23 p.
*Janecke, S.U., 1986, Structural geology and tectonic history of the Geesaman Wash area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 151 p.
*Keith, S.B., Reynolds, S.J., Damon, P.E., and others, 1980, Evidence for multiple intrusion and deformation within the Santa Catalina-Rincon-Tortolita crystalline complex, southern Arizona: GSA Memoir 153, p. 217-267.
*Laughlin, A.W., 1960, Petrology of the Molino Basin area of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 53 p.
*Mc Cullough, E.J., Jr., 1963, A structural study of the Pusch Ridge-Romero Canyon area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, 67 p.
*Peirce, F.L., 1958, Structure and petrography of part of the Santa Catalina Mountains: PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, 86 p.
*Peterson, R.C., 1963, The structural geology of the Sabino Canyon fold, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 37 p.
*Peterson, R.C., 1968, A structural study of the east end of the Catalina Forerange, Pima County, Arizona: PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson.
*Pilkington, H.D., 1961, A mineralogic investigation of some garnets from the Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Arizona Geol. Soc. Digest, v.4, p. 117-123.
*Pilkington, H.D., 1962, Structural petrology of a part of the east flank of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, 120 p.
*Shakel, D.W., Silver, L.T., and Damon. P.E., 1977, Observations on the history of the gneissic core complex, Santa Catalina Mountains, southern Arizona: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.9, p. 1169-1170.
*Suemnicht, G.A., 1977, Geologic map and section of the Canada del Oro valley headwaters, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima-Pinal Counties, Arizona: Ariz. Bur. Geol. and Min. Tech., Misc. Map MM-77-A, 1:1,000.
*Voelger, K., 1953, Cenozoic deposits in the southern foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 101 p.
*Waag, C.J., 1968, Structural geology of the Mt. Bigelow-Bear Wallow-Mt. Lemmon area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, 133 p.
*Wallace, R.M., 1951, Stratigraphy and structure of a part of the Canada del Oro district, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 55 p.
*Wood, M.M., 1963, Metamorphic effects of the Leatherwood quartz diorite, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 68 p.
*Young, D.P., The history of deformation and fluid phenomenon in the top of the Wilderness Suite, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 144 p.