Selected Publications on Alaska:

 

Papers:  
2004 Amato, J.M. and Miller, E.L., Geologic map and summary of the evolution of the Kigluaik Mountains gneiss dome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, in D. Whitney, C. Teyssier, and C.S. Siddoway, eds., Gneiss Domes in Orogeny, Geological Society of America Special Paper 380, p. 295-306.
2003

Amato, J. M., Miller, E. L., Wright, J. E., and McIntosh, W. C., Dike swarms on Seward Peninsula, Alaska, and their implications for the kinematics of Cretaceous extension in the Bering Strait region, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 40, p. 865-886.

2003

Amato, J.M., Miller, E.L., Calvert, A.T.,Toro, J., and Wright, J.E., Potassic magmatism on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, and Cape Dezhnev, northeastern Russia: Geochemistry, 40Ar/39Ar ages and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Bering Strait region, Short Notes on Alaska Geology 2003, Division Geological and Geophysical Surveys, State of Alaska, Professional Report 120, p. 1-20.

2002 Amato, J. and Miller, E.L., Orogenic mass transfer and orthogonal flow directions in extending continental crust: An example from the Cretaceous Kigluaik gneiss dome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Geological Society of America Special Paper 360, p. 133-146.
2002 Moore, T.E. T.A. Dumitru, K.E. Adams, S.N. Witebsky, and A.G. Harris, Origin of the Lisburne Hills-Herald Arch structural belt: Stratigraphic, structural, and fission-track evidence from the Cape Lisburne area, northwestern Alaska, in Tectonic Evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Arctic Margin and Adjacent Landmasses, Geological Society of America Special Paper 360, edited by E.L. Miller, A. Grantz, and S. Klemperer p. 77-109.
2002 Toro, J., P.B. Gans, W.B. McClelland, and T. Dumitru, Deformation and exhumation of nappes in the Mt. Igikpak region, central Brooks Range, Alaska, in Tectonic Evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Arctic Margin and Adjacent Landmasses, Geological Society of America Special Paper 360, edited by E.L. Miller, A. Grantz, and S. Klemperer p. 111-132.
1999 Calvert, A. T., Gans, P. B., and Amato, J. M., Diapiric ascent and cooling of a sillimanite gneiss dome revealed by 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology: the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, in Ring, U., Brandon, M. T., Lister, G. S., and Willett, S. D., eds., Exhumation processes: normal faulting, ductile flow and erosion, Geological Society of London Special Publication 154, 205-232.
1998 Amato, J. M., and Wright, J. E., Geochronologic investigations of magmatism and metamorphism within the Kigluaik Mountains gneiss dome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, in Short Notes on Alaskan Geology 1997, Clough, J. G., and Larson, F., eds., State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 118, 1-21.
1997 Amato, J. M., and Wright, J. E., Petrogenesis of the potassic Kigluaik pluton: Arc-related mafic magmatism in northern Alaska, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, p. 8065-8083.
1997 Amato, J. M., and Miller, E. L., Bedrock Geologic Map of the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 97-31.
1995 Rubin, C., Miller, E.L. and Toro, J., Deformation of the northern circum-Pacific margin-Variations in tectonic style and plate tectonic implications v. 23 p. 897-900.
1995 Hannula, K. A., E. L. Miller, T. A. Dumitru, J. Lee, and C. Rubin, Structural and metamorphic relations in the southwest Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Crustal extension and the unroofing of blueschists, Geol. Soc. Am. v. 107, p. 536-553.
1995 Dumitru, T.A., E. L. Miller, P. B. O'Sullivan, J. M. Amato, K. A. Hannula, A. T. Calvert, and P. B. Gans, 1995, Cretaceous to Recent extension in the Bering Strait region, Alaska, Tectonics, v. 14, p. 549-563.
1994 Amato, J. M., J. E. Wright, P. B. Gans, and E. L. Miller, Magmatically induced metamorphism and deformation in the Kigluaik gneiss dome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Tectonics, 13, 515-527.
1994 Law, R.D., Little, T.A., Miller, E.L. and Lee, J., Extensional origin of ductile fabrics in the Schist Belt, Central Brooks Range, Alaska II: Quartz fabric studies, Journal of Structural Geology v. 16, no. 7, p. 919-940.
1994 Little, T.A., Miller, E.L., Lee, J. and Law, R.D., Extensional origin of ductile fabrics in the Schist Belt, Central Brooks Range, Alaska I: Geologic and structural studies, Journal of Structural Geology v. 16, no. 7, p. 900-918.
1993 Miller, E.L. and Hudson, T.H., 1993, Reply to Comment on: Mid-Cretaceous extensional fragmentation of a Jurassic-Early Cretaceous convergent orogen, Alaska , Tectonics v. 10, p. 781-796by Till, A., B.Till, S.E. Box, S.M. Roeske and W.W. Patton, Jr. , Tectonics, v. 12, p. 1082-1086.
1992 Miller, E.L., Calvert, A.T., and Little, T.A., 1992, Strain-collapsed metamorphic isograds in a sillimanite gneiss dome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Geology v, 20, p. 487-490.
1991 Miller, E.L. and Hudson, T., Mid-Cretaceous extensional fragmentation of a Jurassic-Early Cretaceous convergent orogen, Alaska , Tectonics v. 10, p. 781-796.
PhD Theses:  
1998 Jaime Toro, Structure and thermochronology of the metamorphic core of the central Brooks Range, Alaska (Ph.D.) (Assistant. Professor. U. W. Virginia).
1995 Jeffrey M. Amato, Tectonic Evolution and Petrogenesis of the Kigluaik Gneiss Dome, Seward Peninsula,Alaska: An integrated structural and geochemical study of extensional processes in the middle crust (Ph.D.) (Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University).
1993 Kimberly A. Hannula, The relation between metamorphism, deformation and uplift in the Nome Group, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska (Ph.D.) (Assistant Professor, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO).
1992 Andrew T. Calvert, Deformational and uplift history of the Cretaceous Kigluaik metamorphic complex, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (MS) (Research Associate, U.C. Santa Barbara).

 

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