Articles on Tectonic History

2002, Van Alstine, D. R., and Butterworth, J. E., Paleomagnetic core orientation helps determine the sedimentological, paleostress, and fluid-migration history in the Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela, Core Workshop for I Congreso Virtual de Sedimentología, 11 de Febrero al 08 de Marzo de 2002. Abstract–html

2002, Van Alstine, D. R., and Butterworth, J. E., Paleomagnetic core orientation helps determine the sedimentological, paleostress, and fluid-migration history in the Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela, Core Workshop for I Congreso Virtual de Sedimentología, 11 de Febrero al 08 de Marzo de 2002. Full Text–pdf–1.3 Mb

2002, LeSchack, L. A., and Van Alstine, D. R., High-resolution ground-magnetic (HRGM) and radiometric surveys for hydrocarbon exploration: Six case histories in Western Canada, in Surface exploration case histories: Applications of geochemistry, magnetics, and remote sensing, D. Schumacher and L. A. LeSchack, eds., AAPG Studies in Geology No. 48 and SEG Geophysical References Series No. 11, p. 67–156. Abstract–html

2002, LeSchack, L. A., and Van Alstine, D. R., High-resolution ground-magnetic (HRGM) and radiometric surveys for hydrocarbon exploration: Six case histories in Western Canada, in Surface exploration case histories: Applications of geochemistry, magnetics, and remote sensing, D. Schumacher and L. A. LeSchack, eds., AAPG Studies in Geology No. 48 and SEG Geophysical References Series No. 11, p. 67–156. Full Text–pdf–22 Mb

1997, Corbett, K. P., Van Alstine, D. R., and Edman, J. D., Stratigraphic controls on fracture distribution in the Austin Chalk: An example from the First Shot field, Gonzales Co., Texas, AAPG Hedberg Research Conf., June 22-28, Bryce, Utah.

1997, Guscott, S. C., Garden, I. R., Burley, S. D., Van Alstine, D. R., Foxford, K. A., Walsh, J. J., & Watterson, J., Palaeomagnetic constraints on the nature and timing of subsurface fluid movement in the Jurassic sandstones of the Paradox Basin, Utah, Abstract of talk given to: Palaeomagnetism and Diagenesis in Sediments, Geological Society of London, London, October 1997.

1997, Van Alstine, D. R., Butterworth, J. E., May, S. R., and Covey, M. C., Paleomagnetic constraints on fluid migration, tectonic, and thermal histories in triangle zones of southern Alberta and the Arkoma basin, CSPG-SEPM Joint Convention, June 1-6, Calgary, Alberta, p. 282.

1995, McMillan, D. K., and Van Alstine, D. R., Timing of faulting in the foundation of the once proposed Auburn dam site, California, Abstract of paper presented at AEG/GRA 1995 annual meeting, Sacramento, California.

1994, Van Alstine, D. R., Butterworth, J. E., Paleomagnetic dating of orogenic fluid-migration events in carbonates from the Western Canada Basin and Northern Alaska, CSEG & CSPG Joint National Convention, Exploration Update '94, May 9-12, 1994, Calgary, Alberta.

1991, Van Alstine, D. R., Lewis, R. E., and Gillett, S. L., Late Mesozoic, pyrrhotite CRM in Late Precambrian/Early Cambrian sedimentary rocks from the Inyo Mountains, Eastern California, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 72, p. 101.

1986, Van Alstine, D. R., Normal- and reversed-polarity synfolding CRM along the Brooks Range mountain front, Northern Alaska, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 67, p. 269-270.

1986, Coe, R. S., and Van Alstine, D. R., Pervasive remagnetization in Alaska, Western U.S., and China: Examples and speculations, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 67, p. 269.

1985, Van Alstine, D. R., Bazard, D. R., and Whitney, J. W., Paleomagnetism of cores from the Yakutat well, Gulf of Alaska, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 66, p. 865.

1985, Gillett, S. L., Kirschvink, J. L., Van Alstine, D. R., Lewis, R. E., and Shoemaker, E. M., Paleomagnetism of upper Precambrian through Middle Cambrian sedimentary rocks from the Nopah Range, SE California, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 66, p. 876.

1985, Whitney, J. W., Levinson, R. A., and Van Alstine, D. R., Paleomagnetism of early Tertiary Alaska Peninsula rocks and implications for docking of Peninsular Terrane, AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 682.

1984, Van Alstine, D. R., and Whitney, J. W., Paleomagnetism of drillcore from the Navarin Basin COST Well No. 1: Implications for the accreted terrane history of the Bering Sea, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 65, p. 869.

1984, Butterworth, J. E., A paleomagnetic investigation of mid-Tertiary volcanic rocks in the Castle Dome and southern Kofa Mountains, southwestern Arizona and its constraints on possible mid-Tertiary and younger extension in the Basin and Range province, M.S. thesis, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

1983, Van Alstine, D. R., Bleakly, D. C., and Gillett, S. L., Paleomagnetic applications in hydrocarbon exploration and drilling operations, AAPG Bulletin, v. 67, p. 563.

1982, Gillett, S. L., and Van Alstine, D. R., Remagnetization and tectonic rotation of upper Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic strata from the Desert Range, southern Nevada, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 87, p. 10,929 - 10,953. Abstract–html

1982, Gillett, S. L., and Van Alstine, D. R., Remagnetization and tectonic rotation of upper Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic strata from the Desert Range, southern Nevada, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 87, p. 10,929 - 10,953. Full Text–pdf–7.6 Mb

1982, Gillett, S. L., and Van Alstine, D. R., Late Tertiary clockwise oroflexural bending in southern Nevada – Paleomagnetic support of a geologic hypothesis, 78th Annual Mtg., Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America Abstr. with Prog., v. 14, p. 166.

1982, Veseth, M., Butterworth, J. E., and Marshall, M., A paleomagnetic investigation of Miocene volcanic rocks, Yuma Co., Arizona, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 63, p. 913.

1980, Van Alstine, D. R., Analysis of the modes of directional data with particular reference to palaeomagnetism, Geophysical Journal Royal Astronomical Society, v. 61, p. 101 - 113.

1980, Van Alstine, D. R., Quasi-periodic polar wandering on Earth and Mars?, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 61, p. 1110.

1980, Gillett, S. L., and Van Alstine, D. R., Paleomagnetism of the Crepicephalus-Aphelaspis zone boundary (Upper Cambrian) in North America – Divergent poles from isochronous strata, Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 61, p. 219.

1979, Van Alstine, D. R., and Gillett, S. L., Two-polarity, late Tertiary CRM in some upper Precambrian sedimentary rocks from the southern Great Basin (abstr.): Trans. American Geophysical Union (Eos), v. 60, p. 816.

1979, Van Alstine, D. R., and Gillett, S. L., Paleomagnetism of Upper Precambrian sedimentary rocks from the Desert Range, Nevada, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 84, p. 4490 - 4500.

1979, Gillett, S. L., and Van Alstine, D. R., Paleomagnetism of Lower and Middle Cambrian sedimentary rocks from the Desert Range, Nevada: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 84, p. 4475 - 4489.

1979, Van Alstine, D. R., Apparent polar wandering with respect to North America since the Late Precambrian: Ph.D. thesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 358 pp.

1978, Van Alstine, D. R., and de Boer, J., A new technique for constructing apparent polar wander paths and the revised Phanerozoic path for North America, Geology, v. 6, p. 137-139.