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List of works by Brian P. Wernicke

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Low-angle normal faults in the Basin and Range Province: nappe tectonics in an extending orogen

scientific article (publication date: 25 June 1981)

Uniform-sense normal simple shear of the continental lithosphere

scholarly article

Contemporary strain rates in the northern Basin and Range province from GPS data

scholarly article

On the role of isostasy in the evolution of normal fault systems

scientific article

Modes of extensional tectonics

scientific article published in January 1982

Basin and Range extensional tectonics at the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada

scientific article published in November 1988

Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992

scientific article

Magnitude of crustal extension in the southern Great Basin

scholarly article

Dating topography of the Sierra Nevada, California, using apatite (U–Th)/He ages

scientific article published in Nature

Origin of High Mountains in the Continents: The Southern Sierra Nevada

scientific article published in Science

Lithospheric extension near Lake Mead, Nevada: A model for ductile flow in the lower crust

scientific article (publication date: 10 March 1991)

Rapid uplift and crustal growth in extensional environments: An isotopic study from the Death Valley region, California

scientific article

Low-angle normal faults and seismicity: A review

article

Present-day pattern of Cordilleran deformation in the western United States

scholarly article

The Snake Range Décollement interpreted as a major extensional shear zone

scientific article

Cenozoic extensional tectonics of the U.S. Cordillera

academic chapter

Comparison of geodetic and geologic data from the Wasatch region, Utah, and implications for the spectral character of Earth deformation at periods of 10 to 10 million years

scientific article

Cenozoic thermal evolution of the central Sierra Nevada, California, from (UTh)/He thermochronometry

scientific article

Variations across and along a major continental rift: An interdisciplinary study of the Basin and Range Province, western USA

article

Cenozoic Tectonism in the Central Basin and Range: Motion of the Sierran-Great Valley Block

scientific article published in May 1998

Cenozoic evolution of Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions

scientific article published in October 2003

Continuous GPS measurements of contemporary deformation across the Northern Basin and Range Province

scholarly article

Structural discordance between neogene detachments and frontal sevier thrusts, central Mormon Mountains, southern Nevada

scientific article

Miocene crustal extension and uplift in southeastern Nevada: Constraints from fission track analysis

article by P. G. Fitzgerald et al published 1991 in Geology

An animated tectonic reconstruction of southwestern North America since 36 Ma

scientific article published in 2005

Unroofing, incision, and uplift history of the southwestern Colorado Plateau from apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

scholarly article

Evidence for deep magma injection beneath Lake Tahoe, Nevada-California

scientific article published on 5 August 2004

Global Positioning System constraints on fault slip rates in the Death Valley Region, California and Nevada

scientific article

Three-dimensional crustal structure of the southern Sierra Nevada from seismic fan profiles and gravity modeling

scholarly article by Moritz M. Fliedner et al published April 1996 in Geology

Cosmogenic 10Be and 36Cl geochronology of offset alluvial fans along the northern Death Valley fault zone: Implications for transient strain in the eastern California shear zone

scholarly article by Kurt L. Frankel et al published 13 June 2007 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Assessment of GPS velocity accuracy for the Basin and Range Geodetic Network (BARGEN)

scholarly article

Evidence for mechanical coupling and strong Indian lower crust beneath southern Tibet

scientific article published in April 2011

A physical model for Cenozoic extension of western North America

article

The California River and its role in carving Grand Canyon

scholarly article

Tilt and rotation of the footwall of a major normal fault system: Paleomagnetism of the Black Mountains, Death Valley extended terrane, California

scientific article published in October 1993

Influence of climate change and uplift on Colorado Plateau paleotemperatures from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry

scholarly article

Tectonic implications of a dense continuous GPS velocity field at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

scholarly article

Uniqueness of geological correlations: An example from the Death Valley extended terrain

scientific article published in November 1989

A Paleogene extensional arc flare-up in Iran

scholarly article

Gold butte crustal section, South Virgin Mountains, Nevada

scholarly article

Helium and argon thermochronometry of the Gold Butte block, south Virgin Mountains, Nevada

scholarly article by Peter W. Reiners et al published May 2000 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Radiation damage control on apatite (U-Th)/He dates from the Grand Canyon region, Colorado Plateau

scholarly article

BARGEN continuous GPS data across the eastern Basin and Range province, and implications for fault system dynamics

article

Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the Sevier thrust belt in the Virgin River Valley area, southern Nevada

Kinematic evolution of a large-offset continental normal fault system, South Virgin Mountains, Nevada

scientific article published in September 2000

Black Mountains crustal section, Death Valley extended terrain, California

scholarly article

Deep burial of the footwall of the northern Snake Range decollement, Nevada

scholarly article

Anomalous Strain Accumulation in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada

scientific article published on March 27, 1998

Characterization of site-specific GPS errors using a short-baseline network of braced monuments at Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada

scientific article

Comment on “Tertiary extension and contraction of lower-plate rocks in the central Mojave Metamorphic Core Complex, southern California” by John M. Bartley, John M. Fletcher, and Allen F. Glazner

article by Gary J. Axen & Brian P. Wernicke published October 1991 in Tectonics