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Geomorphologic evidence for the late Pliocene onset of hyperaridity in the Atacama Desert

The geochronology of volcanic and plutonic rocks at the Questa caldera: Constraints on the origin of caldera-related silicic magmas

Structure, geochemistry, and tectonic evolution of trench-distal backarc oceanic crust in the western Norwegian Caledonides, Solund-Stavfjord ophiolite (Norway)

Airborne LiDAR analysis and geochronology of faulted glacial moraines in the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone reveal substantial seismic hazards in the Lake Tahoe region, California-Nevada USA

Northern Hemisphere forcing of the last deglaciation in southern Patagonia

Going nano: A new step toward understanding the processes governing freshwater ooid formation

Dynamics of dilative slope failure

U-Th dating of striated fault planes

Contemporary uplift of the Sierra Nevada, western United States, from GPS and InSAR measurements

Lithosphere-asthenosphere mixing in a transform-dominated late Paleozoic backarc basin: Implications for northern Cordilleran crustal growth and assembly

Flat-topped mounds in western Ross Sea: Carbonate mounds or subglacial volcanic features?

Deciphering the early history of a multiply reactivated fault using strain analysis in an adjacent fold: Evidence for early brittle-plastic slip on the Picuris-Pecos fault, New Mexico, USA

Introduction: The ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS) and Southern McMurdo Sound (SMS) Drilling Projects

To understand subduction initiation, study forearc crust: To understand forearc crust, study ophiolites

Melting of metasedimentary rocks at ultrahigh pressure—Insights from experiments and thermodynamic calculations

Seismic anisotropy beneath the Eastern Dharwar craton

A human-induced hothouse climate? [open access]

Geological Time Conventions and Symbols [open access]

Unique geologic insights from “non-unique” gravity and magnetic interpretation [open access]

An open-source software environment for visualizing and refining plate tectonic reconstructions using high-resolution geological and geophysical data sets [open access]

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Field Guide 26:
Neoproterozoic Glacial and Associated Facies in the Tanafjord-Varangerfjord Area, Finnmark, North Norway

Special Paper 486:
Earth and Mind II: A Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences

Field Guide 27:
On and around the Cincinnati Arch & Niagara Escarpment: Geological Field Trips in Ohio and Kentucky for the GSA North-Central Section Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, 2012

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