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Nadine McQuarrie - Publications

Long, S.P., McQuarrie, N., Tobgay, T., Rose, C.V., Gehrels, G., and Grujic, D. (in press) Tectonostratigraphy of the Lesser Himalaya of Bhutan: Implications for the Stratigraphic Architecture of the Northern Indian Margin: Geological Society of America Bulletin,  doi: 10.1130/B30202.1. pdf

Long, S.P., McQuarrie, N., Tobgay, T., and Grujic, D. (in press) Geometry and crustal shortening of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in Bhutan: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B30203.1. pdf

Tobgay, T., Long, S.P., McQuarrie, N., Ducea , M., and Gehrels, G., 2010, Using isotopic and chronologic data to fingerprint strata: The challenges and benefits of variable sources to tectonic interpretations, the Paro Formation, Bhutan Himalaya: Tectonics v, 29, TC6023, doi: 10.1029/2009TC002637. pdf

McQuarrie, N. and Oskin, M., 2010, Palinspastic restoration of NAVDat and implications for the origin of magmatism in southwestern North America: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, B10401 doi:10.1029/2009JB0006435. pdf

Leier, A.L., McQuarrie, N., Horton, B.K., and Gehrels, G.E., 2010, Upper Oligocene conglomerate units in the Altiplano, Central Andes: the record of deformation and deposition along the margin of a hinterland basin: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 750-762, doi: 10.21 10/jsr.2010.064. pdf

Long, S. and McQuarrie, N., 2010, Placing limits on channel flow: Insights from the Bhutan Himalaya, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.033. pdf

Gotberg, N., McQuarrie, N. and Carlotto, V., 2010, Comparison of crustal thickening budget and shortening estimates in southern Peru (12-14°S): Implications for mass balance and rotations in the "Bolivian orocline”: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 122, p. 727-742, doi:10.1130/B26477.1 pdf

Lease, R.O., McQuarrie, N., Oskin, M., Leier, A., (2009) Dextral shear on the Bristol-Granite Mountains Fault zone: Successful geologic prediction from kinematic compatibility of the Eastern California Shear zone: Journal of Geology, v. 117, p.000-00 DOI: 10.1086/593320. pdf

McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T.A., Barnes, J.,  Meade, B., (2008) Temporal variation in climate and tectonic coupling in the central Andes: Geology, v. 36, p. 999-1002, doi: 10.1130/G25124A.1 pdf

Sigloch, K., McQuarrie, N., and Nolet, G., 2008, Two-stage subduction history under North America inferred from multiple-frequency tomography: Nature Geosciences, v. 1 doi:10.1038/ngeo231. pdf

McQuarrie, N., Robinson, D., Long, S., Tobgay, T., Grujic, D., Gehrels, G., Ducea, M., 2008, Preliminary stratigraphic and structural architecture of Bhutan: Implications for the along strike architecture of the Himalayan system, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v, 272, p. 105-117, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.030. pdf

McQuarrie, N., Barnes, J., Ehlers, T.A., 2008, Geometric, kinematic and erosional history of the central Andean Plateau (15-17°S), northern Bolivia: Tectonics, 27, TC3007, doi:10.1029/2006TC002054. pdf

Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., McQuarrie, N., Sullivan, P.B., Tawackoli, S., 2008, Thermochronometer record of central Andean plateau growth, Bolivia (19.5°S): Tectonics, 27, TC3003, doi:10.1029/2007TC002174. pdf

Barnes, J., Ehlers, T.A., McQuarrie, N, O’Sullivan, P.B., Pelletier, J.D., 2006, Eocene to recent variations in erosion across the central Andean fold-thrust belt, northern Bolivia: implications for plateau evolution: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 248, p. 118-133. pdf

McQuarrie, N. and Wernicke, B.P., 2005, An Animated Tectonic Reconstruction of Southwestern North America since 36 MA: Geosphere, v. 1, p. 147-172. doi: 10.1130/GES00016.1 pdf

McQuarrie, N., Horton, B.K., Zandt, G., Beck, S., and DeCelles, P.G., 2005, The lithospheric evolution of the central Andean Plateau, Tectophysics, v. 399, p. 15-37. pdf

McQuarrie, N., 2004, Crustal-scale geometry of Zagros fold-thrust belt, Iran. Journal of Structural Geology, v.26, p. 519-535. pdf

McQuarrie, N., Stock, J.M., Verdel, C., and Wernicke, B.P., 2003 Cenozoic evolution of the Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions. Geophys. Res. Let., 30, 2036, doi:10.1029/2003GL017992. pdf

McQuarrie, N., 2002, Initial plate geometry, shortening variations, and evolution of the Bolivian orocline: Geology, 30, p. 867-870. pdf

McQuarrie, N., 2002, the kinematic history of the central Andean fold-thrust belt, Bolivia: implications for building a high plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, 114, p. 950-963. pdf

McQuarrie, N. and Davis, G.H., 2002, Crossing the several scales of strain-accomplishing mechanisms: the central Andean fold-thrust belt: Journal of Structural Geology, 24, p. 1587-1602. pdf

Rodgers, D.W., Ore, H.T., Bobo, R.T., McQuarrie, N., and Zentner, N., 2002, Extension and subsidence of the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, in Bill Bonnichsen, C.M. White, and Michael McCurry, eds., Tectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Snake River Plain Volcanic Province: Idaho Geological Survey Bulletin 30, p. 121-155. pdf

McQuarrie, N. and DeCelles, P.G., 2001, Geometry and structural evolution of the Central Andean backthrust belt, Bolivia: Tectonics, 20, p. 669-692. pdf

McQuarrie, N. and Chase C.G., 2000, Raising the Colorado Plateau: Geology, 28, p. 91-94. pdf

McQuarrie, N. and Rodgers, D.W., 1998, Subsidence of a volcanic basin by flexure and lower crustal flow -- the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho: Tectonics, 17, p. 203. pdf