San Diego State University - Department of Geological Sciences

GARY L. PETERSON

Publications

* Murphy, M.A., Peterson, G.L., and Rodda, P.U., 1964, Revision of Cretaceous lithostratigraphic nomenclature, northwest Sacramento Valley, California: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bul., V. 48, p. 496-502.

* Peterson, G.L., 1965, Implications of two Cretaceous mass transport deposits, Sacramento Valley, California: Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, V. 35, p. 401-407.

* Peterson, G.L., 1965, Inter- and intra-sequence faunal distribution patterns in the Sacramento Valley Cretaceous (abs.): Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 49, p. 1088.

* Peterson, G.L., 1965, Late Mesozoic stratigraphic framework, Sacramento Valley, California: Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 82 (abs. for 1964), p. 270.

* Peterson, G.L., 1966, Emplacement of the northwest Sacramento Valley sandstone dikes: Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 87 (abs. for 1965), p. 222-223.

* Peterson, G.L., Gastil, R.G., Allison, E.C., 1966, Geology of the Peninsular Ranges, p. 70-73 in J.P. Albers, editor, Mineral and Water Resources of California - part 1: Rept. printed for Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, U.S. Senate, 450 p. (reprinted as Mineral Resources of California: Calif. Div. Mines and Geol. Bull. 191, 450 p.)

* Peterson, G.L., 1966, Internal structures in the sandstone dikes of northwestern Sacramento Valley, California: Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 87 (abs. for 1965), p. 128.

* Peterson, G.L., 1966, Reworked fossils in the Cretaceous succession of Sacramento Valley, California: Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 87 (abs. for 1965), p. 127-128.

* Peterson, G.L., 1966, Structural interpretation of sandstone dikes, northwest Sacramento Valley, California: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 77, p. 833-842.

* Peterson, G.L., 1967, Implications of two Cretaceous mass transport deposits, Sacramento Valley, California - reply to comment by Brown and Rich: Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, v. 37, p. 248-257.

* Peterson, G.L., 1967, Lower Cretaceous stratigraphic discontinuity in northern California and Oregon: An. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 51, p. 864-872

* Peterson, G.L., 1967, Upper Cretaceous stratigraphic discontinuity, northern California and Oregon: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 51, p. 558-568.

* Peterson, G.L., 1967, Some comments regarding "Cretaceous pelecypods of the genus Pinna from the West Coast of North America" by Packard and Jones: Jour. Paleontology, v. 41, p. 1556.

* Peterson, G.L., Nordstrom, C.E., and Maytum, J.R., 1968, High relief unconformities in the stratigraphic succession north of San Diego, California: Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 101, p. 163.

* Peterson, G.L., and Hawkins, J.W., Jr., 1968, Inclined pipe vesicales as flow direction indicators in basalts - a critical appraisal (abs.): Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 115, p. 176-177.

* Peterson, G.L., 1968, Sandstone dikes in the McDonald Shale along Chico Martinez Creek, Kern County, California: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists (Pacific Section) Field trip Guidebook for 1968 Meeting (Bakersfield, California), p. 93-96.

* Peterson, G.L., 1968, Structure of the late Mesozoic pre-batholithic rocks north of San Diego, California (abs.): Geol. Soc. American Spec. Paper 115, p. 347.

* Peterson, G.L., 1968, Flow structures in sandstone dikes: Sedimentary Geology, v. 2, p. 177-190.

* Peterson, G.L., Gastil, R.G., Minch, J.A., and Nordstrom, C.E., 1968, Clast suites in the Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic succession of the western Peninsular Ranges Province, southwestern California and northwestern Baja California (abs.): Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 115, p. 177.

* Nordstrom, C.E., and Peterson, G.L., 1968, Upper Mesozoic-Cenozoic relationships in the San Diego area, California (abs.): Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 115, p. 166-167.

* Peterson, G.L., 1969, Clastic dikes along the west border of the Great Valley, California (abs.): Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 121, p. 543.

* Hawkins, J.W., Jr., and Peterson, G.L., 1969, Petrology of the Santa Rosa Basalt - A mid- to late Tertiary tholeiitic eruption in the central peninsular Ranges Province, southern California (abs.): Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 121, p. 512.

* Peterson, G.L., 1970, Distinctions between Cretaceous and Eocene conglomerates in the San Diego area, southwestern California, p. 90-98 in Pacific slope geology of northern Baja California and adjacent Alta California: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists (Pacific Section) Field Trip Guidebook, 160 p.

* Peterson, G.L., 1970, Pleistocene deformation of the Linda Vista terrace near San Diego, California (abs.): Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 2, p. 131.

* Peterson, G.L., 1970, Quaternary deformation of the San Diego area, southwestern California, p. 120-126 in Pacific slope geology of northern Baja California and adjacent Alta California: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists (Pacific Section) Field Trip Guidebook, 160 p.

* Peterson, G.L., Gastil, R.G., and Allison, E.C., 1970, Geology of the Peninsular Ranges: Mineral Information Service, v. 23, p. 124-127.

* Peterson, G.L., and Nordstrom, C.E., 1970, Sub-La Jolla unconformity in vicinity of San Diego, California: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 54, p. 265-274.

* Peterson, G.L., 1971, Stratigraphy of the Poway Valley area, southwestern California: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 3, p. 177-178.

* Peterson, G.L., 1971, Stratigraphy of the Poway area, southwestern California: San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. Trans., v. 16, p. 225-236.

* Smyers, N.B., and Peterson, G.L., 1971, Sandstone dikes and sills in the Moreno Shale, Panoche Hills, California: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 82 p. 2101-3208.

* Peterson, G.L., and Hawkins, J.W., Jr., 1972, Inclined pipe vesicles as indicators of flow direction in basalts - a critical appraisal: Bull. Volcanologique, v. 35, 369-382.

* Abbott, P.L., Peterson, G.L., and Minch, J.A., 1973, Pre-Eocene weathering in southwestern California and northwestern Baja California: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs. 5, p. 1.

* Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1973, Weathering of the pre-Eocene terrane along coastal southwestern California and northwestern Baja California, p. 19-22 in Ross, A., and Dowlen, R.J., editors, Studies on the geology and geologic hazards of the greater San Diego area, California: San Diego Assoc. Geol.-Assoc. Eng. Geol. Field Trip Guidebook, 152 p.

* Jones, S.D., and Peterson, G.L., 1973, Provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Cabrillo Formation at Point Loma and La Jolla, California, p. 23-25 in hazards of the greater San Diego area, California: San Diego Assoc. Geol.-Assoc. Eng. Geol. Field Trip Guidebook, 152 p.

* Peterson, G.L., and Hawkins, J.W., 1973, Reply to comments of D.A. Swanson (regarding "inclined pipe vesicles as indicators of flow direction in basalts: a critical appraisal): Bull. Volcanologique, v. 36, p. 505-506.

* Abbott, P.L., and Peterson, G.L., 1974, Durability of selected rock types in simulated fluvial transport, with application to the Eocene Poway conglomerates of the San Diego area, California: Geo. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 6, p. 137.

* Pierce, S.E., and Peterson, G.L., 1974, Some mineral and elemental variations in the Budden Canyon Formation and their bearing upon the origin of sandstone dikes, northwest Sacramento Valley, California: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 6, p. 235-236.

* Peterson, G.L., and Kennedy, M.P., 1974, Lithostratigraphic variations in the Poway Group near San Diego, California: San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. Trans., v. 17, p. 251-258.

* Abbott, P.L., and Peterson G.L., 1975, Some effects of abrasion durability on clast populations in conglomerates: Soc. Econ. Paleontologists and Mineralogists Ann. Mtg. Abstracts, v. 2, p. 1.

* Peterson, G.L., Pierce, S.W., and Abbott, P.L., 1975, Paleogene paleosols and paleoclimates, southwerstern California: Soc. Econ. Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Pacific Section) Program, p. 15.

* Peterson, G.L., Pierce, S. E, and Abbott, P.L., 1975, Paleogene paleosols and paleoclimates, southwestern California, p. 401-408 in Weaver, D.W., Horanday, G.R., and Tipton, A., editors, Future Energy Horizons of the Pacific Coast: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists (Pacific Section), 629 p.

* Kennedy, M.P., and Peterson, G.L., 1975, Geology of the eastern San Diego metropolitan area, California (La Mesa, Poway, and SW 1/4 Escondido quadrangles): California Div. Mines and Geol. Bull. 200 B, p. 45-56.

* Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1975, Paleocene age of lateritic paleosol, western San Diego County, California, p. 60-64 in Ross, A., and Dowlen, R.J., editors, Studies on the geology of Camp Pendleton, and western San Diego County, California: San Diego Assoc. Geologists Field Trip Guidebook, 90 p.

* Pierce, S.E., and Peterson, G.L., 1975, Paleoclimatic implications of caliche in the non- marine Friars and Mission Valley Formations, Southwestern California, p. 71-76 in Ross, A., and Dowlen, R.J., editors, Studies on the geology of Camp Pendleton, and western San Diego County, California: San Diego Assoc. Geologists Field Trip Guidebook, 90 p.

* Minch, J.A., Gibson, K.N., and Peterson, G.L., 1976, Clast populations in Sespe and Poway conglomerates, Southern California (abs.): Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 60, p. 2186.

* Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1976, Sedimentologic indications of Eocene climatic change, southwestern California and northwestern Baja California (abs.): Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 60, p. 707-708.

* Minch, J.A., Gibson, K.N., and Peterson, G.L., 1976, Clast populations in Sespe and Poway conglomerates and their possible bearing on the tectonics of the southern California borderland, p. 256-265 in Howell, D.G., editor, Aspects of the geologic history of the California continental borderland: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists (Pacific Section) Misc., Pub. 24, 558 p.

* Abbott, P.L., Minch, J.A., and Peterson, G.L., 1976, Pre-Eocene paleosol south of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, v. 46, p. 355-361.

* Abbott, P.L., and Peterson, G.L., 1976, Ancient climates of San Diego: Environment Southwest, no. 473, p. 5-9.

* Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1977, Semiarid paleoclimatic indicators in non-marine Eocene formations, southwestern California, p. 29-35 in Farrand, G.R., editor, Geology of southwestern San Diego County, California and northwestern Baja California: San Diego Assoc. Geologists Field Trip Guidebook, 85 p.

* Peterson, G.L., 1977, The geologic setting of San Diego and vicinity, p. 1-12, in Abbott, P.L., and Victoria, J.K., editors, Geologic hazards in San Diego--earthquakes, landslides and floods: San Diego Society of Natural History, 96 p.

* Abbott, P.L., and Peterson, G.L., 1978, Effects of abrasion durability on conglomerate clast populations--examples from Cretaceous and Eocene conglomerates of the San Diego area, California: Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, v. 48, p. 31-42.

* Peterson, G.L., 1978, Mesozoic paleoclimatic variations in the western United States and the northward drift of North America: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 10, p. 471.

* Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1979, Mid-Eocene climatic change, southwestern California and northwestern Baja California: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 26, p. 73-87.

* Link, M.H., Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1979, Eocene depositional systems, San Diego, California, p. 1-7 in Abbott, P.L., ed., Eocene depositional systems, San Diego, California: Soc. Econ. Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Pacific Section) Field Trip Guidebook, 126 p.

* Link, M.H., Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1979, Field trip descriptions and road log for nonmarine Eocene rocks, p. 9-14 in Abbott, P.L., ed., Eocene depositional systems, San Diego, California: Soc. Econ. Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Pacific Section) Field Trip Guidebook, 126 p.

* Peterson, G.L., 1979, Salt weathering textures in Eocene conglomerates, southwestern California, p. 115-117, in Abbott, P.L., ed., Eocene depositional systems, San Diego, California: Soc. Econ. Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Pacific Section) Field Trip Guidebook, 126 p.

* Kerr, D.R., Pappajohn, S., and Peterson, G.L., 1979, Neogene stratigraphic section at Split Mountain, Eastern San Diego County, California, p. 111 to 123 in Crowell, J.C., and Sylvester, A.G., eds., Tectonics of the juncture between the San Andreas fault system and the Salton Trough, southeastern California: Geol. Soc. America Field Trip Guidebook, 193 p.

* Peterson, G.L., Bell. P.J., and Abbott, P.L., 1979, Torrid Ages--an early Cenozoic example from North America: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 11, p. 494.

* Peterson, G.L., 1980, Sediment size reduction by salt weathering in arid environments: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 12, p. 301.

* Peterson, G.L., 1980, Broken rocks in the desert environment, p. 403-408 in Fife, D.L., and Brown, A.R., editors, Geology and mineral wealth of the California desert: South Coast Geological Society, 555 p.

* Peterson, G.L., and Abbott, P.L., 1981, Early Cenozoic torrid climate, coastal southern California, p. 90-96 in Abbott, P.L., and O'Dunn, S., editors, Geologic investigations of the coastal plain, San Diego County, California: San Diego Assoc. Geologists Field Trip Guidebook, 166 p.

* Dr. Peterson's Invited Presentations List (1981-present)

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