Journal publications

  • Paterson, S., Clausen, B., Memeti, V., Schwartz, J., in press, Arc magmatism, tectonism and tempos in Mesozoic arc crustal sections of the Peninsular and Transverse Ranges, southern California: Geological Society of America Field Guide
  • Tomek, F., Zak, J., Verner, K., Holub, F.V., Slama, J., Paterson, S.R., Memeti, V., in press, Mineral fabrics in high-level intrusions recording crustal strain and volcano-tectonic interactions: the Shellenbarger pluton, Sierra Nevada, California: Journal of the Geological Society,

     

  • Paterson, S.R., Memeti, V., Mundil, R., Žák, J., 2016, Repeated, multiscale, magmatic erosion and recycling in an upper-crustal pluton: Implications for magma chamber dynamics and magma volume estimates: American Mineralogist, Special collection: Perspectives on origins and evolution of crustal magmas, v. 101, p. 2176-2198, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2016-5576

  • Barnes, C.G., Memeti, V., Coint, N., 2016, Deciphering magmatic processes in calc-alkaline plutons using trace element zoning in hornblende: American Mineralogist, v. 101, p. 328-342

  • Cao, W., Paterson, S., Memeti, V., Mundil, R., Anderson, J.L., Schmidt, K., 2015, Tracking paleodeformation fields in the Mesozoic central Sierra Nevada arc: Implications for intra-arc cyclic deformation and arc tempos: Lithosphere, doi:10.1130/L389.1


Student first author abstracts

Cal State Fullerton students (bold)

  • Arita, A., Memeti, V., Flores, L., 2016, Examining the geochemical relationships between the Twentynine Palms and Queen Mountain plutons in Joshua Tree National Park, AAPG Pacific and Rocky Mountain Joint meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2-5, 2016.
  • Chavez, E., Memeti, V., McMillan, N., Thompson, H., 2016, Testing the Mojave - Snow Lake fault hypothesis using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, AAPG Pacific and Rocky Mountain Joint meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2-5, 2016.
  • Flores, L., Memeti, V., Arita, A., 2016, Using K-feldspar megacrysts as recorders of magma processes in the Twentynine Palms and Queen Mountain plutons in Joshua Tree National Park, AAPG Pacific and Rocky Mountain Joint meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2-5, 2016.
  • Gutierrez, E., Memeti, V., 2016, Investigating the volcanic-plutonic connections using geochemistry in the Minarets caldera, eastern central Sierra Nevada mountain range, AAPG Pacific and Rocky Mountain Joint meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2-5, 2016
  • Arita, A., Memeti, V., Flores, L., 2016, Examining the geochemical relationships between the Twentynine Palms and Queen Mountain plutons in Joshua Tree National Park, GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO, September 25-28, 2016.
  • Flores, L., Memeti, V., Arita, A., 2016, Using K-feldspar megacrysts as recorders of magma processes in the Twentynine Palms and Queen Mountain plutons in Joshua Tree National Park, GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO, September 25-28, 2016.
  • Patterson, S., McKay, R., Memeti, V., 2016, Locating the volcanic source rock of prehistoric cogged stones from Southern California, GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO, September 25-28, 2016.
  • Williams, D.R., Memeti, V., Werts, K., Barnes, M.A., Barnes, C.G., 2016, Significance of the hornblende population diversity in the margins of the Kuna Crest lobe, Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, Sierra Nevada, CA.
    Arita, A., Memeti, V., Flores, L., 2016, Examining the geochemical relationships between the Twentynine Palms and Queen Mountain plutons in Joshua Tree National Park: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016.
  • Law, N., Memeti, V., Lipman, P., 2016, Using geochemistry to establish the connection between dacites and rhyolites of the Bonanza Tuff, San Juan volcanic field, CO: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016.
  • Lowery, J. S., Memeti, V., Paterson, S.R., 2016, The importance of fractional crystallization in forming the compositional variation in the northeastern Cathedral Peak lobe in Yosemite National Park: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016.
  • McKay, R., Patterson, S., Memeti, V., Cortez, C., 2016, Search for the source of cogstones in southern California: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016.
  • Patterson, S., McKay, R., Memeti, V., James, S., 2016, Locating the volcanic source rock of prehistoric cogged stones from southern California: were they carved from El Modena and Santa Rosa basalts?: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016.
  • Williams, D. R., and Memeti, V., 2016, Significance of the compositional heterogeneity in the Kuna Crest unit of the eastern margin of  the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, Sierra Nevada, CA: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016.

Other institutions

  •  Ardill, K.E., Paterson, S.R., Memeti, V., 2016, Linked Cretaceous plutonic-hypabyssal-volcanic fields in the central Sierra Nevada, California: A plutonic view beneath focusing volcanic systems, GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO, September 25-28, 2016.
  • Ardill, K.E., Paterson, S.R., Memeti, V., 2016, Temporal, spatial and geochemical magmatic focusing of plutonic and volcanic fields in the central Sierra Nevada, California: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016
  • Attia, S., Paterson, S.R., Cao, W., Memeti, V., Saleeby, J., Chapman, A.D., Dunne, G., Stevens, C., 2016, Evaluating detrital zircon provenance of pre-Mesozoic strata in the Sierra Nevada, eastern California: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016
  • Martinez, A.M., Clausen, B.L., Paterson, S.R., Memeti, V., 2016, Petrochemistry and magma chamber processes of the Peruvian Coastal batholith granites in the northern part of the Arequipa segment: GSA Cord Sect meeting, Ontario, CA, April 4-6, 2016.
  • Werts, K., Barnes, C.G., Memeti, V., 2016, Recognizing distinct magmas and discerning magmatic processes using hornblende trace element variability from the Tuolumne Intrusive complex, GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO, September 25-28, 2016.
  • Ardill, K.E., Paterson, S.R., Memeti, V., 2015, Schlieren-bound magmatic structures formed by the unmixing of granitic magmas: A case study from Pothole Dome, Sierra Nevada: American Geophysical Union annual meetingSan FranciscoCA, 14-18, December.

First author abstracts