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McCalpin, J.P., 2005, Late Quaternary activity of the Pajarito fault, Rio Grande rift of northern New Mexico, USA;
Tectonophysics, v. 408, no.1-4, p. 213-236.
Bursik, M., C. Renshaw, J. McCalpin, and M. Berry, 2003, A volcanotectonic cascade: Activation of range front faulting and eruptions by dike intrusion, Mono Basin-Long Valley Caldera, California, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B8), 2393, doi:10.1029/2002JB002032.
McCalpin, J.P. and Hart, E.W., 2003, Ridge-top spreading features and relationship to earthquakes, San Gabriel Mountains Region, Southern California - Part B: Paleoseismic investigations of ridge-top depressions, in Hart, E.W. (ed.), Ridge-Top Spreading in California; Contributions toward understanding a significant seismic hazard: California Geological Survey, CD 2003-05, 2 CD-ROMs.
McCalpin, J.P. and Hart, E.W., 2003, Ridge-top spreading features and relationship to earthquakes, San Gabriel Mountains Region, Southern California - Part A: Distribution and description of ridge-top depressions (sackungen), in Hart, E.W. (ed.), Ridge-Top Spreading in California; Contributions toward understanding a significant seismic hazard: California Geological Survey, CD 2003-05, 2 CD-ROMs.
Youngs, R. R., Arabasz, W. J., Anderson, R. E., Ramelli, A. R., Ake, J. P., Slemmons, D. B., McCalpin, J. P., Doser, D. I., Fridrich, C. J., Swan, F. H. III, Rogers, A., Yount, J. C., Anderson, L.W.,Smith, K.D.,Bruhn,R.L., Knuepfer, P.L.K.,Smith, R.B.,dePolo, C.M., O'Leary, D. W., Coppersmith, K. J., Pezzopane, S. K., Schwartz, D. P., Whitney, J. W., Olig, S. S., and Toro, G. R., 2003, A methodology for probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis (PFDHA): Earthquake Spectra 19, 191-219.
McCalpin, J.P. and Thakkar, M.G., 2003, 2001 Bhuj-Kachchh earthquake; surface faulting and its relation with neotectonics and regional structures, Gujarat, western India, in Pantosti. D., Berryman, K., Yeats, R. and Kinugasa, Y. (eds.), Ten Years of Paleoseismology in the ILP, Progress and Prospects: Annals of Geophysics, v. 46, no. 5, p. 937-956.
Zuchiewicz, W. and McCalpin, J.P., 2000, Geometry of faceted spurs on an active normal fault; case study of the central Wasatch fault, Utah, USA: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, v. 70, p. 231-249.
McCalpin, J.P., 2003, Criteria for determining the seismic significance of sackungen and other scarplike landforms in mountainous regions, in Hart, E.W. (ed.), Ridge-Top Spreading in California; Contributions toward understanding a significant seismic hazard: California Geological Survey, CD 2003-05, 2 CD-ROMs.
Hadlock, G.L., Lachmar, T.E., and McCalpin, J.P., 1997, The relationship between the water table and the surface flow of a losing stream, lower Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado: Environmental Geology, 30 (1/2): 10-16.
McCalpin, J.P. and Berry, M.E., 1996, Soil catenas to estimate ages of movements on normal fault scarps, with an example from the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, USA: Catena 27:265-286.
McCalpin, J.P., 1996, Tectonic geomorphology and Holocene paleoseismicity of the Molesworth section of the Awatere Fault, South Island, New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, v. 39, no. 1, p.33-50.
McCalpin, J.P. and Niskenko, S.P., 1996, Holocene paleoseismicity, temporal clustering, and probabilities of future large (M>7) earthquakes on the Wasatch fault zone, Utah: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 101(B3), p. 6233-6253.
McCalpin, J.P., 1996, General geology of the northern San Luis Valley, Colorado, in Thompson, R.A., Hudson, M.R. and Pillmore, C.L. (eds.), Geologic Excursions to the Rocky Mountains and Beyond: Field Trip Guide for the 1996 Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, Denver, CO, Oct. 28-31, Field Trip 20, Section II, Geology and Hydrogeology; CD-ROM, Special Publication 44, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 11 p.
McCalpin, J.P. and Khromovskikh, V.S., 1995, Holocene paleoseismicity of the central Tunka Fault, Baikal Rift Zone, Russia: Tectonics, v.14, no. 3, p. 594-605.
McCalpin, J.P., 1995, Frequency distribution of geologically-determined slip rates for normal faults in the western USA: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 85, no. 6, p. 1867-1872.
McCalpin, J.P. and Irvine, J.R., 1995, Sackungen at Aspen Highlands Ski Area, Pitkin County, Colorado: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v.I, no. 3, p. 277-290.
McCalpin, James, Forman, S.L. and Lowe, M., 1994, Reevaluation of Holocene faulting at the Kaysville site, Weber segment of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah: Tectonics, v. 13, no. 1, p.1-16.
McCalpin, J.P., Zuchiewicz, W. and Jones, L.C.A., 1993, Sedimentology of fault-scarp-derived colluvium from the 1983 Borah Peak rupture, central Idaho: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 63, p. 120-130.
McCalpin, J.P., 1993, Neotectonics of the northeastern Basin and Range margin, western USA: Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplement Bd. 94, p. 137-157.
McCalpin, J.P., 1992, Glacial geology of the upper Wairau valley, Marlborough, South Island: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, v.35, no.2, p.213-224.
McCalpin, J.P., 1992, Glacial and post-glacial geology near Lake Tennyson, Clarence River, New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, v.35, no.2, p.203-212.
McCalpin, James, Robison, R.M., and Garr, J.D., 1992, Neotectonics of the Hansel Valley Pocatello Valley corridor, northern Utah and southern Idaho: in Hays, W.W. and Gori, P. (eds.), Assessment of Regional Earthquake Hazards and Risk along the Wasatch Front, Utah, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1500-G, p. G1-G18.
Forman, S.L., Nelson, A.R., and McCalpin, James, 1991, Thermoluminescence dating of fault-scarp derived colluvium: Deciphering the timing of paleoearthquakes on the Weber segment of the Wasatch fault zone, north-central Utah: Journal of Geophysical Research, 96 (B1):595-605.
McCalpin, James and Forman, S.L., 1991, Quaternary faulting and thermoluminescence dating of the East Cache fault zone, north-central Utah: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 81 (1):139-161.
McCalpin, James, Piety, L.A. and Anders, M.H., 1990, Late Tertiary and Quaternary faulting north and south of the eastern Snake River Plain. Part 1. Latest Quaternary faulting and structural evolution of Star Valley, Wyoming, in Roberts, Sheila (ed.) Geologic Field Tours of western Wyoming and parts of adjacent Idaho, Montana and Utah: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Public Information circular no. 29, p. 5-14.
Anders, M.H., Rodgers, D.W., McCalpin, J.P. and Haller, K.M., 1990, Late Tertiary and Quaternary faulting north and south of the eastern Snake River Plain. Introduction., in Roberts, Sheila (ed.) Geologic Field Tours of western Wyoming and parts of adjacent Idaho, Montana, and Utah: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Public Information Circular no. 29, p. 1-4.
McCalpin, James, 1988, The history of Lake Bonneville in Cache Valley: updating G.K. Gilbert's observations, in Machette, M.N. (ed.), In the Footsteps of G.K. Gilbert Lake Bonneville and Neotectonics of the Eastern Basin and Range Province, Field Trip Guidebook for Field Trip 2, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, Miscellaneous Publication 88 1, p. 111 116.
McCalpin, James and Rice, John B. Jr., 1987, Spatial and temporal analysis of 1200 landslides in a 900 km2 area, Middle Rocky Mountains Wyoming, U.S.A.: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference and Field Workshop on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 10 12, 1987, p. 137 146.
McCalpin, James, 1987, Recommended setback distances from active normal faults: in McCalpin, James (ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering, Logan, Utah, April 6 8, 1987, p. 35 56.
McCalpin, James, 1987, Recurrent Quaternary normal faulting at Major Creek, Colorado: an example of youthful tectonism on the eastern boundary of the Rio Grande Rift Zone: Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide, Rocky Mountain Section, p. 353 356.
Mahoney, J.B., Link, P.K., Henkelman, Jeff, McCalpin, James, and Smith, Brian, 1987, The Bear River Landslide Complex, Preston, Idaho Geological Considerations and Historical Perspective, in McCalpin, James (ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering, Logan, Utah, April 6 8, 1987, p. 306 332.
Link, P.K., Mahoney, J.B., Henkelman, Jeff, Smith, Brian, and McCalpin, James, 1987, Field Trip Road Log: Bear River Landslide Complex and investigations for relocating U.S. Highway 91, in McCalpin, James (ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering, Logan, Utah, April 6 8, 1987, p. 334 353. (1987 Bear R Field Trip.pdf) McCalpin, James, 1986, Thermoluminescence (TL) dating in seismic hazard evaluations: an example from the Bonneville Basin, Utah, in Wood, S.H. (ed.), Proceedings of the 22nd Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering, Boise, ID, p. 156 176.
McCalpin, James, 1985, Engineering geology at the local government level: planning, review, and enforcement: Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists Vol. XXII, no. 3, p. 315 327.
McCalpin, James, 1984, Preliminary age classification of landslides for inventory mapping: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering Symposium, Moscow, Idaho, April 5 6, 1984, p. 99 111
Monographs
McCalpin, J.P., Olig, S.S., Harrison, J.B.J. and Berger, G.W., 2006, Quaternary faulting and soil formation on the County Dump fault, Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Circular 212, 36 p.
McCalpin, J.P., 2003, Neotectonics of Bear Lake Valley, Utah and Idaho, A preliminary assessment: Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication 03-4, 43 p.
McCalpin, J.P., 2002, Post-Provo paleoearthquake chronology of the Brigham City Segment, Wasatch fault zone, Utah: Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication 02-9, 46 p.
McCalpin, J.P., 2002, Post-Bonneville paleoearthquake chronology of the Salt Lake City segment, Wasatch Fault Zone, from the 1999 megatrench site: Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication 02-7, 37 p
McCalpin, J.P., 1994, Neotectonic deformation along the East Cache fault zone, Cache County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 83, Paleoseismology of Utah, vol. 5, 37 p.
McCalpin, James, 1982, Quaternary geology and neotectonics of the west flank of the northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, south central Colorado: Colorado School of Mines Quarterly, v. 77, no. 3, 97 p.
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