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Selected Works of Bernard A. Housen

Professor, Department of Geology

Areas of Expertise
Applications of geophysics to structural and tectonic problems, paleomagnetism and plate motions, deformation fabrics and tectonics of active accretionary prisms and mélanges, magnetic mineral diagenesis and environmental magnetism of marine sediments, emplacement and deformation fabrics in granitic rocks, magnetic anisotropy, biomagnetism, paleomagnetism of deformed rocks. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and near-surface geophysics (seismic, electrical resistivity) applied to geological, hydrological, and forensic studies.

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Applications of geophysics to structural and tectonic problems, paleomagnetism and plate motions, deformation fabrics and tectonics of active accretionary prisms and mélanges, magnetic mineral diagenesis and environmental magnetism of marine sediments, emplacement and deformation fabrics in granitic rocks, magnetic anisotropy, biomagnetism, paleomagnetism of deformed rocks. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and near-surface geophysics (seismic, electrical resistivity) applied to geological, hydrological, and forensic studies.

Magnetic Methods and the Timing of Geological Processes

Bernard A. Housen, Luigi Jovane, Emilio Herrero-Bervera and Linda Alide Hinnov

Magnetostratigraphy is best known as a technique that employs correlation among different stratigraphic sections using the magnetic directions defining geomagnetic ...

High Geologic Slip Rates since Early Pleistocene Initiation of the ...

Bernard A. Housen, Susanne U. Janecke, Rebecca J. Dorsey, David Forand, et al.

The San Jacinto right-lateral strike-slip fault zone is crucial for understanding plate-boundary dynamics, regional slip partitioning, and seismic hazards within ...

Advances in Paleomagnetism and Tectonics of Active Margins: In Honor ...

Bernard A. Housen, Friedrich Heller and Constantino Mpodozis

A collection of papers based on a symposium held during the Fall 1998 American Geophysical Union Meeting in San Francisco, ...

Articles (51)

Particle Size Specific Magnetic Properties Across the Norwegian‐Greenland Seas ...

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (2019)

Robert G. Hatfield, Benjamin H. Wheeler, Brendan T. Reilly, Joseph S. Stoner, et al.

We make fundamental observations of the particle size variability of magnetic properties from 71 core tops that span the southern ...

Stratigraphic record of Pliocene-Pleistocene basin evolution and deformation within the ...

Tectonophysics (2017)

James C. McNabb, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Bernard A. Housen, Cassidy W. Dimitroff, et al.

A thick section of Pliocene-Pleistocene nonmarine sedimentary rocks exposed in the Mecca Hills, California, provides a record of fault-zone evolution ...

Grain size dependent magnetic discrimination of Iceland and South Greenland ...

Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2017)

Robert G. Hatfield, Joseph S. Stoner, Brendan T. Reilly, Frank J. Tepley, et al.

We use isothermal and temperature dependent in-field and magnetic remanence methods together with electron microscopy to characterize different sieved size ...

Steady 10Be-derived Paleoerosion Rates across the Plio-Pleistocene Climate Transition, Fish ...

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (2017)

M. E. Oskin, N. E. Longinotti, T. C. Peryam, R. J. Dorsey, et al.

Rates of erosion over time provide a valuable tool for gauging tectonic and climatic drivers of landscape evolution. Here we ...

Response of deformation patterns to reorganization of the southern San ...

Tectonophysics (2016)

Laura A. Fattaruso, Michele L. Cooke, Rebecca J. Dorsey and Bernard A. Housen

Between ~ 1.5 and 1.1 Ma, the southern San Andreas fault system underwent a major reorganization that included initiation of the San ...

Rapid exhumation of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis since the late ...

Geological Society of America Bulletin (2016)

Karl A. Lang, Katharine W. Huntington, Russ Burmester and Bernard Housen

by high-relief topography and some of the most rapid and focused crustal exhumation on Earth. In the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, ...

Unblocking Temperatures of Viscous Remanent Magnetism in Displaced Granitic Boulders ...

Geophysical Research Letters (2015)

Juliet G. Crider, Danika M. Globokar, Russ F. Burmester and Bernard A. Housen

Viscous remanent magnetization (VRM) may partially overprint original magnetization in rocks displaced by geomorphic events. An established theoretical relationship between ...

Multi-episodic Remagnetization Related to Deformation in the Pyrenean Internal Sierras

Geophysical Journal International (2015)

Esther Izquierdo-Llavall, Antonio Casas Sainz, Belén Oliva-Urcia, Russ F. Burmester, et al.

The Internal Sierras (IS) in the southern margin of the Western and Central Axial Zone (Southern Pyrenees) are affected by ...

Magnetic Fabric Analysis as a Method for Determining Sediment Transport ...

Marine Geology (2014)

Bernard A. Housen, B. Novak, Y. Kitamura, T. Kanamatsu, et al.

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) analyses and the characteristic relationship between the q-value (magnetic lineation/foliation) and the imbrication angle (β) ...

Source as a Controlling Factor on the Quality and Interpretation ...

Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2013)

Bernard A. Housen, Robert G. Hatfield, Joseph S. Stoner, Anders E. Carlson, et al.

Magnetic properties of eight particle size ranges from nine locations in Iceland and 26 locations in southern Greenland reveal the ...

Data Report: Paleomagnetic Measurements of Igneous Rocks from Shatsky Rise ...

Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2013)

Bernard A. Housen, Margaret Pueringer and William Sager

Five sites were cored on Shatsky Rise, an oceanic plateau, during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 324 to gain a ...

Magnetic Methods and the Timing of Geological Processes

Geological Society Special Publication (2013)

Bernard A. Housen, Luigi Jovane, Linda Hinnov and Emilio Herrero-Bervera

Magnetostratigraphy is best known as a technique that employs correlation among different stratigraphic sections using the magnetic directions that define ...

Rock Magnetism of Hematitic "Bombs" From the Araguainha Impact Structure ...

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (2011)

Luigi Jovane, Elder Yokoyama, Takele Seda, Russ F. Burmester, et al.

Hematite impact “bombs” are one of the most striking (and enigmatic) features of the large Araguainha impact structure in central ...

Geometry, Microstructures, and Magnetic Fabrics of Kink Bands in the ...

Journal of Structual Geology (2011)

Bernard A. Housen, Rachel E. Dunham, Juliet G. Crider, Russell F. Burmester, et al.

Field, thin section, and magnetic fabric analyses of monoclinal, contractional kink bands in the Darrington Phyllite of northwestern Washington, USA, ...

Stratigraphic Record of Basin Development within the San Andreas Fault ...

The Geological Society of America Bulletin (2011)

Bernard A. Housen, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Susanne U. Janecke, C. Mark Fanning, et al.

The Fish Creek–Vallecito basin contains a 5.5-km-thick section of late Miocene to early Pleistocene sedimentary rocks exposed in the hanging ...

Using Vertical Axis Rotations to Characterize Off-fault Deformation Across the ...

Bernard A. Housen, Sarah J. Titus, Sarah Crump, Zachary McGuire, et al.

We use vertical axis rotations from new paleomagnetic data to constrain off-fault deformation within the San Andreas fault system in ...

Data Report: Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Measurements on Hole U1301B ...

Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2008)

Bernard A. Housen, William W. Sager and Lisa M. Linville

During Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 301, 235 m of upper igneous crust was cored in Hole U1301B, in an ...

A Kinematic Model for the Rinconada Fault System in Central ...

Journal of Structual Geology (2007)

Bernard A. Housen

Deformation associated with the Rinconada fault, one of the major strands of the San Andreas fault system in central California, ...

Pleistocene Brawley and Ocotillo Formations: Evidence for Initial Strike-Slip Deformation ...

Journal of Geology (2007)

Stefan M. Kirby, Susanne U. Janecke, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Bernard A. Housen, et al.

We examine the Pleistocene tectonic reorganization of the Pacific–North American plate boundary in the Salton Trough of southern California with ...

Chronology of Miocene-Pliocene Deposits at Split Mountain Gorge, Southern California ...

Bernard A. Housen, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Amy Fluette, Kristin McDougall, et al.

Late Miocene to early Pliocene deposits at Split Mountain Gorge, California, preserve a record of basinal response to changes in ...

Depth Distribution of Magnetofossils in Near-Surface Sediments From the Blake ...

Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences (2006)

Bernard A. Housen and Bruce M. Moskowitz

Fe-oxide and Fe-sulfide trace minerals in sediments and sedimentary rocks provide proxy records of biogeochemical processes, record past variations in ...

Stratigraphic Record of Pleistocene Faulting and Basin Evolution in the ...

The Geological Society of America Bulletin (2006)

Bernard A. Housen, Andrew T. Lutz, Rebecca J. Dorsey and Susanne U. Janecke

Sedimentary rocks in the Borrego Badlands, Southern California, contain a record of Pleistocene crustal deformation during initiation and evolution of ...