Geology Bibliography (T. Vallier) on Hells Canyon and Adjacent Regions in Oregon and Idaho

ARTICLES, BOOKS and ABSTRACTS


Vallier, Tracy Lowell, 1967, The Geology of part of the Snake River Canyon and adjacent areas in northeastern Oregon and western Idaho: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ph.D. Dissertation, 267 p.

Brooks, H. C., and Vallier, T.L., 1967, Progress report on the geology of part of the Snake River Canyon, Oregon and Idaho: Ore Bin, v. 29, p. 233-266.

Vallier, T.L., 1968, Reconnaissance geology of the Snake River Canyon between Granite Creek and Pittsburg Landing, Oregon and Idaho: Ore Bin, v. 30, p. 233-252.

Vallier, T.L., 1968, The Oxbow-Cuprum shear zone, a major Mesozoic structure in northeastern Oregon and western Idaho: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 115, p. 96.

Vallier, T.L., 1969, Permian rocks in the Snake River Canyon, Oregon and Idaho:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 1, p. 83-84.

Vallier, T.L., Waldrip, J., and Shimer, S., 1970, Granitic clasts in Upper Triassic conglomerates, Snake River Canyon, Oregon and Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 2, p. 298.

Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C., 1970, Geology of the Homestead area, Oregon and Idaho: Ore Bin, v. 32, p. 37-57.

Vallier, T.L., 1972, Plutonic episodes in Hells Canyon of the Snake River, Oregon and Idaho:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 4, p. 353.

Vallier, T.L., and Fredley, D., 1972, The Mirror Lake intrusive breccias, northern Seven Devils Mountains, Idaho: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 83, p. 3827-3832.

Vallier, T.L., and Miller, V., 1974, Landslides in the Grand Canyon of the Snake River, Oregon and Idaho: Indiana State University, Department of Geography and Geology, Professional Paper 4, p. 9-28.

Vallier, T.L., 1974, Preliminary report on the geology of the Snake River Canyon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Portland, Oregon, GMS-6, Geologic Map and brochure of 28 p.

Vallier, T.L., 1976, Pre-Tertiary stratigraphy in the Snake River Canyon and adjacent Seven Devils and Wallowa Mountains, northeastern Oregon and western Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 7, p. 417.

Batiza, R., and Vallier, T.L., 1976, Petrology and initial tectonic setting of Permian and Triassic volcanic rocks, northeastern Oregon and western Idaho:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 8, p. 353.

Vallier, T.L., Brooks, H., and Thayer, T., 1977, Paleozoic rocks in eastern Oregon and western Idaho, in Stewart, J., et al. (Eds.), Paleozoic Paleogeography of the western United States: Pacific Coast Paleogeography, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, v. 1, p. 455-466.

Brooks, H., and Vallier, T.L., 1978, Mesozoic rocks and tectonic evolution of eastern Oregon and western Idaho, in Howell, D., and MacDougall, K., (Eds.), Mesozoic Paleogeography of the Western United States: Pacific Coast Paleogeography, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, v. 2, p. 133-146.

Vallier, T.L., and Batiza, R., 1978, Petrogenesis of spiite and keratophyre from a Permian and Triassic volcanic arc terrane, eastern Oregon and western Idaho: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 15, p. 1356-1369.

Vallier, T.L., Brooks, H., Walker, N., and Scholl, D., 1980, Crustal thickening of the Blue Mountains Island Arc, northeastern Oregon and western Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 12, p. 157.

Hillhouse, J., Gromme, S., and Vallier, T.L., 1982, Paleomagnetism and Mesozoic tectonics of the Seven Devils Arc in northeastern Oregon: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 87, p. 3777-3794.

Vallier, T. L., 1985, Petrologic implications for the tectonic evolution of the Blue Mountains island arc, eastern Oregon and western Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, p. 269.

Vallier, T.L. and Brooks, H.C., 1986, Paleozoic and Mesozoic faunas of the Blue Mountains Province:  a review of their geologic implications and comments on papers in the volume, in Vallier, T.L. and Brooks, H.C., (Eds.), Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Biostratigraphy and Paleontology: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1435, p. 1-6.

Vallier, T.L. and Brooks, H.C. (Eds.), 1986, Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Biostratigraphy and Paleontology: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1435, 101 p.

Vallier, T.L., 1986, Tectonic implications of arc-axis (Wallowa terrane) and back-arc (Vancouver Island) volcanism in Triassic rocks of Wrangellia:  EOS, v. 67, p. 1233.

Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C. (Eds.), 1987, The Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington:  Idaho Batholith and its Border Zones:  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1436, 196 p.

Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C., 1987, The Idaho Batholith and its border Zones: A regional perspective, in Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C., (Eds.), Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Idaho Batholith and its Border Zones:  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1436, p. 1-7.

Mann, Gary M., and Vallier, T.L., 1987, Geology of the Wildhorse River area, western Idaho:  Telescoped terranes of the Blue Mountains province: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, p. 318.

Vallier, T.L., White, D.L., and others, 1987, Jurassic strata in Hells Canyon, Oregon and Idaho:  Extension, volcanism, and sedimentation in the Blue Mountains island arc:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, p. 339.

Harbert, William, Hillhouse, John, and Vallier, Tracy, 1988, Northern hemisphere Early Permian paleolatitude of Wrangellia: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, p. 234.

Vallier, Tracy L., 1989, Volcanic, tectonic, and oceanographic influences on Wallowa terrane stratigraphy, Blue Mountains Island Arc, Oregon and Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, p. 153.

White, James D.L., Stanley, George, White, David L., and Vallier, Tracy L., 1989, Paleotectonics and paleogeographic affinities of the Blue Mountains Island Arc: The view from an intra-arc summit basin in the Wallowa terrane:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, p. 159.

Gibson, C.N., Vallier, T.L., and O'Connor, J., 1990, The Rush Creek landslide in Hells Canyon of the Snake River, Oregon and Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. 12.

Stanley, G.D., Jr., and Vallier, Tracy L., 1992, Comment and reply on "Galapagos Islands: A Holocene analogue to the Wallowa accreted terrane, western North America”:  Geology, v. 20, p. 661-662.

White, J.D.L., White, D.L., Vallier, T.L., Stanley, G., and Ash, Sidney, 1992, Mid-Jurassic strata link Wallowa, Olds Ferry, and Izee terranes in the accreted Blue Mountains island arc, northeastern Oregon: Geology, v. 20, p. 729-73.

Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C. (Eds.), 1994, Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Stratigraphy, Physiography, and Mineral Resources of the Blue Mountains Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1439, 198 p.

White, D.L., and Vallier, T.L., 1994, Geology of the Pittsburg Landing region, Hells Canyon, Oregon and Idaho, in Vallier, T. L., and Brooks, H. C., (Eds.), Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Stratigraphy, Physiography, and Mineral Resources of the Blue Mountains Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1439, p. 55-74.

Alpha, T.R., and Vallier, T.L., 1994, Physiography of the Seven Devils Mountains and adjacent Hells Canyon of the Snake River, Idaho and Oregon, in Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C. (Eds.), Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington:  Stratigraphy, Physiography, and Mineral Resources of the Blue Mountains Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1439, p. 91-100. 

Vallier, Tracy L., 1994, Geologic hazards in the Hells Canyon region of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-213, 33p.

Harbert, William, Hillhouse, John, and Vallier, Tracy, 1995, Paleomagnetism of the Permian Wallowa Terrane: Implications for terrane migration and orogeny: Jour. Geophysical. Research, v. 100, p. 12,573-12,588. 

Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C. (Eds.), 1995, The Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Petrology and tectonic evolution of pre-Tertiary rocks:  U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 1438, 540 p.

Vallier, T.L., 1995, Petrology of Pre-Tertiary igneous rocks in the Blue Mountains Province of Oregon and Idaho: Implications for the geologic evolution of a complex island arc, in Vallier, T.L., and Brooks, H.C., (Eds.), Geology of the Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Petrology and Tectonic Evolution of Pre-Tertiary Rocks: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 1438, p. 125-209.

Vallier, Tracy L., 1998, Islands and Rapids: A Geologic Story of Hells Canyon: Confluence Press, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, 162 p.

White, D.L., and Vallier, T.L., 2000, Quaternary features in Hells Canyon at Pittsburg Landing, eastern Oregon and western Idaho: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, v. 32, p.  75.

Stutzman, Tamara J., Heins, William A., and Vallier, Tracy L., 2001, Implementation of a web-accessible database of Hells Canyon (Washington, Idaho, Oregon) petrographic and geochemical data: Abstracts With Programs, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain section, v. 33, No. 5, p. 54.

Vallier, Tracy L. and White, David L., 2002, Permian low-potassium rhyolite in Hells Canyon, eastern Oregon and western Idaho: Implications for early volcanism in intra-oceanic island arcs. Abstracts With Programs, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, v. 34, No.5, p. 39.

Mann, G.M., and Vallier, T.L., 2007, Mesozoic telescoping of island-arc terranes and geologic evolution of the Cuddy Mountains region, western Idaho, in Kuntz, Mel and Snee, Lawrence, (Eds.), Geological Studies of the Salmon River Suture Zone and adjoining areas, west-central Idaho and eastern Oregon, p. 163-180.

Kurz, Gene A., Schmidt, Mark D., Northrup, Clyde J., and Vallier, Tracy L. (in Preparation), U-Pb Geochronology of basement rocks from the Cougar Creek Complex, Wallowa Terrane, Blue Mountains province, Oregon-Idaho: Geological Society of America Bulletin.