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My Recent Publications and Presentations

Listed below are my publications and oral/poster presentations from 2001 to the present. In the case of publications I have endeavored to provide links to on-line copies of those publications.

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Jessey, David R., 2010, Geology and Ore Genesis of the Calico Mining District, in Overboard in the Mojave, in Reynolds, Robert E., ed., Overboard in the Mojave: 20 million years of lakes and wetlands, California Desert Studies Symposium-2010, Zzyzx, CA. pp. 213-223.
• Jessey, David R., 2009, The Blue Chert Mine: An epithermal gold occurrence in the Long Valley caldera, CA: in Reynolds, Robert E., and Jessey, David R., eds., Landscape Evolution at an Active Plate Margin: A Field Guide to the Owens Valley, CA, California Desert Studies Symposium-2009, Zzyzx, CA, pp. 135.139.
• Jessey, David R., Lusk, Mathew, and Varnell-Lusk, Ashley, 2009, Tectonic implications of basaltic volcanism within the central Owens Valley, CA: in Reynolds, Robert E., and Jessey, David R., eds., Landscape Evolution at an Active Plate Margin: A Field Guide to the Owens Valley,, CA, California Desert Studies Symposium-2009, Zzyzx, CA, pp. 140-147.
• Bruns, Jessica J., Anderson, Cami Jo, and Jessey, David R., 2009, Basaltic volcanism in the southern Owens Valley, CA: in Reynolds, Robert E., and Jessey, David R., eds., Landscape Evolution at an Active Plate Margin: A Field Guide to the Owens Valley,, CA, California Desert Studies Symposium-2009, Zzyzx, CA, pp. 98-106.
• Jessey, David R., and Reynolds Robert E., 2007, Major and trace element geochemistry of the Neogene Halloran Hills andesites, San Bernardino County, CA: in Reynolds, Robert E., ed., Wild, Scenic & Rapid: Desert Symposium Field Guide, California Desert Studies Symposium, Zzyzx, CA, pp. 33-38.
• Jessey, David R., et. al., 2001, Origin of the Clark Mountain fault complex; in Changing Face of the East Mojave Desert, California Desert Studies Symposium-2001, Zzyzx, CA, pp. 46-49.

Other Publications

• Jessey, David R., Bishop, Kim, Lipshie, Steve, Reynolds, R. E., 2009, Road log and field trip guide to the neotectonics and volcanism in the Owens and Long Valleys: California Desert Studies Field Trip, Zzyzx, CA, pp. 7-59.
• Jessey, David R., 2007 (revised), Field Trip Guide to Death Valley, CA: Cal Poly-Pomona, 37 p.
• Jessey, David R., 2007, Online field guide to Cenozoic/Mesozoic volcanism of the eastern Sierra Nevada: @ ../docs/sierra.html.
• Jessey, David R., and Michalka, Leianna L., 2005, Field Trip Guide to the Western Sierra Nevada and Mother Lode: Cal Poly-Pomona, 21 p.
• Jessey, D.R., Michalka, L.L., Wall, D.M. and Burns, R.E., 2003, Field Guide to the Big Sur Region, central California, Cal Poly-Pomona, 35 p.

Oral Presentations/Poster Sessions with Abstracts

• Bruns, Jessica. and Jessey, David R., (2011), Rare earth mineralization of southern Clark County, Nevada, Geological Society of America Cordilleran/Rocky Mtn. Meeting, Logan, Utah, May, 2011. (Link to PDF)
• Bruns, Jessica. and Jessey, David R., 2010, Neogene Basaltic Volcanism in the Southern Owens Valley, CA: Implications to Tectonics of the ECSZ: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, May 2010, Vol. 42, Issue 4..
• Bruns, Jessica. and Jessey, David R., (2010),Tectonic implications of basaltic volcanism in the Owens Valley, CA: Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences, August 2010, Vol. 109, Issue 2.
• Jessey, David R., 2009, Volcanism in the Eastern California Shear Zone: Soc. of Mining Engineers, March 2009.
• Jessey, David R., Bruns, Jessica, Lusk, Mathew, Varnell, Ashley and Anderson, Cami, 2008, Tectonic implications of basaltic volcanism in the Owens, Valley, CA: Provost's Symposium on Scholarship.
• Jessey, David R., 2008, Tectonic implications of Neogene volcanism in the Eastern California Shear Zone: Inland Geological Society, Nov. 2008.
• Brown, Julie M., Bruns, Jessica J. and Jessey, David R., 2008, Petrochemical trends of Neogene basaltic volcanism, southern Owens Valley, CA: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, March 2008, Vol. 40, Issue 4, pp.67.
• Baltzer, S. M. and Jessey, David R., 2007, Neogene alkaline/subalkaline volcanism in the eastern Mojave Province: Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences, August 2007, Vol. 106, Issue 2, pp.104-105.
• Jessey, David R. Reynolds, Robert E. and Baltzer, Suzanne M., 2007, Late Cenozoic volcanism of the eastern Mojave: California Desert Studies Center Annual Symposium, April 2007, Zzzyx ,CA.
• Jessey, David R., 2007, Tectonic implications of late Cenozoic volcanism in the eastern Mojave Desert: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, May 2007, Vol. 39, Issue 5, pp.36.
• Lusk, M. W. and Jessey, David R., 2007, Cenozoic volcanism on the Darwin Plateau: Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences, August 2007, Vol. 106, Issue 2, pp.107.
• Lusk, Matthew W. and Jessey, David R., 2007, Geochemical and petrographic analyses of the basalts of the Darwin Plateau, Inyo County, CA: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, May 2007, Vol. 39, Issue 5, pp.42.
• Baltzer, Suzanne M. and Jessey, David R., 2006, Late Cenozoic volcanism near Baker, CA: Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences, August 2006, Vol. 105, Issue 2, Suppl., pp.46.
• Varnell, Ashley E., and Jessey, David R., 2006, Petrology and geochemistry of the Big Pine volcanic field, Inyo County, California: Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences, August 2006, Vol. 105, Issue 2, Suppl., pp.58-59.
• Anderson, Cami Jo and Jessey, David R., 2005, Geochemical analysis of the Ricardo Volcanics, southern El Paso Mountains, CA: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, April 2005, Vol. 37, Issue 4, pp.47.
• Anderson, C.J. and Jessey, D.R., 2004, Geochemical analysis of the Ricardo Volcanics, southern El Paso Mountains, CA, Southern California Academy of Sciences Abstract Volume, Long Beach, CA,
• Tarman, Donald W., Jessey, David R., and Beal, Jennifer K., 2002, Petrology and geochronology of the Mesquite Pass sill, San Bernardino County, California; Geological Society of America Abstracts Volume, Corvallis OR.
• Jessey, David R., 2000, Barite mineralization and the tectonic evolution of the central Mojave: Cal Tech Geosciences Speaker Series, February 2, 2000.
• Baltzer, S.M., and Jessey, D.R., 2000, Reinterpretation of the Clark Mountain normal fault, San Bernardino County, CA: Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, University of Southern California.
• Jessey, David R., and Tarman, Donald W., 2001, The Clark Mountain fault complex: evidence for Jurassic extension in the eastern Mojave: Geological Society of America Abstracts Volume, Universal City, CA.
• Jessey, David R., Baltzer, Suzanne M., and Waki, Miho, 2001 An investigation of the Clark Mountain fault complex, eastern Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV.

Senior Theses I Have Supervised

• Bruns, Jessy - Current  Jessy is examining a rare earth property in southern Nevada.
• Holstrom, Tanya - Current  Tanya is studying the basalts of the Pisgah and Amboy volcanic fields.
• Michalka, Leianna - Current  Leianna is working on the geochemistry of the volcanic rocks of the Long Valley caldera.
  
  
• Julie Brown - 2008   Geochemistry and Petrography of the Jurassic Metasedimentary and Metavolcanic Units of the Alabama Hills and Southern Inyo Mountains Near Lone Pine, CA.

  Julie examined the plutonic and metasedimentary rocks of the Alabama Hills in an attempt to correlate the rock sequence with lithologically similar rocks in the southern Inyo Mountains.

• Lusk, Matt - 2007  Geochemical and Petrographic Analyses of the Basalts of the Darwin Plateau, Inyo County, CA; Evidence for Multi-dimensional Variation Governing the Production of Volcanic Fields in the Owens Valley.

  Matt studied the Neogene volcanic rocks of the Darwin Plateau and compared their geochemistry and petrology to other volcanic flows in the southern Owens Valley. He received an award from the Southern California Academy of Science for his research.

• Burns, Randal - 2006   A Re-Evaluation of the Veteran Extension of the Robinson District of White Pine County, NV.

  Randal re-examined a portion of a porphyry copper ore body lying outside of the present pit boundary and redefined the economic potential of that ore offshoot. His research led to a permanent position with Quadra Resources owners of the Robinson Mine.

• Varnell, Ashley - 2006   Petrology and Geochemistry of the Big Pine Volcanic Field, Inyo County, CA.

  Ashley followed up on earlier work of Cami Anderson, comparing the Big Pine volcanics to those of the Ricardo Formation, 60 miles to the south. She was instrumental in unraveling the relationship of petrology and geochemistry to the genesis of Owens Valley basalts.

• Anderson, Cami Jo - 2005   A Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of the Basalts of the Ricardo Formation Southern El Paso Mountains, CA.

  Cami undertook a comprehensive investigation of the Ricardo volcanics. Her study formed the foundation of work undertaken by a number of students in the following years and was the basis for several subsequent publications.

• Strom, Jon - 2003  X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Silver-Barite Hydrothermal Mineralization in the Central Mojave Silver-Barite District, San Bernardino County, CA.

  Jon was the first Cal Poly student to utilize XRF to examine compositional variation in a suite of volcanic rocks, in this case from the Calico Mining District. Jon demonstrated that XRF could be a vital tool in the study of volcanic rocks.

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