Senior Theses Currently in Preparation:
Espinoza, Miguel, “Geology, structure, and U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology of Proterozoic basement at the edge of the Pinacate volcanic field: Sierra Hornaday and Cerro El Aguila, northwestern Sonora, Mexico”
Cortez, Pablo, “Possible landslide origin for Brown’s Flat, Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, California”
Strand, Jessica, “Comparison of historical and modern flow records from Wolfskill, East Fork, and Middle Fork San Dimas Creeks, San Gabriel Mountains California”
Agunwah, Reggie, “GIS and structural analysis of oriented blocks in the Hogback landslide deposit, Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, California”
Theses Completed Under My Supervision:
Wilkins, Shaun, 2004, Stratigraphy and structure of North and Middle Fork Lytle Creek Canyon and surrounding areas—Implications for fault displacement and crosscutting relationships, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 55 pages plus one plate.
Parra, Julie, 2003, Analysis of marine geophysical data from the south Atlantic ocean, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 23 p.
DeLand, Jeff, 2003, Stratigraphy and Structure of the Mendenhall Gneiss, south central San Gabriel Mountains, southern California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 58 p.
Watkins, Terry, 2003, Geologic history of Proterozoic basement in the area of Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico, near Sierra Los Ojos; with possible relations to the Rodinia Supercontinent, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 42 p.
Ross, Kristi, 2001, Photogrammetric analysis and geologic interpretation of the Mars Pathfinder landing site, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 36 pages.
Andrejeski, John, 2000, Comparison of lithology and structure between Mt. Baden-Powell and Mt. San Antonio, San Gabriel Mountains, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 25 pages plus 2 plates.
McLarty, Andrew, 2000, Stratigraphy and provenance of conglomerate beds in the Puente Formation south and west of Puddingstone Reservoir, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomon, 44 pages plus 2 plates.
Marusich, Shelby, 1999, Petrography and correlation of the ‘mafic’ intrusive complex in the south central San Gabriel Mountain, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona
O’Hanion, Jessica, 1999, History and engineering geology of Cogswell Dam and Cogswell Reservoir, San Gabriel Mountains, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 31 p.
Stahl, Erin, 1999, Stratigraphy and structure of a mystery gneiss complex and Tertiary cover rocks near the international border in northwestern Sonora, Mexico, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 42 pages plus two plates.
Vathanasin, Van, 1999, Hydrology and water budget in the San Dimas Experimental Forest, San Gabriel Mountains, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 29 p.
Acosta, Ruben, 1998, Stratigraphy and palinspastic reconstruction of the eastern Borrego Badlands, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona
Heise, Ryan, 1998, Syntectonic deposition within the San Jacinto fault zone as recorded by the eastern Borrego badlands, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 25 pages plus one plate.
Sanford, Cathy, 1998, Kinematics of a the eastern segment of the Rand thrust, Mojave desert, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 39 pages plus one plate.
Chuang, Matthew K., 1998, Geology and structure of the San Gabriel quarry / San Gabriel Dam area, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona
Pedrotti, Gianfilipo, 1998, Evolving metamorphic conditions during faulting on Sunset Ridge, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona.
Gibson, Scott, 1998, Kinematic evolution of microfaults near the intersection of the San Gabriel and San Antonio faults, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona.
Litzenberg, Daniel M., 1997, A kinematic study of the Vincent thrust, San Gabriel Mountains, California, senior thesis, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 40 p. (I acted as Daniel’s coadvisor with Bryan Kriens).
Norum, Brent V., 1997, Stratigraphy and structure of the Pelona schist in the north fork Lytle Creek drainage: Implications for palinspastic reconstruction, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 40 pages plus one plate.
Gannett, Mark R., 1997, Hydrogeology of San Antonio Canyon near Chapman aquifer and upper Cow Canyon landslide, senior thesis, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 63 pages plus 3 plates. (I acted as Mark’s coadvisor with Bryan Kriens)
Curtis, David, 1996, The geology of Sierra el Batamote, northwestern Sonora, Mexico, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 81 pages plus one plate.
Pratt, Melissa L., 1995, Hydrogeology of Icehouse Canyon, eastern San Gabriel Mountains, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 89 p.
Stevenson, Kendall, 1995, Active landslides and erosional problems in Chino Hills State Park, Puente Hills, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona
Worthington, Mathew, 1995, Geology and hydrology of lower Aliso Canyon, eastern Puente Hills, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona Hankins, David, 1994, Geology and hydrology of upper Aliso drainage, Chino Hills State Park, San Bernardino County, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 39 p.
Reilly, John P., 1994, Hydrogeologic analysis of Upper San Antonio Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, California,with an emphasis on water budgets and aquifer locations, volume, and discharge, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 48 p.
Hazelton, Garrett B., 1993, A palinspastic reconstruction of the eastern San Gabriel Mountains basement utilizing a Miocene dike swarm, Masters thesis, San Diego State University, 181 p. (I acted as Garrett's coadviser with Eric Frost)
Jones, Rogan K., 1993, Stratigraphy of the Pelona Schist, Mount Baldy area, and its use in (1) constraining late Cenozoic fault movements,and (2) reconstructing the original depositional environment, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 89 p.
Stewart, Carrie, 1993, Simulated impacts of groundwater withdrawal from Three Lakes Valley South, Nevada, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 93 p.
Crother, Rodney A., 1992, Host rock lithologies and structural constraints on complex pegmatites in the San Jacinto Mountains, California, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 43 p.
La Mascus, Steve, 1991, Structural analysis of the easternmost segment of the Vincent thrust, San Gabriel Mountains, senior thesis, Cal Poly Pomona, 69 p.
Publications with Student Coauthors:
Nourse, Jonathan A., Premo, W. R., Iriondo, A., and Stahl, E. R., 2005, Contrasting Proterozoic basement provinces near the truncated margin of Laurentia, northwestern Sonora-Arizona border region, in Anderson, T. H., Nourse, J. A., McKee, J., and Steiner, M (eds.), The Mojave-Sonora Megashear Hypothesis: Development, Assessment, and Alternatives, Geological Society of America Special Paper #393, Chapter 4, p. 123-182.
Espinoza, M., Nourse, J. A., Premo, W. R., and Iriondo, A., 2005, Stratigraphy, structure, and U-Pb geochronology of gneisses in Sierra Hornaday and Cerro El Aguila, northwest Sonora, Mexico: Fingerprints at the truncated margin of Laurentia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, n. 4, p. 57.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Iriondo, A., Premo, W.R., Kunk, M.J., and Stahl, E.R., 2000, New constraints on the southwest margin of Laurentia from the Pinacate-Cabeza Prieta basement complex, Sonora and Arizona, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. A318.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Stahl, Erin R., Curtis, David J., Pratt, Melissa L, Acosta, Ruben G., 2000, Stratigraphic age and deformational history of the Altar-Caborca stretched-pebble conglomerate belt, Sonora, Mexico, abstract in Calmus, T., and Monreal, R., (editors), Fourth Symposium on the Geology and Mineral Deposits of northwestern Mexico, Hermosillo, March 6-8.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Stahl, Erin R., Acosta, Ruben G., and Anderson, T. H., 2000, Reconnaissance geology and structure of Proterozoic-Mesozoic basement northwest of El Pinacate, abstract in Calmus, T., and Monreal, R., (editors), Fourth Symposium on the Geology and Mineral Deposits of Northwestern Mexico, Hermosillo, March 6-8.
Nourse, Jonathan A. and Vathanasin, V., 1999, Contrasting water budgets for two ocean-facing drainage basins of the San Gabriel Mountains, California, GSA abstratcts with programs, v. 31, no. 7.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Weigand, Peter W., and Hazelton, Garrett B., 1998, Igneous and tectonic response of the eastern San Gabriel Mountains to Neogene extension and rotation of the Transverse Ranges block, in Behl, R. J., (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook for the 94th Annual GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, CSU Long Beach, p. 10-1--10-15.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Acosta, Ruben G., Stahl, Erin R., and Chuang, Mathew K., 1998, Basement geology of the 7.5 minute Mt. Baldy and Glendora quadrangles, San Gabriel Mountains, California, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 30, no. 5, p. 56.
Nourse, Jonathan A. and Litzenburg, Daniel M., 1998, Structural evidence for east-vergent shear in the upper plate of the Vincent thrust, San Gabriel Mountains, California, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 30, no. 5, p. 57.
Acosta, Ruben G., Heise, Ryan C., and Nourse, Jonathan A., Syntectonic sedimentation within the San Jacinto fault zone as recorded by the eastern Borrego Badlands, California, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 30, no. 5, p. 2.
Demboski, John A., Jr., Anderson, Thomas H., Nourse, Jonathan A., and Silver, Leon T., 1998, Caborca, San Gabriel, and Joshua Tree: Terranes at the southwestern margin of North America, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 30, no. 7, p. A-355.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Stahl, Erin, R. Curtis, David J., and Pratt, Melissa L., 1996, Laramide contraction of a Late Jurassic transtensional basin at Sierra el Batamote, northwestern Sonora, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. A-114.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Pratt, Melissa L., and Reilly, John P., 1996, Dynamic interactions between surface discharge and groundwater flow in upper San Antonio watershed, San Gabriel Mountains, California, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. A-478 .
Nourse, Jonathan A., Reilly, John P., and Pratt, Melissa L., 1994, Pullapart basins along the San Antonio and San Gabriel fault zones, southern California, deduced from surface discharge variations, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. A-416.
Weigand, Peter W., Nourse, Jonathan A., and Hazelton, Garrett B., 1994, Geochemical comparison of Miocene intrusive rocks in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the middle Miocene Glendora Volcanics, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. A-293.
Nourse, Jonathan A., Hazelton, Garrett B., and Jones, Rogan K., 1994, Evidence for two phases of late Cenozoic sinistral slip on the San Antonio Canyon fault, eastern San Gabriel Mountains, California, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 26, no. 2, p. 77-78.
Hazelton, Garrett B., and Nourse, Jonathan A., 1994, Miocene extension direction from dikes in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 26, no.2,p. 58.
Worthington, Matthew, and Nourse, Jonathan A., 1994, Hydrogeology of lower Aliso canyon, Chino Hills State Park, California , GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 26, no. 2, p. 105.
Hazelton, Garrett B. and Nourse, Jonathan A., 1993, Did the San Gabriel Mountains once floor the Los Angeles basin: Evidence from a mid Cenozoic magmatic event, GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 25, no. 5, p. 50.
Hazelton, Garrett B. and Nourse, Jonathan A., Synextensional Miocene magmatism in the vicinity of the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, (contribution to Geological Society of America Special Paper on extensional tectonism in the Los Angeles basin and coastal southern California; in review).
Nourse, Jonathan A., Pratt, Melissa L., and Reilly, John P., Water supply, aquifer character, and evapotransporation in San Antonio watershed, San Gabriel Mountains, California (manuscript in preparation).