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Potassium-argon geochronology of the eastern Transverse Ranges and southern Mojave Desert, southern California

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Arsenic, chromium, uranium, and vanadium in rock, alluvium, and groundwater, Mojave River and Morongo Areas, western Mojave Desert, southern California

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Selected trace-elements in alluvium and rocks, western Mojave Desert, southern California

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Chapter 7: Jurassic granitoids and related rocks of the southern Bristol Mountains, southern Providence Mountains, and Colton Hills, Mojave Desert, California

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Magmatism and tectonics in a tilted crustal section through a continental arc, eastern Transverse Ranges and southern Mojave Desert

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Crustal structure and tectonics from the Los Angeles basin to the Mojave Desert, southern California

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Desert tortoise use of burned habitat in the Eastern Mojave desert

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Movement and Age of Ground Water in the Western Part of the Mojave Desert, Southern California, USA

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Source and Movement of Ground Water in the Western Part of the Mojave Desert, Southern California, USA

Featured Films and Shorts
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The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival (Full video)

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Physical and temporal isolation of mountain headwater streams in the western Mojave Desert, Southern California

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Waste burial in arid environments - Application of Information from a field laboratory in the Mojave Desert, Southern Nevada

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Geologic and paleoseismic study of the Lavic Lake fault at Lavic Lake Playa, Mojave Desert, southern California

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Chloride and tritium concentrations in a thick unsaturated zone underlying an intermittent stream in the Mojave Desert, Southern California, USA

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Status of groundwater quality in the Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts study unit, 2008-2010: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

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Water movement through a thick unsaturated zone underlying an intermittent stream in the western Mojave Desert, southern California, USA

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Desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado deserts

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Evidence for crustal degassing of CF4 and SF6 in Mojave Desert groundwaters

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Photoreconnaissance maps showing young-looking fault features in the southern Mojave Desert, California

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Ultrapotassic mafic dikes and rare earth element- and barium-rich carbonatite at Mountain Pass, Mojave Desert, southern California: Summary and field trip localities

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Fluvial transport and surface enrichment of arsenic in semi-arid mining regions: examples from the Mojave Desert, California

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Variation in reproduction of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada in relation to body size, primary production and climate

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Whole Rock Density, Magnetic Susceptibility, and Radiometric Measurements of a Rare Earth Element Terrane, Southeastern Mojave Desert.

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Directly dated MIS 3 lake-level record from Lake Manix, Mojave Desert, California, USA

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Ground-water and surface-water relations along the Mojave River, southern California

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Areal geology of the western Mojave Desert, California

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Fire Patterns among Ecological Zones in the California Desert, 1984-2013

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Geologic map of southern Avawatz Mountains, northeastern Mojave Desert region, San Bernardino County, California

Presentations and Events

PubTalk 5/2021 - Where Earthquakes Hide in the Desert

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Regional water table (2004) and water-level changes in the Mojave River and Morongo ground-water basins, Southwestern Mojave Desert, California

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