Publications*
In Preparation
Wetmore, P.H., Fletcher, J., Callihan, S., and Springer, A., Kinematic evolution of the Agua Blanca Fault, Baja California, Mexico, to be submitted to Geology.
Springer, A., Callihan, S., Wetmore, P.H., Fletcher, J., and Connor, C.B., in prep., Transtension and the formation of basins along the western Agua Blanca Fault, Baja California, Mexico, to be submitted to Lithosphere.
Wetmore, P.H., Alseleben, H., Paterson, S.R., Ducea, M.N., Valencia, V., and Gehrels, G., in prep., Structural geology of of the northern boundary of the Alisistos Arc Segement of the western Peninsular Ranges batholith, Baja California, Mexico, to be included in a GSA Special Paper on the Peninsular Ranges batholith.
Wetmore, P.H., Ducea, M.N., Gehrels, G., and Alsleben, H., in prep., Post-tectonic intrusions of the Alisitos Arc Segment of the Peninsular Ranges batholith, Baja California, Mexico: Implications for variations in the magnitude of accretion-related crustal thickening, to be included in a GSA Special Paper on the Peninsular Ranges batholith.
Wetmore, P.H., Pignotta, G., Paterson, S.R., Ducea, M.N., and Gehrels, G., in prep., Amnesia and the role of multiple material transfer processes accommodating the upper crustal emplacement of the Balbuena Pluton, Baja California, Mexico, to be included in a GSA Special Paper on the Peninsular Ranges batholith.
In Print
Wetmore, P.H., and Ducea, M.N., 2009, Geochemical evidence of a near-surface history for source rokcs of the central Coast Mountains Batholith, British Columbia, International Geology Review, doi:10.1080/00206810903028219.
Wetmore, P.H., Connor, C.B., Kruse, S.E., Callihan, S., and Pignotta, G., 2009, Geometry of the Trachyte Mesa Intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: Implications for the emplacement of small melt volumes into the the upper crust, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 10, doi:10.1029/2009GC002469.
Wetmore, P.H. , Hughes, S.S., Connor, L., and Caplinger, M.L., 2009, Spatial distribution of eruptive centers about the Idaho National Laboratory, in Connor, C., Chapman, N., and Connor, L. (eds) Volcanism, Tectonism, and Siting Nuclear Facilities, Cambridge Press.
Saleeby, J., Ducea, M.N., Busby, C., Nadin, E., and Wetmore, P.H. , 2008, Chronology of pluton emplacement and regional deformation in the southern Sierra Nevada batholith, California, in Wright, J.E., and Shervais, J.W., eds., Ophiolites, Arcs, and Batholiths: A Tribute to Cliff Hopson: Geological Society of America Special Paper 438, p. 297-427, doi: 10.1130/2008.2438(14).
Alsleben, H., Wetmore, P.H. , Schmidt, K.L., and Paterson, S.R., 2008, Complex deformation as a result of arc-continent collision: Quantifying finite strain in the Alisitos arc, Peninsular Ranges, Baja California: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 30, p. 220-236.
Wetmore, P.H. , Alsleben, H., Paterson, S.R., Ducea, M., Gehrels, G., Valencia, V., 2005, Field trip to the northern Alisitos arc segment: Ancestral Agua Blanca fault region: Field trip guide for the VII International Meeting of the Peninsular Geological Society , 40p.
Barbeau, D.L., Ducea, M.N., Gehrels, G.E., Kidder, S., Wetmore, P.H. , and Saleeby, J.B., 2005, U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of northern Salinian basement and cover rocks, Geological Society of America Bulletin , v. 117, p. 466-481.
Wetmore, P.H. , Herzig, C., Schultz, P.W., Alsleben, H, Paterson, S.R., and Schmidt, K.L., 2003, Cretaceous Tectonic Evolution of the Western Zone of the Peninsular Ranges Batholith of Southern and Baja California, in Johnson, S.E., Paterson, S.R., Girty, G.H., and Fletcher, J, eds., Geological Society of America Special Paper v. 374, p. 93-116.
Wetmore, P.H., 2003, Investigation into the tectonic significance of the along strike variations of the Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern and Baja California, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 199p.
Wetmore, P.H. , Schmidt, K.L., and Paterson , S.R., 2002 The tectonic implications for the along-strike variability in the character of Peninsular Ranges batholith of southern and Baja California : Geology , v. 30, p. 247-250.
Schmidt, K.L., Wetmore, P.H. , Johnson, S.E., and Paterson, S.R., 2002, Along-strike variation in the origin of an ocean-continent basement join in the Mesozoic Peninsular Ranges batholith: to what degree does an island arc collision drive orogeny?, in Barth, A., ed., Geological Society of America Special Paper v. 365, p. 49-72.
Hughes, S.S., Wetmore, P.H. , and Casper, J.L., 2002, Evolution of Quaternary tholeiitic basalt eruptive centers on the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho: in Bonnichson, B., and McCurry, M., eds., Magmatic and tectonic evolution of the eastern Snake River Plain volcanic province, Idaho Geological Survey Bulletin v. 30, p. 363-385.
Wetmore, P.H. , Hughes, S.S., and Anderson, S.R., 1997, Model morphologies of subsurface quaternary basalts as evidence for a decrease in the magnitude of basaltic magmatism at and near the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho: Proceedings of the 32nd Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering , p. 45-58.
Meeting Abstracts
Springer, A.M., Tutak, F., Callihan, S.M. , Wetmore, P.H., Alsleben, H., Pignotta, G., and Ducea, M.N., 2007, The upper crustal emplacement of the Balbuena Pluton by multiple material transfer processes, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 6, p. 224.
Callihan, S. , Wetmore, P.H., Ducea, M., and Caplinger, M. , 2007, Bimodal dikes in the core of the Peninsular Ranges batholith: The southern continuation of the San Marcos Dike Swarm, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 6, p. 225.
Wetmore, P.H., Connor, C.B., Kruse, S., Pignotta, G., and USF's 2007 Geophysical Field School , 2007, Geometry of the Trachyte Mesa Intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah, as determined by an integrated geophysical and structural investigation, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 6, p. 226.
Alsleben, H., Wetmore, P.H., Ducea, M., Gehrels, G., Tutak, F., Pignotta, G., and Paterson, S, 2007, Early Cretaceous suturing of the Alisitos volcanic arc to North America and the role of the Ancestral Agua Blanca fault in the western Peninsular Ranges batholith of Baja California, Mexico, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 6, p. 235.
Wetmore, P.H., Caplinger, M., Connor, L, Beeson, J., Boyko, W. , and Connor, C.B., 2007, Quantification of the spatial relationships between faults and volcanoes, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 6, p. 124.
Wetmore, P.H., Ducea, M., Stair, K.N., and Kayzar, T. , 2007, Isotopic Evidence of a Near Surface History for the Source Rocks of the Central Coast Mountains Batholith, British Columbia, Geological Society of America Specialty Meetings Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. ?.
Alsleben, H., and Wetmore, P. H. , 2006, New structural constraints on the collision and accretion of the Alisitos arc with North America from the Colonet area, Peninsular Ranges batholith, Baja California, MX, in Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Philadelphia, PA.
Alsleben, H., Wetmore, P. H., Schmidt, K. L., Gehrels, G. E., and Paterson, S. R., 2006, The Peninsular Ranges batholith: A link between the western and southern margin of North America, in Geological Society of America South-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Norman, OK, Paper No. 3-14.
Caplinger, M.L. , and Wetmore, P.H. , 2006, Quantifying the spatial relationship between eruptive centers and faults; EOS Transactions, AGU, v. 87(52) fall meeting supplemental.
Alsleben, H., Wetmore, P.H. , Gehrels, G., and Paterson , S.R, 2005, Using detrital zircon geochronology to track island arc collision, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p.
Wetmore, P.H., Stair, K.N. , and Ducea, M., 2005, The geochemical evolution of greater than 100 million years of subduction-related magmatism, Coast Plutonic Complex, west-central British Columbia, Geological Society of America Specialty Meetings Abstracts with Programs, No 2, p. 109.
Wetmore, P.H., Alsleben, H., Ducea, M., Gehrels, G., Paterson, S.R., and Valencia, V.A. , 2005, Geochemical constraints on crustal thickness variations of the Alisitos arc segment of Baja California, Mexico, Memorias de VII Reunión Internacional sobre Geología de la Penísula de Baja California : p. 10-11.
Alsleben, H., Wetmore, P.H., Schmidt, K.L., and Paterson, S.R., 2005, Factors controlling along-strike variations in a fold-thrust belt formed during collision of the Alisitos arc, Peninsular Ranges, Baja California, Mexico, Memorias de VII Reunión Internacional sobre Geología de la Penísula de Baja California : p. 33-34.
Alsleben, H., Wetmore, P.H., and Paterson, S.R., 2004, An intra-arc strain gradient as a result of arc-continent collision-quantifying finite strain in the Alisitos arc, Peninsular Ranges, Baja California, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36
Wetmore, P.H., Kayzar, T. , Ducea, M., Patchett, P.J., and Gehrels, G., 2004, Preliminary results of the petrological and geochemical component tot he BATHOLITHS project, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36
Wetmore, P.H. , Ducea, M., Gehrels, G., Schmidt, K.L., and Paterson, S.R., 2003, Magmatic response to differential crustal thickening: Geochemical constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Alisitos Arc Segment of Baja California, Mexico, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 45-10.
Alsleben, H., Wetmore, P.H., Schmidt, K.L., Gehrels, G., and Paterson , S.R., 2003, Temporal and spatial constraints on suturing the Alisitos island arc to North America , Peninsular Ranges batholith, Baja California, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 45-11.
Wetmore, P.H. , and Paterson, S.R., 2003, The “Guerrero Superterrane”: A single terrane or multiple arc segments?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 65.
Wetmore, P.H., Paterson , S.R., Schmidt, K.L., and Herzig, C., 2002, Tectonic implications for along-strike variations in the character of the Mesozoic Peninsular Ranges batholith of southern and Baja California : Memorias de VI Reunión Internacional sobre Geología de la Penísula de Baja California : p. 45-46.
Wetmore, P.H., and Paterson, S.R., 2002, Primary grain shapes and grain preferred orientations: Why no analysis of finite strain is complete without their incorporation: EOS Transactions AGU, v. 83, p.613.
Sutherland, M. , Wetmore, P.H., Herzig, C., and Paterson, S.R., 2002, The Early Cretaceous Santiago Peak arc: A continental margin arc built on the North America Triassic-Jurassic accretionary prism of southern and Baja California : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. 43.
Wetmore, P.H. , Schmidt, K.L., and Paterson , S.R., 2001, Amnesia in pluton emplacement, Balbuena Pluton , Baja California , Mexico : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p325.
Albertz, M., Wetmore, P.H., Pignotta, G.S., Potter, M.E., Andreasson, G., and Paterson, S.R., 2000, How do magma chamber–host rock systems evolve through time?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, p. 1.
Wetmore, P.H. , and Paterson, S.R., 2000, Diachronous accretion of ocean terranes across a transform fault in Baja California Norte , Mexico : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, p.75.
Wetmore, P.H. , Paterson , S.R., and Schmidt, K.L., 2000, Strain distribution within the Alisitos arc segment of the western Peninsular Ranges batholith Baja California Norte: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, p. 168.
Schmidt, K.L., Wetmore, P.H., and Paterson , S.R., 2000, Did mid-Cretaceous orogeny in the Peninsular Ranges batholith result from collision or increased subduction coupling: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, p. 46.
Wetmore, P.H. , Hughes, S.S., Rodgers, D.W., and Anderson, S.R., 1999, Constructional origin of the Axial Volcanic Zone of the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no 4, p. 61.
Hughes, S.S., Wetmore, P.H., and Casper , J.L, 1999, Evolution of Quaternary tholeiitic basalt eruptive centers on the eastern Snake River Plain: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no 4, p. 17.
Wetmore, P.H. , Rodgers, D.W., and Hughes, S.S., 1998, Late Quaternary basaltic magmatism and the rate of extension on the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section Meeting.
Wetmore, P.H., and Hughes, S.S., 1997, Change in magnitude of basaltic magmatism determined from model morphologies of subsurface Quaternary lavas at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. 365.
Hughes, S.S., Wetmore, P.H., and Casper, J.L., 1997, Geochemical interpretations and basalt stratigraphy and Quaternary mafic volcanism, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. 298.
* Italicized names indicate student involvement.