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PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Publications
  1. Conley*, A, Ramirez, S.E., Ricketts, J.W., Langford, R.P., Pavlis, T.L., and Heizler, M.T., in press, Reconstructing the erosional and tectonic record of Laramide contraction to Rio Grande rift extension, southern Indio Mountains, western Texas, USA: Geosphere, v. 19, p. 849-877, doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02620.1.

  2. Mahar, M.A., Goodell, P.C., Ricketts, J.W., Crowley, J.L., Kappus, E.J., and Alvarez, A.M., 2023, Tectonomagmatic evolution of southwestern Laurentia: Insights from zircon U-Pb geochronology and hafnium isotopic composition of the Red Bluff granite suite, west Texas: Geosphere, v. 19, p. 599-627, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02577.1.

  3. Goldrich-Middaugh, G.M., Ma, L., Engle, M.A., Ricketts, J.W., Soto-Montero*, P., and Sullivan, P.L., 2022, Regional drivers of stream chemical behavior: Leveraging lithology, land use, and climate gradients across the Colorado River, Texas USA: Water Resources Research, v. 58, e2022WR032155, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032155.

  4. Karlstrom, K.E., Guenthner, W.R., Thurston, O.G., Heizler, M.T., Ricketts, J.W., and Timmons, J.M., 2022, Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology reveals pre-Great Unconformity paleotopography in the Grand Canyon region, USA: COMMENT: Geology, v. 50, e543. 

  5. Thurston, O.G., Guenthner, W.R., Karlstrom, K.E., Ricketts, J.W., Heizler, M.T., and Timmons, J.M., 2022, Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology of Grand Canyon resolves 1250 Ma unroofing at the Great Unconformity and <20Ma canyon carving: Geology, p. 222-226, https://doi.org/10.1130/G48699.1

  6. Gavel, M.M., Amato, J.M., Ricketts, J.W., Kelley, S., Biddle*, J.M., and Delfin*, R.A., 2021, Thermochronologic transect across the Basin and Range/Rio Grande rift transition: Contrasting cooling histories in contiguous extensional provinces: Geosphere, v. 17, p. 1807-1839, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02381.1

  7. Ricketts, J.W., Amato, J.M., and Gavel, M.M., 2021, The origin and tectonic significance of the Basin and Range-Rio Grande rift boundary in southern New Mexico, USA: GSA Today, v. 31, p. 4-10, https://doi.org/10.1130/GSATG509A.1

  8. Ricketts, J.W., Roiz*, J., Karlstrom, K.E., Heizler, M.T., Guenthner, W.R., and Timmons, J.M., 2021, Tectonic origin of the Great Unconformities of the Rocky Mountain region: the power of combined zircon (U-Th)/He and K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology: Geology, v. 49, https://doi.org/10.1130/G49141.1

  9. Garcia*, V.H., Ma, L., Ricketts, J.W., and Dosseto, A., 2021, Record of neotectonics and deep crustal fluid circulation along the Santa Fe fault zone in travertine deposits of the Lucero Uplift, New Mexico, USA: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009452. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009454

  10. Garcia*, J.A., Mahar, M.A., Goodell, P.C., Molina, C., and Ricketts, J.W., 2021, Petrology, geochemistry, stratigraphy, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope compositions of subsurface lithologies in northwestern Mesa Central, Durango, Mexico: Implications for the tectonomagmatic evolution of northwestern Mexico: Gondwana Research, v. 93, p. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.01.005

  11. Reade*, N.Z., Biddle*, J.M., Ricketts, J.W., and Amato, J.M., 2020, Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronologic constraints on the long-term thermal history of southern New Mexico and western Texas: Lithosphere, v. 2020, 8881315.  https://doi.org/10.2113/2020/8881315

  12. Ricketts, J.W., 2020, The Rio Grande Rift, in Scholle P.A., Ulmer-Scholle, D.S., Cather, S.M., and Kelley, S.A., eds., The Geology of Southern New Mexico’s Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands: The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, New Mexico, p. 134-143.

  13. Ricketts, J.W., Ma, L., Wagler, A.E., and Garcia*, V.H., 2019, Global travertine deposition modulated by oscillations in climate: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 34, p. 558-568. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3144

  14. Armour, L.K., Langford, R.P., and Ricketts, J.W., 2018, Pliocene-Holocene deformation in the southern Rio Grande rift as inferred from topography and uplifted terraces of the Franklin Mountains, southern New Mexico and western Texas: Geosphere, v. 14, doi: 10.1130/GES01572.1.

  15. Karlstrom, K.E., Crossey, L.J., Embid, E., Crow, R., Heizler, M., Hereford, R., Beard, L.S., Ricketts, J.W., Cather, S., and Kelley, S., 2017, Cenozoic incision history of the Little Colorado River: Its role in carving Grand Canyon and onset of rapid incision in the past ca. 2 Ma in the Colorado River System: Geosphere, v. 13, doi: 10.1130/GES01304.1.

  16. Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Schmandt, B., Crow, R.R., Colman, D.R., Cron, B., Takacs-Vesbach, C.D., Dahm, C.N., Northrup, D.E., Hilton, D.R, Ricketts, J.W., and Lowry, A.R., 2016, Continental smokers couple mantle degassing and distinctive microbiology within continents: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 435, pg. 22-30, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.039.

  17. Ricketts, J.W., Kelley, S.A., Karlstrom, K.E., Schmandt, B., Donahue, M.S., and van Wijk, J., 2016, Synchronous opening of the Rio Grande rift along its entire length at 25-10 Ma supported by apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology, and evaluation of possible driving mechanisms: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B31223.1.

  18. Channer, M.A., Ricketts, J.W., Zimmerer, M., Heizler, M., and Karlstrom, K., 2015, Surface uplift above the Jemez mantle anomaly in the past 4 Ma based on 40Ar/39Ar dated paleoprofiles of the Rio San Jose, New Mexico, USA: Geosphere, v. 11, doi: 10.1130/GES01145.1.

  19. Ricketts, J.W., Karlstrom, K.E., and Kelley, S.A., 2015, Embryonic core complexes in narrow continental rifts: The importance of low-angle normal faults in the Rio Grande rift of central New Mexico: Geosphere, v. 11, doi: 10.1130/GES01109.1.

  20. Priewisch, A., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Polyak, V., Asmerom, Y., Nereson, A., and Ricketts, J.W., 2014, U-series geochronology of large-volume Quaternary travertine deposits of the southeastern Colorado Plateau: Evaluating episodicity and tectonic and paleohydrologic controls: Geosphere, v. 10, doi: 10.1130/GES00946.1.

  21. Bethel-Thompson, C, Sainsbury, J.S., Ricketts, J.W., and Girty, G.H., 2014, The Rattlesnake Valley and Oriflamme Canyon plutons: Key temporal markers in the Jurassic and Cretaceous development of the transition zone of the Peninsular Ranges batholith, in Morton, D.M., and Miller, F.K., eds., Peninsular Ranges Batholith, Baja California and Southern California, Geological Society of America Memoir 211.

  22. Karlstrom, K.E., Lee, J., Kelley, S.A., Crow, R.S., Crossey, L.J., Young, R.A., Lazear, G., Beard, L.S., Ricketts, J.W., Fox, M., and Shuster, D.L., 2014, Formation of the Grand Canyon 5 to 6 million years ago through integration of older palaeocanyons: Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2065.

  23. Ricketts, J.W., Karlstrom, K.E., Priewisch, A., Crossey, L.J.. Polyak, V.J., and Asmerom, Y., 2014, Quaternary extension in the Rio Grande rift at elevated strain rates recorded in travertine deposits, central New Mexico: Lithosphere, v. 6, p. 3-16, doi: 10.1130/L278.1.

  24. Karlstrom, K.E., Lee, J., Kelley, S.A., Crow, R., Young, R.A., Lucchita, I., Beard, L.S., Dorsey, R., Ricketts, J.W., Dickinson, W.R., and Crossey, L.J., 2013, Arguments for a young Grand Canyon: Technical comment: Science, doi: 10.1126/science.1229390.

  25. Ricketts, J.W., Girty, G.H., Sainsbury, J.S., Muela, K.K., Sutton, L.A., Biggs, M.A., and Voyles, E.M., 2011, Episodic growth of the Chocolate Mountains anticinorium recorded by the Neogene Bear Canyon conglomerate, southeastern California, U.S.A.: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 81, p. 859-873.

Guidebooks
  1. Cornell, W., Doser, D., Langford, R., Villalobos, J., and Ricketts, J., 2023, The Geology of El Paso: Books and Monographs, v, 1. https://scholarworks.utep.edu/eer_books/1.

  2. Biddle*, J., Ricketts, J.W., and Amato, J.M., 2018, Constraining timing of extension in the southern Rio Grande rift and Basin and Range using apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology, in Mack, G.H., Hampton, B.A., Ramos, F.C., Witcher, J.C., and Ulmer-Scholle, D.S., eds., Las Cruces Country III: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 69, p. 127-135.

  3. Delfin*, R.A., and Ricketts, J.W., 2018, Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronologic data indicate Middle to Late Miocene extension in the Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas: Accepted in the El Paso Geological Society Guidebook.

  4. Ricketts, J.W., Beard, L.S., Crow, R., Coffey, K., and Haxel, G.B., 2017, Post-9.45 Ma depositional and structural history of the Bear Canyon conglomerate between Indian Pass and Picacho State Recreation Area, southeastern California, in  Reynolds, R.E., ed., ECSZ Does It: Revisiting the Eastern California Shear Zone: Desert Symposium Field Guide and Proceedings, p. 165-173.

  5. Ricketts, J.W., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2016, Processes controlling the development of the Rio Grande rift at long timescales, in Frey, B.A., Karlstrom, K.E., Lucas, S.G., Williams, S., Zeigler, K., McLemore, V., and Ulmer-Scholle, D.S., eds., The Geology of the Belen Area: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 67, p. 195-202. 

  6. Ricketts, J.W., Karlstrom, K.E., and Heizler, M.T., 2016, Tectonic evolution of the Lucero Uplift, in Frey, B.A., Karlstrom, K.E., Lucas, S.G., Williams, S., Zeigler, K., McLemore, V., and Ulmer-Scholle, D.S., eds., The Geology of the Belen Area: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 67, p. 185-194.

  7. Kolomaznik, M., Ricketts, J.W., Priewisch, A., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Asmerom, Y., and Polyak, V., 2013, U-series dating and stable isotope analysis of Quaternary travertines with implications for incision rates in western Rio Grande rift, Carrizo Arroyo, New Mexico, in Zeigler, K., Timmons, M.J., Timmons, S., and Semken, S., eds., Geology of Route 66 Region: Flagstaff to Grants: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 64, p. 199-204.

  8. Girty, G.H., Muela, K.K., Olson, H., Sutton, L., Biggs, M., Sainsbury, J., Ricketts, J.W., Errthum, R., Colby, T.A., Carrasco, T., Gordon, E., and Pelbath, T., 2012, Toward a unified model for the geologic and tectonic history of the region between Indian Pass and Picacho State Recreation Area, southeastern California, in Wirths, T.A., ed., Picacho and the Cargo Muchachos: Gold, guns, and geology of eastern Imperial County, California, San Diego Association of Geologists, San Diego.

  9. Murphy, J., Goldman, M., Fuis, G., Rymer, M., Sickler, R., Miller, S., Butcher, L., Ricketts, J., Criley, C., Stock, J., Hole, J., and Chavez, G., 2011, Seismic calibration shots conducted in 2009 in the Imperial Valley, southern California, for the Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1295, 79 p., and spreadsheet. 

Geologic Maps

  1. Conley*, A.T., Ricketts, J.W., Pavlis, T., and Langford, R., 2021, Geologic map of the southern Indio Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas: USGS Edmap Award No. G20AC00150.

  2. Ricketts, J.W., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2014, Geologic map of the South Garcia SE 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Valencia County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map 246, scale 1:24,000. [Link]

Abstracts
  1. DiCarlo, R., Taylor, K., Chapman, A., and Ricketts, J.W., 2023, Zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology requires two-stage (Early Cretaceous and Miocene) uplift of the Klamath Mountains Province (southern Oregon-northern California): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 55, doi: 10.1130/abs/2023CD-387250.

  2. Ricketts, J.W., West*, D., Conley*, A.T., and Langford, R.P., 2023, Investigating styles of contraction and overprinting by Rio Grande rift extension in the southern Indio Mountains, western Texas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 55, doi: 10.1130/abs/2023RM-387930.

  3. Kelsch*, J., and Ricketts, J.W., 2022, Kinematic and geochronologic analysis of late Cenozoic fault surfaces from the southern segment of the Rio Grande rift in the Big Bend region of western Texas and northern Chihuahua: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-383338.

  4. Ricketts, J.W., Conley*, A.T., Langford, R.P., Pavlis, T., and Heizler, M., 2022, Reconstructing the transition from Laramide contraction to Rio Grande rift extension in the southern Indio Mountains, western Texas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-379531.

  5. Thurston, O., Guenthner, W., Karlstrom, K.E., Heizler, M.T., and Ricketts, J.W., 2022, Combined ZHe and Ar-Ar MDD thermochronometers for understanding the deep-time (>1 Ga) thermal history of the Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-377484.

  6. Chapman, A., and Ricketts, J.W., 2022, Zircon (U-Th)/He constraints on the exhumation of the Pelona-Orocopia-Rand schists and implications for the late Cretaceous to Neogene tectonic development of SW North America: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-377484.

  7. Ma, L., Andreau, N., Moreu*, L., Goldrich-Middaugh, G., Soto-Montero*, P., Ricketts, J.W., and Sullivan, P., 2022, Using dissolved (234U/238U) ratios as a watershed tracer for climate, lithology, ad land use: A combined geochemical, geological, and geographic approach in Texas rivers: Goldschmidt 2022 Abstract, https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2022.11195.

  8. Amato, J., Johnson, E., Ricketts, J.W., Wyatt, M., Vermillion, K.B., Gavel*, M.M., and Swenton, V., 2022, Investigating the transition from Eocene subduction to Oligocene extension in southern New Mexico, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022CD-373670.

  9. Goldrich-Middaugh, G., Ma, L., Ricketts, J.W., Soto-Montero*, P., Engle, M., and Sullivan, P., 2021, Regional scale analysis of river flow and chemistry shows lithology, climate, and anthropogenic controls on spatial trends in major ion behavior on the Colorado River, TX: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-367704.

  10. Moreu*, L., Ricketts, J.W., Garcia*, V.H., and Ma, L., 2021, Using trace metals to fingerprint water resources in the Colorado River Basin, Texas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-369760.

  11. Ricketts, J.W., Amato, J.M., and Gavel*, M., 2021, The origin and tectonic significance of the Basin and Range-Rio Grande rift boundary in southern New Mexico, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-366822.

  12. Soto Montero*, P., Goldrich-Middaugh, G., Ricketts, J.W., Ma, L., Garcia*, V.H., and Sullivan, P., 2021, Spatial and temporal assessment of the Colorado River basin using GIS to determine the contribution of climate, land-use and lithology to river’s water chemistry: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-368983.

  13. Ma, L., Garcia, N.A., Moreu*, L., Goldrich-Middaugh, G., Soto-Montero*, P., Ricketts, J.W., and Sullivan, P., 2021, Developing Riverine (234U/238U) Ratios as a Watershed Tracer for Climate, Lithology, and Land Use Conditions: Initial Insights from a Combined Geochemical, Geological, and Geographic Approach in Texas River Basins, Abstract H15B-1050 presented at the AGU Fall Meeting.

  14. Thurston, O., Guenthner, W.R., Karlstrom, K.E., Heizler, M.T., and Ricketts, J.W., 2020, Mesoproterozoic to Cenozoic thermal histories of Grand Canyon basement from zircon (U- Th)/He and K-spar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 52, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-359105.

  15. Ricketts, J.W., Ma, L., Wagler, A.E., and Garcia*, V.H., 2019, Global travertine deposition modulated by oscillations in climate: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-336795.

  16. Ricketts, J.W., Amato, J.M., Gavel*, M.M., Biddle, J., and Reade, N.Z., 2019, The thermochronologic record of tectonism and magmatism across the Rio Grande rift–Basin and Range transition: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-336719.

  17. Gavel*, M.M., Amato, J.M., Ricketts, J.W., and Kelly, S.A., 2019, Different cooling histories in the Basin and Range and Rio Grande rift of southern New Mexico revealed using low temperature thermochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-336930.

  18. Rodriguez-Gonzalez*, G., and Ricketts, J.W., 2019, Fault kinematics of the southern Rio Grande rift: Exploring the possibility of fault reactivation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-340907.

  19. Rodriguez Gonzalez*, G., and Ricketts, J.W., 2019, Fault kinematics and paleostrain analysis of the southern Rio Grande rift: A comparative study to the central rift: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019SC-327086.

  20. Gavel*, M., Amato, J.M., Ricketts, J.W., and Kelley, S., 2018, Timing of Cenozoic extension in the southern Rio Grande rift and southeastern Basin and Range as determined using low-temperature thermochronology: Abstract T51H-0263 presented at the AGU Fall Meeting. 

  21. Rodriguez Gonzalez*, G., and Ricketts, J.W., 2018, Fault kinematics and paleostrain analysis of the southern Rio Grande rift: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-323496.

  22. Mahar, M.A., Alvarez, A., Ricketts, J.W., and Goodell, P.C., 2018, Post-Grenvillian tectonomagmatic evolution of the southwestern Laurentian front: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-320587.

  23. Reade*, N.Z., Ricketts, J.W., Mubako, S.T., Amato, J.M., and Gavel,* M.M., 2018, (U-Th)/He thermochronologic investigation of the long-term thermal history of Proterozoic rocks in west Texas and southern New Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-324078.

  24. Goff*, G.T., and Ricketts, J.W., 2018, Post-9.45 Ma deposition and structural history of the Bear Canyon conglomerate, southeastern California, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, doi:10.1130/abs/2018AM-323965.

  25. Garcia*, V., Ma, L., and Ricketts, J.W., 2018, U-series isotopes of travertine deposits near the Santa Fe fault in Laguna, New Mexico: Reconstruction of paleo flow paths and hydrodynamics: Goldschmidt Abstracts, v. 790. 

  26. Ricketts, J.W., Biddle*, J., and Amato, J.M., 2018, Patterns in Cenozoic extension along the Rio Grande rift - Basin and Range transition in southern New Mexico from apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018RM-314361.

  27. Reade,* N.Z., Ricketts, J.W, and Amato, J.M., 2018, Long-term thermal histories of rocks in the Rio Grande rift - Basin and Range transition zone using zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronologic data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018RM-314195.

  28. De Los Santos*, D., Pon*, S., Enriquez*, F., Alvarez-Rodriguez*, G., Terrazas*, S., Ricketts, J.W., and Olgin, J.G., 2018, Continuing mentorship of underrepresented students in geophysics through the educational internship in physical sciences (EIPS): New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 24.

  29. Rodriguez Gonzalez*, G., and Ricketts, J.W., 2018, Fault kinematics of the southern Rio Grande rift: A paleostress analysis: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 65.  

  30. Gavel*, M.M., Amato, J.M., and Ricketts, J.W., 2018, The timing of Neogene extension in the southern Rio Grande rift and southeastern Basin and Range Province using apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 29.

  31. Reade*, N.Z., Biddle*, J.M., Ricketts, J.W., and Amato, J.M., 2018, GIS analysis and (U-Th)/He thermochronologic investigation of Proterozoic rocks in southern New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 62. 

  32. Alvarez*, A.M., Mahar, M.A, Ricketts, J.W., and Goodell, P.C., 2018, Evidence for multiple magmatic sources over time along the southwestern Laurentian margin during the Grenville orogeny: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 12. 

  33. Guereque*, M., Pennington, D.D., Olguin*, J.G., Ricketts, J.W., and Salas*, K., 2017, Designing Summer Outreach Programs as an Engagement tool to connect Underserved and Underrepresented HS Students with Climate Science Topics: Abstract ED21C-04 presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.

  34. Waian*, J.M., and Ricketts, J.W., 2017, Investigating post emplacement cooling histories and tectonic cause of exhumation of igneous intrusions in El Paso, TX using apatite (U-Th)/He data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-304880.

  35. Biddle*, J., and Ricketts, J.W., 2017, What is the nature of the boundary separating the Rio Grande rift and Basin and Range Province in southern New Mexico?: Geological society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-303490.

  36. Kernen*, R., Anthony, E., Ricketts, J.W., Biddle*, J., and Garcia*, J.A., 2017, Thermal alteration history of Neoproterozoic basalt xenoliths in the Patawarta and Witchelina diapirs, Flinders and Willouran Ranges, south Australia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017SC-289119.

  37. Biddle*, J., and Ricketts, J.W., 2017, Constraining times of extension in the southern Rio Grande rift using apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017SC-289130.

  38. Delfin*, R.A., and Ricketts, J.W., 2016, Constraints on the timing of extension in the Franklin Mountains from apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology, El Paso, Texas: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 18. 

  39. Ricketts, J.W., Kelley, S.A., Karlstrom, K.E., Donahue, M.S., and van Wijk, J., 2014, Abrupt opening of the Rio Grande rift ~20-10 Ma due to fragmentation of the Farallon slab: Evidence from apatite (U-Th)/He and fission track thermochronology: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 53.

  40. Channer, M., Ricketts, J.W., Zimmerer, M., Heizler, M., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2014, Using the longitudinal river profile of the Rio San Jose and 40Ar/39Ar dating of late-Cenozoic basalts to test models for mantle-driven uplift across the Jemez lineament, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 20.

  41. Ricketts, J.W., Karlstrom, K.E., and Kelley, S.A., 2013, Updated models on the evolution of the Rio Grande rift: Embryonic core complexes, fluid-enhanced Quaternary extension, and apatite (U-Th)/He constraints for large-magnitude 18-15 Ma fault slip: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7, p. 444.

  42. Donahue, M., Karlstrom, K.E., Kelley, S.A., and Ricketts, J.W., 2013, Multi-stage uplift of the Rocky Mountains: Using thermochronology data to unravel mechanisms and discrete episodes of uplift and intervening tectonic quiescence: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7, p. 635.

  43. Karlstrom, K.E., Lee, J.P., Kelley, S.A., Crow, R.S, Crossey, L.J., Young, R.A., Lazear, G., Beard, S.L., and Ricketts, J.W., 2013, A paleocanyon solution for the integration and carving of the 5-6 Ma Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7, p. 483.

  44. Jimenez, G., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Ricketts, J.W., Tafoya, A.J., Anan, T., Mohammed, A., Asmerom, Y., Polyak, V., and Farouk, S., 2012, Reconstructing Quaternary pluvial episodes and paleohydrology using travertines from Egypt's Western Desert: Abstract PP31C-2059 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

  45. Ricketts, J.W., Karlstrom, K.E., Read, A.S., Van Hart, D., and Kelley, S.A., 2012, Revisiting the importance of low-angle normal faulting in the Rio Grande rift, central New Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6, p. 28.

  46. Priewisch, A., Crossey, L.J., Embid, E.H., Karlstrom, K.E., Polyak, V.J., Asmerom, Y., Ricketts, J.W., and Nereson, A., 2012, Large-volume Quaternary travertine deposits in the Rio Grande rift and Jemez lineament, New Mexico and Arizona: Implications for paleoclimate, landscape evolution, and neotectonics: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6, p. 33.

  47. Jimenez, G., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Ricketts, J.W., Tafoya, A.J., Anan, T., and Mohammed, A., 2012, Reconstructing Quaternary pluvial episodes using travertines of Egypt's Western Desert: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6, p. 33.

  48. Mohammed, A., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Kehew, A.E., Tafoya, A.J., Jimenez, G., Ricketts, J.W., Anan, T., and Krishnamurthy, R.V., 2012, Hydrochemical characteristics and potential tectonic influences on groundwater quality of the continental-scale Nubian sandstone aquifer system (NSAS): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6, p. 67.

  49. Burkett, C., Wortman, R., Ricketts, J.W., Nereson, A., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2012, Landscape denudation along the western edge of the Rio Grande rift using basalt paleosurfaces: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6, p. 75.

  50. Kolomaznik, M., Ricketts, J.W., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Polyak, V., Asmerom, Y., Priewisch, A., and Burkett, C., 2012, U-series dating and stable isotope analysis of Quaternary travertines with implications for incision rates in: Western Rio Grande rift, Carrizo Arroyo, New Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 6, p. 74.

  51. Ricketts, J.W., Priewisch, A., Kolomaznik, M., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2012, Calcite-filled fractures in travertine used to constrain the timing and orientation of Quaternary extension along the western margin of the Rio Grande rift, central New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 36.

  52. Priewisch, A., Crossey, L.J., Embid, E., Karlstrom, K.E., Polyak, V., Asmerom, Y., Ricketts, J.W., and Nereson, A., 2012, Large-volume Quaternary travertine deposits in the Rio Grande rift and Jemez lineament, New Mexico and Arizona: Implications for paleoclimate, landscape evolution, and neotectonics, New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 34.

  53. Jimenez, G., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Ricketts, J.W., Tafoya, A.J., Anan, T., and Mohammed, A., 2012, Reconstructing Quaternary pluvial episodes using travertines of Egypt's Western Desert, New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 17.

  54. Ricketts, J.W., Karlstrom, K.E., Kelley, S., Priewisch, A., Crossey, L., Asmerom, Y., Polyak, V., and Selmi, M, 2011, Deciphering past and present tectonics of the Rio Grande rift in New Mexico utilizing apatite fission track thermochronology, geochronology, Quaternary faulting, and cross-section restoration, Abstract T21A-2312 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

  55. Priewisch, A., Crossey, L.J., Embid, E., Karlstrom, K.E., Polyak, P., Asmerom, Y., and Ricketts, J.W., 2011, A record of more than 500,000 years of large-volume travertine formation in the southwestern United States and links between paleohydrology, paleoclimate, and landscape evolution, Abstract PP31C-1897 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

  56. Donahue, M. S., Ricketts, J., Nereson, A., Kelley, S., Karlstrom, K., Crow, R., and Gonzales, D., 2011, Testing a hypothesis for multistage uplift of the Rockies using thermochronology and detrital zircon data: Laramide reverse faulting, long wavelength Oligocene uplift, and shorter wavelength Neogene differential uplift: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 21.

  57. Priewisch, A., Crossey, L. J., Embid, E., Karlstrom, K. E., Polyak, V., Asmerom, Y., and Ricketts, J., 2011, Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic occurrence of large travertine deposits in New Mexico and Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 52.

  58. Ricketts, J.W., Karlstrom, K.E., Kelley, S.A., and Read, A.S., 2011, Cross-section restoration from Ladron Peak to the Joyita Hills and investigations of the timing and mechanisms of low-angle normal faulting in the Rio Grande rift: New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting, p. 56.

  59. Ricketts, J.W., Kelley, S.A., Read, A.S., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2010, 20 – 10 Ma rapid exhumation and ductile low-angle normal faulting in the Rio Grande rift, recorded at Ladron Peak, central New Mexico, Abstract T31B-2167 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

  60. Bethel-Thompson, C.E.M, Sainsbury, J.S., Ricketts, J.W., Girty, G.H., and Kimbrough, D.L., 2010, Structural history of a segment of the Peninsular Ranges batholith (PRB), southern California: new evidence for pre-130 Ma and post- to syn-116 Ma deformation; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 108.

  61. Ricketts, J.W., Voyles, E.M., Sainsbury, J.S., Sutton, L.A., and Girty, G.H., 2010, Middle-Late Miocene growth of a depression in the Chocolate Mountains anticlinorium, as recorded by the Bear Canyon conglomerate, SE California; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 68.

  62. Sainsbury, J.S., Ricketts, J.W., Muela, K.K., and Girty, G.H., 2010, The Chocolate Mountains anticlinorium: Miocene-growth and re-activation recorded in volcanics and alluvial gravels, Indian Pass to Carrizo Wash, SE California; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 69.

  63. Sutton, L.A., Ricketts, J.W., Sainsbury, J.S., Gordon, E.M., Hasten, Z.E.L., and Girty, G.H., 2010, The Copper Basin fault, a newly defined regional reverse fault in the lower Colorado River region, SE California: implications for the initiation of the ECSZ; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 108.

  64. Murphy, J.M., Rymer, M.J., Fuis, G.S., Stock, J.M., Goldman, M.R., Sickler, R.R., Miller, S.A., Criley, C.J., Ricketts, J.W., and Hole, J.A., 2009, Calibration shots recorded for the Salton Seismic Imaging Project, Salton Trough, California, SCEC annual meeting poster 2-028.

  65. Ricketts, J.W., Sainsbury, J.J., Muela, K.K., and Girty, G.H., 2009, Preliminary report on new evidence for the Late Miocene growth of a segment of the Chocolate Mountains anticlinorium, SE California, Pacific Section AAPG – SEPM – SEG Ventura Convention.

  66. Ricketts, J.W., Takedatsu, R., and Mellors, R., 2008, Crustal structure of the Caucasus-Caspian region using gravity and receiver functions, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21A-192.

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