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Dr. Kathleen Marsaglia

Recent Publications (2021 to 2011)

Student co-authors italicized, *CSUN Students
 

Allen, S., Marsaglia, K.M., Morgan, J., and *Franco, A., 2021, Origin and diagenetic priming of a potential slow-slip trigger zone in volcaniclastic deposits flanking a seamount on the subducting plate, Hikurangi margin, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1975776

Delaney, C.M., *Couplin, S., *Lawrence, J.A., Marsaglia, K.M., & Savage, K.L. (2021): A Preliminary Petrologic and Provenance Analysis of Groundstone Artifacts from the Northern Channel Islands and Coastal Southern Alta California, California Archaeology, v. 13, p. 227-265. 

Dobbs, S.C., Riggs, N.R., Marsaglia, K.M., González-León, C., Cecil, R., Smith, M.E, 2021, The Permian Monos Formation Stratigraphic and detrital zircon evidence for Permian Cordilleran arc development along the southwest margin of Laurentia northwest Sonora Mexico. Geosphere, v.7: p.520–537. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02320.1

Johnson, K., Marsaglia, K.M., Brandl, P.A., Waldman, R., Hamada, M., and Ishizuka, O., 2021 Geosphere, Intraoceanic Arc Evolution Based on a ~1 km-Thick Reararc Succession of Distal Volcaniclastic Lobe Deposits. Geosphere v. 17, p. 1–24, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02321.1

Marden, M., Holt, K., Ryan, M., Carrasco, J., Marsaglia, K.M., Kirby, M., and Palmer, A., 2021, Stratigraphy and vegetation signals from an upland, landslide-dammed, paleolake during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition, Waipaoa Sedimentary System, Hikurangi Margin, eastern North Island, New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1947327

Tentori, D., Amorossi, A., Milli, S., and Marsaglia, K.M., 2021, Sediment dispersal pathways in the Po coastal plain since Last Glacial Maximum: provenance signals of autogenic, eustatic, and tectonic forcing: Basin Research, v. 33, p. 1407-1428.

Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Höfig, T.W., and the Expedition 385 Scientists (includes K. Marsaglia), 2021. Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 385: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program).  https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.385.2021

Waldman, R.J., Marsaglia,, K.M., Hickey-Vargass, R., Arculus, R.,Barth, A., Bogus, K., Ishizuka, O., Johnson. K.E., Laxton, Li, H., McCarthy, A., Meffre, S.,Savov, I., Gene Yogodinski, J., and Gurnis, M., 2021, Sedimentary Record of Nascent IBM Arc Development: GSA Bulletin.v. 133, no. 7/8, p. 1421–1440. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35612.1

Waldman, R.J., Marsaglia,, K.M., Hickey-Vargass, R., Arculus, R.,Barth, A., Bogus, K., Ishizuka, O., Johnson. K.E., Laxton, Li, H., McCarthy, A., Meffre, S.,Savov, I., Gene Yogodinski, J., and Gurnis, M., 2020 (online.), Sedimentary Record of Nascent IBM Arc Development: GSA Bulletin.https://doi.org/10.1130/B35612.1p. 1-19 DOI: 10.1111/bre.12413.

Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Höfig, T.W., and the Expedition 385 Scientists (incudes Marsaglia), 2020. Expedition 385 Preliminary Report: Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/​10.14379/​iodp.pr.385.2020

Villaseñor, T., Tentori, D., Marsaglia, K.M., and Pinto, L., 2020 (now online), The changing Patagonian landscape: Erosion and sediment transfer paths in northern Patagonia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene: Basin Research, p. 1-19 DOI: 10.1111/bre.12413.

Morone, C., Le Pera, E., Marsaglia, K.M., and DeRosa, R., 2020, Compositional and textural study of modern beach sands in the active volcanic area of Campania region (southern Italy). Sedimentary Geology, v. 396 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.105567

Doran, L.M., Marsaglia, K.M., and Browne, G.H., 2019, Reconnaissance composition of river sand from northern South Island, New Zealand: a modern analogue for southern Taranaki Basin: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2019.1618881

Marsaglia, K.M., Behl, R.J., and Schwalbach, J.R., 2019, Introduction: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds., p. 1-4.

Clague, D., Marsaglia, K., Cousens, B.L., and Paduan, J.B., 2019, Oligocene and Miocene volcanics in the sedimentary forearc of the outer California borderland: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds., p. 22-42.

Marsaglia, K.M., Weeraratne, D., Rodriguez, B., Green, G., Shintaku, N., and Kohler, M., 2019, Tracing the Arguello Submarine Canyon System from shelf origins to an abyssal sink: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds. p. 87-101.

Van Grinsven, M., Marsaglia, K.M., and Romans, B.W., 2019, Sand provenance from source to sink in the Santa Monica Basin, California Borderlands: Significance of Calleguas Creek input: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds., p. 102-116.

Bender-Whitaker, C., Marsaglia, K., Jaeger, J., and Browne, G., 2018, Insights into sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary process within siliciclastic shelf systems using Holocene-Pleistocene sand provenance in the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 540, Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins and Provenance: A Celebration of William R. Dickinson’s Career, edited by Ingersoll, R.V., Graham, S.A., and Lawton, T.F., p. 159-196.

Cecil, R., Ferrer, M.A., Riggs, N., Marsaglia, K., Kylander-Clark, A., Ducea, M., and Stone, P., 2018, Early arc development recorded in Permian-Triassic plutons of the northern Mojave Desert region, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 131, p. 749-765. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31963.1

Marsaglia, K.M., Lawrence, J., Fitzpatrick, S., and Wake, T., 2018, New insights from petrographic analysis of ceramics from the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama.  Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, v. 17, p. 449-461.

Nolasco, J.M., Marsaglia, K.M., Campbell, K.E., Hertel, F., Villaseñor, T., 2018, Use of Sedimentary petrology and provenance to resolve questions regarding the Neogene depositional setting of the southern rim of the Amazon Basin: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 540, Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins and Provenance: A Celebration of William R. Dickinson’s Career, edited by Ingersoll, R.V., Graham, S.A., and Lawton, T.F., p. 133-158.

Tentori, D., Milli, S., and Marsaglia, K.M., 2018, A source-to-sink compositional model of a present highstand: an example in the low-rank Tiber depositional sequence (Latium Tyrrhenian margin, Italy): Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 88, p. 1-22.

Johnson, K., Waldman, R., and Marsaglia, K.M., 2017, Data Report: Sedimentary Columns with Facies and Bedding for Units II-IV at IODP Site U1438: Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, Expedition 351: Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Origins: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program), 19 p. plus several appendices. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.351.201.2017 
 
Marsaglia, K.M., Browne, G.H., George, S.C., Kemp, D., Jaeger, J., Carson, D., Richaud, M., and IODP Expedition 317 Scientific Party, 2017, The transformation of sediment into rock: Insights from IODP Site U1352, Canterbury Basin, New Zealand: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 87, p. 272-287.
 
Brandl, P.A., Hamada, M., Arculus, R.J., Johnson, K., Marsaglia, K.M., Ishizuka, O., and Savov, I., 2017, The arc arises: The links between volcanic output, arc evolution, and melt composition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 461, p. 73-84. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.12.027.
 
Morone, C., DeRosa, R., Le Pera, E., and Marsaglia, K.M., 2016, Volcaniclastic sand provenance in magmatic arc setting: an example from Lipari island beaches (Aeolian Archipelago, Tyrrhenian Sea): Geological Magazine, pp. 1–25. doi: 10.1017/S001675681600042X
 
Tentori, D., Marsaglia, K.M., and Milli, S., 2016, Sand Compositional Changes as a Key for Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation: The Pleistocene Tiber River Deltaic Succession (Italy); Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 86, p. 1208-1227.
 
Lawrence, J., Marsaglia, K.M., and Fitzpatrick, S., 2016, Petrographic analysis of Pre-Columbian pottery from four islands in the Lesser Antilles and implications for inter-island transport and interactions: Archaeology Science Reports, v. 9, p. 663-680.
 
Marsaglia, K.M., Kramer, K., David, B., and Skelly, R., 2016, Initial petrographic analysis of sand temper/inclusions in ceramics of Kikiniu, Kikori River, Papua New Guinea: Archaeology in Oceania, invited contribution to special volume in honor of William R. Dickinson, v. 51, p. 131-140.
 
Kuehl, S., Alexander, C., Blair, N., Harris, C., Marsaglia, K., Ogstone, A., Orpin, A., Roering, J., Bever, A., Bilderback, E., Carter, L., Cerovski-Darriau, C., Childress, L, Corbett, D., Hale, R., Leithold, E., Litchfield, N., Moriarty, J., Page, M., Pierce, L, Upton, P., and Walsh, J., 2016, A Source to Sink Perspective of the Waipaoa River Margin, Earth Science Reviews, v. 153, p. 301-334.doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.10.001; available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825215300489
 
Marsaglia, K.M., Barone, M., Critelli, S., and Busby, C., 2016, Petrography of volcaniclastic rocks in intra-arc volcano-bounded to fault-bounded basins of the Lower Cretaceous Alisitos oceanic arc, Baja California, Mexico: Sedimentary Geology, v. 336, p. 138-146.
 
Marsaglia, K.M., and Nolasco, J.,M., 2016, Composition of Pliocene to Quaternary mixed terrigenous and calcareous sandy beds in contourite drift deposits at ODP Site 1119 off New Zealand: Insights into sandy drift development and drift reservoir characterization: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v 72, p. 98-109.
 
Arculus, R., Ishizuka, O., Bogus, K., Gurnis, M., Hickey-Vargas, R., Aljahdali, M., Bandini-Maeder, A., Barth, A., Brandl, P., Drab, L., do Monte Guerra, R., Hamada, M., Jiang, F., Kanayama, K., Kender, S., Kusano, Y., Li, H., Loudin, L., Maffione, Marsaglia, K., McCarthy, A., Meffre, S., Morris, A., Neuhaus, M., Savov, I., Sena, C., Tepley, F., van der Land, C., Yogodzinski, G., Zhang, Z., 2015, A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo2515.
 
Marsaglia, K., Milliken, K., Leckie, R.M., Tentori, D., and Doran, L., 2015, IODP smear slide digital reference for sediment analysis of marine mud; Part 2, Methodology and atlas of biogenic components, International Ocean Discovery Program Technical Note, v. 2, 382 p.
 
Marsaglia, K., Shapiro, S., Doran, L., and Tentori, D., 2015, ODP Core Photo Atlas, International Ocean Discovery Program Technical Note, v. 3, 364 p.
 
Arculus, R.J., Ishizuka, O., Bogus, K., Aljahdali, M.H., Bandini-Maeder, A.N., Barth, A.P., Brandl, P.A., do Monte Guerra, R., Drab, L., Gurnis, M.C., Hamada, M., Hickey-Vargas, R.L., Jiang, F., Kanayama, K., Kender, S., Kusano, Y., Li, H., Loudin, L.C., Maffione, M., Marsaglia, K.M., McCarthy, A., Meffre, S., Morris, A., Neuhaus, M., Savov, I.P., Sena Da Silva, C.A., Tepley, F.J., III, van der Land, C., Yogodzinski, G.M., and Zhang, Z., 2015, Expedition 351 summary. In Arculus, R.J., Ishizuka, O., Bogus, K., and the Expedition 351 Scientists, Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, Expedition 351: Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Origins: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.351.101.2015
 
Expedition 351 Scientists (including K. Marsaglia), 2015, Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc origins: continental crust formation at an intra-oceanic arc: foundation, inception, and early evolution. International Ocean Discovery Program Preliminary Report, 351. https://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.351.2015
 
Carson, D., and Marsaglia, K., 2015, Data report; Preliminary investigation of carbonate-cemented zones in IODP cores from Canterbury Basin, South Island, New Zealand: Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, v. 317, 10.2204/iodp.proc.317.204.2015
 
Villaseñor, T., John M. Jaeger, J., Marsaglia, K., and Browne, G., 2015, Evaluation of the relative roles of global versus local sedimentary controls on Middle to Late Pleistocene formation of continental margin strata, Canterbury Basin, New Zealand: Sedimentology, v. 62, p. 1118-1148.
 
Milliken, K., Ko, L.T., Pommer, M., and Marsaglia, K.M., 2014, SEM Petrography of Mediterranean Sapropels: Analogue Data for Assessing Marine Kerogen in Oil and Gas Shales: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 84, p. 961-974.
 
Marsaglia, K., Mortimer, N., Bender-Whitaker, C., and Marden, M., 2014, Ophioliticlastic Ihungia igneous conglomerate (Early Miocene), North Island, New Zealand: evidence for an island source: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, v. 57, p. 219-235.
 
Perrone, V., Perotta, S., Marsaglia, K., Di Staso, A., and Tiberi, V., 2014, Oligocene ophiolite-derived breccias and sandstones of the Val Marecchia Nappe: insights for paleogeography and evolution of Northern Apennines (Italy): Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeioecology: v. 394, p. 128-143.
 
Marsaglia, K.M., Milliken, K., and Doran, L., 2013, Smear slides of marine mud for IODP Core Description: Part I Methodology & atlas of siliciclastic & volcanogenic components: IODP Technical Note 1; interactive pdf format, 263 p. http://iodp.org/scientific-publications.
 
Pavia, J., Marsaglia, K.M., and Fitzpatrick, S.M., 2013, Petrography of Caribbean sherd tempers and implications for the Precolumbian settlement of Carriacou, West Indies: Geoarchaeology, v. 28, p. 450-477.
 
Milliken, K.L., Comer, E.J., and Marsaglia, K.M., 2012, Data Report: modal sand composition at Sites C0004, C0006, C0007, and C0008, IODP Expedition 316, Nankai accretionary prism: Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, v. 314/315/316, 21p. doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.314315316.221.2012
 
Parra, J.G., Marsaglia, K.M., Rivera, K.S., Dawson, S.T., and Walsh, J.P., 2012, Provenance of sand on the Poverty Bay shelf, the link between source and sink sectors of the Waipaoa River sedimentary system: Sedimentary Geology, v. 280, p. 208-233.
 
Rains, J., Marsaglia, K.M., Dunne, G., 2012, The stratigraphic and petrologic record of Permian subduction inception along the North American margin Lithosphere, v.4, p. 533-552.
 
Marsaglia, K.M., 2012, Sedimentation at Plate Boundaries in Transition: Recent Advances in the Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, Busby, C. and Pérez, A., eds., Blackwell, p. 291-309.
 
Marsaglia, K.M., Martin, C.E., Kautz, C.Q., Shapiro, S.A., and Carter, L., 2011, Linking a late Miocene–Pliocene hiatus in the deep-sea Bounty Fan off South Island, New Zealand, to onshore tectonism and lacustrine sediment storage. Geosphere, v. 7, p. 305-312.
 
Jacobson, C.E., Grove, M., Pedrick, J.N., Barth, A.P., Marsaglia, K.M., Gehrels, G.E., and Nourse, J.A., 2011, Late Cretaceous-early Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern California margin inferred from provenance of trench and forearc sediments: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 123, p. 485–506.

Villaseñor, T., Tentori, D., Marsaglia, K.M., and Pinto, L., 2020 (now online), The changing Patagonian landscape: Erosion and sediment transfer paths in northern Patagonia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene: Basin Research, p. 1-19 DOI: 10.1111/bre.12413.

Morone, C., Le Pera, E., Marsaglia, K.M., and DeRosa, R., 2020, Compositional and textural study of modern beach sands in the active volcanic area of Campania region (southern Italy). Sedimentary Geology, v. 396 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.105567

Doran, L.M., Marsaglia, K.M., and Browne, G.H., 2019, Reconnaissance composition of river sand from northern South Island, New Zealand: a modern analogue for southern Taranaki Basin: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2019.1618881

Marsaglia, K.M., Behl, R.J., and Schwalbach, J.R., 2019, Introduction: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds., p. 1-4.

Clague, D., Marsaglia, K., Cousens, B.L., and Paduan, J.B., 2019, Oligocene and Miocene volcanics in the sedimentary forearc of the outer California borderland: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds., p. 22-42.

Marsaglia, K.M., Weeraratne, D., Rodriguez, B., Green, G., Shintaku, N., and Kohler, M., 2019, Tracing the Arguello Submarine Canyon System from shelf origins to an abyssal sink: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds. p. 87-101.

Van Grinsven, M., Marsaglia, K.M., and Romans, B.W., 2019, Sand provenance from source to sink in the Santa Monica Basin, California Borderlands: Significance of Calleguas Creek input: SEPM Special Publication 110: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution, K.M. Marsaglia, J. Schwalbach, and R. Behl, eds., p. 102-116.

Bender-Whitaker, C., Marsaglia, K., Jaeger, J., and Browne, G., 2018, Insights into sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary process within siliciclastic shelf systems using Holocene-Pleistocene sand provenance in the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 540, Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins and Provenance: A Celebration of William R. Dickinson’s Career, edited by Ingersoll, R.V., Graham, S.A., and Lawton, T.F., p. 159-196.

Cecil, R., Ferrer, M.A., Riggs, N., Marsaglia, K., Kylander-Clark, A., Ducea, M., and Stone, P., 2018, Early arc development recorded in Permian-Triassic plutons of the northern Mojave Desert region, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 131, p. 749-765. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31963.1

Marsaglia, K.M., Lawrence, J., Fitzpatrick, S., and Wake, T., 2018, New insights from petrographic analysis of ceramics from the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama.  Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, v. 17, p. 449-461.

Nolasco, J.M., Marsaglia, K.M., Campbell, K.E., Hertel, F., Villaseñor, T., 2018, Use of Sedimentary petrology and provenance to resolve questions regarding the Neogene depositional setting of the southern rim of the Amazon Basin: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 540, Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins and Provenance: A Celebration of William R. Dickinson’s Career, edited by Ingersoll, R.V., Graham, S.A., and Lawton, T.F., p. 133-158.

Tentori, D., Milli, S., and Marsaglia, K.M., 2018, A source-to-sink compositional model of a present highstand: an example in the low-rank Tiber depositional sequence (Latium Tyrrhenian margin, Italy): Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 88, p. 1-22.