Publications

Publications:

Anfinson, O., Leier, A., Embry, A., and Dewing, K., in prep, Detrital zircon geochronology of the Neoproterozoic to Late Devonian Franklinian Basin, Canadian Arctic: Geological Society of America Bulletin.

Leier, A.L., and Gehrels, G.E., 2011 Continental-scale detrital zircon provenance signatures in Lower Cretaceous strata, western North America: Geology. v. 39, p. 399-402. pdf

Leier, A.L., McQuarrie, N., Horton, B.K., and Gehrels, G.E., 2010, Upper Oligocene conglomerates of the Altiplano, Central Andes: the record of deposition and deformation along the margin of a hinterland basin: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 750-762. pdf

Pelletier, J.D., Leier, A.L., and Steidtmann, J.R., 2009, Wind-driven reorganization of coarse clasts on the surface of Mars: Geology, v. 37, p.55-58. (pdf 0.9 Mb)
(Listen to the related interview from CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks - link)

Leier, A.L., Quade, J., DeCelles, P., Kapp, P., 2009, Stable isotopic results from paleosol carbonate in south Asia: paleoenvironmental reconstructions and selective alteration: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 279, p.242-254. (pdf 1.7 Mb)

Leier, A.L., and Steidtmann, J.R., 2009, The Bacon Ridge Sandstone of northwestern Wyoming and its place within the larger-scale Late Cretaceous depositional history of the region: The Mountain Geologist, v. 46, p.51-70. (pdf 2.7 Mb)

Lease, R.O., McQuarrie, N., Oskin, M., and Leier, A., 2009, Quantifying dextral shear on the Bristol-Granite Mountains Fault Zone: successful geologic prediction from kinematic compatibility of the Eastern California Shear Zone: Journal of Geology, v.117, p.37-53. (pdf 1.2 Mb)

Fildani, A., Shultz, M.R., Graham, S.A., and Leier, A., 2008, Punta Barrosa Formation at Marina’s cliff, southern Chile: a deepwater amalgamated sheet system, in Nilsen, T., Shew R., Steffens G., and Studlick, J., eds., Deep-water outcrops of the world atlas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology 56. (pdf 0.5MB)

2007 Video documentary, “Continental Deformation: Creating the Basin and Range, ” Earth Science Bulletin, produced by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York.

Leier, A.L., DeCelles, P.G., Kapp, P., and Gehrels, G.E., 2007, Lower Cretaceous strata in the Lhasa terrane, Tibet, with implications for understanding the early tectonic history of the Tibetan plateau: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 77, p.809-825. (pdf 4MB)

Leier, A.L., Kapp, P., Gehrels, G.E., and DeCelles, P.G., 2007, Detrital zircon geochronology of Carboniferous-Cretaceous strata in the Lhasa terrane, southern Tibet: Basin Research, v.19, p.361-378. (pdf 1.5MB)

Kapp, P., DeCelles, P.G., Leier, A.L., Fabijanic, J.M., He, S., Pullen, A., and Gehrels, G.E., 2007, The Gangdese retro-arc thrust belt revealed: GSA Today, v.17, p.4-9. (GSA TODAY archive site)

Leier, A.L., DeCelles, P.G., Kapp, P., and Ding, L., 2007, The Takena Formation of the Lhasa terrane, Southern Tibet: the record of a retro-arc foreland basin: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.119, p.31-48. (pdf 2 MB)

Leier, A.L., DeCelles, P.G., and Pelletier, J.D., 2005, Mountains, Monsoons and Megafans: Geology, v.33, p.289-292. (pdf 0.5MB)

Presented Abstracts:
McCartney, T., and Leier, A., 2010, Lower Jurassic foreland basin in western Canada: GSA Abstracts with program, v. 42.
McQuarrie, N., Leier, A., and Long, S., 2010, Exhumation, subsidence, sedimentation, and evacuation: linking surface processes to mantle geodynamics in the Andean Plateau: GSA Abstracts with program, v. 42.
McCartney, T., and Leier, A., 2010, A methodology for studying subsidence variations within a basin: GSA Abstracts with program, v. 42.
Anfinson, O., and Leier, A., 2010, Detrital Zircon Analysis Applied to the Neoproterozoic-Devonian Franklinian Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands: AAPG International Convention, Calgary.
Leier, A.L., Frosini, C.L., and Gehrels, G.E., 2010, Detrital zircon provenance of Lower Cretaceous conglomerate beds in western Canada and the United States: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary.
Tannis McCartney, Andrew Leier, Michele Asgar-Deen, Keegan Raines, 2010, A new interpretation of Early Jurassic basin history in western Canada: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary.
Owen Anfinson, Andrew Leier, 2010, Detrital Zircon Geochronology and Provenance Analysis Applied to the Franklinian Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary.
M. Keegan Raines, Ross B. Kukulski, Stephen M. Hubbard, Brett D. Miles, and Andrew Leier, 2010, Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous foreland initiation in the Northern Alberta Basin: sediment distribution and provenance of the Minnes and Nikanassin Groups: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary.
Rachael M. Rose, Stephen M. Hubbard, Ross B. Kukulski, Brett D. Miles, M. Keegan Raines, Andrew Leier, Holly Rose, Tanya Dixon, Cassandra Frosini, Jon Noad, Mehran M. Faridan, 2010, Correlating the subsurface Nikanassin Group to an outcrop near Grande Cache, Alberta: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary.
Dixon, I.T.E., Leier, A.L., McCartney, T., McQuarrie, N., and Long, S.P., 2009, Exploring the relationship between upper crustal deformation, sedimentation, and surface uplift in the Altiplano of the Central Andes, Bolivia: GSA Abstracts with Program, v.41
Leier, A.L., Frosini, C., and Gehrels, G.E., 2009, Detrital zircon provenance of Lower Cretaceous conglomerate beds deposited in the Western Interior Foreland Basin, Montana, USA, and Alberta, Canada: GSA Abstracts with Program, v.41
Leier, A.L., McQuarrie, N., and Garzione, C., 2009, Episodic uplift in fold-thrust belts with implications for understanding anomalous conglomerate units in foreland basins: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary
Browning, M. and Leier, A.L., 2009, Stratigraphy and Characterization of the Lower Cretaceous Cummings Formation, Lloydminster, Alberta: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary
Volkmer, J.E., Kapp, P., DeCelles, P., Guynn, J., and Leier, A., 2008, Cretaceous-Tertiary geology of Central Tibet and implications for plateau formation: a synthesis: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs.
Leier, A.L., McQuarrie, N., and Cecil-Cockwell, D.T., 2008, Thrust faulting, exhumation, and formation-scale fluvial architecture within the hinterland of the Central Andean fold-thrust belt: CSPG Annual Meeting, Calgary.
Leier, A.L., 2008, Using the sedimentary record to reconstruct the rise of the Tibetan Plateau: CSPG Reservoir, v.35, 3, p.19.
Leier, A.L., Johnston, S., and McQuarrie, N., 2007, Using oxygen isotope values of modern and ancient carbonate to reconstruct the paleoelevation history of the Inter-Andean Valley, Ecuador: GSA Abstracts with Program, v.39.
Leier, A.L., Long, S., and McQuarrie, N., 2006, Oligo-Miocene deposition along the eastern margin of the Altiplano plateau, Salla, Bolivia, EOS Trans. AGU, 87 (52), Fall Meeting Suppl. Astract .
Long, S., Leier, A.L., and McQuarrie, N., 2006, New Constraints on the spatial and temporal evolution of the central Andean Huarina backthrust belt south of La Paz, Bolivia, GSA, Abstracts with Programs.
Leier, A.L., Quade, J., DeCelles, P.G., and Kapp, P., 2006, Diagenetically altered oxygen isotope values of nonmarine carbonate in the Lhasa terrane with implications for paleoelevation studies of Tibet: GSA, Abstracts with Programs.
Leier, A.L., Eisenberg, D.A., Kapp, P., and DeCelles, P.G., 2004, Evidence of Cretaceous foreland basins systems in the Lhasa Terrane and implications for the tectonic evolution of southern Tibet, Eos Trans. AGU 85 (47) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T53A-467.
Leier, A.L., 2004, Mountains, monsoons and fluvial megafans, GSA, Abstracts with Programs., v.36, no5, p.373.
DeCelles, P.G., Kapp, P., Leier, A., Quade, J., and Fan, M., 2004, Cretaceous-Tertiary basin evolution of the Lhasa terrane of southern Tibet: Responses to terrane collision, arc-trench tectonics, and progressive underthrusting of Greater India, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p.50.
Kapp, P., DeCelles, P.G., Leier, A., He, S., and Ding, L., 2004, The Gangdese retroarc fold-thrust belt revealed, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p.49.
Leier, A, 2003, An Early Cretaceous-Paleocene Fluvial Megafan in the Western Interior Foreland Basin, Northwestern Wyoming, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.35, no.6, p.412.
He, S., Leier, A., and Kapp, P., 2003, Upper Crustal deformation in Southern Tibet before and during the Indo-Asian Collision, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v., 35, no.6, p.30.
Leier, A.L., He, S., Kapp, P., and Ding, L., 2002, Jurassic-Cretaceous deposits of the central Lhasa terrane: implications for the tectonic evolution of southern Asia prior to the Indo-Asian collision, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v., 34, no.6, p.412.
Leier, A., 2002, Intracratonic peripheral bulge depozones and their importance in understanding the lithospheric rheology and evolution of intacratonic basins: an example from the Michigan Basin, EOS Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T61A-1221.
Leier, A. and Steidtmann, J.R., 2000, Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a Late Cretaceous shoreline system deposited proximally to the Sevier Thrust Belt: the Bacon Ridge Sandstone, Teton County, Wyoming: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.32, no.7, p. A308.
Leier, A. and Steidtmann, J.R., 2000, The aggradation of shoreline sandstones in a region of high subsidence and high sediment-supply, AAPG Annual Convention, Official Program, p. A85.
Leier, A. and Cotter, E., 1996, Marine influence and Incised-Valley-Fills in the fluvial Sherman Creek Member of the Catskill Formation, central Pennsylvania, GSA Northeastern Section Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no.3, p.76.

Unpublished Studies:
2003 Stratigraphy and structure of the Mavacola Field, offshore Angola: a suite of deepwater turbidite channel complexes, ExxonMobil Production Company, Houston, TX

2003 Depositional history and basin evolution of the Mars-Ursa minibasin and the relationship between basin behavior, turbidite architecture and the charging of reservoir sands, BP Deepwater Development, Houston, TX

2001 Processes and depositional elements of deepwater turbidite slope systems, offshore Brunei: a uniformitarian approach using modern slope deposits and shallow seismic data, ConocoPhillips, Deepwater Exploration and Production, Bartlesville, OK

1998 Pressure data, compartmentalization and the use of databases for assessing deepwater reservoirs, Union Pacific Resources Co., Deepwater Exploration, Ft. Worth, TX