- Silver, Leon T. (2022) Testimony
before the Congressional Committee on Science and Technology.
Subcommittee On Energy Research And Production
- Silver, L. T.; Williams, I. S.; et el. (2017) Uranium
in granites from the Southwestern United States: actinide
parent-daughter systems, sites and mobilization. First year
report
- Silver, Leon T.; Anderson, T. H.; et el. (2015) Skylab-4
visual observations project: Geological features of southwestern North
America
- Anderson, Thomas H.; Rodríguez-Castañeda, José Luis; et el. (2005)
Jurassic
rocks in Sonora, Mexico: Relations to the Mojave-Sonora megashear and
its inferred northwestward extension; ISBN 9780813723938; 51-95; 10.1130/0-8137-2393-0.51
- Anderson, Thomas H. and Silver, Leon T. (2005) The
Mojave-Sonora megashear — Field and analytical studies leading to the
conception and evolution of the hypothesis; ISBN 9780813723938;
1-50; 10.1130/0-8137-2393-0.1
- Henry, Christopher D.; McDowell, Fred W.; et el. (2003) Geology
and geochronology of granitic batholith complex, Sinaloa, México:
Implications for Cordilleran magmatism and tectonics; ISBN
9780813723747; 237-273; 10.1130/0-8137-2374-4.237
- Wolf, R. A.; Farley, K. A.; et el. (1997) Assessment
of (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: The low-temperature history of the San
Jacinto mountains, California; Geology; Vol. 25; No. 1; 65-68; 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0065:AOUTHT>2.3.CO;2
- Silver, Leon T. (1997) Isotopic
mapping in the Peninsular Ranges Batholith; Abstracts with Programs
- Geological Society of America; Vol. 29; No. 6; 69-69
- Wolf, R. A.; Farley, K. A.; et el. (1996) Helium
diffusion and low-temperature thermochronometry of apatite;
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 60; No. 21; 4231-4240; 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00192-5
- Farley, K. A.; Wolf, R. A.; et el. (1996) The
effects of long alpha-stopping distances on (U-Th)/He ages;
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 60; No. 21; 4223-4229; 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00193-7
- Huang, Weishi; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1996) Evidence
for possible horizontal faulting in southern California from earthquake
mechanisms; Geology; Vol. 24; No. 2; 123-126; 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0123:EFPHFI>2.3.CO;2
- Jones, Norris W.; McKee, James W.; et el. (1995) Jurassic
volcanic rocks in northeastern Mexico: A possible remnant of a
Cordilleran magmatic arc; ISBN 9780813723013; 179-190; 10.1130/0-8137-2301-9.179
- Nourse, Jonathan A.; Anderson, Thomas H.; et el. (1994) Tertiary
metamorphic core complexes in Sonora, northwestern Mexico;
Tectonics; Vol. 13; No. 5; 1161-1182; 10.1029/93TC03324
- Manduca, Cathryn A.; Kuntz, Mel A.; et el. (1993) Emplacement
and deformation history of the western margin of the Idaho batholith
near McCall, Idaho: Influence of a major terrane boundary;
Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 105; No. 6; 749-765; 10.1130/0016-7606(1993)105<0749:EADHOT>2.3.CO;2
- Anderson, J. Lawford; Bender, E. Erik; et el. (1993) Transcontinental
Proterozoic provinces; ISBN 9780813752181; 171-334; 10.1130/DNAG-GNA-C2.171
- Huang, Weishi; Silver, Leon T.; et el. (1993) Non-SAF
type focal mechanisms adjacent to the SAF, Mojave Segment: Implications
for Blind Thrust Beneath the San Gabriel Mountains, Southern
California
- Li, Yong-Gang; Henyey, Thomas L.; et el. (1992) Aspects
of the crustal structure of the western Mojave Desert, California, from
seismic reflection and gravity data; Journal of Geophysical Research
B; Vol. 97; No. B6; 8805-8816; 10.1029/91JB02119
- Pratson, Elizabeth Lewis; Anderson, Roger N.; et el. (1992) Geochemical
Logging in the Cajon Pass Drill Hole and Its Application to a New,
Oxide, Igneous Rock Classification Scheme; Journal of Geophysical
Research B; Vol. 97; No. B4; 5167-5180; 10.1029/91JB02643
- Manduca, Cathryn A.; Silver, Leon T.; et el. (1992) (87)Sr/(86)Sr
and (18)O/(16)O isotopic systematics and geochemistry of
granitoid plutons across a steeply-dipping boundary between contrasting
lithospheric blocks in western Idaho; Contributions to Mineralogy
and Petrology; Vol. 109; No. 3; 355-372; 10.1007/BF00283324
- Woodhead, James A.; Rossman, George R.; et el. (1991) The
metamictization of zircon: Radiation dose-dependent structural
characteristics; American Mineralogist; Vol. 76; No. 1-2; 74-82
- Silver, Leon T. (1991) Daughter-parent
isotope systematics in U-Th-bearing igneous accessory mineral
aseemblages as potential indices of metamorphic history: A discussion of
the concept; ISBN 0-941809-02-1; 391-407
- Manduca, Cathryn A.; Silver, Leon T.; et el. (1990) Geochemical
modeling of a steeply dipping boundary between continental and
oceanic-arc lithosphere, west-central Idaho
- Hill, R. I.; Chappell, B. W.; et el. (1988) San
Jacinto Intrusive Complex: 2. Geochemistry; Journal of Geophysical
Research B; Vol. 93; No. B9; 10349-10372; 10.1029/JB093iB09p10349
- Hill, R. I. and Silver, L. T. (1988) [San Jacinto Intrusive
Complex:
- Constraints on crustal magma chamber processes from strontium
isotope
heterogeneity](https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131031-103755851);
Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 93; No. B9; 10373-10388; 10.1029/JB093iB09p10373
- Anderson, Roger N.; Dove, Roy E.; et el. (1988) Elemental
and mineralogical analyses using geochemical logs from the Cajon Pass
Scientific Drillhole, California, and their preliminary comparison with
core analyses; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 15; No. 9;
969-972; 10.1029/GL015i009p00969
- Silver, Leon T. and James, Eric W. (1988) Geologic
setting and lithologic column of the Cajon Pass Deep Drillhole;
Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 15; No. 9; 941-944; 10.1029/GL015i009p00941
- James, Eric W. and Silver, Leon T. (1988) Implications
of zeolites and their zonation in the Cajon Pass Deep Drillhole;
Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 15; No. 9; 973-976; 10.1029/GL015i009p00973
- Silver, Leon T. and James, Eric W. (1988) Lithologic
column of the “Arkoma” Drillhole and its relation to the Cajon Pass Deep
Drillhole; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 15; No. 9; 945-948; 10.1029/GL015i009p00945
- Silver, Leon T.; James, Eric W.; et el. (1988) Petrological
and geochemical investigations at the Cajon Pass Deep Drillhole;
Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 15; No. 9; 961-964; 10.1029/GL015i009p00961
- Zoback, Mark D.; Silver, Leon T.; et el. (1988) The
Cajon Pass Scientific Drilling Experiment: Overview of phase 1;
Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 15; No. 9; 933-936; 10.1029/GL015i009p00933
- Silver, L. T. and Chappell, B. W. (1988) The
Peninsular Ranges Batholith: an insight into the evolution of the
Cordilleran batholiths of southwestern North America; Earth and
Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh;
Vol. 79; No. 2-3; 105-121; 10.1017/s0263593300014152
- Conway, Clay M.; Karlstrom, Karl E.; et el. (1987) Tectonic
and magmatic contrasts across a two-province Proterozoic boundary in
central Arizona
- Stewart, John H.; Anderson, Thomas H.; et el. (1987) Comment
and Reply on “Late Triassic paleogeography of the southern Cordillera:
The problem of a source for voluminous volcanic detritus in the Chinle
Formation of the Colorado Plateau region”; Geology; Vol. 15; No. 6;
578-579; 10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<578a:CAROLT>2.0.CO;2
- Gromet, L. Peter and Silver, Leon T. (1987) REE
Variations Across the Peninsular Ranges Batholith: Implications for
Batholithic Petrogenesis and Crustal Growth in Magmatic Arcs;
Journal of Petrology; Vol. 28; No. 1; 75-125; 10.1093/petrology/28.1.75
- White, A. J. R.; Clemens, J. D.; et el. (1986) Comment
and Reply on “S-type granites and their probable absence in southwestern
North America”; Geology; Vol. 14; No. 10; 895-895; 10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<895:CAROSG>2.0.CO;2
- White, A. J. R.; Clemens, J. D.; et el. (1986) Comment
and Reply on “S-type granites and their probable absence in southwestern
North America”; Geology; Vol. 14; No. 9; 805-806; 10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<805:CAROSG>2.0.CO;2
- Stewart, John H.; Anderson, Thomas H.; et el. (1986) Late
Triassic paleogeography of the southern Cordillera: The problem of a
source for voluminous volcanic detritus in the Chinle Formation of the
Colorado Plateau region; Geology; Vol. 14; No. 7; 567-570; 10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<567:LTPOTS>2.0.CO;2
- White, A. J. R.; Clemens, J. D.; et el. (1986) S-type
granites and their probable absence in southwestern North America;
Geology; Vol. 14; No. 2; 115-118; 10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<115:SGATPA>2.0.CO;2
- Hill, R. I.; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1986) Coupled
Sr-O isotope variations as an indicator of source heterogeneity for the
Northern Peninsular Ranges batholith; Contributions to Mineralogy
and Petrology; Vol. 92; No. 3; 351-361; 10.1007/BF00572164
- Anderson, Thomas H. and Silver, Leon T. (1986) The
border connection; geological correlations and contrasts between Arizona
and Sonora; Arizona Geological Society Digest; Vol. 16; 72-73
- Hill, R. I.; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1985) Solidification
and recharge of SiO_2-rich plutonic magma chambers; Nature; Vol.
313; No. 6004; 643-646; 10.1038/313643a0
- Gromet, L. Peter and Silver, Leon T. (1983) Rare
earth element distributions among minerals in a granodiorite and their
petrogenetic implications; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 47;
No. 5; 925-939
- Silver, Leon T. (1982) A
note on the magnitude of possible uranium losses from granites of the
conterminous United States; ISBN 978-92-64-02350-5; 457-462
- Silver, Leon T.; Woodhead, James A.; et el. (1982) Primary
mineral distribution and secondary mobilization of uranium and thorium
in radioactive granites; ISBN 978-92-64-02350-5; 355-367
- Hill, R. I.; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1982) ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr
and ¹⁸O/¹⁶O variations within a single intrusive unit of the Peninsular
Ranges batholith, San Jacinto mountains, southern California
- Reed, John C., Jr.; Sims, Paul K.; et el. (1982) Precambrian
of the Conterminous United States; ISBN 9780813752013; 7-14; 10.1130/DNAG-SPEC-v1.7
- Anderson, Thomas H. and Silver, Leon T. (1981) An
overview of Precambrian rocks in Sonora; Revista Mexicana de
Ciencias Geológicas; Vol. 5; No. 2; 131-139
- Anderson, T. H.; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1980) Distribution
and U-Pb isotope ages of some lineated plutons, northwestern Mexico;
ISBN 9780813711539; 269-283; 10.1130/mem153-p269
- Silver, Leon T. (1980) Problems
of pre-Mesozoic continental evolution; ISBN 978-0-309-02928-5;
26-29
- Gromet, L. Peter and Silver, Leon T. (1979) Profile
of rare earth element characteristics across the Peninsular Ranges
Batholith near the international border, southern California, U.S.A.,
and Baja California, Mexico
- Silver, L. T.; Taylor, Hugh P., Jr.; et el. (1979) Some
petrological, geochemical and geochronological observations of the
Peninsular Ranges Batholith near the international border of the U.S.A.
and Mexico
- Powell, R. E. and Silver, L. T. (1979) Geologic
analysis of ASTP photographs of parts of Southern California
- Silver, Leon T. (1978) Precambrian
Formations and Precambrian History in Cochise County, Southeastern
Arizona
- Taylor, Hugh P. and Silver, Leon T. (1978) Oxygen
isotope relationships in plutonic igneous rocks of the Peninsular Ranges
Batholith, southern and Baja California
- Silver, Leon T. (1978) Nuclear
Energy Resources; ISBN 9780429047718; 69-84
- Ludwig, Kenneth R. and Silver, Leon T. (1977) Lead-isotope
inhomogeneity in Precambrian igneous K-feldspars; Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 41; No. 10; 1457-1471; 10.1016/0016-7037(77)90251-4
- Anderson, Thomas H. and Silver, Leon T. (1977) U-Pb
isotope ages of granitic plutons near Cananea, Sonora; Economic
Geology; Vol. 72; No. 5; 827-836; 10.2113/gsecongeo.72.5.827
- Silver, L. T.; Anderson, T. H.; et el. (1977) Geological
Features of Southwestern North America
- Gromet, L. Peter and Silver, Leon T. (1977) Geographic
Variation of Rare Earth Fractionations in Plutonic Rocks Across the
Peninsular Ranges Batholith, Southern California; Transactions -
American Geophysical Union; Vol. 58; No. 6; 532
- Silver, Leon T. and Early, Thomas O. (1977) Rubidium-Strontium
Fractionation Domains in the Peninsular Ranges Batholith and Their
Implications for Magmatic Arc Evolution; Transactions - American
Geophysical Union; Vol. 58; No. 6; 532
- Anderson, C. A. and Silver, Leon T. (1976) Yavapai
Series; a greenstone belt
- Stacey, J. S.; Doe, B. R.; et el. (1976) Plumbotectonics
IIA, Precambrian massive sulfide deposits; 10.3133/ofr76476
- Silver, Leon T. (1976) Thorium-Uranium
fractionation as an indicator of petrogenetic processes;
Transactions - American Geophysical Union; Vol. 57; No. 4; 351
- Smith, Douglas and Silver, Leon T. (1975) Potassic
Granophyre Associated with Precambrian Diabase, Sierra Ancha, Central
Arizona; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 86; No. 4;
503-513; 10.1130/0016-7606(1975)86<503:PGAWPD>2.0.CO;2
- Ulrich, G. E.; Rennilson, J. J.; et el. (1973) Apollo
16 Exploration of Descartes: A Geologic Summary; Science; Vol. 179;
No. 4068; 62-69; 10.1126/science.179.4068.62
- McGetchin, Thomas R. and Silver, Leon T. (1972) A
crustal-upper-mantle model for the Colorado Plateau based on
observations of crystalline rock fragments in the Moses Rock Dike;
Journal of Geophysical Research; Vol. 77; No. 35; 7022-7037; 10.1029/JB077i035p07022
- Wilshire, H. G.; Schaber, G. G.; et el. (1972) Geologic
Setting and Petrology of Apollo 15 Anorthosite (15415); Geological
Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 83; No. 4; 1083-1092; 10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[1083:gsapoa]2.0.co;2
- Swann, G. A.; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1972) Geologic
Setting of the Apollo 15 Samples; Science; Vol. 175; No. 4020;
407-415; 10.1126/science.175.4020.407
- Gast, P. W.; Phinney, W. C.; et el. (1972) The
Apollo 15 Lunar Samples: A Preliminary Description; Science; Vol.
175; No. 4020; 363-375; 10.1126/science.175.4020.363
- Anderson, Thomas H.; Silver, Leon T.; et el. (1972) Observaciones
geochronologicas sobre los complejos cristalinos de Sonora y Oaxaca,
Mexico; Memoria - Sociedad Geologica Mexicana; 115-122
- Carter, Bruce and Silver, Leon T. (1972) Structure
and Petrology of the San Gabriel Anorthosite-Syenite Body,
California
- Abrams, M.; Allen, C.; et el. (1971) Preliminary
seismological and geological studies of the San Fernando, California,
earthquake of February 9 1971; Bulletin of the Seismological Society
of America; Vol. 61; No. 2; 491-495
- Kamb, Barclay; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1971) Pattern
of faulting and nature of fault movement in the San Fernando
earthquake
- Anderson, C. A.; Blacet, P. M.; et el. (1971) Revision
of Precambrian stratigraphy in the Prescott-Jerome area, Yavapai County,
Arizona; 10.3133/b1324C
- McGetchin, Thomas R. and Silver, Leon T. (1970) Compositional
relations in minerals from kimberlite and related rocks in the Moses
Rock dike, San Juan County, Utah; American Mineralogist; Vol. 55;
No. 9-10; 1738-1771
- Silver, Leon T. (1970) Uranium-Thorium-Lead
Isotope Relations in Lunar Materials; Science; Vol. 167; No. 3918;
468-471; 10.1126/science.167.3918.468
- McGetchin, T. R.; Silver, L. T.; et el. (1970) Titanoclinohumite:
A possible mineralogical site for water in the upper mantle; Journal
of Geophysical Research; Vol. 75; No. 2; 255-259; 10.1029/JB075i002p00255
- Silver, Leon T. (1970) Uranium-thorium-lead
isotopes in some Tranquillity Base samples and their implications for
lunar history; ISBN 9780080163925; 1533-1574
- Silver, Leon T. (1968) A
geochronologic investigation of the anorthosite complex, Adirondack
mountains, New York; Memoir - New York State Museum and Science
Service; 233-251
- Silver, Leon T. (1968) Pre-Cretaceous
basement rocks and their bearing on large-scale displacements in the San
Andreas fault system; Stanford University Publications. Geological
Sciences; Vol. 11; 279-280
- Duke, Michael B. and Silver, Leon T. (1967) Petrology
of eucrites, howardites and mesosiderites; Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 31; No. 10; 1637-1665; 10.1016/0016-7037(67)90112-3
- Pidgeon, R. T.; O’Neil, J. R.; et el. (1966) Uranium
and Lead Isotopic Stability in a Metamict Zircon under Experimental
Hydrothermal Conditions; Science; Vol. 154; No. 3756; 1538-1540; 10.1126/science.154.3756.1538
- Banks, Philip O. and Silver, Leon T. (1966) Evaluation
of the decay constant of uranium 235 from lead isotope ratios;
Journal of Geophysical Research; Vol. 71; No. 16; 4037-4046; 10.1029/JZ071i016p04037
- Taylor, Hugh P., Jr.; Duke, Michael B.; et el. (1965) Oxygen
isotope studies of minerals in stony meteorites; Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 29; No. 5; 489-512; 10.1016/0016-7037(65)90043-8
- Banks, P. O. and Silver, Leon T. (1964) Re-examination
of isotopic relationships in Colorado Front Range uranium ores;
Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 75; No. 5; 469-476; 10.1130/0016-7606(1964)75[469:ROIRIC]2.0.CO;2
- Cooper, John R. and Silver, Leon T. (1964) Geology
and ore deposits of the Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona;
10.3133/pp416
- Silver, L. T.; Stehli, F. G.; et el. (1963) Lower
Cretaceous Pre-Batholithic Rocks of Northern Baja California,
Mexico; AAPG Bulletin; Vol. 47; No. 12; 2054-2059
- Silver, Leon T. and Deutsch, Sarah (1963) Uranium-Lead
Isotopic Variations in Zircons – A Case Study; Journal of Geology;
Vol. 71; No. 6; 721-758
- Silver, L. T.; McKinney, C. R.; et el. (1963) Precambrian
Age Determinations in the Western San Gabriel Mountains, California;
Journal of Geology; Vol. 71; No. 2; 196-214; 10.1086/626893
- Silver, L. T. (1963) The
relation between radioactivity and discordance in zircons
- Silver, Leon T. (1962) The
use of cogenetic uranium-lead isotope systems in zircons in
geochronology
- Wasserburg, G. J.; Wetherill, G. W.; et el. (1962) A
study of the ages of the Precambrian of Texas; Journal of
Geophysical Research; Vol. 67; No. 10; 4021-4047; 10.1029/JZ067i010p04021
- Silver, L. T. and Deutsch, Sarah (1961) Uranium-Lead
Method On Zircons; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; Vol.
91; No. 2; 279-283; 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1961.tb35460.x
- Allen, Clarence R.; Allison, Edwin C.; et el. (1961) Geology
of northwestern Baja California, Field Trip no. 5
- Allen, Clarence R.; Silver, Leon T.; et el. (1960) Agua
Blanca fault – a major transverse structure of northern Baja California,
Mexico; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 71; No. 4;
467-482; 10.1130/0016-7606(1960)71[467:ABFMTS]2.0.CO;2
- Deutsch, S. and Silver, L. T. (1960) An
experimental investigation of discordant isotopic ages in
zircons
- McKinney, Charles R. and Silver, Leon T. (1956) A
joint-free sample splitter; American Mineralogist; Vol. 41; No. 5-6;
521-523
- Brown, Harrison and Silver, Leon T. (1956) The
possibilities of obtaining long-range supplies of uranium, thorium, and
other substances from igneous rocks