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References and Additional Reading

Bohlke, J.K., and Kistler, R.W., 1986, Rb-Sr, K-Ar, and stable isotope evidence for the ages and sources of fluid components of gold bearing quartz veins in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills: Economic Geology, v. 81, no. 29, p. 296-322.

Ducea, M., 2001, The California arc: Thick granitic batholiths, eclogitic residues, lithospheric-sclae thrusting, and magmatic flare-ups: GSA Today, v. 11, no. 11, p. 4-10.

Glazner, A.F., 1991, Plutonism, oblique subduction, and continental growth: An example from the Mesozoic of California: Geology, v. 19, no. 8, p. 784-786.

Goldfarb, R.J., Groves, D.I., Gardoll, S., 2001, Orogenic gold and geologic time: a global synthesis: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 18, no. 1, p. 1-75.

Goldfarb R.J., Baker, T., Dube, B., and Groves, D.I., 2005, Distribution, character, and genesis of gold deposits in metamorphic terranes: Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 407-450.

Goldfarb, R.J., Hart, C.J., and Marsh, E.E., 2008, Orogenic gold and the evolution of the Cordilleran orogeny: Ores and orogenesis: Circum-Pacific tectonics, geologic evolution and ore deposits. Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 22, p. 311-323.

Groves, D.I., Condie, K.C., Goldfarb, R.J., Hronsky, J.M., and Vielreicher, R.M., 2005, 100th Anniversary   Special Paper: secular changes in global tectonic processes and their influence on the temporal distribution of gold-bearing mineral deposits: Economic Geology, v. 100, p.203-224.

Hagemann, S.G., Gebre-Mariam, M., Groves, D.I., 1994, Surface-water influx in shallow-level Archean   lode-gold deposits in Western, Australia: Geology, v. 22, no. 12, p1067-1070.

Jia, Y., and Kerrich, R., 2000, Giant quartz vein systems in accretionary orogenic belts: the evidence for a metamorphic fluid origin from δ15N and δ13C studies: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 184, no. 1, p. 211-224.

Jia, Y., Kerrich, R., and Goldfarb, R.J., 2003, Metamorphic origin of ore-forming fluids for orogenic gold-  bearing quartz vein systems in the North American Cordillera: Constraints from a reconnaissance study of δ15N, δD, and δ18D, Economic Geology, v. 98, no. 1, p.109-123.

Lambert, I.B., and Donnelly, T.H., 1990, The paleoenvironmental significance of trends in sulphur isotope compositions in the Precambrian: a critical review: Stable Isotopes and Fluid Processes in Mineralisation, v. 23, p.260-268.

Marsh, E.E., Goldfarb, R.J., Kunk, M.J., Groves, D.I., 2008, New Constraints on the timing of gold formation in the Sierra Foothills province, central California: Ores and orogenesis: Circum-Pacific tectonics, geologic evolution, and ore deposits: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 22, p. 369-388.

Phillips, G.N., Williams, P.J., and De Jong, G., 1994, The nature of metamorphic fluids and significance for metal exploration: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 78, no. 1, p. 55-68.

Pitcairn, I.K., Teagle, D.A.H., Kerrich, R., Craw, D., 2005, The behavior of nitrogen and nitrogen isotopes during metamorphism and mineralization: evidence from the Otago and Alpine Schists, New Zealand: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 233, no. 1, p. 229-246.

Ridley, J.R., and Diamond, L.W., 2000, Fluid chemistry of orogenic lode gold deposits and implications for genetic models: SEG Reviews, v. 13, p. 141-162.

Robert, F., and Poulsen, K.H., 2001, Vein formation and deformation in greenstone gold deposits: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 14, p. 111–155

Sheppard, S.M., Nielsen, R.L., Taylor, H.P., 1969, Oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of day minerals from porphyry copper deposits: Economic Geology, v. 64, no. 7, p. 755-777.

Sibson, R.H., Robert, F., Poulsen, K.H., 1988, High-angle reverse faults, fluid-pressure cycling, and mesothermal gold-quartz deposits: Geology, v. 16, no. 6, p. 551-555.

Sillitoe, R.H., 2008, Special Paper: Major gold deposits and belts of the North and South American Cordillera: Distribution, tectonomagmatic settings, and metallogenic considerations: Economic Geology, v. 103, no. 4, p. 663-687.

Stuwe, K., 1998, Tectonic constraints on the timing relationships of metamorphism, fluid production, and gold-bearing quartz vein emplacement: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 13, no. 1, p. 219-228

Taylor, H.P., 1974, The application of oxygen and hydrogen isotope studies to problems of hydrothermal alteration and ore deposition: Economic Geology, v. 69, no. 6, p. 843-883.

Umhoefer, P.J., 2003, A model for the North American Cordillera in the Early Cretaceous: tectonic escape related to arc collision of the Guerrero terrane and a change in North American plate motion: Geological Society of America: Special Papers, v. 374, p. 117-134.

Weston, R.S., Cedell, T., McCuaig, C., and Kerrich, R., 1998, PT-t deformation-fluid characteristics of lode gold deposits: evidence from alteration systematics, Ore Geology Reviews, v. 12, no. 6, p.381-453.