Publications
Hanson, A.E.H., Gordon, S.M., Ashley, K.T., Miller, R.B., and Langdon-Lassagne, E., 2021, Multiple sediment incorporation events in a continental magmatic arc: insight from the metasedimentary rocks of the northern North Cascades, Washington: Geosphere, doi:10.1130/GES02425.1.
Osterle, J.E., Seward, D., Stockli, D.F., Little, T.A., Rooney, J.S., Gordon, S.M., Smith, E., and Gordon, K.C., 2021, The thermo-tectonic evolution of the actively exhuming Mai’iu Fault footwall – Suckling-Daymon metamorphic core complex – in the Woodlark Rift of Papua New Guinea: Tectonophysics, 811, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228856.
Gordon, S.M., Kirkland, C.L., Reddy, S.M., Blatchford, H.J., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Evans, N.J., and McDonald, B.J., 2021, Deformation-enhanced recrystallization of titanite drives decoupling in U-Pb and trace elements: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 560, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116810.
Yang, J., Cao, W., Gordon, S.M., and Chu, X., 2020, Does underthrusting crust feed magmatic flare-ups in continental arcs?: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2020GC009152.
Starnes, J., Long, S., Gordon, S.M., Soignard, E., and Zhang, J., 2020, Using quartz fabric intensity parameters to delineate strain patterns across the Himalayan Main Central thrust: Journal of Structural Geology, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103941.
Long, S., Mullady, C., Starnes, J., Gordon, S.M., Larson, K., Pianowski, L., Miller, R., and Soignard, E., 2019, A structural model for the South Tibetan detachment system in northwestern Bhutan from integration of temperature, fabric, strain, and kinematic data: Lithosphere, doi: 10/1130/L1049.1.
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Jacobson, C.E., Grove, M., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2019, Deep-crustal metasedimentary rocks provide evidence for the ‘Mojave–BC’ hypothesis: Geology, v. 47, p. 99–102, doi:10.1130/G4554.1.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., Bowring, S.A., Schoene, B., Samperton, K.M., and Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2018, Using retrogressive overprinting to track the rapid exhumation of the Pliocene Papua New Guinea UHP terrane: Journal of Petrology, v. 59, p. 2017–2042, doi:10.1093/petrology/egy088.
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2018, Provenance and metamorphism of the Swakane Gneiss: implications for incorporation of sediment into the deep levels of the North Cascades continental magmatic arc, Washington: Lithosphere, v. 10, p. 460–477, doi.org/10.1130/L712.1.
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2017, Transfer of metasupracrustal rocks to mid to lower crustal depths in the North Cascades continental magmatic arc, Skagit Gneiss Complex, Washington: Tectonics, 36. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004728
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2017, Evolution of the Jura-Cretaceous North American Cordilleran margin: Insights from detrital zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopes of sedimentary units of the North Cascades Range, Washington: Geosphere, v. 13, p. 2094–2118.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., Bowring, S.A., and Chatterjee, N., 2017, Rapid time scale of Earth’s youngest known ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic event, Papua New Guinea: Geology, v. 45, p. 795–798, doi:10.1130/G39296.1.
Long, S.P., Gordon, S.M., and Soignard, E., 2017, Distributed north-vergent shear and flattening through Greater and Tethyan Himalayan rocks: insights from metamorphic and strain data from the Dang Chu region, central Bhutan: Lithosphere, doi 10.1130/L655.1.
Long, S.P., Gordon, S.M., Young, J.P., and Soignard, E., 2016, Temperature and strain gradients through Lesser Himalayan rocks and across the Main Central thrust, south-central Bhutan: implications for transport-parallel stretching and inverted metamorphism: Tectonics, doi:10.1002/2016TC004242.
Agustsson, K.S., Gordon, S.M., Long, S.P., Seward, G.G.E., Zeiger, K., and Penfold, M., 2016, Pressure–temperature–structural distance relationships within Greater Himalayan rocks in eastern Bhutan: implications for emplacement models: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, doi:10.1111/jmg.12197.
Miller, R.B., Gordon, S.M., Bowring, S.A., Doran, B., McLean, N., Michels, Z., Shea, E., and Whitney, D.L., 2016, Linking deep to shallow crustal processes in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, Washington: Geosphere, v. 12, 900–924.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Fossen, H., and Kylander-Clark, A., 2016, Geochronology and geochemistry of zircon from the northern Western Gneiss Region: Insights into the Caledonian tectonic history of western Norway: Lithos, v. 246–247, 134–148.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Kylander-Clark, A., Hacker, B.R., Bowring, S.A., Schoene, B., and Samperton, K.M., 2015, Insights into (U)HP metamorphism of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway: a high-spatial resolution and high-precision zircon study: Chemical Geology, v. 414, 138–155.
Zeiger, K., Gordon, S.M., Long, S.P., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., Agustsson, K., and Penfold, M., 2015, Timing and conditions of metamorphism and melt crystallization in Greater Himalayan rocks, eastern and central Bhutan: insight from U-Pb zircon and monazite geochronology and trace-element analyses: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v.169, doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1143-6.
Renedo, R., Nachlas, W.O., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Piazolo, S., Gordon, S.M., and Fossen, H., 2015, Fabric development during exhumation from ultrahigh-pressure in an eclogite-bearing shear zone, Western Gneiss Region, Norway: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 71, p. 58–70.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., and Bowring, S.A., 2014, Tracking the exhumation of a Pliocene (U)HP terrane: U-Pb and trace-element constraints from zircon, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 15, p. 3945–3964.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., and Fossen, H., 2013, U-Pb dates and trace-element geochemistry of zircon from migmatite, Western Gneiss Region, Norway: significance for history of partial melting in continental subduction: Lithos, v. 170–171, p. 35–53.
Rioux, M., Bowring, S., Kelemen, P., Gordon, S., Miller, R., and Dudás, F., 2013, Tectonic development of the Samail ophiolite: high precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of crustal growth and ophiolite emplacement: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 118, p. 2085–2101.
Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., Hacker, B.R., Bowring, S.A., Korchinski, M., Baldwin, S.L., and Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2012, Multi-stage exhumation of young UHP–HP rocks: timescales of melt crystallization in the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, southeastern Papua New Guinea: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 351, p. 237–246.
Gordon, S.M., Luffi, P., Hacker, B.R., Valley, J., Spicuzza, M., Kozdon, R., Kelemen, P., Ratshbacher, L., and Minaev, V., 2012, The thermal structure of continental crust in active orogens: insight from Miocene eclogite and granulite xenoliths of the Pamir Mountains: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 30, p. 413–434.
Rioux, M., Bowring, S., Kelemen, P., Gordon, S., Dudás, F., and Miller, R., 2012, Rapid crustal accretion and magma assimilation in the Oman–U.A.E. ophiolite: high precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of the gabbroic crust: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, doi:10.1029/2012JB009273.
Little, T.A., Hacker, B.R., Gordon, S.M., Baldwin, S.L., Fitzgerald, P.G., Ellis, S., and Korchinski, M., 2011, Diapiric exhumation of Earth’s youngest (UHP) eclogites in the gneiss domes of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea: Tectonophysics, v. 510, p. 39–68.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Miller, R.B., McLean, N., and Seaton, N.C.A., 2010, Metamorphism and deformation at different structural levels in a strike-slip fault zone, Ross Lake fault, North Cascades, USA: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 28, p. 117–136.
Gordon, S.M., Bowring, S.A., Whitney, D.L., Miller, R.B., and McLean, N., 2010, Timescales of metamorphism, deformation, and crustal melting in a continental arc, North Cascades USA: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B30060.1.
Gordon, S.M., Grove, M., Whitney, D.L., Schmitt, A.K., and Teyssier, C., 2009, Fluid-rock interaction in orogenic crust tracked by zircon depth profiling: Geology, v. 37, p. 735-738.
Gordon, S.M., Grove, M., Whitney, D.L., Schmitt, A.K., and Teyssier, C., 2009, Time-temperature-fluid evolution of migmatite dome crystallization: coupled U-Pb age, Ti thermometry, and O isotopic ion microprobe depth profiling of zircon and monazite: Chemical Geology, v. 262, p. 186-201.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Grove, M., and Dunlap, W.J., 2008, Timescales of migmatization, melt crystallization, and cooling in a Cordilleran gneiss dome, the Valhalla complex, southeastern British Columbia: Tectonics, v. 27, TC4010, doi:10.1029/2007TC002103.
Hirschmann, M.M., Ghiorso, M.S., Davis, F.A., Gordon, S.M., Mukherjee, S., Grove, T.L., Krawczynski, M., Medard, E., and Till, C.B., 2008, Library of Experimental Phase Relations (LEPR): A database and web portal for experimental magmatic phase equilibria data: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v.9, Q03011, doi:10.1029/2007GC001894.
Schneider, D.A., Zahniser, S., Glascock, J., Gordon, S.M., and Manecki, M., 2006, Thermochronology of the West Sudetes (Bohemian Massif): rapid and repeated eduction in the eastern Variscides, Poland and Czech Republic: American Journal of Science, v. 306, p. 846-874.
Gordon, S.M., Schneider, D.A., Manecki, M., and Holm, D.K., 2005, Exhumation and metamorphism of an ultrahigh-grade terrane: geochronometric investigations of the Sudete Mountains (Bohemia), Poland and Czech Republic: Journal of the Geological Society, London, v.162, p. 841-855.
Other Peer Reviewed Publications
Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., and Sauer, K.S., 2017, Incorporation of sedimentary rocks into the deep levels of continental magmatic arcs: links between the North Cascades arc and surrounding sedimentary terranes. In: Haugerud, R.A., and Kelsey, H.M., (eds.) From the Puget Lowland to East of the Cascade Range: Geologic Excursions in the Pacific Northwest. Geological Society of America Field Guide 49, p. 101-141, doi:10.1130/2017.0049(06).
Miller, R.B., Gordon, S.M., Bowring, S.A., Doran, B.A., McLean, N.M., Michels, Z.D., Shea, E.K., Whitney, D.L., Wintzer, N.E., and Mendoza, M.K., 2009, Linking deep and shallow crustal processes in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, Washington. In: O’Connor, J.E., Dorsey, R.J., and Madin, I.P. (eds.) Volcanoes to vineyards: geologic field trips through the dynamic landscape of the Pacific Northwest. Geological Society of America Field Guide 15, p. 373-406.
Osterle, J.E., Seward, D., Stockli, D.F., Little, T.A., Rooney, J.S., Gordon, S.M., Smith, E., and Gordon, K.C., 2021, The thermo-tectonic evolution of the actively exhuming Mai’iu Fault footwall – Suckling-Daymon metamorphic core complex – in the Woodlark Rift of Papua New Guinea: Tectonophysics, 811, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228856.
Gordon, S.M., Kirkland, C.L., Reddy, S.M., Blatchford, H.J., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Evans, N.J., and McDonald, B.J., 2021, Deformation-enhanced recrystallization of titanite drives decoupling in U-Pb and trace elements: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 560, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116810.
Yang, J., Cao, W., Gordon, S.M., and Chu, X., 2020, Does underthrusting crust feed magmatic flare-ups in continental arcs?: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2020GC009152.
Starnes, J., Long, S., Gordon, S.M., Soignard, E., and Zhang, J., 2020, Using quartz fabric intensity parameters to delineate strain patterns across the Himalayan Main Central thrust: Journal of Structural Geology, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103941.
Long, S., Mullady, C., Starnes, J., Gordon, S.M., Larson, K., Pianowski, L., Miller, R., and Soignard, E., 2019, A structural model for the South Tibetan detachment system in northwestern Bhutan from integration of temperature, fabric, strain, and kinematic data: Lithosphere, doi: 10/1130/L1049.1.
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Jacobson, C.E., Grove, M., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2019, Deep-crustal metasedimentary rocks provide evidence for the ‘Mojave–BC’ hypothesis: Geology, v. 47, p. 99–102, doi:10.1130/G4554.1.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., Bowring, S.A., Schoene, B., Samperton, K.M., and Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2018, Using retrogressive overprinting to track the rapid exhumation of the Pliocene Papua New Guinea UHP terrane: Journal of Petrology, v. 59, p. 2017–2042, doi:10.1093/petrology/egy088.
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2018, Provenance and metamorphism of the Swakane Gneiss: implications for incorporation of sediment into the deep levels of the North Cascades continental magmatic arc, Washington: Lithosphere, v. 10, p. 460–477, doi.org/10.1130/L712.1.
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2017, Transfer of metasupracrustal rocks to mid to lower crustal depths in the North Cascades continental magmatic arc, Skagit Gneiss Complex, Washington: Tectonics, 36. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004728
Sauer, K.B., Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., Vervoort, J.D., and Fisher, C.M., 2017, Evolution of the Jura-Cretaceous North American Cordilleran margin: Insights from detrital zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopes of sedimentary units of the North Cascades Range, Washington: Geosphere, v. 13, p. 2094–2118.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., Bowring, S.A., and Chatterjee, N., 2017, Rapid time scale of Earth’s youngest known ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic event, Papua New Guinea: Geology, v. 45, p. 795–798, doi:10.1130/G39296.1.
Long, S.P., Gordon, S.M., and Soignard, E., 2017, Distributed north-vergent shear and flattening through Greater and Tethyan Himalayan rocks: insights from metamorphic and strain data from the Dang Chu region, central Bhutan: Lithosphere, doi 10.1130/L655.1.
Long, S.P., Gordon, S.M., Young, J.P., and Soignard, E., 2016, Temperature and strain gradients through Lesser Himalayan rocks and across the Main Central thrust, south-central Bhutan: implications for transport-parallel stretching and inverted metamorphism: Tectonics, doi:10.1002/2016TC004242.
Agustsson, K.S., Gordon, S.M., Long, S.P., Seward, G.G.E., Zeiger, K., and Penfold, M., 2016, Pressure–temperature–structural distance relationships within Greater Himalayan rocks in eastern Bhutan: implications for emplacement models: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, doi:10.1111/jmg.12197.
Miller, R.B., Gordon, S.M., Bowring, S.A., Doran, B., McLean, N., Michels, Z., Shea, E., and Whitney, D.L., 2016, Linking deep to shallow crustal processes in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, Washington: Geosphere, v. 12, 900–924.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Fossen, H., and Kylander-Clark, A., 2016, Geochronology and geochemistry of zircon from the northern Western Gneiss Region: Insights into the Caledonian tectonic history of western Norway: Lithos, v. 246–247, 134–148.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Kylander-Clark, A., Hacker, B.R., Bowring, S.A., Schoene, B., and Samperton, K.M., 2015, Insights into (U)HP metamorphism of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway: a high-spatial resolution and high-precision zircon study: Chemical Geology, v. 414, 138–155.
Zeiger, K., Gordon, S.M., Long, S.P., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., Agustsson, K., and Penfold, M., 2015, Timing and conditions of metamorphism and melt crystallization in Greater Himalayan rocks, eastern and central Bhutan: insight from U-Pb zircon and monazite geochronology and trace-element analyses: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v.169, doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1143-6.
Renedo, R., Nachlas, W.O., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Piazolo, S., Gordon, S.M., and Fossen, H., 2015, Fabric development during exhumation from ultrahigh-pressure in an eclogite-bearing shear zone, Western Gneiss Region, Norway: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 71, p. 58–70.
DesOrmeau, J.W., Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., and Bowring, S.A., 2014, Tracking the exhumation of a Pliocene (U)HP terrane: U-Pb and trace-element constraints from zircon, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 15, p. 3945–3964.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., and Fossen, H., 2013, U-Pb dates and trace-element geochemistry of zircon from migmatite, Western Gneiss Region, Norway: significance for history of partial melting in continental subduction: Lithos, v. 170–171, p. 35–53.
Rioux, M., Bowring, S., Kelemen, P., Gordon, S., Miller, R., and Dudás, F., 2013, Tectonic development of the Samail ophiolite: high precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of crustal growth and ophiolite emplacement: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 118, p. 2085–2101.
Gordon, S.M., Little, T.A., Hacker, B.R., Bowring, S.A., Korchinski, M., Baldwin, S.L., and Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2012, Multi-stage exhumation of young UHP–HP rocks: timescales of melt crystallization in the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, southeastern Papua New Guinea: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 351, p. 237–246.
Gordon, S.M., Luffi, P., Hacker, B.R., Valley, J., Spicuzza, M., Kozdon, R., Kelemen, P., Ratshbacher, L., and Minaev, V., 2012, The thermal structure of continental crust in active orogens: insight from Miocene eclogite and granulite xenoliths of the Pamir Mountains: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 30, p. 413–434.
Rioux, M., Bowring, S., Kelemen, P., Gordon, S., Dudás, F., and Miller, R., 2012, Rapid crustal accretion and magma assimilation in the Oman–U.A.E. ophiolite: high precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of the gabbroic crust: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, doi:10.1029/2012JB009273.
Little, T.A., Hacker, B.R., Gordon, S.M., Baldwin, S.L., Fitzgerald, P.G., Ellis, S., and Korchinski, M., 2011, Diapiric exhumation of Earth’s youngest (UHP) eclogites in the gneiss domes of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea: Tectonophysics, v. 510, p. 39–68.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Miller, R.B., McLean, N., and Seaton, N.C.A., 2010, Metamorphism and deformation at different structural levels in a strike-slip fault zone, Ross Lake fault, North Cascades, USA: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 28, p. 117–136.
Gordon, S.M., Bowring, S.A., Whitney, D.L., Miller, R.B., and McLean, N., 2010, Timescales of metamorphism, deformation, and crustal melting in a continental arc, North Cascades USA: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B30060.1.
Gordon, S.M., Grove, M., Whitney, D.L., Schmitt, A.K., and Teyssier, C., 2009, Fluid-rock interaction in orogenic crust tracked by zircon depth profiling: Geology, v. 37, p. 735-738.
Gordon, S.M., Grove, M., Whitney, D.L., Schmitt, A.K., and Teyssier, C., 2009, Time-temperature-fluid evolution of migmatite dome crystallization: coupled U-Pb age, Ti thermometry, and O isotopic ion microprobe depth profiling of zircon and monazite: Chemical Geology, v. 262, p. 186-201.
Gordon, S.M., Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Grove, M., and Dunlap, W.J., 2008, Timescales of migmatization, melt crystallization, and cooling in a Cordilleran gneiss dome, the Valhalla complex, southeastern British Columbia: Tectonics, v. 27, TC4010, doi:10.1029/2007TC002103.
Hirschmann, M.M., Ghiorso, M.S., Davis, F.A., Gordon, S.M., Mukherjee, S., Grove, T.L., Krawczynski, M., Medard, E., and Till, C.B., 2008, Library of Experimental Phase Relations (LEPR): A database and web portal for experimental magmatic phase equilibria data: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v.9, Q03011, doi:10.1029/2007GC001894.
Schneider, D.A., Zahniser, S., Glascock, J., Gordon, S.M., and Manecki, M., 2006, Thermochronology of the West Sudetes (Bohemian Massif): rapid and repeated eduction in the eastern Variscides, Poland and Czech Republic: American Journal of Science, v. 306, p. 846-874.
Gordon, S.M., Schneider, D.A., Manecki, M., and Holm, D.K., 2005, Exhumation and metamorphism of an ultrahigh-grade terrane: geochronometric investigations of the Sudete Mountains (Bohemia), Poland and Czech Republic: Journal of the Geological Society, London, v.162, p. 841-855.
Other Peer Reviewed Publications
Gordon, S.M., Miller, R.B., and Sauer, K.S., 2017, Incorporation of sedimentary rocks into the deep levels of continental magmatic arcs: links between the North Cascades arc and surrounding sedimentary terranes. In: Haugerud, R.A., and Kelsey, H.M., (eds.) From the Puget Lowland to East of the Cascade Range: Geologic Excursions in the Pacific Northwest. Geological Society of America Field Guide 49, p. 101-141, doi:10.1130/2017.0049(06).
Miller, R.B., Gordon, S.M., Bowring, S.A., Doran, B.A., McLean, N.M., Michels, Z.D., Shea, E.K., Whitney, D.L., Wintzer, N.E., and Mendoza, M.K., 2009, Linking deep and shallow crustal processes in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, Washington. In: O’Connor, J.E., Dorsey, R.J., and Madin, I.P. (eds.) Volcanoes to vineyards: geologic field trips through the dynamic landscape of the Pacific Northwest. Geological Society of America Field Guide 15, p. 373-406.